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Sanctuary

Spoiler: IC (click to show/hide)

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175331.msg8074879#msg8074879

When the skies darkened and the heavens fell, mortals and gods fled beneath the earth. The dwarves laughed when the huddled downtrodden masses slammed their fists upon their gates, and the rest of the races were left to fend for themselves. This is their story, one of gods and mortals, trapped beneath an otherwise dead world. Yet, the world is not yet dark entirely. For each god carried with them a peice of Heaven, a glowing beacon to light this dark world. Slowly mortals are drawn near. The gods awaken, and begin to act.

Rules

Spoiler: Entities (click to show/hide)

Entity Characteristics

Each entity has two types of characteristics, Physical and Spiritual. Physical characteristics are those involving powers of the self and having an effect on the material world. These include a being’s destructive and creative powers, as well as things like speed and combat strength.Spiritual characteristics are those that do not rely on the being’s own capabilities or directly deal with the mundane. These includes entering the spirit realm, scrying, telepathy or interacting with the dead.

PHYS(ical):

Creative Power (CP): The power to create and alter the world. As a rule, altering is easier than creating same-tiered objects/concepts/beings.

Destructive Power (DP): The power to destroy and alter the world*

Speed (SP): How many hexes an entity can move per turn. A deity within their influence network can move thrice as fast. E.g., an entity with Sp=3 can move 9 hexes within their territory. If an entity travels along a path partially outside their influence network, they use up the normal SP cost for the hexes outside of one’s influence range.

Physical Strength (PS): An entity’s ability to fight in direct physical combat. A PS of 1 is roughly equivalent to 10 or so average human warriors.

Accoutrement Slots (AS): How many accoutrements an entity can hold at any one time. Unlike other stats, this is completely dependent on one’s Form (refer to Entity Forms).

*Alteration can be performed with both CP and DP but via different methods. Altering with CP adds to a concept, being or object. Using DP subtracts from a concept, being or object.

SPIR(itual)

Influence (Inf): The extent to which one can exert control through the minds of others. Each additional Inf allows you to freely choose a hex connected to your present Inf range where you can act with impunity. Regardless of Inf, all entities are able to act in a radius of one hex around themselves, as well as the hex they are on.

Ego (Ego): The ability of an entity to walk the spiritual plane and utilise the powers of scrying or divination. This is further explained under the Spiritual Plane header.

Spiritual Strength (SS): An entity's ability to fight in the spiritual plane. This is especially useful for godquesting.  An SS of 1 is roughly equivalent to 10 or so average spiritwalking human shamans.

Wounds (W): How much damage your soul can sustain before breaking apart. Wounds usually regenerate at a rate of 1W/turn.

Changing Characteristics
The characteristics of each deity can change by actions performed in the game, such as acquiring artifacts of power, worshipers, mythmaking or godquesting.


Entity Forms

An entity is not limited to the form they start out with as this is ultimately unimportant as long as the prime soul remains alive. Without the prime soul, the idea of the entity dies and withers away. Switching between forms can be done via mythmaking, godquesting, crafting,sufficient worship or more esoteric methods. At the start of the game, all entities are either Demons or Guardian Spirits. In addition, two other forms that are known to all are Idols and Vessels. There are of course, others. All forms have their own statistics, and some are clearly better than others in some aspects. Changing between forms usually takes a turn, but once declared, no other actions can take place for the rest of the turn, INCLUDING EDITS. Note that you can still perform action before declaring transformation. Changing form usually requires more than the will to do so; the appropriate items and powers must be collected. Each transformation is different and so different requirements are given each time.

A form change counts as an action.

Note that a form’s stats are separate to any stats accrued by the deity unless otherwise stated. The form stats do not carry over.


Demons: A mobile spirit possessing a corporeal body, demons are ideas and emotions made flesh and given thought.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

Guardians: Immobile spirits that embody a place, they are often the soul of an area’s physical aspects.
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.

Idols: A spirit entombed into a material representation of themselves, they are immobile in this form but are able to exert much influence over their followers
PHYS: CP: 4 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 0 AS: 0
SPIR: INF: 6 EGO: 5  SS: 5 W:1
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Worshipful: People seem to want their gods to be idols and will come to worship an Idol far quicker than many other forms.

Vessels: An spirit placed into a mortal body, they are godly compared to mortals but average to other entities. Vessel forms, are able to produce offspring with greater success. However, as the bodies are themselves mortal, mundane vessels will need to be replaced often.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 3 SP: 4 PS: 3 AS: 2
SPIR: INF: 2 EGO: 3  SS: 2 W:2
Fertile Loins: Higher chance to produce offspring. Highest chance if breeding with same species as vessel.
Mortal: Vessels need to be replaced every awakening. It is harder to increase PHYS as a Vessel.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Combat is a simple enough affair of rolling dice. However, both SS and PS modify the number of dice you get; SS in the spiritual plane and PS in the physical plane respectively. All deities start with a 1d6, but each point of SS/PS (depending on plane where combat takes place) adds another 1d1 (for you math nerds, that's 1d(6+n) where n is SS/PS). The fighter(s) with the higher value wins; loser(s) receive a Wound. If a entity reaches max wounds, they die.

In combat situations with more than two fighters, each fighter must choose a target to attack and can only deal damage to that target. In all combat sequences, a fighter can only deal Wounds to the fighter they have targeted. Should a fighter win a combat where they are the defender against someone who is not the target, they do not deal Wounds to them.

Combat continues until there is only one side remaining or a side decides to retreat. Retreating involves rolling a 1d6+1d1*SP vs the pursuer’s 1d6+1d1*SP. A successful retreat ends combat and the retreater cannot be engaged by the same opponent again on that turn. A failed retreat results in a wound. In the spiritual plane, retreating is usually much simpler for trancers, requiring only the will to leave the spiritual plane.

Of course, the opposing side can choose not to pursue. Alternatively, a side can Surrender. Sometimes, all sides may call a Draw. If two sides retreat or surrender at the same time, it is automatically a Draw. There are no further repercussions for a Draw.

No CP,DP or Essence may be used during combat.

Note that in case where entities kill entities, the victor may choose to absorb the power of defeated entity(/ies).

Spoiler: Opposing Actions (click to show/hide)

In some cases, a god may oppose another's  actions. In that case, they can (as an action) cancel out the action by using up the opposite Power. Should the target god be using 5CP, the opposed party must use 5DP to cancel it. If desired, anyone involved can permanently use up EGO to add 1 to their Power. Regardless of outcome, all contributed Power, and Actions, are used up for this.

Spoiler: Power (click to show/hide)

Power is used to alter, create and destroy on the physical plane. As explained in Entity Characteristics, CP is used for creation while DP is for destruction. Both can be used to alter. CP for adding to an object, entity or concept and DP for subtracting from an object, entity or concept.

Power can only be used within one’s Influence Network, which is exuded by areas of significant worshiper inhabitation, places of power, artifacts, or one’s base INF stat.

Nearly everything has a minimum cost of 1 Power, even with discounts, unless stated otherwise.

Note that Power and Essence  DOES NOT carry over between turns.

Most applications of Power should fit into the following guidelines. If not, always feel free to ask.


Miracles: Temporary application of power. Note that cursing includes outright killing. Via meteor strike, if you prefer and are able to. Minor miracles are things like inflicting common cold, temporarily increasing the strength of an army, conjuring food or forcing wildfire. Major miracles include temporarily making an army into werewolves, making all sand in a hex into maggots, granting a few thousand craftsmen the ability to forge without tools or allowing people to subsist on gravel.

Bless/Curse (Minor) hex: 3CP/2DP.
Bless/Curse (Majr) hex: 6CP/4DP.
Bless/Curse (Minor) individual: 1CP/1DP.
Bless/Curse (Major) individual: 2CP/2DP.

Minerals: A solid substance, minerals are divided into categories based on their perceived usefulness. All can be assumed to be enough to act as a long-term source of the substance for at least a few centuries.

Stone and the like with little purpose beyond being stone. E.g. granite or basalt. 1CP
Minerals of limited use by themselves. E.g. tin. 2CP
Minerals of moderate utility/value. E.g. gold. 3CP
Minerals of heavy utility/value. E.g. marble. 5CP


Subsouls:MUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATING WHEN MAKING A SUBSOUL. Entities that act as an entity’s immortal subordinates. These include monsters, champions, avatars or even lesser aspects of yourself. When created, subsouls must have their Initiative set. A subsoul can have None, Moderate or High. Mortal creatures granted subsouls consume them, becoming empowered by you but not enslaved to your will.

None: No Initiative means that the subsoul does *exactly* what its been told to do and has no free will. If the subsoul faces an issue that it cannot deal with within the parameters given to it, it will not act about the issue. Furthermore, they cannot do anything beyond the commandments assigned to it.

Moderate: Moderate Initiative means that the subsoul is able to act with some free will, being able to interpret the prime soul’s commandments with some free will. They are however, still unable to act beyond their commandments

High: High Initiative means that the subsoul is practically independent, being able to not only follow its assigned commandments but also being able to act beyond them. They are however, not automatically loyal to their creators and  may in some cases leave your service.

Each subsoul can only have a certain amount of commandments assigned to it, depending on the amount of invested Power.

Create Servant. 2 Stats/Traits to distribute. 2CP. 1 commandment.
Create Greater Servant. 6 Stats/Traits to distribute. 5 CP. 2 commandments .
Create Avatar. 10 Stats/Traits to distribute. 9CP.  5 commandments .

Raise Disciple/Beast from organism/living entity. 3 Stats to distribute. 1CP. 3 commandments . Always High Initiative..
Raise Champion/Monster from organism/living entity. 6 Stats to distribute. 3CP. 6 commandments . Always High Initiative.

Refer to the Power/Trait Guidelines for further information on the effective power of traits.

Accoutrements:MUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATING WHEN MAKING ACCOUTREMENTS. Artifacts, equipment, teaching devices, whatever you wish to call them. Accoutrements provide a utility either providing stat boosts or having other purposes. E.g. increasing chance to Retreat in combat, granting extra Wounds, ensuring loyalty in servants and so on.

Accoutrements can be made with either CP or DP, depending on what they can do. Generally, destructive accoutrements and those that are thematically destructive (e.g. a book on murder) use DP. Generally constructive accoutrements and those thematically creative (e.g. a spear that creates maggots from spilled blood.

CP can only be used to increase EGO, SP, EGO and INF. In addition, it can be used to affect the use of CP. For non-stat related utilities, CP is used to govern abilities thematically/spiritually related to creation or preservation. E.g. a tool that helps in forging.

DP can only be used to increase SS or PS. For non-stat related utilities, DP governs abilities thematically/spiritually related to destruction or change. E.g. converting blood to stone or creating a fountain that cures diseases.

Note that Accoutrements cannot be used to directly increase CP/DP.  Instead, accoutrements can be made that act as a CP/DP battery that can be filled with Power.

Accoutrements can only function when held by a being, and only if they are attuned to said being; this takes up 1 AS or more. They cannot be used to affect the stats of those not attuned/wearing them.

Accoutrements are generally portable.

Minor Accoutrement. These grant 1 stat boots or have a minor trait like ensuring loyalty in weak minions: 1CP/DP.

Average Accoutrement. These grant 3 stat boosts or have a moderate trait:  3CP/DP

Powerful Accoutrement. These grant 6 stat boosts or have a powerful trait. 6CP/DP.

Monuments: edifices constructed by divine hands, or at least imbued with their essence. Monuments provide a passive and constant effect on the hex by broadcasting an entity’s power. Each monument, once created, require the use of at least 1 CP/DP per turn to operate. This is assumed to be automatically given by the patron deity every turn unless otherwise stated. Monuments, like accoutrements can be captured, which is made easier as they usually cannot be moved.

Minor Monument: Grant a weak effect such as extending lifespan by a few years or decreasing disease occurrence slightly. 4CP/4DP

Average Monument. Grants a moderate effect such as extending lifespan by a decade or decreasing disease occurrence moderately. 8CP/8DP

Powerful Monument. Grants a powerful effect such as extending lifespan by three decades or decreasing disease occurrence severely. 12CP/12DP


Mythmaking: Myths are naturally gained by performing feats or saying certain things. That is to say, through actions you do such as teaching knowledge, slaying entities, being friendly to certain things/people or the like. Basically, anything worthy of being made into a story. These myths garner power, adding abilities to an entity or increasing their stats.  However, myths can also be forced into creation via the use of power and dreamleaf. These myths are not necessarily true, but by divine action and sufficient herb-assisted magic, the world can come to believe it’s true.

2CP/2DP AND 3 Dreamleaf. Minor Myth. These include a myth of teaching a group, killing a minor divine, or saving a village from starvation.

4CP/4DP AND 6 Dreamleaf. Major Myth. These include a myth of killing a major divine, saving a city from destruction or teaching the riddle of steel.

Spoiler: Accoutrement Power Guidelines (click to show/hide)

Due to specific demand, guidelines. Do note that these aren't at all hard fast rules. Each CP or DP used in a new servant or accoutrement can be used for either one trait or one stat increase. Created objects with multiple effects will split the power between them. Thus a 6CP artifact with one trait will follow the guidelines below, but if it has two traits, each one will have the equivalent of a 3CP effect.

0cp: A cosmetic effect which has little bearing on the power or effectiveness of the item, but adds flavor. Such as turning the skin blue, or causing flowers to occasionally bloom.
1cp: 1 minor effect. E.g. igniting a small jet of flame
2cp: 1 moderate effect. E.g. conjuring a campfire-sized flame
3cp: major effect. E.g. conjuring a bonfire-sized flame
4cp: powerful effect. E.g. igniting the entirety of a small village
5cp: extreme effect. E.g. igniting a large village
6cp: gross effect. E.g. igniting a town

Traits for subsouls are more powerful than traits for accoutrements, with each CP devoted to traits being worth 2 CP on the above chart.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Each turn, a god may conduct 3 actions.These include using power, utilising the spiritual plane, moving, fighting or any other act. Action resolution is done partially via dice roll but also by what is thematically/logically supposed to happen.

When moving, either draw your path on the map, or state in which direction you are walking to. State the side of the hex you are currently on. For the purpose of this game, the top side of the hex is side 1. Continuing clockwise, the next side is side 2 and so on. For brevity, shorten this to s1. So if a person wants to move 3 spaces, they could type ‘s1,s6,s1’.

Giving other entities CP/DP/Accoutrements within influence range/network a free action.
Talking to other players/subsouls within inf range/inf network is a free action. Talking to mortals within inf range/inf network is an action.

Educating mortals/giving tech is an action. Educating mortals is identical to a talking action. This occurs in your current hex.

All actions performed by a player are unknown to every other player UNLESS they are within Influence range of the acting player.

Actions may also be sent secretly, if desired. A secret action is an action which a player attempts to do without entities (or their spies) within influence radius/network observing them.

Once all players have acted, their entities return to sleep, awakening next turn in 50 years’ time.

Spoiler: Life (click to show/hide)

Life
MUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATE WHEN MAKING LIFE.The creation of life is a much more costly task than the mere alteration of life. Creating life involves either the creation of an organism ex nihilo or altering an organism to such a state that it bears very little resemblance to it’s prior form. Altered life must bear a resemblance to its previous form physiologically and morphologically. As with previous examples, note that DP AND CP can be used to alter. CP adds while DP removes.

Creation of life:
To calculate how much a new living creature will cost, add up the following:

Base Cost to Create Life: 0 CP, 1 Action

Population Size:
A small group of individuals: 0 CP
Enough to populate a hex: 1 CP
Enough to populate several hexes: 3CP

Size of creature:
Small: 0 CP
Medium/Human Sized: 1 CP
Large: 1 CP
Huge: 2 CP.

Mundane Traits: 0-1 CP.
Mundane traits are traits which occur naturally in the world.
Zero cost mundane are traits like scales, claws, fur, gills, extra limbs, insectoid joints, hooves, and other basic body parts.
Mundane traits which cost 1 CP are more complex. This includes traits like flight, low-light vision, venom/poison, pheromone communication, chemo-reception, echolocation, biolumanescence or any other specialized trait.

Fantastic Traits: 1-4 CP
Fantastic traits are traits which do not necessarily exist in nature, and are potentially magical or supernatural in some way.
1CP Fantastic traits: Improved vision, resistance to hot or cold, poison immunity, and minor fantastical abilities
2CP Fantastic traits: Dark vision, extra senses, extra powerful muscles, unnatural durability, and small fantastical abilities.
3CP Fantastic traits: Elemental affiliation, breath attacks, blind vision, intraspecies telepathy, beast speech and medium fantastical abilities.
4CP Fantastic traits: Dragon fire, magical flight, intraspecies telepathy, mind control, and other fantastical abilities.

Sapience:
Sapience refers to the intelligence of a creature:
0CP: Plant or animal levels of intelligence.
1CP: Minor intelligence.
2CP: Human levels of intelligence.

For example: A hex-sized group[+1] of large [+1] mundane creature of human intelligence [+2] with claws [+0] and fangs [+0], as well as dark vision [+2], would cost a total of 6CP to create. 

Alter an Organism
To add something to an organism: Population Cost + [Cost of addition(s)].
To remove something from an organism: Population Cost + [DP equivalent of traits removed]

Spoiler: The Plane Spiritual (click to show/hide)

The world is creation, home to all that is material and home to all sorts of wonderful creatures and thingamajigs. But it is not the only plane of existence, not all of creation. Interlaced with the land of the living and material, are several other planes of existence, each rife with intrigue, danger, and knowledge. Many spiritual planes resemble the world of the living in form and shape. A mountain in the physical plane may exist as well in the spiritual. However, whereas most mountains in the physical world is but stone and dirt, a mountain in the spiritual plane may be a spirit as lively and corporeal as any other. It is in the Plane Spiritual that one may communicate across vast distances, even as one’s body is in trance. It is here where the myths of the past, present and future may be discovered and changed. It is here where the souls of the dead drift towards, before being dragged into the gates of the underworld.

To exist coherently and consciously within this plane requires a sense of self. Unlike in the physical plane, only Ego and SS matter here. Ego is one’s sense of self and the greater one’s Ego, the more they believe themselves real; all too important in a land of dreams. To even enter the spiritual plane requires effort. Essence or Power cannot be used within the Plane Spiritual.

Note that not just players can access the spiritual plane.

Spirit Sight: Once per turn may attempt to peak into the spirit world without fully entering it. This may allow glimpses of the world beyond, but does not allow for most spirit actions. One may communicate with denizens of the spirit world while using spirit sight, so long as they are nearby.

Ingress
To enter the plane spiritual, one must enter trance. Ingressing can be attempted via DP. Only those with sufficient ego or power may attempt this method. The amount of DP required to enter the spirit world proper is 4+SS-EGO. Those with higher strength of spirit find it is harder to keep themselves whole within the spirit world, requiring greater ego to perform this method.

The second method is deep mediation. One may simply spend an action to ingress into the spirit world. When one uses this method, they can take one ingressed action as a free action.

There are other ways one may enter the spirit realm, such as sacrificing a great deal of worshipers or a large collection of wealth in an effort to weaken the walls between the realms. Dreamleaf and other methods are also options.
   
A 1d(6+EGO) roll will take place to determine how deeply the entity ingresses into the spirit plane.

Alternatively, use up 1 Dreamleaf to access deeper levels of the spiritual plane.

Actions

 Consuming 1 unit of Dreamleaf confers ‘free’ spiritual actions. Consuming Dreamleaf is a free action.


Spiritwalk: A tranced entity can spiritwalk 3 hexes per point of ego, with a minimum of 3 hexes. This does not change your physical location. This counts as an action.

Communicate: Beings on a spiritual plane can communicate at long distances. All tranced beings can communicate with other trancers/spirits within a 6 Hex Radius. Communicating with your own subsouls is usually free. For each point of Ego, this is increased by 4.

Scry: Attempt to spy on an area or being. This can discover secret actions or actions beyond your deity’s purview.. The higher one rolls, the better the info. Any roll 4< is a failed scry attempt.

Godquest: Attempt to change myths, which thus change the physical world. Can also be done to discover information. Attempting a Godquest can be arduous or very simple depending on the objective. Godquests are conducted on Discord for the reason of speedy completion. Only 1 Godquest can be attempted each turn. Each Godquest consumes at least 1 Dreamleaf. Cost may be higher.

Other: Think of anything else you could do? Feel free to ask!

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Dreamleaf: a herb of some rarity useful for entering the spirit world. These plants take a prodigiously long time to grow.
Essence: Consolidated Power that can be used for CP or DP. As with Power, it disappears at the end of the turn. Unlike Power, it can be easily traded. For unlike Power, Essence is physical matter and may be thus physically transported.  Can be gathered via a variety of methods such as blood sacrifice, accessing places of powers or killing a god.

Worship: the faith of mortals is an all-too prized possession, which can result in a variety of advantages to an entity. The formation of a cult dedicated to an entity can even garner myths, which empower the being.

Spoiler: Death (click to show/hide)

Death is not an end to one’s existence, only one’s physical being. Upon death, an entity’s soul phases into the spiritual plane and indeed, they are still able to act there. All PHYS stats are reduced to 0 but SPIR stats remain the same. After an amount of turns equal to an entity’s EGO, an entity’s soul is dragged to the underworld. They will be questioned and judged and enter the final rest. Perhaps.

Spoiler: Addendums (click to show/hide)

Clarification on Influence Networks: entities and subsouls entering the influence network of another deity are sensed by the owning entity.

Terrain: Mountains, River and Ocean are generally impassable to mortals without preparation, be it boons or technology. In general, higher elevation aids mortal defenders. To entities, water is generally a non-issue, but mountains require twice the SP cost to cross.

Trading Power: Entities may trade power if within Inf Range/Network or if Inf Networks/Range are adjacent to each other. Normally, this is 1 hex away. E.g. (for purpose of this example, H=hex, E=entity). As such, trading power is difficult for the movement impaired or those distant from one another. Instead, one may wish to convert Power into Essence. How? Who knows.

Trading Accoutrements: Entities may trade Accoutrements under the same rules as with trading power. However, they may also send agents to send them; this may risk interception by other powers however.

Spoiler: Leylines (click to show/hide)

The gods are now close enough to the leylines of the world to affect the flow of fate. Through these, the gods may learn of events going on beyond their influence range, and may use their power to influence these events.

It is a free action to use the leylines unless otherwise specified.

In the case that multiple gods attempt to pull the same strings of fate, this will trigger a tug of war over the fate of the event in question. This battle uses 1d(6+SS) as the attacking dice, and EGO as wounds.

The winner will assert control over the course of fate and their version of events will occur. The loser's CP/DP will be returned.

Occasionally events will include an overriding scenario which may nullify the event in it's entirety. In these events, if one person purchases the overriding action, all others will automatically lose the tug of war and receive their CP/DP back.   

Spoiler: Landshfting, Light Sources, and Tunnels (click to show/hide)

Landshifting: The terraforming of the world.

Alter 1 hex to a similar environment. E.g. a desert to an arid environment: 1CP/DP.
Alter a hex to a radically different environment. E.g. a desert to tropical rainforest:  4CP/DP.

Water sources created through this method are small but consistent according to the criteria provided by the player.
Create water source: 2CP.
Destroy water source: 2DP.

Light sources created through this method are infinite, but can be destroyed. All other effects besides light generation must be cosmetic. Small light sources cast dim light in their hex. Normal light sources create daylight levels of light in their hex, and dim light in surrounding hexes.
Create small light source: 2CP
Create small light source: 2CP
Create light source: 4CP
Destroy light source: 4DP


Preserve environment of one hex, disallowing Logical Consequences of environment creation or elevation changes: 3CP.
Destroy environment of one hex, rendering it Barren to all life: 5DP.

Create a Natural Wonder, a place of power that passively affects the tile and potentially the surrounding landscape. At least 6CP/6DP (depends on effect).

Solid Walls
Cavern walls cannot be altered using land shifting. However, the may be destroyed or weakened with physical attacks, if successful, they can become unstable cavern walls. Attacking an unstable cavern wall will cause it to collapse.

Alternatively, you can dig tunnels through walls, leaving them mostly in-tact. Tunnels go through a single hex in a straight line.
Narrow tunnel: 4DP
Wide tunnel: 7DP
Branch off existing tunnel: 3DP

Templates

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Entity (player)
Name:
Appearance:
Personality:
Goal:
Form:
PHYS: CP:  DP:  SP:  PS:  AS:
SPIR: INF: EGO:  SS:  W:
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: include an edited copy of the map or trust the GM to *perfectly* understand what you mean via description.
Colour
NOTE: At game start, copy down the stats of either Guardian or Demon. Note that upon switching form, the attributes and stats of the form are lost

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Life (for life creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name:
Appearance:
Traits:

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Subsoul (for subsoul creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name:
Appearance:
Personality [optional]:
PHYS: PS:  AS:
SPIR: EGO:  SS:  W:
Myths: N/A
Initiative:
Commandments:
Traits: for anything else that doesn't fit in the above. An inborn knowledge of geology, the ability to read minds, needing to eat meat twice a day, etc.

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Accoutrements/Natural Wonder (for accoutrements creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS. Minimum cost of 1Power.)
Name:
Appearance:
Purpose:


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Monuments(for monument creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS. Minimum cost of 1Power.)
Name:
Appearance:
Purpose:
Maintenance: [source by which monument is maintained]


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Orders
Subsoul:
Orders:
>[Order 1]
>[Order 2]
> [Order 3]
(Add more > as required)


*This game will heavily use discord. All players will need to use discord to participate in this game.

Starting Scenario

Mortals: Each player will start with one race of mortals. Follow the instructions below to fill out a life template. Please put your choices at the bottom of the template.
1) Choose one: Fantastic (allows one supernatural ability), Numerous (Doubles starting population), or Multiracial (Create up to three mundane races at start. If you choose this, choose 1 for each on question 2).
2) Choose two: Religious, Attuned to Nature, Seafaring, Militaristic, Mercantile, Studious, Artistic, or Adaptable.
3) Choose one: Theocracy, Democracy, Dictatorship, Military Council, Council of Elders, Aristocracy, or Populist.
4) Choose one: Relics of Old Knowledge, Weapon of the Old World, A New Alliance, A Lucky Discovery, or Safety Comes First.
5) If you did NOT choose safety Comes First choose one: Unstable Caverns, Rampant Beasts, Unfriendly Neighbors, Resource Poor, Cramped Quarters, or Unpleasant Conditions.
6) Optional: Write a backstory.

Subsoul: Each player will start with one 3CP subsoul. This is an individual which led your nation into the dark. Follow the instructions below to fill out a subsoul template. Please put your choices at the bottom of the template.
1) Choose one: Priest of the Faith, Wizened Mage, Youthful Druid, King without a Kingdom, Mysterious Stranger, or Dark Power.
2) Choose one: Military Company, Merchant Guild, Acolyte Priests, Fledgling Mages, Craftsmen, Miners Union, or Abundance of Peasants.
3) Choose one: Sent by God, Right Place, Right Time, Foresight, or Unwitting Savior.
4) Optional: Write a backstory.

Supplies:
Choose two: Swords, Spears, Hammers, Crossbows, Short Bows, Maces, or Throwing Knives, Heavy Armor, Leather Armor, Cloth Armor, Light Shields, Heavy Shields, or Staves.
Choose one: Explosives, Extra Food, Digging Implements, Craftsmen's Tools, Agricultural Supplies, Holy Water, Medicine or Livestock.

[Taricus]

Spoiler: Vahranis (click to show/hide)

Name: Vahranis
Appearance: An armoured Kobold, covered head to toe in ostentatious, decorated metal plate armour.
Personality: A fiercely defensive and protective entity, Vahranis is an intensive entity devoted to being a protector and guardian. Admittedly, he's a little aimless in having nothing to currently protect and guard.
Goal: To serve, protect and nurture the growth of their chosen mortals, and to bring ruination against any that would harm their charges.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2  DP: 4  SP: 8  PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1  SS: 1  W: 3
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/245864741044617217/664350150822592534/Cavestartloc.png
Colour: Navy

Spoiler: Kobolds (click to show/hide)

Name: Kobolds
Appearance: Reptilian humanoids standing at roughly 65-105cms high, with scales of varying colour (most commonly green, blue or yellow.)
Traits: Low-Light Vision, Fast reproduction, Industrious mindset, Fast maturation (3x the rate of human growth)

Spoiler: Tarhun (click to show/hide)

Name: Tarhun
Appearance: As a old, tough and wizened Kobold with blue scales.
Personality [optional]: (Up to GM)
PHYS: PS: 0 AS: 3
SPIR: EGO: 0 SS: 0 W: 2
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
-Protect thine charges
-Serve thine charges without fear or favour
-Thou shalt not risk thine charges recklessly
Traits:
-Trained Tactician
-Trained Strategist
-Hawk-Eyed (1P)

Spoiler: Backstory (Thanks to Tiruin who helped write this ^^) (click to show/hide)

Kobolds were creatures created by Vahranis, long before the world fell--his own creations as well as that of other spirits--that even he was said to become part of a pantheon than the monotheistic monolith that he was when the world was younger. They were lizard-kin, and lizard-like, with tradition over the waters, and tempered in the volatility that life thrusts into survival alongside civilisation. Their allies in the world above had given them great forewarning; this was merely a trigger spurned on by the ancient deity, now awakened newer than before. This brought him to act and send one of his own nascent champions, Tarhun, to lead them into safety in the underworld.

Before the cataclysm, generations of seafaring and order brought on a coupling of multicultural trade, bonding and colonisation, in which the kobolds became a component to a greater entity. Alongside other spirits, and when the warning was spread of the dangers, they were one of the first into the blanket of safety amongst the other races above; this was both on orders from their deity, and by those they were in service to in governance. Whilst a dictatorship, it is pre-existing structure from the cataclysm, being one that acted as a military chain of command for a nation on the surface world.

Tarhun would encounter the worshippers of Malaya, led by their champion Willow, and offered to join forces with them to ensure the survival of both groups in the underworld; noting the dangers within and the difficulty of surviving in such harsh conditions below. Yet as the two groups ventured through the caves, tunnels and caverns, it was apparent their destinations were one and the same; the fates of both groups intertwined further as their destination neared

Spoiler: Starting Location (click to show/hide)

Mortals:
-Option 1: Numerous
-Option 2: Militaristic, Seafaring
-Option 3: Dictatorship
-Option 4: A Lucky Discovery
-Option 5: Rampant Beasts

Subsoul:
-Option 1: Mysterious Stranger
-Option 2: Military Company
-Option 3: Sent by God

Supplies:
-Military Supplies: Heavy Armour (Gothic Plate), Swords (Zweihanders & Degens)
-Civilian Supplies: Craftsmen's Tools

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: Azerikof (click to show/hide)

Entity (player)
Name: Azerikof
Appearance: An emancipated corpse of a being, its skin seems to be a few sizes tight, it has a deep dark pit where a face should be. Its skin seems to be made from thousands of shifting beams of light.
Personality: Distorted and disturbed, few would call it sane
Goal: Survive
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: blank
Start Location:
Colour Dark red

Spoiler: Giblerings (click to show/hide)

Name: Giblerings
Appearance: short bipedal creatures with four seemingly pupiless eyes [two on each side of their nose] a ring of short horns towards the top of their head and no hair at all. they have 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand. Their skins are covered with strange twisting patterns of blue and red, though other colors have been known to appear.
Traits: True Omnivore - Giblerings can safely consume and digest many normally inedible or poisonous materials [such as stone, metal, glass, oil or bone] in addition to normal foods.

Fantastic - Religious, Adaptable - Theocracy - Safety comes first - N/A

Spoiler: Gorlingo (click to show/hide)

Name: Gorlingo
Appearance: A Giblering with Pure white skin and Shadowy blackened holes where his eyes should be.
Personality [optional]:
PHYS: PS: 0 AS: 2
SPIR: EGO: 1 SS: 0 W: 0
Myths: N/A
Initiative: Always high
Commandments:
Lead others of your race as best you can
Hold faith to Azerikof
Follow Azerikof's orders to the best of your ability
Survive
Traits:
Innate Sense - Lies: he can tell when he is being lied to
Eversight: The Ability to see brief points of the future [1]
Path finder: the ability to "know" where he and / or others need to go
Control - Blood: The Ability to control the fluids that drive himself and others, both in healing manners, and to fatal problems [2]
Compulsion - Truth: he can force even the dead to tell him the truth, to the best of a being's ability
Priest of the Faith - Acolyte Priests - Foresight

Spears, Light Shields - Digging Implements

[Shadowclaw777]

Spoiler: TheSheetOfAGuardian (click to show/hide)

Name: Chromaticwing
Appearance: A reptilian to serpentine shape, the body structure of a dragon except the wings are like of a butterfly and also has the facial structure of a dragon this time, he considers him the dominant and lord of all faerie dragons. The scales of the dragon structure has blue, violet, green, red, orange, and even indigo all in a lined manner.
Personality: A trickster and troll to others, but really only enjoys when others laugh at it's joke. A minstrel at heart and a storyteller by trade
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Start Location: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600694571281678336/664383349196062720/image0.png
Color: Violet

Backstory: Chromaticwing was the most powerful known fairy dragon known in the skies, it was apart of the Fey and a cultured sort. Indeed, it just wanted to live a world free of worry and hedonism as a butterfly dragon amalgamation. However after the experience of Between the Mountains where it tried to create actual fairy dragons and give them sapience to contest against the leaf-skinned humanoids, it’s dream of fully restoring the Fey back to proper glory was thwarted, it wanted to be the dominant god of chaotic good to neutral and yet it was difficult to that in an ever-increasing militarizing world. Before Chromaticwing yeeted himself into the Fey and to leave the world of Between The Mountains, and than into whatever the world Sanctuary is. Chromatic spent a milennia or so living in an alternate dimension of excessive pleasure and hedonism with the Fey spirits until they got bored of his storytelling and stand-up routines and worth Chromatic eventually losing interest thus cumulating his interest in leaving the Fey, and so he decided to escape the world that gods lived at and than took a flying stroll to the far lands of the tentacles, developing a species known as the Peafowlians with a external Fey-like spirit and a internal weird alien mindset of an aberration. Before the events of the world being destroyed and the gods having to leave while the mortals suffered the collapse of the surface, he developed his species of authoritarian birds to leave on an island that would like southern Brittanica, with horrible constant rain and all

Eventually Chromaticwing was thwarted by the light and went to the horrible realm known as the Far Realm, where all sorts of lovecraftian and tentacled horrors arised from, after the failure of the creation of its own fairie dragons, it decided to take one of the creations from the eldritch horrors as a gift. Before the chaos of the subterranean collapse, it took a species that look cockatrice in effect yet had a little too many tentacles, eyes, and mouths that would make someone Trypophobia into shock. It took some time to make the cockatrice a species that was of beauty and chaotic spirited nature that was made of Chromaticwing, and some of their lovecraftian nature still takes hold of their existence like the need to dominate and control everything like a true Cthulhu monstrosity, that eventually personified into a fantastical ability that the Peafowlians possess, and now through hundreds of generation and god-manipulating energy turned into a beautiful blue and green colored peafowl that inspired their civilization to greatness, as well as blessing of sapience from Chromaticwing that turned into the Golden Age for them.

After his slumber he was disappointed to see, that they went through the turmoil of going into a dictatorship of a Czar after this period of a communal Golden Age, the Peacockian who had the most powerful mind control out of all birds had through ruthless aggression has made him the authoritarian leader who ruled with a martial law for these birds in desolation, indeed after Chromatic’s shock he then eventually gave his blessing to one of the lucky peahenians with the power of Druidic magic and named her Cowlia. This champion under Chromaticwing leadership, stirred the Peafowlians into action and challenged the death squads of the corrupt Czar political leader who exploited the workers of the Peafowlian civilization of the forest, and now the worker’s union of the peafowl ruled by a “eco-terrorist” overthrew the government of the Clutch Czar. Of course their is internal strife by the worker’s union who want a strict social policies benefitting everyone and the political might for the imperialist expansion of their miners and “convinced” workers; and the Druidic council run by Cowlia who tries to still be attuned to nature, still tries to be eco-friendly and follow the teachings of Chromaticwing and dominates the religious wing for the Peafowlians. These of course butt bird heads with each other on the superior way of life, and before these pressing political concerns could take hold, the horrible collapse happened. The Peafowlian civilization strikes at the earth, trying to take its safety into concern under the protection from Chromatic.

Spoiler: Peafowlians (click to show/hide)

Name: Peafowlians
Appearance: Tall bipeds that can grow all the way too 2m that end with the facial structure of a bird, surrounded with beautiful plumage all around their bodies usually of a sapphire blue and emerald green color, they have vestigial wings that they can’t use to fly but can use to intimidate lesser people with. They are a congenial and pleasant species to be around, more so due to their racial ability. The males of the species vary in the colors of their feathers but it’s usually of a blue and green type that inspires intimidation and control of the situation, and sometimes they have white feathers for the ice-cold areas or gleaning silver for the constant amount cavern areas; the females of the Peahenians are usually a mix of drab colors like brown, olive, and drab for their feathers.
Traits:
Fantastic (Enthrall): Peafowlians can transmit a mental aura around their body, they can direct their dominant thoughts into another mortal even lesser and younger Peafowlians, in which they manipulate and than infiltrate a beast or sapient’s thinking process. This allows these bird people to crush the mind and create commands for their “thralls” that they these mind slaves must obey for their lives until they die from usually malnutrition, and only the most mentally tough have the ability to resist the commanding thoughts of these beautiful sapients and their powers entering the creatures mind. In the mind of the Peafowlians their beautiful plumage is to be inspired and appreciated by all, and those that resist it must be turned into useful workers and thralls of the Peafowlians if they challenge their supremacy. After the Czar Wars, Peafowlians eventually learned they had to control this power and form a worker’s union so that no one Peafowlian can be the dictator of the birds, and that a social union between the birds means less abuse of their mental power.
Miscellaneous Traits: Beautiful Feathers (Males Only), Very Limited Flight/Hovering, Fast on the Ground, Somewhat Lowlight Vision.
Culture: Militaristic, Attuned to Nature
Government: Communism (The Great Plumage, is the name of the leader of the Worker’s Union supported by the other half of the Druidic Council, which control the sector of religion, nature, and the study of their mental powers)
Bonus: Relics of Old Knowledge
Negative: Unfriendly Neighbors

Supplies:
Short Bows, Leather Armor
Agricultural Supplies

Spoiler: Cowlia The Subsoul (click to show/hide)

Name: Cowlia
Appearance: A brown short Peafowlian attuned in a Druidic garb with fanciful plants that surround her plumage such as a sprig of mistletoe and pieces made out of yew wood.
PHYS: PS: 1 AS: 3
SPIR: EGO: 0 SS: 0 W: 2
Myths: N/A
Initiative: ?
Commandments:
-Protect her people and nature at all costs, and fight off industrialization when it happens.
-Make sure that the Peafowlians have their faith into the Butterfly Protector
Traits:
Enthrall: The racial abilities of her cousins has helped her with utilizing their plumage to dominant the lesser
Telepathy: The ability of mind reading helps Cowlia with the ability of discerning someone’s thoughts and understanding their motives
Mind Radar: Cowlia can track the mind of sapients and use it like a form of radar as she attuned herself to the Nature of the Mind
Wild Shapeshift: Cowlia can transform and Polymorph into animals that she has recorded down before and attuned with nature, currently her combat form is an elephant-sized elephant bird and a giant eagle for scouting.
Nature Regrowth: All with being a Druid, the magic of expanding the growth of plants as fungus alike as well as the blessing of them is possible
History: Cowlia was apart of the Czar Wars, and helped the Peafowlian worker’s union rise against the Czar, and eventually ending his authoritarian reign over the birds, so that all Peafowlians can live equally. Now their are two parties that co-exist in bipartisan political trouble that of the Worker’s Union that runs the political and imperial efforts of the new collectivist society of the Peafowlian ran by the and the Druidic Council a more wisebird committee, though the Druids rule as a more shadow council and the main religion of the Peafowlians to worship Chromaticwing while the Worker’s Union do all the domestic and foreign political control and action, such as their focus on military expansion of their slaves, imperialism of new territories, and expansion.

Youthful Druid, Miner’s Union, Foresight

Spoiler: Image Depiction of Chromaticwing and Peafowlians (click to show/hide)

[Happy Demon]

Spoiler: Zvezda, Caretaker of the Sun (click to show/hide)

Entity (player)
Name: Zvezda
Appearance: A star-speckled web, the stars cannot escape, but illuminate the webs that make up Zvezda. The brightest strands are those that trap the biggest star. Some say it is the sun, and that Zvezda is the reason for the eternal night.
Personality: Zvezda likes to protect and nurture life, but can be a bit too direct at times, even trapping things inside her being for safekeeping.
Goal: Zvezda likes light, and protects it in her body. Zvezda doesn't want to plunge the world into darkness, she wants to nurture it so the world may be lit once more.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W: 5
Myths: Empty
Start Location: In a secluded cave inside the cave, darker than most places, but with nearby fungus and water. Zvezda is on the edge of the fungal forest there.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/628259797900460039/664359988948369438/unknown.png
Color: White

Mortals: Fantastic, Religious and Adaptable, Council of Elders, Relics of Old Knowledge, Rampant Beasts.
When the Arana encountered Zvezda, they were mesmerized by this light in a time of darkness, they stuck around, for much prey was in this area, though also dangerous beasts. But soon they heard a voice, the voice of Zvezda, and learned of her purpose. The elders of the Arana, who remembered tales of a better time became fanatical supporters, and soon setup a council to guide the other Arana. All to ensure Zvezda's rise and the illumination of the world once more. They were never good warriors, but they had their webs, giving them extreme versatility, able to survive just about anywhere. But Zvezda decided to improve upon it by bestowing them with the ability to apply further attributes onto the webs, be it fire resistance, being thin enough to cut, making it super cheap, etc.

Spoiler: Arana, Followers of the Light (click to show/hide)

Life
Name: Arana
Appearance: Spider humanoids, covered in sleek dark exoskeleton and with red eyes. They have two legs but six arms, with hooked fingers, letting them not only climb, but also manipulate web, which they use to weave their web into a multitude of useful configurations. The Arana have hair atop their head, and a rather humanoid face despite their numerous eyes, in fact, their entire figure looks quite humanoid indeed, even has breasts, despite no function. Makes one wonder if they're meant to lure humans or if they once were human themselves.
Traits: Exoskeleton, Poor Diplomacy, Climbing, Slow, Spider Web, High Hunger Rate, Customizable Web Attributes (Fantastic).

Subsoul: Youthful Druid, Military Company, Right Place, Right Time.
As the Arana hunted the animals in the area, one of them got a revolutionary idea, he was going to ride one, bend it to his will. Through a little bit of skill, and bucketloads of luck, going for weeks without getting his head munched off, he managed to tame one and ride it into town. The other Arana were impressed, but then down from above, Zvezda's webs enveloped him, choosing him as the champion of the Arana. This boy was to become the Beast Master, Vector, and he soon got followers, as reckless as him, and he taught them how to tame more and more dangerous mounts (though some skimp on the training, as they want dangerous mounts). They became the Arana's premier military force, atop their bestial steeds.

Spoiler: Vector, Wrangler of Beasts (click to show/hide)

Subsoul
Name: Vector
Appearance: A strapping young lad, almost always found riding some sort of animal, but also has a few scars from when he took on a more feisty mount. He tends to paint himself according to the animal he intends to ride that day, and is dressed in very little, letting people gaze at his scars and physique.
Personality: Vector is a reckless lad, and loves nothing more than to ride the biggest and the baddest animal around. He often gives a wide smile to anyone he encounters, and while he is strictly opposed to laying with animals, he has no qualms laying with other species of mortal.
PHYS: PS: 1 AS: 1
SPIR: EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 2
Myths: None
Initiative: High
Commandments:1. The light must be protected.
2. Darkness shall be fought.
3. That which is dark can be brought to the light.
4. Good is also light, evil is also dark.
5. Darkness needs to exist, to define light.
6. In the fight against darkness, ensure one's light is not lost.
Traits: Beast Taming, Boundless Stamina.

Supplies: Axes, Cloth Armor, Livestock (courtesy of Vector).

[micelus]

Spoiler: Harut (click to show/hide)

Entity (player)
Name: Harut, Fravashi-Incanate Of Raphael
Appearance: Harut is a vast scintillating, undulating mass of discarded crab exoskeletons and at times, the complete bodies and souls of such crabs. Whilst without true shape, Harut is oft shaped in the form of twelve interlocking rings, each with twenty-three wings.
Personality: Harut is Merciful, Harut is Kind. Harut seeks redemption and succour for itself and indeed, the world. Adopting, and adopted by, the crabs, they do love and honour their chosen children for it is by their faith that Harut exists yet more. He loves them beyond near all else.
Goal: To seek the glorification of himself, his chosen and finally, sing the soul-song elegy of the world.

Backstory: The being that is Harut was once known in the Dominion as the being Raphael. Perhaps not a god, the being was yet immortal and yet revered for their skill in the musical and medicinal sciences. For its talents, Raphael was lauded and travelled between the courts and cities of divine and mortal alike. With a heart ever-open to the sufferings of the masses, Raphael was known rightly as a lover of the people, who did offer them any succour it could. For much of its existence, Raphael lived this life of travel and charity, but in time, its heart broke at the horror of the world. Eventually however, he discovered one ruler who he thought most good and pure, one who did seek to treat his people with fairness and goodness. He thus joined the being's ranks, gaining his favour and did become his trumpeter and herald. Many were those however, who became enemy to this ruler. An alliance was made thus to dethrone them and take their realm for their own. They succeeded and all those who did serve him were punished. Raphael was drawn and quartered, its wings cut and plucked. The being that was Raphael died. Such beings of course, never truly die. Raphael was but the sent-soul, the urvan, of a class of beings that did not truly reside on the material world. Simply, they sent a portion of their souls to inhabit the world of the gods for a time, doing what it was they did will. As such, whilst Raphael died, the true being did not. Rather, it was akin to a man losing his arm.

This being, whilst perhaps without mortal name, was most shocked by its death and did enter slumber for a time. It was only the pleas of a people of the world that awoke the being once more. It was a prophet of the karcini that did grab at its essence, and did beckon it to the mortal world once more. Not as before, but the being itself; the fravashi. Born into the world, it took the souls and bodies of what had been offered and surveyed what was and is. In an instant, it called itself Harut and did adopt the people that had called it. By their command, the people were made to march and descend downwards to the safety of the Below.

Harut, in the guise of Raphael, has met many gods or at least heard of them.

Form:
Demons: A mobile spirit possessing a corporeal body, demons are ideas and emotions made flesh and given thought.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location:
Colour: Lapis Blue [hex code:#002366]
NOTE: At game start, copy down the stats of either Guardian or Demon. Note that upon switching form, the attributes and stats of the form are lost

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Life (for life creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name: Karcini (singular: karcin)
Appearance: Karcini resemble large crabs in many respects, but are clearly not crabs. They resemble a cross between an Alaskan king crabs, coconut crabs and yabbies. Furthermore, they have two pairs of arms rather than one, the first being composed of two claws, and the others consisting of arms ending in small polyp-like structures from which emerge several small prehensile tentacles. While individually unable to carry much, the combined effort of these tentacles are able to accomplish much.  These same tentacles are able to retract and fold inside the polyp-like structure when desired. Roughly reaching 0.6m in height, the average karcin is 1.5m in length. Karcini begin life as miniscule spawn that hatch from eggs in a body of water. Feeding on whatever they can get their tiny cute claws on (including each other), they grow over time, eventually moulting. This process repeats several times until they moult into a near-mature form, possessing the characteristic hard shell, lungs and reasonable intelligence of the older karcini. At this point, they usually leave water and join karcini society, where they grow up according to the local culture. As with other crustaceans, they continue to moult, growing larger as they age. However, these moults differ substantially from when they were aquatic creatures in that the resulting husk is not completely dead. In fact, each discarded shell is very much alive but vastly weakened and possesses a partition of the individual's soul. Usually, such beings die quickly due to the trauma of the moulting, but developments in the arcane sciences (or divine intervention) and the like have resulted in exceptions. In the time of the Adopted God, these shells are usually sanctified and added to the Adopted One's Being, so that they may live on forevermore.

Traits:
Exoskeletom
Hard Shell
Amphibious
Cold-Blooded
Soul Division, [Supernatural Trait]: Each time a karcin moults, a part of their soul remains in their moult. The moult is still alive but usually dies from trauma, unless saved.
Cannot Die from Old Age
Get Bigger As They Age
Can Die From Getting Too Heavy/Big: Whilst karcini are perhaps biologically immortal, their growing body is assaulted by the demands of gravity and the ability for the individual's organs to keep the heavy creature alive. As such, many karcini tend to die from organ failure once they reach a venerable age.


Culture: Artistic, Seafaring
Government: Democracy- the karcini government is composed of three main branches; the Majles , which is a democratically-elected legislative chamber; the Shahdom, an elected constitutional monarch that rules for life but is constrained by law; and the Magi, priest-scholars dedicated to the Adopted God who oversee the carrying out of the law.
Bonus: A New Alliance
Malus: Cramped Quarters

Backstory: The karcini existed like any other species of intelligence, being divided into a myriad of cultures and polities, each with their own goals and beliefs. It was only the end of the first world that saw the karcini (or rather, this individual group) band together. Gathered by a prophet, she had told them of the occultic practise- to profane the sacred in order to create the holy from the unholy. And so, they sacrificed, and shed. Divesting themselves of their part-souls, they did gather their moulted shells and themselves, and did throw themselves into the conglomeration. Those that existed whole danced and chanted, singing and moving in the way of ancient rhythm. By luck or divine truth, they succeeded; a god was formed from the body of their sacrifice. So was called into being the Adopted God, who did whisper its name of Harut. It was behind the banner of this god that the people were gathered and led beneath the earth, where they now continue this tale.

Spoiler: Ameretat (click to show/hide)

Subsoul (for subsoul creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name: Ameretat
Appearance: A karcin of old-age, she is still quite spry (for an old being) and possesses a purple coloration most rare. Still, she is not what she once was and is indeed, not at all a being of high stamina or strength.
Personality: Amertat is humble, generous, kind and courteous- but at the same time, all too willing to do what is necessary for the glorification of her god and the advancement of their agenda. She is an ardent supporter of karcini democracy, with its constitutional elections and monarchy.
PHYS: PS: 0  AS: 2
SPIR: EGO: 2  SS: 1  W: 1
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
-All Ought be Raised Forevermore
-The Elections of the Majles and Shah must be Maintained
-Sack the Magi Corrupt and Bad, encourage the appointment of the Uncorrupt and Good
-Ensure the Glorification of Harut
-Encourage the Expansion of Manufacture and Colonies
-Ensure Peace Where Possible

Traits: Necromancer, Animancer, Organiser

Choices:Priest of the Faith, Acolyte Priests, Sent by God

Supplies: Cannons, Cloth Armour, Craftsmen's Tools.

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: The Friendliest Centipede (click to show/hide)

Name: Skullflower
Appearance: A giant black and white millipede with a skull-patterned head and a mane of multicolored flowers.
Personality: Ruthlessly cheerful, with a keen eye for finding the good in the bad and the necessary in the horrific.
Goal: To create and rule over a mighty, prosperous, and advanced empire of the chosen.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location:

Grey

Spoiler: Happy Sneks (click to show/hide)

Name: Gorgons
Appearance: Grey-fleshed humanoid upper halves, black-scaled serpentine lower halves. Their eyes are typically an incandescent red and their hair is venomous snakes.
Traits:
-Petrifying Gaze: Slow, paralyze, or outright petrify victims with their eyes.

Fantastic (allows one supernatural ability)
Artistic, Adaptable
Aristocracy
A New Alliance
Rampant Beasts

Spoiler: Snake Boss (click to show/hide)

Name: Shaga the Witch-Queen
Appearance: A lithe female gorgon with alabaster white skin streaked with black and onyx black scales streaked with white.
Personality [optional]: Ambitious and artistic, with big plans for the world and her place in it.
PHYS: PS: 0 AS: 3
SPIR: EGO: 0 SS: 0 W: 3
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
-Be fruitful and multiply
-Enslave the weak
-Create wondrous things
-Amass knowledge and skill
-Revel in luxury
-Use what you have well
Traits: -

Dark Power
Craftsmen
Sent by God

Spoiler: Supplies (click to show/hide)

Maces, Heavy Armor
Livestock

[TricMagic]

Here, sheet goes here.

Spoiler: Ancient Times long lost (click to show/hide)

In the past, a god raised two lifeforms, who were given the name of Seekers. One had immense martial ability, mastering all weapons they made, and the other a talent for all things, building and creating spell after technology. These two gave birth to the ones who would one day come to be known as the Abisusērā.

In time, they came to form a civilization that spread far beyond their birthplace, and their children also inherited many talents from their ancestors. As knowledge was passed down, more knowledge was created. And a civilization came to be made that far surpassed that of today. However, with that time came envy, and dark gods created ambition to sprout within the race. And so those gods and the other gods came to fight each other, and war ravaged the world of that time. Death after death, ashes and destruction. In time even the God who created them was struck down by the Endless. However, in this war, the evil gods were successfully pushed back, at great cost. And those in knowledge at the time from the many races sealed all knowledge of the Divine of the Era, robbing the evil of it's powers. However, this also led to a decline and slumber of many other gods, slowing their recovery for millennia.

In the presence of this, the young Abisusērā were one group that chose to colonize new land, one of the few tribes that survived the war which tore apart their culture and knowledge. However, this itself was lost to time due to being born near the end of the war in which information was restricted.

Spoiler: Darkness, thy name is Shin'en (click to show/hide)

Name: Shin'en
Appearance: A water mass darker than the rest. Only appears in shadows, water, or darkness. A shifting mass taking the form of other things. In their base form, an eternal watery abyss in the object it sits in.
Personality: Ruthless in expansion, calm in peace, they are one who shall spread and conquer the dark.
Goal: Dark, so dark. Shall grow. Denizens shall rise.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location:

Colour: Black-dark blue-black. Generally Black for convenience.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Awakening. Destruction. Nothing remains.

So a fragment awoke in the depths of the ocean. Spirits long since lost were nowhere to speak, and the aura of the place showed a seal powered by divine essence long lost.

Darkness?

However, while the newborn god was without memory, fragments of ancient technology could be seen resting around them. Bits and pieces of data, and so.

... Ingress.


Far and wide did the spirit's awareness spread, and from that view, it came to be known that civilization had faltered, with Chief-spirits dominating mortals for essence-boon.

However, one such spirit remained in the land, and looked into the newborn god. And in turn, the newborn god saw the link of a long forgotten ancestor spirit. There, at the end of the faded circles, could be seen those not dominated by them, but working and living with them on equal footing. This power gave the ancestor spirit enough to maintain it's link on reality. But...

Pleasing. Oh.

With just a touch, the ancestor spirit was broken, the line fading. Such is the fate of lesser spirits in the face of a god given such a dark power.

Painful.

For the moment before it faded, it wondered. But these spirits called out to something forgotten, and so it took itself and flung itself down that line to that place. Of it's newborn body, it returned to water and darkness from which it formed from.

As the passage of time past, the seal showed a crack. But no one was there to observe such a thing.

Spoiler: Life (click to show/hide)

 
Name: Abisusērā
Appearance: Deep-color skin speckled with black and grey. Two arms and two legs, and a single head. Their eyes are large though, and ear's pointed. Color of the skin varies between individuals, and sometimes those with light tones appear, though very rarely. The color of the hair meanwhile, is also varied and sometimes streaked, and often denotes their special talents. Their heights range from 4'4 to 7 feet tall, and most are physically fit.
Traits:
Many Talents(Fantastic): Abisusērā showcase an almost unlimited ability to learn anything, though each individual has different talents that manifest themselves in life. This leads to the race as a whole being extremely adaptable, and gives them a tendency to pass down knowledge from the past. These talents also include those skilled in various magical types and elements, leading these individuals to become powerful magic users far above those of other races. Likewise, they have many many experts in a number of disciplines due to this.
Long-lived: Abisusērā grow for 10 to 14 years until puberty, at which point they may have their growth slowed at some point during this time. They continue to grow until they are at peak physical condition for them, then stop at that point, maintaining it until their 250s, at which point they begin to enter old age until 300. Their death can be anywhere from 260, to a rare few who live to 300.

Fantastic
Seafaring, Adaptable
Military Council
Relics of Old Knowledge
Rampant Beasts

Story: (Will be written)

Spoiler: The Light in the Dark (click to show/hide)

Subsoul
Name: Mebuku [Starlight]
Appearance: Green Blue hair and white-blue skin speckled with black, with Silver Eyes. A rare pale one at the age of 36, who has had her growth phase for some 24 years now. 4'7, but still considered a bit young due to not having made any significant contributions to knowledge.(At the time of before anyway)
Race: Abisusērā
Personality [optional]:
PHYS: PS:  AS: 3
SPIR: EGO:  SS:  W: 3
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments: Divine Protection(Times 6): Protects the one who receives it. It does not require anything but remaining who you are. Prevents outside interference from changing and/or negatively affecting the person who has it. Does not negatively affect the owners growth as a person or day-to-day talking, communication, and exchange of ideas.[Essentially, it is a commandment to stay true to yourself, a support/booster against outside interference that targets the spirit/mind/soul.]
Natural Talent, Nature Magician: Gifted in learning magic related to the growth of the natural world. Water, Earth, and Light magic, along with Nature Magic and natural sciences related to growth.
Traits: Dark Magic Talent, Star Magic Talent
Dark Magic, the magic of opposites. It mostly revolves around curses, darkness, and equalization. An absorption-style magic which can defeat other magic.
Star Magic, the power to create permanent light sources. It revolves around the birth and manipulation of light, and is a magic never seen before. It's requirements are Light Magic and Dark Magic, which are rarely studied together, along with Nature Magic. Knowledge of Natural Sciences is also necessary, but due to being gifted to her, Mebuku has been given the required knowledge of stars and weather.
Both Talents gifted to her include the basic knowledge that is needed for those branches, though her use of them is still that of a novice for now.


Youthful Druid
Fledgling Mages
Foresight

Story: (Will be written)

Supplies:
Cloth Armor, Staves.
Agricultural Supplies

[Sudurandom]

Spoiler: Neurantal (click to show/hide)

Name: Neurantal
Appearance:A shimmering crystalline entity filled with ever moving glyphs.
Personality:Friendly and fond of curious mortals. They are angered by the senseless destruction of knowledge.   
Goal:To promote discovery and the collection of knowledge.
Form:Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Myths: [leave blank]
Location:Whichever of these Glass doesn't get.

Colour: Dark Green

Spoiler: Life (click to show/hide)

Name:Vrinari
Appearance:Reptilian bipeds standing approximately six and a half feet tall.
Skin colour varies with most individuals being some shade of red, green, yellow, or brown with markings of almost any colour imaginable.
Traits:Sapient, Strong, Scaly hide. Fantastic Trait, Crafter's perfection:
Vrinari craftsmen do not make mistakes. Within the limits of tools, materials, and known techniques, a vrinari craftsman will produce exactly what they intend to. Skill is measured by the number of techniques known and the creativity of their application.

1. Fantastic(Crafter's perfection)
2. Studious, Adaptable
3. Counsel of elders(most skilled/learned of various professions)
4. Relics of old knowledge.
5. Unpleasant Conditions

Spoiler: Subsoul (click to show/hide)

 
Name: Arten The Dragon.
Appearance:An elderly Vrinari with jet Black scales and fire red markings.
Personality [optional]:Inventive. Seeks to understand the world around him.
PHYS: PS:1  AS:2
SPIR: EGO:  SS:  W:1
Myths: N/A
Initiative:High
Commandments:
1. Protect and support the followers of Neurantal.
2. Promote the worship of Neurantal.
3. Protect and support the Vrinari
4. Gather knowledge
5. Record the history of the Vrinari
6. Teach the Vrinari.
Traits: Magical Talent (General 1point. Fire 1 Point.)

1.Wizened Mage
2.Fledgling Mages
3. Sent by God

Supplies:
Choose two: Swords, and Heavy Shields.
Choose one: Craftsmen's Tools.
 

[darkwarlock3]

Spoiler: ples let me in (click to show/hide)

Entity (Darkwarlock3)
Name: TreKian
Appearance: TreKian takes the shape of an amalgamation of plants, his feet are trees, his arms are vines, his hands Venus flytraps, his center body is a pitcher plant, his head is a mushroom..
Personality: he is stubborn, yet flexible, he is very Jolly and patient.
Goal: to grow forests and spread life
Form: guardian
PHYS: CP:3  DP:2  SP:0  PS:8  AS:3
SPIR: INF: EGO:3  SS:3  W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: I want to start close to happy demon
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color: Green

Spoiler: Plants! (click to show/hide)

Life
Name: Veisn
Appearance: Veisn's body is made mostly of vines and wood but there center body is a pitcher plant, there head is a head sized flower of variety colors and shapes
Traits: regeneration(Fantastic), dull sense of pain, sweet scent, Plant-creature
Fantastic
Attuned to Nature, Adaptable
Council of Elders
A Lucky Discovery
Unstable Caverns
backstory: TreKian watched the mortals ruin forests in the name of advancement, he felt every tree that was felled, every flower stepped on, he heard the screams of plants dying to cold blades, so did Trekian woe, for seven changes in seasons before his deep sorrow change to anger, he used his power to create a race of creatures that don't feel pain, regenerate when wounded, and thus the Veisn were created and carried out Trekian's wrath...

Spoiler: the trees have eyes (click to show/hide)

Name: Iron-oak
Appearance: it is a giant Ent, its body is made out of trees
Personality [optional]: grumpy old man
PHYS: PS:0  AS:0
SPIR: EGO:1  SS:1  W:1
Myths: N/A
Initiative: high
Commandments: protect plants, spread the forest, advance knowledge, preach about how great TreKian is.
Traits:
aura of growth: cause all plants to grow and reproduce faster
tree-stride: traveling through forest, jungles and other similar environment doesn't take much time and leaves no trace.
memory of the ancient: his memories can not be lost and he can always recall something if he knows something related to it
Youthful Druid
Acolyte Priests
Sent by God
backstory: IronOak was a very old tree before he became a Ent, Trekian felt great pity that such an old tree was going to die, so he decide to infuse it with power to turn the old oak into some better thus the first Ent was created...

Supplies: Spears, Light Shields, Livestock

[Glass]

Spoiler: Cut the strings (click to show/hide)

Name: Acter Nobody
Appearance: What appears to be a sketch of a humanoid form, wearing a lab coat and a smooth mask with two slits where the eyes on a human face would be; they are both splattered with black ink. He hovers about a foot in the air; below him is a sort of "X" shadow, and above him are three rings, one plain and white, the second in the form of a cog, and the last appearing to be made of iridescent light with runes drifting away from it intermittently. Strings hang down both from the rings and from Acter's limbs and head, but they do not connect anywhere, and curl as loose strings do. In his right hand, he holds a long shovel; in the other, a large tome.

Personality: Melancholy, but helpful and hopeful. Will try to guide mortals, but prefers that they solve their own problems. Prefers alliances to conflict.
Goal: Rebuild his peoples' society after the end of the Troon.

Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.

Myths:
Start Location: A cavern on the shore of an underground sea. Hanging from the roof is the shattered remains of a once-great tree, and boulders covered with dead plants and a few scrawny stragglers are scattered around the ground.
Brass (#b5a642)

Spoiler: Reflections of a broken mirror (click to show/hide)

There are many iterations of Acter across the multiverse. Or technically there's one Acter somewhere parallel to the multiverse and with pieces of himself scattered throughout the worlds. It's not terribly important; only one of these iterations is of practical importance to us right now, anyway.

What follows is the truth as remembered by Acter. Whether it is the full truth, partial truth, a memory of a different reflection, a different world, is up to interpretation, and a subject of some debate among those mortals that know of him. What is known is this: there is Acter, there is the Troon, and there are the denizens thereof.

Acter came before most mortals can remember - though this comes with the territory when you were there to see the world formed and life seeded, although he had little to do with this. He, instead, captured a travelling meteor that carried the refugee Sciro, and shaped it into a verdant moon, blessed with a grand tree that held its atmosphere. It was not long followed by a shining crystal city for his people, and then the avian Incilatro and their patron, fellow god Julius, fleeing the chaos of the world below. Aedan and his giants arrived not long after, upon the Troon and mainworld, and the pantheon truly began to develop.

But the gods do not always act, are not ever-present. There are cycles, not of slumber and wakefulness, but of connection and separation. Power came and went in an ebb and flow, but influence arrived like a tsunami and ended akin to a brick wall. There were times of the gods, and times where the heavens were silent, the only word that of those mortals that had been left as caretakers. And others could hardly know if their god's orders were faithfully given, for it was only these prophets who may see their gods without perishing.

The Troon was thought safe from the dangers of the silent times, constructed in cooperation, populated by a many united as one, home to peace and philosophy, in contrast to the chaotic, constantly-warring races and states below. To a great deal, and for many cycles, it was.
But there are more dangers in the universe than mortals. There are things less predictable than the gods. More destructive, as well.

Sometimes, after the silent times, all that can be done is to see what pieces remain and build what you can. Even for the gods.

Spoiler: Crash landing (click to show/hide)

Our location should be within one of the circled areas, please.

Spoiler: Mortal and supply choices (click to show/hide)

Multiracial
Democracy (representative)
Relics of Old Knowledge
Rampant Beasts
Swords (Daggers/Machetes)
Cloth Armor
Craftsmen's Tools

Spoiler: And I dream of the sky, broken clouds drifting by (click to show/hide)

"The heavens fell", they say. Oh, the horror of it.
It is rather more horrifying to be the ones falling.

The Bolt was detected only a month before it was due to impact; with its great speed, it was already long too late to stop or even redirect it, and the gods were in one of their periods of remission. Even if they hadn't been, it was debatable if they would have had the power to stop it.
It was only set to be a glancing blow, but at those speeds, where the strike was didn't matter. The entire Troon would be shattered. All that was left to do was to find some way to survive it.

Some built vessels to try to escape to the mainworld, or, among some of the Incilatro, even just jumped off the top of the Atmostree and glided down. Some others attempted to create a structure that could be launched into the void of space and be lived in for centuries. Most made bunkers, carving into the Troon itself.

A few heroes attempted to carve the part of the Troon that would be struck off of it. They did not succeed, but they may be why anybody survived.

It was not long before the end came. Many were essentially vaporized by the energy; others died from the world collapsing around them. The Troon fractured.
A few shards fell to the planet. This is the story of one of the bunkers - from the periphery of the Atmostree - that fell with them.

Spoiler: Sciro (click to show/hide)

Name: Sciro
Appearance: Pseudo-scorpiod, with three pairs of arms, where the bottom two have hands while the top pair have pincers.
Traits:
-Subterranean origin
-Practiced orators
-Many-limbed
-Quick learners
(Studious)

Spoiler: Incilatro (click to show/hide)

Name: Incilatro
Appearance: Four-feet-tall birdmen, with talons, hands, and wings. They come in a variety of colors.
Traits:
-Can glide (not fly)
-Strong eyesight
-Skilled hunter-gatherers
(Attuned to Nature)

Spoiler: Aedangiants (click to show/hide)

Name: Aedangiants
Appearance: Black humanoids with a large single golden eye in the middle of their head, a mane of tentacles where their necks should be, and standing 14-17 feet tall.
Traits:
-Giant
-Good sense of direction
-Mild spatial distortion radius
(Adaptable)

Spoiler: Ex Tenebra, Lux (click to show/hide)

Name: [Please pick one for me]
Appearance: A fairly average Sciro, although with one of their arms replaced by a prosthetic.
Personality: Kind and likable, but pragmatic. Exceptionally driven to do better, though understanding of failure. Diplomatic.
PHYS: PS: 0 AS: 2
SPIR: EGO: 1 SS: 0 W: 0
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
-Lead (or at least advise) the remains of Troonar society
-Develop new technologies to aid in survival in their new location
-Try to figure out how to reclaim the surface (long-term goal, don't worry too much about it right now)
[Additional 3 commandments to be potentially added later]
Traits:
-Particularly good at improving themselves in various ways (Tier 2)
-Good at recognizing peoples' skill levels and potential (Tier 1)
-Cavernsense (Tier 1)
(Priest of the Faith)
(Fledgling Mages (Artificers))
(Foresight)

[Weirdsound]

Serve me in the Dark!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Weirdsound
Name: Kong Li
Appearance: A massive three-headed ape-like creature. One head is that of a gorilla. One head is that of an aligator. One head is that of a wild boar. Kong Li's white fur is perpetually stained with blood. She wears jewelry made of strung together skulls.
Personality: Controlling, hot headed, brave, and prone to acts of both honor and cruelty.
Goal: To dominate all the weak minded peons who seek refuge in the underground realm it calls home, and to make life miserable for the hated dwarves.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2  DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1  SS: 1  W: 3
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: In a secluded Fungal Jungle that is almost completely walled in
Colour: Red

The Warswine

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Life
Name: Warswine
Appearance: War Swine are born resembling humans with the face and bodyhair of a warthog, but due to their unique traits, the appearence of adult War Swine vary wildly between individuals, but most keep a general humanoid form and tusks on their face.
Traits: Blood Alchemy - War Swine Elders can enhance their own abilities and those of their kin by ritually infusing individuals with the bodily fluids of animals who possess desirable traits.

Mortals: Each player will start with one race of mortals. Follow the instructions below to fill out a life template. Please put your choices at the bottom of the template.
1) Choose one: Fantastic (Blood Alchemy), Numerous (Doubles starting population), or Multiracial (Create up to three mundane races at start. If you choose this, choose 1 for each on question 2).
2) Choose two: Religious, Attuned to Nature, Seafaring, Militaristic, Mercantile, Studious, Artistic, or Adaptable.
3) Choose one: Theocracy, Democracy, Dictatorship, Military Council, Council of Elders, Aristocracy, or Populist.
4) Choose one: Relics of Old Knowledge, Weapon of the Old World, A New Alliance, A Lucky Discovery, or Safety Comes First.
5) If you did NOT choose safety Comes First choose one: Unstable Caverns, Rampant Beasts, Unfriendly Neighbors, Resource Poor, Cramped Quarters, or Unpleasant Conditions.

Backstory: Legend says that many, many, years ago, a clan of dwarves captured a great monster called Kong Li, and used their magic and artifice to infuse the beast's seed into various slaves and prisoners in hopes of spawning a race of great warriors who might serve them. The first generation of War Swine were as strong and cunning as the dwarves had hoped, but proved too stubborn and wild to be made into proper soldiers in an organized army. Eventually the dwarves got sick of their newly created and deemed them useless, driving them first from the cities, and then from the underground entirely.

On the surface, The War Swine were also shunned, and could be found as nomads roaming the plains, savage tribes inhabiting dense woods, and brutal bandits occupying abandoned fortifications. Other races were quick to call upon their aid in times of war, but slow to offer trade or friendship in times of peace. Although savage, the War Swine were far from stupid, and many clans were able to adapt (or even improve upon) the military technology of their neighbors, but few had the patience for building cities and enjoying the luxuries of civilization. They preferred hunting and gathering to agriculture, and mercenary work to skilled trade.

Torguna the Insightful:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Subsoul
Name: Torguna
Appearance: A large female war swine with the legs of a kangaroo, shell of a tortoise, and the spiked grasping right arm of a preying mantis. Typically found wearing ring armor bearing a bloody skull, the symbol of her god.
Personality [optional]: Controlling but oddly kind hearted. She believes that total submission to Kong Li is the only acceptable state of being in this new glorious subterranean dark age. She will serve and tend to the spiritual needs those who do submit, and will kill those who refuse quickly as an act of kindness. She loves the thrill of the fight, but selflessly allows her followers the opportunity to seek glory if she thinks they can handle it.
PHYS: PS: 3  AS: 1
SPIR: EGO: 1  SS: 0 W: 1
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
1 - Lead others to accept and rejoice in their new role of slaves to Kong Li and new lives in the eternal darkness of the underground. By the sword if necessary.
2 - Tend to the spiritual and physical needs needs of Kong Li's chattel
3 - Break the false morality of the strong; Teach them to relish in the subjugation of their leasers just as master Kong Li does.
Traits: Uncontrolled but vivid visions of the future

This is an individual which led your nation into the dark. Follow the instructions below to fill out a subsoul template. Please put your choices at the bottom of the template.
1) Choose one: Priest of the Faith, Wizened Mage, Youthful Druid, King without a Kingdom, Mysterious Stranger, or Dark Power.
2) Choose one: Military Company, Merchant Guild, Acolyte Priests, Fledgling Mages, Craftsmen, Miners Union, or Abundance of Peasants.
3) Choose one: Sent by God, Right Place, Right Time, Foresight, or Unwitting Savior.

4) Optional: For as long as she can remember, Torguna has had visions of the future. Often regarding small things - the next move of her enemy, where prey can be found, who might accept her sexual advances, ect. But one recurring vision haunted her for years; The fall of the heavens. She knew the exact date that mortal life would be driven underground, to Kong Li's realm, and was eventually able to convince an order of warrior priests who worshiped the ancestor demon to believe her.

Torguna rose to the top of the cult, and increased its numbers through her glorious doomsday prophecy. By the time the appointed day had arrived, she had gathered enough followers to sustain a breeding population.

Supplies:
Choose two: Swords, Spears, Hammers, Crossbows, Short Bows, Maces, or Throwing Knives, Heavy Armor, Leather Armor, Cloth Armor, Light Shields, Heavy Shields, or Staves.
Choose one: Explosives, Extra Food, Digging Implements, Craftsmen's Tools, Agricultural Supplies, Holy Water, Medicine or Livestock.

[TankKit]

Spoiler: A Powerful Observer (click to show/hide)

Name: The Watcher
Appearance: A humanoid figure obscured by a hooded black cloak, the darkness where its face would be doesn't quite seem natural. If one looks close enough for long enough at this shadow, one might see a single, distant speck of light.
Personality: Generally calm, The Watcher only acts to further its own goals and the safety of its followers and friends. However, it is entirely willing to do extraordinarily ruthless things for what it perceives as the greater good, and can not be easily persuaded to walk a different path than the one it has already chosen. It is also naturally distrustful of all other gods for the potential threat they pose to its goals, especially trusting some gods and life even less than others
Goal: To rediscover lost knowledge, return light to the world and, once all else is done, break the sleep cycle.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths:
Start Location: Directly north of the northernmost bridge, inbetween it and the big lake.
Colour:Teal

Spoiler: Remnants of a Great Age (click to show/hide)

Name: Human
Appearance: Similar to that of a human before the Darkness came, but strangely sickly and pale, with eyes that show the desperation inside them. Some are more desperate than others.
Traits: Faithful, Stubborn.

Numerous: When the sky fell, many died. The humans were always the most numerous of the old species, however, and the desperation of many has led much of what remains here.
Adaptable: These remnants of humanity didn't survive through desperation and will alone - humanity has a proud tradition of adapting to it's environment, and these humans are no different.
Studious: As The Watcher itself has said, the pursuit of knowledge is among the greatest paths any being can walk down. After all, the secret to bringing back the light might be found in the books of the old world.
Theocracy: While The Watcher is the nominal ruler of its followers, it will not always be available to rule them. In these trying times, only the most virtuous and true believers can be trusted to rule in its name.
Relics of Old Knowledge: Not everything from the old world has been lost. In no small part thanks to the efforts of The Watcher, some small pieces of humanity's old knowledge have been saved.
Cramped Quarters: Having so many followers is a two sided coin. On one side, they vastly outnumber most possible opponents. On the other side, it's rather difficult to house them all.

Military Supplies: Swords, Heavy Armour.
Civil Supplies: Craftsmen's Tools

Spoiler: Desperation Incarnate (click to show/hide)

When the sky fell, civilisation was shattered. All across the world people tried to do everything they could to preserve themselves and their families, but they failed. Man and woman, peasant and noble, soldier and craftsman, all fought, cowered and fled alongside each other in the old worlds last moments. Many died to the darkness - many more died to each other. It was a horrific display of humanity's desperation and primal desire to survive, no matter the cost, and left humanity irreversibly shattered into a fraction of it's former power.

And yet, despite the damage this desperation caused, it also provided the means by which humanity could be saved from complete annihilation. The sheer amount of desperation and fear of the darkness created in humanitys last hours also led to another emotion - a determined desire to survive and rebuild. The extent of the death, desperation, fear, determination and desire to see the light again created a being, a demon built on this last dying cry of humanity. Fueled by the human desire to survive and see the light again, this creature, The Watcher is humanitys desire to survive given form and mind. The Watcher dedicated its efforts to preserving what remained of humanity and, with its power as a demon, halted its decline. Now that the desperation it is built on has been calmed and forged into a tool that can be used to further The Watcher's own goals, all that remains is to fulfil the duty it was born with - it must find a way to return the light to this world once more.

Spoiler: The Fallen King (click to show/hide)

Name: The Old King
Appearance: Tall with a regal composure, full plate armour wreathed in shadow conceals his body from those who look upon him. A broken crown sits atop his head.
Personality: Though he rarely speaks unless spoken to, he is wise and always willing to give advice to the current Grand Priest of the Theocracy.
PHYS: PS:0  AS:3
SPIR: EGO:0  SS:0  W:0
Myths:
Initiative: High
Commandments:
>Serve The Watcher loyally and faithfully.
>Guide the governing members of the Theocracy in the direction that most favours The Watcher.
>Execute any member of the government who dares to question the Watcher.
Traits: Requires no sustenance and only moves exactly how he wants to, capable of being so still that he could be mistaken for a statue.

King without a Kingdom: Once, he ruled a kingdom of his own, where he was beloved by his people and hated by his foes. Much has changed since then.
Abundance of Peasants: When the sky fell, he was the only king to maintain some small amount of control over his government. He used this power to save as many of his people as he could.
Foresight: With his visions he saved his kingdom from destruction, slaughtered his foes and gained him the love of his people. When he foresaw the coming of the end, he dedicated his efforts towards preparing for it so that he could preserve as much of his kingdom as possible.

Yet even he could not predict just how devastating the end would be. Though he tried the hardest to stop it, even he eventually fell into despair. Only the intervention of The Watcher, who admired his efforts and saw how useful he could be in the future, stopped him from ending his own life. Since then he has served as The Watcher's voice in the Theocracy destroying every trace of political corruption and keeping it pure while doing his best to improve the rather miserable lives of the last humans. He has also guided the creation of the Theocratic Military, training it to act as a solid, unbreakable wall of knights - or, as they're known in the Theocracy, Paladins. Now if only he could find some shields...

[Tiruin]

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Spoiler: Malaya, Guardian (Tiruin) (click to show/hide)

Name: Malaya
Appearance: Malaya appears as a dutifully-made robed humanoid statue, seemingly colored in burnished bronze from head to foundation, or a similar gilded metal that easily reflects light, towering over sapient beings and reflective in the light. The statue has a "\o/" pose for their upper body with arms inclined towards the skies, decorated with what seems to be symmetrical linings from the hands to the arms, and down the sides to the soles of the feet. Tailings of flora appear both as an aesthetic and utilitarian covering of most of the statue's torso and lower body, including covering the toes. The statue has distinctive facial features synonymous to sapient life, and much of their base appears to be of extremely smooth rock. The head area of the cloak symbolizes a two-faced deity--with the backward-facing half being of arbitrary non-district armor.

In brief, Malaya's form looks architecturally sound and wrapped in garments of the forest. They are oriented towards the rising sun--upwards, towards the dark ceiling of a dead world.

Personality: Malaya is a venerable soul to the world around them, having been established as a compassionate and open-minded deity; they are one who prides thought and the development of life and growth, looking towards both the struggle of life to persevere, and to the flourishing of life that supports others. Malaya enjoys exploration, challenge, and insight, and deeply appreciates the nuances of conversation and perception, having a characteristic liking of the forests, either on land, sea, or sky.

Goal: Founding a lasting civilization of sapient life, while giving them the means and tools to thrive, while preserving and progressing culture--and with an optional goal of returning to the upper world.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s location cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.

Myths: [leave blank]

Start Location:

Colour: Burnished Gold

Spoiler: Starting Scenario: Multiracial Mortals (Human, Leshy, Elf) (click to show/hide)

1) Choose one: Multiracial (Create up to three mundane races at start. If you choose this, choose 1 for each on question 2).
2) Choose two: Artistic [Elf], Attuned to Nature [Leshy], Studious [Human]
3) Choose one: Council of Elders
4) Choose one: Relics of Old Knowledge
5) If you did NOT choose safety Comes First choose one: Rampant Beasts
6) Backstory:

Spirits were always a cornerstone of the beliefs of people and the world around them: Malaya was only one out of many: one who was new when the world was old, and who became venerated alongside other spirits when the world aged. Their goal was to make a stable foundation for civilization to thrive: It had worked, in the least, towards saving part of the population before the devastation had spread. Their tenets and values were in part a large contributor to the near-extinction of the populace, having given much of the populace in terms of defense of others and of ensuring the indirect survival of many other races; even if they were never known to them.

Before the world ended, it was notable that Malaya's values encompassed many different peoples, that both time and space would connect together in multicultural and integrated understanding. Led by a council of the people, it was through divination that a foretelling of danger was near; as their people were one of many races under a greater government, many worked to prepare and awaken the pantheons of old, and in their pride, hearken onto survival of what they held dear for centuries. Expeditions were launched to find safety in the face of the inevitable.

As devastation wrought the lands, waters, and air, it was only through proactive action that superceded their survival; they kept ancient knowledge and enshrined cultural memories to avoid their nescient past as well as be trapped to only the memories they had at present; to honor the many that had died in ensuring they had the chance to survive. Many more were lost from contact and remembered only through memory of artificial languages, arts, stories, and words. Led by a council of humble representatives, it was through diversity and collaboration that survival was attained, enabling the preservation of so many under the labors of so few.

Spoiler: Life Sheets (Human, Leshy, Elf) (click to show/hide)

Name: Humans
Appearance: Humans are a varied and dynamic species, characterized and detailed from their adaptation to their surroundings, and their social culture, than any definitive superficial or expressed racial characteristic which would stand out to describe them. Humans are shaped like themselves: Distinctly bipedally humanoid with bilaterally symmetrical appendages (and the upper appendages having opposable thumbs), warm-blooded, and with lifespans capable of reaching at least a century; they are diverse by nature.
Traits:
Resourceful - Humans have a knack of making more out of necessity and from their environment, from a long history of having less innate physical advantages compared to other mundane life (e.g. claws, fur, sense of smell, etc).
Determined - These humans are more close-knit and oriented towards social collaboration, exploration, knowledge of their world, and survival to thrive, coming from a well-rounded background on the brink of extinction--they have an integrated sense of discipline.
Name: Leshy
Appearance: Born of the spirits, the Leshy came into being deep within the old forests of the world. They appear and are described as to their own will--often taking the form of diminutive to hulking humanoids with floral features, shaped like the diversity of plant life, and appearing humanoid in familiarity. Eons of time and change among the other races saw the Leshy as unchanging as the Seasons until finally contact was made: The elves taught them of magic, bringing an intelligence and wisdom they didn’t yet possess; through this gift they began to flourish and find their place in the world while being linked to their start in the Seasons. They traveled, they explored, and they learned much. From Elves still, they learned to keep harmony and learned of fun and art. From Humans, they learned of industry and creation. From the passage of time, they learned of the histories of the world, and as unchanging as nature, they retreated back into the deep forests, becoming a myth through the ages. Right before the world cracked, the Leshy awoke with lessons learned and a life desired, keeping their forms stable, and their visages under artful designs in reference and homage, hearkening back onto the old world.

Traits:
Autotrophs - The Leshy are able to produce edible nutritional organic substances from generally inorganic substances, needing an equivalent water and light ration to do so through photosynthesis and chemosynthesis
Collective Conscience - The Leshy are above average in terms of resistance to adverse social, mental, and spiritual influences
Pacifists - Leshy are able as combatants as any other mundane race, however, they are distinctively oriented towards protection and self-defense rather than any offensive action, willed or otherwise
Name: Elves
Appearance: Similar to humans in the diversity of humanoid body structure, anatomy, and skin complexion, Elves were known to be the vassals of spirits in their earliest interaction with mortal kin, garnering a superstition of having magical powers and supernatural elements, especially in the context of beauty and grace--all tied down to the matter of appearing more like forms of light in spirit (where no difference in intensity of light is noted), visible upon reaching the end of their mortal lifespan.
Traits:
Light-sensitive Vision - Elves possess vision that is receptive to regulation between sensitivity to extreme low-light environments and withstanding light intensity ranges similar to humans
Spirit Sight - While Elven visual acuity is similar to many mundane creatures, their sight was blessed in the past by spiritual influence; this translates to above-average precision and vision, ranging from color sensitivity, sharper detail, and multiple eyelids
Pretty - In the old world, while other races have described the Elves through a bias of grace and beauty, they themselves say otherwise.

Spoiler: Starting Scenario: Wizened Mage (Human) (click to show/hide)

1) Choose one: Wizened Mage
2) Choose one: Craftsmen
3) Choose one: Foresight
4) Backstory:

Magic was as to science as science was as to one's senses; dependant on thought, experience, memory, and connection. Malaya was both a cultural artifact of thought, and an inspiration of future possibilities; they who led so few into safety was also one of the first who had foreseen the edges of the gravity of danger. Before the end of the known world, their practice was focused on innovation and administration, overseeing the sustainable practice of resource use into tools and instruments of greater labors, and further yet founded in earlier times as an explorer of knowledge when they had first met Malaya; their beginnings were to first master the tellings of others' lived experiences, through mastering their sense of self, and through that (and in the prescience of immortality) learn into the arts of seeing the future. Through foresight, their ambitions were fulfilled, but through mastery and empathy were these ambitions made manifest as important works and deeds. They are a person who knows the objective, subjective value of many things, and has an eye for the potential in people as real as their capabilities. They became a champion of Malaya, when through awareness and perception, they became both a competent servant and leader: They realized to not seek power for the sake of having more power.

Spoiler: Starting Scenario: Subsoul Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Willow Sel
Appearance: Willow appears as a human in their prime of life, healthy and unharmed by the deterioration of age. They are light-skinned, having soft facial features, with long, wavy black hair reaching until their shoulders. Their body is well-built, being a supple and graceful combination of fat and toned musculature.
Personality: Having lived for centuries, they are a person who takes joy in others, being incurably optimistic in the worst of times, having seen the depths of potential that others have alongside a tempered resilience from humility through living multiple lifetimes' worth of experiences, insights, dangers, and ideas. They are remarkably considerate in their patience, and astute with their communications--biased towards collaborating with others, slow to anger, and one who prizes the growth of thought and life. They love simplicity, and enjoy working in its complexity.
PHYS: PS: 0  AS: 2
SPIR: EGO: 0  SS: 0  W: 0
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
> Mutual Aid - It is only through actions that others can be cast out or accepted and great acts have no price; labor is free and requires people to act to be performed--people work better together, and leaders are made effective by the values they found themselves upon
> Communication is Power - Language is a social construct, and through constructing understanding, you can further creation; progress is achieved in sharing understanding, and understanding is built upon infrastructure, tangible or otherwise.
> Knowledge is Eternal - Thought and learning are endless, but time within their application creates the present reality others live in; always keep an open-minded perspective coupled with a vigilant awareness, and ensure others are able to pass onto others what is known--learning is best founded in application, but people must be taken care of to do so
> No Lone Survivor - No person can thrive alone, inasmuch as no person is alone with thoughts; ensure the best use of people around through collaboration and empowerment as everyone relies on and impacts each other in memory and in learning
> Innovate with Understanding - Safety and precaution are needed to best make use of resources, especially when meeting anything new; everything new and known can become new but familiar through innovation and tempered through time and culture, and every working system must be at least compatibly sustainable
> Patient Teachings Last - Intergenerational strengths and cultural growth creates both issues and foundations of further life, ensure that knowledge is well-reviewed, rigorously tested, and accessible; keep teachings alive through people, and keep people alive through their empowerment
Traits:
Master Administrator: A genius in both mental know-how and the social infrastructure of the needs of people, they are an authority of competence in manifesting others' potential through their skills of teaching, innovation, resourcefulness, communication, organization, and understanding of the facets and aspects of a person's mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual elements. In terms of administration, they are very well able to pick the right people for the right places, and even make new places for people to make their niche.
Mystical Seer: They are both a practiced, revered, and experienced mage, and a master of clairvoyance: capable of foresight against harmful events to themself or to others, as well as being capable in handling schools of magic associated with time and prescience.
Charismatic: Their personality and social acumen is enriched by decades of knowledge and practice, giving off an aura of awe.
Lorekeeper: Their memory spans centuries of lifetimes, and their grasp on concepts akin to fields of history, psychology, philosophy, and theatre, is both very coherent and with due clarity.

Spoiler: Supplies (click to show/hide)

Choose two: Spears, Crossbows
Choose one: Agricultural Supplies

[Leonardo8]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Sherazade
Appearance: She a mirage, a figure of wind and sand coiling endlessly in a never-ending spiral.
Personality: Sherazade is wise and clever, kind and subtle. Her calling is that of a storyteller, and she believes wholeheartedly in the power of stories to improve the life of everyone who listens with open hearts and open minds.
Goal: To spread the best stories ever told to everyone who is willing to listen, in every corner of the world.
Form:Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: A desert oasis would be ideal.
Colour: lime green

I will post the rest of my sheet tomorrow, i am very interested in joining.