Welcome IRON BASTARD 

You are a Prisoner of Flesh within a realm of Magic. It hates you, eats at your cells, your weakness. Bound in IRON you are, in irony and mockery. The Goddess of Iron does not take well to the arrogance of the God of Magic. She blesses your wrists with scalding heat, BLACKIRON taking the place of the weaker metal, encasing your arms and gifting you Violence.

Bound by a new IRON, you are given one duty – to defeat the arrogant Mage who imprisoned you here. Then, perhaps, freedom will you know. 

Yet you know the terms of the deal you have struck. And how foolish such a thought is now.

Ever the IRON BASTARD, ever the foe, by spell or blade, all you will know is woe.

IRONBOUND is a one page pocketmod TTRPG dungeon crawler of a desperate prisoner within a Mage's twisted tower trying to break free. Striking a deal with the uncaring Goddess of Iron, gifted the curse of violence to enact her will, you will climb through the Mage's Tower to slay them in Her name. But who are you... and who is this mysterious Mage? What connections are there between you? 

This game is definitely a broken, cryptic little thing. It was made for the always fun and awesome One-Page RPG Jam 2024. Tons of other sick games to check out too, so you should give them a look! 

All you'll need is a printer (or a local library with one!) to print the game (or just download the PNG and rotate it!), a pair of d6s (different colours), something to write with, a healthy amount of iron in your blood, and probably like 20-30 minutes. 

It's quite likely I've spelt something wrong or was stupid and made it impossible to actually kill the Mage or something. I'll try to iron (heh) out those kinks a bit more, but if you spot anything, let me know! 

Credits

Super rad art by the ever talented Perplexing Ruins, compliments of his Super Rad Patreon. 

Heavily Inspired by Dungeons of Blood and Dreams by Lori Vornoy and this sick metal song, Iron Shackles by Luzifer. If any of this resonates even remotely, check them both out. Or just check them out, they're both rad as hell.