Find us on IndieGoGo: Xeni Games Presents: The Iternus System and Aetherium

As the Lead Creative Director at Xeni Games I desire to help people expand their imagination, and discover the beauty of creativity.

As someone who has always been involved in creative fields, there is nothing that I enjoy more than exploring my mind and the minds of others. Tabletop roleplaying games have always been a great source for sharing that same feeling with others.

I wanted to create a framework that was robust enough to provide a great base for gameplay even for those who are experienced players, but simple enough to allow players new to tabletop RPGs to join in without becoming overwhelmed by hundreds of pages of rules and content that they aren't familiar with or do not have the time to become involved in.

The resulting product was The Iternus System. A framework built to encourage players to use their imagination, as well as assisting them in unlocking the innate creativity within us all.

The Iternus System is built to stand out amongst the crowd by offering many intuitive yet easily managed mechanics to players and Game Masters:

• Scalable Game Complexity - One of the most unique features provided by The Iternus System is the ability to scale the complexity of the game that you are playing. The Iternus System framework is robust enough to provide an entertaining session for experienced tabletop gamers, but simple and flexible enough to allow even those new to tabletop gaming to ease into the ebb and flow of a campaign without being overwhelmed by too many unfamiliar mechanics. If you'd like to start a simple game where most of the mechanics are withheld and only chance rolls are used to determine the outcome of actions, we've detailed how you can run a game of that style. If you'd like to start a game that takes advantage of all of the mechanics we've provided, we've also detailed how you can run a game of that style.
  
  
• Template System - Built into the core of The Iternus System and it's accompanying campaigns that not only allows but encourages expansion upon the base content provided. The template system is structured so that players can create their own additions that seamlessly plug into the 'canon' mythos.
  
• Highly Customizable Skill Tree Structure - For those interested in an easily set up and easily run gaming session, creating your character's skill tree out of the preset content provided will be the best choice. For those interested in having a much more in-depth experience, we offer the ability to create your own skills and determine how they grow with your character.
  
  
• Unique Magic Framework - The Iternus System comes with two separate magic frameworks that can either be used in conjunction with each other or used separately as the sole frameworks for magic in a campaign. The first framework is the Fantasy Magic framework, and is based off of mechanics most people are familiar with, such as your character having a pool of mana and skills draw off of that pool of mana which regenerates over time and grows with your character. The second framework is the Realistic Magic framework that works quite differently than most mechanics people are used to. With the Realistic Magic framework, if you are a magically inclined user you are required to harvest your resources from the environment directly. The resources that are harvested can be stored within the character's body, or a receptacle designed to hold a finite amount of Magic Units, which all resources are converted into based on a dice roll. Depending on the actions you wish to perform and how you wish to perform them will determine how your Magic Units are depleted. The Realistic Magic framework allows for magic to be implemented into campaigns of any genre without being unnecessarily disruptive, and adds a new dimension to the environment.
  
  
• Streamlined Economic Framework - Encourages players of all experience levels to venture into the busy world of being an entrepreneur.
  
  
• Karma - Be rewarded for positive actions, or receive negative karma for disruptive and antagonistic actions. Karma affects the way the environment reacts to each player. Several players in the same area could experience different results based on their karma, opening up new possibilities for actions. Players with a negative karma play style may focus on preying on those with a positive karma play style to reap the rewards they discover out in the vast universe due to their mostly positive actions.
  
  
• Tactics Mode - Tactics Mode allows players to seamlessly switch from their player character to controlling a squadron of units or even an entire army depending on the campaign at hand. Inspired by Real Time Strategy gaming, Tactics Mode allows players to interact with the world at hand on a much grander scale. Which side will win? How will you manage your units? Will an unsuspecting third party take advantage of two warring races distracting each other and attack both sides of the battlefield and end up victorious? Engage Tactics Mode and unlock your potential.
  

Aetherium showcases the wide range of possibilities that The Iternus System provides for an entertaining gaming session.

Built off of The Iternus System framework, Aetherium is an entire gaming universe that many future campaigns will be built off of. The initial content released with Aetherium will cover the basic details of the universe, such as the galaxies, the species that live within those galaxies, and will include several scenarios to start your own campaigns with.

Our dream is to continue releasing unique content for the Aetherium universe after we have this first edition released to the public. You can expect to see campaigns focused around specific species in Aetherium, specific planets or cities within Aetherium, and much more.

Aetherium is a space opera themed universe.

• Explore the vast reaches of space.
  
• Venture through the four galaxies of known sentient space.
  
• Encounter mysterious and unusual space anomalies.
  

Play as or interact with over 15 species included with the base universe.
Don't want to play as any of the provided races?

With the Template System you can create your own playable or additional NPC races!

You can also create:

• Anomalies
  
• Vehicles
  
• Whole galaxies brimming with life and activity!
  

Want to become a space-faring entrepreneur? With the economic model provided by The Iternus System you can:

• Create your own corporation
  
• Take out a loan to help with the startup.
  
• Sell Goods and Services to your fellow players or NPCs
  

Play during a Warring Era and command a militia with your friends.

• Go to War with your fellow players.
  
• Team Up against NPC races!
  
• How will the Post-War Universe be changed?
• Engage Tactics Mode and play as one of the many technologically superior races with millions of troops to be thrown into battle!
  

The Universe is yours for the taking in Tactics Mode.

For more information, including excerpts from Aetherium, please visit our IndieGoGo Campaign at the link below.

We have big dreams, and we hope to convey them to you through our final product.

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