The Last Road

You are a Grey Warden, a hero of the land who dedicated your life to fighting darkspawn, the terrible monsters that rise from the underground to wreak havoc and spread their deadly taint across all nations. To do so, you submitted yourself to a secret ritual of the Wardens that changed you permanently.

A couple of decades after the ritual, you’ve begun to hear the enthralling Call of the darkspawn's leader, as all Grey Wardens eventually do. You know that soon it will become irresistible, and that it will turn you into one of them.

To avoid that fate, you'll head underground and fight the monsters where they're most numerous, in order to meet an honorable end in battle.

GAME INFORMATION

Players: 3 to 5. No GM-like role.

Expected playtime: one session of around 2 hours.

Mechanical difficulty: simple.

Tone: dark, fatalistic, nostalgic.

Themes: death, sacrifice, regrets, reminiscence, hopelessness. 

DISCLAIMER: All of this game's non-mechanical text is based on the lore of the Dragon Age franchise, which belongs to Bioware, Electronic Arts and possibly Green Ronin Publishing. All art used in the appendix likewise belongs to them and is under fair use. This game was made independently with no relation to the holders of the franchise’s intellectual property and is presented for free.