Designed by bestselling and award-winning roleplaying game designer
Alan Bahr, Heirs to Heresy is a roleplaying game of powerful Knights
Templar escaping from a cruel world that has branded them heretics.
You are one of the thirty Knights Templar who awoke on Friday, 13
October 1307, only to find themselves wanted criminals and branded
heretics by the King of France. Abandoned by the Vatican and sent away
early in the morning, you must leave Paris on a day of reckoning and try
to find your way across a dark, mythic Europe to a mystical utopia where
you can rebuild!
Heirs to Heresy starts as a historical-fantasy roleplaying game, but
is heavily influenced by Gnosticism, European Folklore, esotericism, and
the myths and legends that surround the Templars. The game will ask you
to craft the secrets of the Templar treasure, the enemies, and mysteries
they will face, as your Knights undertake a mystical journey to the
center of themselves along the road to Avallonis.
The mechanics are a blend of narrative, storytelling rules, and classic
adventure-gaming inspired roleplaying rules that work to create rich
aspect-driven characters. As Templar Knights, your skill at arms is
unquestionable, but it is the potential access to gnostic spells, unique
powers, or intensely powerful faith sets you apart from your
compatriots.
Can you tap into your potential, guarding the mysterious Templar
treasure on this last quest you will take for the order and find the
answer to the burning question: are the Templars Heirs to Heresy?
