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The Trapsmith’s Vault is an immersive solo RPG journaling game where YOU are the rogue, explorer, or adventurer navigating a vault of 12 devious, deadly rooms — each rigged with mechanical and magical traps.

Using just a D20, a pencil, and paper, you’ll test your skill, write your story, and see if your character survives the vault… or is scarred forever by it.

What’s Inside:

🗡️ 12 deadly trap encounters — each room includes:

  • A narrative setup

  • Unique D20-based mini-game / challenge

  • A journaling prompt to write your experience

🗡️ Character Sheet — track your character’s background, health, stress, scars, and inventory

🗡️ Optional Rules — add depth with Health Points, Stress, Tools & Upgrades

🗡️ Printable PDF — perfect for printing as a zine or playing straight from your journal

🗡️ Immersive old-school dungeon crawl style — designed by Obsidian Games with gritty, hand-drawn artwork

How To Play:

  • Roll a D20 to face each trap’s mechanical challenge

  • Journal 3-5 sentences about what happens

  • Track wounds, stress, and your tools as you advance

  • Survive all 12 rooms… if you can!

Optional: Play by candlelight or with ambient dungeon music for maximum immersion.

Why You'll Love It:

Replayable — traps challenge your skill and luck every time
Creative & immersive — blend RPG play with creative writing
Quick setup — just grab a D20, a pencil, and go
Perfect for solo TTRPG fans, writers, and journaling enthusiasts
✅ Compatible with any fantasy RPG character — create your own or adapt one!

Purchase

Buy Now$6.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $6 USD. You will get access to the following files:

TKV PDF-compressed.pdf 1.8 MB

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