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Welcome To Surge!
Welcome To Surge!
Where the stories of mystical new worlds await!
SURGE! is a table top role-playing adventure game (TTRPG), with a set of rules that are easier to follow than most other platforms out there. SURGE! is not the game by itself, it is the framework that creators may build their game world around. We provide the mechanics of items, abilities, and how they work, but we are merely the foundation. Everything else is provided to players through the creators of the worlds that are built by a Game Master (GM).
Just like other platforms in the genre, the GM is the illustrator of the story, providing players with visual and mental images of the environment around them. The players are the true narrators of the story, their actions impacting the world they are roleplaying characters through. The only limitations are that of your imagination, and the how far in you can press your GM's buttons before they say: "No."
OUR CORE RULEBOOK IS FREE!
We are excited to share our system with you. Please find our FAQ for any questions you may have, please visit the downloads section to download our FREE core rulebook, and please (please please please!) follow us on YouTube and Twitter to learn about our upcoming official campaign releases and additional compendiums!
FAQ
FAQ
Is SURGE! free?
Yes, the digital copy of the Core Rulebook is absolutely free. Anyone may download the digital copy and redistribute it for free to their friends. This is covered in our Game License.
Additional compendiums, campaigns, and other source material will be paid content.
Can I sell my own compatible works with SURGE! ?
YES! In fact, we encourage it! Your worlds and your stories are protected and we won't take a piece of the money you earn from it!
Would you like to advertise your compatible creations on our site? Email us!
Is SURGE! compatible with other platforms, such as Dungeons & Dragons?
Unfortunately, no. Not that we're sorry about it - we think our framework is actually better in many ways.. AND... did we mention that OUR digital Core Rulebook is FREE? That said, we have seen crossover games from D&D so far. So while not compatible, it seems switching to the SURGE! system is easier than trying to switch back.
Are there any official campaigns available for SURGE! ?
We are currently writing official campaigns for SURGE! and details will be coming soon-ish. The reason we're releasing our Core Rulebook early is to give everyone a chance to have fun with the rules and know what they are getting in to. In the meantime, we're writing up some single session scenarios that GMs can walk in to a room of players, sit down, and just start playing with! Those will become available, as released, in the downloads section, below.
What's so special about SURGE! ?
So glad you asked - you're a smart one, we can tell. Surge is all about the freedom to create your stories and characters with as little limitation as possible. We don't have class archetypes, we have completely revitalized the way you think about action economy, while you are free to min-max - we have made it extremely difficult to do so (which means no OP characters), there is NO meta for a single best character type (you can play your own way and learn how you best support your party members through first-hand experience rather than in a limited skillset), we have a levelling system that supports characters up to Level 100, skills are leveled completely independent from character and attribute levels, and SO MANY MORE reasons to love SURGE! as your one-stop for TTRPG haven (it's easier to just give you the rulebook than to re-type EVERYTHING here).
Is there a virtual table top solution for SURGE! ?
Officially, no. We don't support one at the moment, but our community has created one for Foundry VTT! We actually made a post about it HERE.
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