Adapting the Cosmere to a Tabletop Roleplaying Game | With Brandon Sanderson and Johnny O'Neal

[@DnDDeepDive]

I’ll start building my Knight Radiant/Feruchemist… now.

[@Kevin_850]

I can't wait to see your builds.

[@aaronwilliams8887]

@@Kevin_850 hear hear!!!!! This is now by far my most excited system outside of D&D. probably more so then the 5.24, although ill probably focus on both.

[@AuthorWorldbuilder]

I have had a Steel Compounder/Dustbringer planned since I first heard of the RPG.

[@DragonOfThePineForest]

nah, 100% Elantrian who became an Artifabrian once they lost their power on roshar.

[@CrownlessStudios]

Steeleunning with a Shardblade sounds absurdly broken.

[@csernobillahun]

My Mistborn-Hemalurgyst-Awakener is ready to grab himself an Honorblade and smack Odium in the name of Harmony

[@haldalas]

I think something broke in my brain seeing all those words together in that way lol But it sounds awesome

[@TimvanHelsdingen]

I personally really like the idea that there are no strict classes in cosmere RPG but you organically progress your character. Reading up on some of the rules it really sounds like it’s combining some of the best elements of 5e (pretty easy to pick up and streamlined play) with some of the best elements of PFE2e (3 action economy, lots of character customization) while also adding plenty of more unique elements like the plot dice. Really excited to give this a go once it’s out.

[@caleblove5127]

Definitely would pay good money to see recorded campaign with Brandon as the GM!

[@bross92]

I hope you guys really emphasize the "art book" element, as a hardcore Sanderson fan who has young kids (so no time for rpgs for many years) I wasn't sure I was going to get this, but explaining that this literally replaces an art book is HUGE to me and I'll absolutely be getting the art book tonight

[@warrenwise8798]

Definitely this. I would’ve been into a single player narrative driven board game, but an RPG like this is out of the question. I’ll be buying those books though!

[@captain4318]

Same. I would love to have plenty of canon art. As I love to draw and paint myself, would love to have a guide to make fanart based on official looks for things and characters. Over a 100 new illustrations and various of existing iconic pieces reprinted, so I feel like it's gonna be fun to browse through for me at least! Edit: first unlocked stretch goal is a small primarily artbook, "Welcome to Roshar". 24 Pages of art with just enough written lore for newcomers to the Stormlight Archive. Every tier gets a PDF and every tier with a physical book will also get this one.

[@omniboy-prime]

Are you talking about the lore books? Can I but them without buying the Game?

[@captain4318]

@@omniboy-prime yes, it's the reader tier. You can choose the 2 world guides. Or pledge 1 dollar and only choose one of the books (Mistborn or Stormlight).

[@brickgarden]

Same here, my kids are still young and any RPGs are on hold for now, so I’m getting the art book for something to enjoy until I can play (and maybe even get my kids interested when they’re old enough to read the books 😆)

[@danieledelman158]

I love the idea of an allomacer on Roshar who people think is a Radiant and they just kinda go along with it.

[@Silas_MN]

might end up accidentally swearing an ideal that way! perception is a tricky thing!

[@jaredgilmore3102]

That does happen in the books although I think they have just used fabrials to cover for their alien magic.

[@ryanryanryansmith]

Meanwhile all the Ferruchemists are completely incognito.

[@MalachiSillaman]

This is the coolest thing that has happened in the history of ever

[@gravity-arbor]

I completely agree. I’m so excited. All other games are dead to me.

[@herrrecht3607]

I very much appreciate Johnny's knowledge of so many non-DnD games. Always good to have a wide variety of experience with different systems when designing ones own

[@pkzrdabest]

1:38 start

[@nyorel]

Thank u friend

[@sugasheeze]

This dude is a super nerd and I'm so excited to play this game. You could tell he's spent *a lot* of time thinking about how to integrate the various aspects and mechanics of the Cosmere!

[@gravity-arbor]

Yeah he’s legit expert.

[@That_Eriksson]

Brotherwise guys face is just a CONSTANT grin as the Kickstarter hits like over 5 mill in a few days lol. Glad to see people so happy and excited!

[@gravity-arbor]

He’s a passionate player. Legit gamer.

[@DarthHallow]

I really hope Dragonsteel can pull of a partnership for a season of Dimension 20 or a Critical Role one-shot using this system. Would be so cool and really good marketing for the game! Dont know if its even remotely being considered but I want to see Brennan Lee Mulligan DM a game in Roshar so bad!

[@lauren7713]

They did do one episode as of right now with high rollers

[@davidwilson6577]

I think if Crit Role did anything other than C3 now they'd lose big chunks of the audience.

[@DarthHallow]

@@davidwilson6577 lol yeah I forgot the utter toxicity of so much of the CR “fans”

[@Flapjack_710]

Dungeons and daddies would be funny. They could play the dads of windrunners like lopen and rock or something. Beth as a edgedancer that has no idea how to be a edgedancer would be good lol

[@adielmartinez400]

Brennan DM in Roshar is now officially my greatest dream

[@joseph2920]

As of August 6 at midnight, this fundraiser has raised 3.9 million dollars! this is amazing 🤩 Technically $3,877,940 dollars

[@Marble_City_Racing]

⁠@@yomanyo3276.02 mil now!

[@adamrad2220]

Take. My. Freaking. Money. My wife and teenage daughter have both read the Mistborn series, and I've read Mistborn, Stormlight, Elantris and Warbreaker. This is so exciting, as we all love good tabletop games as well!

[@gravity-arbor]

I’m trying to convince my 13 and 18 yo to read Stromlight. They LOVED Mistborn. I am so hyped

[@captain4318]

As an artist I absolutely am loving all the official looks on things. I'll forever continue sketching things how I envision them in my head as I read new books, but if I make some finished pieces it's extra fun to stay in line with the canon. The Sanderson team really found an amazing party in Brotherwise Games. What a time to be a Cosmere fan!

[@dunderhill]

Having watched a lot of his streams, I wonder if Sanderson is just signing things in the background of his entire life.

[@ErickDanGames]

Yes, and he has a cognitive shadow writing at the same time

[@zacharyjones4232]

@@ErickDanGamesjust one of his many Avatars he leaves on earth while he’s off telling stories in the streets of besieged cities across the Cosmere

[@warrenwise8798]

Brandon signs so many books that I’m pretty sure unsigned books are rarer than signed books lol

[@snozzmcberry2366]

Consider how *incredibly* popular his books are. He sells a *L-O-T* of books. All the piles and piles and piles of signed pages we see here won't even scratch the surface.

[@Silas_MN]

years ago, back when Brandon had actual signing events, I'd trawl the local ones and get all my books signed. as he's gotten bigger and those events just don't happen anymore, the newer entries aren't signed. it's a little sad for me, but I'm so happy to see Brandon get more popular so that amazing projects like this RPG can happen

[@Akwyndor]

I can't wait to play this as my first TTRPG and be super lost.

[@andrewjordan4103]

Starts at 01:38

[@slimesaz]

Thank you for making a reader tier for the people without friend groups to play with 🙌🏻😅

[@gravity-arbor]

If you wanted to play the Official Discord for the game will let you find play groups. I’ve seen people doing it already with the beta content.

[@MultiMinecraftPiggie]

Voidbinding question SNUBBED!!

[@burningpickle4950]

D&D is my favorite game of all time and I am so excited to try a TTRPG that has actually cool and not corrupt creators.

[@suicune2001]

At first I thought you meant the DM's and got confused. But you mean the actual creators of D&D, right? I don't know their story.

[@burningpickle4950]

@@suicune2001 not the creators per se, but the company that owns Dnd is called wizards of the coast and Hasbro and they’re known for being money hungry and also known for laying off their employees often.

[@suicune2001]

@@burningpickle4950 Oh dang! Yeah, that sounds bad.

[@thatonepossum5766]

⁠@@burningpickle4950 not to mention the OGL scandal, and whatever the big thing was with Magic the Gathering a while back (I’m not into TCGs, but I heard there was a big thing happened with that).

[@accidentallike8977]

Mostly Hasbro.

[@WillFredward7167]

Love you discussing the Star Wars narrative dice. I no joke used that system to homebrew my own Cosmere RPG that my family started 5 years ago. Very fun

[@agrizan]

Just got to try out the beta of this at Gencon this past weekend and it was a lot of fun.

[@artbzd]

I am SO EXCITED for this!

[@joeriv4151]

Now all I need is friends as nerdy as me.

[@apollothegreatt]

AMEN. it hurts not being able to experience this rpg

[@rumpocalypse]

There is a discord on the campaign page with people looking for games.

[@hexvictor]

I’m really happy to have discovered the cosmere at this stage and see everything coming together.

[@alphasaith8349]

Me on my way to compound luck and always roll nat 20s.

[@deadlykitten1158]

I just yesterday wrapped up a session zero for a mistborn campaign I’m running for my brother and friend, they are both excited to jump into the cosmere. I’ll definitely be running a storm light campaign next 😊 very excited

[@jedskee333]

Ohhh baby imagine having broken builds like a twinborn knight radiant sandmaster who can also use breaths like an awakened. I can't wait!

[@gatsuyatsu]

I'm so excited. The only con I would say that we have to wait for so long! I really hope the supply is readily available as well.

[@hunterkillerai]

With the price at 200+shipping (which will huge since I live in Thailand), I wasn't going to get this. But after seeing the arts. Oh, man, this is going to be very hard to reaist.

[@captain4318]

The world guide only tier is 95 dollar (+shipping). Still expensive, but ~50 is about what I paid for similar books, some a bit more others a bit less. The additional shipping cost sucks the most. I didn't do the year of Sanderson stuff because of it, just made it ridiculously expensive to my country.

[@hunterjohnson7200]

I don’t play magic but if a magic/cosmere collab happened, I’d likely spend some cash for the artworks!

[@christoferguson]

Do you have call to adventure: stormlight edition? There's a lot of great art in there.

[@Rkcuddles]

Ok if this sells then we get the video game version to go with it right??

[@Kopa_Malphas]

Wasnt paying attention to the video, and didnt realize for a little bit that this was split screen. Thought they were awkwardly not looking at each other xD

[@lordmawkish1286]

This is so embarrassing, I was actively looking at the video and still didn't see that they are not in the same room together xDD

[@jokerryt2503]

@@lordmawkish1286they are in the same room but across from each other

[@lordmawkish1286]

@@jokerryt2503 That clearly makes the most sense, thank you for clarifying

[@mr.flafls738]

Hype!

[@ezrastillwater3386]

Im gonna need a Lumar supplemental pretty quickly there Brando! Need a pirate sprouter to shoot a mistborn in the face with verdant spores.

[@renskedunnewold1995]

Omg same, I want to sail the spore seas so bad!

[@BooksInk]

As a new Cosmere fan,almost done with Mistborn the Final Empire and lover of RPG I can’t wait to play this. Perhaps I’ll try play this with my husband and introduce him to the Cosmere as well

[@avsambart]

This is defo gunna be my first ever ttrpg

[@OutOfTheDarkTW]

Can't wait for this to get available on foundry

[@CasualCreed]

Looking forward to the world guides. My mother gave me s wheel of time world guide 20+ years ago and I enjoyed that a lot

[@Bandit-do4ko]

Awakener + spores... So much wonderful chaos.

[@Agonylord52]

Of course we wanted to grow to become a knight radiant, and not just start there! It's the journey, not the destination, after all.

[@IkaikaArnado]

I feel like starting as a knight radiant would be op. Even just having a shard blade would be overkill as you'd be mercing every non shard bearer. Unless they massively nerf shard blades from how they are in the books.

[@Agonylord52]

@@IkaikaArnado Yeah, that's 100% true

[@snowpoint720]

How much do I have to pay for the game books to come with friends included?

[@bronwynecg]

Honestly I would **love** to see the Kickstarter top $42 million 😂😂😜✌🏽👍🏽

[@jamcdonald120]

12:45 look, all I am saying is, Elantrian vs Fullborn vs unbound Bondsmith

[@DanielBerke]

I appreciated the answer about the plot die, as the asymmetry of bonuses on Complications/nothing on Opportunities was bugging me 🙂; it's the one thing about the system I wasn't sold on right away, but I'm slowly coming around to it.

[@johnhodges2760]

I was very briefly confused that the video ended without a, "How's that, Ben?"

[@hectorrivera5416]

This is really cool for the RPG lovers, but for me I really just want the world guides and handbooks for the lore info and art

[@gravity-arbor]

Hell yeah. I buy all his books so this fell into the “immediate buy” response. Bonus for me is I’ll play it too.

[@Juanpa_SC]

What I want to know is: other than "First steps", "Stonewalkers" and "Bridge nine", is there is there gonna be a full fledged original campaign ala "Curse of Strahd" or "Rime of the Frostmaiden"? Or is this just a super detailed setting for us to homebrew our fanfiction? As a fan of everything Sanderson, I find the second idea a lttle bit daunting for some reason. Maybe I dont feel like my story belongs there, maybe I dont know HOW to create a story in Brandon's world. In short, as an individual, I'd appreciate a lot a campaing to play or just guidelines to create a new original plot.

[@Tombstone3089]

I 100% feel you there. I am hoping for structured narrative that we GM. The sandbox create your own stuff is very intimidating to me.

[@PedroFM87]

Will there be any kind of audiobook version of the world guides?

[@rjenkins66bj]

Anyone know when the cover for Kowt will be out

[@captainpandabear1422]

Correction: Taking a level of wizard is a fantastic choice. You get the Shield spell, which has amplifying returns rather than diminishing ones due to how armor works.

[@danieldevaney2290]

Yo. The beard is looking tiiiiight.

[@obviousalias132]

Would love Adventure Zone style comic adaptions of the Stonewalker campaign after a live play run by Dan with Dragonsteel and Brotherwise employees being the PCs

[@wittfloyd533]

I just spent a month working on a custom ttrpg system for the cosmere lol, and it was half fleshed out, then Brandon goes and drops this on me

[@theirish95s57]

I didnt hear the news and im here 👋

[@tysonhay4884]

What time did they talk about stretch goals. Think I missed it

[@quetsalkoatl]

25:15

[@Colaman112]

We really need a voidlight die too...

[@metalmechanic6664]

I am going to spend so much fucking money on this

[@CasualCreed]

Can we get a painted Heralds set?

[@olevam1]

I cannot afford this right now - I hope I can the game and various books this when it comes out?

[@captain4318]

Probably. Nothing said about that as far as I know, but the previous BS and Be otherwise Kickstarter things have also become available after the Kickstarter ended eventually. They want to keep this game evolving for many years to come, with new additions as new books come out. Wouldn't make sense if they never sell this again.

[@QuirkyNinjaTurtle]

Will you be making dice for each order?

[@joeriv4151]

Are we going to see some play throughs?

[@dinodolan7]

Highrollers has a great video out already!

[@restlessbikerest4850]

The kickstarter is already over 5 million dollars

[@HPfan153]

Will I be able to buy the books if I miss the kickstarter?

[@Syvak]

Yes, none of the items at launch are limited or exclusive. Brotherwise will keep restocking these books indefinitely. It’s possible that some stretch goal to be revealed later will be exclusive, no info on that yet.

[@HPfan153]

@@Syvak thank you! I thought so - just wanted to make sure! Good to know :)

[@juliuscaesarreyes1984]

By the Lord Ruler... so it is possible!

[@novi6521]

How much money would we need to give you for Brandon to determine what all of the shardmetals and their alloys do?

[@Harbringer12]

1:39 Video starts here.

[@ConnivingGooses]

Perhaps for the ancients guide you could just do a history done by an early worldhopper?

[@fernandozorin204]

Any option of foundry vtt content?

[@Atkion]

Seconding this comment, would love to see this at some point in the future

[@godminnette2]

It's a stretch goal they've unlocked.

[@SavageArtificer]

I'll admit that I'm not overly excited about the d20 resolution element after having left that behind to play Savage Worlds for the last several years. I love that this universe is getting the RPG treatment, though. If you don't adapt it to Savage Worlds in the future, I may try my hand at adapting it myself. Do you intend to do some kind of fan license where I could just Savage the mechanical elements without touching any world lore, etc.?

[@christophersrensen680]

What I liked about Brandons books was that combat was not the end-all of it all. The intrigue & social maneuvering is very important too. Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know how well this game will support this kind of play? Can I run non-combat or low-combat stories, without it feeling like "just make it up and do skill checks"? Does it have robust systems for this kind of thing? Thanks! I wish the project well.

[@gravity-arbor]

Definitely possible. There are quite a few non-combat skills in order to support narrative-heavy play. Example “leader” as a talent or “emotional intelligence” talent.

[@SwipeSide19]

Will this be available after kickstarter ends?

[@jamcdonald120]

20:35 available to wizards at 7th level

[@mattsherman4867]

I appreciate you guys taking the time to describe your thoughts behind the design approach. The decision to go d20ish was off putting as I've gotten rather sick of that approach over the last half a decade, appreciating a lot more of the interesting designs other systems take that are less locked into the old school class structure. Though a lot of decisions and modifications definitely help clean up a lot of these problems. I am curious how easy or difficult it is for GMs to create custom opponents vs just using existing baddies in the "monster manual"? Even beyond stupid long combat is was the camel the broke the back for me with D&D so knowing how easy it is to come up with your own enemies would really help. I also appreciate the decision with the World Books to provide them both with the coffee table in mind but also as a resource for people to take the game into other systems they enjoy more. When this was first talked about the Legends in the Mist campaign was running and I thought that system would actually be a great fight for Stormlight, though it helps to understand your approach. I'm going to have to think hard about whether and how much to back, this does feel pricier than many other RPGs I've backed in the past, and those were generally more generous with PDF access. One question that is less clear on the Kickstarter page is if someone pledges a physical book as an add-on, do they get the PDF as well? Some clarity on that would really help folks make the decision about what type of backing is best for them.

[@m-botsmushroomcollection4090]

Your last question is in the FAQ on the Kickstarter page- yes, any physical books you pledge for will include a pdf copy

[@Thanaeon]

I'm asking here since only backers can post questions to the Kickstarter project: why is there no pledge tier for a PDFs only version of The Player pledge? That seems like a very notable oversight and the one I'd be most interested in.

[@quetsalkoatl]

You could choose the "Add-ons only" Pledge for 1$ and then get the "Digital-Only Set" as an add-on (I don't know how much it costs exactly in USD since I use another currency but its around 150$)

[@Thanaeon]

@@quetsalkoatl Huh, I'd missed that add-on option, thanks! I'd still say it'd make more sense as a pledge tier, but good to see that it's still an option.

[@ajbXYZcool]

Isn't there the E-reader tier?

[@quetsalkoatl]

@@ajbXYZcool The e-Reader tier only includes the world guides but not the rule books and adventures

[@Thanaeon]

@@ajbXYZcool Yes, but it only gives you the setting books, not the rule books.

[@jamesshore3191]

Would make a great RPG, especially if fromsoft got involved. Shard plating your way through crowds while jumping over casms, casm-fiend boss fights, etc...

[@jamcdonald120]

sooo, you have an existing Mistborn RPG. How does this Cosmere RPG interact with that?

[@Silas_MN]

they mention it a little in the video. since they're releasing separate mistborn books for this system, the old system doesn't interact with this one

[@hockeyhalod]

This makes me wish I had time to add GenCon into the rotation...

[@kibaamadeus9511]

Hope in reality restored. Wait no, hope in fantasy restored.

[@austinerickson9304]

How much does someone have to worry about spoilers when playing this?

[@marcusdowning]

Will the game have an open license?

[@juanperret7044]

When will this stuff be available for those who don't support the kickstarter?

[@Silas_MN]

the stormlight stuff goes out to backers next year, and mistborn the year after that. I wouldn't expect them to delay too long beyond that

[@dustinmccollum7196]

Can i play a Parshendi knight's radiants

[@srdjang]

Honest question…I’m so excited about this but none of my friends are into these kinds of board games. Is there a way to play this if you don’t have a dedicated group of friends to play with?

[@obviousalias132]

The FAQ mention they are looking into strictly solo play. Otherwise this will be supported by online RPG sites like Roll20 etc where you can find other players online.

[@srdjang]

@@obviousalias132 oh I didn't know sites like that existed, thanks for the info!

[@Leniathan]

💙💙💙

[@aeonarin]

Elantrians with seonblades where you at

[@frankm6546]

It’s all just so expensive. $95 for two books?!

[@TheSirGoreaxe]

The balance of Rifts, I'm doing MDC and have MDC hit points and your doing SDC and have SDC hit points... That poor poor spy.

[@JacobyMc]

Larian RPG video game when?

[@Silas_MN]

at the earliest, assuming all of the crazy things that would have to happen to make that a reality happen? 2030

[@JacobyMc]

@@Silas_MN we’re talking about a dude that does crazy things all the time. I have hope for a video game one day!

[@Torsin2000]

If you had spoilers for certain books, you might think about stickers such as 'RAFO Book 1' or 'RAFO WoK'.

[@Montyandrew45]

Oh good. Something else for me to spend money on.....

[@DanielNelson]

When was the last time you played 5th edition? Multiclassing is huge! Very rare to see someone not taking dips other classes 37:50

[@velvetimpulse]

He explained it really well: with the exception of very specific combos, and as you pointed out, only a dip, multiclassing actually sucks. It’s far from flexible or encouraged

[@DanielNelson]

@@velvetimpulse what? No he didn't. Yeah dips. There isn't much room for anything else. If one is interested in optimization at all they've discovered that community is all about multiclassing.

[@CrownlessStudios]

5th edition is also a fundamentally broken mess. It's not hard, if you know what you're doing, to become super powerful. Either single class or multiclass.

[@godminnette2]

@@DanielNelson Yes, in optimization circles. But if you just pick two random classes and multiclass them, odds are it will be worse than straightclassing one of them. People multiclassing for character/plot reasons without thought for optimization will often have a worse time mechanically than had they not done so, unless they got lucky.

[@DanielNelson]

@@godminnette2 sure. Same could be said about the up coming cosmere release. If you just pick random abilities from your skill tree you could have a bad time. 🤦‍♂️

[@B4DDHero]

Can I get a *Brandon signing pages* ASMR loop?

[@hubrisnxs2013]

This would be almost as good as 17th Shards 10 hour Brando staring down the camera from SP5 announcement

[@sethrobbins2464]

Can’t have a fullbringer character. He’d body everyone and everything

[@vanTersec]

This would have been great before the USD went to the roof.

[@KjetilKverndokken]

Atm you have reach 50% of what the Avatar the Last airbender rpg got.

[@taddaniel849]

I can barely hear anything at all I've tried several different viewing options, TV computers Ipads ect, and I have to always max out the volume to barely hear anything I hope you redo some kind of informative what this product is, because this left me still pretty clueless about any product details

[@gravity-arbor]

I can confirm the sound works fine for me. Must be your end somewhere.

[@taddaniel849]

@@gravity-arbor I think you’re right because when I rechecked it after your comment the sound was fine….no idea how that would work since I checked on different devices and other videos were fine…..but it works now….

[@Stormhawk777]

Ghostblood agents shouldn't be a character class Maybe a background?