The Strangest of Sorts

This is a collection of pre-generated characters designed for use with Cairn and adaptable to related 3-stat fantasy games, such as Into the Odd and Perils & Princesses.

The free preview features these 5 characters:

• Soot of Charwood, a Fire Ogre
• Ariannie Attercob, a Dreamweaver
• Lokus Snapdragon, a Goblin Trainer
• Meredith “Weredith”, a Wherewhat
• Zyrgzyríthanees, a Wayward Imp

If you pay at least $3, you’ll also get:

• Brother Wog, a Body Hopper
• Thwyrr Prrta, a Bridge Troll
• Dr. Igneous Malkeo, a Chimera Milker
• Princess Rosamund, a Fetch Princess
• Candlesnuff, an Umbral Spriggan

Each character consists of 2 pages: a character sheet and a setup sheet. Follow the steps on the setup sheet to fill out the blank spaces on your character sheet, then you’re ready to start playing.

Unlike characters created with the default Cairn rules, these characters all have 4 unique powers they can draw on, though they start with just the first one and only gain access to the others through narrative triggers. The powers themselves are based on Cairn’s spells and GLOG Magic Hack rules, inspired by The GLOG ruleset by Arnold at Goblin Punch. Using narrative triggers to unlock powers is based on Cairn’s own fiction-first approach to growth and its rules for recharging Relics, as well as the idea of Keys from Lady Blackbird by John Harper and The Shadow of Yesterday by Clinton Dreisbach.

Princess Rosamund’s default power requires access to the list of 100 spells from Cairn. Download a one-page list of those spells.

Thanks to Evlyn Moreau for the delightfully charming artwork of each character.