Banquet for Fools

This game is being created by two people. We've released Isle of Bxnes, Serpent in the Staglands (which is set in the same world as Banquet for Fools) and under a publisher, Mechajammer.

Early Access

Banquet for Fools is feature complete, we’re working on maps and content for the game over this autumn and winter. We’re essentially done with all the hard parts and only have content to work on, and thought it would be a good time to open it up for ruleset suggestions and feedback for balancing out your gameplay. It’s a single player experience so we’re not too worried about over-balancing, but want all play styles to have challenges and areas of success.

Our plan is to do integer version updates of chunks of maps, and anything between will be patches/updates from suggestions or issues.

You should be able to start a character at any point in Early Access and be able to continue seamlessly through updates to the end of the game. Some songs/intercessions may change, these are hardcoded, but you’ll be able to use them regardless of updates. Ruleset numbers and item numbers will certainly change over time as we fine tune everything. Due to the unique nature of creating custom spells, if spell effects have major changes you won’t be able to make a similar spell again, but your existing custom spells will still be able to be used throughout your session. We’ll let folks know if this changes in any way.

In Early Access 1.0, there are currently dozens of unique creatures implemented into the island, 5 races of Vollings to play as, and over 100 unique items. Weapon types have unique animations. Skills and abilities are all fully functional along with their adjacent support systems to play, including crafting your own spells and rune images for them, and using your field kit to create projectiles like arrows, darts and elyxirs when hiking.

Completed for 1.0:

• Pagan Spells

• Songs

• Intercessions

• Binding

• Field Kit use for arrows, darts, elyxirs

• Sneaking

• Lockpicking

• Bartering dispositions

• All weapon types

• Repairing

• Sleeping at the garrison

• Sailing

Serpent In the Staglands import:

You are not required to own or have played Serpent in the Staglands to play Banquet for Fools, but if you have data saved in your local files you can import it and help shape the world of Vol with your past experiences.