The Monk and The Verdant (Dungeon World Playbooks)

Two playbooks for Adam Koebel and Sage LaTorra's game, Dungeon World. Designed by me (Ben Rosenbloom) and Trevor Murray for our collection, Incomplete Adventurer.

The Monk is a philosophical combatant, at home both on the road vanquishing foes and in the monastery debating the finer points of metaphysics. An attempt at creating some distance from the implied orientalism of the traditional d&d monk while retaining the fun fantasy of pummeling bad guys with your bare fists.

The Verdant commands the power of life itself. Through their hands, plants grow, wounds knit themselves closed, and creatures grow and change. The Verdant is an inversion of a sort of the Immolator. At their touch, life flourishes. Where destruction reigned, creation returns. The Verdant is a potent healer and support playbook, with a wide range of utility through the plants they grow.

NOTE: these playbooks have since been slightly revised - the most up to date versions can be found in the collection, Incomplete Adventurer!