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Mix and match hundreds of traits, flaws, and skills to design unique heroes with complex personalities and ambitions. Watch them love, hate, help, and hinder each other. Roll the dice and become the Guiding Spirit of your group of misfits in this story-rich fantasy campaign simulator!
The Guiding Spirit is a deeply personal fantasy story-simulator where your heroes (or villains!) think for themselves. You are not the protagonist - you create them, you guide them, and... well, you might just be the reason everything goes horribly wrong.
Over a thousand handcrafted scenes and hundreds of character customization options - brought to life through hand-drawn illustrations in a classic gamebook format - ensure that your choices (and your heroes' choices!) truly matter. But what choices do you have, you ask?
Your heroes (or villains!) might be strong, clever and/or perceptive. But they might also be sleepwalkers, afraid of the dark, claustrophobic or just... not the sharpest tool in the shed.
The world of Anderelm consists of many unique species, adrenaline-addict scurgs, nimble, trickster kumers, mystical nixes who juggle with fire, stone-skinned ofeys born out of magical events. Is the hero you create a warrior, a paladin or... a gravedigger? Are they greedy, impatient, maybe they complain too much? Do they favor a specific weapon or instead they are specialized in certain locks and traps? Generate complex characters with a single click or define each aspect of your characters yourself, by choosing from:
and combining them to get a unique background story and gameplay style!
And with that chaos intensifies... Depending on what band of misfits you created, as they discover new places and meet their inhabitants, delve into the depths of monster-infested dungeons and learn more about the world, they will try to survive. They will work together, maybe become friends or lovers, or on the contrary, they will do their best to trick, betray or even murder each other - depending on how You - the player - defined them. They will have their own rituals, their own culture, their goals might contradict each other. But the mystery around what happened to all of them might just forge them together... with your help.
How the characters think, speak and act, trying to survive on the land of Anderelm will be based on their defined aspects and the occasional push from you, their Guiding Spirit. From time to time you will be able to push your heroes into a certain direction – but it needs to be done wisely and carefully - as they might not agree with your decision!
Weather changes, each biome has their own challenges, multiple ways lead to your target destination. NPCs - whether freelance bounty hunters or enigmatic Intellect-users - will react differently depending on who's in your party.
What happens when each party member needs to roll a sneak check to figure out if the terrifying monster notices them and the last one in the row (the smelly, noisy paladin in full plate armor) fails the check... critically? Figure out yourself!
Critically failing or succeeding a certain check will lead to unique outcomes. Sometimes... hilarious outcomes.
Immerse yourself in this engaging realm full of lore and secrets - through your party.
Remember, death is not the end. Each time you create a new party, make a different decision or your luck just turns out differently... you will experience new story beats, characters, locations, twists and reveals. And if you are familiar with the basics, you can take on unique challenges to open up new ways of playing.
Farewell now. Gather your party, roll the dice and be the Guiding Spirit in this epic fantasy story!
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