Welcome!
A welcome mat and directions on where to go
Welcome to Altered Realms; Where Anything is Possible.
What is Altered Realms?
Altered Realms is a modular, multi-genre, d20 based Tabletop Roleplaying Game(TTRPG) system with its own unique and expansive lore, magic systems, species, equipment Inventories and game mechanics.
Veterans of other tabletop games typically appreciate the depth of content and the variety of character development options, while newcomers often find our system to be intuitive, easy to pick up, and learn; especially since everything is searchable and accessible online.
How Much does it Cost?
Everything on the website is 100% free to play and run. We will be offering paid content and services at a later date but everything you see now will always be free and accessible for the lifetime of our website.
How Do I Play?
Want to start playing Altered Realms? In order to play you will need people, specifically one or more Players and a Narrator. Once you have a group of people you can start figuring out when and where to meet for sessions. For more information on getting started click here.
Players
Players are like individual actors in the story that control one character and typically decide what they do and when. As a player you would make a character for the story in which you will be participating and making all rolls and decisions for/as that character.
If you want to learn the basics of character creation click here.
If you want to learn how combat and movement works in the system click here.
Narrator
The Narrator controls just about everything else in the story and makes sure everything runs smoothly and by the agreed upon rules. They tell the story, roll the dice for the bad guys and play referee whenever needed. As the Narrator you would generate or select a story and make all rolls and decisions for characters and elements in the story, essentially creating/choosing a world in which your players can engage.
If you want to start learning about becoming a Narrator click here.
Is There a Community?
We are currently in Beta Testing Phase and welcome anyone who wants to learn more, get involved in the community or help us playtest. If you're interested in becoming a playtester for Altered Realms join the discord and let us know.
We have a community of Narrators, Players and Playtesters. Join us!
We are a kind and accepting community of gamers and nerds across all the spectrums. That being said, we have zero tolerance for racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, evangelism or fascism of any kind. If any of these terms describes you or your values, this is not the community for you.
What Kind of Characters Can I Make?
Altered Realms lets you build your characters, however, whenever and wherever you want. Our modular archetypes use a build point system to create dynamic characters in any style, genre or setting imaginable.
We offer a huge variety of playable species and archetypes, all with their own unique traits and abilities.
There’s a large assortment of equipment from which to choose; everything from the stone age, to magically enchanted items, to the galactic age; allowing you to outfit characters for any time setting or story genre.
We’ve got hundreds of unique spells and maneuvers to choose from to power up both your arcane and martial characters.
What’s the Magic System?
Altered Realms has multiple different magic systems for different settings and playstyles. Feel free to mix and match!
You can recreate classic high fantasy magic with our large assortment of Arcane Archetypes, such as Wizards and Sorcerers, each with dozens of Arcane Spells from which to choose.
You can weave yearns of witchcraft and dark magics with our Witches and Warlocks and their equally abundant list of Witchcrafts they can cast.
You can tell tales about grounded elemental warriors and practitioners with our Elementalist Archetypes and the 16 distinct elements they can control.
You can create myths of learned monks and powerful warriors with our Monk Archetypes, each with access to unique Martial Arts and Chi Techniques.
You scribe legends about the power of faith and belief with our Invoker Archetypes and their large assortment of Invocations they can cast, unique to the moral alignment of the being whose power they invoke.
You can even break the fourth wall with our Breaker Archetypes and their wide array of unique Fourth Wall Breaks.
Can I Homebrew With This System?
We designed this system to be able to not only accommodate any time setting or story genre, but also to specifically allow crossover between systems and realms.
We’re striving to create a grand unified storytelling engine that will allow Narrators of every background to create collaborative stories with their family, friends and peers, exactly how they imagined, without having to compromise due to system constraints.
We have built into our website:
- Search Function to make navigation quick and painless
- A Creature Creation Tool to allow you to Homebrew balanced animals, creatures and monsters.
- An Enchanted Item Creation Tool to allow you to homebrew your own balanced magic items.
- A Narrator’s Guide to help new Narrators learn the ropes of running and even creating their own campaigns.
Are There a Lot of Rules to Learn?
The modular buffet of rules we offer allows for homebrewers to create virtually anything they can imagine without having to learn all the rules for the entire game. You simply take the rule systems you want to use and include them at your table, and ignore the rest.
