LIGHT Beacon Edition
A downloadable LUMEN TTRPG
**Printed version is now available!**
Shine Bright
You are a Beacon, an immortal guardian of humanity. Light courses through you, granting you incredible power, and the ability to fight back the darkness that besets humanity from all sides.
Strike out on missions across the Sol system. Wield powerful weapons, unleash devastating powers, get all the loot.
LIGHT Beacon Edition is the definitive version of the LIGHT TTRPG. First released in 2020 as a one page homage to the video game Destiny, LIGHT has expanded over the years with tons of new content. That has all been bundled together into a single book, with new layout and art to bring you the very best of LIGHT.
What Is LIGHT?
LIGHT is a rules-lite, power fantasy tabletop RPG designed using an early version of the LUMEN system. It's all about creating powerful characters, called Beacons, and feeling incredible badass as you take on dangerous missions and collect valuable loot.
What Do You Do?
As a Beacon, you were granted near immortality and incredible power due to a solar event. Humanity has spread itself across the Sol system in a new golden age, and you are its greatest protectors. Strike out on missions across the system as it is beset from all sides by alien threats that would see our Light destroyed.
LIGHT uses LUMEN, a rules-lite system designed for power fantasy combat. Players have access to unique powers, depending on their Beacon, and spend resources to use them. Not only that, but you'll collect an armory of loot throughout your missions, and you can craft and modify your weapons to fit your playstyle.
Beacon Edition
Want to know more about this definitive version of LIGHT? Check out this video that covers all the changes!
Campaign & One Shots
LIGHT is perfect for both exciting one shots and longer campaign play. Want just a quick mission? Randomly generate some weapons and a mission with the tables provided, pick some Beacons, and you're in it right away!
The rules for campaign play allow you to track the progress of enemy forces as they lay siege to various planets across the system. Can the Beacons push back this darkness, or does is the end of humanity's golden age?
Book Order
Want a physical copy of the game? You can order the 120 page, full color, paperback book on my website here.
Shine Bright
Ready to wield the Light? Pick up your copy today. When you do, tell me about your Beacon! What kind of gear do they carry, what does their armor look like? What mission have they most recently gone on? Post a comment below!
Faction Turn
You can now try out the very early playtest version of the LIGHT Faction Turn. Just download the zip file, read the rules, and try this board game supplement to LIGHT!
Credits
Writing, design, layout - Spencer Campbell, Gila RPGs, @GilaRPGs
Beacon Art - Major Ursus, @MajorUrsusArt
Editing - Will Jobst, @will_jobst
Purchase
In order to download this LUMEN TTRPG you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- LIGHT Faction Turn PlaytestNov 14, 2023
Comments
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Any advice for making more tags and legendary weapons?
Also, any chance this'll get a lumen 2.0 upgrade?
Hi, its possible to have a community copies?
Hey, my group and I just started playing Light and we have been enjoying it a ton! But we had a question about the powers. Are we supposed to roll when we use powers? The way they are worded we weren't sure. We are not sure if we missed a page on it.
So glad your enjoying it!
For powers, no rolling, they just happen when you spend the light!
Thank you so much!
So I ran a one-shot for my little brother today who had a blast and might GM this for his school's D&D club as a result. This speaks volumes of how approachable this system is.
We we're curious about the Resurrection with Light and getting Shade once we were done playing though. Does a Beacon need a point of light to resurrect since it is fully restored upon being resurrected?
Regardless though we had a ton of fun and are looking to do more games.
So glad they enjoyed it!
You need the point before you die, so that you can resurrect. If you die without a point of light left, you die.
Hope that helps!
That it does! Thank you!
Why are there 3 weapon spots on the character sheet? If I read the rules right you start the game only able to use one gun. Then there is a single upgrade to gain an extra weapon. This only lets a player use 2 weapons. Am I missing something? Thanks
As it says on page 55, Beacons bring 2 weapons with them on missions. You just start with 1, so you need to go get your second. And then you can take the advance that lets you bring a third.
I miss that. Thanks.
By the way, my siblings and I have been playing a lot of Rune and it is a great game.
That's awesome to hear!
This game has been amazing. It reminds me so much of the early days of John Harper's Danger Patrol, in it's simplicity and ability to get the action going right away. Now that I have my physical copy, I'm going to be demoing it at my game store to show my customers some of the wider world of RPG!
Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I can't wait to hear how it goes with people at your store!
In the Beacon (Spreads):
Shiver has "Kindling (Passive)" listed under them, although the ability is different than Pyros.
@GIla RPGS - I think this is a real easy fix!
p48 of (pages) download, and p25 of (spreads) download both list Shiver as having "Kindling (Passive)" as the name.
As usual, the work here is impeccable. It's incredible to see Light take on its own identity as Nova did. Eager to run this for my band of misfits.
Thank you so much for the kind words, you absolutely made my day! Enjoy the game!
Quick question: on p.40 on the description of Diminish it says "Decay is removed afterward". To what does decay refer in that context?
It is meant to say Diminish
LIGHT is an awesomely frantic, high-stakes, fast-paced TTRPG, and this updated edition outdoes the original tenfold. AMAZING ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you so much Aaron!
It's been a long two years, and I'm glad to see LIGHT in its definitive form! My favorite new addition is the enemy faction effects.
Thank you! Yeah I think the faction effects add a fun puzzle dynamic to combat.
Been waiting for this! The art looks lovely! Looking forward to running games with it.
Thank you so much! MajorUrsus really did an incredible job with the Beacon art!
Hell yes! I love Light and the Lumen system, I can't wait to check this out!