I’m brand new, but have been wanting to play for a long time. All the times I’ve looked for a group it just fizzled, so I decided I would take the ideas spinning around my cranium and start a game with them.
Newbies are 100% welcome, we can learn together.
Classic high fantasy, with magical industrialism added in.
If the overview sounds like your cup of tea, follow the form link (actually read the what to expect section in it) and submit. If it’s not a good fit- I sincerely appreciate you taking the time and considering it. Best of luck finding a table!
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Valora is a world formed by cosmic dieties who instilled free will to their children and left them alone to use it.
Mortals longing for divinity more present in their lives, unconsciously birthed the Valorae (classic alignment pantheon + lessor dieties) to hear their prayers and absorb their worship. Eventually these dieties born of the power of mortal souls found conflict with each other.
The Great Valorae War spanned a century of violent conflict. The very world itself facing ruin, the Creators stepped in to save their mortal children from the divine powers they had spawned. Splitting the moon in two they sent the Valorae to fight their battle amongst the stars.
Only too be interrupted before a conclusion by something myth refers to as The Great Threat. A threat, so great that all Valorae and Creator gods had to unite to defeat it. Supposedly sealing the threat and creating a 3rd orbital body in doing so. Scholars believe this is when Arcana was introduced to their world.
After that sealing, the Shaper (creator god of reality and time) split the planes and banished the Valorae to the Heavens, Hells, and Abyss. Greatly diminished in power, they cannot return to the material plane. Much of their magic had been pulled into their respective moons. Physically trapped as they may be, it did not diminish their interest in mortal affairs.
Now ~2000 years after the splitting: Valora lives in the Age of Mortals, orbited by 3 colorful moons. The Emerald Moon, The Ruby Moon, and the Amethyst Tear.
It is dominated by two super powers:
The Emerald Compact, blessed by the mineral debris coming from the Emerald Moon (Veridianite). A compact formed by 7 nation states. A bastion of vitality, agriculture, and relative individual freedom.
The Crucible, empowered by the mineral debris of the Ruby Moon(Sanguinite). An industrial empire ruling the continent of Ignis. A hard militant land with historic ambition for Veridia’s resources and global power.
The Szygy:
A historic moment approaches. The Emerald and Ruby moons will align to create a double eclipse of the sun. Little is known, but speculation of the ability to harness the event for new power has created a technological arms race during a ~100year era of Cold War esque “peace” between the 2 superpowers.
The Party:
Tensions with the coming Szygy + local political turmoil have created an uneasy state for the Emerald Compact. The largest deposit of veridianite ever recorded has been discovered in the icy north, shifting political power and creating a large increase in labor demand. Officially unrelated the EC courts have been handing out labor sentences at an unprecedented rate. Often for “crimes” that previously would have been a short stint in jail or a hefty fine. Your party is currently on a prison labor transport, about to make the turn up north…