RISE: A Player's Codex — Digital PDF
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What if Egypt never fell?
Four thousand years of unbroken civilization. Pyramids that scrape the clouds. Cities thrumming with the soul-energy of the Nile. Automatons standing vigil over tombs older than memory. And beneath it all — the catacombs. Endless. Ancient. Hungry.
The dead do not rest here. They wait.
RISE: A Player’s Codex is the first volume of Egypt: The Eternal Empire, a complete 5th Edition campaign setting where ancient Egyptian culture didn’t crumble — it evolved. Fused with arcane technology and divine power, this is a civilization that traded collapse for dominion, and history for something far more dangerous: permanence.
You are a Tomb Runner. You descend into corporate-controlled catacombs where every corridor is a contract and every sarcophagus is someone’s intellectual property. You wield Ka-powered weapons that sing with the energy of the living. You navigate the razor-edged politics of seven Pharaonic mega-corporations, where alliances are currency and betrayal is an art form. You channel the magic of Ma’at itself — the cosmic law that binds reality together — and pray it doesn’t unravel in your hands.
The Nile provides. The corporations collect.
This 144-page codex contains everything players need to enter the Eternal Empire:
- 6 new playable lineages rooted in Egyptian mythology — children of gods, scions of the sands, and bloodlines older than the pyramids themselves
- New classes and subclasses — the Tomb Runner, Delving Scribe, Khopesh Warrior, Sunpriest, Sandwalker, and Hieroglyph Scribe, each forged by the Empire’s merciless crucible
- Over 50 new spells drawing on divine Egyptian magic and the Ma’at spellcasting system
- Backgrounds, feats, and the Technology skill system — because in the Eternal Empire, knowing how to hack a burial ward matters as much as swinging a blade
- A complete equipment chapter — historically-inspired weapons and armor, cybernetic augmentations, Ka-powered armaments, and the Data Crystal economy that fuels it all
- 12 factions vying for dominance across the Empire, powered by a reputation system where every alliance you forge matters — and every betrayal follows you
- A detailed player-facing setting guide — the lore, the culture, the power structures, and the thousand beautiful ways the Eternal Empire can kill you
You don’t explore the catacombs. You survive them.
Delivered as a high-resolution digital PDF optimized for screen and print, with bookmarks, a hyperlinked table of contents, and a printer-friendly version. Requires the 5th Edition core rulebooks to play.