# W ORIGIN AND INSPIRATIONS

Fabula Ultima is partially based on the tabletop roleplaying game Ryuutama, written by Atsuhiro Okada and published in English by Kotodama Heavy Industries.

This game was written and produced under advisement of, with permission from, and with the complete final approval of, both Kotodama Heavy Industries and Atsuhiro Okada. Please visit http://www.kotohi.com for more information about Ryuutama.

Among the countless sources of inspiration for this game I want to mention:

- Jonathan Tweet & Rob Heinsoo's 13th Age; Alberto Tronchi's Aegis; Christian Giffen's Anima Prime; D. Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World; Takeshi Kikuchi & Studio F.E.A.R.'s Arianrhod; John Harper's Blades in the Dark (from which the Clock mechanic was directly derived); Luke Crane's Burning Wheel; Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins & James Wyatt's Dungeons & Dragons: 4th Edition; Fred Hicks & Rob Donoghue's Fate; Rikizō's Kamigakari; Junichi Inoue's Tenra Bansho Zero; and Ron Edward's Sword, Soul, and Sex collection of supplements for Sorcerer.

## SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My heartfelt thanks go to Davide Baravalle, Andrea Bergamelli, Gianluca Candiago, Gaia Cardinali, Francesco Castelli, Alberto Ceirano, Lorenzo Costamagna, Cryo, Nicola DeGobbis, Deshter, ExtantLily, Daniele Galliano, Alex Grisafi, Andy Kitkowski, Chiara Listo, Andrea Lucca, Chris MacLean, Luca Maiorani, Marco Munari, Enrico Orlandi, Alberto Orlandini, Marta Palvarini, Andrea Parducci, Domenico Politi, Claudio Pustorino, Alec Rezanka, Matt Sanchez, Aaron der Schaedel, Claudio Serena, Justin "Gyromitre" Solatges, Sara "Kurolily" Stefanizzi, Marco Tarasconi, Alena Tincher, Triex, Erica Viotto, and Giuseppe Vitale; to Lorenzo Magalotti, Moryo, Sascha Naderer e Catthy Trinh for gifting shape and color to Fabula Ultima;

to Lara "Phenrir Mailoki" Arlotta, Michele "Sabaku no Maiku" Poggi and Marcus "epicnamebro" Sanders for the excellent JRPG-themed content they tirelessly create;

to my parents; and to all those who made this impossible project possible through their support on Patreon!

## PLAYTESTERS

- Beatrice Alinari
- Andrea
- Andrea Apperti
- Davide Ardizzone
- William Arnone
- Kohei Asakura
- Davide Baravalle
- Andrea Bergamelli
- Peter Bråss
- Dario Cavallone
- Alessia Caviglia
- Alberto Ceirano
- Matteo Cesari
- Davide Cester
- Lorenzo Costamagna
- Alessandro Costella
- Cryo
- Medesimo d'Alessandro
- Giulio D'Avella
- Daniel De Filippis
- Nicola DeGobbis
- Deshter
- Silvia De Stefanis
- ExtantLily
- Alessandro Fofi
- Marco Faccin
- Sabrina Faricelli
- Luca Fuoco
- Daniele Galliano
- Marco Grimaldi
- Alex Grisafi
- Aslak R. Hauglid
- Eric Hulfsson
- Mattia Lagonegro
- Marco Lazzaroni
- Juri Loi
- Andrea Lucca
- Andrea Lucenta
- Filippo Mammini
- Roberto Marcarini
- Nicola Marchi
- Leonardo "Svalbard86" Melis
- Edoardo Noris
- Roberta Nuvoli
- Matteo Pedroni
- Matteo Perego
- Domenico Politi
- Francesco Raimondi
- Alec Rezanka
- Roberto Rossi
- Justin "Gyromitre" Solatges
- Louis Spiegel
- William Tagliaferri
- Marco Tarasconi
- Alena Tincher
- Erica Viotto