Blades of the Immortals is a tabletop roleplaying game inspired by xiānxiá, a Chinese genre of fantasy about immortal cultivators — practitioners of esoteric internal alchemies that grant superhuman abilities. It uses the Forged in the Dark rules engine developed by John Harper, as seen in games like Blades in the Dark and Beam Saber. In Blades of the Immortals, you will take on the roles of cultivators, striving for your own ambitions, for the glory of your sect, and for the ultimate prize — immortality. You'll viciously struggle for scarce resources, compete for the patronage of powerful and influential teachers, gather allies to your banner, and scheme against your enemies. Your cultivators will wield mystical treasures and supernatural spell-arts, mastering the very laws of the cosmos as their weapons, as they become entangled in centuries-long vendettas between deathless wizard-kings. Raise your blades to heaven, cultivators! You will live forever, or die trying. This is an in-development but fully playable pre-release version of the game. The book includes: 9 cultivator playbooks, each walking a different path to immortality 6 faction playbooks, with distinctive narrative focuses to shape your games The core game engine Rules for designing and creating your characters' mystic techniques and treasures A setting-creation process that allows you to iteratively build a bespoke fantasy setting for your game, complete with a cultivation system that suits your group's desired tone, scale, and pace for your game. Also, some tips for the GM on designing NPCs, factions, and regions. GM chapter, including a list of principles & best practices as well as advice on how to structure missions Appendix of example spell arts, tools, and weapons The pre-release version of the game is pay-what-you-want: your contributions fund the game's ongoing development, and your feedback helps shape it into the best game it can be! Also, paying any amount of money for it means you'll get automatically notified every time I release a new version, which is convenient.