#realities.com

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Bing Li, a woman with light skin and straight black hair, partially shaved to reveal rough scars along the side of her head. Her clothing is dark and loose, generalizing her silhouette, enabling her to be nondescript if she had her hood up. The case for a set of portable eating utensils hanging from her waist peeks out from under her hooded tunic, though the knife from the set is in her right hand. Her left arm is lifted slightly, blood magically extending from a small cut into a gruesome tendril. Handwritten beside her is her name, and her RPG class, Heretic.]

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Bing Li the Heretic

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Fuck forced loyalty and imperialism—fled her shitty country when they eventually came to silence her.

Fascinated by and researching taboo magic—figure out why it’s taboo, and what good it can be used for.

Using blood whips and launching poisonous teeth that bud out of your flesh may be grotesque, but it’s not inherently “evil.” It all comes down to how it’s used, same as any other magic.

At level 8 you can become a blood puddle and ooze yourself through small spaces, or move through occupied spaces without being slowed or causing disengagement attacks! Gross? Maybe. Rad? I SURE THINK SO

Again, not to play favorites with a longer post, but I also get to draw her with enough funding! So, for a little more class info: Heretic can also make up to 3 Blood Dolls—simple undead companions formed from human or other corpses (which end up looking human, and you choose their appearance). They can be improved as you level up, too!

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Bing Li and her class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/06/24/wyrd-street-tease-bing-li-the-heretic/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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Check out this awesome The Secret World Homebrew for D&D 5e by Tyler F. M. Edwards.

For those who don’t know The Secret World (now Secret World Legends) is an MMORPG set in a world of conspiracies and cosmic horror and is REALLY cool.

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"Realities.com" by T Bone Burnett, Jay Bellerose, Keefus Ciancia https://ift.tt/h8byLEr

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Kush Films is Proud to Present a Special #Valentines Film Screening Event showcasing#BlackLove at the UK’s No 1 Urban Film Club the Kush ‘Film Boutique’.   Come along and enjoy the powerful and very funnily entertaining ‘Love’ exploration documentary Looking For Love from renowned director Menelik Shabbazz (Burning An Illusion, The Story of Lover’s Rock).  Join us on Thursday 15th February for an entertaining and thought-provoking night celebrating #ValentinesLove - there will be live poetry, and an after-film discussion with director Menelik Shabbazz and a guest panel of relationship guidance speakers.    Also supporting the main feature isromantic short film ‘You Got Me’ written and directed by Muriel Narh (330 Productions). Tkts: £12 https://kfb-blacklovevalentinesfilmscreening.eventbrite.com/ Films:  Short film: You Got Me (3 mins) Main feature; Looking For Love (director Menelik Shabbazz) Followed by Panel Discussion (talking to director and guests tbc) There will a competition giving away aFree Romantic Dinner for 2 at Joyce’s Jerk Joint restaurant based in Soho, London,W1F 8ZD and we will also have some fun on the night for singles!  Date: Thursday 15th February Time: 7.00pm  - 11.00pm Guest host: Judi Love Guest Poet: Roy Merchant (www.relentless-realities.com) Venue: Regent Street Cinema, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW 

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Na Wen, an older woman with light skin and short black hair, fading to grey near her temples. She has a strong stance, and in her right hand she holds a sword, while strapped to her left arm is a large round wooden shield. She is wearing thick brown boots and long coat of padded armor, layered with a bright orange sash. Written next to her is her name, and her RPG class, Brawler.]

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Na Wen the Brawler

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Na Wen illustrated by Massimo Tartaro. You can find his twitter here: https://twitter.com/ranikirn And his work on DMs Guild here: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Massimo%20Tartaro

Mother of Ji and Lo—an older lady hero! Hell yeah!

She retired from her country’s military when its focus turned to conquest.

The perfect class if you like frontline fighting groups—it has multiple abilities that benefit by being surrounded by many enemies. Tank ALL THE THINGS

At level 8 you can pick between three passives—gain the ability to adjust your heavy armor to remove its stealth penalty, or improve any armor type’s physical or magical resistance! (Each of them can only be applied to YOUR armor, but! STEALTH GET)

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Na and her class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/04/22/wyrd-street-tease-na-wen-the-brawler/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Burning Grin, a man with brown skin, long dark hair, and as his name implies, a broad grin that shows off his teeth, which have a subtle, fiery glow. He has two small axes, one decorated with feathers, that he is flipping in the air. He has black pants, a long grey coat, and a bone hairpipe breastplate over a tan tunic. Written next to him is his name, and his RPG class, Scoundrel.]

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Burning Grin the Scoundrel

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Burning Grin illustrated by Massimo Tartaro. You can find his twitter here: https://twitter.com/ranikirn And his work on DMs Guild here: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Massimo%20Tartaro

Intensely loyal to local folks—but less so the rest of the city, for backstory reasons.

He has salamander-like features—his teeth & gums? Literally subtly fiery.

His class is like a flourishing, flurrying rogue—perhaps with poison, if you choose—and can taunt to evade-tank, or act weak to divert an attacker’s attention away!

At level 4 you can pick a passive that makes a 1 on an attack roll a crit instead of automatic fail. What. WHAT

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Focus as the resource all classes use, examples of how its pool and regen differ between classes, and how it lets martial classes like this have special abilities similar to spellcasters:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/04/15/wyrd-street-tease-stay-focused/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Osiron, a man with brown skin, dark brown hair, a sharp goatee, and cat-like ears on the sides of his head. He is holding a deck of tarot cards in his left hand, with a fan of three cards in his right, ready for throwing. He’s wearing a long, tan, striped robe, with a dark red and brown hooded coat overtop it. Around his neck is a decorated pouch for his cards, with a simplified crescent moon sitting between two plateaus against a night sky, and wooden beads hanging from the bottom of the bag. His boots are decorated in a manner similar to the bag, but with a simple vulture in the sky area as well. Handwritten beside him is his name, and his RPG class, Fortune Teller.]

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Osiron the Fortune Teller

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

A Lone Wolf—he chose to focus on fickle fate, rather than his society’s veneration of more solid research and logic.

He has cat ears!

His class has a tarot-based buff ability, BLADED CARDS TO THROW, and can give buffs that allow rerolls to manipulate fate!

(He’s my favorite I wanna draw him SO BAD I did get to call dibs, I’m pretty sure we just need enough funding to not need to cut into the art budget)

With the tarot and some other abilities, you roll a d4 to determine the random effect you get—with the different suits being attributed to each number, if your GM allows, you might draw from a tarot deck(’s minor arcana) or playing cards for flavor!

I don’t mean to play favorites and make Osiron’s post relatively longer, but each class has details on a specific ability! So, for his example: at level 5 you can “mark” a character—each turn they gain another mark, until you set them all off to do [X] shadow damage per mark! STACK NIGHTMARISH DREAD (And it lasts a while, with activation range a bit further than application range—so if the situation allows, you could even play it like a horror movie monster/villain following them around. For funsies.)

The Fortune Teller class is also accidentally perfect for making Yu-Gi-Oh! characters. Yugi/Yami would be mostly buffs with some psychic damage penalty-game-ish abilities; Bakura would be debuffs and DOOM; Seto would focus on passives and luck boost-type things to minimize failure chance (he may not believe in fate but they work anyway). And there wouldn’t even be much ability overlap between them, because each level has two or more abilities to pick from, so they’d still be pretty unique despite being the same class! AND they could each have different weapons, since there are magic-based ones that could fit them, instead of all having cards.

...WAIT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH PHYSICAL YU-GI-OH! CARDS, YOU COULD ALSO MAKE A DECK OF JUST MONSTERS FROM LEVEL 1-4 IN EQUAL AMOUNTS, AND USE THAT TO DETERMINE D4 RESULTS, TOO

A deep dive post from Tyler, with details on the Fortune Teller’s max-level abilities:

https://superior-realities.com/2021/12/13/wyrd-street-tease-master-of-fate/

Another deep dive post from Tyler, specifically about Osiron, plus a bit more info on Fortune Teller:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/05/27/wyrd-street-tease-osiron-the-fortune-teller/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Five Snow Blossom, a young woman who has brown skin, a warm smile, and is summoning an illusory purple flower with swirls of cloud-like magic. She is seated, holding a large book, and sweeping her arm above her head, as if to “pull” the magic from the story she’s reading. She is wearing a blue wrapped skirt, and a maroon huipil that has orange and green stripes, with purple embroidered flowers on a blue section around the collar. She also has a green sash wrapped around her waist, with a dyed orange-and-green flower pattern. Her hair is green with paler green streaks, reminiscent of a plant, and her eyebrows are layered purple petals. Handwritten below her is her name, and the name of her RPG class, Dreamer.]

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Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Five is an utter sweetheart—and she’s starting (or in, depending on how you choose to play it) a relationship with her lady friend!

She’s also somewhat sylvan—her eyebrows are purple petals! She is a BUDDING lesbian, if you will.

Dreamers are storytellers, making magic via manifesting imagination—many of their abilities have short lore for in-universe myths!

At level 8, the bond with your Loved Ones increases, and the bonuses you get improve! This even applies to Lone Wolf, if you choose to be a self-reliant character!

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Five and her class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/03/18/wyrd-street-tease-five-snow-blossom-the-dreamer/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Blue Rose, a woman holding a sword wreathed in blue flames in her left hand, with a serious look on her face. She has pale skin, pointed elf-like ears, and is wearing close-fitting grey pants and vest, with a poet-style long sleeve shirt. There is a blue rose embroidered on her vest, thin blue streaks in her blonde hair, and she has blue lipstick and eyeshadow. Handwritten beside her is her name, and her RPG class, Vigilante.]

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Blue Rose the Vigilante

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Blue Rose runs the Rose Garden, a bordello and local neutral meeting place for Wyrd Street’s community.

Zero tolerance for harm to her workers—she will break your arm before you can blink to defend them.

Her class is like a not-necessarily-religious paladin—at first level, pick between justice or vengeance paths for support- or damage-focused abilities as you level!

At level 6, you can become a Grappling Hook Expert! What if your paladin was a classic superhero or pirate? SWING YOUR BAD ASS INTO COMBAT plus a different bonus based on whether you picked justice or vengeance!

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Blue Rose and her class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/01/10/wyrd-street-tease-blue-rose-the-vigilante/

Also, check out this podcast episode for a half-hour interview with Tyler! They went over Wyrd Street’s mechanics, the setting, and “how the heroes of Wyrd Street are more like Daredevil than the Avengers”—being on-the-streets vs larger-than-life.

https://pnc.st/s/the-bite-sized-gaming-podcast/977de8c1/s3e35-125-walkin-on-wyrd-street

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

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[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is an illustration of Lo Karlsson, a young man grinning while aiming a shortbow at an off-screen enemy. He is mixed race, with short brown hair, green eyes, and light brown skin. He is wearing a grey tunic and loose green pants, which have visible stitching repairing some rips. He has archery gear at his hips, a sword hanging at his side, and a messenger bag with an orange-colored potion sticking out of it. On his shoulder is a light brown rat with a white spot on its forehead, and at his feet is a pet raccoon, ready to pounce. Handwritten beside him is his name, and his RPG class, Drifter.]

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Lo Karlsson the Drifter

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

Wyrd Street cover illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

The next character I’m featuring is Lo! He was the last character I finished drawing for the IndieGoGo launch, but we’re starting with him because connections!

He is Ji’s brother, and is quite protective of her and the rest of his family.

The “dashing rogue” type—he always acts confident, arguably even cocky.

The Drifter class is like an urban ranger, and can have raccoon, cat, and/or dog combat pets! Up to three (or none, if you prefer), based on what abilities you choose as you level up.

You can also get a mouse, rat, pigeon, or seagull non-combat pet!

At level 5, you can pick an ability that lets you cuddle or play with your pet to regain Focus (the energy all classes spend to do abilities) during a short rest. I love the RP-encouraging mechanics this game has!

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Lo and his class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/03/25/wyrd-street-tease-lo-karlsson-the-drifter/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack

[mel-addams]

[Image Description: the first image is the cover of the TTRPG Wyrd Street. A pale woman wearing a hooded robe is seated in the center of a candlelit room, looking with shock at her bloody hands. She’s sitting on a torn and bloody rug, a broken chair in front of her. Behind her is Ji Wensdottir, one of the Iconic Characters, casting a protective spell while she looks down at the seated woman. Surrounding them are glowing runes from the spell, a few floating, jellyfish-like critters made from possessed junk, and a large, menacing ghostly figure, floating in front of a broken window. At the top is the Wyrd Street text logo, and at the bottom is the text “Core Rulebook.”

The second image is a closeup of the cover, showing Ji Wensdottir, holding a staff adorned with paper talismans and casting a protective spell. She is mixed race, with dark hair and light brown skin, and is wearing a light green dress over a baggy-sleeved blouse. She has a long, bright orange scarf around her neck, and various charms hanging from a wide brown belt. A glowing protective rune is floating in the air behind her.]

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Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher

Wyrd Street TTRPG IndieGoGo, funding now!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyrd-street-d20-ttrpg-system/x/9982631#/

The first Iconic Character I’ll be going over is Ji, who is featured on the cover of the Core Rulebook! The cover was illustrated by Dana, whose portfolio you can find here: https://www.danabraga.com/

Ji is the “heart” of her family—she helps form connections between people and local spirits when she can.

She is part of the mixed-race family the main campaign follows! There’s also her mother Na Wen, her father Karl Vinnarsson, and her brother Lo Karlsson.

Her class often focuses on interacting with local spirits and forces, rather than big, impersonal deities.

At level 7 you can pick between a few abilities, including briefly turning yourself and others partly-ghostly—or do a given culture’s funerary rites to preserve a body and prevent them from unwillingly becoming undead!

A deep dive post from Tyler, with more info on Ji and her class design:

https://superior-realities.com/2022/02/25/wyrd-street-tease-ji-wensdottir-the-street-preacher/

And that’s all the Iconics revealed! Wyrd Street’s IndieGoGo ends on the 26th, so go give it a gander, and take a peek at the primer to check out the gameplay!

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- Wyrd Street Masterpost - Ji Wensdottir the Street Preacher - Lo Karlsson the Drifter - Blue Rose the Vigilante - Five Snow Blossom the Dreamer - Osiron the Fortune Teller - Burning Grin the Scoundrel - Bing Li the Heretic - Na Wen the Brawler - Dr. Zuberi Mbogo the Quack