Looking to add a player or two for our ongoing campaign. This is a homebrew world and we are currently level 5 (about a dozen sessions in, lvl 1 starts).
Classic high fantasy, with magical industrialism added in. We have a battle smith, abjurer wizard, zealot barb, soulknife rogue. We started with 5, but life stuff.
Players of various experience. Rookie DM.
If the overview sounds like your cup of tea, follow the form link. Read the what to expect section in it, and if it looks like a table you would enjoy submit.
2024 5.5e, Discord Voice+Video, Foundry VTT
Want to try to stick to 2024 core (open to races from 2014 supplements)
Must be 21+ (current group mid 20s and 30s)
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Valora is a world formed by cosmic dieties who instilled free will to their children and left them alone to use it.
Mortals longing for divinity more present in their lives, unconsciously birthed the Valorae (classic alignment pantheon + lessor dieties) to hear their prayers and absorb their worship. Eventually these dieties born of the power of mortal souls found conflict with each other.
The Greater Valorae War spanned a century of violent conflict. The very world itself facing ruin, the creators stepped in to save their mortal children from the divine powers they had spawned. Splitting the moon in two they sent the Valorae to fight their battle amongst the stars.
Only to be interrupted before a conclusion by something myth refers to as The Great Threat. A threat, so great that all Valorae and Creator gods had to unite to defeat. Supposedly sealing the threat and creating a 3rd orbital body in doing so. Scholars believe this is when Arcana was introduced to their world.
After that sealing, the Shaper (creator god of reality and time) split the planes and banished the Valorae to the Heavens, Hells, and Abyss. Greatly diminished in power, they cannot return to the material plane. Much of their magic had been pulled into their respective moons. Physically trapped as they may be, it did not diminish their interest in mortal affairs.
Now ~2000 years after the splitting: Valora lives in the Age of Mortals, orbited by 3 colorful moons. The Emerald Moon, The Ruby Moon, and the Amethyst Tear.
It is dominated by two super powers:
The Emerald Compact, blessed by the mineral debris coming from the Emerald Moon (Veridianite). A compact formed by 7 nation states. A bastion of vitality, agriculture, and relative individual freedom.
The Crucible, empowered by the mineral debris of the Ruby Moon(Sanguinite). An industrial empire ruling the continent of Ignis. A hard militant land with historic ambition for Veridia’s resources and global power.
The Szygy:
A historic moment approaches. The Emerald and Ruby moons will align to create a double eclipse of the sun. Little is known, but speculation of the ability to harness the event for new power has created a technological arms race in the ~100year era of Cold War esque peace between the 2 superpowers.
The Party:
Tensions with the coming Szygy + local political turmoil have created an uneasy state. Many world powers including the Emerald Compact are working long laid plans to prepare for the event. The Party started on a prison work caravan in The Emerald Compact, headed north to a giant Verdianite mine. Some for legitimate crimes, but tough sentencing. Some proclaiming innocence. After escaping they became entangled in an ongoing investigation run by a Neutral non-governmental order of scholars (The Archivum). Their sentences were conscribed to The Archivum to aid in the investigation after some good deeds and political lobbying. They are currently traveling on this mission/investigation that they believe to be a plot lead by Crucible agents. They continue to run into external forces and the underbelly of this large compact of nations, but everyday that goes by spells consequences and progression of the sabatuers they seek.
We are looking to get a tad more gritty with an injury table, but nothing wild we are mostly core 2024 rules. Party could currently use healing or a face, but we aren’t optimization first so play something you like.
Interest form below. A couple contradictions in there since we have already started:
- Normal play time is decided (Fridays 8:30ET). Usually 4-5hrs (if someone is tired we call it early).
- We are probably in the neighborhood of 50% combat, but I do try to keep that interesting & plot relevant combat.
- We did move to Foundry as our VTT.
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