Songbirds 3rd Edition

"Moon's haunted."

Songbirds 3e is a tabletop roleplaying game about undeath, supernatural powers, and the blue dreams of the moon. In the game, you create a strange survivor of the world who was chosen (or cursed) by Death. Spirits aren't able to pass on to the afterlife and grow monstrous with each passing day. You know the songs to send them on. You have the abilities that help you find them. You are the canary in the coal mine.

History

This is the third edition of the legendary game that started as a hack of Into the Odd and has grown into its own thing. It's everything that I want in a dungeon crawler and what I use to run my home games with. It has several, smaller magic systems, some open-ended potions and psychic powers, body-modifications for when a limb is inevitably cut off, and all the little quirks of eldritch fantasy that I enjoy. It's very much a passion project.

Touchstones

These are the fantasy and sci-fi worlds that inspired the setting for Songbirds.

• Mononoke, Nakamura
• Psychonauts, Double Fine
• Dark Souls, From Software
• Mushishi, Urushibara
• Ico, Team Ico
• Blame!, Nihei

Inspirations

These are the systems (both TTRPGs and video games) that have inspired my understanding of dungeon crawlers and adventure games. You'll find their DNA and workings within.

• Into the Odd, McDowall
• Wonder & Wickedness, Strejcek
• Whitehack, Mehrstam
• kill puppies for satan, Baker
• Disco Elysium, ZA/UM
• Fallout New Vegas, Obsidian
• Persona 5, Atlus
• Blades in the Dark, Harper
• Red Giant, Burns
• bastards., Anderson