Forbidden Lands Players Handbook

favorite fantasy worlds to play in, be it from
other games, books, movies or homemade creations.
Thus, we have made the Forbidden Lands
rules and the sandbox campaign structure very
easy to port to other settings. The adventure
sites can easily be placed in any other fantasy
setting with minor tweaks. All you need is a
hex map of the world you want to play in, and
you’re good to go.
leave the poor but safe haven of home. You have
attributes and abilities far beyond the capacity of
regular folk, and you have big dreams and strong
relationships that drive you forward. All this is
documented on your character sheet. There is an
example of a completed character sheet on page
35, and there is a blank sheet at the end of this
book. Additional character sheets can be purchased
in stores or on the Free League website.
There you can also download character sheets for
free to print. How you create your character will
be described in the next chapter.
TOOLS OF THE
GAME
Forbidden Lands demands a lot when it comes
to your capacity for improvisation and creativity.
Yet the game also provides a number of
tools to help you create your own story.
CHARACTER SHEETS
As an adventurer in the Forbidden Lands, you
are a unique individual, someone unafraid to
MAP & STICKERS
The beautiful game map in the box, showing
the Forbidden Lands in all their glory, is the
centerpiece of the game. The map is divided
into 10 different terrain types, and uses a hexagonal
grid to regulate movement. How this
works is explained further in Chapter 7. In
the Gamemaster’s Guide, the GM will find all
the tools needed to create exciting encounters
along the way for your adventurers.
The box also contains a sheet of stickers. These
are used to mark adventure sites on the map
once your adventurers have discovered them.
There are also stickers for grave sites to be
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introduction