THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE
Magic returned. Technology fought back. Five great races now struggle through an uneasy peace on New Terra.
Free Public Playtest • Core Rules 2.2
WHAT RISING DAWN IS
Choose the fantasy that excites you.
Rising Dawn combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, ruins, kingdoms, cybernetics, ancient magic, machines, monsters, and impossible creatures in one setting. You do not need to learn everything before you begin. Decide what sounds fun, choose a direction, and learn by playing.
The system exists to support the idea. The idea should never be trapped by the system.
“Come over. We are going to build a character and start playing.”
The core promise of Rising Dawn
FIVE WAYS TO ENTER THE WORLD
Who do you want to become?
Technology. Living Light. Dark spirits. Engineered runes. Psionic mystery. Start with the race that makes you want to know more.
CHOOSE YOUR RACE
What kind of power fantasy do you want?
Start with the identity that excites you. You can compare everything else later.
Power Slide • Awareness
Humans
Technology-driven survivors who refused extinction.
Explore Humans →
Feather-Winged Flight • Eagle Vision
Elves
Ancient children of Living Light, nature, beauty, and dangerous certainty.
Explore Elves →
Leathery-Winged Flight • Precognition
Orcs
Powerful survivors shaped by blood, swamp, spirits, ritual, and strength.
Explore Orcs →
Tunneling • Tactile Kinesis
Dwarves
Towering builders who engineer magic into machines, runes, armor, and impossible creations.
Explore Dwarves →
Teleportation • Night Vision
Mutants
Hidden psionic survivors who live beneath the ruins and know more than the world realizes.
Explore Mutants →BUILD IN MINUTES
From an idea to a playable character
Choose a Race
Pick the body, culture, movement, power source, and story that interest you.
Choose a Class
Decide what you reach for when danger arrives: force, range, power, support, stealth, or invention.
Choose Your Details
Select powers, skills, traits, equipment, and the few choices that make the character yours.
Start Playing
Declare the action. Build the roll. Roll the die. Resolve the result. Keep moving.
THE RULES BEHIND THE WORLD
Game Masters get the complete engine.
The website is the fast player experience. The Core Rulebook contains complete rules, Game Master tools, enemies, equipment, advancement, and references.
