Do you think you live in the real world? You don’t. This world you see around you right now—the computer or phone you’re reading this on; the room you sit in; your job—it’s all Shadow; a world illuminated only by the Grey Sun. You came here, long ago, for shelter, but now it has sapped your real memories and become your prison.
Awaken, and discover your true self. Return to the Actuality and to Satyrine, the city under the Indigo Sun. You are a vislae, a wielder of magic; a shaper of reality; a student of secrets and the real truths that lay hidden within the Actuality. You hid in Shadow to escape the War, but the War is now over and your home has called you back.
Invisible Sun is a tabletop roleplaying game of surreal fantasy, magic that truly feels magical in play, and deep and complex characters enmeshed in compelling, powerful stories. Monte Cook Games is excited to announce a forthcoming new format for this legendary game: Invisible Sun: Indigo. Invisible Sun: Indigo is crowdfunding on Backerkit now.
Wield Magic That Is Truly Magical
In Invisible Sun the player characters are vislae—wielders of magical power—recently returned to their true home: the Actuality, a world that seems like a surreal dream to those of us toiling aimlessly in the boring, grey realm you and I falsely believe is the real world. These characters face incredible challenges, visit breathtaking places, and discover secrets so astonishing that the only ones who can cope with them are those who understand the truth that powers the universe: Magic.
Magic has its rules and methods—it can be pursued, studied, and even mastered—but it can never be completely understood or controlled. It is the true power of the universe.
Magic can be practiced many ways, with different methods, understandings, and philosophies. Most vislae belong to one of four orders, major schools of magical thought and training. Each order approaches magic differently, though there are of course overlaps and commonalities.
Vances study their spells carefully, believing they are, in their own way, intelligent in and of themselves. Makers, as the name suggests, imbue magic into powerful items. Weavers cast spells with a fluid and improvisational sort of sorcery. Goetics use their magical skills to summon angels, demons, and other creatures to do their bidding. Outside of the four orders, Apostates are vislae who find their own paths and methods for wielding the power of magic, rejecting the hierarchies of the orders.
A New Format—Invisible Sun: Indigo
Monte Cook Games is excited to announce a new, streamlined format to the award-winning Invisible Sun roleplaying game.
Previously only produced in print as a rarefied but hefty 30-pound iteration, the Black Cube, Invisible Sun: Indigo re-envisions the presentation of the Invisible Sun roleplaying game, offering the core game in a new format. Within, you’ll find everything you need to enter this mind-bending universe, build and play amazing characters, and experience astonishing, memorable RPG narratives in an always-astonishing surreal fantasy universe. It contains:
- Four corebooks—The Key, The Path, The Way, and The Gate—totaling over 600 pages of setting material, character options, magic and other mechanics, and game advice
- Roughly 1,000 cards detailing spells, ephemera, items of power, and other elements of magic, equivalent to about 200 more pages of content that’s not duplicated from the books
- The Sooth Deck, a tarot-like deck of 60 round cards with stunning, unique art on every card—instrumental to the use of magic (along with other game functions)
- The Path of Suns playmat, used with the Sooth Deck
- A set of custom Invisible Sun dice that are as striking and unique as the game itself
- Character tomes, handouts, GM secrets, and other play aids
- The Thoughtform Discord bot, which brings the Sooth Deck to your Discord server for between-session activity
The volume of content is the equivalent of half a dozen or so typical RPG books—and it’s all presented in a beautiful boxed set with incredible components and the amazing production values Monte Cook Games is famous for!
Invisible Sun: Indigo is crowdfunding on Backerkit right now!
