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A gentle, story-focused roleplaying game about small mysteries, shared memories, and the quiet magic of community in the Lantern Hills.
There’s a hush to the Lantern Hills that isn’t silence. It’s the sound of curtains lifting, of moths turning in the dark, of a kettle just beginning to sing. The windows bloom with ivy, and the fences lean, and the crows notice everything.
A Lantern... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$10.99
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This book was where it all began.
In May 2016, Building Characters became the first title I published that wasn’t third-party content. That shift, from contributor to creator, marked the start of Lightspress. As we enter our tenth year, it felt right to return to this book and bring it into alignment with everything I’ve learned. The foundation still holds. What’s changed is... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$9.99
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Welcome to The Simple Approach to Fantasy
Character sheets weren’t made for storytelling. They were made for standardization. For efficiency. For lining everyone up in the same format and calling that balance.
But you’re not playing a spreadsheet. You’re playing a person.
That’s the problem. Character sheets have become the default in tabletop roleplaying, but they rarely support... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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Welcome to The Simple Approach to Modern Roleplaying
Character sheets weren’t made for storytelling. They were made for standardization. For efficiency. For lining everyone up in the same format and calling that balance.
But you’re not playing a spreadsheet. You’re playing a person.
That’s the problem. Character sheets have become the default in tabletop roleplaying, but they rarely... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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Welcome to The Simple Approach to Occult Roleplaying
Character sheets weren’t made for storytelling. They were made for standardization. For efficiency. For lining everyone up in the same format and calling that balance.
But you’re not playing a spreadsheet. You’re playing a person.
That’s the problem. Character sheets have become the default in tabletop roleplaying, but they rarely... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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Welcome to The Simple Approach to Science Fiction
Character sheets weren’t made for storytelling. They were made for standardization. For efficiency. For lining everyone up in the same format and calling that balance.
But you’re not playing a spreadsheet. You’re playing a person.
That’s the problem. Character sheets have become the default in tabletop roleplaying, but they rarely... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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Cum praecepta franguntur, regula ruptor esto.
No one announces the end of democracy. It does not collapse in a coup or vanish overnight. It unravels quietly, decision by decision, law by law, until one day people realize they can’t speak freely, can’t move without being watched, and can’t trust the institutions that once protected them. By the time anyone notices, the system has already adapted.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$11.99
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You didn’t choose the house. It opened.
The house notices before anyone speaks. The light moves across the kitchen table as if it remembers something. A drawer opens when a name is spoken aloud. A photograph curls at the edges when the truth settles into a room.
House of Small Woes is a magical realism roleplaying game set in a place shaped by feeling. The house holds what others... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$7.99
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A multiversal order of explorers and scholars, recovering lost artifacts and protecting history from exploitation.
It started with a question, or rather, several.
Why does every adventure seem to end in a pile of bodies? Why is wonder treated as an afterthought, and magic as nothing more than a tool for violence? Why would a group of strangers, meeting in a tavern, risk their lives for each other... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$10.99
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A system-agnostic sourcebook for crafting dynamic pursuits, mysteries, and investigations that evolve with every choice.
A fugitive disappears. A stolen object changes hands. A secret refuses to stay buried. Every pursuit raises questions, but the best stories come from what happens next. The evidence that leads in two directions. The discovery that shifts the stakes. The moment when catching up isn’t... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$9.99
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From the world of SECTION-R, The Agency erases operatives who lose control of perception, where truth is a weapon and failure means disappearing without a trace.
Behind the public face of American diplomacy, beyond the known corridors of covert intelligence, operates The Agency. It works in the shadows, protecting U.S. interests with precision, adaptability, and a ruthless sense of mission. While the... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$6.99
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"I stand at the terminus, pack on my back, trekking poles in hand, excitement in my veins. I savor the moment. A cold mountain breeze carries the scent of rain and adventure, and I smile. I’ve waited endless months for this day and, taking a deep breath, a grin on my face, I begin my thru-hike. One foot in front of the other, I set out and follow the blazes."
THRU-HIKER is... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$7.99
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Issue 05 - The Astral Shark Mixtapes 38 pages Full-color
Issue 05 includes material originally published under Daniel M. Perez's (short-lived) imprint, Astral Shark Games. In these pages you will find unusual and magical shark-themed items, as well as two adventure locations, all usable in any fantasy campaign setting with rules for the 5th edition of the "world's greatest fantasy role-playing game"... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$5.00
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The star-crossed lovers meet in secret. The former best friends meet at dusk to duel. The college crew meets at a bar after years apart. Lives clash together, and drama is guaranteed. Hit play, find your theme song, and let the music guide you.
THE PLAYLIST is a roleplaying game for a Game Master (GM) and one to three players inspired by the use of music soundtracks in movies and... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$5.00
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Every fantasy campaign's got its own version of disaster. A roll so low it echoes through the dungeon. A charm that backfires in the royal court. A leap that ends in blood instead of glory. However your rules name it, Critical Twists kicks in right then, when everything falls apart.
This book's for heroic fantasy. It's made for crumbling strongholds, cursed bloodlines, forbidden rituals,... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$5.99
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Every story begins with someone.
Dramatis Personae: Heroic Fantasy offers one hundred characters built for adventure. Each one is designed to step into a scene with purpose. Whether they serve as protagonists, antagonists, or supporting figures, they bring with them a sense of momentum. You can drop them into a campaign, lift them into a spotlight, or weave them into the... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$5.99
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Epistulae Daemonicae takes Sir Walter Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft and transforms them into a sourcebook for fantasy and modern roleplaying that’s as haunting as it is inspired.
Whether you’re crafting tales of dark fantasy, unraveling historical mysteries, or exploring the supernatural in a grounded modern setting, this book delivers the tools to tell... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$9.99
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Create iconic fighter characters for any fantasy roleplaying game.
A knight sworn to honor, a mercenary chasing coin, a warlord carving out an empire. Fighters shape history with every battle they survive. They're the vanguard, the shield, and the sword, standing between order and ruin. Some fight for duty, others for vengeance. Some seek glory, others have no choice but to endure.
The battlefield... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$6.99
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A narrative-first roleplaying sourcebook for mythic space empires, sacred technologies, and emotional journeys among the stars.
Galactic Fantasy blends science fiction’s reach with fantasy’s heart. It’s about ancient ruins on forgotten moons, sacred artifacts powered by lost technology, and empires that feel like myths even as they fall. It’s a genre built on legacy, memory,... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$7.99
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Gold Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat gold dragons not as encounters to resolve, but as presences that redefine the world. When a gold dragon appears, something larger comes with it. Assumptions shift. Stories reshape themselves around the weight of its existence.
This book equips you to treat gold dragons as narrative... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells carry more than recovery. This one carries responsibility.
Healing Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat cure wounds not as a simple restoration, but as a moment of consequence. When the spell is cast, something is acknowledged. The world takes notice. Characters feel the shift. The story carries the mark.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Forge heroes, build worlds, and shape epic quests with this system-neutral sourcebook for heroic fantasy roleplaying.
They don’t start heroic. Most stories forget that. But every legend began with someone unproven who stood up anyway. Someone who didn’t wait to be ready. Someone who carried fear and still moved forward. Heroic fantasy isn’t about perfection. It’s about rising. About faltering... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$9.99
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The hill doesn’t overlook. It remembers.
Hill Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat hills not as scenery to traverse, but as presences that carry memory, resonance, and quiet refusal. When a hill speaks, it does so through gravity, erosion, and the weight of what has stood too long to be denied.
This book equips you to treat hills as narrative... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells do more than hide. This one leaves a space where something once stood.
Invisible Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It treats invisibility not as a trick to exploit, but as a decision with weight. When the spell is cast, something important steps beyond sight. Trust shifts. The story holds the absence.
This book equips you to... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The mountain isn’t a place. It’s a presence.
Mountain Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat mountains not as landmarks to conquer, but as presences that watch, endure, and shape stories across time. When a mountain speaks, it does so through silence, pressure, and the long memory of stone. This book equips you to treat... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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A hundred stories. One heroic spark.
Plot Hook Fake Book: Heroic Fantasy is a toolkit for heroic storytelling. It holds 100 plot hooks, each one crafted to launch adventures with clear stakes, ready conflicts, and room to grow. You can drop these hooks directly into a session using The Simple Approach, or rework them with your favorite system. The layout is made for action.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$9.99
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Some spells carry more than transformation. This one carries choice.
Polymorph Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat polymorph not as a mechanical change of form, but as a moment of story. When the spell is cast, something becomes possible. The character shifts. The world adjusts. The story makes room.
This book equips you... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Dark-Sided personality traits for Galactic Fantasy Roleplaying
The Dark Perspective is a system-agnostic storytelling tool for galactic fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat personality not as a score to manage, but as a shadow that shapes motive, conflict, and control. When a character reaches, the world reacts. When they cling, it constricts. Who they are shapes what they’re... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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Light-Sided personality traits for Galactic Fantasy Roleplaying
The Light Perspective is a system-agnostic storytelling tool for galactic fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat personality not as a sheet of stats, but as a foundation for drama, change, and choice. When a character acts, the world shifts. When they hesitate, it deepens. Who they are matters as much as what they do.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$4.95
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The Simple Guide isn’t your typical gamemastering manual, it’s the secret weapon every gamemaster, from rookie to veteran, didn’t know they needed. Based on decades of practical experience, this book is packed with tips and insights for anyone looking to run story-focused, character-driven roleplaying sessions where players’ choices actually matter. If you’re tired of the same old... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$6.95
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Some rituals never end. They echo, collapse, or settle into patterns no one meant to keep.
Ash Sigils is a system-agnostic tool for occult roleplaying. It treats sigils not as activation glyphs or arcane schematics, but as the residue of something already spent. The ritual worked. The power left. The mark remains.
This book helps you tell stories where intention doesn’t fade cleanly.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some seasons gather more than leaves. This one gathers consequence.
Autumn Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It treats autumn not as an ending, but as a reckoning. When the season turns, what’s been carried begins to settle. The world remembers its weight. People begin to release what they once held tight. The story turns toward what must... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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A forgotten protocol activates. The system obeys.
Backup Directives is a system-agnostic storytelling tool for science fiction roleplaying. It helps you treat forgotten protocols not as glitches, but narrative forces that reshape the world. When something old reactivates, characters remember, systems respond, and the story realigns.
This book treats failsafes, sleeper agents, and... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The dragon doesn’t move. The world begins to rot.
Black Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat black dragons not as monsters to slay but as forces that demand consequence. When a black dragon rises, something’s swallowed. Light, memory, promise. The story doesn’t resist it. It sinks into what can’t be undone. This book... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some events aren’t explained. They’re redacted.
Black Signals: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for modern roleplaying. It treats civil unrest, suppression protocols, and institutional silence as narrative events. These aren’t background details. They’re story shifts. Each activation leaves a trace. Each silence holds a consequence.
This book equips you to treat... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some magic doesn’t announce itself. It stains the air, alters a glance, waits.
Blood Sigils is a system-agnostic sourcebook for roleplaying stories rooted in sacrifice, inheritance, and pain that leaves marks. It doesn't treat the occult as spectacle. It doesn't demand understanding. The power here lingers in silence, binds through gesture, and speaks through scars. Lineage carries... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The dragon doesn't speak. It lets the world correct itself.
Blue Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat blue dragons not as monsters to be defeated but as minds that recalibrate the story. When a blue dragon acts, something is rewritten. History, truth, allegiance. The story doesn't unfold. It realigns.
This book equips you... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Something failed. It was supposed to hold.
Broken Directives is a system-agnostic tool for science fiction roleplaying. It treats collapse not as a surprise, but as an outcome written long before anyone noticed. A directive was issued. A utopia was promised. A safeguard was installed. Then it broke.
This book equips you to treat failure as story. Use it in any setting where... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some records were hidden on purpose. Others were lost and never meant to return.
Buried Records is a system-agnostic tool for historical roleplaying. It treats history not as a closed account, but as something still in dispute. When a record resurfaces, the story shifts. The world adjusts. Characters confront what was never settled.
This book equips you to treat buried records as... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The cavern isn’t a location. It’s a threshold.
Cavern Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat caverns not as places to explore but as thresholds where stories shift. When a cavern opens, it does so with purpose. It reveals what is hidden, alters those who enter, and decides what returns.
This book equips you to treat caverns... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells carry more than influence. This one carries intent.
Charm Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat charm not as a mechanic to exploit, but as a moment of transformation. When the spell is cast, something shifts. The balance changes. The story remembers.
This book equips you to treat charm as a narrative event. Use... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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A signal doesn't issue a command. It reminds one.
Core Directives is a system-agnostic tool for science fiction roleplaying. It treats internal code not as programming to be followed, but as conviction that can't be reasoned with. When a core directive asserts itself, something becomes undeniable. The world adjusts. Characters confront what they were built to avoid. The story accepts no compromise.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells carry more than influence. This one carries refusal.
Counter Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat counterspell not as a disruption to resolve, but as a moment where trust breaks. When the spell is cast, something that could have been is lost. The balance shifts. The story holds the silence.
This book... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The world doesn’t need to end. It needs time to make tea.
Cozy Omens is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It treats cozy fantasy not as retreat, but as resistance through gentleness. This is a genre where danger exists, but doesn’t always win. Where stories find strength in habit, hope in community, and magic in the spaces people choose to protect. The goal isn’t... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells do more than destroy. Some spells reshape memory.
Destroyed Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It treats disintegration not as an effect to resolve, but as a narrative rupture. When the spell is cast, the world shifts. Presence turns to absence. Memory reshapes itself around a scar that will not heal. The moment the spell... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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A signal doesn’t stop. It echoes.
Echo Directives is a system-agnostic tool for science fiction roleplaying. It treats haunted systems as memory, not malfunction. When an echo resurfaces, it doesn’t ask for action. It reminds. The world adjusts. Characters follow patterns they didn’t create. The story moves through circuits that never cleared.
This book equips you to treat echo... [click here for more] |
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$2.95
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Some records were altered before they were ever filed. Others were copied so many times that only the lie still makes sense.
False Records is a system-agnostic tool for historical roleplaying. It treats misinformation as method, not mistake. This book isn’t about what happened. It’s about what was written, what was repeated, and what people still believe. When a record resurfaces,... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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Some spells carry more than damage. This one carries intent.
Fireball Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat fireball not as an effect to resolve, but as a moment of transformation. When the spell is cast, something changes. The world takes notice. Characters feel the shift. The story holds the memory.
This book equips you... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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A signal doesn’t issue a command. It reminds one.
Foreign Directives is a system-agnostic tool for science fiction roleplaying. It treats alien interference not as conquest or mystery, but as conviction that doesn’t recognize refusal. When a foreign directive asserts itself, something becomes certain. The world adjusts. Characters confront what they were never meant to understand.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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The forest isn't a place. It's a presence.
Forest Omens: A Narrative Analysis is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying. It helps you treat forests not as locations to pass through, but as presences that shape stories. When a forest speaks, it does so through memory, transformation, and the quiet reshaping of the world.
This book equips you to treat forests as narrative events.... [click here for more] |
Lightspress |
$2.95
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