Player's Handbook · Chapter 1
Welcome
About the game: Light in the Dark
The Light in the Dark play system was designed to adapt Forged in the Dark TTRPG mechanics to a single-player, AI GM game. If you are familiar with Forged in the Dark, you'll know some of its strengths:
- Mechanics are designed to keep the story rollicking along
- The player is a co-author and has mechanical controls to shape the fiction - at a cost
This version of the game is simplified to the core loops, with a custom and streamlined advancement system to make it fully setting agnostic. You aren't tied to specific character sheet designs or playbooks.
Manual updated Jul 29, 2026.