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Mythworks / Felix Isaacs

The Wildsea

"The world drowned in trees. You sail the canopy on a chainsaw-ship."

DiceПул d6
Players3–5
Prep~20 min
Foundry VTTCommunity
Complexity
What is this system

The most unusual setting in the industry. Civilization perished under the Green Tide — trees grew for miles, covering everything. The 'ocean' is the treetop canopy. Ships cut through branches with saws. You are the crew of one such ship, exploring the Wildsea. The system uses narrative tags instead of numerical bonuses.

Setting

The Wildsea — endless canopies full of wonders. Cities on branches, bazaars in hollows, ruins of the old world beneath the roots. Peoples: fungus-folk, spider-folk, living cacti, robots built from salvage. Visually — Miyazaki meets Moebius.

What it looks like at the table
Your saw-ship is stuck in a tangle of vines. The navigator — a spider-woman with the tag 'Silk Hands' — tries to untangle the rigging. Roll: 3 dice, best result — 4, partial success. The ship is free, but you've drawn the attention of a house-sized wasp nest. The cactus-mechanic adds the tag 'Cracked Hull' to the ship card. Repairs — only at the nearest hollow-port.
Playstyle
Exploration Narrative Worldbuilding Fantasy Weird
Key mechanics

Saw-ship

Your ship cuts through the canopy with saws. Its modifications, crew, and route are the game's focus.

Narrative tags

Instead of numerical bonuses — descriptive tags. 'Burning Sword', 'Root Scar' — each affects mechanics.

Wild peoples

Fungus-folk, spider-folk, living cacti. Not a single elf. Not a single dwarf. Finally.

Living world

The forest grows, mutates, reacts. A route traveled a month ago may be blocked by new branches.

What people say
Wildsea has the most original setting in tabletop RPGs. Period. Sailing a chainsaw-ship across a sea of treetops with a crew of spider-people and sentient cacti? I'm in.— u/treetop_sailor, r/rpg
The tag-based system feels weird at first if you're used to numbers, but once it clicks, it's incredibly freeing. "I have 'burning sword'" is more evocative than "+2 fire damage."— u/wildkin_writer, r/WildseaRPG
Art & materials
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Written and curated by Kejid — TTRPG player & GM

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