Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive TTRPG Makes $1M In Under An Hour

The highly anticipated Stormlight Archives TTRPG Kickstarter--now renamed the Cosmere RPG--broke the million dollar barrier in under an hour, joining the million dollar Kickstarter club.

Published by Brotherwise Games, the game encompasses Brandon Sanderson's entire universe of novels. It includes a world guide, a rulebook, and an adventure called Stormlight Stonewalkers. It's a new game system, based on a d20 mechanic with talent trees and skill-based magic.

The question now is whether it can beat the Avatar Legends TTRPG's almost $10M record? Avatar hit the million dollar mark after the first few hours, so--at least at this point--the Cosmere RPG is tracking ahead of it. Brandon Sanderson already holds the Kickstarter record for the most funded project ever--his novel series made over $40M on Kickstarter in 2023!

 

[Parmandur]

Last night, they announced another 16 page PDF supplement for Backers, this time a Bestiary booster, and that all Hardcovers are getting an expanded page count:

 

[VenerableBede]

@Parmandur, you're really becoming the prophet of this campaign here on Enworld.

 

[Parmandur]

@Parmandur, you're really becoming the prophet of this campaign here on Enworld.

Everything about this project really makes me happy.

 

[VenerableBede]

I'm quite excited, too—although I am most thrilled for the (probably years down the line) Warbreaker installment.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm quite excited, too—although I am most thrilled for the (probably years down the line) Warbreaker installment.

Warbreaker, Elantris and White Sand are particularly intriguing, since thise worlds are not as exhaustively explored in the novels, compared to the massive detail for Stormlight and Mistborn, so the RPG versions have a lot more room to grow stuff out for play.

 

[VenerableBede]

Mild Warbreaker spoilers.

It's canon that metal can be Awakened, and when awakened it becomes a self-aware entity with a unique personality.

This means, theoretically, you could have a suit of Awakened armor.

If that armor can move autonomously, that means you could absolutely have it as a Heritage option for a PC.

I won't be disappointed if this doesn't happen in the eventual Warbreaker expansion—with my understanding of how Nightblood works, it would probably be too powerful—but I would be giddy out of my mind if it became an option.

Making a PC with a personality derived from a single Command that guides your very existence sounds like a lot of fun, to me. It would also be a fresh take on the tried-and-true Automaton PC available in so many TTRPGs.

 

[Parmandur]

Mild Warbreaker spoilers.

It's canon that metal can be Awakened, and when awakened it becomes a self-aware entity with a unique personality.

This means, theoretically, you could have a suit of Awakened armor.

If that armor can move autonomously, that means you could absolutely have it as a Heritage option for a PC.

I won't be disappointed if this doesn't happen in the eventual Warbreaker expansion—with my understanding of how Nightblood works, it would probably be too powerful—but I would be giddy out of my mind if it became an option.

Making a PC with a personality derived from a single Command that guides your very existence sounds like a lot of fun, to me. It would also be a fresh take on the tried-and-true Automaton PC available in so many TTRPGs.

Mayne not in Warbreaker RPG, or in Worldhopper...

But someday they might do the Space Age Cosmere, God willin' and the crik don't rise, and...all bets are off for the Cosmere Space Opera RPG.

 

[Parmandur]

$9 million, should pass Avatar late Friday or early Saturday.

 

[Parmandur]

Late night update, discussing the rules for skull challenges abd social cobflict, all backers will now get "Event cards" that track major developments keyed by the Plot due:

 

[Meech17]

Everything about this project really makes me happy.

I appreciate you keeping the updates coming. I don't intend on backing, and I'm not following along that closely, but I am interested in the updates.. So it's nice being able to come here and see your posts.