The Spirit Realm…the afterlife of humanity…a place of peace after the troubles of this world, created and maintained by the Ancient Spirits.
Before entering the Spirit Realm, one must ascend the Ethereal Tower, the bridge between worlds.
This system has existed for millennia, but now the Spirit Realm, the Ethereal Tower, and the afterlife itself are in grave danger.
Humanity’s bravest and best have been summoned to train as warriors to fight on behalf of their ancestors.
However, if they fail, the Ethereal Tower will be destroyed, and humanity will lose its only way to reach the afterlife…forever.
This game is the first MMTRPG or Mega Multiplayer Tabletop Role Playing Game!
What does this mean? This game is designed with a pre-built campaign in such a way that any character you create can be taken from one game table to the next, allowing for seamless play no matter what group you are with. Forget having to mandatorily recreate a character sheet every time you find a new gaming group or start a new campaign. With B.O.A., no matter the table, no matter the group, no matter the Tower Master, you will be able to continue the story of your character or select group of characters.
Your journey into the world of Blades of Ascension begins at the base of the Ethereal Tower. The Ethereal Tower is the bridge to the Spirit World. When someone passes to the great beyond, they begin their pilgrimage at the base of the tower. When a pilgrim endures every trial the tower has to offer, the spirits allow them to enter into the spirit world.
However... things have begun to change.
The Ancient Spirits who laid the foundations of the Spirit World, and welcomed humanity into their shared afterlife, have gone missing. Vanished without a trace. With their vanishing, so too did the order that held the Spirit Realm together begin to fade. Spirits have broken into varying factions vying for control of regions of the Spiritual Planes, and there are those among these factions who wish to see humanity vanquished and the tower destroyed.
There are others who wish otherwise. Among these others is an Inugami named Dusk, and a fair maiden named Angeni.
Dusk, Angeni, and many others make up the Guardian Spirits of the Tower, and the current Guardian Spirits of Humanity. They have watched over the Ethereal Tower for millenia, sheparding pilgrims and encouraging them onward as they ascended. Now, in humanitys time of need, they have refitted the tower to train warriors, and have called upon the tribes of the nations to send their best, strongest, bravest, and most heroic warriors to not only their aid, but the aid of all humanity.
These warriors will be trained by the Watchmen, the caretakers of the tower who were created by the Guardian Spirits. They will also be trained by spirits more twisted, more darkened, and more lost than anything allowed entry into the Spirit Realm.
The trials will be dangerous, but the warriors must ascend, for the fate of humanity rests on their shoulders.
Blades of Ascension will be played similar to a standard Tabletop RPG. Never played a TTRPG before? No problem!
Players will require a set of 7 polyhedral dice. Every board gamer has seen a six sided dice before, but a polyhedral set contains a 4-sided, 6-sided, 8-sided, two 10-sided, 12-sided, and 20-sided dice.
You will also need a copy of the game module. Unlike other namebrand TTRPGs, BOA contains the rules to play as well as a prebuilt campaign within the same module. Once the game is live, we will allow players to download character sheets off of this website.
This game is built based on a group of 4 players, however, this game has been adjusted to facilitate as few as 2 players, to as many as 10, 12, 14 players and beyond!
One player will facilitate the game as the "Tower Master" and all of the other players will be playing the role of a "Tower Warrior" or a character in the world of Blades of Ascension. The Tower Master will play as the various non-playable characters (NPCs) as well as the enemies the players will be fighting. They will also act as the grand narrator of the story!
B.O.A. has a new, unique combat system that focuses on customizing your fighting style. Choose your weapon, from a greatsword, to a warhammer, a chair, a broken bottle of ale, or anything in between! Want to play as a strong character who does a lot of damage? A speedy character who can hit many times? BOA can accommodate any fighting style, with numerous weapon and martial arts skills that can be learned, upgraded, and eventually mastered.
We are currently working with Kickstarter to create a prelaunch page where we can garner more support for BOA. We are in the third stage of development, and have already started in-house level testing. We may host a beta test in the near future. We have talked about starting a discord channel. We are also investigating different means to get the word out there. Once we have enough people willing to buy a copy, we will launch the game on Kickstarter! If you want to help Blades of Ascension launch, tell a friend, follow us on Instagram and Facebook, and stay connected!
Send an email over to inquiries@straticoregames.com and say "I would like to support Blades of Ascension!"" We will make sure to then email you all of the important info about the upcoming game and how to help us grow!
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