Rekin's Refuge
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Setting Details
Nature and the "civilised world" have often been at odds, vying for territory and resources. Almost a century ago the nobleman-druid Rekin Rainwalker thwarted tradition by letting his lands go back to the wilderness. On his death he left those lands to the creatures that occupied them, instead of his heirs. Rekin's Refuge was born.
Tended by a guild of caretakers known as Wildwardens, Rekin's Refuge is a sanctuary for wild creatures that live in the untamed places. The Wildwardens guard against trespassers, treat sickness and blight, and keep their charges from straying into the territory of the local towns. They guide visiting academics and travellers, and liaise with the few small communities that still live in the Refuge.
However, sanctuary does not mean safety. Politics reaches even here. The towns of Cadun to the north and Frewich to the south are ever-expanding, their merchants wanting to send ever more trade caravans through Rekin's Refuge instead of by sea or the longer mountain route. Many nature lovers believe even the Wildwarden's intervention is too much. Poachers and trophy-hunters are an ever-present threat, as are Rekin's heirs who seek even now to reclaim what they see as the birthright that was stolen from them.
Player Characters
| Player | Character | Heritage | Class | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | |
| Leliel | Ezekien "Black Zeke" Forester | Variant Katari (Therianthropic Human) | Nightwalker Rogue | ||||||
| Garyfury | Persephone Lapis | Faerie | School of Knowledge Wizard | ||||||
| Seandemonium | |||||||||
| Unka Josh | Rube Vambrace | ||||||||
| Talisman | Éfthymos | Faun | Divine Wielder Seraph | ||||||
| DM | strange behaviour | ||||||||
Notable NPCs
- Rekin Rainwalker (deceased) - a druid of noble birth, who founded Rekin's Refuge to protect the wilderness from the encroachment of civilisation.
- Ren Trefaran - a highly placed academic and sorcerer among the Clearharbor faculty. He has a wide range of contacts among the commercial interests that threaten Rekin's Refuge and has a number of projects in the works for ways to domesticate and exploit the Refuge, reshaping or destroying the natural habitats of many creatures in order to harvest them. Rival of Persephone Lapis.
- Luke Vatten - a baron's son and Zeke's former best friend, last seen studying to be a Seraph at Clearharbor. His sister was accidentally infected with therianthropy by Zeke, and Luke believes he can make a cure from Zeke's person.
Notable Locations
- Cadun - a large port city to the north of Rekin's Refuge
- Clearharbor - a town dominated by a center of higher learning, located across the mountains to the southeast of Rekin's Refuge.
- Cormoramnt's Point - a village in the mountains just outside Rekin's Refuge, near an old wizard's tower now known as the House of Magpies. In the past there was a magical accident which now means the fae are drawn there. The area is the source of a plague of therianthropy, which the fae use to manage the threat of rabies.
- Frewich - an expanding town to the south of Rekin's Refuge, known for its trade in carpentry and lumber from the forest at the Refuge's borders.
- The House of Magpies - formerly the wizard's tower on the outskirts of Cormorant's Point. When the magical accident blew the top of the mountain the tower became a place of t strange attraction to otherplanar energies. It's now a nesting ground for an unusual number of corvids.
Character Generation
The Daggerheart Core Rulebook and hybrid rules.
Playtest resources from The Void are off limits.
Table Etiquette and House Rules
Post Frequency
This will be a slow game, potentially 1-2 posts a week, as all parties including the GM are new to the system.
Inititative System
TBC
PVP
Any PVP requires consent from all parties involved. It's up to the player being acted against to decide if they're going to let it stand, act it out IC, or make the other player roll for it. If they say no to PVP, no PVP.
Absences
Please keep an eye on the Absences Thread, as I'll post there if I'm not going to be able to update the game (even if I don't get to it on the OOC). If you won't be able to post please post in the Absences Thread if you can.
Alerts
Invoking other players (@forumhandle) doesn't work. Additionally, if you get an alert and don't check the thread you won't get another one for new posts until you next check in with the thread. Please keep an eye on the threads either by checking them manually every so often, or via the Watched Threads page.
Any issues, please feel free to bring them up on the OOC thread, or DM me.
Game Threads and Resources
Threads
- OOC Thread
- IC Thread
Resources
- The Daggerheart website - includes free downloadable resources including the SRD.
- Orokos - Online Dice Roller.