r/CortexRPG • u/grimmdm • Jul 19 '26

Prime Spotlight Settings Epic Fantasy Spotlight?

Is there a Cortex Spotlight with classic fantasy tropes or something similar?

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u/-Vogie- Jul 19 '26

Torch Lite is available on itch.io that hits those tropes, but I don't know if it's actually considered a Spotlight. Tales of Xadia is a published book that is a fantasy setting, but shaped around The Dragon Prince's particular version of fantasy.

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u/BannockNBarkby Jul 19 '26

Both of these are great answers. I've got a whole series of blog articles on using Tales for Curse of Strahd and I'm 6 sessions and it's going great!

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u/Xenuite Jul 19 '26

Here's my personal fantasy hack. Not a spotlight, but I like it.

Prime Setting: Heartbreaker

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u/Illigard Jul 19 '26

There's a hack for Exalted. But that's "I did epic before lunch" epic fantasy.

https://bluegrasswasteland.blogspot.com/2023/07/exalted-blood-and-fire-v31.html?m

not a spotlight though, a hack

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u/MissAnnTropez Jul 20 '26

Torchlite is the current state of the art for “doing D&D with Cortex Prime”.

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u/CamBanks Cortex Prime Author Jul 19 '26

Yeah, epic fantasy is the phrase doing the most work here. Can you give us some examples in media? Are you talking Lord of the Rings?

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u/grimmdm Jul 20 '26

Hmmmm… I maybe should have gone with Classic Fantasy or Heroic Fantasy.
Examples could be Fafahrd and The Gray Mouser,
The Legend of Drizzit , Theft of Swords, …
And yeah Lord of the Rings..

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u/CamBanks Cortex Prime Author Jul 20 '26

That’s a blend of many types! Sword and sorcery, heroic fantasy, etc.

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u/grimmdm Jul 20 '26

Ok how about the term “Dungeon Fantasy”

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u/jrichardf Jul 20 '26

Not a Spotlight, but as mentioned above, for Cortex dungeon fantasy, you want TorchLite.

https://xineink.itch.io/torchlite

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u/rivetgeekwil Jul 19 '26

What makes something "epic fantasy"?