A Sage's Salary

You were born a sage's salary, conceived only to fulfil a bargain...

A Sage's Salary is a solo journaling game about the lives of sages and their pupils.  You begin the game as a salary, a child who was a payment given to a sage for a great service, who is taught the secrets and is to succeed the sage. 

Sages don many guises, they travel far and often, they are allowed everywhere and welcome nowhere. Their ways brush against war and song and death. As a salary, you have little choice in your life in the sage's care, and much is determined by the aspect of the sage under which your ages pass. In the second half of the game, you become a sage yourself and find a salary of your own and must decide on how to shape the life that has been forced on you.

The game can be printed as a trifold pamphlet on a single sheet of paper. It requires only a six-sided die and a place to write. Every playthrough of the game results in the story of a new character, bounded by past and future. You may create an unbroken chain of characters by playing in succession.

Praise: 

"I've never played a solo rpg before but holy shit that was really compelling / i adore the way that it presents the theme of cycles of harm and tradition n shit / games sick as hell"

"a lot of fun to play!"

"delightful"

Translations: 

The game is also available in the following languages; others will be added when feasible.

Español — El Saldo de un Sabio tr. por Luna Petra G

El Saldo de un Sabio es un juego de rol para un jugador, siguiendo las vidas de varias generaciones de sabios y pupilos. La historia comienza con el saldo, un niño dado como pago al sabio por un servicio. Los sabios se disfrazan, viajan largas distancias y son tolerados en todos lados, pero nunca bienvenidos. Sus caminos rozan con la guerra, la gloria y la muerte. Se te enseñará el poder oculto, para algún día reemplazar al sabio en su profesión, e instruir a tu propio saldo.

Italiano — Il Salario del Saggio  tr. da Chiara Locatelli

Il Salario del Saggio è un gioco di ruolo solitario creato per raccontare le vite di più generazioni di Saggi e dei loro discepoli. All’inizio della storia vestirai i panni di un Salario, un bambino consegnato a un Saggio dalla propria famiglia come compenso per un servizio reso. I Saggi prendono aspetti diversi, viaggiano spesso in luoghi lontani, sono tollerati da tutti e benvenuti da nessuno. Sul loro cammino incontrano canti, guerre e morte. Tu sarai iniziato ai segreti del Saggio e dopo la sua scomparsa ne prenderai il posto, per guadagnarti a tua volta un Salario.

If you are unable to purchase the game, do not hesitate to ask me for a copy by emailing me at krushna.kd@gmail.com or messaging me on discord at infruction#0721. Your experiences with this game will always be appreciated.