Giants Beneath the Stars
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Game Design
Nonhuman Followers
The follower rules introduced in Numenera Destiny assume that the player characters (PCs) are selecting human followers (or creatures that …
Making Levels Matter for Cyphers and Artifacts
One of the key features of Numenera Destiny is that PCs will have a robust and detailed set of rules …
Smoothing Out the Rules
One of the things we wanted to do while updating the Numenera corebook to Numenera Discovery and Numenera Destiny was to …
Numenera Salvaging and Crafting
Which came first, the Wright—a type begging for an interlocking crafting subsystem to support their play—or a salvaging and crafting …
Player Intrusions
From the earliest days of Numenera, people asked, “Why are there GM intrusions and not player intrusions?” I felt, at …
Arkus, Delve, and Wright — Designing New Numenera Types
Numenera Destiny introduces three new types: Arkus, Wright, and Delve. As you can imagine, a lot of design time, iteration, …
The Core of Numenera Discovery and Destiny
Numenera is two books: Numenera Discovery and Numenera Destiny. Numenera Discovery is a revision of the original Numenera corebook. While it’s still the …
How the Invisible Sun Directed Campaign Works
When the Directed Campaign launches on June 1st, those GMs who have opted in will gain access to an exclusive …
Design Diary 13: The Expressions of Magic
In the classic Disney cartoon, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, when Mickey gets the magic hat and uses its power, it’s represented …
Looking Back on 30 Years of Great RPG Design
Monte’s birthday is this coming Monday (January 29th), and we’re going to celebrate it with him on Saturday, the 27th. …
Invisible Sun Design Diary 12: The Guiding Hand
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