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Ultima Forsan - Setting Book

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Note: Revised Edition (no changelog required)

  At the end of the Middle Ages, the Plague of the Dead has spread through Europe, Africa and Asia giving rise to the darkest time in history. Now, in the year 1514, heroes from the New Kingdoms are ready to fight to reconquer the World. Ultima Forsan is a game of wild adventures and deadly dangers, set in a macabre alternate version of our Renaissance.

Inside Ultima Forsan Setting Book you can find:

  • A new Savage Worlds Setting, made of grim horrors and indomitable heroes

  • Two double-page maps: Macabre Lucca and the New Kingdoms of the West

  • New Edges, Arcane Backgrounds and Rules to face the Plague Hordes

  • Special weapons, augmented armors and mechanical prosthesis to fight the Macabre War

  • The Secret of Marco Polo: a complete campaign ready to play

  • More than thirty new, frightening monsters, plus dozens of animals, human characters and Wild Cards

  • An adventure generator that will allow you to create an infinite number of adventures for your Heroes

  • A scalable lethality level, allowing you to play the way you prefer, from lethal survival horror to epic action and heroism

DEATH IS LURKING, AND EACH HOUR COULD BE THE LAST.

BUT YOU WON’T GIVE UP.

NEVER.

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Ernest C June 01, 2022 7:35 am UTC
Hello!! Is this Deluxe, or can I use the SW: Deluxe for this setting? Excited to order the POD. Is it entirely English translated? Excited to combine Gold&Glory dungeon crawls with this setting :)
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Giuseppe R September 26, 2022 9:26 am UTC
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This is for SW Deluxe, but can be easily ported to SW Adventure Edition. A short conversion document is available here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294903/Ultima-Forsan--Conversion-to-SWADE-EN?affiliate_id=377335
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Patrick S February 01, 2022 7:13 am UTC
Would be really nice if we could have translations of the other not yet translated products. Thank you!
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Paul S June 19, 2021 10:07 am UTC
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Are all the rules included, or do you need the Savage Worlds core book also? Thanks…
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Dillard R January 17, 2021 2:11 am UTC
SWADE conversion or edition in the works?
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Giuseppe R April 17, 2021 8:43 pm UTC
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Yep! SWADE conversion is here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294903/Ultima-Forsan--Conversion-to-SWADE-EN?affiliate_id=377335
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Chad K May 06, 2020 5:59 pm UTC
Its been awhile- has the book been re-edited with an improved English translation? Just curious before Id buy POD. Thanks.
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Ronald B March 28, 2020 2:19 pm UTC
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Am about run a campaign and my players had a few questions about the map. It has white and red areas, with cities marked in either white, black or red, but there is no key to the map to let people know what all the different areas and colours mean. Can you provide a key or explain what the different colours represent please?
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Giuseppe R April 10, 2020 1:58 pm UTC
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Sure!
Red areas are "safe": the local authorities have cleared the area of most living dead.
White areas are "no man's land" where you should not expect to find serviceable roads nor taverns. Living dead roam freely, and if you meet someone it's probably bandits hiding from the law.

Cities:Black crosses are Lost Cities, such as Rome. Full of living dead!(and clearing one would be a glorious enterprise)
White cross marks a safe city, ususally protected by walls or similar defenses.
Red crosses are cities were the living dwell, but are quite dangerous in other ways (see individual descriptions in the book)
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Cyrus P May 05, 2019 10:47 pm UTC
Which book contains rules for Necromacy?
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Gio D May 09, 2019 3:29 pm UTC
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Hello Cyrus,
Necromany and fiefdom rules are included in the Spanish regional book, it's yet to be translated though.
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Chad K October 29, 2017 6:38 pm UTC
Has the translation improved in the 'revised edition'? Any real preview? The current preview doesnt really show much of anything.
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Gio D October 29, 2017 7:08 pm UTC
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Hello Chad,
additional editing has been made.
John Marron joined the crew has the editor of the Ultima Forsan line by the end of 2016; this does not include the Setting Book, perhaps later.
Right now we are working on the new Plot Point Campaign "Legends", soon to be published.
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Chad K October 29, 2017 7:09 pm UTC
Thank you for your reply. Im looking for some in depth reviews on the game (in English) but Im having difficulty.
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Gio D October 29, 2017 8:43 pm UTC
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I was reading another review on Andy Slack blog, there's Ultima Forsan too:
https://andyslack.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/review-ultima-forsan/
"A Taste of Macabre", the trial version, is 31 pages. Perhaps it's enough to make up your mind.
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Jeff B October 28, 2017 9:44 pm UTC
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I just purchased the PDF. Page 156 (p. 157 of 210) shows the lower left quarter of the illustration only. Will this be corrected? (I downloaded the PDF twice and saw the same thing both times.)
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Gio D October 29, 2017 11:07 am UTC
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Hi Jeff,
I can't see any problem on the PDF.
I'm out of the office until 7th November, I will look into it further.
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Jeff B October 25, 2017 6:44 pm UTC
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Is the hardcover color book the revised edition?
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Gio D October 25, 2017 8:28 pm UTC
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Hi Jeff,
yes it's the revised edition.
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Jayson L June 03, 2017 1:28 pm UTC
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is this available as a Physical book? Or any plans to do a POD?
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Gio D June 03, 2017 5:50 pm UTC
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Hello James,
the Physical Book has been presented during last GenCon, and is distributed by Studio2.
I'm seriously considering the PoD service too, it seems to be better nowadays
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Jayson L September 10, 2017 6:46 pm UTC
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Its hard to get American titles in the UK without the postage costing more than the book so a PoD version would be appreciated.
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Gio D September 10, 2017 10:01 pm UTC
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I expect to start using the PoD service before the end of October
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Gio D October 24, 2017 8:11 pm UTC
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The PoD is eventually ready.
I received both the softcover and hardcover proof copies, everything is good!
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Emmanuel R July 28, 2016 5:34 pm UTC
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Did anyone made a GM screen for this setting ?
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Gio D July 30, 2016 11:37 am UTC
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Hello Emmanuel,
no GM screen is available so far, but we'll release a kit for Customizable GM Screens soon.
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joshua E January 14, 2016 1:08 am UTC
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Awesome product. Very much looking forward to your next release. I'm seeing to files for download. The 'revised' edition seems to have missing and/or corrupted art but the 'ENEd200dpi' looks good. Which of the files is the current version of the pdf?
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Gio D January 14, 2016 10:45 am UTC
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Thank you Joshua!
You should only see the Revised edition, maybe you just "sniped" both during the update.
It has been edited considering all the players feedback.

We are checking the art right now, no rest for the layout artist =)
So far we didn't find anything wrong, can you help us pointing the problems?
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Alun R July 25, 2015 11:07 pm UTC
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The game your describing, Bence, already exist - simply port Witch Hunter to SW and shift it back a century. It is taking the renaissance aspects of early modern europe and pushing them into clock-punk that distinguishes Ultima Forsan. The closest existing game to this novel setting is Clockwork and Chivalry but too fixed in the mid-17th century to be an alternative to UF, IMHO.
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Bence F July 26, 2015 4:17 pm UTC
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Yea, thank you for the ideas. I was familiar only with Hexxen 1730 (not really clockpunk, either) that is similar, to a degree. Additionally, maybe a combination with SW Solomon Kane? Thanks, anyway.
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Bence F July 25, 2015 8:41 pm UTC
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Well, I simply cannot verbalize how rich is its content. It is an excellent dark fantasy setting. Or not? It could have been. There is no magic in it, nor demons. Demons might not be necessary because there are a lot of quasi-demons, beasts here. But: it should surely contain some form of magic, both divine magic (since there are magical artifacts in it!), and arcane magic (since it has e. g. mystical controlling powers!).

Instead, the setting explains almost everything (including: witches, necromancers, manna, undead lords) with superscience/alchemy. There are "magical" powers, but those are also explained in scientific terms. This mindset renders the whole setting to some kind of medieval-Fallout, or zombie apocalypse game with a subject zero.
I feel this game were much better as a dark fantasy game, with a bit more "Ars Magica-like" content - the in-game legends resemble already, which is great!
Will you add an expansion kit sometime, about magic - especially black...See more
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mauro L July 26, 2015 6:08 pm UTC
Thanks for your feedback, Bence!
We decided for "no magic" in Ultima Forsan, because it is our World, just in an uchronic timeline (and with zombies). So you can have "witchery tricks", some Da Vinci tech and alchemy, but no "real" magic.
Anyway, we planned for a fourth Arcane Background, Necromancy, that will work using "parts" of the Dead, Atrament or similar elements.
It will arrive in one of the next releases.
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Alun R July 22, 2015 12:44 pm UTC
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This is a really interesting setting for a period and place that doesn't get a huge amount of attention. In addition the art is excellent and gives a lovely sense of period to the book. Unfortunately the whole is diminished by some poor text editing &/or translation. Initially I thought it might be eccentric use of English to supplement the art's sense of time & place but as I read on the grammar and tense errors simply grated more and more. What might have otherwise been an immersive read became something of an obstacle course for me. Hopefully now that it's been exposed to a wider, English speaking, audience a volunteer will step up to edit it. A shame given what is otherwise a very good idea.
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mauro L July 22, 2015 3:32 pm UTC
Hello Alun,
Thank you for reading the book and for your comment. We are looking for a native editor and any help to improve is very welcome. If you like to tell me your suggestions, write at mauro@ggstudio.eu.
Mauro
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Gio D August 15, 2015 2:32 pm UTC
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Hello Alun,
thank you. We were aware of the risk, did our best, and I honestly I have to say we thought we did better.
We will add a native speaker pro editor, and listen carefully the players feedback.
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