What is Nimble?

A fast, tactical (and 5e compatible), TTRPG. Your game nights are too precious to waste with slow or fiddly rules! Slay the slog using the best elements from the greatest RPGs around. Nimble empowers players and GMs with more interesting choices, less waiting around, and have more fun playing epic stories. Shop Now »

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Creator Spotlight: Nimble Obojima Actual Play

As part of the Nimble Creator's Spotlight program, I love sharing what other creators are doing! First up is this excellent actual play the Nimble Voyagers. Ran by the effervescent and fantastic GM Maia Wilson (https://beacons.ai/maiasgameroom) Nimble Voyagers is a group of storytellers exploring rich worlds through the Nimble RPG system. Currently, we're diving into a full-length campaign set in the whimsical world of Obojima (inspired by Studio Ghibli). Obojima Origins: The Root of Corruption Five years apart, four paths...

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FAST Combat

You are heroes! Attacks. Just. Hit. Don’t waste your time rolling to see if you can deal damage, just roll your damage dice! You deal that much damage. Attacks miss on a 1, but rolling the maximum is an EXPLODING Critical Hit!

Exploding Critical Hits. Roll the die again and add it to the total. There is no limit to how many times this damage can stack, except your luck!

Instant Initiative. Get RIGHT into combat with Improved Initiative rules that get players immediately into combat in a way that serves the story without breaking up the flow.

Made for GMs

Quick to Prep

Nimble is QUICK to prep and easy to run. You've got enough going on while GMing—Mechanics are all designed to be easy to manage and track at the table. You can be ready to run an adventure in as little as 5 minutes! And there's no need to for new players to read though endless pages of rules, teach new players as you play.

Easy to Balance

Easy Encounter Creation. No matter the size of your party—whether you play in a cozy group with just 1 or 2 heroes, or a huge group of 8 or more—Encounters are easy and intuitive to build and balance for just the right level of challenge you like. Craft massive scale combat encounters, down to legendary solo encounters.

this game really has brought back my love of fantasy roleplaying.

Tactical

Flexible Action Economy. Use your actions however you like! You can make more choices that really matter.

Strategic Weapon System. A subtly DEEP weapon system that rewards thoughtful play. No more, “I guess I’ll pick the bigger one...” Every weapon is balanced to have interesting strengths & weaknesses in combat.

Flexible skill system. Your skills grow and change with your character and the story.

Overhauled spells & magic system. Easier to pick up, less restrictive and more freedom to cast the spells you want to cast.

Respect the Story

Keep Role Playing

Keep Role Playing and the story flowing through combat with the new Assess action. Uncover enemy plans, spot hidden weaknesses, gather information to claim the tactical edge over your foes!

Overhauled Rests

Resting rules that respect and facilitate the story. Overhauled Rests to support the characters’ engagement with NPCs and the story. No more unfun resting rules that warp combat encounters and slow the game down.

Epic Legendary Monster System

Legendary Monsters act after EACH hero’s turn. Making legendary battles much more tactical, memorable, and easier to balance no matter the party size!

Bloodied & Last Stand! The tide of battle dramatically shifts as they gain additional abilities when their HP dwindles.

Made for GMs & Heroes. Legendary monsters are extremely easy for the GM to run at a glance, and tactically challenging for the heroes to fight.

5e Compatible

Nimble is compatible with all of your existing 5e Adventure Modules, Monsters Books, and Supplements!

Awesome Spells

6 brand new spell schools that are absolutely oozing with flavor and tactical depth! The HUNDREDS of D&D spells have been streamlined into a few dozen new spells, each of which remains useful throughout the level curve.

Secret Spells lost to time or too powerful for common knowledge—for you as the GM to hand out if you wish to drastically change the story and setting!

Did my first fight with the Nimble combat mechanics - *&^#&^@!, it has never been smoother, genuinely so much more fun

Deep Yet Focused

More FOCUSED and streamlined character sheet. Your character sheet doesn't have to look as complicated as a tax form to have a deep, tactical game! "Trap" options, or needless clutter dilutes your choices, slows the game, scares new players away, and can make it harder to find the information you need.

You don't need to memorize 1,000 character options for a deep game. A small handful of well-balanced options and systems can do the job!

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"This system is just so good."

"Boss encounters in other systems were comparatively tedious. Seriously genius."

"Nimble continues to be amazing for my party. it’s moving much more quickly."

"Hats off to you, really well done."

"I can see just how much more fun and interesting this make fights."

Want a smaller stepping stone from 5e?

If you're in the middle of a 5e campaign already, or just want to take baby steps away from 5e's slog, try out the original Nimble 5e rules hack. It's a small booklet of modular rules updates to add to your existing 5e game to eliminate the slog! Shop Nimble 5e »

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