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Cosmere RPG Nexus - Bridge Nine - This playtest adventure introduces players to the Cosmere™ RPG and its setting, Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive® novels.

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Your path provides structure for how you choose your talents. It begins with a key talent that, once chosen, unlocks access to the talents within that path’s three specialties.

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Your ancestry represents the species you are descended from. Your ancestry guides your appearance, and depending on the capabilities of your species, it may impart some special rules.

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On Roshar, Stormlight powers incredible Invested abilities known as surgebinding. There are ten surges in total, each controlling a fundamental force of nature.

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This playtest adventure introduces players to the Cosmere&trade; RPG and its setting, Brandon Sanderson&rsquo;s The Stormlight Archive&reg; novels. While it is helpful for the GM to be familiar with the setting, players only need to know that it is a unique fantasy world where characters&rsquo; oaths and actions determine the powers they can gain.&nbsp;

This playtest adventure introduces players to the Cosmere™ RPG and its setting, Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive® novels.

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Map 1: Survivors

Picking up the Pieces 

On Your Own

Fight! 

Aftermath

Chasmfiend Pursuit 

Taking Flight

Resolving the Endeavor

Safe for Now

A Night’s Rest 

To the Ruins 

The Lost Shrine 

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Ground Floor

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Map 3: Shrine (Top Floor)

Deciphering the Glyphs

Secrets of the Past

Map 4: The Surface

The Surface 

Encountering the Singers

 Talking to the Listeners

Roleplaying Vexla

Convincing Vexla to Let the Party Leave

Resolving the Conversation

The Way Home 

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Artists of duplicity and sabotage, Agents grasp the threads of fate in the palms of their hands, waiting for the perfect moment to pull and unravel the carefully laid plans of others. Agents can fool even the most prudent with their clever ruses, swift movements, and calculated strikes.

Artists of duplicity and sabotage, Agents grasp the threads of fate in the palms of their hands, waiting for the perfect moment to pull and unravel the carefully laid plans of others.

Prominent organizations throughout Roshar appoint Envoys who vie for resources, curry favor, or offer service on the organization’s behalf. These stewards dutifully further the reach of their ideologies through precise rhetoric, patient attendance, and ceaseless fervor.

Prominent organizations throughout Roshar appoint Envoys who vie for resources, curry favor, or offer service on the organization’s behalf.

The thrill of the chase thrums in a Hunter’s mind as they patiently surveil and plan. No detail is too small or insignificant to ignore. Experience teaches the most important lesson of all: you don’t have to be more powerful than your quarry, so long as you are better prepared.

The thrill of the chase thrums in a Hunter’s mind as they patiently surveil and plan.

Beacons of encouragement and direction, leaders oversee the efforts of others. Some are born with an unquenchable thirst for power and influence. Others solemnly accept their calling out of a sense of duty. Either way, skilled leadership requires both natural aptitude and dedicated learning. Mistakes are unavoidable, and indecision is a costly pitfall.

Beacons of encouragement and direction, leaders oversee the efforts of others.

Creativity, acumen, and patience are hallmarks of legendary Scholars. Each time a Desolation sweeps away centuries of progress and scientific advancement, Scholars rise to build Roshar anew. Every mystery is a challenge with a befitting prize. Some Scholars devote their research to famines, barren lands, and related food crises. Others study the body, how it functions, and how to restore it after injury and illness.

Creativity, acumen, and patience are hallmarks of legendary Scholars.

Roshar is a world riven by conflict, and many of its people follow the path of the Warrior, whether for good or ill. Depending on the Warrior, they might view fighting as a calling, an ethos, a profession, or simply an unpleasant necessity of survival. In all cases, however, battle follows the Warrior like a shadow.

Roshar is a world riven by conflict, and many of its people follow the path of the Warrior, whether for good or ill.

Surrounded by three opponents, a Lightweaver breathes out Stormlight to create the image of a whitespine. The enemies scoff, until one finds himself skewered by the illusion’s spikes. The Lightweaver turns the air behind the foes into a stone wall. Now who’s cornered?

Lightweaver

Surrounded by three opponents, a Lightweaver breathes out Stormlight to create the image of a whitespine.

A gallant, glowing figure dives through the clouds, accompanied by their flitting honorspren partner, before coming to a sudden stop just above the ground. The Knight stands protectively in front of a cowering family, raising their weapon at the enemy. No harm will come to innocents this day, not while the Windrunner still draws breath.

Windrunner

A gallant, glowing figure dives through the clouds, accompanied by their flitting honorspren partner, before coming to a sudden stop just above the ground.

The alchemist uses their skill at crafting to create alchemical items—such as bombs, elixirs, and poisons—that they use to defeat foes and aid allies. Smart and resourceful, an alchemist often has just the right tool for the job and esoteric knowledge to help their friends get out of a jam.

Alchemist

The alchemist throws alchemical bombs and drinks concoctions of their own making.

The barbarian is a fearsome embodiment of rage, focusing the deadly power of their anger against anyone who stands in their way. A barbarian is quick to enter battle and, once their fury has been unleashed, is immensely strong, often unpredictable, and nearly unstoppable.

Barbarian

The barbarian flies into a rage on the battlefield, smashing foes with abandon.

An artist and a scholar, the bard uses performance and esoteric learning to bolster their companions and foil their enemies. Sometimes sneaky and quite often charming, the bard adventures with pizzazz and talent backed up by an impressive repertoire of occult magic.

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Skilled performances and secrets of the occult enable the bard to distract foes and inspire allies.

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