Knighthood, old men blather on, used to mean something. These days, mercenaries fight the wars, and knights do nothing but pay tithes.

When the war gets hard or the crops don’t yield, a knight sends his squires to quest for long-forgotten gold in ancient caverns and horrible tombs.

The squires, traditionally tasked with recovering a lost treasure from a dangerous ruin, are promised knighthood if they are so courageous and clever as to return...

How is this different?

1. Unlike most TTRPGs, this is a game you can "win" by finding enough treasure to be knighted
2. Levelless classes (or "epithets") grant players three abilities each, which aim to provide interesting utility inside and outside of combat
3. The rules fit on either side of a single sheet of paper

Acknowledgements

1. Dreaming Dragonslayer's Red Ink Adventures v2.0
2. Arnold K., Ben Milton, Chris McDowall, Idle Doodler, Skerples
3. Max (my first GM), Miranda (my current GM), and Tom (my game design professor)

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