Welcome to The Ninth World - Numenera

I could use some escapism. Let's talk about Numenera!
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Music: Alexander Brandon Tyrian; Plume Leonard, Fred Leonard, Laurent Parisi Rayman; Danny Elfman, Russel Shaw; Mark Morgan; Alexander Brandon, Robert A. Allen, Daniel Gardopee, Joshua Jensen.

[@GiorgioDeMichele-Erebus]

It's nice to see my art in a video too :D Specifically at 3:18, it looks great on the dark background as originally intended :) If you want to see more of my art (there is also a folder for Numenera/The Strange), which is mostly official Numenera art, look at my gallery here: erebus-art.deviantart.com/gallery/ Or here: www.artstation.com/artist/erebus74 Though on artstation my pieces are more mixed up :D

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I'm so sorry I didn't respond to this sooner! Your comment got stuck in the spam filter. I'm pinning this to the top so everyone can see it!

[@GiorgioDeMichele-Erebus]

Thanks, it wasn't a problem, don't worry! And good job with the videos, they are interesting!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Awesome. I'm definitely gonna take a look at more of your artwork. It's incredible!

[@GiorgioDeMichele-Erebus]

Thank you!

[@zenithquasar9623]

Oh I loved that!

[@AnonJuggerbot]

More people need to know about this incredible setting.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

They sure do! Be sure to spread the word! Also, be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@IIBizzy]

Elder Scrolls, embrace your own weirdness and become more like this, instead of toning it down.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Dude...one MILLION times this! This is what I was thinking in the back of my head the whole time I was writing this.

[@DoctorEviloply]

Micheal Kirkbride, the guy who created a lot of the Elder Scrolls lore, especially the weird shit got kicked out before Oblivion was released. Compare and contrast Morrowind, (Which Kirkbride had a heavy hand in) and Oblivion, which was all Todd the Liar for Hire's job.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I don't think Kirkbride got kicked out, but yeah the difference is stark.

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

Isn't Elder scrolls vaugly based on runequest?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

@@NathanielWinkelmann I actually have no idea. Tell me more!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

In light of recent events, I think it's time for some escapism. Let's take a look at Numenera!

[@langweiligesprofil4926]

psychotrip The position of the earth and various other planets and moons have been changed,at least one has been removed (IIRC) and some strange objects have been added to the nightsky.If you like this world, you may like the hanbook to the 9th world and the planscape sourcebook.Its Background for the pen&paper, but 90% fluff and a good read and Artwork.

[@Cyclops6161]

+psychotrip to be fair, the whole "sun consuming the earth" thing is fixed when you see that a race existed that could control the molecular structure of the universe itself, it becomes small potatoes once tech that level exists.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Exactly! This is why I love Numenera

[@chaoticneutral7573]

So rather wizard did it, its science did it

[@martcroft111]

good video, a great summary of what is numenera, unfortunate that you do not talk about it anymore

[@ZennExile]

This gave me a diamond hard brainer.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

My general goal is to make my audience as hard as possible.

[@molol44]

Thank you for sharing this. I hadn't heard about this til now. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it.

[@akkados12]

Thank you for the insight. even gets stoked for the new one coming out soon

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I'm glad! Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@tetlik]

"Is Star Wars to realistic?" But the Numenera universe is thousand times more realistic than the Star Wars universe!

[@EpicEliteSnipe]

You beat me to it! Star Wars is one of the *least* realistic universes out there lol (doesn’t make me like it any less tho)

[@chaoticneutral7573]

@@EpicEliteSnipe Star Wars is not sci fi, its space opera

[@EpicEliteSnipe]

@@chaoticneutral7573 Star Wars is a science fantasy space opera yes. Space opera is a sub genre, you can have a purely fantasy space opera from Spelljammer in Dungeons and Dragons

[@BlazeMakesGames]

To be fair, it'll take about 5 Billion years for the sun to have a word with us, so this setting could take place millions of millions of years in the future and the sun wouldn't care.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Recent estimates have reduced that timeline to a few million years, either from the sun's expansion or increased luminosity. Researchers are actually trying to figure out if we'll be able "lift" the earth to a safe distance when the time comes!

[@BlazeMakesGames]

I'm a little skeptical of that unless you can show me some recent scientific papers, cause our understanding of solar evolution hasn't radically changed recently unless I've missed something, and from what I can tell, none of my usual sources have changes their opinions on this matter.

[@fmlazar]

He's right. It's not that the Sun is going off the main sequence early, it's just that a billion years from now, the Sun is going to be putting out 25 percent more engergy than it does now... and that will be more than our biosphere can adapt to, thus Earth becomes Venus. It is suggested that some agency from the previous Eight Worlds has prevented the broiling that shoud have happened, but no one in the Ninth World knows what it is.... or whether it will or will not suddenly stop working.

[@storybard4438]

...or the civilizations before the Ninth World might've already done something to the sun. Maybe they've managed to talk it into a contract to not explode for another hundred billion years. It might not even be a sun anymore.

[@drek9k2]

​@@psychotripnerdstuff You are still completely and utterly wrong. The hypothesis to which you're referring stipulates that the carbon cycle for most plant life will be terminated in roughly 600 million years. That is not "a few million". That is for C3 carbon. Estimate atm is possibly 800 million-1.2 billion for C4 to no longer be possible. This is also stipulating that no other life forms would evolve and adapt within that time frame. Not to say Tides doesn't get it wrong either since clearly there won't be humans in 1 billion regardless although the back lore states that humans actually vanished a long time ago in the setting and only very recently returned in the 9th world after having been gone/extinct for however long. This is one of my biggest gripes with humans in general which is complete inability to hold large quantities in perspective particularly temporal let alone spatial. Regardless, you're absolutely wrong OP.

[@InqMozgus]

If the game lives up to the craziness of this world I think it'll be a really good game. I love different stuff like this and I really hope they can show this insane world in videogame form. Like I wanna see random shit and have my curiousity run freely

[@kubon1]

1:12 what happened to the god emperor of man?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

One hell of a makeover.

[@kawaiku]

I have the 1st edition rulebook, PDF and I have always wanted to run a game but I never felt like my imagination was up for the challenge. Great video. It really helps me gain a better appreciation for the game and its setting.

[@LordTerigan]

So, just saying. Our Sun is about half way through it's 10 billion life cycle. The Earth, assuming no shenanigans, would still likely be here in a billion years.

[@fluter27]

Greatest setting ever

[@langweiligesprofil4926]

The position of the earth and various other planets and moons have been changed,at least one has been removed (IIRC) and some strange objects have been added to the nightsky.If you like this world, you may like the hanbook to the 9th world and the planscape sourcebook.Its Background for the pen&paper, but 90% fluff and a good read.

[@nannasallynelson3990]

I am not a gamer - but this looks fascinating as a base for a lot of terrific fun and fantasy and fiction

[@zephyrstrife4668]

I had seen one of the Numenera books available in my FLGS on sale because the book, unfortunately, suffered damage before it could be sold. I've had my eye on it for a while because it's on the 1/2 off shelf... but I had no idea about the setting other than the fact that it sounded vaguely familiar. I believe it's the core 2nd edition book for the RPG.

[@hershmergersh6733]

About to start our second Numenera campaign. By far the best ttrpg setting, especially when compared to the same olf dull and monotonous mediocrity of DnD

[@storybard4438]

I've read about Numenera and I cannot wait for Torment: Tides of Numenera to come out! The last time something like this happened was the Planescape Dungeons and Dragons campaign and the video game Planescape: Torment! That was a very good mindfuck! And thank you for the video! The Numenera campaign world itself is kind of a hard thing to sum up and this was a really good summary. :D AND and and I saw that comment about the Elder Scrolls and YES! If it were possible to remake Morrowind (giant insect mounts for fast travel ftw)!!

[@Daysed.and.Konfuzed]

I also love the Jazz Jackrabbit soundtrack!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Haha thanks!

[@Xaphedo]

Agreed on all of your points, 10/10. I've been enjoying Numenera a fair bit, it's a solid and accessible tabletop rpg, too. I must admit, I expected you to talk about The Strange as well, which is essentially Numenera turned up to 11. Although, to be fair, it may deserve a video of its own.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I'll have to take a closer look at The Strange! I've just been so consumed with Numenera. Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe!

[@vgmaster9]

James Cameron would be the perfect filmmaker to bring this setting to the big screen.

[@associazioneotaku]

2022 Andi still no new Numenera movie, tv serie, rpg or sandbox game, instead we have 200 star wars games, fallout sequels, mass effect sequels... this world sometimes just sucks... what a waste for the best setting ever make imho.

[@southernknight9983]

Sounds like a nightmares that I would never want to be a part of. I like reality.

[@hyperx72]

ok, I'm interested. Where can I get a book?

[@darkroninmarvel]

Could we get a coverage of the exalted universe? Please? 🙏

[@danbolivar3564]

What a FANTASTIC review!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Thanks! Stay tuned for more! Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already. It really helps!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Glad gou enjoyed it! Planning on doing an episode on Oddworld in the near future, so stay tuned!

[@islamerica3032]

The video game is the closest thing to playing solo tabletop D&D.....90% of the game is text based......character creation is a game where you can even die.... AWESOME!!

[@ratglyph]

Goddam, I love that Rayman 3 music.

[@Powdrdsnake]

Great video! I love the use of the old Fable music.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

It's one of my favorite soundtracks! I use it whenever I can. I'm glad you liked the video! Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@Azzurri_203]

Thanks for this setting summary. I've been anticipating the final release of Torment 2, but you've just amplified my hype ten fold!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@edwinnaidu]

playing through 1 now. Its so crazy seeing that world and lore come to life.

[@apcreed]

I haven't played any of the tabletop but I think the setting sounds really interesting and would like to give it a go!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

You should! Let me know what you think!

[@rustydeandarby]

It is so good!

[@rcautela7405]

When I run Numenera sessions, I usually play from the vast worlds that are progrock (the original artstyle for the game).

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Progrock? Do go on!

[@rcautela7405]

psychotrip for instance session opener and intro explanation: "Eruption" (plus the rest of the Tarkus album); for conflicts: Relayer, early Kansas. Crimso (69-74) for tense moments, etc.

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Sorry to be that guy (well, girl), but I am a pedantic nerd and my heart cannot rest until I say the remaining lifespan of the sun is estimated to be around 5 billion years, not a few million. I'm with you on the continued existence and physical appearance of humans tho, that shit's weird 😅

[@Sky_the]

Fable 1 soundtrack in the background

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Damn right! I can never get enough of that soundtrack.

[@Sky_the]

Fable and Oblivion are my soundtracks of choice when I want to relax, brings back a lot of good memories aswell

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Skythe Same here! I have Oblivion's OST as my nighttime playlist.

[@LeviDaManJabroni]

great video man

[@greystorm9974]

theninthworld website seems to have died.....

[@Dracopol]

The setting and artwork is great, something like the machines from MYST, and the dilemma of trying to figure out or use artifacts from the past is like the old GAMMA WORLD RPG. Monte Cook got his start designing Dungeons & Dragons adventure modules, and his amazingly fertile ideas leap off the page of the RPG rulebook in the description of fantastical regions, if you can slog through about 100 pages of setting information alone. This screams for TV treatment. I wish someone like Joss Whedon would assemble a new crew and have them bounce around Numenéra instead of the 'Verse...

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Holy shit, yes! Make it happen Hollywood! Thanks for watching by the way! Be sure to share this video and subscribe if you haven't already!

[@dibbidydoo4318]

Hollywood do not have the technology to make this into a TV Show, hell I'd don't think they have the technology to make this into a movie because I've never seen anything remotely close to this from Hollywood.

[@DamielBE]

Athem also has a great OST that would fit right in Numenéra. the whole game is a great inspiration for GM and players alike

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Glad to see SOMETHING good is coming from that game. I should listen to it. Thanks!!

[@jaimetarayeyan1056]

Awesome!

[@Epiphyte]

I'm running my very first RPG in this setting. We've been playing by e-mail a couple of months now, but given the speed of PBEM, we're only on day 2 in adventure time. It's fun, but intense! It can be a little hard as a DM to find a balance between weirdness, danger, and making things not drive your somewhat cautious players insane. But I'm loving it so far, and I think my players are too.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

That sounds awesome! Good luck on your campaign! Thanks for watching by the way. Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@tapiooftapiola517]

Looking forward to the computer game. I'm not a tabletop RPG player. In order to catch the mood and feel, I just started Gene Wolfes New Sun books. Very exciting stuff AFAICS. I feel the genre seems to have some publicity problems as not being 100% SciFi nor Fantasy, but whatever inbetween.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

New Sun? Tell me more! And science fantasy is by far my favorite genre of fiction

[@tapiooftapiola517]

I came from there: "io9: If somebody wants to play Numenera and get in the mood and get the flavor, what novels should they read, what movies should they watch? MC: First and foremost, Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun" io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-age-of-science-fantasy-rpgs-dawns-with-numenera-1216234747 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_New_Sun I've not read much yet (Shadow of the torturer) - I heard the concepts are comparable - earth in a million years, many civilizations gone, stuff of them is intact and unknown. I read it is a dark world, a dying earth setting. For me, a very welcome change from the many fantasy settings.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Tortu Osit Thanks! I'll have to check that out!

[@Daehawk]

I too wondered why humans seem the same but the Earth will be around another 4 billion years or so not millions.

[@nokander]

I think even one million years would have been sufficient for this setup. Look at our prowess in the last century

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Good point!

[@procrastinatinggamer]

The sun thing is actually touched on in the tabletop game's core book - one of the prior worlds did *something* that stopped its expansion and kept it going as normal. Did end up swallowing Mercury before that, though. EDIT: I'm also not convinced that it's actually magic, it could just be techniques that are the result of ancient genetic engineering or some other technology or science so complex and advanced that our present day world couldn't even begin to wrap its collective head around even the most basic principles behind them.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

The lines between magic and science are blurred to the point where any distinction is irrelevant. That's what I love so much about this series.

[@MrJoreyna]

Diving in!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I fucking love your profile pic.

[@lordinear]

amazing.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I agree!

[@kurgon1976]

I don' t understand how humans would still be on earth after billions of years? and how they look like normal humans.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

This is actually hinted at in the series. Apparently humans either evolved or left Earth millions of years ago, and only recently did "humans" re-appear in the Ninth World mysteriously. This is especially evident in the fact that, upon closer inspection, most of the previous civilizations the player encounters weren't made by humans at all. Earth hasn't belonged to humans for a very, very long time. Realistically, it's just a handwave to ensure RPG players get their humans, but at least it's an interesting handwave.

[@GregorczykVideo]

are there any story books base in Numenera world?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Definitely! Check out the website linked in the description. There's a bunch of awesome short stories and compilations.

[@mounorman]

Poison Eater is the only full length Novel , and they have two more short introduction stories amber monolith and tales from the ninth world

[@Theo-if4jk]

Thank you for sharing this wounderful world with us I am so eager to play this game. It sounds too me like the perfect world where everything is possible if you just manage to find it

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

That's definitely how I feel about it, too!

[@sokratesnudelsuppe5937]

sounds like the fable soundtrack

[@aleifur]

A slight nitpick You claim that "the earth wont exist in a few million years [...]" but according to research the earth will stay in the habitable zone for at least 1.75 Billion years and that is discounting a type 2/3 civilization using it's tech to change the orbit of the planet. Otherwise great video.

[@TheRealCHIMShady]

Setting sounds interesting, probably wont get me to switch away from Pathfinder but I might try it. Def gonna keep an eye out for the video game tho. Thanks fam! Welcome to the Hyborian age WHEN BOI???

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Funny you mention it. It'll either be the next one or the one after the next one.

[@archondrius]

Kinda weird that some of the phrases you used sound exactly like reddit comments or some other previews I've read recently. Especially the giger sex therapist line.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Because that was written by me

[@rcautela7405]

There are actual answers to the questions posed by the videomaker in most instances, but these (in the spirit of Numenera) conjure up new questions!

[@AustinKazda]

It explains in the core-book that at least one of the previous worlds mastered stellar lifting, the ability to move planets and suns, and even stop the sun from growing for that matter. Fun fact, is Mercury was swallowed up by the sun long ago, but the people of the Ninth World wouldn't even know it ever existed.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

That is so damn cool. Thanks!

[@Dracopol]

Yeah, and the Moon has gone further out, the Earth has slowed down its rotation because of the drag of the Moon and days are 28 hours long, there are only 313 days in the year as a result.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I love this setting so damn much.

[@aaronbaron6468]

Deus ex would still be a meme in the 9th world

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Lol what do you mean?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

@Robert Reynolds Ohhhh I get it now.

[@sokratesnudelsuppe5937]

9:40 no, please not another skyrim with repetitive fetch quests.

[@nicolotommasi4811]

oh my god this looks and feels fantastic!!!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

It is! Glad to have shown it to you!

[@henryheavy8044]

whats the name of the soundtrack at 6:00 ?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

It's from the soundtrack for Tides Of Numenera!

[@henryheavy8044]

I know its from tides of numenera but whats the name of the track specifically

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Hmmm not sure. Let me see if I can find it.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

It's called "Sagus Deep Exploration".

[@henryheavy8044]

thx a bunch mate !

[@69Kazeshini]

sounds like the dying earth series by vance

[@venusianviking1733]

Except without the Sun dying

[@shadowwatcher3957]

O......M......G!!!!!! This looks so FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@kurgon1976]

can you review the Cypher system core book ?

[@Hugh_G_Rekshun69]

I bought Torment a few months ago, but I know I must put my life into it....After I finally complete Dark Souls 3, I think it's time to really lose myself, just like I did when I played Planescape: Torment.

[@TheOddStranger]

OMG you hyped me so much... Could anyone recomend books similar to this world? with similar feel that psychotrip is describing?

[@Maovwar]

PsycoLisp

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Ladiesth love the lithsp.

[@EndlessRecursion8]

I would love a borderlands esq fps set in the 9th world with guns that eventually fizzle out.

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

Orbs of water, floating in space are called the comets, by the way.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

To be fair, I don't think a small ocean planetoid filled with aquatic life can adequately be called a comet.

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

I can agree with that... A planetoid, then. I mean, Europe (most probably, until proven differently) has no aquatic life, but we still call it a satellite and not an 'orb of water, floating in space', which technically is true, but less, dunno, sensationalist, maybe?

[@harrison2768]

3:51 for hollow knight reference

[@zealous944]

0.0 how have i never heard of this before?

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Glad I introduced you! I hope you enjoyed it! Be sure to subscribe and share this video if you haven't already!

[@ANIMEIIIANDIIIMUSIC]

You have irritating voice, but otherwise good video. I'm hyped about this game for a long time.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Umm...thanks?