Dead in the West RPG Review - Score: 76 / 100

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Dead in the West RPG is a newer TTRPG, Kickstarted in 2018. This game is all about the mythical American West, where players roleplay soon-to-be legendary cowboys.

 

My overall impression is that Dead in the West is a solid RPG, with a game system solidly based in RPG classics, but with its own unique twists. The game plays well, with very few hitches, and certainly immerses players in its genre.

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How Unique is Dead in the West RPG: (6/10)

Dead in the West has a few game system elements that are unique among tabletop RPGs, though most of its uniqueness as a game comes from its setting. I want to give Dead in the West a 7/10 in this category, but I don’t feel like the “game mechanics” quite justify that score.

 

What’s Unique about Dead in the West

Dead in the West RPG is only the second tabletop RPG I’ve ever played that is specifically set in the “Mythical American West” (the other being Dogs in the Vineyard). Everything about the game’s lore is relatively unique, and the rulebook does a great job of encouraging players to connect everything about their characters to the way they roleplay and interact with the game world.

 

I find “Vigor” to be an interesting mechanic in the game, where players can improve their character’s skill or combat checks, at-will. I also generally enjoy the concept of “Hoodoo rolls” in the game, which provide a sort of “fate” element to what happens in the game’s story.

 

Finally, players and their GM may collaborate to create character “abilities,” which are in a sense, their special powers.

 

Character Abilities

In my mind, the most unique part about Dead in the West is that players and the GM can collaborate to create abilities 100% custom for each player. Abilities are also supposed to be extensions of the character, and inform how each player roleplays their character.

 

My only critique about abilities in Dead in the West is that though there are many ability examples provided in the book, giving power to GMs to create a game’s “powers” can be overwhelming. The idea is that if abilities end up being either 1) too powerful or 2) under-powered, players and the GM can adjust the ability over time.

 

Ultimately, I’m sort of torn on whether or not I really like how abilities work, but I do have to say that the concept is unique. I tend to find classless RPGs interesting, and this game might be one example among very few that makes a classless concept work.

How Easy is it to Learn Dead in the West: (8/10)

Having played quite a few tabletop RPGs, I found Dead in the West pretty simple and easy to learn. Though character creation takes up about 50-pages in the rulebook, the process is fairly straightforward.

 

Characters have stats, attributes, experience, demeanor, virtues and vices, and a section called “what yer pappy did.” My gaming group was confused at first between the differences of stats and attributes, and the modifier values they each gave were different from one another, so starting out the game wasn’t 100% clear on what everything did.

 

“Experiences” are also different in Dead in the West, as the term refers to a character’s skills and knowledge, and doesn’t relate to leveling up.

 

Actual Gameplay

Once characters were created, the overall feel of my gaming group was that Dead in the West fell into familiar tabletop RPG territory – in a good way. The game was easy to pick up as we explored a Western town, which eventually led to fighting bandits.

 

Most game mechanics function very similarly to other tabletop RPGs, so they were intuitive to use. We particularly enjoyed the “virtues and vices” of each character, as they did help us create unique personalities and roleplaying experiences. In Dead in the West, the GM can compel players to act in alignment with their virtues and vices (which are things that make them selfless or selfish, at different times), which in our case, led to some fun moments.


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Dead in the West RPG Presentation: (9/10)

I really like the graphic design of Dead in the West RPG. The game’s rulebook has very nice formatting, font, colors, and sizing. Reading through the book, I particularly appreciated that the order of information and chapters flowed very nicely. As a new player, it was easy for me to navigate the information provided, learn the game, and reference material as-needed, during play.

 

I also enjoyed the game’s writing style quite a bit. The author did a great job presenting information clearly, while also making it thematic to the game’s setting, and overall fun to read.

 

Rulebook Length

Dead in the West RPG is written for someone who’s probably never played TTRPGs before, which is why the rulebook is so long (close to 300-pages).

 

I go back and forth at times on whether or not I feel that multi-hundred page TTRPG rulebooks are valuable. On the one hand, authors/ game designers need space to accurately convey their ideas, so length can be a positive. 

 

On the other hand, in most cases, a person’s first RPG won’t be an indie RPG, so they should have a base level of understanding coming into any indie game, which would make lengthy explanations unnecessary.

 

Whenever I read through TTRPG rulebooks, I basically skip 75% of the text so I can read what I need in order to play. The flavor text is fun, but for me, largely unnecessary.

 

One Upgrade I’d Like to See

When it comes to specifics, I did wish that character vices and virtues would have a space of its own in the “Player Monitor” section of the GM Sheet. Since the GM can compel characters to act in accordance with their virtues and vices, it would’ve been nice to have a spot on that sheet where virtues and vices could be easily referenced.

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Lore: (9/10)

Though there isn’t an official Dead in the West game world setting provided, the entire rulebook is basically lore. From character creation details to terms used in the game, players can’t help but feel immersed in the Mythical American West.

 

The game also offers some general settings to the GM – the gold rush, civil war, nearing the end of the old west, etc. – with brief explanations on each. Each of these setting could work for entire campaign ideas, or even just shorter quest ideas.

 

What probably seals the deal for me on lore is that Dead in the West provides a lot of in-depth information that players may use in their game’s setting, at any time. There’s info on downtime, gambling, town life, settlement building (which I think is especially cool), the benefits of character employment, and even shopping – which even includes how much it costs to buy a tin of condensed milk.

 

Sometimes, details provided in Dead in the West were too much for me, and I felt like they detracted from the game overall. However, so much of the game is optional in use that never felt too oppressive.


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Combat in Dead in the West RPG: (4/10)

To be fair, I felt playing Dead in the West that the game is more of a “roleplay game” than a “tactical combat game,” – as in, that’s what the designer was going for. So, a low score in this combat category probably shouldn’t deter anyone from playing the game, unless like me, you love tactical combat.

 

How Combat Feels

Characters have a weapon, an accuracy value (based on character stats and maybe their experiences), a score for movement, and some advanced actions they can take per round.

 

When our group got into combat with bandits, characters would fire their gun until they needed to reload. While reloading, characters are counted as being a “sitting duck,” and they can get blown away in short order. In order to prevent that, players had their characters “dive” behind a table or something so they get “cover,” whenever they needed to reload. Once reloaded, characters started blastin’ again.

 

Basically, it was shoot, dive, cover, reload, then shoot again. Repeat until all enemies are dead.

 

There are more options available in the rulebook for ambushing enemies, “corralling” (flanking) them for increased hit chances, grappling, etc. But since the game’s abilities are all player- and GM-created, there weren’t really abilities provided that really spiced up combat tactics. The closest thing was probably mounted combat, but since that comes with its own degree of complexity, I didn’t feel like it added to combat in a substantially beneficial way.

 

Crack-Shots and Locational Damage

As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, such as for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, I’m not a fan of hit locations. Dead in the West RPG has hit locations, but you need to get a “crack-shot” (basically, critical hit) to do so, or intentionally aim for specific locational damage, so it isn’t a required part of the game. I also feel like it works out ok because you can use locational attacks to break chandeliers and destroy wagon wheels, so it feels like a more organic part of the game’s system.

 

I do think, however, that the locational damage effects (ailments) in Dead in the West are off. It takes 12-damage, for example, to “hobble” someone’s leg. For comparison, most characters at Lv.1 have 12-HP. So... you can either kill someone, or hobble them, your choice.

 

Typically, debuffing an enemy is not as valuable as just outright killing them (if you’re just trying to win a battle, and deaths don’t matter). So, my gaming group was surprised that it was just as hard to get someone to drop their gun as it was to just drop them to their grave.

 

Probably, locational damage should be like 3-damage or something to cause an ailment, instead of 12.

 

Hidden HP

One thing I can definitely say I liked was that character HP is kept hidden from players. Players can “check in” with the GM to see how their character’s doing, but they don’t have a numerical value they can use to make decisions in combat.

 

Having hidden HP led my gaming group to be far less risky, overall, than I’ve normally seen them. Their risk-aversion did create a slower-paced game, but the tension, drama, and excitement of the game was always high, since HP was a mystery.

 

This is also the first game I’ve ever played where character HP was hidden from players, so Dead in the West did get a little more “uniqueness” score just for this one mechanic.

 

Game “Flow”: (7/10)

In Dead in the West RPG, “the game values creativity and drama over everything else – so rulings are often more important than rules.” For this one reason, given straight from the rulebook, my gaming group always seemed to be in the flow.

 

Most of the Dead in the West rulebook is lore- or setting-related, or flavor text, so it was very rare that we felt like rules got in the way, or slowed the game down.

 

For my group’s players who particularly enjoy Western style RPGs, I think their sense of “being in the flow” of the game was even higher. The only time where I really felt out of the flow with Dead in the West was when it came to combat.


I will also say that I think if my gaming group had played an ongoing RPG campaign before I wrote this review, I would've been able to play around more with building settlements, which I think is one of the more interesting aspects of Dead in the West RPG. I could definitely see myself getting lost in the game if we were building up a new city or something. Definitely kudos from me for adding a city-building part to the game.

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Artwork: (6/10)

The game’s cover art is great, and there some other pieces throughout the book that I also really enjoyed. Not all artwork in the book has the same style or quality, however.

 

For a kickstarted book, I was impressed at how much artwork is present. Finally, because of the Western-themed color choices and the great graphic design, I always felt like the aesthetic element only added to my experience of reading through the game’s rules.

 

Dead in the West RPG Ease of Purchase: (10/10)

Dead in the West is extremely easy to purchase. You can buy Dead in the West at its website, and find additional information on the game at its Kickstarter page.

 

Price & How Many Books Do You Need to Play: (10/10)

I’m always happy when I see that games are in the $15-20 range.

 

You can purchase a Dead in the West PDF copy for roughly $20, and a print/ PDF copy for about $50.

 

The Dead in the West rulebook comes with sections on character creation, lore, and a large section of the book on game master tools – basically everything you need to play in that one book. I do think Dead in the West could’ve used more information on enemy stats, but since there are sections for NPC character ideas and critters (that have stats included) any GM could make do only with what’s provided.

 

Ease of Starting a Group & Availability of Supplemental Material: (7/10)

People should play Dead in the West if they love the American West and the mythological stories it inspires.

 

Dead in the West RPG is not a famous game yet, but you can help make it so. My gaming group enjoyed playing, and we’re a pretty experienced group when it comes to different tabletop RPG system. So, I can confidently say that chances are good your players will have fun, as well. If any of your players love Dead in the West’s genre, then this game is a must-play.

 

At this time (so far as I can tell) there are no supplemental gaming materials available from Dead in the West.

 

Dead in the West is Produced By:

Will Donelson

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2026 Gen Con TTRPGs - What to Expect

By Shawna Tegtman • July 15, 2026
Transcribed content from our recent YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmN4njpT3BQ Transcription [00:00:00] Hey, adventurers. We're back, and we are with the creator of Eternity and the page that we started, right? Um, this is my husband, Jacob, and I got dragged onto this- Thankfully, yeah. I got dragged onto this adventure about five years ago- Mm ... when we met, and just been with it ever since, but obviously he's been with it a lot longer. So where did Eternity start? Well, first off, thank you for helping with the channel so much. As we've been growing, it's been really nice actually to be able to focus more on the gaming stuff- Mm ... and have you handle a lot of this, so. Mm-hmm. I'm glad I can. Yeah. So you're asking how did it start? Yes. Where did Eternity start? Yes, like way, way back. Where did it start? Um, I've been making games since I was probably six years old as just a way to fill time and spend, you know- Mm-hmm ... fun afternoons with friends growing up. [00:01:00] Uh, so I think the first version of creating some kind of tabletop role play game, I was probably 12. Goodness. Yeah. So 20-ish years. Yeah. Yeah, like 25 years. Yeah. Yeah. So it was really just everybody gets a notebook and some, you know, pens and different colors to highlight or whatever- ... draw on, stuff like that. Nothing was really formalized. Anything I did have was just printed off my parents' computer. And, uh, mostly we used Legos, so. Oh, for, like, the terrain and stuff? Yeah, the terrain and your characters, and if your character got a new sword, you'd actually switch out their, what they were wielding, you know. That's fun. Um, it was really fun, and we'd build castles, and it was less about having a TTRPG system that was mathematically right or that made sense from a storytelling perspective. It was just playing with friends. And whatever you want your [00:02:00] character to wear, they wear, and then you update your stats based on what you thought was cool to add to your Lego character, so. That's awesome. It was really fun. Yeah. Yeah. So 25 years, 30 years of making games, right? And now we're at the point of not just Eternity but Sparks of Eternity. So where did the idea of the Sparks of Eternity come from when you had, like, Eternity going from 25, 30 years ago? So what does the Sparks mean? Yeah. S- Sparks of Eternity was really actually your idea- ... at Gen Con last year. And basically- You went with it. Yeah. Well, it was a- You at least went with it ... it's a great-- You have great ideas. Mm. And basically what happened is we were, as visitors to the convention, walking around the aisles, looking at all the great games- Mm ... seeing everything from board games to card games to tabletop role-playing games. It became apparent to us that it wasn't the [00:03:00] easiest for the tabletop role-play game vendors to show off their products. Mm-hmm. Uh, we'll talk about that a little bit more later, I'm sure. But- Yeah ... basically everybody else can game demo, but it's not very easy to game demo in about 15 minutes for a tabletop RPG. Yeah, because you need, like, a character, right? Usually you wanna show people through, like, a series of encounters or do a quick adventure or something. Yeah. And that can take 45 minutes. You're talking about having a whole event with ticketing and stuff like that to- Yeah ... run at a convention. And so we wanted a way to be able to show off our game very quickly and get people into the world of Eternity, see if they like the races, the classes, the unique ideas that we have, uh, without needing more than five minutes, because, you know, you just don't have a lot of time at conventions like that. And I also think it's important if we're gonna share the game with a lot of people, and the really, I think, great [00:04:00] ideas that we've come up with, um, not just at conventions, but if you're gonna share it with your friends or your family or- Mm ... you know, you wanna be able to show them something in just a couple minutes that either catches their attention or at least they know that it's not for them right away. Mm-hmm. So you went to Gen Con, you had this happen, and then we had that car ride back, right? Yeah. And we were brainstorming how can we make a TTRPG accessible at this con. Mm-hmm. And that's where Emanation was created, right? Mm-hmm. What, what is Emanation? Yeah. So we're still probably figuring out the right way to say this, but Sparks of Eternity: Emanation is one of the games in the Eternity world, and it's supposed to be the introductory game. So it's a card game battler, is the name that we've come up with at this time. And really what it takes is six of the game's classes, [00:05:00] puts them into a card game that each class has its own deck of about 15 cards. Mm-hmm. And those are just all the unique abilities for that class. So what you can do is pick a class, um, pull out some dice, pull out some trackers for hit points, that kind of thing, and you just start playing. So I might attack, you might defend. Mm-hmm. And then after that round, which could literally take that fa- that fast, it might be a couple seconds- Mm-hmm ... our characters level up, and so we take the next card off our deck And then we have one more option to play that turn. So now I have maybe a more specific berserker ability, whereas you have a cryomancer ability. Mm-hmm. And every round your characters level up until you've picked up your whole deck. And, uh, you just kinda battle each other until there's one left standing or the, the rounds run out. 'Cause we want [00:06:00] it- Yeah ... to be a fast game, so it's not necessarily about, you know, defeating your opponents. Maybe at the end you just have more hit points left than they do. Yeah. But the whole game can be played a- anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes, depending on how well you know the characters. Mm. Yeah. I think you and I are easily have our five-minute games now- Mm-hmm ... because we've been play testing so much. Yeah, we've tested a lot. But I know when we had both of our mothers try this game, and they're- Right in their 50s and 60s, and they were able to pick up the game, and we went through two or three different rounds of games in a matter of 30, 40 minutes. Mm-hmm. So it wasn't just us as young people and the creators being able to play this game, it was our elderly family- Yeah ... could pick it up. So it was just showing like- Mm-hmm hey, you can do this when you're young, you can do it when you're old. And, and it was a family game. It was nice. Mm-hmm. Um, you touched on it for a second, but what are the six classes in the, in like game that's being printed right [00:07:00] now? Well, I thought I'd touch really quick too on, on your point there as well. That was the whole point is we wanted to be able to play with anybody. Mm-hmm. So my family- Yeah ... my parents have actually never played the tabletop role play game that we're- Same with mine ... generating, and they never would- Yeah ... because it's a tabletop role play game. My mom's not gonna play D&D. Yeah. She's just not. But she was interested and able to play this card game. Mm-hmm. And she picked it up in a, just a couple minutes. And, you know, she didn't make the best choices every round. She didn't optimize, but she had fun, and that was the whole goal. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So I think mission accomplished. Um- Yeah. But the six classes, so I, I mentioned one, and then I've actually mentioned an expansion class. So berserker is one of the base game classes. There's assassin Druid, Judge, Oracle, and Summoner What's your favorite out of those six? I was gonna say really quick, Cryomancer, which I mentioned, is an expansion class. And that's the only one we're gonna talk about because we wanna keep those a secret for a little bit. So we have a lot more coming. Yes. So [00:08:00] the, the plan with this is it is a base game, very easy entry point, not a whole lot of options. But if you like the game, there's a lot more that we have planned and, and it's already done, so. Uh, my favorite out of those first six? Mm-hmm. So I would say that a few of those are kind of fantasy staples: Assassin, Berserker, Druid. Mm-hmm. Uh, and then a few you've probably heard of a couple times, Summoner, Oracle. I think one of the ones out of this base game that's most unique to Eternity is the Judge. Mm-hmm. Uh, so I guess for that reason I'll g- I'll say Judge is my favorite at this moment. It changes. Yeah. So out of those six, I, because we played it so much, I would say the Druid is the most fun to play because I can have like damage plus an additional turn during the round. Mm-hmm. Um, so it's very fun to be able to hit someone multiple times and Yeah, the, the game i- is very simple to learn and pick up and play- Mm-hmm ... but they have very distinct [00:09:00] play styles. I think we've- Mm-hmm ... we've hit a good balance point of- There is some complexity if you wanna dive into it, but also at a face value, all the cards are very simple to read and- Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, we have spent countless nights over the last year at this point- Yeah, it's been a full year. Yeah. Yeah. I can't believe it. I know. Um, but we've been play testing all of these cards, right? And making sure the wording matters 'cause like- Mm-hmm ... I mean, you've been in this for 30 years, as we've just pointed out, making all these adjustments, and I come in and play and I've only been in this for five years, had no tabletop role playing, D&D, any of that beforehand. Mm-hmm. So I can help you with the wording for someone that's- Yeah ... you know, not used to it. And that's really helpful actually. Sometimes for me, having played so many of these games, it's easy for me to look at something and say, "This makes sense." Mm-hmm. But then having you read it or our parents read it- Yeah and they go, "I don't understand this," that's actually the best feedback. Mm-hmm. So. Yeah. [00:10:00] So to wrap things up a little bit, this game, Emanation, is... It's on a boat from China right now. Yeah. Right? Yeah. It, it's finished. It's gonna be... It's coming to the US. It's finished. Mm-hmm. It's in production. We have the box showcasing it, the videos anyway, right? And we've been waiting for this since December, I think, is how quickly we got it to production. Um, kind of. The- Roughly. The, the whole production thing is its whole own story. This was our first time having a game professionally produced. Yeah. And so we had a lot to learn about file types- ... and even silly things like sizing and, uh... Yeah, there was a lot of back and forth with the manufacturer. But it is all done and it is on the way. Yeah. So. So with it being on the way, we've created a pre-order page. Now, this page is not accepting payment at this time. It is just collecting- That's right ... your email, right? Mm-hmm. [00:11:00] And once we get it in and we're happy with it, we're gonna send out an email to you saying, "Hey, it's ready now. If you wanna buy it, you can." So this one is just a notification pre-order, right? Mm-hmm. So. Yep, that's right. So, uh, we'll share the link to that page, but it's ettrpg.com/game, and all it does on that whole page is tell you everything you might wanna know. So maybe you're a big TTRPG fan, and you're looking for ways to get more of your friends involved, your family, show off sort of what the genre's about You can play Eternity Emanation and then get somebody to play D&D with you off that. If they like Emanation, they're likely to enjoy D&D, and that was kind of the point. We don't just wanna get people into our world of games. We wanna have an easy access point to tabletop role play games in general. Mm-hmm. So yeah, go take a look at it. Uh, learn more about the game. See if you [00:12:00] like the idea of the classes. Uh, we even have an About section for Shauna and myself- ... uh, John, who does the marketing. All of the art is human-made. It's beautiful. It's am- you know, we're really- It looks incredible ... happy with everything that's come together. Yeah. A lot of really amazing people, a lot of amazing skillsets involved to make this happen. Uh, but yeah, you're right that, uh, if you want to get notified about when we have the product in hand, we are not accepting any payment info, any payment commitments at all until we actually have the products at our house ready to ship to you. So everything- Yeah ... at this point is just, you know, if you wanna know when that's up, then, um, just, yeah, drop us a line there. Absolutely. Um, and just to wrap it up, if you have any further questions about the game, the world of Eternity, or even just our different takes on tabletop role playing and D&D related things, please drop it below, um, because we're always here, always watching. [00:13:00] And we, we enjoy this kind of stuff, so. Yeah. For me, I'm, I'm sort of obsessed with it really. Um- Oh, you are obsessed with it. Yeah. So like- Like I... Go ahead ... the la- the last thing I was gonna say is that we do have the tabletop role play game version coming out as well. Mm-hmm. And that will expand a lot, and you'll actually be able to use the card game Battler Emanation as the combat system within that full tabletop role play game. So you'll have options. You'll be able to do kind of the, uh, the battle grid style that you've seen from D&D and probably have always loved. But, uh, I always think that some combat is, is worth that, and then some combat maybe is a, a l- you just want to fight some- Something quick ... goblins really quick. Yeah. Yeah. And so you just pull out the card game, and that can be a much faster system for your, your group. Mm-hmm. So when we have that available, we will be sharing that as well. But we're excited that this is the, uh, first step for this whole Sparks of Eternity world- ... we've been planning for [00:14:00] a very long time. Yeah. It's just so exciting, and it's amazing seeing it come together. I mean, this is your life's work. Yeah, yeah. And I get to be along for the ride with it, and it's just so fun, you know? Well, at this point, you're doing more than just being along for the ride. I- At this point, you're, you're in it. You're making the videos. You're- That's- Yeah ... it's not my creative mind at work here. But anyway- I don't know about that ... as always- Like, subscribe, comment, let us know what y'all think, and we will catch you next time. Thanks for watching. Bye.

Sparks of Eternity: Card Game Battler (D&D Compatible)

By Shawna Tegtman • July 10, 2026
Transcribed content from our recent YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMheJn1MOd8 Transcription [00:00:00] Hey guys, and welcome back to Eternity TTRPG, where we talk about Eternity in itself, D&D, and anything related to tabletop role-playing. Um, a few weeks ago, we started talking about the different races that you find in Eternity, which you can also use in D&D or other tabletop role-playing, and we had covered humans, Aeteri, and Empyrean. Um, so we're just gonna keep that rolling, and I'm gonna cover two more. We're gonna talk about the Jadori and the Treant. Um, and these two are very different, but they link together so well. It reminds me kind of like, of yin and yang, okay? So let's just jump right in, okay? So Jadori and Treant are linked together because of the lore that you find with them, and I'm gonna keep the lore short and sweet because when you start talking lore, it can [00:01:00] just landslide into, you know, an hour-long video, and that's not what we're looking for. Um, so Jadori and Treant, um, Treant is Trees, it's, um, I've seen it be cactus, bushes, any kind of floral really that you find in nature. Um, so if you ever wanted to play a tree and be friends with the forest, there you go. Jadore is gonna be this lion-like, um, character that has jade for their claws and their fangs, which is kind of where they get their name, Jadore. So they are very aggressive and protective of their, you know, animal counterparts. So these two work together in the lore. So the Treant race and the Jadore race are tasked with cre- not [00:02:00] creating, they're tasked with protecting, um, the Tree of Life, and this Tree of Life, think like blue people avatar giant tree where all life is at, and it's a great meeting location. It's just this interconnected forest, and these two races are tasked with protecting it, the Treants, the floral side of it, the Jadore, the fauna side of it, and what one side lacks, the other picks up. However, lore-wise, they actually fail at this. There's some kind of ultimate betrayal that happens, and they ultimately fail, and the Tree of Life is destroyed, and rather than having this vast green area, you now have this desert, and that happened many, many years ago in the lore, like hundreds, thousands. I'm not 100% sure, but that's lore for you. In present times, the Tree of Life is attempting to grow back, and it's [00:03:00] still this massive tree, not like it used to be, but still pretty massive, and Treants and Jadore are returning to it to, you know, protect it again and try not to fail again. At least that's the idea in the lore. Real quick to interrupt. Eternity TTRPG is releasing a card game battler which emulates combat from the D&D tabletop role-playing genre. Sparks of Eternity: Emanation is fast-paced, easy to learn, and features six classes from your favorite TTRPGs. Each class deck comes with its own set of unique abilities, which everyone plays at the same time, so there's never any downtime at your table. Each turn, everyone's characters levels up, giving players access to even more options. If you're interested in taking a look, we have our pre-sales page live now, packed with details. No payment info needed. Just let us know if you want an email when the product becomes available. Now, back to your video So jumping into them a little bit [00:04:00] separately, yes, they're super intertwined, and they're opposites of each other, but on a separate side, right? Jadori is this lion race that is super protective of everything fauna related, and they are a beast master of sorts, right? Because they're gonna work with all of these different creatures, bring them together, protect them, rule them, in a sense. And very aggressive, very protective, very blunt. Um, and one thing that we see with Jadori with their stats and everything is that they have very high agility, which is gonna lend itself to, um, the strength and how quick you are with your turns, um, how hard you hit. It's definitely more of a melee race. Um, so a beast master class or a judge or a lancer or I believe barbarians, berserkers, those are gonna be really good [00:05:00] with Jadori. Um, they also really don't care about politics or really have much influence when it comes to anything except protecting the tree When we move over to their opposites with treants, um, treants, once again, don't care politically. They just care about protecting the forest They care about protecting the floral, right? So that's gonna be your trees, your flowers, your bushes, anything that grows. Um, they are very druidic, um, so druids are gonna be great races for them, or any caster really, because when you start looking at their stats, they are the complete opposite of Jadori. So their strength, their agility is low. They can barely move because you're supposed to be this lumbering tree. However, their spirit is super high, if not one of the highest, um, of all the races. So they're a very good caster class. Like I [00:06:00] said, druids. Um, in the world of Eternity, you've got, like, pyromancer, cryomancer, your oracles. They're really good for those kind of classes. But you don't really wanna see a berserker tree. That doesn't completely make sense in this case. However, to each their own. Do what you want. Um, so that kinda covers both of these races and how they're intertwined. Um, obviously there is so much more lore when you start getting into Eternity and diving into that game, and we hope to have a book out at some point showing this lore and showcasing it to share it, right? Um, for now, we'll just talk about it on the channel and keep things going, and we'll show you some more races, uh, next time, okay? As always, keep it going, and if you wanna see more of anything going on with Eternity, head to, uh, eternityttrpg.com. And as always, these races can be combined into D&D. You just gotta get [00:07:00] a little creative. See ya.

Eternity Races Jadori and Treant

By Shawna Tegtman • July 6, 2026
Transcribed content from our recent YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMheJn1MOd8 Transcription [00:00:00] Hey guys, and welcome back to Eternity TTRPG, where we talk about Eternity in itself, D&D, and anything related to tabletop role-playing. Um, a few weeks ago, we started talking about the different races that you find in Eternity, which you can also use in D&D or other tabletop role-playing, and we had covered humans, Aeteri, and Empyrean. Um, so we're just gonna keep that rolling, and I'm gonna cover two more. We're gonna talk about the Jadori and the Treant. Um, and these two are very different, but they link together so well. It reminds me kind of like, of yin and yang, okay? So let's just jump right in, okay? So Jadori and Treant are linked together because of the lore that you find with them, and I'm gonna keep the lore short and sweet because when you start talking lore, it can [00:01:00] just landslide into, you know, an hour-long video, and that's not what we're looking for. Um, so Jadori and Treant, um, Treant is Trees, it's, um, I've seen it be cactus, bushes, any kind of floral really that you find in nature. Um, so if you ever wanted to play a tree and be friends with the forest, there you go. Jadore is gonna be this lion-like, um, character that has jade for their claws and their fangs, which is kind of where they get their name, Jadore. So they are very aggressive and protective of their, you know, animal counterparts. So these two work together in the lore. So the Treant race and the Jadore race are tasked with cre- not [00:02:00] creating, they're tasked with protecting, um, the Tree of Life, and this Tree of Life, think like blue people avatar giant tree where all life is at, and it's a great meeting location. It's just this interconnected forest, and these two races are tasked with protecting it, the Treants, the floral side of it, the Jadore, the fauna side of it, and what one side lacks, the other picks up. However, lore-wise, they actually fail at this. There's some kind of ultimate betrayal that happens, and they ultimately fail, and the Tree of Life is destroyed, and rather than having this vast green area, you now have this desert, and that happened many, many years ago in the lore, like hundreds, thousands. I'm not 100% sure, but that's lore for you. In present times, the Tree of Life is attempting to grow back, and it's [00:03:00] still this massive tree, not like it used to be, but still pretty massive, and Treants and Jadore are returning to it to, you know, protect it again and try not to fail again. At least that's the idea in the lore. Real quick to interrupt. Eternity TTRPG is releasing a card game battler which emulates combat from the D&D tabletop role-playing genre. Sparks of Eternity: Emanation is fast-paced, easy to learn, and features six classes from your favorite TTRPGs. Each class deck comes with its own set of unique abilities, which everyone plays at the same time, so there's never any downtime at your table. Each turn, everyone's characters levels up, giving players access to even more options. If you're interested in taking a look, we have our pre-sales page live now, packed with details. No payment info needed. Just let us know if you want an email when the product becomes available. Now, back to your video So jumping into them a little bit [00:04:00] separately, yes, they're super intertwined, and they're opposites of each other, but on a separate side, right? Jadori is this lion race that is super protective of everything fauna related, and they are a beast master of sorts, right? Because they're gonna work with all of these different creatures, bring them together, protect them, rule them, in a sense. And very aggressive, very protective, very blunt. Um, and one thing that we see with Jadori with their stats and everything is that they have very high agility, which is gonna lend itself to, um, the strength and how quick you are with your turns, um, how hard you hit. It's definitely more of a melee race. Um, so a beast master class or a judge or a lancer or I believe barbarians, berserkers, those are gonna be really good [00:05:00] with Jadori. Um, they also really don't care about politics or really have much influence when it comes to anything except protecting the tree When we move over to their opposites with treants, um, treants, once again, don't care politically. They just care about protecting the forest They care about protecting the floral, right? So that's gonna be your trees, your flowers, your bushes, anything that grows. Um, they are very druidic, um, so druids are gonna be great races for them, or any caster really, because when you start looking at their stats, they are the complete opposite of Jadori. So their strength, their agility is low. They can barely move because you're supposed to be this lumbering tree. However, their spirit is super high, if not one of the highest, um, of all the races. So they're a very good caster class. Like I [00:06:00] said, druids. Um, in the world of Eternity, you've got, like, pyromancer, cryomancer, your oracles. They're really good for those kind of classes. But you don't really wanna see a berserker tree. That doesn't completely make sense in this case. However, to each their own. Do what you want. Um, so that kinda covers both of these races and how they're intertwined. Um, obviously there is so much more lore when you start getting into Eternity and diving into that game, and we hope to have a book out at some point showing this lore and showcasing it to share it, right? Um, for now, we'll just talk about it on the channel and keep things going, and we'll show you some more races, uh, next time, okay? As always, keep it going, and if you wanna see more of anything going on with Eternity, head to, uh, eternityttrpg.com. And as always, these races can be combined into D&D. You just gotta get [00:07:00] a little creative. See ya.
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