Sweet Rest Hilltop
The sun rises over one of millions of hamlets where its worship is expressly forbidden.
Smoke no longer rises over the same town, but the air for ten miles in any direction still smells of it so strongly it forms a flavor on the tongue. Under the smoke, where you'd expect...
An Teng
Once, there was a dream.
Once, in fact, there was nothing but Dream, no article, no discreet borders, no spinning chain of interdependent Logos distinguishing the Self from the Other. Just Dream. And because dreamers could be, the dream featured Dreamers. And because dreamers...
HR reminder:
CGEN
Extras are Minions, not even groups thereof, and basically set-piece mooks or drama-fodder.
Heroic Mortals, which will absolutely bolster the ranks of NPCs, are Lesser Legends.
PCs use default Wulin cgen, then add exaltation packages, basically.
EXALTS
Celestials each...
It Is the Tide
On the east wall hangs a scythe. Its blade is red with probably-rust, and the grips have fallen out of the snath as the wood rots and withers. The scent of pig shit has faded almost entirely, but the breeze that followed you in through the doors of the old barn is stirring...
First (seventh) thing I did when I made an account here was sign myself up on the roll of storytellers, right? Haven't run one game for you guys. Time to correct that oversight. First, music to set the scene.
Now that you're properly unsettled, know that there will be blood. Mountains of...
It was a good life.
One sentence says so much. Not "I had a good life", the satisfaction of a man facing his well-earned last rest. It. The thing. The separate-from-myself. Not "It's a good life", the quiet acceptance of a woman who had dreams she recognizes now as not worth the tumult...
So apparently, part of the culture of the site we just absorbed includes hundreds of daily posts, possibly thousands, on some specific topics I am categorically uninterested in, like two-person private freeform sessions and Fuck/Pass-style forum games. It also brings with it many things I love...
Random notes:
Deposed hierophant
Technomantic womb
One does not trouble the Lady while she is exercising her hounds.
The best lessons are the most painful.
Vanity comes in many shapes. Only its host need find them beautiful.
History of matriarchy
Trigger warning at the top of the...
"You are familiar, no doubt, with the spate of police- and special agent-centric action movies that emerged in the late nineties and gained popularity after the Afghan–American Incident, early aughts. Most of them are entirely fictional.
They don't go far enough."
Rasheed Alwar was born in...
Caste: No Moon
Deed Name: Sleeps-in-Sandals (Not entirely complimentary - His tactics work, but they're often dishonorable.)
Birth Name: Toko Nerez Gan (Clan, Family, Personal)
Spirit Shape:
Tell: Beady black eyes, and teeth made of chitin
Iconic Anima Banner: Thousands of tiny...
Name: Cassandra Zabadou
Age: 19
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Concept: Unwitting priestess
Allegiances: None, and most that develop will be to individual people.
Appearance: Not quite this, but not quite not this. Short hair. Frequently with noise-cancelling headphones that she's...
First, a note about the Ability-assignment of this fighting style. I've been baffled by the editorial decision to keep all formal fighting arts tied to the "Martial Arts" skill ever since it swallowed up Brawl in the first days of 2nd Ed. I didn't like that it made other skills less meaningful...
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Name: Carlos 'Perfect Carlos' Gutiérrez
Age: 32
Apparent Age: 32
Place of Birth: Gem
Gender: Male
Caste: Primadonna
Concept: Shoot-em-up hero on a slow arc to Bond villain
Motivation: To overthrow that asshole Solar Despot
Anima Banner: His smile...