Eldritch Ass Kicking
arcane action and old men with sticks
Eldritch Ass Kicking is the roleplaying game of "arcane action and old men with sticks". You play a wizard with uncanny, magickal power trapped in a distant astral realm. Will you use your magick to save your homeland, or will you scheme to conquer it?
EAK is a brilliant 96 page book, written by Nathan J. Hill and illustrated by Thomas Denmark and Tom Weighill. It's available in both softcover and PDF.
Check out a free 8-page PDF Preview.
EAK is centered on pure roleplaying. Magick, the center of the game, is handled with descriptive imagination. There are no spells or pre-defined spell effects. You roleplay out what your wizard's magick does, and it's a blast! Want an example? Download the short exchange below.
A Dangerous Magickal Exchange
Several gamers have written reviews of EAK. Please share your own review when you get the chance. Check them out below:
Print Edition
Silven.com Review
Carl Congdon's Review on Rpg.Net
Ken Hite's Review
PDF Edition
Metalman's Review on Rpg.Net
Products
Eldritch Ass Kicking
(Core Rulebook)
MSRP: $20.00 (Softcover)
$10.00 (PDF)
ISBN: 0-9708689-2-9
Lo, thou ist crusin' for thine brusin'!
Eldritch Ass Kicking is the 96 page core rulebook containing everything you need to get started playing half-mad wizards battling for control of a world blasted to bits.
Softcover
Order Direct
from Mystic Ages Publishing
PDF (Digital Download)
Mystic Ages Publishing Store
RPGNow/DriveThruRPG
e23 Online Store
The Perilous Pool of Possibilities
(Adventure)
MSRP: $2.00 (PDF)
An 11 page starter adventure
for Eldritch Ass Kicking
Five wizards are graduating from the esteemed training of the Terra Baron. Will they pass their final test? Or is there a traitor in their midst?
Included in the adventure - a new magickal skill, stats of two important wizards in Anhelm, a new alliance, new magickal items, and adventure seeds!
PDF (Digital Download)
Mystic Ages Publishing Store
RPGNow/DriveThruRPG
e23 Online Store
Free Stuff
These are PDF support files for the game - check back often for new stuff!
The Basics
The basic things you will need to play the game, easy to download and print.
- Eldritch Ass Kicking Character Sheet (pdf)
- Sheet of Stuff for Wizards (pdf)
Adventures
Adventures ready to run - free and for sale!
- Free adventure coming soon!
- The Pool of Perilous Possibilities (Available Now for $2)
- Mirrors, A Devious Adventure for EAK (Coming Soon for $5)
Articles/Interviews
Tidbits and behind the scenes info about the game.
- Design Process, by Nathan J. Hill
Q. Why do you spell magic incorrectly? A. Magic is for children and scam artists - magick is for pissed off wizards who want to (and just might) destroy the world. Clearly, there's a difference.
Use them to build stories and quests around - make them the hated enemies of your heroes!
- Theopholus, by Nathan J. Hill & John DeLancy
- Tatina, by Nathan J. Hill
- The Necromancers, by Richard Tillman
- Fellzog, by Nathan J. Hill
- Dania, by Nathan J. Hill
- Zellion, by Nathan J. Hill
Rule Changes/Alternate Rules
Different approaches to the rules or new ideas for your game!
- Alternate Construct Creation, by Richard Tillman
- Shapeshifting, a short guide, by Nathan J. Hill
- Alternate Events, by Nathan J. Hill
- Commoners & Non-Magickal Skills, by Nathan J. Hill
- On Rings of Power, by Nathan J. Hill
Adventures/Locales
Interesting and dangerous places to slap in your games!
- St. Joseph's Furnace, by Nathan J. Hill
- The Library of Ezz, by Nathan J. Hill
- The Stone of Agom, by Nathan J. Hill
Instant Quest Generators
Other ways to build funny and strange quests!
- Instant Quest Generator #2
Interactive Fiction
Play EAK by yourself or introduce a friend!
- The Salamander's Pearl
