u/Adept_South_3611

Hello, everyone!

I've finished up a rough draft of the Spore Invention Crafting system, currently complete with 5 Standard Inventions and 6 Unique Inventions. The system is very similar to the Fabrial Crafting System, with the exception of the Aether Spores: each type of spore has a unique effect on its own, and they are also used in the crafting process of Spore Inventions (in place of the Gemstone required by Fabrials) and are used to recharge them (in place of the Stormlight required by Fabrials).

Now that the rough draft is complete for this system, I can finally actually finish the Sprouter Speciality. Sorry that this has taken so long.

Also, after I finish with the Sprouter Speciality, I might not be able to make posts for a while: I start university classes the second week of September, meaning that I'm going to be busy packing / moving for the next few weeks.

Anyway, as always, please let me know any thoughts, ideas, and feedback you have. It is always appreciated. (also still looking for Spore Invention Ideas, if you have any).

Project Ars Arcanum - Google Docs

Hello everyone!

So, small update this time. I have typed up the bulk of the rules for the Spore Invention Crafting system, which mirrors the Fabrial crafting system. Right now, I am working on making Unique Invention Effects, as well as Advanced Invention Features (mirrored after their Fabrial counterparts).

I figured that the first effect I created should be one that we actually see in Tress of the Emerald Sea, so I made statistics for Tress' modified flaregun (which i've "very creatively" named the Sporegun). The Spore Pouches Required section relates to the crafting system: instead of a Gemstone, each Spore Invention requires certain amounts of Spore Pouches of different types in order to craft, with the general rule of thumb being 15 Spore Pouches per Tier.

However, I need help now: in my previous post, I asked for Spore Invention ideas. So far, I've only gotten 1, and that was from my little brother (he recommended the Vinewhip: an Invention strapped to your arm that shoots out a Verdant vine to strike and ensnare a target and can later reel the vine back in order to drag the target to you). I still need more ideas for Spore Invention effects, both Standard and Unique. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Aside from the Sporegun and Vinewhip, here's the ideas I've created myself so far:

Essence Enhancer: a small device (similar to a Splintbox) that can be imbedded into a Midnight Essence, allowing them to unleash a specific Spore Pouch effect as a special action,

Flameflinger: a device that uses Zephyr to fire a pressurized stream of water, which comes into contact with a small amount of Sunlight, essentially creating a flamethrower,

Gustpack: a harness with a tank of water connected to several aluminum tubes going out at different angles, each containing a concentration of Zephyr, which allows the wearer to fling themselves through the air a short distance in a direction of their choice and cushion the impact of a fall,

Spikesuit: a silver-inlaid vest full of small holes covered in 2 thin layers of Roseite (separating water and Crimson spores) that shatter when impacted, releasing Crimson spikes to retaliate against an aggressor, which are then quickly disintegrated by the silver inlay so as not to inhibit movement.

Hello, everyone.

After trying to continue working on the Sprouter speciality, I figured out that I was coming at the design process from the wrong direction: instead of making the speciality followed by the crafting system, I should make the crafting system first. So, that's what I've started doing.

So far, I've tweaked the description at the beginning of the Aether Spores section to more easily codify stacked spore effects (thank you Kividual66). Additionally, I've made the basic rules associated with using Spore Inventions, as well as a list of 5 Standard Inventions (similar to standard fabrials). While the system is similar to the fabrials, I did introduce a unique take on item charges, since these Inventions aren't fueled by Stormlight but instead by the Aether Spores.

As always, please let me know any thoughts and feedback you have. They are greatly appreciated.

P.S. While the Stormlight Archive showcases a lot of different Fabrials over the course of the novels, I only have one book to pull Spore Inventions from. If any of you guys have ideas for special inventions that could be made using different combinations of Aether Spores, I'd love to hear them. Especially some involving Crimson and Midnight, since we don't really see inventions using those.

P.P.S. I'm now on the Cosmere RPG and Plotweaver Discord, and I have linked Project Ars Arcanum on both. I'll still probably post most of my updates here, but would still like to hear feedback (especially any playtesting experience) you have over there.

Hello everyone.

So, I made a post a few hours ago about an issue with the Project Ars Arcanum doc. I ended up resolving the issue, but I still have no idea how it happened in the first place.

Anyway, I decided to post a mini update on the progress of the Sprouter. Since this is going to take a while, I figured I'd post mini updates about my progress just so it doesn't seem like I've gone dark. Included is the rough draft for the basic effects of the different Aether Spores from Lumar. The Sprouter Speciality and Spore Invention system will eventually incorporate these Spores in a similar capacity to how the Artifabrian and Fabrial system use gemstones.

For now, please let me know your thoughts, opinions, and feedback on these. It is always wanted and appreciated.

So, I was in the middle of typing up the talents for the Sprouter speciality. When I tried convert it to a double column format, it did this. How do I fix this? (If you can't tell what's wrong, try reading the talent)

Hello everyone!

After looking at the comments on my last post, it looks like I'll be making the Sprouter (Scholar Speciality) next. Don't worry: Forger is next in line.

As far as Sprouter goes, the path is probably going to be quite similar to the Artifabrian, and the Spore Invention Crafting system is probably going to be similar to Fabrial Crafting. The major change is going to be the introduction of the Aether Spores: each of the 6 types we know of (Verdant, Sunlight, Zephyr, Crimson, Roseite, and Midnight) are going to have a base effect associated with them (probably like a simplified Surge/Metallic Arts effect), and each Invention will have a special Spore Cost, in place of a Tiered Gemstone, where certain amounts of different spores are required for crafting.

This is probably going to take a while, due to the crafting system. I'll work on this while I can, but I probably won't have the rough draft for at least 2 weeks. Sorry.

In the meantime, here's a small extra to make character creation easier for Project Ars Arcanum paths. I modified the Radiant Sheet (pg 3) of the official Cosmere Character Sheet to be able to incorporate the Invested Paths and Nahel Companions of the project. Please let me know any thoughts and feedback you have.

Hello, everyone! I just finished the Sand Master Invested Path!

Storms, did this take longer than I thought it would. My schedule suddenly got much more crowded than I expected, so I wasn't able to work quite as fast as I had with the other paths. Additionally, what I thought was just going to be a 9 talent path (like Navigator) ended up spiraling out into a 16 talent path split into 3 kinda-seperate mini-trees. I guess that's just the creative process.

As far as what I'll tackle next, I'm probably going to end up doing the Aviar and Seon companions. They'll probably function like a weird miss-mash of the Larkin and Spren in terms pf how they interact with player characters. My output is probably going to slow way down due to the aforementioned schedule crowding, but I'll still work on this when I get the chance.

But, anyway, please let me know what you think of the Sand Master. I appreciate any feedback.

ProjectArsArcanum.doc

Hey, everyone! On my last post, I got a majority of votes for the Nightmare Painter path, so that's what I made. please let me know what you think! Also, fear not those of you who wanted Sand Master, because that's what I'm going to tackle next.

Also, as a side note, you may have noticed that the color scheme is different for this path. I've decided that each path will have its own unique color palette to make it easier to differentiate on the doc. The Nightmare Painter's colors are Cyan and Magenta to reflect the hion.

Hey, everyone! Just finished tackling my first Invested Path for Project Ars Arcanum, the Navigator! Included are images of the complete path, rules for Luminist, and advice for creating Navigator characters.

Also, I figured that now that 2 of the paths are complete, I could release a condensed early access to Project Ars Arcanum with both of them!

Project_Ars_Arcanum.doc

Heads Up: Isles of the Emberdark Spoilers Ahead (RAFO and all that).

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you guys know that I've started working on the Navigator Invested Path. I figured that it would probably be the simplest of the Invested Paths, so it would be a great jumping off point before the more intimidating Elantrian or Awakener.

Included in the image are the rules for Luminist, as well as the Luminist Base Actions (based on the Stormlight Base Actions). Some liberties were taken due to lack of information from the novel, so not everything might be 100% cannon.

Please let me know what you guys think!

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So, I'm a D&D Homebrew content creator and had the idea to make a big, free fan content expansion for the Cosmere RPG that contains a bunch of different Invested paths for player characters to take (such as Awakener, Elantrian, and Sand Master) before the official books come out.

After sitting down, laying it all out, and starting to work on the first path (Arcanist scholar speciality), I realized that this would be a much bigger undertaking than I originally thought. Now, I am still willing to make it, but only if there's actually interest in it. Would you guys like this Fan Expansion, or am I wasting my time?

The Images are of a WIP table of contents.

Edit: Holy crap, did this post get a lot of attention. So many of you were so positive and supportive, that I've decided to continue with making the expansion, which I've decided to name Project Ars Arcanum. Now, I can't make any promises about how long this will take me: it's still a huge undertaking. But, I'll work on it when I can, and I'll post updates about my progress.

Speaking of which, I completed the rough draft for the Arcanist! Please let me know what you think. Your advice and suggestions are deeply appreciated.

ArcanistRoughDraft_ProjectArsArcanum.pdf

ArcanistVersion1.1_ProjectArsArcanum.pdf

I intended to make the update a seperate post, but reddit took it down. I think it was too close to rule #7 for r/cosmererpg.

Edit #2: In case you guys missed it, I made a new post about me starting work on the Navigator Invested path. So far, I have written up the rules for Luminist.

Edit #3: Here is a link to the Project Ars Arcanum doc as it currently sits: Project_Ars_Arcanum.doc