Willow_Calypso
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I would like to try something new for me, and I am looking for open minded players who are flexible and interested in trying to run a freeform storyline/plot to be played strictly in Carpe DM, Ahoy or even on offsite message board (as this would be a non-AD&D world).
Players will be given a setting (or tasks) and some guidance, but will mostly have free run, meaning we don't always have to be on as a group. A couple players could play on their own if they'd like to work on character relationships or development. I would like to get the group together once a week for a big event.
Right now things are in the brain storming stages, and I am looking for advice, constructive criticism and players interested in stumbling through this to create a sprawling story based on material from a novel series.
The setting will be modern (2008 Earth) and it will require new character creations from the list of races I will be providing with a vague background description of each race.
Inspired by Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark Series. Lore races created by author and descriptions referenced from her texts.
The Lore
The Lykae Clan
The House of Witches
The Valkyrie
The Vampires
The Horde
The Forbearers
All of these Lore creatures have been brought together in New Orleans to participate in the Talisman Hie.
The Talisman Hie
If anyone is interested in trying to take this material and turn it into something, please contact me via email or respond here with your contact information and I will give you more information on the particular race you are interested in.
Applesaucejellybean [at] yahoo [dot] com
Players will be given a setting (or tasks) and some guidance, but will mostly have free run, meaning we don't always have to be on as a group. A couple players could play on their own if they'd like to work on character relationships or development. I would like to get the group together once a week for a big event.
Right now things are in the brain storming stages, and I am looking for advice, constructive criticism and players interested in stumbling through this to create a sprawling story based on material from a novel series.
The setting will be modern (2008 Earth) and it will require new character creations from the list of races I will be providing with a vague background description of each race.
Inspired by Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark Series. Lore races created by author and descriptions referenced from her texts.
The Lore
Sentient creatures that are not human united under one stratum, coexisting with, yet secret from man.
The Lykae Clan
"A proud, strapping warrior of the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts) was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him."
- Also called werewolves, war-wolds
- Enemies of the Vampire Horde
The House of Witches
"Immortal possessors of magickal talents, practitioners of good and evil."
- Mystical mercenaries who sell their spells.
- Separated into five castes: warrior, healer, enchantress, conjurer, and seeress.
The Valkyrie
"When a maiden warrior screams for courage as she dies in battle, Woden and Freya heed her call. the two gods give up lightning to strike her, rescuing her to their hall, and preserving her courage forever in the form of the maiden's immortal Valkyrie daughter."
- Take, sustenance from the electrical energy of the earth, sharing it in one collective power, and give it back with their emotions in the form of lightning.
- Possess preternatural strength and speed.
- Without training, they can be mesmerized by shining objects and jewels.
- Also called Swan Maidens, Shield Maidens.
- Enemies of the Vampire Horde.
The Vampires
"Two warring factions, the Horde and the Forbearers."
- Vampires teleport by means of Tracing. A vampire can only trace to a destination they have previously been.
The Horde
"In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated, by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steppes of Dacia and migrated to Russia."
- Distinguished by their red eyes, a side effect of drinking victims to death.
- Enemies of most fractions in the Lore.
The Forbearers
"His crown stolen, Kristoff, the right Horde king stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army."
- An army of vampires consisting of turned humans who do not drink blood directly from the flesh.
- Enemies of the Horde.
All of these Lore creatures have been brought together in New Orleans to participate in the Talisman Hie.
The Talisman Hie
"A treacherous and grueling scavenger's hunt for magickal talismans, amulets, and other mystical riches over the entire world."
- The rules forbid killing - until the final round. Any other trickery or violence is encouraged.
- Held every two hundred fifty years.
- Hosted by Riora, the goddess of impossibility.
If anyone is interested in trying to take this material and turn it into something, please contact me via email or respond here with your contact information and I will give you more information on the particular race you are interested in.
Applesaucejellybean [at] yahoo [dot] com
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