Ivresang: The Ashen Kingdoms (Demo)
A downloadable TTRPG supplement
A thousand and five hundred years ago, the sun was taken from us. Now, the land is wretched, cursed, and yet so generous.
Gold, the color of honey, and the rest of us, flies for the tyrants that weave as spiders do.
The rest of the world knows better than to enter the enclave that is now the Ashen Kingdoms.
For change is our nature, and never for the better.
A Gothic Vampire Fantasy for Ironsworn
Ivresang is a ruthless, dark fantasy tabletop role-playing supplement for the game Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin. It will allow you to spin dreadful tales of horror, speak of the beast within, and make grand displays of humanity lost and found.
This Demo Features...
60+ gorgeous pages of content, including...
- A brand-new DELVE COMPATIBLE sheet and print-friendly playmats,
- New Vampyr-exclusive moves, and hunger, a new condition in three stages,
- Terrifying addenda to Endure Harm, Endure Stress and Face Death,
- A new type of asset, the Kin Asset, establishing if you are Human or Vampyr,
- 10 new additional Ivresang assets total to make your own unique character,
...As well as a list of features to expect in the finished project and more!
Premise
Ivresang takes place in a region of the world where the sun no longer shines, obscured by dark, cursebound clouds. Because of this, many vampires (written vampyrs in-game) see it as their promised land—people of all sort all constantly flood in at the promise of riches and the supernaturally abundant resources of the region, in spite of the constant territorial wars, and the magical horrors within.
Shadows are ever present, festering in every corner, every court, every village, every house, and every soul. Those who are in power can only stay in power through unspeakable means of violence, and when the wheel turns for them, it always crashes, but never breaks.
The millennial tradition of the Ashen Vow allows co-existence of man and vampyr, but never peace. These oaths, originally used as punctual means of non aggression between the opposed kin—and a form of currency of favors for the long-lived souls of the region—have since evolved as all-encompassing promises, defining short-term chores as well as life-long ambitions.
In Ivresang, you are Ashen. You are man or vampyr.
You are denizen of the Ashen Kingdoms.
Media Touchstones:
- Castlevania series, Konami
- Darkest Dungeon I & II, Red Hook Studios
- V Rising, Stunlock Studios
- Trophy, Jesse Ross
- Dragon's Dogma, Capcom
- Vampire Survivors, poncle
- Rusty Hearts, Perfect World
About the future of this project
THIS VERSION IS A DEMO. Ivresang is currently in development, and if the project interests you, please do follow me for updates!
Development started around October 2024, and as of now, the full version of Ivresang features...
- 40+ new assets,
- 85+ new tables,
- four Kin Assets,
- An extended lore section for truths and NPCs,
... is fully playable, and currently being playtested and finetuned.
I, Meishali, am its sole developer, writer, and game designer.
To stay independent, I will need your support!This demo is PWYW, but you can donate by buying the bundle, and you can also support me on ko-fi. Thank you!
Disclaimer & Credits
This work is based on Ironsworn, a role-playing game created by Shawn Tomkin, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Ivresang is an extension built specifically as a companion module to Ironsworn, and is in no way officially affiliated with Tomkin Press or Ironsworn.
Knowledge of Ironsworn, its rules, and its moves is required to play with Ivresang’s materials.
If you wish to learn more about Ironsworn, head over to https://tomkinpress.com/
Writing & Design—Meishali
Layout, Sheet & Illustrations—Meishali
Co-Editor—Julian Fanelli
Public Domain images from the Paris Musées Collections.
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Using this for my very first time playing Ironsworn. Rolled a miss on my first swear an ashen vow move, wasted a whole night arguing with a blue-blood because he refused to go inland without a human entourage. Your inciting incidents for each region are so much fun! 10/10 can't wait to learn more about the world, excited for more content.
Also, that character sheet is just stunning! Love the kin symbols especially, can't wait to print my sheet and colour it all pretty.
Hello Sam! YOUR VERY FIRST TIME PLAYING! WOW! I'm honored!! I'm so glad you liked the quest starters and it made you look forward to more game content! The other regions have their own starting quests and flair too, it'll be very very fun, and I hope to get them out as soon as I'm able 👀 Full game will also release with another vertical sheet! Thank you for the nice words! It means a lot to me!
Any chance you will make the complete version fully standalone without needing Ironsworn rulebook too, Meishali? This is so cool.
Hello there! Originally (especially because of time constraints and how I wanted to work on the project), I thought of only publishing it as a supplement... But it's very likely the full version will include every move. I'm currently still thinking about it because the supplement, as it is, will be titan work. Thank you for your interest!
I understand, it will be a herculean work. But best of luck with the development and all of your projects, Meishali!