Final Fantasy XIV Getting an Official TTRPG

Square Enix leaked a pre-order page for Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set on their online store on Wednesday morning before taking it down that afternoon and putting it back up again overnight.

The order page for the new TTRPG went live on Wednesday for around 6 hours before being taken down, but not before being archived via the Wayback Machine. It's likely the game was scheduled for announcement during the Letter from the Producer event on September 23 but was posted live by mistake. As of Thursday morning, the pre-order page is live again on the site along with an announcement page confirming a player and GM core rulebook along with an official preview page.

The new game will be based on the MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV, which currently has over 3 million active daily players available on PC, macOS, and PlayStation. This marks the first official adaptation of the popular and long-running Final Fantasy video game franchise to tabletop RPGs. From the product description before it was removed:

Based on the hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the FFXIV TTRPG is a tabletop roleplaying game that lets you experience Eorzea from a whole new perspective. Step into the shoes of a heroic adventurer or assume the game master's mantle, then cooperate to forge your own unique stories within the vast and exciting universe of Final Fantasy XIV. The Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set comes with everything you need to dive into the game and includes both the Player Book and the Gamemaster Book. Gather your friends together to explore, battle, and roleplay--the only limits are your imagination, and the only goal is to have fun. Discover a realm of adventure reborn!

The Starter Set will include a Player Book, Gamemaster Book (including three scenarios tying into the FF14 main story), four pre-generated characters (Warrior, White Mage, Dragoon, and Black Mage), Rules Summary & Strategy Guide, encounter maps, character tokens, and ability markers. The set will also include custom numeric dice - 6d20 total (two red and one each of green, blue, black, and clear) with the Final Fantasy XIV logo in place of the 20 and 10d6 (four red, two each of blue and green, and one each of black and clear). No further information about the game system is available at this time.

The set is scheduled for a May 2024 release and is available for pre-order for $59.99.

Note: This article has been edited to update with new information as the pre-order page was taken down, then put back up again, then an official announcement and preview page released.

 

[SteveC]

Tying a huge property like the FF universe to 5E and WotC would be a mistake in my estimation. And I haven't played FF14 but the other games I've played really don't follow the model that 5E uses. I think the FF fanbase is going to be drawn to the game on its own so you're not gaining much of anything by using 5E's system. (Of course this is just my opinion...)

 

[Zehnseiter]

I think the FF fanbase is going to be drawn to the game on its own so you're not gaining much of anything by using 5E's system. (Of course this is just my opinion...)

Mine as well. D&D 5E is a popular game but it isn't a requirement to a successful game. I backed that Free League Moria kickstarter that offered the supplement in both versions. The One Ring and 5E and I was surprised how outnumbered the 5E version was.

FF XIV has 3 million of active players If only a very small percentage buys the books it already is successful.

 

[overgeeked]

Just wild to think that FF1 started off a sort of D&D game (don't sue us TSR!) (See also Zelda 1) and now it's come full circle back to it's TTRPG roots.

It would be hilarious if it's a 5E clone. Considering the 5.1 SRD is in the Creative Commons, they could use it. That would be full circle.

 

[Weiley31]

Oh,wait that's right, we have Gunbreakers in FF XIV so that means GUN BLADES!

I still love how stylish the FF XIV Red Mages can looks.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There are actually a lot of Zelda games out there, for folks asking, including 5E/OSR/DCC bestiaries published by Bloat Games, Break!!, and a fair number of Kickstarter projects that are sometimes hard to identify because they often want to evoke Zelda without putting that word on their pages where Nintendo lawyers can find it.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Let's remember FF will be soon in Magic: The Gatering Beyond Universe.

Square Comics is also a manga publisher. This means if they and Hasbro wanted a collab is possible, or Square Enix could created from zero a new IP with the intention to be adapted to a D&D setting.

FF is a radically different game style. Low level PCs can stop bullets with a sword, and soon they face monsters in d20 these would be CR 10 or even +20.

How would be a pixel-art or voxel version of Dragonlance videogame?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

FF XIV is cool and all, though I have never had the time to play it, but what I want after these rules are officially out is a sourcebook for the world of Ivalice, from FFT and FF XII and Vagrant Story.

 

[Gradine]

FF XIV is cool and all, though I have never had the time to play it, but what I want after these rules are officially out is a sourcebook for the world of Ivalice, from FFT and FF XII and Vagrant Story.

FFXIV has a bunch of content specifically related to Ivalice, if it doesn't make it in officially the fans'll be there to pick up that slack what quick

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

FFXIV has a bunch of content specifically related to Ivalice, if it doesn't make it in officially the fans'll be there to pick up that slack what quick

There have been in-game crossovers, but it is not Ivalice. As the Wiki says:

"Final Fantasy XIV is set on Hydaelyn, a fictional world of diverse environments across multiple continents, focused on the region of Eorzea."

 

[CleverNickName]

FFXIV has a bunch of content specifically related to Ivalice, if it doesn't make it in officially the fans'll be there to pick up that slack what quick

I'm looking forward to building my own World of Order and World of Ruin, ala Final Fantasy VI (or Final Fantasy III for the Super Nintendo here in the U.S.A.)

I absolutely love the concept art for that game (by Yoshitaka Amano).