Stretch Goals Added!! Expanding the Humanoids and Fey
almost 5 years ago
– Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:31:07 PM
We're almost there!
I'm very excited that we've almost reached our funding goal, and now it's time to reveal the first of our stretch goals that will help fund the expansion of The Birth of Genesys book.
The first Stretch Goal is an expansion of the Humanoid Domain. It expands upon the Evolutionary Branches, both expanding existing branches and adding completely new ones. Here are examples of what this will bring:
• Hunters - Hunters focus on skills and traits that help them track down and destroy abominations like The Fey, Biests, and other monsters that threaten their existence.
• Military Weapons - we'll expand Military weapons beyond scorpios, ballistae, catapults, and cannons with options for binding powers to these dangerous war machines.
• Sacred Powers - we'll add new methods for casting powers, including:
- Dark Lords - able to channel energy through others (including the enemy) to power their spells.
- Druids - able to draw power from the land, they gain bonuses for casting from significant terrain features.
- Warlocks - able to use dark rituals to fuse themselves with energies of The Fey.
• Technomancy - you'll be able to combine Ancient Artificers with Arcane and Faith Powers to create items of power and magic. This goes beyond making Arcane Wands and Staves, into Faith Iconology and Artificer Construction (think building your own golems).
The second Stretch Goal will provide an expansion for The Fey Domain. It expands The Fey to include Disciplines for each Sphere of Influence. Disciplines are used to specialize your classes with new traits and abilities. Every one of the many Spheres will have two disciplines. We'll also be able to increase the number of spell "powers" included for The Fey. Here are some examples:
Truth
• Sphere of Truth Disciplines
- Seekers - focused on precision and ranged attacks. These guys rarely miss their mark.
- Oracles - focused on understanding the mysteries of the Universe, great spell casters.
• Sphere of Truth Power
- The Oracle's Eyes - creates floating eyes in the Area of Conflict to reveal infiltrators and scouts.
Chaos
• Sphere of Chaos Disciplines
- Anarchist - dedicated to complete chaos, wild mutations take form and permanently change the Anarchist.
- Nihilist - focused on the destruction of its target for no other reason than seeing the death of those before the them, reducing their ability to focus on objectives or defensive formations.
• Sphere of Chaos Power
- Consuming Chaos - a dark, churning smoke of chaos writhes outwards to consume the target of this power. This power seeks out the weakest of its victims’ characteristics and attacks it.
Deceit
• Sphere of Deceit Disciplines
- Shapeshifter - able to alter, mimic or change their shape, amorphic beings are able to hide amongst us.
- Deceivers - spell casters of great strength are able to take greater advantage of Deceit Powers.
• Sphere of Deceit Power
Changing Landscape - The battlefield is not as it appears, with terrain being moved and altered.
As well as revealing these first two Stretch Goals I'm also excited to post up the second of my Domain chats with Josh. This time we talk about creating a faction from The Fey Domain. Please check it out under the Creating A Faction section of the Kickstarter page.
Once again, thank you to everyone who has pledged. To make sure this game (and these books) are the best they can be, we would love it if you could share this project with your local gaming group or with any group you are involved with online. The more eyes that see The Genesys Project, the better it will be for all of us!
-Gary
New Concept Artwork for The Genesys Project- Core Rules
almost 5 years ago
– Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:11:31 AM
New Concept Artwork for the Genesys Project Core Rules!
Of course this is just a sketch from the artist Manthos Lappas (who also did the cover artwork you see on this Kickstarter for the Birth of Genesys- The 1st Age).
This was a quick set of 4 images we did just to get our concepts down. We will be refining the concept even further, but I thought this was an excellent share.
In concept our Triangle represents the 3 Ages of the game with a modified infinity symbol within it. Along the three ages on the triangle, Manthos has figures based on each of the three ages of gameplay dominated by hidden cloaked figures in the background representing the mysterious creators from the creation story of the Genesys Worlds.
Further work from Manthos Lappas... so you can just imagine how nice the Core rulebook will look!
https://www.deviantart.com/mlappas
Oh yea...... Look for more updates to follow here later today.
Primitive Age 48 hour giveaway Getting Close To Ending.....
almost 5 years ago
– Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 06:50:10 PM
During the first 48 hours of the Kickstarter Campaign the Primitive Age pdf will be added to your pledge for free!
This means that there is only so much time to this left! On July 14th at 9am PST, 12pm EST, and 5pm BST this will no longer be available as a free pdf attached to your pledges.
So now is the time to get off the sidelines and jump in. There are a lot of people following this campaign that have just not made the jump yet.
What is the Primitive Age? The Primitive Age is a fun way to create your factions....... during game play! While it is not necessary to do create your faction this way, its it a lot of fun starting your narrative before the dawn of the 1st Age of the Genesys Project.
Later if there is a demand for it, we may bring it back as add-on. So jump in now... dont wait.. and share with your friends so that they don't miss out......
Again, a huge thanks for those of you that are already here and secured this pdf expansion for the First Age.
Just Getting Started!
almost 5 years ago
– Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 09:36:48 AM
We have had an incredible start and are nearly halfway to our funding goal. I wanted to say thank you to all of you for jumping in one what is an excellent game.
If you have not downloaded our Kickstarter rules promotion, you can do that here Free Download . This shows you the depth of the ruleset for creating your faction. This is a promotional release only though, but you will be surprised on just how much you could create just out of this alone!
We have been in the news rounds quite a bit and I wanted to share with you all the places are talking about us.
Places in the News................Great places to look for additional information to feed the need for more.
Cast Dice: A Great Podcast review and look inside at the game: https://soundcloud.com/whatsabattlepodcastnetwork/the-cast-dice-podcast-episode-63-the-genesys-project
Tabletop Games UK: Another great article talking about his initital impressions of the game: http://tabletopgamesuk.co.uk/2019/07/12/kickstarterfantasysci-
Tabletop Fix: A couple introduction articles to the Kickstarter: http://ttfix.blogspot.com/2019/07/gensys-games-genesys-project.html
Brueckenkopf Online: A article detailing the project and Kickstarter to our German friends http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/2019/the-genesys-project-kickstarter-laeuft/
El Descanso Del Escriba: A great introduction article to our Spanish friends http://descansodelescriba.blogspot.com/2019/07/arranca-el-mecenazgo-de-genesys-project.html
War of Sigmar: Longtime follower of the Project sharing an introduction article https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/3990
Anonymous Tabletop: Podcast segment "Shut up and take my Money" https://www.freebootersnetwork.com/category/podcasts/anonymous-tabletop-podcast/
The last and most important part right now..... is Sharing with as many people as you can over the weekend! We are excited to get this game to you, and its your support that is making all of this possible.
We have a lot to share as the campaign unfolds. So stay tuned.
Thank you,
Gary
