The whole line,
in three categories
The Vestiges books fall into three categories. The lore lays down the world and its rules: the Player's Book, the Game Master's Book and the Monstrous Bestiary, gathered in the Complete Bundle at €19.99. The supplements add to it, each at its own price: the Nyméria city sourcebook and the Crown-World atlas. The adventures go on the table the same evening. Every Sylkaen book ships with two complete rules editions, SRD 5.2.1 and SRD 3.5, in the same purchase. All books are digital (high-definition PDFs on itch.io), in English and French.
The lore
The three books that lay down the world, its peoples, its rules and its creatures. They are not sold separately: they come together, in the Complete Bundle.
The Complete Bundle
All 3 books in one purchase: Player's Book, Game Master's Book and Bestiary, with both rules editions included. The simplest way to start.
The Player's Book
Everything to create your hero and roam Sylkaen: its peoples, its classes, its magic born of the ruins.
For a player: build your character, pick your people and class, and know what the world has taught them.
The Game Master's Book
The other side of the screen: the true History of the Cycles, the deep Cosmos, and the secrets your players will never read.
For the GM: prepare a campaign knowing the truth your table will spend months piecing together.
The Monstrous Bestiary
Fifty creatures that exist in no other universe, ready to haunt your tables, lore and stat blocks fused.
For the GM: fill the ruins with creatures that each say something about the place you meet them in.
The supplements
A place to run the campaign, an atlas for all the rest of the world. Each reads on its own, is bought on its own, and does not restate the rules of the foundation.
Nyméria
The starting city, district by district, and the Workshop stacked beneath it: one dead Nyméria per Cycle.
To set a whole campaign inside a city that is already alive, with its powers and its people.
The Crown-World
The atlas of the inhabited world: six regions, their capitals and cities, and the roads that link them.
To know what lies at the end of every road, the day your table decides to go elsewhere.
The Sediments
The descent beneath the world: six stacked tiers, where every step down takes you back an age.
To run a dig rather than a dungeon, with 115 places and 21 figures beneath any city.
One more supplement is written and waiting for its release date: it is presented on the News page.
The adventures
Adventures written, mapped and ready to put on the table, characters included.
The Hand That Counts
The starter adventure: one evening to judge the game at the table rather than on a promise, without spending anything.
To try the game in one evening, with nothing to buy, nothing to prepare and no other book.
Frequently asked questions about the line
Do I need all three books to play?
The Complete Bundle (€19.99) is the entry point: it gathers all three books, with both rules editions included. The three books are not sold separately: they come together in the Bundle. The free adventure lets you try before buying anything, and the Nyméria and Crown-World sourcebooks are separate add-ons whenever you want to dig into the city or open the map.
Are the books physical or PDF?
All three books come as high-definition PDFs, with instant download after purchase: no shipping, no waiting. They are laid out like true printed rulebooks, and available in both English and French editions. Page counts differ by a few pages between the two languages, since the text does not take the same room: the content is the same.
Are PDF updates included?
Yes. Every purchase on itch.io includes free PDF updates: whenever a new version of a book is released (fixes, additions), you simply re-download it from your itch.io library.
Are the books available in French?
Yes: the whole line exists in English and in French: the Complete Bundle (Livre des Joueurs, Livre du Maître, Bestiaire monstrueux), Nyméria, The Crown-World (Le Monde-Couronne), The Sediments (Les Sédiments) and the free adventure (La Main qui compte). Both languages are sold on the same itch.io store.
What exactly is in the Complete Bundle?
Six PDFs for €19.99: the Player's Book, the Game Master's Book and the Monstrous Bestiary, each in both rules editions, with no system to choose at the moment of purchase.
Do I need the core rules to play?
Yes, but they cost nothing. The Vestiges books do not reprint them: they build on the SRD 5.2.1, published under a Creative Commons licence and free to download, or on the 3.5 SRD for the other edition. You only pay for what is specific to Sylkaen.