Does Anyone Care? (Cosmere RPG)

[Elvish Lore]

I don't understand people (not necessarily on this thread) who are saying having to learn the Cosmere IP in order to play this game is a huge impediment to play.

I mean... learning a world setting has been an impediment to play for every rpg with a setting, ever. I don't think that's a big deal.

I do think, though, that famous IP tends to involve obsessive fans who tend to make running the setting a lot more difficult than it needs to be. These people love pointing out setting and continuity errors because they have such an intimate knowledge of the setting. I comment upon this with love, though, as I'm a fan-boy of the Tolkien legendarium and the Arthurian Mythos who has to bite their tongue whenever someone gets a setting detail wrong.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't understand people (not necessarily on this thread) who are saying having to learn the Cosmere IP in order to play this game is a huge impediment to play.

I mean... learning a world setting has been an impediment to play for every rpg with a setting, ever. I don't think that's a big deal.

I do think, though, that famous IP tends to involve obsessive fans who tend to make running the setting a lot more difficult than it needs to be. These people love pointing out setting and continuity errors because they have such an intimate knowledge of the setting. I comment upon this with love, though, as I'm a fan-boy of the Tolkien legendarium and the Arthurian Mythos who has to bite their tongue whenever someone gets a setting detail wrong.

On one hand, as someone who intends to run non-Stormlight fans through thos, I agree with you.

But, ot must be admitted that thr Stormlight Archives is some intense and in-drpth worldbuilding, being way far out there compared yo other fantasy Settings. Mostbotn, IMO, is going to be way more approachable just because the world looks amd works way more like ours, especially Era 2.