A Realmgate Too Far

As mentioned in a previous blog post I recently pre-ordered Soulbound – the AoS RPG by Cubicle 7. While the physical book won’t be available for a while, the pdf file is, so people can start reading, planning and playing straight away. I’ve only had a pdf copy for a few days, and haven’t had a chance to read through it all – the original intention was to review things every few chapters (and I still plan to), but a couple of things have jumped out at me while reading through the Equipment chapter – in a good way, so I wanted to talk about them, and some ideas that come from them. The first of these is the currency system in Soulbound. Rather than using coins, one of the major currency systems used in the Mortal Realms, and especially in the Grand Parch in Aqshy, is Aqua Ghyranis, the life-giving water from Ghyran, the Realm of Life. Apparently coins were abandoned, much to the Kharadron’s annoyance, as they had a monopoly due to the amount of precious metals they had a...

As some of you may be aware, the pre-order for Soulbound, the AoS roleplaying game by Cubicle 7, went up the other day. Despite the fact that I'd only being vaguely paying attention to this, I ended up putting an order through. While the physical book (and associated products, GM screen, starter pack etc) won't be out for a while, Cubicle 7 are proving a pdf copy of the rulebook with orders (or you can get the pdf separately if you don't like massive books) - very nice of them! Soulbound cover. Yes, you can be a Kurnoth Hunter if you want to be. Squeezing through small gaps may be tricky. Maybe send your Quiverling ahead as a scout? I've only had time to skim through the book so far (my more thorough read is only up to page 30 or so), but it looks very interesting. While I played a lot of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Call of Cthulhu while I was a student (well, undergrad, Masters & PhD, so that's a fairly long period in any case!), I haven't pla...