» the best parts of a role-playing game:
Character customization and development: choose your appearance, craft items and develop skills.
A non-linear story: multiple origin stories, branches and endings. Random events and companion quests.
Multiple playing styles: use strength, skill, cunning or empathy to solve a situation and raise your influence.
» the best parts of a turn-based strategy:
Building: all actions build your character and influence
Exploring strategic resources: meet and interact with characters to gain insights, learn secrets and win allies
Evolving opponents: nothing shows how well you are doing more than winning a clash with a rising opponent
» one thing is certain – war is coming:
The century long war with the Empire is escalating and the final conflict threatens to annihilate your way of life.
Can you build a personality strong enough to survive? And can you forge relationships worth living for?
» the rest is yours to tell:
Choose your side, your goals and what’s worth saving.
Will you use your influence to crush enemies, or to avoid conflicts and reach your goals without violence?
Will you gain renown with physical deeds, your heroic personality or by crafting amazing art?
Will you win people over with gifts, looks or empathy? Will you be able to change them to reach your goals?
story affects gameplay
All choices shape your personality, building your ability to control your emotions. Emotions affect all performance.
» gameplay affects story
All actions affect your renown and relations, building your influence. You need influence to change story events.
» all characters evolve
Each turn, all characters’ influence evolves. Find allies and a way to stay ahead of your opponents.
» adding narrative to combat
Relations and renown are affected by the way you fight: show courage and restrain or show fear and weakness.
Intimidate, bluff and study your opponent to find many ways how to avoid, win or end a fight without killing.
» adding challenge to dialogues
How you control your emotions affects your chances in all dialogue checks that unlock arguments and insights.
Spend your willpower wisely, as each turn gives your opponents time to develop and raise their influence.
» adding challenge to relationships
Characters’ relations, agendas and secrets are treated as a strategic resource you need to uncover.