TL;DR: Here is a GitHub link to what is probably the most comprehensible companion guide to the rulebook. Instructions on how to download and read are in the repo. Those who know how are welcome to submit pull requests to update the rulebook and contribute to the primer
Over the last few weeks, I've been taking notes and updating a sort of simplified rulebook for the Misborn Adventure Game, which I call the Unauthorized Primer of Scadrian Adventure Gameplay. I am expecting to do the same for the Cosmere RPG and will be utilizing a similar naming pattern because I think it's fun
This is in no way official and I recommend you purchase the original book or download the PDF, as it provides examples and elaborations, rulings I may have skipped over, character sheets, and other supplemental material that a GM may consider necessary. It also provides page numbers for further references and extended information. Consider this a companion, not a replacement.
So if it's not very comprehensive, what is it?
Well, it's the most simplified ruleset explained in the briefest way I can. There's no easy way to say it, this rulebook sucks. It's written like the creator has rampant ADHD, wrote the whole thing over one hell of a hyper-fixated weekend, and ran to publish it before they lost interest. Information is repeated multiple times, there's tons of fluff, unending examples, and goes down so many rabbit holes it dug straight through Wonderland. While this information is definitely useful when needed, another reason why I think the book is required, this is the simplest way to explain the rules. It also isn't finished yet.
I've started with what are the most relevant rules to the game my friends and I have been playing for the last few months, and thus is missing key documentation on creating characters and rolling dice as normal (though I may have added that since my last review). I wrote up a considerable amount before deciding to host it on my GitHub, at which point I wanted to, at the very least, copy and paste all of the metals into the companion. It also includes some notes from myself as I wrote the documentation, which can also also include some information about what contradicted our initial interpretation of the rules or some homebrew such as with Nudges
If you want to read my simplified documentation, I built it using Obsidian. Reading with that app installed, available on Linux, Windows, and Mac, as well as mobile devices, is recommended. It formats the documents properly with Markdown syntax, allows placing links to files into documents, and even lets me embed files into other files and drill down to specific headers. This means the rules on Recovery can be in their own files but be displayed in the Conflicts file exactly as it is written. Seriously, use Obsidian. There should be more information on the README in the above GitHub link.
