Dice Empire of Ash OOC

[Kismet]

Status: Full


System: Pathfinder


Players: @Hanakai @Sherwood @Vaneheart @SamueltheStrange @Orikanyo


Genre: Roleplay, Sandbox


Allowed Content: All official and third party material.

• Introduction
• Introduction
• Empire of Ash Campaign Setting
• Empire of Ash Campaign Setting
• Character Creation
• House Rules
• Post Order
• Fun Nonsense

• A disease burned through your body for six days. The plague spread through Pyreport like dragonfire, growing stronger with each life it claimed. And it claimed many...but not yours.
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  When you regain consciousness in Pyreport's lower district, the streets are littered with priests and peasants. Some are sick. Some are dying. Some are dead. But you - and four others - have endured the worse of the Wyrmrot and survived.
  
  
  But can you survive the quarantine zone?
  
  
  
• tl;dr The Empire of Ash is a moody little sandbox.
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  From the cozy hills of Alderholt to the writhing Sea of Thorns, grim omens are rising. In the north, a plague brings an empire to its knees. In the south, castles crumble as soon as they're built, and healthy crops wither overnight. People whisper of mad kings and fallen heroes across the sea. Worst of all, no one has heard from the Ashers (prisoners forced to build colonies in the Ashlands) in weeks.
  
  
  Tame the Empire of Ash or be consumed by it.
  
  
  
• Appearance: Optional. You'll receive +1 Hero Point for a written description and an additional +1 Hero Point for an image.
  
  
  Backstory: Optional. Post your backstory to receive +1 Hero Point.
  
  
  Starting Wealth: By class
  
  
  Ability Scores: 30 pt buy
  
  
  Hit Points: Max HP at level one. Roll for each level thereafter.
  
  
  Alignment: No restrictions. Just don't kill each other, m'kay?
  
  
  Traits: Take two Traits or Three Traits and one Drawback.
  
  
  Other Notes: As a GM, I'm easy going and informal. I'm more interested in a player's ideas than their stats, so I don't stress about game mechanics. That being said, I don't pull punches during dungeon crawls.
• None yet!
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  @Vaneheart
  
  
  @Sherwood
  
  
  @Orikanyo
  
  
  @SamueltheStrange
  
  
  @Hanakai
  
  
  
• WIP

 

[Kismet]

Setting Updates
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• Locations Discovered
• Pyreport

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  • The Northern Continent: Alderholm
    
    Metropolis: Pyreport
    
    Western District: "Docktown"
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[Kismet]

Quest Updates
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• Main Objective
• Minor Objectives
• Minor Objectives
• Optional
• Optional

• Escape the quarantine zone.
• Acquire a minor objective.
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  Lead the sick and dying in prayer.
• Find Marigold.
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  Locate Gundrak's caravan.
  
  
  
  Learn more about the Vann family fortune.
  
  
  
  Travel south and visit Hoja's clan.
  
  
  
  Have Drostir's symbol appraised by a professional.

 

[Kismet]

Lore Updates

• The Heathen Gods of the North
• The Gods that Prowl the Woadlands
• The Ascended Gods of the South
• The Horror Below
• The Weeping Gods of the Wasteland

• Alderholm is the quaint but fertile half of a larger continent. The Alders cling desperately to their ancestor's beliefs and gods of agriculture. The rest of the world considers these Gods old-fashioned and obsolete, but at least they're “not as bad as those damn Woadlanders”
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The Heathen Gods of the North
  
  
  A L D E R H O L T
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  Spoiler

  FLEURIEL
  
  m o t h e r o f m e r c y
  
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  Fleuriel is a living, ever blooming mass of flowers. Her radiance nourishes the earth and mends the wounded, or so the faithful say. They also believe each vine on her body represents the lifespan of a mortal. When one withers away and dies, a new vine grows in its place.
  
  
  Domains: Animal, Earth, Healing, Plant, Weather
  
  
  Subdomains: Feather, Fur, Resurrection, Growth, Seasons
  
  
  Dogma: "Mortals are like flowers. Short lived, but beautiful."
  
  
  Worshipers: Farmers. Druids. Mothers and midwives. The ill.
  
  
  Cleric Alignments: Any
  
  
  Favored Weapon: Wooden stake
  
  
  Symbol: St. Iseult's Wheel
  
  
  Sacred Locations: Tilled earth, flower fields, and bodies of running water.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  SKARN
  
  t h e p u r i f i e r
  
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  Skarn's form is always in flux, but any shape he takes is unrelentingly majestic. His overwhelming heat forces Fleuriel's creations to adapt or die.
  
  
  Domains:Sun, Fire, Destruction, War, Strength
  
  
  Subdomains: Light, Ferocity, Resolve
  
  
  Dogma: "Cull the weak and the herd will grow stronger."
  
  
  Worshipers: Shepherds. Leaders. Soldiers. Lords.
  
  
  Cleric Alignments: Any.
  
  
  Favored Weapon: Morningstar
  
  
  Symbol: St. Iseult's Wheel.
  
  
  Sacred Locations: Scorched earth, battlefields.
  
  

  

  
  
  

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  E R Y E
  
  t h e h a r v e s t e r
  
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  Mortals would shun Erye and her terrifying visage if they had a choice. But every man and woman in Alderholt will meet her some day. Erye is a harvest goddess, but she's as likely to reap a mortal as she is to reap a crop. Leaves turn bloody red where she hunts. No mortal can outrun or outwit her by natural means.
  
  
  Domains: Plant, Death, Trickery
  
  
  Subdomains: Agriculture, Entropy*, Decay, Ambush
  
  
  Dogma: "I am the twilight of all things."
  
  
  Worshipers: Farmers. Hunters and Rangers. Particularly aggressive Warriors.
  
  
  Cleric Alignments: Any
  
  
  Favored Weapon: Sickle
  
  
  Symbol: St. Iseult's Wheel
  
  
  Sacred Locations: Autumn forests. Decaying bridges. Overgrown fields.
  
  

  

  
  
  

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  SOLST
  
  t h e g o d o f w i n t e r s i l e n c e
  
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  Solst is harmless (to the living), yet he his more reviled than Erye. Most assume he is a god of death, but the skeletal stag is only a caretaker for the departed. Solst is impassive and cold, but hardly the evil specter mortals imagine. He has little interest in mortal affairs but will stop at nothing to guide lost souls to their proper place in the afterlife. He shelters souls ravaged by mortal life, with or without their permission.
  
  
  Domains: Repose, Ice, Liberation, Community, Time
  
  
  Subdomains: Souls, Home, Psychopomp, Loss*
  
  
  Dogma: "I am respite from the long road. Wander no longer, for you are home."
  
  
  Worshipers: The terminally ill. Philosophers and truth seekers. Ascetics. Exorcists.
  
  
  Cleric Alignments: Any
  
  
  Favored Weapon: Sap
  
  
  Symbol: St. Iseult's Wheel.
  
  
  Sacred Locations: Winter forests. Frozen bodies of water. Anywhere the dead are interred.
  
  

  

  
  
  

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  SAINT ISEULT
  
  t h e u n y i e l d i n g
  
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  They say Iseult was sturdier than steel and less likely to bend. Aldholt priests insist St. Iseult was human, and a legendary beauty... Both lies. Historical accounts confirm she was a dwarf, but the monarchy would have you believe otherwise.
  
  
  Only dedicated scholars (and a few decrepit elves) remember the deeds that raised her to Sainthood. Common folk only know her as the woman who beat the Gods into submission and brought them to heel.
  
  
  The Gods have been serving mortals (in their own way) ever since.
  
  
  Domains: Law, Good, Glory, Strength, Cold Iron
  
  
  Subdomains: Inevitable, Redemption, Honor, Loyalty, Resolve
  
  
  Dogma: "This ends one of two ways. You'll see reason, or you'll see your innards."
  
  
  Worshipers: Knights. Nobles. Guardians. Historians. Warriors...and everyone else.
  
  
  Cleric Alignments: Lawful
  
  
  Favored Weapon: Tower Shield
  
  
  Symbol: St. Iseult's Wheel
  
  
  Sacred Locations: Anywhere she damnwell pleases.
  
  

  

  
  
  

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  Spoiler

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• These hungry Gods are unknown to you.
• The Gods of the south are unknown to you.
• This ancient thing is unknown to you. But it knows who you are.
• These mournful Gods are unknown to you.

Spoiler

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[Kismet]

EXP PROGRESS

HANAKAI

10/300

ORIKANYO

15/300

SAMUELTHESTRANGE

10/300

SHERWOOD

20/300

VANEHEART

30/300