Maharlika RPG

MAHARLIKA RPG

A technomystic Science Fantasy Mecha RPG inspired by Filipino Mythology

MAHARLIKA RPG is a technomystic Science Fantasy mecha RPG inspired by Filipino Mythology centered around Mekanized Weapons, or Meka, and their pilots: the eponymous Maharlika.

You will play as these titular spirit-warriors - mavericks, aces, and knights - who swear loyalty to a Datu, one of the CEOs of the Megacorporations, in order to protect the technospiritual galaxy of Arkipelago.

Sometimes, you're the archetypical noble Maharlika, sworn follower of your Datu and kneeling before their feet. Other times, you're just an exceptionally skilled person trying to make ends meet, and "loyalty" is just another word for whatever makes the most money. You are a free person, after all.

In Maharlika, you will...

• Venture out into space
• Take on dangerous missions
• Fight for your ideals
• Hack the spiritual internet that is the Lambat
• Repel Xenobeings
• Trade love and resources
• Join fiestas to survive, thrive, and protect what is yours in the dangerous Starsea

In MAHARLIKA RPG you will find...

Rules for Narrative Maharlika Play
Build relationships and use your origins and experience to influence the outcome of rolls.
Never roll if the roll is without doubt or consequence.

Tactical Meka Combat - Fast-Paced and Heavy Metal
Build a Meka by choosing one of 24 Balangkas (Meka Frames), then customize it with 168 AGIMAT: weapons, systems, modules, protocols, and parts.
Inspired by LANCER, Strike! RPG, Battletech, and D&D 4e.

Deal with Sikat and Utang
Your fame and your debt to the Megacorps define your place in this galaxy.
Work tooth-and-nail to provide for even the most basic things in a feudal galaxy shaped by the neofeudal and neocolonial trappings of the modern Philippines.

Explore Arkipelago - A Dangerous and Diverse Galaxy
Inspired by Filipino history, mythology, and folklore.
Find the Diwa, the spiritual reality inside all things.
Convene with the powerful Diwata, the god-spirits of the universe.
Hack and interface with the Lambat, the spiritual internet of everything.
Navigate the politics of four powerful Megacorporations, while the actual government flounders in incompetence. Upheave the feudal capitalist system of the Lakanate.
Travel to the Land of God, in the heart of the galaxy, where the IMPINITO DIYOS resides
and become a spirit-warrior piloting the walking giant saint-suits that are the Meka.

Inspirations:

Maharlika is inspired by mecha anime, games, and literature including:
Armored Core, LANCER, Battletech, VOTOMS, Gasaraki, Patlabor, The Vision of Escaflowne, Daemon X Machina, Zone of the Enders, Pacific Rim, Godzilla,
and fiction from China Miéville, William Gibson, Hannu Rajaniemi, Gene Wolfe, and more.

Exceed the Horizon and Long Live, Maharlika.