Final Fantasy XIV Getting an Official TTRPG

Square Enix leaked a pre-order page for Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set on their online store on Wednesday morning before taking it down that afternoon and putting it back up again overnight.

The order page for the new TTRPG went live on Wednesday for around 6 hours before being taken down, but not before being archived via the Wayback Machine. It's likely the game was scheduled for announcement during the Letter from the Producer event on September 23 but was posted live by mistake. As of Thursday morning, the pre-order page is live again on the site along with an announcement page confirming a player and GM core rulebook along with an official preview page.

The new game will be based on the MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV, which currently has over 3 million active daily players available on PC, macOS, and PlayStation. This marks the first official adaptation of the popular and long-running Final Fantasy video game franchise to tabletop RPGs. From the product description before it was removed:

Based on the hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the FFXIV TTRPG is a tabletop roleplaying game that lets you experience Eorzea from a whole new perspective. Step into the shoes of a heroic adventurer or assume the game master's mantle, then cooperate to forge your own unique stories within the vast and exciting universe of Final Fantasy XIV. The Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set comes with everything you need to dive into the game and includes both the Player Book and the Gamemaster Book. Gather your friends together to explore, battle, and roleplay--the only limits are your imagination, and the only goal is to have fun. Discover a realm of adventure reborn!

The Starter Set will include a Player Book, Gamemaster Book (including three scenarios tying into the FF14 main story), four pre-generated characters (Warrior, White Mage, Dragoon, and Black Mage), Rules Summary & Strategy Guide, encounter maps, character tokens, and ability markers. The set will also include custom numeric dice - 6d20 total (two red and one each of green, blue, black, and clear) with the Final Fantasy XIV logo in place of the 20 and 10d6 (four red, two each of blue and green, and one each of black and clear). No further information about the game system is available at this time.

The set is scheduled for a May 2024 release and is available for pre-order for $59.99.

Note: This article has been edited to update with new information as the pre-order page was taken down, then put back up again, then an official announcement and preview page released.

 

[CleverNickName]

If you can swim in the water and knife fish, does that count as fishing?

Technically, Skyrim has always had bowfishing and dynamite fishing, even before the modders added a fishing rod.

 

[Gradine]

As much as I can agree with the chart in principle, in practice it's lacking. If it were true, the only good single-player Final Fantasy games would be FFXV and... maybe FFVI? Which is so far off base because it leaves out the best games in the series, and leaves in the worst.

 

[Gradine]

Well then, that pretty much covers the Elder Scrolls games, then.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

@Morrus with this announcement, looks like you will not need to do a "most anticipated RPG of 2024" later this year.

 

[Abstruse]

@Morrus with this announcement, looks like you will not need to do a "most anticipated RPG of 2024" later this year.

You'd be surprised. It might be most anticipated by Final Fantasy fans, but by TTRPG players? There's a lot of competition already announced...

 

[overgeeked]

Not yet. The closest thing to that, outside of non-official sources, was a Critical Roll one-shot for Tears of the Kingdom that used a modified system or something of Powered by the Apocalypse and something else IIRC.


Suppposedly, Nintendo DID work alongside the Crit Roll team when working on it.

You can check the transcript and pull out all the mechanics they used to recreate the game. Mostly. There's stuff they didn't touch on and character creation isn't part of the stream. But it wouldn't be too hard to recreate it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

You heard it here first, Skyrim was a garbage RPG until exactly ten years after release

I mean, that kinda tracks. That game was nearly unplayable at launch, and wasn’t as good as its hype until at least several years in. At least.

 

[sevenbastard]

Glad it doesn't have custom dice. Now please don't be roll low.......

 

[Reynard]

Like Avatar Legends, the biggest TTRPG Kickstarter of all time was a huge mistake?

I'm still not convinced most of the people that backed that KS even cared what system it was.

 

[overgeeked]

Link’s working again.

Full text of the description if it disappears again.

Spoiler

Based on the hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the FFXIV TTRPG is a tabletop roleplaying game that lets you experience Eorzea from a whole new perspective.

Step into the shoes of a heroic adventurer or assume the game master's mantle, then cooperate to forge your own unique stories within the vast and exciting universe of Final Fantasy XIV.

The Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Starter Set comes with everything you need to dive into the game and includes both the Player Book and the Gamemaster Book.

Gather your friends together to explore, battle, and roleplay--the only limits are your imagination, and the only goal is to have fun. Discover a realm of adventure reborn!

Starter Set Components (This is the English version and all text based components are in English language only)

o Player Book:

o This beginner-friendly book contains everything a new player needs to learn the ropes and rules of roleplaying games.

o Gamemaster Book:

o This handbook offers tips and advice for budding game masters, and includes three ready-to-run premade scenarios that tie in directly to Final Fantasy XlV's main story.

o Premade Character Sheets:

o 4 Premade Full-color Character Sheets (Warrior, White Mage, Dragoon, Black Mage)

o Custom Design Dice:

o 6d20 & 10d6 (16 in total)

o Rules Summary & Strategy Guide

o Encounter Map

o Character Tokens

o Ability Markers

Number of Players: 3 – 5 (Recommended for 5 players)

Playtime: 120 min+

For ages: 14 and up

Package Size: 12.20 in x 8.70 in x 1.97 in

Release Date: May 2024

• Release date is approximate any changes will be updated on the page