Forge Bold Heroesin Draw Steel
A tactical, cinematic fantasy RPG for Directors and 3-6 players. Learn the power roll, build a hero, run Delian Tomb, and bring Codex tools to the table.
What is Draw Steel?
Draw Steel is a heroic fantasy tabletop RPG from MCDM. It focuses on bold tactical decisions, cinematic combat, and clear table roles for Directors and players.
The Codex version brings online play, map tools, dynamic lighting, and the Delian Tomb starter adventure to Steam. This wiki turns official resources and player search intent into fast, readable guides.
- Developer
- MCDM
- Codex Developer
- Verisim + MCDM
- Genre
- Tactical Fantasy RPG
- Platform
- Tabletop + Steam
- Starter Adventure
- The Delian Tomb
- Official Products
- 17
Start in 4 Steps
Power Roll
Learn the 2d10 tier ladder, edge, bane, and how ability outcomes work.
First Hero
Choose class, ancestry, career, kit, and abilities without drowning in options.
Delian Tomb
Prepare a spoiler-aware starter session with pregens and table-ready rules.
Codex & Resources
Open official Codex, sheets, rules reference, and Director resource links.
Popular Rules
Answer-first pages for the rules players actually search during a session.
Power Roll
Roll 2d10 plus the relevant characteristic, then read the result as a tiered outcome instead of a binary pass/fail.
Hero Tokens
They are a shared table resource for big survival and momentum decisions such as gaining surges, rerolling, saving a failed save, or recovering stamina.
Cover
Cover matters when a solid obstruction blocks enough of the target that damage-dealing abilities against that target take a bane.
Movement
Shifting is the clean way to move without provoking opportunity attacks, so it should be explained next to disengage and forced movement.
Saving Throws
When an effect says save ends, the affected creature rolls at the end of their turn to see whether the effect ends.
Draw Steel Surges
Learn Draw Steel surges, shadow surge timing, passive surge questions, hero token resource gains, damage boosts, potency, and common surge mistakes.
Draw Steel Conditions
A player-safe Draw Steel conditions index for prone, grabbed, restrained, bleeding, weakened, dazed, negative stamina, knock out NPC, and save timing.
For Players and Directors
Players
Build a readable first hero, learn your action economy, track surges, and keep class rules close at hand.
Directors
Prepare objectives, monsters, terrain, rules reminders, and spoiler-safe Delian Tomb session notes.
Classes and Builds
Compare core classes, expansion picks, starting playstyles, and the best first guides for Draw Steel heroes.
Shadow
Insight striker
A mobile damage dealer built around insight, surge timing, stealthy movement, and precise target selection.
Censor
Frontline judgment
A durable leader path for marks, auras, pressure, and simple table-facing protection choices.
Conduit
Divine support
A support-focused hero for healing windows, team positioning, and power turns that keep allies moving.
Elementalist
Area controller
A magic user built for terrain pressure, damage shapes, forced movement, and table-visible spectacle.