Build a life. Test it to its limits. Accept what follows.

A browser-based medieval fantasy RPG with life-path character creation, fourteen career paths, permanent death, and a world that does not wait for you.

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What it is

A game where your choices accumulate

Blood & Burden takes the life-path system from tabletop roleplaying and builds it into a full browser game — one where your heritage, your service record, your injuries, and your enemies are all part of the same character sheet.

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Life-Path Creation

Choose your heritage and career, roll for events, survive mishaps. Every term of service shapes your stats, skills, connections — and enemies.

Fourteen Careers

Soldier, sailor, priest, rogue, healer, forester, scholar, and more. Each career has ranks, assignments, skill tables, and mustering-out benefits.

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A Living World

Explore a detailed map of cities, keeps, temples, and roads. Speak with named characters, take on quests, and build a network of allies — and rivals.

Permanent Death

Every character has one life. Combat is tactical and lethal. Your choices in character creation determine how ready you are when it matters.

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Arcane & Spells

Some characters awaken to arcane ability during service. A small but dangerous spell list rewards the rare character who finds the right teacher.

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Hall of Legends

Characters who live long enough to retire — or fall memorably — can be submitted to the public Hall of Legends for other players to read.

Explore before you commit

Browse the world first

All wikis and reference material are publicly readable — no account needed. Learn what you're getting into before you roll your first character.

How to Play Rules, FAQ, and a guide to the life-path system 🏛 Heritages Starting backgrounds and stat bonuses by bloodline 📜 Careers All fourteen career paths, ranks, and mustering-out tables Skills All skills with full effect and outcome tables 🌍 The Known World Cities, keeps, temples, and roads of the realm 🗺 World Map Pan and zoom the full map of the known world 👥 People Named characters across the known world 🏆 Hall of Legends Stories of characters who were worth remembering
Updates

What's New

What's New
a.0.320 Polish 2026-07-02
  • Version number now shown in all page footers
  • Bug report form works correctly on all public pages
a.0.317 Security 2026-07-01
  • Only one active login per account — a new login signs out your previous session
a.0.316 Party Living System 2026-06-30
  • Companions now track hunger and sleep, with status shown on the Companions tab
  • Alert badge on the Companions tab when any companion nears a critical threshold
  • Room, food, and drink costs multiply automatically by party size
  • Party silver pooled — the active character holds all party money
  • New Party Gear tab: view and move items between party members
a.0.315 Party Control 2026-06-29
  • Party quests now complete for all members simultaneously
  • Take Point: hand primary control to any companion — silver and party transfer with the swap
  • Loading a companion from the main menu now behaves like Take Point
a.0.314 Formation Combat 2026-06-26
  • Pre-combat tactics roll sets your starting formation advantage
  • 7-line formation system changes how melee, ranged, and support interact
  • Companions fight alongside you with their own actions and initiative
  • Rejoin the Fray: resume combat as a surviving party member after your character falls
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