Does Anyone Care? (Cosmere RPG)

[Parmandur]

OK, we have retail release details in terms of timing and MSRP, including fir the $25 Starter Set with box art by Wayne Reynolds coming to stores October 29th:

"Brotherwise Games will launch the Cosmere Roleplaying Game: Stormlight series with a boxed set, three books, and accessories, all releasing on October 29."

'The opening wave of Stormlight titles includes the Stormlight Starter Set, a boxed set that comes with a condensed 60-page version of the rulebook, a 48-page adventure designed for starting characters, battle maps and tokens needed for the adventure, a half-dozen pre-generated characters, and a set of six RPG dice plus one plot die. MSRP is $24.99."

"The full game rules are split between the Stormlight Handbook, a 392-page hardcover book that describes character creation and rules for playing the game and the Stormlight World Guide, a 280-page book describing the history and culture of the world of Roshar, the setting for Stormlight, as well as the broader Cosmere setting. The books will be sold separately with an MSRP of $59.99 each."

Brotherwise Launching 'Stormlight'

For 'Cosmere Roleplaying Game'

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[TwoSix]

An evolution of the 5e engine with a different magic system; AND a setting gazetteer of Roshar and the greater Cosmere?

<sadly opens wallet>

 

[Parmandur]

An evolution of the 5e engine with a different magic system; AND a setting gazetteer of Roshar and the greater Cosmere?

<sadly opens wallet>

If it makes you feel better, it does a really fantastic job at both?

Gameplay wise, it manages to capture a very 5E feel and dynamic while solving martial/caster imbalance and multiclassing through a unified progression scheme and making everything Skills. Like, it is wild thwt it succeeds in making a system where a civilian with no combat skills who has maxed out social stuff can contribute as much to the game as a Storming Windrunner: actual rules for "social combat" and Skill Challenges.

As a Roshar worldbook: top notch, the art is beautiful and it explains a lot the novels haven't quite made clear. All canon, but not anything Sanderspn says will spoil future books, just stuff characters in the world would know that haven't come up yet.

Just based on the PDFs, huge recommendation.