[Drop Dead Studios] Spheres of Combat Kickstarter!

[Adam Meyers]

This Saturday, the Spheres of Combat kickstarter goes live!

Spheres of Combat is a book that reimagines marital combat similarly to how Spheres of Power reimagined magic. Through a system of spheres broken down by concept, you can easily build the warrior you imagine, or combine the spheres to create devastating combo techniques to break against your enemies. The book will also feature new martial class options, such as the Armiger, the Blacksmith, the Commander, the Sage, and more.

Stop on by and help us bring this new chapter for the Spheres to life!

[digiman619]

If this is even half as good as SoP, this will be amazing. I eagerly await the results!

[phlidwsn]

Will there be a tier or other option for a 'latecomers starter kit' aka Spheres of Combat & Spheres of Magic? I know I can pick up SoM at retail, but I'm lazy :)

[Psyren]

Will there be a tier or other option for a 'latecomers starter kit' aka Spheres of Combat & Spheres of Magic? I know I can pick up SoM at retail, but I'm lazy :)

Seconding this, if there's a reward tier that includes both books (dead tree, PDF, or both) then I'll throw my coppers into that.

[Ssalarn]

Will there be a tier or other option for a 'latecomers starter kit' aka Spheres of Combat & Spheres of Magic? I know I can pick up SoM at retail, but I'm lazy :)

Seconding this, if there's a reward tier that includes both books (dead tree, PDF, or both) then I'll throw my coppers into that.

I passed these requests on to Adam. He's putting the Kickstarter together as we speak, so if he doesn't get a chance to respond I'll try and convey the status of the request as soon as I know anything.

Also, I'm one of the designers working on this project

[LordOfCain]

Who's been looking at my dreams... I should stop forgetting to wear my tinfoil hat...

[Necroticplague]

OOoh, so we're gonna get 2 PF versions of ToB? Nice, can never have too many options in that area.

[stack]

I am also working on this. Not as big a name as some people around here...

[The Glyphstone]

This Saturday, the Spheres of Combat kickstarter goes live!

Spheres of Combat is a book that reimagines marital combat similarly to how Spheres of Power reimagined magic. Through a system of spheres broken down by concept, you can easily build the warrior you imagine, or combine the spheres to create devastating combo techniques to break against your enemies. The book will also feature new martial class options, such as the Armiger, the Blacksmith, the Commander, the Sage, and more.

Stop on by and help us bring this new chapter for the Spheres to life!

The tpyo demons have struck again, it seems.

[Mehangel]

OOoh, so we're gonna get 2 PF versions of ToB? Nice, can never have too many options in that area.

If I understand correctly, Spheres of Combat isn't a Tome of Battle conversion, that's what Path of War is for. Also from what I have heard that Spheres of Combat will be sufficiently different from Path of War that you could use both and have dramatically different characters.

[LordOfCain]

The tpyo demons have struck again, it seems.

Congrats for making me laugh IRL.

[stack]

OOoh, so we're gonna get 2 PF versions of ToB? Nice, can never have too many options in that area.

I wouldn't call this a ToB like project. Our approach is fundamentally different. This is not a slight to PoW in anyway.

[Ssalarn]

If I understand correctly, Spheres of Combat isn't a Tome of Battle conversion, that's what Path of War is for. Also from what I have heard that Spheres of Combat will be sufficiently different from Path of War that you could use both and have dramatically different characters.

Correct. If you want to use Spheres of Combat with Path of War, you'll be able to, though some actions may conflict with each other or be mutually exclusive. Path of War creates a whole new system and set of terminology and lays it on top of the existing combat rules; Spheres of Combat takes the existing combat rules and builds them out, giving you tons of ways to combine actions and combat maneuvers, enhance the effects of various actions, and build out certain skills with new functionality. There are certain overlaps in design goals, like helping martial characters break away from the full attack a bit more and have more equitable action economy with spellcasters, but these are definitely two very different systems that approach enhancing combat in very different ways.

[Lirya]

I want to get Spheres of Combat right now (or at least as soon as possible), so I can fuse it with my copy of Spheres of Power and thus generate my new CRB.

[Ssalarn]

I want to get Spheres of Combat right now (or at least as soon as possible), so I can fuse it with my copy of Spheres of Power and thus generate my new CRB.

Kickstarter opens the day after tomorrow, so you don't have too much longer to wait!

[Doc_Maynot]

I am also working on this. Not as big a name as some people around here...

Some of us care stack.

[meemaas]

Honestly Stack is one of the authors whose names will prompt me to favor a project, alongside Ssalarn. So even if this wasnt a DDS project I'd still be all over it.

[Ssalarn]

Will there be a tier or other option for a 'latecomers starter kit' aka Spheres of Combat & Spheres of Magic? I know I can pick up SoM at retail, but I'm lazy :)

Yes, there will officially be tiers for backers who would like to pick up copies of both Spheres of Combat and Spheres of Power through their pledge, with options for both .pdf and print + .pdf.

[Ssalarn]

Apologies for the double-post, but we're finalizing the Kickstarter now, and I had a question for everyone who has expressed interest so far:

It was brought up earlier on the Paizo forums that the title "Spheres of Combat" might be a little imprecise and not the best possible title for the book; based on what we've said so far, would "Spheres of Might" appeal to you more as a title? I think it does a better job of conveying that this is a martially oriented book that will provide options that are useful for more than just fighting, but we don't want to change things at this point unless there's a broader feeling that doing so would be a positive change.

[legomaster00156]

I like the Spheres of Combat title. Spheres of Might sounds a bit too similar to Spheres of Power, and may lead to some customer confusion down the line.

[CharonsHelper]

I think I might like "Spheres of Might" a bit more. "Spheres of Combat" isn't bad, but it might lead one to think it was changing attacks/maneuvers etc. sort of like some parts of Unchained, while it sounds like it's all character options. Arguably "Might" might (pun intended) sound like it was strength focused. Maybe something like "Spheres of Valor"?

[inuyasha]

What about Spheres of Festivus

Jokes aside, I honestly think Spheres of Combat is fine, since Might implies physical strength, which not all "combat" characters necessarily possess, while combat is something that everybody goes through in D&D.

[Doc_Maynot]

Spheres of Prowess? Keeping with the SoP moniker?

[Ssalarn]

Spheres of Prowess? Keeping with the SoP moniker?

Now that might get confusing

Forumite 1: "Did you see the new SoP supplement release?"

Forumite 2: "Yeah, it was awesome!"

Forumite 1:"What did you think of the new talents?"

Forumite 2:"I liked the one that lets you turn into a psychopomp!"

Forumite 1:"....Was that before or after the Wild Archer archetype?"

Forumite 2:"....I don't think we're talking about the same thing."

[Doc_Maynot]

Well then we could just shift to SoPow and SoPro.

[digiman619]

I like Spheres of Might, personally.

[Mehangel]

I think I like Spheres of Valor, although I also didn't have much of a problem with it being Spheres of Combat either.

[inuyasha]

"I liked the one that lets you turn into a psychopomp!""

Is there a thing that lets you turn into a Psychopomp? I need this thing.

[khadgar567]

By the way guys n jolly is in the dream team to this product may stole starfinders throne

[Doc_Maynot]

By the way guys n jolly is in the dream team to this product may stole starfinders throne

n jolly

N Jolly, Stack, and Sslarn? I already am throwing money at this the moment it starts, I don't need more reasons to.