An age of spirits and mysteries

Seeking to bring together the Heavens and the Earth, the former Emperor of Japan performed a Grand Rite to connect them. But this did not go as planned and the Imperial capital of Heian fell into ruin. The lines between the worlds have blurred and now the mysterious and powerful spirits known as yōkai walk the world of mortals. This is the dawn of a new Age of Spirits, but will it be an age of unparallelled strife, or one of understanding? The supernatural and mortal worlds must now learn to coexist, lest they destroy one another. It will be you adventurers, versed in the ways both of humans and spirits, who will set the course of history.

Mysteries of the Yōkai is a tabletop RPG set in a historical fantasy version of Classical Japan where your epic tales are set to unfold. Explore a mythic world, walk the line between man and yōkai, and create new legends of your own. In the Age of Spirits, harmony is just as important as conflict. Only by joining together with your fellow adventurers can you solve the problems of a world struggling to reconcile the supernatural and mundane.

Mysteries of the Yōkai: Core Rulebook

This book contains everything you need to play Mysteries of the Yōkai.

You can explore the Age of Spirits in the Setting Guide and read all about the yōkai and their strange abilities in the Bestiary. Then create your own personalized heroes from the wide variety of options in Character Creation. Watch your characters grow and learn new techniques as they adventure through the land of Japan.

Make any type of conflict the focus of your story with the Tide and Morale system: fierce battles, heated debates, puzzling mysteries, or any other conflict you want to play through. Create, run, and play in engrossing campaigns filled with mysteries, exploration, danger, and excitement.

Character Creation

Create any kind of Character you want using a point-buy system. Stalwart human samurai, a tengu detective that can fly, or a tsukumogami broom just trying to understand its place in a strange new world after awakening.

Conflict Resolution

The Tide and Morale system allows GMs and players to model any kind of Conflict using the same rules. Actions taken by a Character that harm or impede their opponents, or support their allies, inflict Tide damage, which moves the Tide of Battle back and forth on a tracker. When the Tide of Battle has been pushed far enough against one side, that side takes Morale Damage, which may force some of its members out of the Conflict.