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Lifted Vol 1: Indomitable RPG

Created by Mad Jay

A people with superpowers roleplaying game Primed by Cortex.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Lifted SITREP: SEPT22
almost 4 years ago – Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 07:32:04 PM

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Lifted SITREP: Aug22
about 4 years ago – Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 05:52:29 AM

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Indomitable.
about 4 years ago – Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 01:42:14 PM

...Feels like yesterday when I hit launch on this project. 

Looks like we're making a superhero game. Cortex Prime's first commercially licensed game is a go! We did that, you and me. Thank you for your support for Lifted Vol 1 RPG. This is a dream project for me. 

You can expect the Pathways card deck as an add-on in the fulfillment process, I think you're gonna like what it adds to the session zero experience.

I'll continue doing monthly updates here, you can always reach out to me. You're my core audience for this project. My Tribe. (Another comic I'd love to see updated!)

-Mad Jay

Next:

FUNDED! Lifted Vol1 is a GO!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 08:02:31 AM

Well, true believers, We did it and a few days to spare. Thank you for your pledges. For your support, your social shares -I needed that. I'm excited to be working on Lifted Vol 1 for you, and with you.

I made the early-bird ARC deck and the Starter pack PDF add-ons, as many of you requested. I appreciate the feedback and enthusiasm. 

Six days to go, plenty of time to take down some stretch goals -and maybe get Pepe Larraz's attention!!

See ya on the other side!

We got stretch goals to take down!

The Numbers
about 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 04:48:55 PM

92% Funded.

A week to go. 92% funded. $1200 to go. 400+ followers. @300 video plays.  First, I did not think that my video would get played 50 times, shows what I know! Next, some reassurances. That goal of $15K is a real number. I'm no marketeer, I stink at salesmanship, but I do own a software company. I don't know any better than to use real numbers that represent real costs.  This number gets the core book completed with: 

  • Cortex Rules included for Lifted.
  • Lifted Powers,  Traits, Specialties, and Distinctions
  • Origins: Lifted, technology, Atlantis, the exclusion zones.
  • The Lifted Today.
  • Character Creation, archetypes, and Pathways table.
  • Hardsuits - Humanity's defense vs Lifted.
  • Running one-shots, limited series, and seasons.
  • A rogues gallery of antagonists, adversaries, and diabolical villains
  • Earth's exclusion zones.
  • Starter characters and adventure

The core characters are the Lifted, regular folks with superpowers. Not too different from Marvel's mutants, or some of DCs metahumans.  There will be options to play regular humans and tech-enhanced humans. There is playtesting to do with the new Power-Control-Empathy(Humanity) trait set. These three stats increase and decrease representing a character's level of control, power, and humanity as they use their powers in situations.  Very experimental and on paper are designs for group battles where player-characters team-up and assemble a group dice pool to tackle BIG challenges and even other villainous groups. This is inspired by team battles in the comics that play out over a few panels, not pages. 

I loved the  Marvel Heroic RPG. I told Fandom I want to be responsible for the spiritual successor to that fantastic game.  I don't have to tell you, licensed brand products just rock. Just on Kickstarter look at The Blade Runner RPG,  or the Avatar RPG before that. I don't have a nostalgia brand for you. This is you and me, playing what we want, how we want. Making it up as we go.

If you're already in, thank you for helping us get this far. The signal boosts, the sharing helps, as does pledges! Thank you. If you're one of my 400+ followers on the fence...Thanos is coming, don't let him snap those fingers!!

Catch me at GenCon, I'll run some Lifted: The New eXorcists for ya! 

  Laptop Photo by Tech Daily on Unsplash

...eight days

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