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[chubby2man]

Ancalia is a cursed place. The Uncreated, demons from the darkness outside the world, crawl over the land, spreading destruction wherever they go. The dead also walk, brought to horrific unlife by a terrible plague. Survivors huddle where they can, fighting for every day of survival. Reavers pillage the coast, barren of the defenses that once kept them at bay.

Ancalia has been dead for five years. The other nations have turned their gaze and hope that they are not next. Woe to those who step foot on the shores of Ancalia, for land is tainted by plague and worse.


You were on a ship, bound to a distant port, when the storm came. It was violent and sudden, and before you knew it the ship was breaking around you. You were in the water, and you knew no more.

A dragon roars, and breaks.

You awake on the shore of a beach, dark clouds in the sky. Despite being water-logged and half drowned, you feel a strange vitality coursing through you. Words, echos of celestial power and might, echo through your soul. A power enough to change a kingdom’s, a world’s, fate.

You are Godbound.

What that means is for you to determine.


This game will run based on the RPG Godbound, made by Kevin Crawford and the rules can be found for free over on Drivethrurpg (and probably other stores). A guide to character creation can be found there.


  This is going to be a Sandbox game, driven by the player’s goals. While there will be threats and quests for you to go on, ideally most adventures will be driven by the PC’s. So when designing a potential character, give them goals and ideals that they would strive for, even if it is unrealistic or impossible. You are Godbound, anything can be achieved given enough time and power.

Spoiler: Words (click to show/hide)

Here is a quick list of words you can reference. For full descriptions and gifts, refer to the rulebook. If you have an idea for a certain word that doesn’t appear on this list, you can make your own word. Refer to the rules for creating new powers, and we can work together to make it fit.


Alacrity :Agility and swiftness in motion
Artifice :Building, repairing, and destroying objects
Beasts :Command and transformation of beasts
Bow :Ranged combat and impossible accuracy
Command :Leadership, rule, and enforced obedience
Death :Undead, death, and the dying
Deception :Trickery, stealth, illusion, and lies
Earth :Stone, strength, soil, and obdurate hardness
Endurance :Tireless vigor and scorn for injury
Fertility :Plants and growth both unnatural and normal
Fire :Heat, smoke, light, fury and lust
Health : Vigor, healing, and the command of disease
Journeying : Swift, unhindered travel over far distances
Knowledge : Knowledge both mundane and supernatural
Luck: The having and giving of luck good and bad
Might: Raw strength and its use in tremendous deeds
Night: Darkness, sleep, night-passage and dreams
Passion: Emotion, devotion, grudges, and yearnings
Sea: Water, seas, rivers, sea-beasts, and purification
Sky: Weather, lightning, flight, and winds
Sorcery: Initiation into theurgic spellcasting
Sun: Light, vision, truth, heat and banishing
Sword: Melee combat and unarmed struggles
Time: Prophecy, postcognition, and time-weaving
Wealth: Money, prosperity, and abundant goods
Birds- Become a bird, and command them.
Cities- Avatar of cities
Dance- The power of movement and communication
Desert- Avatar of deserts and its Dry, Dusty Heat

Entropy-Encourage or discourage disorder and decay
Fear- Nightmares and master of horrors
Insects-Command swarms and call upon bug traits.
Intoxication- master of narcotic substances

Murder- Lord of killing and betrayal
Music- Sound and meaning

Protection- Protecting your allies and worshippers.
Theft- Word of stealing things
Underworld- Caves, darkness, and dungeons.
Vengeance- Eye for an eye, revenge.
War- Master of legions
Winter- Cold and decay, the fading season

Concept Words: These Words cover more extreme character concepts. Please limit yourself to just one.

Dragon- You are a classic fire breathing dragon.
Faerie Queen- You are royalty among the fae creatures, terrible in your beauty
Lich King- Eternal unlife.
Peak Human- The peak of mortal capability, you are no god, but don't let that stop you. ( Word of Batman)

Spoiler: The World of Arcem (click to show/hide)

Long ago, the world was shattered, when the masters of the Theurgy, a great form of magic, ascended to heaven and found the Throne of God empty. In their hubris, they looted the halls of heaven to form their own gods and create their vision of paradise, caring little for the devastation that wrecked on the world.

You live in the aftermath of the great wars, that left the world diminished and broken. Still, time has passed and the world has moved on. You are from:


- Ancalia: A kingdom torn apart and isolated by plague and Uncreated. No rule of law here exists beyond the edge of a sword.

- Atheocracy of Lom: Ruled by Absolute Reason. The Non-priests work to burn out any religion. (Country ruled by atheistic inquisition.
 
Bleak Reach: A ruined exile-land where the refugees and outcasts have scratched out a hard, unlucky existence.
 
Bright Republic: The last bastion of advanced science in the realm, threatened by the decay of its vital technology. (Modern)

Far Realms: The far lands that drift within Uncreated Night, known only by their castaways and voyagers. (If you want to come from a different world or place, this is your pick.)

Howlers: Covers hundreds of tribes of nomadic horselords.(Dothraki)
 
Kasirutan Archipelago: Pirates and traders of the hot southeastern islands, the finest sailors in all the realm. (Pirates of the Caribbean.)
 
Nezdohva: A nation of serfs, artificers and quarreling golem-nobles under the rule of the mechanical Iron Czar. (Russia with a side of clockwork.)
 
Oasis States: Pyramid-dwelling inhabitants of the desert grow much under the mad eye of the God-Pharaohs. (Super Egypt)
 
Patrian Empire: A martial state long locked in combat with Dulimbai, dependent on heavy infantry and slave labor. (This is Rome.)
 
Raktine Confederacy: A patchwork of city-states and rural domains with dark, potent wizards and a ferocious independence.
 
Regency of Dulimbai: Vanguard of an ancient invasion, proud of its erudition and art and convinced of its right to rule all. (China)
 
The Thousand Gods: A god-plagued land of countless tribes who wield ancient theotechnical magic in service to their deities.
 
Toba Plains: Proud riders who serve the holy monks of their ancestor-monasteries and the armies of Dulimbai. (Mongols)

Ulstang Skerries: Witch-viking raiders from cold northern isles who enslave the dead to drive their bone-prowed ships.
 
Vissio: Former Patrian colonies turned independent city-states of merchants, artists, poisoners, and poets. (Venice)

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Character Sheet

Name:

Description:

Goal:

Attributes (Array=16,14 13, 13, 10,8 or you can roll)
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:0/ +0/ 0
Dexterity:0/ +0/ 0
Constitution:0/ +0/ 0
Wisdom:0/ +0/ 0
Intelligence:0/ +0/ 0
Charisma:0/ +0/ 0


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:0/-0+0=0
Evasion:0/-0+0=0
Spirit:0/-0+0=0

Hit Points: Current/Max

AC:
Armor:
Savings Throws Penalty:

Base Attack Bonus: (=to your level)
Weapons:Example: Spear (1d8 damage +2 from strength (both to hit and damage)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth:

Facts: You can choose three facts. Facts can be used ingame to give bonuses or allow certain actions
Origin: Where do you hail?
Past profession: What do you do?
Relationship to some organization/religon.or group:

Words: Pick three words! Note any abilities your words give you

Gifts: You get 6 points, 1 point for a lesser gift and 2 points per greater.

This game will mostly run on the forum, though combat may be resolved through posts on discord to go a little faster. So Discord is necessary for this game:
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Let me know if you have any questions, or if I forgot anything. I’ll look for around ~6 characters.

[chubby2man]

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[BlackPaladin99]

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[Maximum Spin]

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Tsarevich Maksimilian, Hrimthane of the Unseelig Rada

Description: A thin young man with an otherworldly, elfin air, with blue-tinged skin and long hair the color of frost swept back on both sides, neatly covering his pointed ears. His eyes are cold and his features haughty, and he often bares sharp white teeth.

Goal: To gain power, theoretically with the intent to reconquer his homeland or at least some equivalent new stronghold.

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:13/ +1/ 8
Dexterity:14/ +1/ 7
Constitution:10/ +0/ 11
Wisdom:16/ +2/ 5
Intelligence:13/ +1/ 8
Charisma:19/ +4/ 2


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-1+0=14
Evasion:15/-1+0=14
Spirit:15/-4+0=11

Hit Points: 8/8

AC: 3
Armor: icy chill
Savings Throws Penalty: none

Base Attack Bonus: 1
Weapons: Frost bow (1d8+1 damage, +2 to hit, 2H, dex, 300 yd range)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort: 3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth: 0

Facts:
Origin: From the fey court of hoary winter, where the yews and hollies cluster close, their boughs bent under snow. The winter court, one of the unseelig courts that plague and discomfit mortals more than aid them, deals primarily in the aspects of loneliness, numbness, dread, and privation. Whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Past profession: As the important elder son of the sometime rulers of winter, my role was to lead raids against the mortals, serve as herald in wild hunts, and generally to make a name for myself to prove my capability as a future ruler to be. Now, my parents are as far as I know dead, my vassals have all broken faith, the court is in chaos and our lands in ruin, and all that is left to me is to wander the world seeking power to right what has been set wrong.
Relationship: There are still those among the fey who are loyal to me, for I have always done right by them. These also in their turn have certain mortal followers who worship them or otherwise seek their favor.

Words:
Fairy King: "Your Charisma is automatically raised to 19, granting you a +4 Charisma modifier. You are susceptible to some substance inimical to fae, however, such as cold iron, salt, or items consecrated to a particular religion. When used as a weapon against you, no gift you wield can be used to negate the damage of such an attack. If you are made to suffer from this weakness in a game session, gain one extra Dominion point as part of your session rewards." (The fey of winter are best warded by embers and ash, and they may be bound by chains of silver, for it is as cold as they and can endure all their power.)
Winter: "Godbound of Winter have an invulnerable immunity to cold and ice. As a Main Action, they can freeze objects and surroundings within 30 feet; creatures not impervious to cold suffer 1 point of damage, while Mobs suffer 3. A creature or Mob can only suffer this damage once per scene. As an Action, they may conjure simple physical tools and objects out of ice within 30 feet, though such structures cannot serve as effective barriers to a determined foe."
Magic: "Godbound affiliated with the Magic Word brush aside the incantations of lesser mages. As an Instant ability, the PC can Commit Effort for the scene to instantly negate any low magic spell being cast in their presence or banish or destroy any low magic construct or summoned entity. This counter does not function against theurgy or arcane powers that are merely similar to low magic spells. They also have an invincible defence against low magic, and all theurgy below that of the throne, though even this they always can save against."

Gifts:
Lesser:
Adept of the Gate (Constant)
You have been initiated into the Gate, the humblest level of theurgy, albeit still one beyond all but the mightiest mortal wizards. You may choose four invocations of the Gate to master as part of this learning and may learn more as you find them. This cannot be used as a miracle.

Unbroken Ice (Constant)
The Godbound's hard flesh has a natural AC of 3, and their bottomless chill grants an invulnerable immunity to fire.

Maker of Bargains (Constant)
When you make a bargain with another, you may consecrate it with your authority. This bargain cannot be compelled with magic, but it may be coerced with more mundane inducements. If you carry out the letter of the bargain fully, your counter-party must likewise obey the letter of the bargain or be cast into your power. A deal-breaker may be killed instantly if you so wish, or visited with whatever curses or misfortunes you find appropriate until you grant them mercy.

Royal Grace (Instant)
You exude flawless perfection, and have an invulnerable defense against appearing dirty, awkward, or incapable. As an Instant action you may Commit Effort for the scene to succeed at an attribute check.

Greater:
Fimbulwinter (Action)
Commit Effort for the day. A radius of up to one mile per Godbound level is plunged into midwinter, with sub-freezing temperatures and the immediate accrual of several feet of snow and ice. Any plants in the area immediately die or enter their winter phases and almost all animals trapped there will die within days unless prepared for winter. Travel by unequipped persons is almost impossible, and unprepared and unsheltered persons will die within hours. This winter lasts until the Godbound relents or the ability is used again. Optionally, the
Godbound may merely create snow storms or deposit banks of snow as desired within that range. This gift cannot be used as a miracle.

Theurgy:
Barred Gates of Forbiddance
Beacon of Celestial Purity
Open the Night Road
Seal of Regnal Dominion

Having to go back and forth across the sheet always leaves me worried I missed something, but I don't think I did.

[Sudurandom]

Spoiler: The Lord of Sea and Sky (click to show/hide)

Character Sheet

Name: Lord Yared Althere (The Lord of Sea and Sky)

Description: A tall Ancalian man in his late twenties, who carries himself with an aristocratic bearing. His Kalay heritage is clearly shown by his brilliant green eyes.

Goal: Protect his people

Attributes (Array=16,14 13, 13, 10,8 or you can roll)
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:10/ +0/ 11
Dexterity:14/ +1/ 7
Constitution:13/ +0/ 8
Wisdom:16/ +2/ 5
Intelligence:13/ +0/ 8
Charisma:16/ +2/ 5


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-0+0=15
Evasion:15/-1+0=14
Spirit:15/-2+0=13

Hit Points: Current/Max 8/8

AC:3-1+2
Armor:None (using Body of Water.)
Savings Throws Penalty:None

Base Attack Bonus:1 (=to your level)
Weapons: Sword (1d8 damage +0 from strength (both to hit and damage)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth:

Facts: You can choose three facts. Facts can be used in game to give bonuses or allow certain actions
Origin: He is a minor scion of the Kalay lineage.
Past profession: He served as an officer in the Ancalian navy.
Relationship to some organization/religion. or group: He served as first lieutenant abord the Lark until he was given a prize ship and orders to pick up and carry a load of refugees to safety.

Words: Pick three words! Note any abilities your words give you
    Kalay Lineage: A true scion of the Kalay must have a Wisdom score of at least 16. All of their lineage can see in the dark as well as a cat.
    Command: Heroes with the Command Word may set their Charisma score             to 16, or 18 if it’s already 16 or higher. They may communicate with any intelligent creature, understanding them and being understood in turn.
Their commands are always correctly understood, though obedience
will depend on their eloquence or the use of their gifts.
    Sea: Heroes with the Sea Word have an invincible defense against cold,
can breathe water, swim at twice their normal movement rate, and see
with perfect clarity underwater, regardless of available light. They may
grant these benefits to their companions, except for cold immunity
    Sky: Heroes with the Sky Word are never harmed by falling, need not
breathe, and have an invincible defense against electricity, cold and
injurious sounds.
Gifts: You get 6 points, 1 point for a lesser gift and 2 points per greater.
Kalay Lineage:
    A Lordly Eye: Commit Effort for the day and focus on a piece of
evidence or a fragment of a deeper mystery. Gain an intuitive sense
of whether it's related to any other information in your possession
and an impression of the person you should talk to or investigate
to find out more about it. You gain an image or sense of this person
even if they are currently unknown to you. If the datum is irrelevant
to anything you're interested in, you realize as much.

Command:
    Know the Inner Truth: On Turn
Commit Effort for the scene. Understand the true motivations and
intentions of any conversational partner, expressed by the GM in a few
sentences. Worthy foes get a Spirit saving throw to conceal the truth
    A Thousand Loyal Troops: Action
Commit Effort. A visible NPC immediately becomes cooperative
toward you, doing for you all they’d do for a superior or employer.
Those who are worthy foes get a Spirit save to resist this effect. The
cooperativeness lasts even after the Effort is reclaimed, provided the
compliance is not abused or wholly improbable.

Sea:
    Body of Water: Constant
Your flesh flows around dangers and encapsulates toxins. Your natural
armor class is 3 and you are immune to poisons. You can apply a poison by touch if you’ve previously swallowed or been struck by a dose,
thus ejecting the toxin. This AC isn't improved by shields or armor.
    Living Torrent: On Turn
Commit Effort. Spout a torrent of water at dangerous levels of pressure. The water can be used as a ranged weapon out to 100 feet, doing
1d10 damage and counting as a magical weapon. It will destroy one
foot of earthen or wooden barriers in one round. The water can be
allowed to remain after using this power, or allowed to vanish as the
wielder wills.

Sky:
Windsinger: Action
Commit Effort. Control weather within a mile, from still air to rainstorms strong enough to knock down fragile structures and make
mundane archery impossible, Weather changes occur instantly on
use of this gift and last as long as Effort remains committed. When
released, the weather rapidly returns to its normal condition.

I slightly changed the third fact so he's not dealing with the responsibility for losing a boatload of refugees, just for losing his crew.
I can change it back if you like.

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: The Dragon (click to show/hide)

Name: Thyraxxus

Description: A powerfully built dragon with obsidian scales and eyes like glowing rubies. Favored humanoid form is a handsome and powerfully built nobleman with ash-grey skin, jet-black hair, and ruby-red eyes.

Goal: Amass wealth and servants

Attributes (Array=16,14 13, 13, 10,8 or you can roll)
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:18/ +3/ 3
Dexterity:10/ +0/ 11
Constitution:14/ +1/ 7
Wisdom:13/ +1/ 8
Intelligence:13/ +1/ 8
Charisma:18/ +3/ 3

Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-3+0=12
Evasion:15/-0+0=15
Spirit:15/-3+0=12

Hit Points: 9/9

AC: 3
Armor: Dragonscale
Savings Throws Penalty: 0

Base Attack Bonus: +1 (=to your level)
Weapons: Claw and Fang (+4 to hit, 1d8 + 3 damage, magical)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth: I left my hoard in my other shipwreck

Facts: You can choose three facts. Facts can be used ingame to give bonuses or allow certain actions
Origin: Terror of the volcanic islands and glittering atolls of Kasiruta
Past profession: Work with and against merchants and pirates to amass power and treasure, then try to keep it
Relationship to some organization/religon.or group: Significant shareholder in the Dreadwake Trading Company

Words:
Dragon: AC 3. Unarmed attacks are 1d10 as magic weapons. Strength 18.
Command: 16/18 Charisma. May communicate with any intelligent creature regardless of languages. Commands are always perfectly understood.
Artifice: Can create any non-magical man-portable object as an action using any materials, it works and lasts as well as a typical item of normal materials. Daily labor counts as 100 laborers where estimate is needed.

Gifts:

A Second Skin (Dragon, Lesser): Main Action to transform into humanoid guise, complete with clothing, equipment, language, and mannerisms. All gifts and innate powers remain accessible.
Breath of Death (Dragon, Lesser, Smite, Pyroclastic Flow): Commit Effort for scene, exhale wave of superheated ash for 1d6 damage per level, x3 vs Mobs, in a cone 50 ft per level long and that wide at its furthest. Targets and Mobs with 1 HP die instantly. Can selectively omit targets in area. Invulnerable defense against superheated ash.
Terror of the Skies (Dragon, Lesser): Have wings, can fly at double land speed. 100 MPH overland speed. Can hover and maneuver as needed.

Transmuter (Artifice, Lesser): Commit Effort for scene. Transmute 10x10x10 cube of material per level from one thing to another. Creating rare or precious materials requires committing effort for day instead. Cannot create extremely rare or magical materials.

Bearer of the Scarlet Crown (Command, Greater): Legitimacy as a ruler is unshakable. Intuitive awareness of all publicly known major events in groups or communities ruled or administered by self. Can communicate with viceroys and officials at any time, though they cannot answer back. +1 free Dominion each month, but must be spent on own lands or organizations.

[BlackPaladin99]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Character Sheet

Name: Vax Atular

Description: Vax is a tall, broad chested albino human with mesmerizing purple eyes.  He wears simple, loose robes and a belt glittering with silver

Goal: To conquer the world

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength: 13/ +1/ 8
Dexterity:13/ +1/ 8
Constitution:16/ +2/ 5
Wisdom:14/ +1/ 7
Intelligence:18/ +3/ 3
Charisma:10/ +0/ 11


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-2+0=13
Evasion:15/-3+0=12
Spirit:15/-1+0=14

Hit Points: 10/10

AC:5
Armor: Light + Shield
Savings Throws Penalty:0

Base Attack Bonus: +1
Weapons:Example: Weapon of the ages/Starlight Spear (Firmament, 1d10+3 damage, +4 to hit, 1H, int, 300 yd range, 1d6 explosive damage with a kill)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth:

Facts: You can choose three facts. Facts can be used ingame to give bonuses or allow certain actions
Origin: Scholar of Forgotten Knowledge
Past profession: Cinnabar Order Ex-Archmage
Relationship to some organization/religon or group: Curse Eater Archmage

Words: Magic, Firmament, Death

Gifts:

Lesser Gifts:
-Weapon of the Ages
-Excellence of the Word (Intelligence)
-Adept of the Gate
-Adept of the Way

Greater Gifts:
-Adept of the Throne

Invocations:

Gate:
-Open the Night Road
-Kiss of the Crane
-Seal of Regal Dominion
-A Pale Crown Beckons
Way:
-Path to the Bright Sanctum
-Shutting the Dark Way
-Tumulus of Sanctified Night

Throne:
-Palace of the Sorcerer-Prince
-Summon the Black Iron Servitor

[Madman198237]

Alright, I think I got everything.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: The Ash Wanderer

Description: "Ashen" is a common word used to describe the old wanderer, as the only thing greyer than his dusty old cloak is his (slightly less dusty) old beard. His face is long and worn, with eyes that always seem to gleam just a bit brighter than everyone else's by firelight. His counsel is wise and his appearances timely.

Goal: To improve the state of the world and generally aid people.

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:       13 / +1 / 8
Dexterity:      12 / +0 / 9
Constitution:  15 / +1 / 6
Wisdom:(4)->16 / +2 / 5
Intelligence:   17 / +2 / 4
Charisma:      15 / +1 / 6


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:0/-1+0= 14
Evasion:0/-2+0=    13
Spirit:0/-2+0=       13

Hit Points: 9/9

AC: 5
Armor:
Light (7 base) - Simple armor of thick cloth does not hinder travel, but can spare the unlucky or unawares a lethal surprise.
Shield (-1) - In a dangerous world, a small round wooden shield can be the difference between significant emotional discomfort and arrows residing in vital organs.
Savings Throws Penalty: N/A

Base Attack Bonus: (=to your level)
Weapons: Spear - 1d8 damage (+1 STR)
Fray Die: 1d8

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth: 0

Facts:
Origin: A small tribe in the Bleak Reaches, known to travel alone from place to place offering healing and advice. Most ascribe his disappearance to the natural consequences of being alone in a dangerous world.
Past profession: Healer.
Relationship to some organization/religion or group: Many of the peoples of the Reaches know this man as a greatly helpful though strange character.

Words:
Journeying (Exploration) - Heroes with the Word of Journeying always know exactly where they are, never lose their way to a known destination, and may treat travel as if it were as restful and nourishing to them as sound sleep and a good meal.
Knowledge - Heroes with the Knowledge Word may set either their Intelligence or Wisdom attribute to 16. If the score is already 16 or higher, they may set it to 18 instead.
Inferno - Heroes with the Inferno Word have an invincible defence against flame, heat damage and smoke, and can breathe freely in the most intense of flames. They and their companions can freely breathe in flames, and any fire produced by the Godbound will not harm them. They may wield fire as a magical weapon with a range of up to 50 feet and a 1d10 damage die.

Gifts:
Dawn of the Fifth Day - Constant Greater Gift - Be aware when places you have been or people you have met have great need of you. Commit Effort for the Day for you and anyone with you to arrive in time to help.

It Would Be Wise - On Turn Lesser Gift - Commit Effort. Your words of wisdom, so long as they are truthful and based on your knowledge, are readily received by anyone who you are addressing with them. This can overcome biases against you or the information you convey.

Dust At Your Heels - On Turn Lesser Gift - Commit Effort. You and all who travel with you move at double the usual daily rate of travel and can cross any terrain as if it were flat ground, even mountains or seas. None of you are ever harmed by the natural climate or other insalubrious natural environment. You and those with you cannot be caught by pursuers as long as you keep traveling. Your group will always be moving faster than them regardless of their speed until you halt your movement. If able to go in an uncontested route, you can travel 30 miles per hour, as fast as the fastest land travel.

Consuming Gaze - Action Lesser Gift - An object in sight up to 20 x 20 x 20 feet in size is set on fire, has fire removed, reverses the effects of fire or has the fire reshaped. This even burns normally non-combustible materials. Larger objects may take a few rounds to completely burn away. Objects carried by a person cannot be affected. Fire damage can be healed or repaired at no effort cost, but the dead cannot be raised.

Firestorm - (Smite) Action Lesser Gift - Commit Effort for the scene. Choose a point within sight; every chosen target within 100 feet of it is struck by falling flame for a 1d6 die of damage per level of the Godbound. Enemies who remain within this zone after the initial hit take 1 damage per two levels rounded up for each round they stay with the flames, three per two levels of mobs.

[chubby2man]

Beach Day

The chill wind blew over the beach, home to scattered wreckage from the ship destroyed by the storm. Dark clouds still cover the sky, remnants of the tempest.

Nahaniel, a fisherman from a nearby coastal village, carefully sorted through a pile of debris. Times were desperate, and if there was anything of value Nahaniel would find it. Maybe it would buy another day of survival for his family.

Nahaniel froze as he saw movement, as wreckage shifted around and five figures stumbled to their feet.
Nearest was a young thin man, his hair a frosty white. Despite being tossed by waves and thrown onto a sandy beach, not a hair appears out of place and his clothes remain impossibly immaculate. Tales of the fae Cousins flashed through his mind, of their beauty and their trickery.

Another rose, a wealthy nobleman with skin the color of ash. Nahaniel flinched as he saw his ruby red eyes. Next to him was a man devoid of all pigment, and his eyes a glittering purple.

Further along the beach rose a tall Ancalian. He, thankfully, did not appear to be a fae. And next to him was an old man, clad in gray. They stood around a man, dressed in a garishly green and red outfit, who began to retch loudly, trying to clear any of the seawater he swallowed.

Nahaniel backed away slowly. Breen, his companion, was already by the boat and pointing further inland. Perhaps drawn by the wreckage, a shambling horde of the dead began to emerge from the trees. A few of them looked up at the sound of the other man's hacking, and began to shuffle towards the beach.

Nahaniel let out a quiet curse and looked at the strangers on the beach. A part of him wanted to warn them and offer a spot in the boat, but they were so strange. If they were fae, they should be able to handle themselves. And if not, they would buy time for them to escape.

He scrambled towards his fishing boat, under the sight of the godbound as the moans of the dead rose from the woods further inland.



Godbound, welcome! You are on a beach, there are a few undead shuffling towards you, but these guys aren't moving fast yet so you have some time. There are a couple fishermen discreetly trying to slip away on their boat, and another poor survivor who is trying to hack some seawater out of his lungs.

What do you do?

[BlackPaladin99]

Vax uses the death word to command as many undead as he can, telling them to stop approaching.  He then find one of the fishermen and demands to know where he is. 

[Maximum Spin]

Maksimilian's icy gaze falls on the fishermen. "You there. Men of hook and net. If you wish to leave alive, you shall heed this offer. You shall bind yourselves to my service as guides while I have need, and I will guarantee your safety in my presence. When I dismiss you, you may leave freely, provided that you tell your people that the Lord of Frosts has come."

(Maker of Bargains)

[IronyOwl]

Thyraxxus clicks his tongue as the frost nymph grabs some new employees before he can. First offer tends to win out with desperates.

Stretching, he notes the undead with an aloof turn of the head. Vermin, beneath his notice except to impress the locals.

That left his apparently empowered companions, unfortunate mortal, and the wreckage. He considers the odds of finding treasure in any of them.

"Surviving a shipwreck requires mixed luck," he finally states with a grin, slapping the mortal on the back to help clear his lungs. "They say that's a good sign for a sailor."

Assist the coughing man. I'm familiar with sailors and probably shipwrecked ones.

[chubby2man]

Vax strides forward towards the oncoming dead. He raises a hand and commands them to halt. The shambling mass of undead stops in place, staring dumbly at their new master.

Maksimilian offers his offer to the two fishermen, to serve as his guides in exchange for a promise of safety. Obviously concerned, they agree to the deal. Better that than risking the Lord of Frosts anger.

Thuraxxus slaps the coughing man on the back, helping him expel the last remaining seawater. The man groans and flops onto his back, garish clothes ruined by seawater and sand.


“Nicomos,” he introduces himself as he sits up, extending his hand. He’s a sailor from Vissio, a proud son of the independent city.


Nahaniel and Breen tell the gathered Godbound that they are on the eastern shore of Ancalia, a few hours boat ride North from Nekoik.


“Merda,” Nicomos mutters. “We’re cursed. If you step foot on the land, you get the plague that’ll turn you into…” he gestures at the undead standing not too far away. “No one will risk us bringing the curse to their shores.” He glances at the assembled Godbound, from frosty haired Maksimillion to the albino Vax.


“They might not have taken us anyways. “


Nahaniel tells the group about their fishing village, not too far away.

 He pauses.
“Well, to be straight with you all, there’s… an arraignment. Some Ulstanger Vikings offered their protection in exchange for a cut of everything we make. And… that includes people.”

He shrugs, “It was either that or die.”

The fisherman offer their boat and their knowledge. Their coastal village is not too far, or they could guide you to the port of Nekoik, where unscrupulous traders and pirates drive hard bargains with the desperate. What do you do?


Note: if you miss a turn no big deal, you’ll get priority on any actions or questions in the next update.

[IronyOwl]

“No one will risk us bringing the curse to their shores.” He glances at the assembled Godbound, from frosty haired Maksimillion to the albino Vax.


“They might not have taken us anyways. “

Thyraxxus gives another toothy smile.

"Everyone takes opportunities. Let's see what Nekoik has to offer."

[Sudurandom]

"Ulstangers." Lord Yared Althere says the name like a curse. "We haven't been able to deal with their raiders properly since the night roads opened."
He looks toward Vax. "Your control of the husks is impressive. If you could do the same to their draugr, then we could teach them a lesson."
As he speaks the sky turns to storm, and Yared realizes he's the cause. "And it appears I have a few tricks of my own. We should go to this village and show these invaders they are still  unwelcome in Ancalia."

Spoiler: Yared Althere Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Character Sheet

Name: Lord Yared Althere

Description: A tall Ancalian man in his late twenties, who carries himself with an aristocratic bearing. His Kalay heritage is clearly shown by his brilliant green eyes.

Goal: Protect his people

Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:10/ +0/ 11
Dexterity:14/ +1/ 7
Constitution:13/ +0/ 8
Wisdom:16/ +2/ 5
Intelligence:13/ +0/ 8
Charisma:16/ +2/ 5


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-0+0=15
Evasion:15/-1+0=14
Spirit:15/-2+0=13

Hit Points: Current/Max 8/8

AC:3-1+2
Armor:None (using Body of Water.)
Savings Throws Penalty:None

Base Attack Bonus:1 (=to your level)
Weapons: Sword (1d8 damage +0 from strength both to hit and damage)
Fray Die: 1d8 (damage you deal to minor enemies each turn)

Resources
Effort:3
Influence: 2
Dominion: 0
Wealth:

Facts:
Origin: He is a minor scion of the Kalay lineage.
Past profession: He served as an officer in the Ancalian navy.
Relationship to some organization/religion. or group: He served as first lieutenant abord the Lark until he was given a prize ship and orders to pick up and carry a load of refugees to safety.

Words:
    Kalay Lineage: A true scion of the Kalay must have a Wisdom score of at least 16. All of their lineage can see in the dark as well as a cat.
    Command: Heroes with the Command Word may set their Charisma score to 16, or 18 if it’s already 16 or higher.
They may communicate with any intelligent creature, understanding them and being understood in turn.
Their commands are always correctly understood, though obedience will depend on their eloquence or the use of their gifts.
    Sea: Heroes with the Sea Word have an invincible defense against cold, can breathe water, swim at twice their normal movement rate, and see with perfect clarity underwater, regardless of available light.
They may  grant these benefits to their companions, except for cold immunity
    Sky: Heroes with the Sky Word are never harmed by falling, need not breathe, and have an invincible defense against electricity, cold and injurious sounds.

Gifts: You get 6 points, 1 point for a lesser gift and 2 points per greater.
Kalay Lineage:
    A Lordly Eye: Commit Effort for the day and focus on a piece of evidence or a fragment of a deeper mystery. Gain an intuitive sense of whether it's related to any other information in your possession and an impression of the person you should talk to or investigate to find out more about it. You gain an image or sense of this person even if they are currently unknown to you. If the datum is irrelevant to anything you're interested in, you realize as much.

Command:
    Know the Inner Truth: On Turn
Commit Effort for the scene. Understand the true motivations and intentions of any conversational partner, expressed by the GM in a few sentences. Worthy foes get a Spirit saving throw to conceal the truth
    A Thousand Loyal Troops: Action
Commit Effort. A visible NPC immediately becomes cooperative toward you, doing for you all they’d do for a superior or employer.
Those who are worthy foes get a Spirit save to resist this effect. The cooperativeness lasts even after the Effort is reclaimed, provided the
compliance is not abused or wholly improbable.

Sea:
    Body of Water: Constant
Your flesh flows around dangers and encapsulates toxins. Your natural armor class is 3 and you are immune to poisons. You can apply a poison by touch if you’ve previously swallowed or been struck by a dose, thus ejecting the toxin. This AC isn't improved by shields or armor.
    Living Torrent: On Turn
Commit Effort. Spout a torrent of water at dangerous levels of pressure. The water can be used as a ranged weapon out to 100 feet, doing 1d10 damage and counting as a magical weapon.
 It will destroy one foot of earthen or wooden barriers in one round. The water can be allowed to remain after using this power, or allowed to vanish as the wielder wills.

Sky:
Windsinger: Action
Commit Effort. Control weather within a mile, from still air to rainstorms strong enough to knock down fragile structures and make mundane archery impossible, Weather changes occur instantly on use of this gift and last as long as Effort remains committed. When released, the weather rapidly returns to its normal condition.