User Summary: One of three core rulebooks for this system. Publisher Blurb: A new age of industry, endeavor and unrest is upon the world. From the ashes of yesteryear arise a primed and ready breed of adventurers skilled in swordplay, sorcery and science. The New Epoch is an immense, action-packed role playing game set in a mechanical world fallen from grace. 13 Races: High fantasy bloodlines that have survived till the industrial age. 10 Classes: Arcanist, Bard, Berserker, Channeler, Explorer, Gunner, Mechanist, Necrolyte, Rogue, Warder. 7 Vitals: Agility, Power, Mass, Stamina, Ethos, Logic, Vigor 20 Skills: Detailing everything you can imagine in this dark steam-age setting. 26 Weapons: Censers, Clockbows, Gunblades, Scrolls, Steambows, Staves, Tomes. Radically new weapons as well as your tried and tested fantasy favorites: Axes, Sabers, Swords, etc. 400+ Abilities: Laughing Gas, Time Stitch, Counter Song, Dark Rage, Requiem, Twofold Lance, Cryptic Square. Each ability is absolutely unique.