KAMI Gear: The Pilot's Manual

Bind your soul to steel. Awaken the Kami within. Step into the cockpit of a giant spirit-bonded guardian.KAMI Gear: The Pilot’s Manual is a 5e-compatible mecha fantasy guide set in a world where ancient spirits, industrial ambition and towering mechanical guardians collide.Across the lands of KAMI Gear, the Flowing Veil connects the mortal and spiritual worlds. The Kami are not engines. They are not weapons. They are vast, ancient spirits who choose whether a mortal is worthy of partnership. When a Pilot enters the Bonding Rite, they do not simply gain a machine. They gain a consequence.This book gives players and Games Masters everything needed to create Pilots, bond with KAMI Gear and bring cinematic spirit-mecha action to the table.Inside you will find:The world of KAMI Gear, where feudal-inspired fantasy meets giant mechanical guardiansThe Flowing Veil, a spiritual resonance field that shapes bonds, corruption and sacred sitesFourteen playable species, each with their own relationship to spirits, machinery and warFaction paths that define loyalty, philosophy and conflictGear classes, elemental cores and spirit-bonded systems for piloting KAMI GearSpirit Points, Bond Strain, Bond Events, Overclocking and Bond OverflowAdvancement rules for Pilots, their bond and their GearSpiritual combat techniques and guidance for running KAMI Gear sessionsLocations, sacred sites, campaign seeds, relics, honour codes and Veil CrossroadsSample Gear sheets, quick reference tools and expanded player-facing materialKAMI Gear is built for tables that want high-stakes anime action with real spiritual weight. Battles are not only about damage and victory. They are about what your Pilot is willing to risk, what your Kami remembers and what happens when power outruns wisdom.This is a world of iron and incense, forge-smoke and falling blossom, corrupted spirits and ancient war machines. The Tetsugan Dominion pushes industry to its limits. The Kodama forests retreat metre by sacred metre. The Hikari seek balance from the Tower of Aetherion. The Suiren guard the tides. The Kagejin move through shadow. The Onibane burn what they cannot own.And somewhere within that conflict, your Pilot must decide what kind of future is worth fighting for.Honour the machine. Honour yourself. The distinction may not survive the Bonding Rite. Read more