The Rules Lawyer, Ltd.

Sourcebook and adventure module · 2024 fifth edition rules

The Manufactory at Camber

Five unique patrons, a potion based sidearm system that levels up your martial play, twelve potions with names of their own, range and resource cards that keep the math off the table, and a full length adventure, Adrift in a Foreign Land, for levels 2 - 6.

A World of Dyer supplement. Coming to Kickstarter.

What is in the book

One sourcebook and one complete adventure, written for the 2024 rules and built to be run at a real table.

  • Five PatronsThree group patrons: the Manufactory, the Society of Enduring Light and the Alley Men. Two supernatural patrons, each with a group behind them: the Freedom Alliance and the Peacekeepers.
  • The ManufactoryThe organization changing the world with potion innovations that just keep coming.
  • The PISTOL systemA full sidearm system with chambers, rounds and range cards, built so nobody does arithmetic in the middle of a scene.
  • The Base 12 potion lineTwelve potions, each with its own name and its own label.
  • The Awakened mindThree new subclasses.
  • Backgrounds and magic itemsCharacter backgrounds tied to the patrons, and items whose rarity comes from history, trust and permission as much as from power.
  • The DM ToolkitReference material for running the world of Dyer at your table.
  • Customized skill testsA social encounter dungeon complete with memorable traps like "fluffbunny," a cat who won't leave you alone when you're trying to be stealthy.
  • Adrift in a Foreign LandA complete adventure for levels 2 to 6, in five chapters from Orientation through to The Jimmy Gage Experience.

The shelf

Product art from the book. Every potion and every round has its own look.

Base 12 potions

Healer's Draught potion vial
Healer's Draught
Mama's Salt potion vial
Mama's Salt
Crew Brew potion vial
Crew Brew
Bear's Spit potion vial
Bear's Spit
Merchant's Drip potion vial
Merchant's Drip
Hay Roll potion vial
Hay Roll
Farmer's Brew potion vial
Farmer's Brew
Chore Chug potion vial
Chore Chug
Leap potion vial
Leap
Owl Drops potion vial
Owl Drops
Wolf Tears potion vial
Wolf Tears
Bat Tears potion vial
Bat Tears

PISTOL rounds

White PISTOL round in a vial
White
Gold PISTOL round in a vial
Gold
Silver PISTOL round in a vial
Silver
Gray PISTOL round in a vial
Gray
Red PISTOL round in a vial
Red
Blue PISTOL round in a vial
Blue
Black PISTOL round in a vial
Black

The studio

The Rules Lawyer, Ltd. publishes tabletop material for the World of Dyer, designed by Paul Page. Paul has been at the table for about 45 years and has six published books to his name.

The Manufactory at Camber is the studio's first full sourcebook, licensed to NOD Publishing, LLC.

Publisher
The Rules Lawyer, Ltd.
Licensed to
NOD Publishing, LLC
Designer
Paul Page

Watch

Trailers, play examples and walkthroughs of the rules go up on YouTube ahead of the campaign.

Launch trailer3 minutes 12 seconds

Coming next

The PISTOL system, in play

How the sidearm system runs at the table.

Inside the sourcebook

A page-by-page look at the layout and art.