The rules of Fallen Empire are based on Blades in the Dark. Like other games based on Blades in the Dark, the adapted core rules are called a "Forged in the Dark" system.

Blades in the Dark™ is a trademark of One Seven Design. The Forged in the Dark Logo is © One Seven Design, and is used with permission.

You can find the System Reference Document (SRD) for Blades in the Dark as well as other Blades in the Dark and Forged in the Dark material at https://bladesinthedark.com

While Fallen Empire differs in a number of aspects from Blades in the Dark, questions and ambiguities can often be resolved by checking the appropriate section of the SRD or forums and other postings about Blades in the Dark.

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This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).