EMPYREAN : The Hyperfantasy RPG

by R.A. Lopez

Core Handbook AThe Hyperfantasy RPG – For Players and Worldcrafters Alike

What if leveling up wasn’t the goal—but just the opening act?

EMPYREAN is a myth-fueled, rule-defying tabletop RPG that fuses d20 mechanics with anime heroism, cosmic storytelling, and the power fantasies you’ve always wanted to play. You’re not just building a character—you’re evolving a soul through war, wonder, and rebirth.

Inspired by Jungian archetypes and inner myth, EMPYREAN unfolds in a world where fears, dreams, prayers, and memories shape both the characters and the reality around them.

Inside this Core

Create modular characters using DNA Slots, allowing you to equip and evolve powers mid-combat, rather than waiting to "level up" like in traditional TTRPGs

Unlock a fluid, energy-based casting system—no per-day limitations, just raw willpower and timing

Rise across power tiers from Mortal to Immortal and beyond

Survive high-stakes combat where new abilities awaken during battle, not on a character sheet

Tap into over 4,200 new abilities, structured across scalable archetypes, combat triggers, and tiered progression

Fully compatible with Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and d20 multiverse books. Dust off your forgotten rulebooks and breathe new life into classic monsters, maps, and builds.

All 128 Archetypes referenced here are fully detailed in the Archetype Compendium (Book C), ideal for advanced players and Worldcrafters preparing content behind the scenes.

You’re going to die. A lot. But you’ll come back changed—and more powerful every time.

Also

Worldcrafter’s Guide (Book B): Essential GM tools, expanded rules, and storytelling systems to challenge players and control the cosmos

Archetype Compendium (Book C): The full breakdown of all 128 Archetypes and thousands of game-changing powers

Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2025

About the author

​R.A. Lopez has been writing since he was 4 years old. In his youth he received accolades from groups like the National Library of Poetry, The Raven's Writing Group, and even a scholarship to Duke University's Creative Writing Youth Program. Queer Haiku is his first official release but over the last 30 years he's produced dozens of "zines", thousands of articles, and had millions of users read his blogs, and interact with his quizzes, memes, and role playing games and forums- from the early 90's until today writing about world politics, art, science, religion, philosophy, pop culture, music, video games, and other passions. His #1 passion is being a Game Design & Development. His first book published is Queer Haiku. He is also one half of The Moonlight Collection in which he and a mysterious relative (ValentinA Saldana) collaborate on crafting chapbooks. He has released his own tabletop role playing game ("EMPYREAN: The Hyperfantasy RPG"). He is also one half of The Moonlight Collection in which he and a mysterious relative (ValentinA Saldana) collaborate on crafting chapbooks, 13 poems from each of them (26 per chapbook). Six in the series are currently available with the most recent being "The Fall of the House of The Moonlight Collection N°6" completing the six chapbooks for our "Year One" collection

I'm open to working with others on a myriad of projects from the activism genre to the entertaining stuff! You can find me on MINDS or GAB or X as I prefer to support social media that backs our freedom of speech
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