Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga

Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga is a choice-driven narrative RPG set in China's Warring States era. Rise from a nameless fighter to a legendary general through decisions that leave permanent marks. Death is final; history remembers only the survivors. Choose your banner, and fight in its name until the war ends—or you end it.

Every campaign unfolds as a sequence of assignments, skirmishes, and pitched battles. Each page turn presents a decisive question: who do you risk, what do you sacrifice, and who pays the price? Your officers live or die by your choices and by the roll of the dice; the dead stay dead.

This is not a quest to save the world. It is a war story you shape—battle by battle, scar by scar. What kind of commander will you become? Recruit officers from a pool of 50+ unique characters across four rarities: Common, Rare, Elite, Legendary. Promote them, and assign them to 12 specialist roles: First Lieutenant, Chief Scout, Cavalry Leader, Chief Engineer, and more.

The right officer in the right role can turn defeat into victory. When an officer dies, they are gone forever. War reshapes your roster and your ambitions. Each decision pushes you toward a distinct style of war, carving your path through a living roster of talent and grit.

Traits shape your fate. Iron Command rewards relentless pressure; Silent Strategist rewards patience and exploitation of terrain. Traits compound, determining which assignments reach your tent and which never do. An Iron Command general may be sent to break sieges; a Silent Strategist fights where terrain is your ally.

Will you lead with ruthless pressure or calculated patience? Every commander tells a different story. You start on the line; survive long enough, and decisions compound until five men become a hundred, then a thousand. You shed the role of mere frontline soldier to become the mind behind the war—reading ground, committing flanks, and deciding who lives and dies.

On the strategic stage, rival generals chase their own ambitions and the court weighs every victory against cost. Rank brings more officers, bigger battles, and higher stakes for every mistake.

Battles resolve through a dynamic roll system: D20 + Traits + Officers + Preparation + more. Victory is never guaranteed; even the best plans can fail. In the end, this is a fight you shape, a war you command, and a saga remembered only by those who survive.

Designed for repeat play, the saga invites different banners, officers, and strategies in each campaign. The choices you make echo across lifetimes, shaping the legend of your name and the map of the realm.