Byzantium: Nightmares Undreamed Of

Recruitment | OOC

Player Characters

• Sod Oddson, Champion of Chaos, Spells 4/4, Init -1, AC X, Disposition 10/10, weapon 1 attack +X, weapon 2 attack +X
• Ophelia Basilea Saraphis, Bard, Spells 3/3, Init +0, AC X, Disposition 7/7, weapon 1 attack +X, weapon 2 attack +X
• Ilknur Bryennios, Scholar, Spells 4/4*, Init +0, AC X, Disposition Y/Y, Psychic Armor Z/Z, weapon 1 attack +X, weapon 2 attack +X

Sample Byzantium Character Sheet

Name	Align	Profession	Hit Die	Cha	Dex	Fer	Hlth	Int	Will	Social Class	Motivation	Background	Defining Aspect	Secret
Sod Oddson	Chaotic	Champion	d8	07	08	17	09	17	12	08	expensive tastes + debts	Sellsword from a Distant Isle	Curious Mocker	Renegade Lawgiver
Ophelia Basilea Saraphis	Good	Bard	d6	15	12	05	10	12	11	13	companions' fate	Aristocrat, Adventurer, Artiste	I Sing the Endless Song of Serenity	Five Went Below and Only I Returned
Ilknur Bryennios	Neutral	Scholar	d4	17	11	06	10	16	07	11	clear name of master	The Court is my Family, These Halls, my Home	Mistress of Myriad Tongues	Caught in a Honeyed Trap
Unnamed	?	Spellslinger	d6	16	17	11	10	13	05	16	?	?	?	?

Notable Posts

• On the Subject of Chaos in Society, including setting information for the game
• On the Subject of Culture in Byzantium

House Rules

Chargen

• Players who lack any 13s or better in the starting attribute array for their character may either swap one set of attributes (per normal) or advance one of their Primary Attributes to 13.

Contacts

You each start play with a number of Contacts = 1 + CHA modifier (negative modifiers result in bonus Contacts automatically beginning on the lower end of the Reaction table). You can declare your unused Contacts at any time during play. You will have the opportunity to make additional Contacts in play, and can make a Between Adventures move in some extended downtime situations to generate more open Contacts if your current open Contacts are exhausted. When you activate a Contact, I'll roll against the Reaction and Seeing a Man About a Dog tables (TNU 137-138) to determine their current opinion of you and their ability to render the aid you desire. (With the exception that free Contacts generated by negative CHA will at best have a neutral Reaction).

Spells

Variations are a new feature in The Nameless Grimoire. I'll be treating Variations as a variation on the spell that can be cast spontaneously, if the spell is mastered and memorized.

Imbuements: You may select one spell you have mastered, and receive a narrative effect for possessing mastery in it that we negotiate. So, for instance, selecting Open as your Imbuement might mean that your character can always open small, unlocked containers within 10' of them with the motion of a finger. Selecting Perfect Orientation might mean that your character can always orient to true north and the direction 'up'. Characters will have the opportunity to acquire additional Imbuements, both as a result of attaining new specific levels and through narrative devices.