We are very excited to announce the return of Gatewalkers: The World of Watorial! We have been very busy refining and refactoring the world and are looking to publish in 2023! So what is Watorial you may ask yourself? We have put together a core book that contains a new world setting known as Watorial. Savaged by war, and most recently the events of The Changing, Watorial is a harsh mistress for any would-be hero.
How is it played?
Watorial is the brainchild of one of our founding members, Jonathon Etzwiler. This is the culmination of 30 yrs of world-building and running campaigns. We sat down a few years ago and started to put all of this to paper so that others, like you, could enjoy what we have for most of our lives. Originally this was targeted for Pathfinder Second Edition, but as we got further and further into trying to make this work with that edition, we discovered that it needs quite a bit more tweaking to work with that system. So we have spent the last several months compiling and reworking what Jon has created to produce a core rule book that is built to be played using the 5th Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing system. This does mean, that when you get your copy of Gatewalkers: The World of Watorial, you will need a copy of the rule set for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition.
The World of Watorial is loaded with new playable bloodlines specific to the world of Watorial, but you can play any of the D&D 5th Edition races within our world, through the use of the Dragongates. These are large portal doorways scattered throughout the realms that allow travel within the realm, and from other realms in the multiverse.
In addition to new bloodlines, we provide new religions, new equipment, and a whole new set of monsters for you to encounter ( we call them Nightmare Creatures… ). We also provide some alternative rules that you can choose to add to your game to make it even more unique than what you currently may be doing. Included in the book is information about two of the major continents in the world. That is Ehbon and Indifrica, which you can see on the map provided below. The large continent to the north is Ehbon, with Indifrica being the content directly to the south. We have plans for the lands to the east and west as well, but those will be in an upcoming supplement that should come out sometime in 2024. You can find many articles on this website detailing the different bloodlines, regions, and lore around Watorial.
When is it coming?
We are still in the phase of finalizing the revisions to the book and doing some playtesting. We have all the information typed up and ready to be assembled, but we are still putting the final touches to bring the book together and ready it for publishing. We are expecting to have a published version of the book sometime next year, with a Kickstarter campaign to shortly follow.
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