Okay, I'm reading a bit of #SinaUna. Full thoughts will be in this thread, probably intermittently because I have a busy day.

#ttrpg #dnd

"Tell me a story" is probably one of the most profound things I've read in a ttrpg rule book. I didn't expect to feel things in the first ten pages.

...the food section makes me hungry...

There are a couple of typos, which isn't out of the ordinary for an indie publication. Not at an egregious frequency.

The layout is TOP-NOTCH. This book feels luxurious even in PDF form and I'm slightly wishing for a physical copy.

That two-page spread at the beginning of Chapter 2? Wow. WOW. Detailed, stunning, and just stylized enough that I could run an adventure from the picture alone.

This is so rich. A waterfall with no source that people sail through as an act of prayer? A volcanic crocodile god? A tree that connects the mortal world to the world of the dead? I LOVE IT. SO MUCH. It's a joy to just read.

OH THOSE TWO PAGE SPREADS ARE FOR EACH ISLAND???

MANGROVE HALFLINGS!!

Ahem. Cognizant thoughts. I never mentioned where you can get this, which I believe for non-Kickstarter-backers is here: https://thedeckofmany.com/collections/sina-una

It's worth noting that this setting openly subverts a few core D&D things. Resurrection magic/necromancy of any kind are seen as deeply unnatural, for example, because it defies the natural order of things. You're not an outsider, respect of others is key. No murderhobos here.

TWO PAGE LION ART.

Honestly, I was so engrossed in the lore that reading a mechanic-bit in a sidebar kind of threw me. Like "right, I'm not just reading a book, this is a TTRPG thing".

They're good about pronunciation, but I'd have liked a sentence on emphasis. Knowing the vowel sounds is helpful, but Himpapariwan is a very long word and I'm not sure where the stress falls, if anywhere. I know there's more on language later, we will see.

I know I keep screaming about the art, but this is seriously one of the most beautiful RPG sourcebooks I've ever seen. I keep stopping reading just to stare at these islands.

Okay, I gotta go do other things, but from the first hundred pages or so:

This is something truly special. I'm so happy I backed it and I can unreservedly recommend getting your own copy.