This day is your last day. Be you a vagrant or a whore; a prince or a general. May the former self be cleansed in mage-fire. May trembling hands be severed. May throats moaning trepidation be drowned. May feet eager to leave this holy ground feel searing coals with each step beyond these walls. Let your fears die, and all that you once were pass on with it. You are called to a greater purpose. You are a blade in the fog finding liberation in oppressive mists. You are a conduit for the dead; a brazier for the living.
Yours is the darkest of burdens to bear, but you are the wardens of tainted blood. You are the breaker of beasts.
Extend your hand, and may our Goddess Minerva, by her infinite power, accept your oath by blood.
Synopsis
This RP will be a much more focused RP, but will pull from the mythos of "A Tale of Owls and Wolves". An RP-building adventure I've worked on for a while. The RP will focus on the gothic-inspired Vicelles. For info about the lore as a whole, feel free to visit here.
You and a small group of players would create characters who would serve as a "freshman class" of initiates into the Order of Vigilance. The Order of Vigilance is an organization, created over two eras ago, to protect the country of Vicelles from the terrors of the fogs that blanket most of the country's forests. Within the forests (and sometimes outside of them) lurk all manner of terrors. The Hallow Men, Arisen, Lycans, Harpies, The Crows of North March, and many other fantastic horrors. Your characters will begin to understand the full truth of the blood oath, and what that means for them. One can expect narrative and politics to play an fairly important role in the story, and can expect your characters to make decisions as a group that may have worldly implications.
Your character can come to join the group in most any manner you'd like. Ranging from being commuted here for a criminal sentence, being a rogue mage (a witch), family tradition, etc. I'll throw a CS down at the end of this post so you can get a sense of what a character might look like for you! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! I hope to see some interest in this. I've gone back and forth with creating the RP as I've had some personal things that pulled me away from the site for a while, but I'm eager to return to RPing and storytelling! Thanks for reading!
*Feel free to take design liberties with the CS Sheet. I've found this sheet to be a useful skeleton, but as long as you include the information most relevant to your character in a concise and readable way it's fine.*
[h1][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Character Name[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1] [center][img]Character Image[/img][/center] [h3][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=6ecff6]Name:[/color][/b](Full Name) [b][color=6ecff6]Titles:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Aliases:[/color][/b](Nicknames, previous names, maiden names, etc.) [b][color=6ecff6]Age:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Race/Ethnicty:[/color][/b] (Human, Elven, Dwarven, Orcish) [b][color=6ecff6]Continent of Origin:[/color][/b](Carthian, Penultish, High Mister, Valenndalic/Dalic) [b][color=6ecff6]Gender:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Class/Subclass:[/color][/b]
[color=6ecff6][i][center]Though we will not be rolling dice for feats, this will give a base line to run off of for your character. Max for any stat is 20, average is 10. You have 75 stat point to assign between the six stats. [/center][/i][/color]
[h3][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Physical Attributes[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=6ecff6]Height:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Weight:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Appearance Description:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Day To Day Attire:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Strengths:[/color][/b] Max of 3[list][*][*][*][/list] [b][color=6ecff6]Weaknesses:[/color][/b] Minimal of 3[list][*][*][*][/list]
[b][color=6ecff6]Sexuality:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] [b][color=6ecff6]Personality:[/color][/b] Minimal 2 paragraphs [b][color=6ecff6]Habits:[/color][/b] Minimal 2 [list][*][*][/list] [b][color=6ecff6]Hobbies:[/color][/b] At least 1 [b][color=6ecff6]Fears:[/color][/b] 3 real fears that make your character unhinged [list][*][*][*][/list] [b][color=6ecff6]Likes:[/color][/b] 6 minimal[list][*][*][*][*][*][*][/list] [b][color=6ecff6]Dislikes:[/color][/b] 6 minimal[list][*][*][*][*][*][*][/list]
[h3][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Skills[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [color=6ecff6][i][center]A listing of skills, such as horseback riding, and natural abilities, such as night vision. [/center][/i][/color]
[h3][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Magic[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [color=6ecff6][i][center]Feel free to create spells, their descriptions - casting times, elements needed to cast, expected damage, any draw packs to casting[/center][/i][/color] You'll find a good baseline for spells: [url=engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/Spells]…. Feel free to message me if you have any of your own ideas. This section, however, is more for determining your character's arcane focus. Any legally trained mage has a specific focus (while witches can draw from multiple classes, but with less formal training). You can choose from Constitution (healing), Divination (divine), Ruination (destruction), Apparition (illusion), Adjuration (summoning, conjuring), Cultivation (primal/druid).
[h3][b][i][color=6ecff6][center]Extras[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=6ecff6]Character Quote:[/color][/b] Something they say a lot or live by [b][color=6ecff6]Anything Else:[/color][/b]
Interested but the CS is a bit intimidating, I will do my very best though, as it seems a whole lot of work was put into this. Not got a definite concept going yet but I do have a question or two. First, I notice that in the Cs one of the basic things listed is " class/Subclass " is there a sort of list or guideline to follow for that? Or is that left up to our imagination? Also, might be a dumb question but will reading your source material/ lore be a must? I know its a " choice " but I am getting the feeling that the information posted there may be quite important.
More questions to come as I think of them, and trying not to get my hopes up TOO high.
@Eneui Hey there! Glad to hear you're interested. I don't want the CS to be an intimidating bar of entry for folks, so I'm sorry about that! I just know that some people like mapping out that for their character. I'm totally okay with people making up a more simplistic CS. If I have any questions regarding your character I'll ask in a DM :). As for reading all of the lore, I actually don't recommend it. I find it to be a more fulfilling experience to know only what your character would know. So when someone makes a character I'll chat with them about some of the things their character would know (based on race, where they grew up, etc.). I just linked my lore for those interested or for those trying to get some inspiration for the character they may want to make.
@Famotill Anything else worldwise we should know? Specifics on how magic is treated, relations between races? Any races specifically that you would not want used? As I do tend to enjoy seeing if I can properly work in a sort of ' monster ' quote on quote, Naga, Goblin, Ect.
@Eneui I don't want to spoil anything, but believe me regardless of your choice in race you'll have a chance to play with being a "monster". As for magic it basically works on a scale. It is rare that people don't have any magic within them at all (though it exists), but one's propensity towards it varies greatly on a sort of spectrum. Average people cannot tap into the magic they might possess, only those with a higher-than-average affinity towards the arcane really can ever pursue it. However, this explains why any person could be used, in say, a dark ritual.
Minerva, a Goddess of the human pantheon, is the Patron God of most holds in Vicelles -she is the Goddess of Arcane Wisdom. However, there is a deep fear and resentment of magic in Vicelles. It is seen as a tool to expel various horrors in the fogs, but those same horrors often wield that magic or were created by it. Minerva is seen as a protector. To summarize, magic is complicated for Vicellens, and attitudes can vary from family to family.
As for racial tension, there was a "world war" of sorts in the last era (The War of Splitting Branches). Basically it was: Dwarves & humans vs. Brith (cat people), Orcs, and Elves (the high-elves specifically). So there is lasting tension there. Some fantastically racist people think that Elves cursed the land before being defeated.
I'm gonna go ahead and start working on the OOC just so everything can be migrated there without much difficulty! Even still, if you're interested and haven't said so feel free to drop a comment. I'm very much still in the interest check phase :)
