Guess who's back, back again? Onyx Path! Tell a friend!
The backstory indicates it's either a prequel or a sequel to the upcoming The World Below (maybe both, considering that the series they're part of is called The Earthbane Cycle), but where TWB harks back to old-school dungeon-crawling, ATG wears its JRPG influence on its detached, zipper-and-buckle-festooned sleeve.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/ony...-the-gates
James the Kickstarter Concierge Wrote:In the world of Gaia, magic is everywhere and in everything, but a danger from the Void outside the world has upended the balance. On the continent of Everend, seven nations vie for resources and influence in an uneasy peace after centuries of struggle. A year ago, in an explosive demonstration of power, one nation called forth daemons from the Void. Now all nations fear for their safety and rush to gain daemonic magic for themselves. As the nations struggle, common folk continue their daily lives amid uncertainty of an incomprehensible power and the brutality of war. All the while, magic collides with the Void tainted landscape to create dangerous beasts who threaten everyone’s safety.
Everend needs heroes to stop the march of destruction and help people understand their new place in the world.
Will you heed the call?
At the Gates is a high fantasy tabletop roleplaying game about burgeoning heroes struggling to survive, fighting for what’s right, exploring dangerous places, and saving the world.
Magic fuels all parts of Gaia, from fields of wheat to the people who sew them. Magic is rooted in the living nature of the world: the elements, the mind, the body, and the soul. The Void stands outside the world, and represents all the esoteric concepts such as order, entropy, and energy. Where the Void meets the world, Outlands grow. These places are warped by the intermingling of two opposite magics, and everything that lives there is tainted and dangerous. Hidden inside these Outlands are gates into the Void, standing as literal tears in reality.
You play as heroes who have chosen to buck the status quo and try to change the course of things. Your characters may attempt to change the course of the war, delve into the secrets of daemons and the Void, fight against tyranny to protect what they love in the world, fight to restore balance to Gaia, or all the above.
You stand at the gates, holding back the tide, changing the course of history.
The backstory indicates it's either a prequel or a sequel to the upcoming The World Below (maybe both, considering that the series they're part of is called The Earthbane Cycle), but where TWB harks back to old-school dungeon-crawling, ATG wears its JRPG influence on its detached, zipper-and-buckle-festooned sleeve.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/ony...-the-gates