This blog contains posts on various topics pertaining to the ongoing development of Beyonder and our associated products, as well as more general discussions of gaming and the philosophy and practice of game design.
Since releasing Beyonder we’ve gotten many questions about our world, especially The Ten Races. In response, we’re happy to announce Heola: the Starborn, the first in a series of ten books about The Ten Races, coming soon! The books will describe the origins, history, and modern life of each Race, and provide a new set […]
Read More...Since ancient times, heola have served the world of Tamarra by becoming Protectors of something they choose – land, folk, or even an idea. Here Aktil Na Baylarrasa, a long-lived and well-travelled martle, shares his encounter in the Suong Mountains with Drammar, a heolas Protector of the Land. From Aktil Na Baylarrasa: In the year […]
Read More...Character Advancement is the process of making your character more powerful using the Essence you have earned in previous adventures. By now, your character probably has some experience: maybe they beat up some baddies, or thwarted an assassination attempt on Mayor Sympriono, or recovered a lost artifact. Whatever it was, if they made it out […]
Read More...By Javeer Akcher: Senior Physical Investigator for the Guild Energetic Research Collective (GERC) Martles, of course, wander the oceans of our planet, Ethem. It is not as well known they they also roam the Tamarran Continent as well as (according to rumor) beyond the reaches of Tamarra. Martles do not found cities or kingdoms because […]
Read More...The last few blogs have described ways to create new characters in Beyonder. After creating a character, maybe you joined up with a few others and went on an adventure: fought some monsters, made some new friends, saved a lost child. Maybe you returned a treasure to a rich patron. Whatever you did, you must […]
Read More...And now for the exciting conclusion of our series on Chargen for Beyonder! So far we have delved into the Make Your Character with an Adventure (MYCA) method and the Custom-make Your Character (CYC) and Quick Choices methods. We’re going to finish this series off with the two fastest, most hands-off methods available on our […]
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