Ironsworn
A tabletop roleplaying game by Shawn Tomkin set in the mythic dark fantasy world of the Ironlands. Players take on the role of Ironsworn, heroes bound to sworn vows who face peril, make allies, and explore a dangerous frontier. Ironsworn plays solo, cooperatively, or with a guide (GM).
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Attribution: Ironsworn is created by Shawn Tomkin and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Core Rules
- Stats and Tracks — The Basics: stats, action rolls, momentum, progress tracks, harm, stress, assets, oracles, bonds
- Your Character — Vows, bonds, debilities, experience, character creation
- Moves — All moves: Adventure, Relationship, Combat, Suffer, Quest, Fate
- Combat — Enter the Fray, Strike, Clash, Turn the Tide, End the Fight, Battle
- Foes and Encounters — NPC components, packs, creating encounters
- Character Sheet — Blank character sheet (printable) with interactive generator
Oracle Tables
Roll dice and consult for narrative inspiration. Machine-readable JSON:
Moves and Assets (Machine-Readable)
Structured JSON data for game tools and digital character sheets:
- moves.json — All moves (Adventure, Relationship, Combat, Suffer, Quest, Fate)
- companion.json — Companion assets (Cave Lion, Giant Spider, Hawk, Horse, Hound, Kindred, Mammoth, Owl, Raven, Young Wyvern)
- path.json — Path assets (Alchemist, Animal Kin, Banner-Sworn, and 25 more)
- combat-talent.json — Combat Talent assets (Archer, Berserker, Brawler, and 11 more)
- ritual.json — Ritual assets (Augur, Awakening, Bind, and 13 more)