Legends Reborn!

Hey so all yesterdays post we mentioned how we are adding some subclasses to different classes based on a charity stream donator's theme of Legends Reborn. I wanted to use today's post to discuss what that means for the game and how we are using that theme to create different and interesting designs, and hopefully inspire some of you to come up with your own ideas for your own games how would you use a theme like legends reborn.

So in the game currently we have the following subclasses that we felt fitted that theme with some being designed early on to fulfil that role:

• Bard: College of Chronicles 
• Battle Channeler: Path of the Paragons
• Lore Master: Academy of the Loreweaver
• Pactbound: Fragment Patron
• Slayer: Order of the Cryptid Slayer 
• Soulshaped: Eikon Heart

So that leaves a number of classes remaining which we wanted to give brief overviews of and discuss our thought processes with them. They are subject to change and not all of them have names as they are in the concept stage. The Arcanist has had development start so it is the most detailed of what we have currently written.

Arcanist: School of Psychomancy

This arcanist school is based around uncovering secrets of your past lives that are hidden within your soul. This was a fun subclass for us as we got to move away from focusing on spell schools. It did mean some working around that standardised Spell School Knowledge Feature, the other subclasses had, so for this subclass as you progress you will learn additional Cosmic Spells that are always prepared.

This Schools other Features are aimed at enhancing the core Class' Features such as enhancing your ability to modify your spells or cast sells you didn't prepare. You can also call upon your past lives to grant additional skills and training. 

The hope is that the mechanics will enable the character to gains even more out of playing an arcanist while also giving the player and GG a platform for interesting roleplaying scenarios as the nature of their past lives is revealed as they play more and more with the class.

Eternalist: Legends Domain

This Domain is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but potentially a domain around empowering the Eternalist or others to achieve legendary deeds.

Inventor: TBD

This Inventor's Eureka has no name but the idea for the Eureka will be an item that aids in the restoration of ancient artefacts and legendary items, maybe acting as a power source or something needed to maintain them during the restoration process. Details currently are not exact as this subclass will like all Inventor Eurekas be dependant on development of the Crafting System. 

Martial Artist: Way of the Avatar

This Psion's Order is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around similar to the Fragment Pactobound Patron allowing the spirits of legendary figures to inhabit your body and grant you combo actions and abilities based on the kind of entity that is inhabiting you. Maybe at later levels allowing you to manifest the spirit as a physical entity to assist you in combat.

Oathsworn: Oath of the Risen

This Oathsworn's Oath is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around being a member of a family or order who are waiting for a legendary king to return, maybe also based around acting and spreading the virtues of this ancient king. It is heavily influenced by the folkloric trope of the King Under the Mountain.

Psion: TBD

This Psion's Order is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around entering the Thoughtweb to speak to the communal subconscious memories or echoes of legendary figures from the past for aid. 

Realmwalker: TBD

This Realmwalker's Conclave is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around finding legendary or lost locations or beings. Maybe focusing on researching folklore or legends and then decoding fragments of truth from them to progress their studies.

Specialist: TBD

This Archetype is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around the folk tales of legendary tricksters who outwit death or other supernatural entities. Maybe have one based around the consequences of such trickery.

Warrior: TBD

This Warrior's School has no name but the idea for the it will be a School built around developing a mundane or heirloom item into something legendary as you progress through the class maybe getting legendary Combat Step actions as they progress their weapon. 

Some old pieces of D&D homebrew we made focused on growing weapons so we may use this as a chance to make a system for making your own growing weapons to work alongside this one.

World Speaker: TBD

This World Speaker's Circle is in very early concept stage so currently we do not have an exact idea, but thematically the ideas I have for it are based around the World Speaker rearing a pet which is a legendary or mythical creature.

So yes as said a lot of this is in the early concept stages but hopefully they will develop over time into some interesting new subclasses. As always we are happy to get feedback, especially if any sparked interest and ideas from you. Likewise feel free to share your own results of ways you have created things for your own games using the theme of Legends Reborn.