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Jewel in the Sky: Fantasy or Sci-fi? You Choose!

Dungeon fantasy or space-opera sci-fi? Jewel in the Sky is two megadungeons in one, because you can play it either way!

Kate Evans

— 4 min read
Jewel in the Sky: Fantasy or Sci-fi? You Choose!
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Header: Soar Into the Skies. Vocurro. The Jewel in the Sky. An eight-mile-long island floating 1000 feet above the distant mountains. It’s famed for the magnificent Crystal Cathedral, and riddled with inveigh mines—source of the precious, gravity-defying mineral that powers airships and so many mystic applications. It’s long been coveted by the powerful and the magical, who over the centuries have built untold catacombs, fortifications, and dungeons on and in this famed floating isle. Vocurro is also home, unknown to all, to the hidden base of the visitors. These strangers from the stars have for years visited Vocurro in secret, posing as natives when it serves their purposes. And they’re equally interested in the strange properties offered only by the mysterious mineral inveigh. Now the visitors have lost contact with their secret base. And over the centuries magic has corrupted technology, and technology has corrupted magic. By anyone’s standards—natives and offworlders alike—Vocurro has become a very strange, and very dangerous, destination. What happens when magic and technology don’t just merge—they collide and corrupt each other? And along the way attract demons from another plane; a shadowy cult with a mysterious agenda; a cabal of powerful figures making Vocurro the nexus of their schemes and plans; and more? Delve into Vocurro's daunting maze in this massive dungeon adventure. Explore its dank and ancient passages, and discover mysteries, riches, and dangers—and loads of surprises. Jewel in the Sky is built for the fun, flexible, easy-to-run Cypher RPG, and fits easily into your fantasy world—or in any space opera sci-fi setting. Because you can… [[UNLOCKED]] MORE MAPS IN THE BOX! MORE HANDOUTS! 1150 BACKERS: BESTIARY! We’ll add a mini-bestiary to the box, with loads of additional lore, variants, details, and other expanded info on the creatures you’ll discover in Jewel in the Sky! See update 4 for more details.
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Header: Play It Two Ways

Dungeon fantasy or space-opera sci-fi? Jewel in the Sky is two megadungeons in one, because you can play it either way!

ENTER THE DUNGEON NOW
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<alt>A fantasy adventuring party and a sci-fi investigation team explore the dungeon </alt>

And no matter how you play it, you'll discover interesting twists that take your players' imaginations to places they've never been.

  • Through what magic might a clever sorcerer turn a simple communication device into a weapon that threatens the entire world?
  • How can unquiet ghosts and fusion radiation possibly exist in the same world—and what happens when they mingle?
  • How does an AI cope when it finds itself abandoned on a planet where magic and spellcraft dominate?
  • How does a lone android survive when the magical energies of a strange new world begin to alter it both physically and mentally?
  • And how does a sleeping god react when these events begin to wake her?

Play Jewel in the Sky as a classic fantasy dungeon filled with strange and unusual discoveries. Or drop it into a space opera sci-fi game, and play as the visitors reclaiming their base on a world unlike any ever encountered. It’s specifically designed to play either way—and to deliver twists and surprises that will make this dungeon crawl a weird, exciting, and memorable adventure!Edit

Header: An Awesome Book—And an Awesomer Boxed Set!
Subheader: A Fantastic Standard Edition Filled with Great Features
An image showing an example map spread, showing features such as: each area’s key info in a two-page spread—no page-flipping; beautiful illustrated maps throughout the book; easy page references to other locations; short, descriptive text at a glance; loads of visual detail brings the locations to life; and only the information you need, quickly accessible.
<alt> Double page spread of one of the map sections of the book</alt>

We love great products here at Monte Cook Games. Our books aren't just creative, inspiring, and strikingly beautiful—they're also amazingly usable, filled with clever and innovative features that make them a joy in play. They're well-organized, heavily indexed, and lavishly cross-referenced with callouts that put relevant info at your fingertips, no matter where you are in the book.

“This book is so beautiful, it makes me want to weep.” —Backer comment about our most recent release, The Darkest Woods

The standard edition of Jewel in the Sky is a hefty hardcover book (and PDF) optimized for easy, quick use in prep and especially at the game table. It contains the entirety of the Jewel in the Sky mega-adventure for Cypher—an exciting, memorable campaign in a book filled with conveniences that make running this rich, complex adventure a joy!

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Want to have a look? You can take a peek at a sample section. (This is from the current manuscript, and isn't final text. But you'll get a sense of how each section is laid out to maximize utility and minimize page-flipping.)

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<alt>Creatures of Vocuro: The Jewel in the Sky </alt>
Subheader: An Even More Amazing Special Edition!
An image showing the box set contents, including: the content of the standard edition, split into three separate books for easier reference; a poster map; a dozen+ additional map sheets; a bunch of evocative handouts; dozens of creature and cypher cards; character sheets for the whole party—both fantasy and sci-fi versions; the Twin Clocks Timer.
<alt>Mock up of the Deluxe Box Contents </alt>

The exciting encounters and compelling story arc of Jewel in the Sky will be the stuff of legends in your gaming group. But shouldn't the entire experience to be just as cool?

“A Smithsonian-level treasure with the ambition and craftsmanship of a Fabergé egg.” —Chris Mahon, reviewing the Invisible Sun Black Cube on Medium

We're making an awesome boxed set edition of Jewel in the Sky exclusively for you, our backers of this campaign. It won't be widely available any other way, so you don't want to miss this. We'll take everything that makes the book awesome, and build from there, including:

  • The content of the standard edition, split into three separate books for easier reference
  • A poster map
  • A dozen+ additional map sheets
  • A bunch of evocative handouts
  • Dozens of creature, cypher, and intrusion cards
  • Character sheets for the whole party—both fantasy and sci-fi versions
  • The Twin Clocks Timer

...all in a beautiful and sturdy box!
Our vision for this goes even further. Help us reach stretch goals to expand and upgrade this awesome boxed set!

EXPLORE THE JEWEL IN THE SKY
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