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The setting is divided into four Origins of power: | The setting is divided into four Origins of power: | ||
* [[Fury Origin]]: The oldest of the Origins, seeking singular dominance of the universe, now imprisoned | * [[Fury Origin]]: The oldest of the Origins, seeking singular dominance of the universe, now imprisoned. | ||
* [[Integral Origin]]: The second Origin, which imprisoned Fury to create order and seeks stability in the universe. | * [[Integral Origin]]: The second Origin, which imprisoned Fury to create order and seeks stability in the universe. | ||
* [[Strange Origin]]: The third Origin, born from damage to The Integrum during [[The Shattering]]. | * [[Strange Origin]]: The third Origin, born from damage to The Integrum during [[The Shattering]]. | ||
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** Connected by Strange Sea (Strange magic) | ** Connected by Strange Sea (Strange magic) | ||
** Connected by Astral Sky (integral, patternsailing) | ** Connected by Astral Sky (integral, patternsailing) | ||
* Obyrith goals are, mythically, to subsume the universe in Strange, by ending "time", because entering the Strange through time happens naturally at the end of time. | |||
** Arcadians don't like this idea because they actually like (and kind of need) time. | |||
* Patternsailing requires some Orrery bits and old Pattern bits that informed time and space. | |||
** Destiny heralds are needed to navigate patternsails. | |||
** Pattern heralds are needed to turn the Orrery bits into a helm. | |||
Latest revision as of 22:47, 19 May 2023
Template:Breadcrumb Apparatus Setting
Origins
The setting is divided into four Origins of power:
- Fury Origin: The oldest of the Origins, seeking singular dominance of the universe, now imprisoned.
- Integral Origin: The second Origin, which imprisoned Fury to create order and seeks stability in the universe.
- Strange Origin: The third Origin, born from damage to The Integrum during The Shattering.
- Void Origin: The fourth Origin, also born from damage to The Integrum during The Shattering which seeks to end all things, destroying the universe.
Compendia
- History
- Template:Category Apparatus Creatures
- Template:Category Apparatus Realms
- Template:Category Apparatus Languages
Rules
- Character Creation
- Adventuring
Notes
- Health, fatigue
- What if fatigue was split into mental fatigue and physical fatigue, and became a unified mechanic for lots of things, like encumbrance = physical fatigue
- Relatedly, what if armor didn't have special rules about agility checks and movement, and instead was just encumbrance, and by extension physical fatigue
- Physical fatigue would cover things like might/agility checks and defenses, physical attack rolls, movement speed, and initiative
- Mental fatigue would cover things like wits/resolve checks and defenses, magical effect rolls, and initiative
- Rituals of Parturition are how childbirth works
- Size is a huge variable in combat, amplifying HP, physical damage, might, and reducing defense
- Shattering breaks The Integrum into an arbitrary number of "timeline dimensions"
- Connected by portals (Hidden Form)
- Connected by Strange Sea (Strange magic)
- Connected by Astral Sky (integral, patternsailing)
- Obyrith goals are, mythically, to subsume the universe in Strange, by ending "time", because entering the Strange through time happens naturally at the end of time.
- Arcadians don't like this idea because they actually like (and kind of need) time.
- Patternsailing requires some Orrery bits and old Pattern bits that informed time and space.
- Destiny heralds are needed to navigate patternsails.
- Pattern heralds are needed to turn the Orrery bits into a helm.
