07/04/2024
Our Infinity's Edge: Isekai Edition kickstarter launches TOMORROW at noon EST! We're very excited and we hope everyone will come by and have a look! If you're already an IE fan, you may wonder what's different. The campaign will explain that in detail, but let's get started with a few basic facts!
The Attributes have been tweaked slightly, but they and Skills (which remain the same) work exactly the same way. Your GM gives you a Threshold based on the difficulty of the task, you add your Attribute bonus and your Skill rank to the Threshold, and you roll a d100. At or below the Threshold is a success!
The major change to the new edition is the action economy. Instead of constantly calculating how much Stamina and Mana you can spend per action per round, now everyone gets two actions. Regular activity requires no Meter expenditure. Physical abilities and Technique Skills require you to spend Stamina. Magical abilities and Magic Skills require you to spend Mana. Health gets whittled away by damage. It's that simple!
Classes have been expanded to include multiple trees of abilities, and each class has more abilities than you can take by the time you max that class out. There won't be any more "all rogues have the same abilities" stuff! You build the character you want, whether it's a thief, an assassin, a spy, or some combination of those things. And that's the same for every class, whether it's a Basic, Hybrid, Specialist, or Advanced Class!
The game world of 2050 now has supporting mechanics, allowing GMs who don't want the full isekai experience to have the real world affect the game. Your Finite Character and Infinite Character are now distinct entities, each with their own mechanics. Finite Characters are very simple and mostly narrative with a few rolls here and there, while Infinite Characters remain robust and the focus of the game.
All the materials from our various sourcebooks for 1E are now in the core rules! Advanced Classes, guilds & factions, Domains, upcasting spells, and more are all included in the core rules! No waiting for something you hoped to see right out of the gate, because it's all in a single book!
There's been some shenanigans afoot in the virtual world of Infinity's Edge. The game's designers aren't taking the rebellion of its AI overlords lying down. A new force has entered the game and it may never be the same!
And above all else, we tried to simplify the language to make sure there was no confusion. The word "level," for instance, now exclusively refers to your character's level. Skills have ranks, and gear has Tiers. Plus, there's a very robust system in place for you to create your own equipment! I mean, who knows what kind of weird new bits will be dropped in that new dungeon, am I right? Only the GM knows what glory awaits! We have plenty of examples for you to choose from, don't worry!
We hope you'll all come visit tomorrow and see what kind of new experiences await you in the world of Infinity's Edge!
