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Adventures in Shaintar: The Grey Rangers
This is the Wiki for the upcoming PBP RPG set in Shaintar, using the Savage Worlds rule set. Hopefully all the useful information will be kept here. That's the plan, at least.
- Setting Information
- Character Information
- Rules and Associated Fun
- Our Adventures Thus Far (In Brief)
- Misc
1. Setting Information
The world of Shaintar is described, with a little history and discussion on magic, here: Shaintar
A more comprehensive time-line, with all the details you could ever want about the ancient history of Shaintar, is located here: Time-Line
The map of Shaintar can be seen here: Map
The adventure starts in the city of Kythros, in the Wildlands region of Shaintar. To locate the city, look at the south/central region of the map, southeast of The Elvish Nation, on the shores of lake Vastok (Recommended zoom is 300% or so).
The world of Shaintar features many diverse empires, kingdoms, and oligarchies. A brief (and occasionally not-so-brief) summary of the major players is located in the following list.
The evil human Empire to the north. Expansionist, militaristic, worshiping gods of evil and war... bad guys.
Necromany, undead, and a land forever locked in eternal twilight. Also bad guys.
Think "The Medieval Catholic Church", but add a few more dashes of pure evil. Also bad guys. But with good food.
An entire nation run by criminals, murderers, thieves, and lawyers.
Three quarters of a million humans and dwarves... the first line of defence... our last, best hope for peace, all alone in the night. Think a mix of Germany and Nordic heroes... heavy drinkers, good fighters.
8 princes and 1 princess all striving for survival and glory in the harsh Eternal Desert. The cradle of mankind and home of the fiercest calvary in Shaintar. Some good, some bad... just be careful of the worms.
Half-elven warrior monks and druids snuggled on a paradise island. Home of the only martial art in Shaintar.
An entire nation of upright-walking dinosaurs with opposable thumbs and rules for polite behaviour that would make the Japanese blush. Smack in the middle of a jungle.
Elves. In a nation. There are trees too. Go figure.
- The Southern Nations
Ironically, the area in which our adventure actually takes place... and there's no proper write up of it yet. I imagine it'll be something European in flavour, but your guess is as good as mine at this stage.
Not a "nation" so much as a "people", the Goblinesh Gathers describes the homes of the Goblin, Orc and Ogre people of Shaintar. Scattered throughout the land and in every nation, the Goblinesh people have no single nation but many similarities.
2. Character Information
The party currently consists of the following adventurers:
Martin Dorneld, Human Sorcerer from Galea
| Stats | Skills | Edges | Hindrances | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | 1D6 | Fighting | 1D6 | Sorcery | Heroic | Power Points: 10 |
| Agility | 1D6 | Healing | 1D6 | Extra Power | Overconfidence | |
| Spirit | 1D6 | Knowledge (Legends) | 1D6 | Loyal | ||
| Vigor | 1D6 | Knowledge (Magic) | 1D10 | |||
| Smarts | 1D10 | Sorcery | 1D10 | |||
| Riding | 1D6 | |||||
| Parry | 5 | Guts | 1D4 | |||
| Toughness | 5 (6) | Notice | 1D4 |
Principles: Cantrips, Phantasms, Nicoli's Lightning Storm (+2 AP vs metal armour), Dorneld Bat-Signal, Warrior's Gift
Background: Martin is a young man of a small noble house from the kingdom of Galea, the fourth and youngest son. Although his family lacks political influence or great wealth they are extremely proud, especially of their long line of great warriors and knights. Every member of the clan seeks to emulate their warrior ancestors and they are known as some of the finest fighters in the kingdom.
However, Martin's father, Cerald, was not a man to be bound by tradition and he was observant enough to notice that Martin showed greater aptitude with books and words than with a blade. Rather than force his youngest son onto the training ground with his brothers he hired tutors for the boy to help him pursue other talents. When his talent for magic became apparent Martin was sent to study the manipulation of the Aether.
Martin proved to be an able student and by the age of 20 he completed his training in the basics of Sorcery and would likely have attained the title of Mage in a few more years if his studies had not been interrupted by his father's death.
After returning home to pay his respects and mourn his father things turned much harder for Martin. His brothers did not have their father's appreciation for pursuits other than the art of battle and his eldest brother was not willing to open the family purse any further to allow Martin's education to continue.
Although there was no hatred between Martin and his three brothers they certainly looked down on the pursuit their youngest sibling had chosen for himself. In a family of warriors Martin recieved little respect and no small amount of ridicule.
Without the money to return to his studies, and no one in the family willing to give any responsibility to someone who could barely hold a blade Martin sought out a position in the Rangers to prove himself to his family (or at least to get away from them).
Although Martin is actually a fairly competent warrior, this is mostly incidental training and tricks he's picked up simply as a result of living in the same house with his family, compared to the rest of his brothers (all extremely capable swordsmen) he's a barely competent novice.
Also worth noting; although he is a noble by birth his status as the black sheep of the family means he doesn't have the Noble edge, the family treasury is closed to him and his status as 4th son ensures little in the way personal reputation or influence.
