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26/12/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog exploring the adventure Sunk Costs is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/zEho82b

This week we take another look at Sunk Costs, the first adventure designed specifically for Realm of Runes. As this series of deep dives into this adventure continue (pun intended) it will become harder and harder to avoid providing information that could be considered somewhat of a spoiler. So, pro...

19/12/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog exploring material components in the Menagerie is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/hL1ofJq

This week we take a closer look at another one of the changes that has been made to the overall format of the Menagerie. One aspect of Realm of Runes that can be opted into is the concept of material casting. No spells in Realm of Runes use material casting by default. Instead, one must take a Gener...

12/12/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog introducing the new category of Cryptic Ancestries is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/zZEjKSn

The Tome of Whispers adds a whole slew of new ancestry options available to characters. There are new base ancestries and new hybrid ancestries. These can be freely combined together, and are also compatible with the ancestries in the core rules. While these new ancestries are interesting, and deser...

05/12/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog discussing Settlement Prestige is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/fwK7arr

This week we take a deeper dive into Settlement Prestige, a new game system that was added to Realm of Runes as money was being removed. Part of the inspiration for its inclusion was to provide an outlet for looted treasure that a party wouldn't want to use. A lot of players really like gathering lo...

28/11/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog introducing a new, parallel project is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/WCFR8PT

This week I am excited to introduce a parallel project that has been in the works for a while, the Realm of Runes Card Game! The card game is a stand-alone experience which draws heavily from the lore and ambience of the RPG. Whereas Realm of Runes itself is meant to facilitate long-term campaigns,....

21/11/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog about worldbuilding is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/85ocZAt

This week we're going to introduce and take a look at the first entry in an ongoing series related to the world-building of Rimukyr. The rules of Realm of Runes itself are designed to be setting agnostic, especially with the removal of money from the system as discussed here. Even so, first-party ad...

14/11/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog introducing the first adventure designed for the system is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/BA2Ria1

This week we're going to start taking a look at the inaugural first-party adventure for Realm of Runes. Introducing... Sunk Costs! A few playtest groups have run through this adventure already, and it's a lot of fun. As we discuss Sunk Costs, I'll try to keep spoiler-y information to a minimum while...

07/11/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog about the Menagerie is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/O6x6oqj

This week let's take a look at one of the significant changes to the Menagerie that has developed during the playtesting process. Identifying monsters has a pervasive presence throughout Realm of Runes. Many character abilities either help with identification, or have their effects triggered based o...

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween! Enjoy a jack-o-lantern and a themed design blog! Check out this entry, and all the others, at https://wix.to/ZoLAzgI

Happy Halloween! It's a perfect time to introduce the first expansion book developed for Realm of Runes, the Tome of Whispers! Throughout the creation process for the core rules, there has always been some ideas that have been interesting, but are either too weird or too complicated to belong in the...

24/10/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog is live! Check out this entry, and all the others, at https://wix.to/vmtDdAo

17/10/2024

New Realm of Runes design blog is live! Check out this post, and all the others, at https://wix.to/SedgiMM

It's been a while since the last time one of these design blogs went up, and a big part of that has been difficulty with the art process, rather than with the rules process. A new artist has joined to the project, however, and things are moving along once again. The finish line is once again getting...