Eberron creator Keith Baker is working on a new roleplaying game called Phoenix: Dawn Command. He says that "Phoenix uses a simple, flexible card-based system with hooks that encourage storytelling and shared narrative control. It’s a squad-driven game, and death is part of the character advancement process. Your team can accomplish great things, but you’ll be faced with difficult decisions and consequences. You’ll need to push to your limits… and beyond." The game, which features character death as an advancement mechanic, will be hitting Kickstarter in March.
Keith is an experienced game designer. As well as Eberron (the second-most anticipated on-Realmsian D&D setting after Greyhawk), he's worked on 13th Age, and a bunch of freelance projects for companies like Atlas Games, Green Ronin, Goodman Games, and Pelgrane Press. He's designing the new game with Dan Garrison, under the banner of his new game company, Twogether Studios. Jennifer Ellis is producing, and Grace Allison and Rich Ellis are illustrating.
One interesting thing about the game is that death itself is a character advancement mechanic. Keith says "As a Phoenix, you learn from each death and return stronger than before. It’s not just about death itself, but how and why you die – what your character takes away from the experience. However, you can only return seven times, and you don’t return immediately. Rather than trivializing the experience, it allows personal sacrifice to be an important choice; you need to determine how and when it’s worth laying down your life."
More as and when I hear it! (thanks to Jeremy for the scoop!)
Keith is an experienced game designer. As well as Eberron (the second-most anticipated on-Realmsian D&D setting after Greyhawk), he's worked on 13th Age, and a bunch of freelance projects for companies like Atlas Games, Green Ronin, Goodman Games, and Pelgrane Press. He's designing the new game with Dan Garrison, under the banner of his new game company, Twogether Studios. Jennifer Ellis is producing, and Grace Allison and Rich Ellis are illustrating.
One interesting thing about the game is that death itself is a character advancement mechanic. Keith says "As a Phoenix, you learn from each death and return stronger than before. It’s not just about death itself, but how and why you die – what your character takes away from the experience. However, you can only return seven times, and you don’t return immediately. Rather than trivializing the experience, it allows personal sacrifice to be an important choice; you need to determine how and when it’s worth laying down your life."
More as and when I hear it! (thanks to Jeremy for the scoop!)
