Cantrip RPG

Cantrip is a roleplaying game about witches who are coming of age while studying at a magical Academy. They will grapple with their place in the world at large, their emotions, their budding relationships, the expectations placed on them by everyone in their lives, the secrets held by the Academy, the weird and wonderful creatures that reside within it,and the constant scheming of their fellow witches.

This game takes inspiration from a lot of media involving the magical and supernatural coexisting and clashing with a mundane world. The most direct inspiration is Studio TriggersLittle Witch Academiaand youll find that the playbooks closely resemble many of the characters in that anime. Other sources of inspiration includeWitch Hat Atelier,The Owl House,andKikis Delivery Service. More tangentially,slice-of-lifeanime likeYuru-CampandNon Non Biyoriprovide a lot of the tonal inspiration.

Cantrip is unabashedly queer and explicitly rejects the reactionary and unfun tropes that tend to show up in Magical Academy media and opts to tell a story that, while not free of conflict, is decidedly about girls living their best lives.

What will you find here?

In Cantrip you will play as one of the six archetypical witches you might find at The Academy:

– the wonder-filled if magicallyuninclinedStar-Struck

– the swamp-lovingHedgemycologist

– the aristocratic and resourcefulPosh

– the perpetually flustered but highly capableSenior

– the show-stopping and prank-lovingBreaker

– the mystical and powerfulSybil

Throughout a session or a campaign of Cantrip your witches will come to terms with school life, city life, the semi-sentient Weave of magic witches draw their power from, the schools authorities, their fellow students (including the comically powerful student council), the nearby townspeople and the many mythological and magical creatures that inhabit the world. The world of Cantrip is brought to life in Celeste Cruzs (@caelstyx)striking, colorful art.