Ecryme TTRPG Kickstarter Cephal Pledge by Open Seseme Games US

Ecryme is the English adaptation of the celebrated French role-playing game of the same name. It introduces the players to a steampunk, post-apocalyptic world where political  and social struggles mix with supernatural intrigues. The game runs on a lightweight 2d6 system that favors skill investment over luck and focuses on roleplay. The French version of the  game, adapted from writer Mathieu Gaborit's books.

The world has long been submerged by an ocean of ecryme, a strange acidic substance that corrodes everything. Humanity managed to survive on the small outcroppings and islands left in its wake. They built a civilization based on steelwork and stonework, where wood is almost non-existent. Large cities, built vertically to make the most of what little space exists, sprang up from the horizon. After a few hundred years of development, driven by impulse, humanity built the traverses, endless gigantic bridges to cross the ecryme sea and connect to one another – coming together through chance or perhaps something greater. For in the strange world of Ecryme, the emotions of humankind seem to hold a power of their own…

Today, the cities of Ecryme have already deployed their industry to unprecedented levels, and the industrial revolution is in full swing. Railways run through the traverses, and airships roam the sky. The surviving cities have expanded into superpowers on their own, each having its own culture,  strengths, weaknesses… and mindset. War is brewing between them, between the many guilds and unions, and between the many sects who aim to either discover the secrets of the ecryme or ensure that they are never revealed. 

The major countries of the world danced with calamity during the Acrymony Wars. Tempered by the outcome of this conflict, and fearful of a repeat, they now vie for power in the shadows, playing a subtle game of power in which anyone could be a pawn.

Scarcity grips the world like a vise, and none feel this cold embrace more than the poor and working classes. While the merchant nobility, old nobility, and politically savvy enjoy comfort away from the dangers of industry and the burn of the ecryme, those with less must toil in a constant state of fear, death or grievous injury always a misstep away. New cults and religions act as balm, but murmurs of revolution are inevitably passed around in clubs and quiet places... will you join them?

The ecryme has affected every part of life, down to the animals that stalk what little earth there is and those that dance in the sky. Many strange creatures have evolved to adapt to the ecryme's effect on the world, such as the six-legged howler that calls the acid its home, or the flying albaster, whose gizzard stones are sought as valuable alchemical ingredients.

Includes:

-Player's Guide + Conductor's Manual(Collector's version print) -The Conductor's Screen -The Collector's Slipcase -The dice Set -A pack of character sheets -The Quick Reference Booklet -All unlocked stretchgoals