Big things coming for Beyond the Veil TTRPG
It’s always the quiet ones, or so they say…
We’ve been quieter with our updates, but there’s plenty happening behind the scenes at Wrenegade Studios. Beyond the Veil, our supernatural investigation tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG), is getting refined rules, plans for Investigator progression, a fresh new look and a random Investigator generator as we work towards Kickstarter and the full release.
Behind the scenes we’ve been tweaking and refining the mechanics, developing new approaches to solve ‘career play’ issues we’d been wrestling with, and balancing things that felt ‘off’ in play testing. Beyond the actual rules themselves, we’ve also developed a whole new look, style guides for future artist collaborations, and even a random Investigator generator to help new players find their feet in Beyond the Veil TTRPG!
Let’s break some of those bits down into more detail for impact 😁
Beyond the Veil TTRPG Rules Updates: Entity Vitality, Combat and Chases
“But the system was perfect!” said no-one ever… here in the deepest depths of the Beyond the Veil rules mine we uncovered a seam of purest balance that we couldn’t wait to extract and bring to the surface. Not only have we redefined Entity Vitality to a simpler and more cinematically/narratively version, but we have adapted the fighting rules to work better with this new approach. Now it is easier to enjoy those ‘rule of cool’ moments in game but the underlying rules haven’t changed, just a new application of them that makes the new rule effortless to integrate.
Testing also revealed that chases were heavily weighted in the favour of Entity chasers and while that is fine in many cases (I know I couldn’t outrun an enraged werewolf…) it doesn’t make for exciting chase scenes when your desperately fleeing Investigators get caught straight away! We’ve overhauled the numbers while maintaining the core rules again to ensure a seamless transition.
These adaptations will be coming out soon in a revamped v2.0.1 of the Prologue, available as always as a free download via our website.
Investigator Progression: Reputation, Rewards and Career Play
Looking ahead to the eventual full core release we knew we had some headaches to deal with that had been put off long enough… namely reputation and reward, AKA ‘getting better and richer’. We’re thrilled to announce that the alpha plan is now in place and advancing the career of your intrepid Investigator’s is now more possible than ever before. Of course, it doesn’t stop there, we are actively looking at bases of operation, whether static or mobile, equipment and esoterica, a huge pool of talents and powers… and so much more that will make the Beyond the Veil universe a rich and diverse place to explore.
A New Look for Beyond the Veil
All through the development of the game we’ve tried various art styles and ideas to get just the right ‘feel’ for the game. While supernatural and spooky lends itself very well to dark and brooding, it just didn’t fit our core belief that this hobby is for everyone regardless of your chosen approach to any genre… coupled with the fact that you can play a Scooby-Doo-esque story just as well as an Insidious-style one with Beyond the Veil we wanted a fresh new look that brought together all elements of a supernatural, paranormal, or extraterrestrial genre game. With the new design ideals came the need to overhaul THE ENTIRE WEBSITE… no small feat as anyone who works with such things will tell you.
We love the new look and we hope you do too!
Of course, now we have a solid idea of how we want the game to look and feel, we’ve updated all of our briefs for any future artists we choose to work with. When scale comes, we’re determined to be ready for it.
The Beyond the Veil Random Investigator Generator
Playing a new game, backed by a whole new system, is a daunting prospect even for hardened veteran gamers. To aid with the transition we’ve developed a random character generator for Beyond the Veil, built using the Prologue rules.
Choose elements for yourself or leave it in the hands of the fates, either way you’ll soon get a playable starter Investigator to explore the unknown with.
So, as you can see, we’ve not stopped… we’ve not even slowed down… we’re just busy preparing as much as we can for getting things moving towards that all important Kickstarter so stay tuned for more details on that in the not too distant future!
Keep an eye on the shadows, Investigators,and remember…
Uncover the Truth, Survive the Unknown.
The Wrenegade Studios team
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