Eryssel's Journeys

You can tell I really like Scarlet Heroes because I'm always bringing it up. Not only was it the very first solo RPG book I bought, but also I find myself going back to it, time and time again, despite having other titles in my collection.   The illustrations of the book are also fantastic, in my opinion! Due to its origins (see my previous article for a quick overview on this), Scarlet Heroes is easily customizable and adaptable. This is exceptionally useful if you're playing entirely on your own.  By default, the game comes with the monsters, spells, and lore of the Red Tide , an original campaign setting by Kevin Crawford (the one man behind Sine Nomine Publishing), which was made available as a Labyrinth Lord supplement around the time Black Streams: Solo Heroes (Scarlet Heroes' predecessor) was originally released. The world of the Red Tide was inspired by Southeast Asian myths and culture. When the full Scarlet Heroes was released via Kickstarter, the Red Tide setti

It's been a bit more than two years since my last post, but I'm back! This time, I bring you a small guide on how to play DnD 5e using Scarlet Heroes. First and foremost, this guide will focus on solo roleplaying . That is, you playing your RPG of choice on your own without a GM or another player. I make this clarification because not everyone may be aware that this is a possibility. Nowadays, you can play any tabletop RPG on your own, and there's a wide variety of tools and games that help you do it.  Scarlet Heroes is precisely one of the most well known games/tools to help you play solo. The book comes with everything you need: both a ruleset (which includes character creation, items, monsters, etc.) and a set of oracles and random tables. Oracles and random tables are key when it comes to solo roleplaying. They essentially provide the answers you would normally ask a GM during a standard game. There's an element of surprise to them too, so that you can get the impr