Ben tells us about his setting and independently designed TTRPG system, Cybertopia. Cybertopia is a fiction first system set in the near future. Amazing Corp saved the world from climate and energy catastrophes with a magical clean energy machine. As the world moves into a post-scarcity economy, Amazing Corp has risen in power and influence beyond most governments. The players are small pieces in this machine, trying to take care of any problems that get in Amazing Corp’s way. And maybe they discover something sinister that shakes their confidence in Amazing Corp? Who knows? That’s up to the GM.

Cybertopia as a system is a d20 system. Characters pick a Core which is like a class, but is really just a guide to what your character is good at without the rigid framework of D&D applied to it. The Core provides a +3 to rolls. Characters also have skills, items, and situational things that provide +1 or +2. All these modifiers stack together just like other d20 systems. Experience points are gained by rolling a natural 20. Three experience points can be exchanged for a skill improvement.

This episode was recorded in September where the temperatures were 95°F in California (me) while being rainy and 57°F in Scotland where Ben is located.

Ben’s itch.io shop where you can check out Cybertopia
Ben has a actual play podcast to demonstrate Cybertopia. The second season is starting its release now. You can listen to that in any of your favorite podcast apps.
The Cybertopia podcast is also available on YouTube but still audio only.

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Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

George tells us about his D&D actual play called Fears and Fortunes. The campaign follows the adventures of Sly, granddaughter of the Seer of Bearuport. Sly accidentally releases a bunch of ghosts from her late grandmother's tarot deck. She and her band of companions must find the fourteen ghosts that escaped and imprison them within the deck once more.The campaign is sponsored by Forgotten Adventures, the battle map company. The show has an amazingly high production value with great maps, character art, music, and effects. Cool stuff to watch! And all the visual tools used in the show are available to you from Forgotten Adventures.You can watch the actual play yourself on the Fears & Fortunes YouTube channel.All the cool maps and assets of Fears and Fortunes are available on the Forgotten Adventures website.Or on the Forgotten Adventures Patreon.If you're interested in more of George's projects you can find them by Googling his screen name, GloriousGe0rge. That's with a zero in Ge0rge.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  3. 80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara)
  4. 79 – Dragon Age Degenerates (Zoe from Degenerates with Dice)
  5. 78 – D&D in Suburbia (Ryan and Serenity Springs)