| Robert Ranting |
Here Be Dragons Games has launched a Kickstarter for Monte Cook's Diamond Throne setting for the Cypher system.
The Diamond Throne is the setting that first got me actually interested in gaming back in 2003, so of course I've already backed the kickstarter. I've not had any actual play experience with the Cypher system, but I own and have read some other materials for it, and my group has bandied about trying it for several years. While I have some concerns about whether the things I love about the AE rules and setting will be mechanically implemented in a more rules-light system, I have some hopes that it will turn out well. This may also be the tipping point which leads to my gaming group finally trying Cypher after years of putting it on the back burner. I'm looking forward to playtesting it when the materials become available.
There's been some hints that if this Kickstarter does well enough, they might consider doing versions for other systems (5e) down the line. If enough people express interest, maybe they might consider a PF version?
Anyone else interested in more Diamond Throne content?
| Bjørn Røyrvik |
I love me some Numenera, but I'm unfamiliar with Diamond Throne. Monte Cook is usually pretty good so i will check this out.
I'm a bit torn on the Cypher system. It has some decent ideas but I feel its emphasis on classes (at least in the Numenera version of the system) to be clunky and rather artificial.
| David knott 242 |
I would prefer a Pathfinder conversion myself. It seems like it should be possible to combine information from Arcana Evolved (which as I recall has information about converting Arcana Evolved to and from D&D 3.5) and the conversion document that Paizo put out to convert D&D 3.5 material to Pathfinder 1st edition, but I suspect that a professional take on this would go better than my amateur effort at it.
Edit: I guess I should say that I would like to see a PF2 version of this setting. A PF1 version of Arcana Evolved already exists.