Last night time, Critical Role performed a Legend of Zelda-inspired tabletop roleplaying sport, and we would by no means get to see it, play it, or hear about it ever once more. This might change however… who is aware of. The level is that there’s a Nintendo-approved Zelda-inspired TTRPG on the market, completely playable, and no person is handing it out and even telling us how we would be capable of see it, finally.
io9 reached out to Critical Role and Nintendo for a remark. The solely factor we heard again was that that is Nintendo’s name. We await the corporate’s response with bated breath.
So right here’s what we all know. Critical Role and Nintendo Treehouse collaborated to create this practice Legend of Zelda TTRPG that’s based mostly on the occasions and lore in Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo really sponsored the stream, which makes this a semi-official Legend of Zelda TTRPG. It makes use of each a D20, turn-based fight mechanic system which incorporates initiative and hit point-based harm. A slimmed-down Dungeons and Dragons fight is the easiest way to consider this. Kind of like Knave, just a little like Into the Odd. Very Old School Roleplaying buildings.
The TTRPG additionally takes inspiration from Apocalypse World by Vincent and Meguey Baker—in sport design parlance, a sport that does that is known as “Powered by the Apocalypse”—and makes use of two D6 cube to find out success, success-with-complication, or failure. It has at the very least three stats—Wisdom, Courage, and Power, which might add bonuses or subtract from a roll.
Really, that is little or no, that is nearly nothing, nevertheless it’s one thing, and I’m going totally out of my head considering that on the market, someplace, is 20-ish web page doc that particulars all of this and was created below the auspices of Nintendo. It’s an important franchise to place right into a TTRPG, and the truth that a light-weight, easy-to-play sport is principally able to go sends me right into a tizzy. Lots of that is in all probability as a result of the truth that Matt Mercer, Critical Role’s resident GM and the sport grasp for this one-shot voices Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. I merely can’t think about any universe wherein “Critical Role creates a semi-official Zelda TTRPG” and “Matt Mercer voices Ganandorf” aren’t associated.
So right here we go, let’s see if this works. Dear Nintendo and Critical Role: Release the Zelda TTRPG! Let me learn it! Give it to me!! Free the folks’s princess!! Show me the Die-Force! If anybody—actually anybody—emails me again with extra data I’ll completely let y’all know.
The Legend of Zelda One-Shot: Lookout, Here We Come! aired on Tuesday, May 30 on Twitch and YouTube. It can be launched on YouTube Thursday, June 1 at 12:00 pm Pacific. The podcast model can be out June 6.
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