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Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« on: April 20, 2014, 12:20:42 PM »
Here's where you can discuss all the material created for the Arhosa Campaign Setting.
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 10:19:54 AM »
So, got 5 base classes done. Arcanist (Wiz/Sorc), Champion (Fighter), Ecclesiast (Cleric/Druid), Gallant (Bard/Rogue), Savage (Barbarian) and Totem Master (Ranger/Druid).

Unconverted classes: Paladin.

Monk is being dropped.
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 03:24:46 PM »
Looking amazing (although I admit I've only looked at a very small fraction of it, mostly some spell seeds and the arcanist)! I'd love to see all of this tried out and/or myself play some of the classes using spell seeds!
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 03:58:39 PM »
Looking amazing (although I admit I've only looked at a very small fraction of it, mostly some spell seeds and the arcanist)! I'd love to see all of this tried out and/or myself play some of the classes using spell seeds!

I shall soon be starting a second PbP more fully set in the setting. 3-4 people tops. So, you've got some free time, magically?  :P

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2014, 04:02:40 PM »
Looking amazing (although I admit I've only looked at a very small fraction of it, mostly some spell seeds and the arcanist)! I'd love to see all of this tried out and/or myself play some of the classes using spell seeds!

I shall soon be starting a second PbP more fully set in the setting. 3-4 people tops. So, you've got some free time, magically?  :P
I'll check my calendar.  ;)
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2014, 04:23:15 PM »
Looking amazing (although I admit I've only looked at a very small fraction of it, mostly some spell seeds and the arcanist)! I'd love to see all of this tried out and/or myself play some of the classes using spell seeds!

I shall soon be starting a second PbP more fully set in the setting. 3-4 people tops. So, you've got some free time, magically?  :P
I'll check my calendar.  ;)

Preference as to location? :P

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2014, 04:42:17 PM »
Oh boy... will get back to you once I've had a chance to actually look at the kingdoms other than Marleath (but definitely not Marleath :P ).

As far as the God of Time... since Entropy has been called the "Arrow of Time" perhaps tie those together?

As from Gollum's riddle:
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This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town
And beats high mountain down.

"The Nothing" that I read (in the trashcan) from your Astral Magic could perhaps be the God of Time and Entropy?
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2014, 05:02:52 PM »
Astral Magic is actually one step down, in the Lost Scrolls forum. There was an accidental double post.

And in this setting Astral Magic is tied to someone else (There's a god of the Sky and Stars). The God of Time is so I have someone to attach Chronomancy/Historian/Echocaller to. Plus, the god has to have some horribly convoluted Welsh name. Which, apparently, is Amseru or Ngwaith.

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2014, 06:39:11 PM »
I wasn't suggesting that the god of Time and Entropy be the god of Astral Magic. I had a bunch of stuff running through my head, but don't have time to post it right now.
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2014, 08:55:06 PM »
Fifth base class for the setting added. Debating whether I bother with the Paladin or not, as I think he can pretty effectively duplicated by the Champion class. And I think the Paladin code is ridiculous.

I wasn't suggesting that the god of Time and Entropy be the god of Astral Magic. I had a bunch of stuff running through my head, but don't have time to post it right now.

Ah, well, as you can tell the setting is very much still under development. So, feel free to suggest all kinds of things. Just note that items utilizing unfinished magic systems (Necromantic, Astral, Runecarving) will take a long time to appear. Although the Runecarver base class + Runes could be finished up with a day or two's work.

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2014, 09:37:30 PM »
I'm going to post this in a (hopefully) similar manner as some of the rest of your mythical material, but it's also a first draft. Feel free to change/improve/ignore/etc it, or ask questions (for which I may not have answers :P ).


Although most who do so are driven to utter madness or suicide, enough have tried to scry upon the beginning of the universe that a patchwork history of that ancient genesis can be put together. Trying to scry upon the far distant future reveals nothing at all, and is even more likely to result in madness or death.

In the beginning there was only the yawning emptiness of the void; it's black expanse so unfathomable that even to gaze upon it is enough to crush weaker men's souls. Then in a sudden rush, all of existence suddenly burst forth from the nothingness. It was in a raw state, and not recognizable, but all of the components for what now make up the world, stars, and even the gods and souls of men were already present and after some indeterminably long time began to coalesce into now-familiar forms.

However, the void had not been a mindless emptiness. As these new primal forms and energies poured forth, the void's hunger was now revealed. It longed to consume these new things, drawing them back into the nothingness of itself, and snuff out all until nothing was left but itself again. By now, the first gods had arisen however, and they of course did not wish to be consumed. And so they used their own powers to divide the cosmos, sacrificing some of it to the void, but hiding other parts so that it (and they) might persevere.

And so it remained for eons beyond reckoning, and the void itself was forgotten to even those who still survived and had once fled from it. And then Lledrith, in his lust for power, tapped (either knowingly or unknowingly) into the Void, in order to create the Undead. The Undead are all literal conduits to the Hunger of the Void, and are fueled by drawing the energies of creation through themselves and into the void. Even the briefest passage of such raw energies is enough to animate them, and indeed ancient undead become so coupled to this flow that their wounds knit even faster than the most vigorous among the living.

And so it was that the Void was awakened again to the presence of Creation, and began to hunger after it, and once again pursue it. And now all of existence is in jeopardy, unless all of Creation can unite in their efforts to stave off or flee and hide from the Void's approach.

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2014, 07:34:22 AM »
Hmm...

I like the attempt, but it's heading in a slightly different direction than I was. Think of Arhosa very much like Athas (It's my favourite setting) - There was once a Blue/Green age of productivity and wealth (The height of the Arhosan Empire, forged by Llethome), but the war amongst the gods and amongst the people of Arhosa has ripped it apart and left a battered waste, crumbled cities, and a few places where civilization is holding on (Marleath being one). The gods have withdrawn somewhat, seeing that too much easy access to power by mortals ruined the growth of strength by all the gods, and are now mostly waiting for the lands to recover.

The end goal of the primary adventure path that comes out of Arhosa would be to have the players rebuild their chosen lands (or forge a new one), to see if they can reawaken the wealth and knowledge of the Arhosan Empire. Which is probably far distant in the future, since I'm not a huge one on planning adventures greatly in advance...

On another note, the next couple goals for me is fleshing out individual kingdoms and getting them all in place.
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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2014, 08:17:14 AM »
Sure. I might use it, when I actually have the free time to write a campaign setting (maybe when I'm in a nursing home in 40 or so years...).
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« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2014, 09:44:22 AM »
Sure. I might use it, when I actually have the free time to write a campaign setting (maybe when I'm in a nursing home in 40 or so years...).

It's a ridiculous amount of work, doing a big one...

Only do it if you have a death wish :P

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« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2014, 10:12:25 AM »
Sure. I might use it, when I actually have the free time to write a campaign setting (maybe when I'm in a nursing home in 40 or so years...).

It's a ridiculous amount of work, doing a big one...

Only do it if you have a death wish :P
So yeah... nursing home. ;)
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« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2014, 07:26:38 PM »
Sure. I might use it, when I actually have the free time to write a campaign setting (maybe when I'm in a nursing home in 40 or so years...).

It's a ridiculous amount of work, doing a big one...

Only do it if you have a death wish :P
So yeah... nursing home. ;)

Well, just think of it this way - you need to write at least the Ebberon Campaign Setting. Solo. It's fun :)

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« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2014, 10:10:45 PM »
So, decided that I am going to try and churn out about 5-10 races for Arhosa, in addition to the 4 that exist from Ritual Magic. If there's a race you really want to see, nag away  :plotting

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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2014, 03:32:44 PM »
So, decided that I am going to try and churn out about 5-10 races for Arhosa, in addition to the 4 that exist from Ritual Magic. If there's a race you really want to see, nag away  :plotting

And... done. There's now a good pile of Arhosa races available.

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Re: Arhosa Discussion and Notes
« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2014, 10:28:59 AM »
Where is the Ancient template mentioned in the History's Hordes feat? And what is meant by a "temporal creature"?
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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2014, 10:29:55 AM »
Where is the Ancient template mentioned in the History's Hordes feat? And what is meant by a "temporal creature"?

Both of those are tucked away in the general rules.

Please note that when the temporal subtype was written, it only applied to the historian class. So Arcanist, Savage, and the like aren't going to be temporal creatures.
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