'Tales from Xadia' Dragon Prince RPG Announced

Tales of Xadia is an upcoming RPG powered by the Cortex system, based on the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. It will be published by Fandom, the company which owns D&D Beyond.

The RPG was announced during a Comic Con panel this weekend which announced four more seasons of the TV show. Tales of Xadia will "bridge" seasons 3 and 4 of the show. The game is slated for a 2021 release, with a pubic playtest preceding it.

There's an official website, with a trailer.

The Cortex system is a universal modular tabletop gaming engine. It was originally crated by Margaret Weis Productions for the Serenity roleplaying game, and has been used for various games since. Fandom, the owners of D&D Beyond, acquired the system last year.

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Players can explore the ruins of Lux Aurea, try to restore the corrupt sunforge, and fight to stop the evil monstrosities they emanate from spreading. This off-screen story comes alive in both game additions and organized game events prior to the release of Season 4.

“Stories from Xadia is being prepared by Cortex, a rule system previously used in award-winning games in the Universes of wonder, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, and more. Cortex Prime was developed by Cam Banks and is the latest version of the system. While waiting for the public game test from Stories from Xadiayou can try out the Cortex Prime rules for free with Hammerheads Spotlight game, available now at cortexrpg.com.

‘The Dragon Prince’ Tabletop RPG ‘Tales Of Xadia’ Announced

Wonderstorm and Fandom have teamed up to create a tabletop roleplaying game set in The Dragon Prince universe called 'Tales of Xadia' powered by the Cortex Prime system.

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[Parmandur]

Well, you can create anything in D&D. But different rulesets feel different to each other and create different gameplay experiences.

Yeah, but as a fan of a show I must admit not seeing a vastly different experience from D&D being called for with the Setting, but this is interesting.

 

[polyhedral man]

I really liked the show, i think the storytelling is excellent. And have been very interested in trying out Cortex for a long time. So i'm very excited about this

 

[Vicente]

I'm so excited for this! I feel Cortex is a much better fit for the world and tone of the show than DnD. Really looking forward to the public playtest.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

In this industry nobody wants to dance only with a partner. How to explain it better? They are toys of Star Wars created by Mattel and others by the same franchise but by Hasbro? Do you understand? Hasbro sells toys based in marvel superheroes, but also in some famous Warner/DC franchises. Hasbro has got now a good relation with Disney, Paramount and Netflix. Michael Bay's movies help a lot for the resurection of Transformers franchises. Today thanks Stranger Things lots of people from new generations know D&D.

I guess Paramount has got the rights for action-live adaptations of D&D. When the deal ends, then Hasbro will have to choose if to continue with Paramount, or with Disney and Netflix. If Paramount Pictures pushs the right keys, then D&D movie will be a blockbuster and a cash-cow, and the brand will be the girl in the party everybody will want to dance with.... Hasbro has been warned "if you don't love me, other girl will love me". When the five-years deal with Paramount ends, who doesn't get the rights will create its own fantasy IP. Disney can hire an army of scriptters to write its own Dragonlance saga, and the other company also.

My opinion this is like Netflix trying to "cause jealousy to play hard to get", to say: "WotC, thanks to me your D&D can become very popular and famous, but if you would rather licencing with other company, then I will publish my own RPG. Sometimes I am so fool to dare to say Netflix could buy Onyx Path to produce new series based in the lines, for example Pugmire.

 

[Aldarc]

Yeah, but as a fan of a show I must admit not seeing a vastly different experience from D&D being called for with the Setting, but this is interesting.

I think that's just because Hasbro has tricked people into thinking that D&D can and should handle everything for fantasy gaming. IMHO, it often feels as if D&D forces settings to adapt to its terms rather than the other way around: e.g., Theros and Ravnica.

 

[Von Ether]

Yeah, but as a fan of a show I must admit not seeing a vastly different experience from D&D being called for with the Setting, but this is interesting.

scratches head

Spoiler

Burning magical butterflies to fuel (not merely activate) a spell or have black veiny skin as a cost to casting.

... are not things that I've seen Wizard PCs do.

Then again, you can make those particular things have a mechanical/narrative benefit in a bespoke game or say, "meh, window dressing."

 

[Morrus]

Sometimes I am so fool to dare to say Netflix could buy Onyx Path to produce new series based in the lines, for example Pugmire.

You are certainly obsessed with the idea of big companies buying small ones, I’ll give you that. You don’t waver in that particular steadfast belief!

 

[Parmandur]

scratches head

Spoiler

Burning magical butterflies to fuel (not merely activate) a spell or have black veiny skin as a cost to casting.

... are not things that I've seen Wizard PCs do.

Then again, you can make those particular things have a mechanical/narrative benefit in a bespoke game or say, "meh, window dressing."

Material components.

 

[Umbran]

Material components.

Except, of course, he's mis-describing what's happening there. The butterflies are not used to power a spell like a material component. The butterflies are there to relieve the cumulative effects of using magic on the caster.

Human magic in Xadia has a cost that D&D doesn't currently have a mechanic for.

 

[Aldarc]

Even then, I'm not sure if D&D's spell slot system is a good fit for the magic either.