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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djotaku" data-source="post: 9862572" data-attributes="member: 7054471">Not sure what's in the starter set - I was a backer so I had the whole thing. If you mean "the First Steps" intro adventure, it's an interesting recommendation. It's a good introduction to the system, but not indicative of how play will proceed. It's kind of like a personality quiz within a TTRPG to help the player decide what Hero and Stormlight paths align with the way they would naturally play. I've been running Stonewalkers since October-ish. It's a canonical story that takes place I think in the middle book 2 that lets you know some of what was going on in the world that Sanderson didn't talk about in the books. I have some players who are Sanderson super-fans (they listen to podcasts about the books and know everything about Roshar frontwards and backwards) and they are LOVING all the extra worldbuilding and stuff they're learning and the people they are interacting with. There are lots of Sanderson fans who have never played TTRPGs who are getting into the hobby via this system. If you're already on Enworld, you'll be ahead of the curve by understanding how TTRPGs work. The system borrows from a bunch of other systems / convergent evolution: 3 action economy of 2nd edition Paizo games, rules for cinematic combat and conversations that seem similar to Draw Steel, a plot die that functions like Daggerheart's fear/hope system. Overall, I enjoy it. Because of the table I have (being huge fans that enjoy the fact that this campaign is canonical), we're not going off the rails all that much. But, technically, you could use the system to do your own Cosmere "fan fiction"Finally, the "SRD" equivalent is called Plotweaver. It has nothing to do with Cosmere, but brings the tech tree system to anyone who wants to use it. Re-reading your post, it looks like you've heard of Sanderson, but haven't read Cosmere. It's 100% not necessary, but tons of stuff will be going over your head. IMHO, if I wasn't into Cosmere I would rather play 5e or Paizo games so I wouldn't feel hemmed in by some author's world and the way things are supposed to work in that world.</blockquote>

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