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eliotbaum · 15 days

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The Performer 🎭🎶 A character class for The Hidden Isle.

You can preorder the TTRPG here

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vivtanner · 8 months

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The despotic fleet, one of the main adversaries of the Dioscorian agents 🔥 The Hidden Isle

#illustrators on tumblr #artists on tumblr #illustration #ttrpg #the hidden isle #indie rpg #ttrpg community #nautical #maritime #seafaring #sefirot tarot #Sefirot #ocean

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rpgsandbox · 7 months

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The Hidden Isle is a pen and paper RPG that uses Tarot cards instead of dice, set in the 16th century on the secretive island of Dioscoria. It focuses on roleplaying and collaborative storytelling.

This is a game about swashbuckling adventures across Europe and the Middle East, stealing forbidden texts from oppressive regimes, protecting an island of outcasts using ancient magic, and toppling empires with just the right speech at just the right time.

If you are familiar with Tarot then The Hidden Isle will resonate with you all the more, but no experience with Tarot is necessary. To help you feel like a mystical oracle and stay inspired, we’ll provide you with tables and guides to help you quickly understand each card draw.

Narrative heavy, rules light. While the game does have rules, their purpose is to enrich and drive your narratives. The game is designed as a collaborative storytelling experience.

Play and character growth intertwined. Each character has a burden—an emotional weight they carry—and an ideal to live up to. Become your truest self, or succumb to your worst impulses.

A vibrant 16th-century world. Dioscoria is described in loving detail, as are major cities of the time such as London, Istanbul and Venice. No historical knowledge is needed.

A wide array of characters. Play as an Illusionist, Scoundrel, Occultist, Prowler, Champion or Hunter. More characters are planned for stretch goals.

GM can plan or improvise. Scenarios can be planned ahead of time by the Seer, or improvised at the start of a session for GMs short on time.

Tarot cards instead of dice. They’re used for everything from scenario inspiration, to character backstories, to divination, to skill checks. No Tarot experience is required. Any deck can be used, but we recommend the Sefirot deck.

Dioscoria: a hidden isle of sages, adventurers, and ancient wisdom. Within the walls of this secret city are gathered the misunderstood, the persecuted, those unjustly punished for the way they live. Here they can flourish, and return to the world to wage their secret war against injustice and ignorance when they are ready.

1562: It is a dangerous and disrupted time. Europe has embraced the innovations of gunpowder, and is using it to tear itself apart along religious lines. The Ottoman Empire is poised to break either Vienna to its west or the Safavid Empire to its east. European colonisers are spreading along the coastlines of the world like a hungry parasite. The Inquisition accuses, tortures and executes its victims across the Catholic world.

It is also a world of alchemy and sorcery. English magicians pry the mysteries of the stars. Ottoman scholars unravel the hidden design of the creator. Dioscorian mystics have mastered techniques to peer beyond the veil of time, and steer the world towards sanity.

Into this maelstrom step the agents of Dioscoria. Dioscoria's actors, magicians, assassins and paladins stand ready to defend the helpless and preserve wisdom. As these agents tackle scheme after scheme, and topple tyrants, cults and demonic forces, will they live up to their ideal selves, or embrace the darker parts of their own humanity?

Character generation: Characters’ backstories—their childhoods, their adult life, their emotional burdens and their ideals—are generated by consulting the Tarot for inspiration.

Burdens and ideals: Every character has a burden and an ideal. These are habits that threaten to engulf you, or values you are striving to live up to. Use them during play to make challenges easier, or become the person you want to be.

Skill checks: The Agent and the Seer each draw a hand of cards, based on the Agent’s skill and the challenge’s difficulty. Each plays a single card; the highest wins. The suit’s skill (swords, wands, cups or pentacles) acts as a trump suit.

Fortune cards: To avert failure, Agents may spend a fortune card to turn a failure into a success. Agents can jump in and help each other when all seems lost.

Solo mode: A favored Stretch Goal has been reached. Now you can play as an Agent in solitaire mode. The Cabinet of Extremis has chosen you to carry out their will on more dangerous missions than regular Agents undertake. You can also find the preliminary rules among the playtest materials.

Visions: Each Agent is blessed before each mission, and can receive glimpses of the past, present or future. Visions can be used to gain useful information, peer into a character’s fate, or add tension and stakes to a scene.

Harm: Harm can be physical or spiritual. Agents are usually harmed because of a failed challenge. Harm can severely impede an Agent, and lead to permanent trauma if untreated.

Abilities: Each character class has unique abilities. Occultists can curse with the evil eye. Performers can imitate their target perfectly. Hunters can spread panic by dispatching their enemies from the shadows. Just make sure your ability isn’t causing you more harm than you can tolerate!

Contacts: Your friends and allies in Dioscoria can help you grow. These personal connections help you train, prepare and reflect on yourself, and can teach you abilities you would otherwise never have access to.

Territories: Dioscoria, and other cities, change over time: in response to player actions, or inspired by Tarot draws. This can create a unique geopolitical landscape: a world that branches off from our own history.

Scenario divination: For GMs who don’t want to prep ahead of time, scenarios can be generated on the fly by drawing Tarot cards and consulting the “Vision guide”. If you chain these scenarios together, you can generate entire campaigns with nothing more than a Tarot deck and a little imagination.

The Hidden Isle is inspired by Forged in the Dark, and its core is formed from that system’s style and dynamics. However, this is not just a reskin with Tarot cards: The Hidden Isle is an original and coherent game with its own feel and rhythm.

Play The Hidden Isle now!

If you’re curious how the rules come together, and how it feels to play, why not try The Hidden Isle yourself? To get started, just download the playtest materials:

Download Playtest Kit

We also have two pre-made scenarios for you that can be played immediately:

The Rialto Scrolls: Rescue a scholar from the Jewish Ghetto before her life's work falls into covetous hands.

The Face of the Enemy: Foil a spy sent to Dioscoria to bring the island under control.

And if you don't have a group at the ready, try the game with the preliminary solo mode!

The Hidden Isle – an A4-size, gold-foiled, hardcover book of roughly 230 pages – contains the complete game rules, sections describing Dioscoria and the world of the sixteenth century, and all character classes and supplementary tables.

230+ pages of beautiful, elegantly laid out material. Bound in hardcover, clad in gold foil.

Complete game rules, including character creation, NPC generation and scenario generation using Tarot cards.

Five classes, each with eight unique abilities!

A flexible magic system featuring seven schools of magic and seven magical sources.

33 specialized items for your Agents to draw on during each mission.

24 historically inspired magical creatures.

A full, dedicated chapter on Dioscoria: its culture, origins, and a tour of the city.

A practical "Advice for Seers" chapter, giving you extra tools to help you run a game of The Hidden Isle.

A detailed section on the world of the sixteenth century,containing extensive lore on five major cities of the time, from various parts of the known world.

Tarot tables and references to help you understand any card, giving you multiple prompts for any situation to aid inspiration.

Additional materials for printing at home such as character sheets, reference sheets, Tarot tables are available via digital download.

Kickstarter campaign ends: Sat, October 28 2023 3:55 PM BST

Website: [Causa Creations] [Sefirot Games] [facebook] [twitter] [instagram]

#RPG #kickstarter #The Hidden Isle #Causa Creations #Sefirot Games #tarot

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wwyptt · 7 months

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Backed my Euro-tarot peers at Causa Creations! Cards are meant for playing games!

#tarot #tarot cards #causa creations #ttrpg #the hidden isle #kickstarter

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globaltrustedworldclassplotfoms · 6 months

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digitalknowledge47 · 8 months

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But now Twitter is testing a new timeline order for some users that ignores that standard and inserts some tweets higher up in the queue. A company spokesperson confirmed the experiment to Re/code but declined to share details on how it decides which tweets should be bumped up.

#digital art #digitalmarketing #the hidden isle

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attitudetallyacademy · 8 months

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Attitude Academy: Master the Art of Digital Marketing course in Yamuna Vihar

In the digital age, businesses need skilled digital marketers to navigate the complex and ever-evolving online landscape successfully. Attitude Academy in Yamuna Vihar equips students with the knowledge, skills, and certifications needed to excel in the field of digital marketing. Whether you're a fresh graduate looking for a promising career or a professional seeking to up skill, Attitude Academy's digital marketing course in Yamuna vihar is an excellent choice to embark on your journey to success. Join today and unlock the world of endless possibilities in the digital marketing realm.

#art #the hidden isle #digital marketing blog #learn digital marketing #digital marketing #digitalmarketing #character #learnwithattitudeacademy #enrollnow #attitudeacademy #bestcourse #attitude academy #graphicdesigncourse #tally

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exoni · 5 months

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Favorite Seasonal Area

#sky cotl #sky children of the light #valley of triumph #hidden forest #isle of dawn #golden wasteland #vault of knowledge #daylight prairie #sky game #polls #thatskygame

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black-suns-rim · 10 months

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The Sky elders in my art style

I know they’re only headshots, but that’s all the motivation I had for drawing 7 elders lol. Since it is my first time drawing them, if I draw them later, my design for them might change. I like having detailed art and characters, and well, they aren’t that detailed in the game. At least in my opinion. My favorite elder(s) has to be the twins. They are the youngest and seem to be the most active, so I think it would be pretty fun to hang out with them.

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eliotbaum · 6 months

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The Hunter / The Prowler / The Occultist / The Champion

4 character classes from The Hidden Isle.

Kickstarter ends in less than two weeks!

#illustration #art #artists on tumblr #character art #character design #ttrpg #indie rpg #the hidden isle #fantasy art #swashbuckling #occult #rogue #hunter #knight

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vivtanner · 8 months

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Discoria - The Hidden Isle 🌊

#illustrators on tumblr #artists on tumblr #illustration #ttrpg #the hidden isle #indie rpg #ttrpg community #island #map #nautical #maritime #seafaring #maps #sefirot tarot #Sefirot #had so much fun working on this map even though it took forever I'm so proud of it!#feel free to check out our newest Sefirot project

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artwithdrawl · 1 year

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What season did y’all join Sky?

#sky cotl #sky children of the light #skyblr #skykid #season of shattering #season of aurora #season of remembrance #isle of dawn #valley of triumph #golden wasteland #vault of knowledge #daylight prairie #hidden forest #eye of eden

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millenniumquartz · 1 year

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How to make your grip on reality slowy disappear: do this shit

jokes aside, I’m really proud of these pieces. I hope you enjoy them, skykids!

(time taken: 15hrs 5 min)

#sky cotl fanart #sky children of the light #sky game #golden wasteland #vault of knowledge #eye of eden #sky cotl #isle of dawn #hidden forest #valley of triumph #sky ocs #that sky game #No these skykids don’t have backstories dont ask #i just made up the design elements as I went along based on intuition #digital art #quartzactuallybeingproductive #why do i do this to myself

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globaltrustedworldclassplotfoms · 6 months

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arteapotstudio · 9 months

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SHADOW ISLES hidden pictures

Last year I created a series of minigames for League of Legends, based on the hidden pictures childrens games on magazines. Three regions were selected: Shadow Isles, Piltover and Bilgewater. Unfortunately, Piltover was never published! But Shadow isles are definitely my favorite.

Can you find all the hidden objects in the picture?

#league of legends #league of legends art #shadow isles #illustration #hidden pictures #the dream was to make EVERY region #unfortunately the project got dropped #but making these was a blast!

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anointedflame · 2 years

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*chuckles* I’m insane

Anyway, here are all the settlements/important locations in the world of Horizon from both games. I tried to get them as close to the real world locations as possible although there was a lot of guesswork involved. The game maps are definitely distorted or scaled differently from the real world so stuff didn’t always fit exactly where it should.

Plainsong and Scalding Spear were both frustrating too because they’re based on real-world places but those places are nowhere close to where they appear in the game map. So I went with the approximate location of where they would be because having them stuck way off somewhere didn’t feel right.

I made this for my own fanfiction purposes because it was bothering me to read how Aloy could spend a day traveling between Vegas and San Francisco in other fics and I am too hung up on realism lmao. So I will be trying to stick to real world distances and travel time estimates in mine I think. But if you see anything that looks incorrect or know something more about real-world places, let me know and I will update it! Anyone is welcome to use this as a reference if they’d like, and I’d actually like to find a way to share the real Google Earth map to interact with it.

#horizon forbidden west #horizon zero dawn #horizon #horizon fanfic #horizon fanfic resource #Aloy #scalding spear #Meridian #isle of spires #hidden ember #plainsong #memorial grove #tenakth #carja #oseram #the nora #banuk

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