Ascension – the Codex of Immortals is a quarterly role-playing game (RPG) zine focusing on epic and immortal gaming for the 5th Edition of the world’s greatest role-playing game. Each issue will be a 48-page black and white print ready PDF covering: epic and immortal gaming; tools for creating divine characters; profiles of the gods, their allies, adversaries, realms, and equipment; amazing art to bring the gods and their stories to life!
Why Ascension? Ascension offers a new type of gaming for 5th edition. Current epic options simply extend the game through feats, boons, and levels; they don’t offer a fundamentally different way of playing the game. Epic games should deliver new and exciting methods of gaming, not simply a slight incline on the advancement treadmill. Ascension provides a set of variant rules and guidelines for taking characters and monsters beyond the realms of mortals. Allowing players to grow their characters from mere demigods to the heights of the greater gods or even pantheon heads. Players can shape the multiverse with power and abilities beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Ascension’s variant rules sit on top of the 5e chassis allowing players to shed the trapping of levels and class and instead embark on the quest to gain epic ranks, worship, and increase their Authority and Influence among mortals and Immortals a like. Ascension is our 5th edition epic homage to Set 5 – Immortal Rules, Deities & Demigods, and the Epic Level Handbook.
Wait! It there anything in Ascension for mere mortals? Yes, there is! Though most of the content in Ascension is geared for epic gaming, there is content available for lower-tier games as well, for example:
*Relics and artifacts are presented in a format that is usable by mortals and gods.
*Each deity entry has a section on its church and clergy with cleric domains, extra spells granted, and sometimes new spells, class features, feats, and boons.
*Epic Monsters are not all god-level threats. There will be monsters in the CR 21-30 range (including avatars of each god) that can be a nuisance to a god and a real pain to mortals. There will also be, on occasion, entries (lore, art, & stats) for servitors and followers of the gods and other epic entities.
So, are you ready to ascend to the ranks of the Immortals? Are you ready to explore the multiverse and forge new realms and artifacts of wondrous power? Are you ready to stand against the threats to existence and deliver your divine judgement? Do you want to travel to the heart of the abyss and extinguish the root of all Evil? If so, take your characters and games where 5th edition has never gone before with: Ascension – the Codex of Immortals.
