Highwinds

A space opera tabletop RPG

Welcome to the future home of the Highwinds SRD. For now, you can acquire the Highwinds rule book and character sheets at itch.io.

Credits & Thanks

Writing and Design by Michael “Karrius” Mazur. If you have any comments, suggestions, or notice errors, please let me know at dragonchild12@gmail.com

• karrius.itch.io
• twitter.com/Karrius_Games

Archetype and Species art by Wren Culler

• mothgeist.wixsite.com/lculler
• twitter.com/mothgeist

Cover, layout, and editing by Goaty Goats using art provided by unsplash.com

• GoatyGoats.com

Cover art by Diego PH, taken from unsplash.com

• unsplash.com/@jdiegoph

Chase rules inspired by “After Them!” from Purple Aether LLC

• After Them (itch): purpleaether.itch.io/after-them
• After Them (DTRPG): drivethrurpg.com/product/326319
• Publisher page (itch): purpleaether.itch.io
• Publisher page (DTRPG): drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12680
• Twitter: twitter.com/PurpleAetherLLC

Special thanks to Lisa, Goaty, Meats, Max, and the Monster Slappers for always being there to bounce ideas off of.

And thanks to Josh, Frank, chonjurer, and K, who inspired me to never stop pushing for things to be better when it comes to game design.

Legal Notice

You have full permission to do the following:

• Reproduce or copy any part of this book (text and art) for your own personal use in any way that you like.
• Existing laws give you the right to display and reproduce any material in this book (text and art) for the purpose of reviews, criticism, and the like—but, I ask that you do link and mention any artists of artwork you show, feature, or highlight, so that they receive full credit. I can’t force you, but I’d appreciate it.
• Display and reproduce any material in this book (text and art) for the purpose of actual plays or other forms of performances with this game, as long as this book’s itch.io store page is featured prominently, and any artists of artwork you show are linked to and receive credit.
• Create websites, books, programs, or other enhancements to the text, that reuse text from this book intended for distribution to others, as long as this book’s itch.io page is prominently linked to, and the distribution is free or pay-what-you-want.
• Create your own supplementary material including websites, books, programs, or the like that only use small snippets of text from this book, and do charge for creation.

For permission to do the following, please contact me at dragonchild12@gmail.com, and we can work something out:

• The creation for sale of any product that features large portions of the text from this book.
• The creation for sale of any product that features art from this book.
• Translating this book into other languages for anything beyond personal use.

In short: do whatever you want for your game. Write your own supplements, but link back, and talk to me first if you’re charging money and wanting to use this game’s text.

If you are creating something that uses this system, reviewing it, or doing an actual play, I’d like to hear about it so I can promote you back! Please let me know at dragonchild12@gmail.com, or on twitter @Karrius_Games.

Changelog

This is version 1.0.2 of Highwinds, released 27 Feb 2021.

Changes: Wording fixed in a few spots.

Corrections made to the following archetypes to fix equipment point budget:

Cyber Knight: Ice Cannon, Environment Sealed armor, Goggles (Thermal), Goggles (Telescoping), Auto-Med Kit, 2x Discord grenades added to gear listening

Gunslinger: Flash Grenade added

Soldier: Telescoping Goggles removed

Spy: Cyber Eye removed

Technomage: Mithril focus removed and mithril limb added, added in Sweep Drone and Discord Bomb Drone

Removed duplicate "Spell Steal" from Basic Spells.

Highwinds 1.0.1, released 18 Feb 2021.

Changes: Formatting, wording, consistency. Numbing Cold changed to add an additional round of duration.