Rules compendium

A World Torn by Gods, Waiting for Heroes

The tale begins—not on the page, but at the table.

You bring the story. Narateer brings the spark.

You hold the tools to forge legends.

Narateer empowers collaborative storytelling—but shared safety makes that collaboration possible. The tools below ensure everyone feels respected, heard, and free to explore the world of Shatterholme at their own pace.

Narateer is the result of more than thirty years of design, failure, rebuilding, and rediscovery. I started it as a teenager—scribbling ideas in the margins of school notebooks. Over the decades, it evolved through campaigns that broke it,

Narateer was created with care, creativity, and a clear conscience. Because players deserve to know how something was made, I want to be open about how AI supported my process—what it did, and what it didn’t.

Same shape. Different voice. Every roll speaks.

You were shaped before you chose to become.

Legacy burns before footsteps fall.

Instinct breathes before skill takes hold.

Every step burns the fire that keeps you going.

Discipline carves purpose from potential.

The path to mastery begins with a single skill.

A title is given. An identity is earned.

Power emerges where story sharpens skill.

Steel is not strength. Strength is what remains when the steel breaks—and you keep fighting.

The world beyond the walls is not your enemy. It’s your ally—if you know how to listen.

You didn’t see them coming. You won’t see them leave.

Witches are weavers of the Wyrd—an ancient, volatile magic born from spirit, rune, and fate. Using this power, they invoke spirit, shape omens, and twist elemental forces into spells of protection, revelation, or ruin.

The gods are shattered—but not silent. Some whisper mercy. Others demand bone.

Intent given form—carving your will in the tale.

Every test asks: are you ready, or do you fall?

To cast magic is not just to act—it is to shift. To become a vessel and a channel of volatile power.

What keeps you here when the fire goes out?

Each choice crosses space—what shifts is the lens.

Position decides danger before blades do.

Combat is a Scene in which characters attempt to harm, hinder, or out manoeuvre each other through force, weaponry, magic, or similar danger.

Three ways to frame a moment. One seamless system.

Every burden has a cost. Some are carried in hand. Others are carried in blood and breath.

Steel remembers the hand that carries it. Armour remembers the blow.

Use this table when designing combat modifiers, class powers, equipment traits, and tactical exceptions.