January Update: PDF coming soon!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 09:05:01 AM
Hello everyone,
It's been quite a while since our latest update. We took some time off during the holidays to spend some time with our families, but we come back with news and a sneak peek on the book.
The PDF is finalized
We are happy to announce that the PDF of Dream City Knights is finally ready. So without further delays we would like to share with you parts of our book.
Character Creation
We tried to make character creation a quick but exciting experience for the players. We wanted to let you all dream right from the start.
Apart from assigning the core focuses of your character, you will assign more personal details that have both a narrative and mechanical impact on your game.
The Big Dream will drive you through your adventures, and While I'm Cool will make you stand out with as a very distinct trait. With Your Personal Nightmare you assign your greatest fears that will work as a narrative tool at the hands of the Keymaster, but also will give you space to develop your character as they face their fears. Additionally, your character will make use of their Hobbies, assigning one with an Obsession - something they really put effort in - in order to succeed their tasks. Finally their Iconic Item will take shape in both worlds, supporting their actions and making sure they never fail.
Hobbies
Each player character will certain areas of expertise that will help them succeed on their Moves called Hobbies. In Dream City Knights we wanted to make sure you can choose from a diverse range of Hobbies, making your character stand out among the others. They are used to modify your rolls or providing Momentum for when you succeed. There's a total of 25 Hobbies, but an experienced Keymaster may create more to suit the kind of Stories they want to tell.
Here are some of them:
Keymaster Moves
In Dream City Knights, the orchestrator of the story, the Keymaster, is also one to partake in playing the game. We did not want the Keymaster to act only as a Referee but also as a player themselves. This is why the system provides them with Moves of their own, and guidelines in how to use them. We opted to differentiate these types of Moves into three distinct categories: Narrative Moves, Minor Consequence Moves and Major Consequence Moves.
Nightmares
A great part of Dream City Knights is fighting off against Nightmares that have escaped the city of dreams in order to feed from the unsuspecting citizens of the Waking. They are living embodiments of the fears that lurk at darkest dreams of humanity.
We make sure to convey the feeling of nightmares and guidelines on how to create your own and how to provide with an enticing Nightmare Encounter that will haunt the players dreams.
Naturally, each District of the Dream City holds their own Nightmares for the Bunch to face.
Solo Play
Finally, we wanted to provide a chapter for players who prefer to play solo. While still using the mechanics of the main game, we provide additional tables and sources of inspiration to make a unique and emotional adventure.
Moving Forward
So "what are the next steps?" we hear you asking. As of now, we are still on track with the PDF's release date and maybe a few weeks behind with the final manufacturing.
However, still a 25% of the backers have not finalized their pledges through backerkit. Please make sure to finalize your pledges because after that we won't be able to give you your rewards. We are planning to close the pledge manager around late February, so please follow the required steps and as soon as the pledge manager closes, everyone will receive their PDFs.
A couple of amazing projects from Greek creators
We are really happy that the RPG market has been expanding in our country. There are some amazing projects either coming soon or already on Kickstarter. So we would really like to make a shout out to these tremendous works:
Immortals: Hubris and Glory
From Black Lantern Productions comes a unique take on what it means to be a hero in ancient Greece with a huge 5e supplement.
Immortals: Hubris and Glory is a campaign setting set in a grim imagining of mythical ancient Greece, based on the 5e system with a number of dynamic changes unique to the setting.
There is no greater purpose for a Greek than to achieve immortality through his or her deeds. But beware, the path to heroic pantheon is strewn with thorns, steel, fire and blood. Slay beasts of myth, wretched servants of the Titans, and wrestle against the ire of the Gods in your quest for eternity.
Grim Tales 1 : The Blood Debt
From Yellowbyte Studios comes a zine filled with darkness and shadows.
Step into the shadowed corridors of Grim Tales Vol. 1: The Blood Debt, where dark fantasy and gothic horror intertwine to craft a tale of despair, hope, and heroism. Together with you, our backers, we will breathe life into the cursed Mourning Vale, a realm teeming with unholy creatures, tragic characters, and perilous mysteries.
This first issue is more than 70 pages long and invites you to Blackthorne Hollow, a desolate town on the brink of ruin, where a desperate mother’s plea sets adventurers on a path fraught with moral dilemmas and deadly foes. From the icy trails of the valley to the haunted halls of Cragshade Keep, the choices you make will determine the fate of both the cursed and the hopeful.
Their project funded really fast, and there's just a few days left so if you 're interested, hop on HERE.
ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch
After their first successful Kickstarter for EXORDIUM: Origins of Mythos, our friends over at the Eren Chronicles are running a new campaign for a project inspired by the grim, cautionary tales of Slavic and Balkan folklore!
ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch introduces heaps of new content. Immersive mechanics, more than 20 character options, over 65 monsters, spells, curses, ceremonies, folkloric relics and adventure locales sprung from the realm of myth are only a part of what this rustic setting has to offer. Moreover, everything is going to be compatible with a number of different TTRPG systems: namely D&D 5e, D&D 2024 and the Legend in the Mist RPG!
The pre-launch page is up, so you can check out the project in more detail and get notified when it launches!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erenchronicles/zamanora-ballad-of-the-witch
