Planar Ascent | The seals are breaking

Action RPG · Played in your browser

Carve your way to the top of the Worldspire.

Real-time combatDodge-roll through telegraphed slams and fight from isometric or first person.
Two classes, one heroBegin as a Fighter, Rogue, Healer or Mage. Promote into one of 26 classes at level 10, then claim a second at level 100.
Fourteen races, eleven godsEach race is born with an innate trait. The god you swear to answers with powers no class can teach.
Five acts and beyondA five-act campaign up the Worldspire, then an endgame that runs to level 300.

Campaign

The Ascent

Each act climbs higher up the Spire, through land remade in the image of the plane that broke through, to the sovereign holding its door open. Far above, the First Ascendant climbs on.

Act I
The Broken Seal

The frontier forts are burning, and the dead buried beneath them have risen.
The Bellkeeper
Act II
Roots of the World

Down in the depths the stone walks, and a great tree hangs petrified above the abyss.
Orun
Act III
The Drowned Kingdom

Queen Nhalassa's court has never adjourned, though the flood closed over it long ago.
Queen Nhalassa
Act IV
The Unsetting Sun

Foundries burn without rest beneath a red sun frozen at noon.
The Unsetting King
Act V
Beyond the Firmament

The host of Heaven descends to bar the way.
The First Ascendant

Concept art.

Endgame

The Breaches

The Ascendant falls, but the seals stood open too long and the Spire keeps tearing. From Concord, a ruined crossroads where the Worldspire's stairways meet, set out to close the Breaches as they open. Somewhere above the Crown of Heaven, the Vacant Throne waits.

1Choose your origin
10Promote into a class
100Title Level I
200Title Level II
300Title Level III · Level cap

Bosses

Sovereigns of the Spire

The Bellkeeper
16 ft
When its bell tolls, the gallows dead answer.
Orun
24 ft
A megalithic tyrant who calls the walking stone to him.
The Iron Marshal
20 ft
A walking execution furnace of the Iron Dominion.
The First Ascendant
22 ft
The one who fell from the sky, and the one who broke the doors on its way home.

Also on the climb: Queen Nhalassa, the Unsetting King, the Gloaming Prince and the Stillness. Above them all, the Vacant Throne.

Build your hero

Origins

Your origin is chosen once and kept for life. It decides the force behind your powers, whether Rage, Stamina or Mana. At level 10 any origin may take up any class.

Rage
Fighter
Feeds on Rage. Draw blood to stoke it, and spend it before it cools.
Stamina
Rogue
Strikes from the shadows with a blade in each hand, and never runs dry for long.
Mana
Healer
Keeps allies standing through fights that should have killed them.
Mana
Mage
Give a Mage a moment to prepare and the battle is over before it starts.

The Second Path

Hunters fight beside a wolf or a bear, and Druids wear the shape of bear, wolf or stag. A Cleric can drag a fallen ally back into the thick of battle.

At levels 100, 200 and 300, claim a second class or Evolve one you hold, reforging its signature powers into one of two new forms.

The first classes are playable in the alpha. The full roster is coming to Planar Ascent.

Warrior
Berserker
Impaler
Brawler
Hunter
Assassin
Shade
Thief
Bandit
Scout
Cleric
Paladin
Monk
Shaman
Druid
Battlemage
Spellblade
Channeler
Pestilent
Geomage
Spellslinger
Necromancer
Summoner
Bard
Crusader
Tinker

Three attributesStrength, Dexterity and Intelligence. Your weapons and armor tell you which to raise.
MasteriesTrain your class focus, nine weapon families and armor from cloth to heavy. No hero masters them all.
Block, parry, dodgeDefenses you train like any weapon. Meet the strike on a shield, turn it aside, or never be there at all.
Eighteen gear slotsWield a greatsword, or a blade in each hand.

Races

The fourteen races

Each race is born with one innate trait that never fades.

Human
Adaptable. Reduced duration of hostile control.
Minotaur
Unyielding. Reduced knockback.
Shalefolk
Steady Footing. Reduced duration of roots and slows.
Stoneborn
Stone Body. Increased physical resistance.
Aquatic Elf
Cold Affinity. Cold resistance.
Serpent
Venom Tolerance. Poison resistance.
Kindled
Emberblood. Fire resistance.
Gorrun
Natural Might. Increased physical damage.
Skyborn
Light Frame. Reduced damage from direct projectile hits.
Shadow Elf
Arcane Affinity. Increased spell power.
Mandrake
Living Roots. Health regeneration.
Sealbound
Preserved Flesh. Disease resistance.
Ditchling
Fleet Footed. Increased movement speed.
Wyrm
Ancient Scales. Magic resistance.

Concept art. One form shown for each race. Male and female forms are coming to Planar Ascent.

Devotion

The Pantheon

Eleven gods hold dominion over the broken lands. Swear to one and wield its gifts, prayers you call down in battle and blessings that never leave you. Faith can be renounced, and nothing given in devotion is lost.

Saint Orra
Faith · Playable in alpha
Her ward turns harm aside, and her light lifts the curses that bind.
Ozhul the Open Mouth
Blood · Playable in alpha
Feed the Open Mouth your blood. It pays you back in power, and in a little of what it took.
Iskarenn
Light
Nothing hides from Iskarenn's light, and the ground it touches is hallowed.
Maelis
Knowledge
Study a foe long enough and Maelis shows you where it breaks.
Warpex
Time
For the chosen of Warpex, the world slows to a crawl.
Oaklyn
Nature
Root and bramble hold your foes fast. The green mends you as they struggle.
Corvane
Bargain
Grants fortune on credit. The debt always comes due.
Aldra
Balance
Aldra rewards the fighter who never strikes the same way twice.
Varrak
Rage
“Never step back.” Varrak trades your guard for fury as long as you press the attack.
Tharn
Thunder
Tharn's thunderclap scatters the crowd. Lightning rides your weapon long after.
Viscerix
Poison
Your blades drip with the venom of Viscerix, and your blood learns to shrug it off.

The other nine gods are coming to Planar Ascent.

Loot

From Common to Legendary

Eight tiers of loot, from plain Common steel to the rainbow foil of Legendary. Uniques carry a power of their own, found on no other item.

Common
Magic
Rare
Set
Unique
Artifact
Relic
Legendary

Coming to Planar Ascent: Set items, whose full sets awaken a power of their own, and the Artifact, Relic and Legendary tiers.

Loot that knows youDrops favor the attributes your build relies on.
No level requirementsMastery and attributes decide what you can wield. Character level never does.
HeirloomsA weapon's strength is set the moment it falls. Pass it down, and it strikes just as hard in younger hands.
Legendary · Coming soonRainbow-forged arms and armor torn from the broken lands. Found only in the Breaches.

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Climb the Worldspire

From the burning frontier to the First Ascendant. No download. Play in your browser.

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A world beneath the Spire

A persistent MMORPG for desktop. Gather six in Cinderwatch or Deeprest and take the fight to the broken lands.

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Carve your way to the top of the Worldspire.

The Ascent

The Broken Seal

Roots of the World

The Drowned Kingdom

The Unsetting Sun

Beyond the Firmament

The Breaches

Sovereigns of the Spire

The Bellkeeper

Orun

The Iron Marshal

The First Ascendant

Origins

Fighter

Rogue

Healer

Mage

The Second Path

The fourteen races

Human

Minotaur

Shalefolk

Stoneborn

Aquatic Elf

Serpent

Kindled

Gorrun

Skyborn

Shadow Elf

Mandrake

Sealbound

Ditchling

Wyrm

The Pantheon

Saint Orra

Ozhul the Open Mouth

Iskarenn

Maelis

Warpex

Oaklyn

Corvane

Aldra

Varrak

Tharn

Viscerix

From Common to Legendary

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