Cloudbreaker Alliance - Core Rulebook
A downloadable game
Cloudbreaker Alliance is a counter-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game about reconnecting with long-lost civilizations and uniting against the monsters that destroyed the world two millennia ago.
- A complete all-in-one ruleset: The CBA core rulebook contains an extensive set of player options, monsters, guidance for game masters, and a sample mission.
- Highly accessible: You only need two six-sided dice (2d6) to play. You can use tokens to enhance the experience, but they are not necessary.
- Over 15 unique lifeforms: Choose to play as reimagined classical creatures such as the ferrokinetic dwarves or armgeists, sentient weapons who exist to fulfill their covenant with their hosts.
- Up to 256 levels of growth: Mix and match the features of 32 classes from 16 disciplines to create your unique combination.
- Over 120 monsters and NPCs: CBA’s unique combat system lets you neutralize monsters without needing to reduce their hit points to zero. Identify the monsters and capitalize on their weaknesses!
- A highly detailed setting: Be inspired by the four cloudbroken regions and their civilizations to create your own region.
- Combat and Escape: Besides a robust combat system, CBA also has a chase/escape system that lets players experience the thrill of running away from explosions like action heroes.
- Easy to learn, plenty of depth: CBA’s basic ruleset is very easy to learn and a detailed step-by-step guide on how to play is also provided.
- 360 full colored pages with gorgeous art.
Addons:
Volume 1 - Tokens & Essentials tokens
This package contains all the essential digital assets to run your CBA game:
- 20 x Types of PC (Discipline) Tokens
- 16 x Types of NPC (Lifeform) Tokens
- 6 x Types of PC (Iconic Character) Tokens
- 11 x Types of Monster Tokens
- 8 x Types of Resource Tokens
- 5 x Item images
- 1 x Map of Cloudbroken Lands
- 3 x Battle Maps for Mission 1 (Chapter 15 of Core Rulebook) (grid / no grid)
Volume 2 - Additional Missions & Digital Assets
This package contains additional missions 1-4 for Cloudbreaker Alliance, the related digital assets and to run your CBA game:
- Additional Missions 1-4 (3 new missions)
- 11 x Types of NPC Tokens
- 12 x Types of NPC arts
- 15 x Types of Monster Tokens
- 8 x Types of Monster Arts
- 4 x City Images
- 12 x Battle Maps for Mission 1-4 (grid / no grid)
- 1 x New Class (Channeler Discipline)
- 1 x New Lifeform
- 6 x New Monsters
- And More...
A conversion formula that allows you to convert 5E monsters and adventures can be downloaded at out official site here.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $25 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- CBA Core Rulebook V1.052 UpdateAug 27, 2024
- CBA Core Rulebook V1.051 UpdateJun 15, 2024
- CBA Core Rulebook V1.04 UpdateApr 29, 2024
- CBA Core Rulebook V1.02 UpdateApr 01, 2024
Comments
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I bought the Book! It's a GOOD BOOK.
Is there a place to give feedback or point out oddities? Ithe image on page 16 that gives an example dice roll looks odd in terms of math (1 + 6 + 2 = 9, right? Or am I misreading something?)
Hi TheConflicted, you're right about this one, the result should be 9. We are collecting a list of little typos and we'll be updating the Core Rulebook to a new version in the near future. Once the update is made, you will be notified of the change.
I really wanna play CloudBreaker Alliance but I DO NOT have the money and WILL NOT have the money for several months, unfortunately :sob: Here's to hoping one of my friends buy it so I can just borrow it off of them or like have someone gift it to me. This looks genuinely epic and I can't wait to see how far it's come since the early versions
I'm curious, do you plan to ever release this as a physical book?
I've heard rumor that the rules for death and dying are in the magic chapter of all places. Is this true? If so, why? I admit issues like this are keeping me from instantly buying this right this moment.
Hi there, TheConflicted. The rules for death is actually in the Core Rules chapter. The Magic chapter refers to that rule and has information on resurrection spell.
Thank you!
Hi CJ, is there a way to get only the Special video? I cannot download it because I purchased the components individually (Cloudbreaker Alliance Core Rulebook + Vol 1 - Tokens and Essentials + Vol 2 - Additional Missions Maps & Collab Extras), so I do not qualify as a $42.80 client. 😔
Hi, HanzoDakun. Thanks for purchasing the Cloudbreaker Alliance. You can actually download the special video through the "Vol 2 - Additional Missions Maps & Collab Extras" page. The video has been updated as part of the volume at no extra charge.
Ah! My bad, I only checked the core rulebook download! Thank you very much for the pointer. I was able to download it from the Vol 2 - Additional Missions Maps & Collab Extras page. 😊
I love this, so much. It reignited my creativity and since I don't have a group I'll do a party and slowly learn it solo. The rules layout scared me at first since it looked super crunchy, but this is the best indie take on a Sword World 2.5 inspired system I've ever seen .
Do you plan to make supplements?
Also, thank you, THANK YOU for adding rules for making monsters. It's a pet peeve of mine when rules don't have at least tips on making your own creatures.
Is there any Discord or way to contact you for some rules clarification and advice?
Glad that you liked the game, Aldath! We will be releasing some free mission supplements this year and crowdfund for a full campaign sometime at the end of this year or early next year.
You can find us and join our discord games at: https://discord.gg/VM96KdUjtU
One question: I used the purchase the BUY NOW, but I am interested in getting the Tokens and Essentials. How can I purchase that?
Hello Hanzo, I am going to ask itch.io support regarding this to make sure. As far as I know, you should only pay the difference to get the extras. But let me verify that for you.
Hello Hanzo, we've found a workaround for this. We have created a sale promotion for those who had bought the Core Rulebook. If you have the Core Rulebook, you can get the tokens at reduced price that's the same as the bundle. You can access the promotion through here:
https://itch.io/s/122046/cloudbreaker-alliance-addon-discount-volume-1-tokens-essentials-tokens
Thank you very much, CJ! I am the proud owner of the Vol 1. Tokens and Essentials now!
By the way, I found some more typos. Maybe you are already aware of them. I was wondering if I should share them here or if there is a better way to report them to check if those are already identified.
Kind regards!
Hi Hanzo. Sorry for the late reply. You post the errors & typos in our discord channel here: https://discord.com/channels/1081280907832467557/1093198376918601738
The art looks pretty good! Is there quick start rule to have a grand look at?
Hi Paizhu, we are still working on a quickstart rule. It will be released in the future.
Thanks for this TTRPG, it is awesome!
I think I found a typo in page 15, came to report it and noticed there’s a new version. I just downloaded v1.02 and the typo in page 15 seems to be still there. In the Edge section the examples of dice rolls are 2-1 and 4-6. Right below it says:
“(If, for some reason, you want to choose the 4, you may do so as well)”
I assume that is a reference to the lower roll, but that roll should be 3, not 4.
Can you confirm?
Thanks in advance for your attention.
You're right, Hanzo! We have put this issue on our list for our next update.
Any plans for a physical release?
Yes, we're planning to release it physically in July, but we're currently in negotiation, so we can't say much more about it.
Had a quick read through, made a quick test character. All looks good so far, only one piece of feedback: Having a properly hyperlinked table of contents would make finding things much easier.
Ideally everything that refers to another thing would link to the things it's referring to (eg: the list of lifeforms on page 62 linking to the lifeform pages when you click on one of the rows), but even just the ToC would be nice.
Thanks for the feedback, Rick. We will look into it on our future update.
We have just updated the pdf with hyperlinked table of contents for our V1.02 release.
The art is so lovely. Congrats on the release, CJ and team!
Thank you, zerodan! Glad you liked CBA.