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Historia: Dark Fantasy Renaissance Setting for 5e

Created by Mana Project Studio

A merciless world populated by anthropomorphic animal races, new classes & game options, equipment, kinds of magic, and much more!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

433% Funded! Adventure Book Unlocked!
over 4 years ago – Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:13:36 PM

Hey everybody, here we are with a stretch goal update!

Adventure Book Unlocked!

We’re going to produce the  Historia Adventure Book, including all the unlocked adventures, available as a free PDF for every backers, and as an hardback print copy, available as an add-on.

The book will feature a cover illustrated by Bastien Lecouffe Deharme! He is a renowned Fantasy and Sci-fi illustrator. His artwork evolves at the crossroad of modern and ancient myths and legends, forgotten tales and tragedies.

He is represented by Shannon Associates (NYC) and his client list includes Wizards of the Coast (Magic: the Gathering), Adobe, DAW Books, Random House, Tor Books, National Geographic, Riot Games, and many more.

You can find some of his works here: https://www.artstation.com/deharme

What's next?

John Wick makes games. He made the Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 7th Sea, Cat: A Little Game about Little Heroes, Houses of the Blooded, The Aegis Project, and a bunch of other games. He currently works for Chaosium where he makes games.

Help Historia build a community

If you want to help us in bringing Historia community to life, please share this project with your friends.

Thank for your support!

Mana Project Studio

400% Funded! Adventure By Jason Carl Unlocked!
over 4 years ago – Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:32:39 AM

Hey everybody, here we are with a stretch goal update!

Adventure By Jason Carl Unlocked!

Jason Carl has been writing and managing roleplaying games for at least a century. He is a contributing writer to Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition, and World of Darkness Mind’s Eye Theatre. Today he is the Brand Marketing Manager for World of Darkness at White Wolf Entertainment, and the host of L.A. by Night on Geek and Sundry.

What's next?

If we’re reaching this stretch goal, we’re going to produce an Adventure Book, including all the unlocked adventures, available as a free PDF for every backers, and as an hardback print copy, available as an add-on.

The book will feature a cover illustrated by Bastien Lecouffe Deharme!

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme is a renowned Fantasy and Sci-fi illustrator. His artwork evolves at the crossroad of modern and ancient myths and legends, forgotten tales and tragedies.

He is represented by Shannon Associates (NYC) and his client list includes Wizards of the Coast (Magic: the Gathering), Adobe, DAW Books, Random House, Tor Books, National Geographic, Riot Games, and many more. You can find some of his artworks here: https://www.artstation.com/deharme 

Help Historia build a community

If you want to help us in bringing Historia community to life, please share this project with your friends.

Thank for your support!

Mana Project Studio

366% Funded! Lorebook Unlocked!
over 4 years ago – Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:14:37 PM

Hey everybody, here we are with a juicy stretch goals update!

Lore Book Unlocked!

Historia: di Magi e Briganti, Vigliacchi ed Eroi (Historia: of Magus and Brigands, Cowards and Heroes) is a Lore and Art book illustrated and written by Mirko Failoni, it’s where everything started. We’ll produce a second edition of the book, available as a free PDF for every backers and as a softcover book, available as an add-on.

What's next?

Jason Carl has been writing and managing roleplaying games for at least a century. He is a contributing writer to Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition, and World of Darkness Mind’s Eye Theatre. Today he is the Brand Marketing Manager for World of Darkness at White Wolf Entertainment, and the host of L.A. by Night on Geek and Sundry.

Help Historia build a community

If you want to help us in bringing Historia community to life, please share this project with your friends.

Thank for your support!

Mana Project Studio

New Stretch Goals Reveal and Free Quickstart Release!
over 4 years ago – Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:32:26 PM

Hi everybody, we have some great news to share with you today!

New Stretch Goals Reveal

We're proud to reveal to you a new bunch of stretch goals:

  • Adventure, written by John Wick
  • Dice Trays
  • Adventure, written by Klara Herbøl
  • New Familia: The Vespertiles
  • Adventure, written by Matt Forbeck

John Wick makes games. He made the Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 7th Sea, Cat: A Little Game about Little Heroes, Houses of the Blooded, The Aegis Project, and a bunch of other games. He currently works for Chaosium where he makes games.

If we are reaching this stretch goal, we’ll produce custom Dice Trays for Historia! They will be available as add-ons to every physical pledge.

Klara has been running and playing RPGs for most of her adult life, and started writing them professionally for companies such as Onyx Path, Make Believe Games, Helmgast and Modiphius. As well as being a gamer, Klara is an enthusiastic student of Scandinavian history, an intensive care nurse, and polyglot, being able to speak and write in English, German, Swedish, and her native Danish.

Klara’s credits include The Contagion Chronicle, Mummy 2nd Edition, Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition, Dark Eras 2, Chicago by Night, Night Horrors: Shunned by the Moon, and many more. She lives in her apartment with her guinea pigs Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon and when she doesn’t write or nurse, she paints or reads. Her twitter handle is @xLadyGamerx.

If we are reaching this stretch goal, Historia handbook will feature an additional Familia: the Vespertilis! The Vespertiles are the only Familia of Theris that has developed the ability to hover in the air thanks to membranous wings! Megabats, Vampires, and Fruit Bats will be the new protagonists of the night in Historia!

Matt Forbeck is an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author and game designer with over thirty novels and countless games published to date, including Deadlands, Brave New World, Tales from the Loop, Dungeons & Dragons, Mutant Chronicles, Forgotten Realms, Endless Quest, and more.

His recent work includes the new Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest books, Halo: Bad Blood, and Life Is Strange: Welcome to Blackwell, plus work on the Rage 2 video game and the Shotguns & Sorcery roleplaying game based on his novels. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin, with his wife and five children, including a set of quadruplets. For more about him and his work, visit Forbeck.com.

Free Quickstart Release

Here you have the Historia Quickstart, featuring an overview of the project and game mechanics, and an introductory adventure to move your first steps in the world of Historia.

The Quickstart PDF is available as free download for everyone, clicking the banner or the link below:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288694/Historia-Quickstart

Feel free to share it with your friends!

Help Historia build a community

If you want to help us in bringing Historia community to life, please share this project with your friends.

Thank for your support!

Mana Project Studio

333% Funded! Adventure By Marco B. Bucci Unlocked! Quickstarter coming soon.
over 4 years ago – Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 01:38:23 AM

Hey everybody, here we are with a juicy update! 

Adventure by Marco B. Bucci Unlocked!

Marco B. Bucci is a storyteller, photographer, designer, illustrator and a writer. Together with Jacopo Camagni (Marvel Entertainment, Panini Comics) he is the author of the fantasy comic book series Magna Veritas (Soleil) and Nomen Omen (Panini Comics, Image Comics). He is designer for the board game Dogs of War (CMON Limited) and for the Memento Mori roleplaying game (Raven Distribution).

What's next?

Historia: di Magi e Briganti, Vigliacchi ed Eroi (Historia: of Magus and Brigands, Cowards and Heroes) it’s a Lore and Art book illustrated and written by Mirko Failoni, it’s where everything started. If we are reaching this stretch goal, we’ll produce a second edition of the book, available as a free PDF for every backers and as a softcover book, available as an add-on.

Quickstarter Coming Soon!

In the next days we're going to release the Historia Quickstarter, including an overview of the project and game mechanics, featuring an introductive adventure to move your first steps in the Historia world.

The quickstarter will be available as a free download for everyone, feel free to share it with your friends!

Stretch Goals Reveal

We're very near to reveal you a bunch of brand new stretch goals for the campaign! We have international guests that joined the project and many ideas that we'd like to produce with your help! Stay tuned!

Help Historia build a community

If you want to help us in bringing Historia community to life, please share this project with your friends.

Thank for your support!

Mana Project Studio