An Age of High Adventure

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of.

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Recent logs:

• The White Channel, the 11 September 2022 session log
• Barren-hearted, the 28 August 2022 session log
• It had to be snakes, the 10 July 2022 session log
• To Live and Die (and Sow Chaos) in Eruk, continued, the 29 May 2022 session log
• To Live and Die (and Sow Chaos) in Eruk, the 22 May 2022 session log
• A funny thing happened on the way to the kurgan, the 17 April 2022 session log
• Initiation, the 10 April 2022 session log
• Tomb of the Warrior Queen, the 9 August 2015 session log
• Demon Interruptus, the 20 July 2015 session log
• Whispers of the Serpent God, the 20 June 2015 session log
• Driven Before The Storm: Part 1, the 7 June 2015 session log

Chapter Oracles

Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God - God-Kings of War

• 2D - A cask of honey wine, tribute to a fierce bandit-queen.
• 8D - An order of magician-monks who punish blasphemers.
• 9D - A much-decorated company of the enemy’s light cavalry.
• JD - A vengeful and jealous god, displeased by the lapses of his followers, however scrupulously they observe.

Chapter 1 - Driven Before the Storm - Blood & Sex

• 3C - The arrival at a way house of four unusual travelers.
• 6D - A practitioner of luck-magics traveling ahead of a ferocious storm.
• 8H - The local lord’s daughter, tramping after strawberries.
• 10H - The child of a great and renowned theologist, forced into priesthood against both inclination and nature.

Chapter 2 - Demon Interruptus - Nest of Vipers

• 4D - The proprietress of a wanton-house, with her manservant.
• AD - A great convocation of mages, with many orders attending.
• KH - A night-wisp, who devours its victims' magical potency.
• 10H - A wizard jealousy guarding her magical territory.

Chapter 3 - Tomb of the Warrior Queen - The Unquiet Past

• 8D - A long-dead queen still trying to defend her realm.
• 8C - The father of a child possessed by a voracious spirit.
• 6S - A convocation of a ruins, ghouls, gaunts, and whisps.
• 9S - A woman's long red hair incorporated into a bird's nest.

Chapter 4 - Helen, paging Helen of Troy - God Kings of War

• 4D - The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared prosperous peaceful coast.
• 7D - The sight of a pitched battle, ground churned and stinking, and the widows mourning there.
• 5S - A great warship, set with a ram and mangonel, and its crew.
• 7S - The guardian spirits of a foolhardy, naive, reckless, and impressionable young person

Chapter 5 - Initiation - Blood and Sex

• KS - A jealous and vengeful rival, who has an infamous temper and is quick to violence.
• 4H - The night each year that a certain ghost is allowed her freedom.
• 2H - The ascension to mastery of a student wizardess, unrecognized by her order but absolutely clear and undeniable to her inner self.
• QC - The seizure of arcane powers by an arrogant and brutal wizard.

Chapter 6 - A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Kurgan - God-Kings of War

• AD - The human servant of a mighty and unspeakable demiurge.
• 6H - A speaker for the ancestors, carrying secrets and warnings.
• KD - A chest containing the tax monies of a rural province, and the soldiers carrying it.
• 10H - A tender of war-bulls (aka minotaurs), shaved-headed and fearless.

Chapter 7 - To Live and Die (and Sow Chaos) In Eruk - A Nest of Vipers

• 10C A devil of the lower air, malicious and full of pranks.
• 2H A conjurer who needs blood to entice his uncouth spirits.
• 8D A ghoulish eater of dead flesh, driven by unusual lusts.
• 5C The young mother of a baby prince, whose husband the king has been overthrown and put to death.

Chapter 8 - It had to be snakes - The Unquiet Past

• 3S - A rough wolf-hunter, surly, filthy, and crude.
• 7C - A ruthless bully of an under-officer with high ambitions.
• AD - The boasting chief of a team of rock quarriers.
• 2H - A serpent-demoness, malicious and venomous, seeking vengeance.

Chapter 9 - - The Unquiet Past

• JC - A small room under the foundation, its doorway bricked shut, the prison of a dreadful and malicious spirit.
• 9S - A woman’s long blood-red hair, incorporated into a bird’s nest.
• 3C - The secret central shrine of a temple to forbidden gods.
• 6C - The burglary of a magical order’s innermost library.

Chapter 10 - - Blood and Sex

• JC - The death of the primary heir of a local noblewoman.
• 3H - The sorcerously animate homunculus of a wizard, more clever than wise.
• AC - A spirit of the lower air, caught up in joyous human celebration.
• 9D - The secluded home of an exiled court wizard, dense with unseen population.

PCs

• Set, played by Lisa in Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
• Sorcha, played by Joe in Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
• Teru, played by Jacko in Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
• Carram, played by Jacko in Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
• Larsa, played by Lisa in Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
• Teru, played by Jason in Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
• Zahir, played by Joe in Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
• Nirar, played by Jason in Chapter 10
• Damrina, played by Jason in Chapter 2 - Demon Interruptus
• Set, played by Lisa in Chapter 2 - Demon Interruptus
• Tamarel, played by Joe in Chapter 2 - Demon Interruptus
• Volmassus, played by Jacko in Chapter 2 - Demon Interruptus
• Carram, played by Jacko in Chapter 3
• Phiona, played by Jacko in Chapter 4
• Teru, played by Jason in Chapter 4
• An-Genet, played by Jason in Chapter 5
• Aurya, played by Joe in Chapter 5
• Hediyeh, played by Gary in Chapter 5
• Khannah, played by Tim in Chapter 5
• Set, played by Lisa in Chapter 5
• Carram, played by Tim in Chapter 6
• Larsa, played by Lisa in Chapter 6
• Nirar, played by Jason in Chapter 6
• Xujak, played by Joe in Chapter 6
• Zakiti, played by Gary in Chapter 6
• Awshalim, played by Jason in Chapter 8
• Sten, played by Jason in Chapter 9

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Enter a new character in the following format: Character Name/C# where # is the number of the Chapter the character appears in

NPCs

Name	Role	Chapter
Arroch	Lieutenant of Sorcha, famed commander of her light cavalry.	Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
Jamal	Carter and alderman of Gurbekhan	Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
Sekharoth	Lieutenant/co-conspirator to Teru	Chapter 0 - Whispers of the Serpent God
Gaman	Servant to Rahar, bodyguard to Larsa	Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
Kekhmet	Priestess-to-be on the run.	Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
Rahar	Stygian lord	Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm
Sima	Apprentice to Teru, traveller	Chapter 1 - Driven Before The Storm

Places

• Bilaashi
• Gurbekhan
• Nafri
• Volandia

House Rules

Changing Forms - Players can choose to change Forms mid-conflict if they accept Injury or Exhaustion first.

Conflict Quick Reference

CONFLICT – ONE ON ONE

1. Opposing players pick two forms and pick up the corresponding dice.
   1. If players have an applicable particular Strength, pick up its die as well.
2. Players roll their dice and compare their highest results.
3. If all die rolls match, players can mutually agree to back away from the fight. If they decline, each re-roll the lower die.
4. The player who wins lets their dice stand. They dictate their action and challenge.
5. The answering player re-rolls their dice.
6. If the highest die of the challenger at least doubles the highest die of the defender, the fight is over. Set terms.
7. If the highest die of the challenger DOES NOT at least double the highest die of the defender, then 1 of 3 things happens:
   1. If the challenger's die matched or was better than the defender's die, the attacker takes the advantage die and the fight continues.
   2. If the challenger's die is less than the defender's die but better than half, the defender takes the advantage due and the fight continues.
   3. If the challenger's die is half or less than the defender's die, the fight is over. Set terms.
8. The character that rolled lower dice in Round 1 goes on the Owe list at the beginning of Round 2.
9. Negotiate if you want, continue rolling if not.
10. In each additional round, both players re-roll their dice as above but advantage dice are added to their highest result. Perform steps 3 through 6.
11. If the challenger's die match or beat the defender's die in Round 3, they win absolutely. The defender wins absolutely if the challenger's die falls short. Set terms.

CONFLICT – TWO ON ONE OR MORE

1. Challengers should name their target. The defender(s) will re-roll their dice as above.
2. If a defender answers before their turn comes, they don't get a move later.
3. If someone is not challenged, they re-roll their dice and make a challenge and name their target.
4. Multiple combatants can earn advantage dice.

EXHAUSTION: lose a die size from directly and with violence. NPC: lose a die size from both action dice.
INJURED: lose a die size from covertly and for others. NPC: lose a die size from both maneuvering dice.
HUMILIATED: lose a die size from with love and for myself. NPC: lose a die size from both self-protection dice.
TAKEN OUT: If any two Forms go to 0, the character is taken out for the rest of the Chapter.