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Author Topic: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here  (Read 2495 times)

Joey2k

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Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« on: December 08, 2020, 09:02:15 PM »
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3782341028466222&id=320953561271670

I know many of us have been waiting for this for a while. Through Sunken Lands and Other Adventures, the sword and sorcery version of Beyond the Wall, is coming out soon if all goes according to plan.

For those who aren't familiar with it, Beyond the Wall is an OSR product aimed at emulating young adult fantasy works like the Earthsea or Prydain novels. Its biggest attractions (IMO) are the lifepath chargen system that both creates your character and establishes their bonds with other characters (a more standard chargen option is available), and the magic system which does away with the arcane/divine split in favor of a more evocative (for the genre) system of different types/tiers of magic, from simple cantrips to powerful rituals.
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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2020, 10:59:34 PM »
Hell yeah!
I have Beyond the Wall after buying it for its hype, never ran it though. But any game that emulates Lieber's stories is going to get my support.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2020, 09:38:24 PM »
I'm stoked for this release. BtW is a classic.
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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2020, 12:52:01 PM »
Neat.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2020, 02:12:31 PM »
I like so many of the concepts. Getting people to try something new is always a challenge.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2020, 06:13:15 PM »
It's close enough to D&D that it shouldn't be too hard of a sell.
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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2020, 06:28:47 PM »
I'm not very familiar with Beyond the Wall.  How OSR is it?  Can you easily use these rules with Keep on the Borderlands or Stonehell or Castle Xyntillan or other popular OSR products?  Will you be able to easily run these adventures with Through Sunken Lands?

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2020, 11:58:56 AM »
I'm not very familiar with Beyond the Wall.  How OSR is it?  Can you easily use these rules with Keep on the Borderlands or Stonehell or Castle Xyntillan or other popular OSR products?  Will you be able to easily run these adventures with Through Sunken Lands?

It is very OSR which can do those settings pretty well, but why would you?  It is very much a make your setting book.  You even have tools to create your home town where you grew up in and have strong connections with.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2020, 04:26:29 PM »
So it's finally here.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/340976/Through-Sunken-Lands-and-Other-Adventures

PDF only for now, POD should be available after the new year.

Looking forward to this. Hope its compatible with stuff from BtW
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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2020, 05:48:55 PM »
I'm not very familiar with Beyond the Wall.  How OSR is it?  Can you easily use these rules with Keep on the Borderlands or Stonehell or Castle Xyntillan or other popular OSR products?  Will you be able to easily run these adventures with Through Sunken Lands?

It is very OSR which can do those settings pretty well, but why would you?  It is very much a make your setting book.  You even have tools to create your home town where you grew up in and have strong connections with.

Why not? I don’t always have time to create from scratch and being able to grab already made stuff helps

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2020, 07:08:39 PM »
Been waiting for this one.
Beyond the Wall was such a great way to get a group going and the theme of this one just makes it better.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2021, 06:20:23 PM »
POD is now available on Drive-thru if anyone is interested
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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2021, 09:19:11 PM »
Hm, I can get the pdf, but the printed book is too pricey for me.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2021, 01:42:42 PM »
If the original is any example, this is a great product.
I'm going to have to pony up.

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Re: Beyond The Wall + Sword and Sorcery is almost here
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2021, 10:10:33 PM »
100% buy this.
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