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Monte Cook's setting The Diamond Throne is being licensed for an update using the Cypher System. It will be published by Here Be Dragon Games instead of Monte Cook Games. The Kickstarter is in a few weeks: August 18.
Full Announcement HERE
Diamond Throne was probably one of my favorite settings during my earlier days of TTRPGs when I mostly played d20-derived games in the 00s. This was also one of the settings where Mike Mearls got a major boost as he wrote several of the supplements for this setting. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and Earthsea were both listed as major influenced on the setting. Oaths, rituals, ceremonies, runes, akashic memory, and truenames were all important concepts for the setting. The classes were also neat, as Monte Cook designed more around playstyles and broad archetypes. For example, Monte Cook designed the Akashic as the skill/proficiency monkey, the Warmain for those who liked heavily-armored fighters, the Unfettered for those who like light-armor fighters, the Spellblade for gish-lovers, the Magister for those who like spell-mastery, the Greenbond for those who like healing, etc.
So I am curious how Here Be Dragons Games will translate the concepts and world of Arcana Evolved to the Cypher System.
UPDATE: The Kickstarter for Diamond Throne for the Cypher System launched.
Some years ago, a new fantasy setting was written and developed by Monte Cook, one of the main authors and game designers of the 3rd Edition of D&D. It was a whole new world powered by the most popular rules but with great differences from previous settings. The world was that of the Diamond Throne, and Cook’s beloved first fantasy campaign setting was Arcana Unearthed. Strange new people walk the land, small faen live in quiet hamlets and seafarers giants ruled upon the people after a war against the dragons; animals awaken intelligence beyond their natural kin and humans transcend their natural behavior to reach new physical and mental status. All of them live in a world changed by their own people in the ancient history, trying to build a new future discovering new lands, delving into the past memories of those who lived before, living in harmony with the nature, or defending themselves from the threats that lie beyond their peaceful livings.
Full Announcement HERE
Diamond Throne was probably one of my favorite settings during my earlier days of TTRPGs when I mostly played d20-derived games in the 00s. This was also one of the settings where Mike Mearls got a major boost as he wrote several of the supplements for this setting. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and Earthsea were both listed as major influenced on the setting. Oaths, rituals, ceremonies, runes, akashic memory, and truenames were all important concepts for the setting. The classes were also neat, as Monte Cook designed more around playstyles and broad archetypes. For example, Monte Cook designed the Akashic as the skill/proficiency monkey, the Warmain for those who liked heavily-armored fighters, the Unfettered for those who like light-armor fighters, the Spellblade for gish-lovers, the Magister for those who like spell-mastery, the Greenbond for those who like healing, etc.
So I am curious how Here Be Dragons Games will translate the concepts and world of Arcana Evolved to the Cypher System.
UPDATE: The Kickstarter for Diamond Throne for the Cypher System launched.
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