Ward Off Evil

Ward Off Evil is set in a dying world as the Cycle draws to a close. Survivors loyal to ancient empires crowd humanity’s last bastion, each tribe imagining a different future while unaware of the conspiracy that brought them there. As a Guide, you lead an army across the wastes, take contracts and choose which causes to support. Your decisions shape your standing with every faction and can lead to one of many endings.

Shape your Guide

You play as a nameless wanderer whose destiny is not fixed. Choose a tribe and background, then develop your character by learning active skills and passive perks and discovering otherworldly powers.

Recruit your army

Recruit units from four major factions: ambitious Lemurians, noble Thuleans, fierce Hyperboreans and fanatical Agarthans. You can also enlist members of minor tribes such as the enigmatic Shu and ethereal Atlanteans, tame beasts and monsters native to the wastes, or summon Elementals and Thoughtforms through long-forgotten rituals, at a price.

Fight across the wastes

The desert holds ancient relics and caravans to plunder. Choose your engagements as you travel, then fight foes in tactical, turn-based battles with the units and skills you select. Equip powerful Relics that can rewrite the rules of war, and use any tactics at your disposal to win.

Choose your path

You decide whom to support and whom to destroy, and can pursue different opportunities across the wastes. Trade goods between settlements as a caravaneer, fight in great battles as a mercenary company, or explore mysterious dungeons in search of power. Your actions shape your reputation with each faction, and even a virtuous path can bring unexpected outcomes. You may become a living legend to the people of the desert, or help bring about the end times.