Blood and Bow, an Interest Check

7achary · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **7achary** on Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:27 pm

A single elf knelt before the stone altar at the heart of Fuilcrann, the Blood Tree. He was lithe, and lean like all of his kind. His golden blond hair was shaved on the sides in a narrow mohawk. The walls, made of the trunk itself, rose above his head and beyond his sight. The stillness of the temple was oppressive as his gods looked down on him in judgement.

Bowing his head the elf took out an obsidian knife, a leather thong wrapped around it for a handle. With a grunt he cut a line across his palm, blood welling up instantly.

"The temple is desecrated, during my vigil. The Well remains empty, and dry. I will find the defilers and string their entrails among the boughs on the borders of our lands. Our enemies will fear the name of our tribe, and flee on rumours of our coming. Take this, my life, and hold it. Should I fail let my soul fall into the Well and feed your power."

The elf stands, Soulless.

The elven civilization has thrived in the endless woodlands of Arkaed. Many tribes once ruled these lands, but now only yours remains sheltering the Broken Tribes within your forest nation. You are Cruactan, the Sanguine. Your priests and priestesses wield powerful blood magicks that can give you control of foes or boil the blood in their veins until it bursts in red boils.

Now man has come, with wooden ships from across the sea. They are weak in magic, but bring wonders of fire and steel that can kill a dozen men at once. Over the past five decades he has conquered ancient kingdoms and destroyed sacred groves.

Visiting merchants from the human kingdoms came with offers of peace and shared knowledge. Our elders were reticent and rightly so, as the next day they had disappeared with the sacred Lifeblood. A holy relic that is the only weapon that could create a balance in the coming Last Battle of Arkaed.

Had this idea kicking around in my head for a few days, wanted to see what you guys thought and if anyone would be interested in playing something like this. Whaddya think?

Crooked Thoughts · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Crooked Thoughts** on Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:04 am

What are you planning to do with this? Would it be like an adventure following a group of individuals?

What are the freedoms and restrictions in character creation?

Would the storytelling be controlled by you as GM through story-telling and plot events or more like a Dungeon Master controlling NPCs and setting obstacles before the group.

7achary · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **7achary** on Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:54 am

The PCs, you guys, are going to be wood elves chasing down a holy relic stolen by humans. There will be a number of arcs, not set in stone yet: The Scent, The Hunt, Resolution. Everyone will have a set number of posts per arc for intro posts and interaction. I did this to move things along and encourage collaboration.

Character creation will be loosely defined, I'll put a sheet up soon, unless you choose to be a magic user. There will be only one, me, and possibly an apprentice. More on that later.

A mixture of the two, The Scent, for example, will be more of a storytelling event with all involved and following my lead, where The Hunt will be a series of "encounters" which includes obstacles and foes. Resolution depends on decisions made during The Hunt.

7achary · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **7achary** on Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:03 pm

The concept is that you will all be "rangers." That's doesn't mean bows or dual weapon fighting are the only options. As long as it fits the barbaric atmosphere, you can have a great axe or fight unarmed.

I want to try for a very subtle magic in this game. You may say "But 7, how is boiling blood in your enemies veins subtle?" Yes, the greatest priests can pull something like that off. But only with difficult ritual and the aid of ritualists.

I'm taking heavy Aztec and Mayan influences, Olmec even, for the elves. As you can see in my descriptions of the humans.

Kohananinja · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Kohananinja** on Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:24 pm

Sounds interesting. I look forward to hearing more about this.

7achary · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **7achary** on Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:42 pm

I'm putting this thread on hold until I'm back in the community a little more. I've had some great ideas for it, but I'm trying to keep it simple and so I need to refine what I have. Thanks for your interest and I'll send out PMs when everything is ready to launch.

FoolMeOnce · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **FoolMeOnce** on Sun May 19, 2013 10:28 am

This sounds thrilling! Can't wait to hear more :)

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