Monday, April 30, 2012

Map Update: Blood Furnace of Amaybeth Setting

Map Update:

    I think this shall be the finalized player map to begin the campaign with. It is sparsely populated at the moment, but as indicated by the question marks there is more to the land to discover and fill in at a later date as the game progresses. 

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Preview: Chains of Promathia Pathfinder Setting

Chains of Promathia
A Pathfinder setting by Messiahcide

"Are the gods willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then they are not omnipotent.
Are they able, but not willing?
Then they are malevolent.
Are they both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Are they neither able nor willing?
Then why call them gods?"

    Chains of Promathia is a pathfinder setting in development, and one in which I'll most likely begin showing off months from now. This setting takes place in a world where the gods are real and take active interests in the world. The world of Promathia, however, is a blasted shell due to the rampancy of generations of Arcanists. Nature is at war to reclaim it's rightful place, and the daemons of twilight - primordial cousins to the gods, seek to unmake all. Stay tuned as always!


Dreammaker by Thomas Bergersen, an audio track that fits the mood of my setting.

Incoming: Blood Furnace of Amaybeth

Blood Furnace of Amaybeth
A Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Campaign by Messiahcide

    Amaybeth is deified. The seven districts tell tales of him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once. However, his contempt for humanity drove him to create the undying legion. The world heaved and trembled at his command until all fell under his shadows grasp. Now, two millennium later the Festival of Tattered Fates draws near. Amaybeth's blood lords look forward to the unmissable event, and is shunned by all others. Known gloriously as the Grand Carnival of Blood or the Passing of the Black Star, it is a now legendary celebration that occurs erratically upon the whim of Amaybeth every five or six decades when the stars are right. The sun of the world always is blotted by a prolonged eclipsed. Slaves from the seven districts arrive at the promenade of arenas to compete for their patrons pleasure, their spilt blood fated to serve as auguries for the cruel lord-anthropomancers.
The tentative map as of April 30th


    Yet, a young child destined for the infamous blood furnace has defied her fate. During the blood moon of the Cycle of the Lamented King, There would be only one possible outcome for her- eternal damnation. Each offering to the Festival were divinely marked, and no substitutions would do; and so, the Lifeseekers have been sent to rein in the bleeder before she could escape into the S'varan territories and spread fear and hysteria among the common dead.

Blood Furnace of Amaybeth is a Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 campaign I am currently developing. It will be a world where the undead live idyllic lives in their glominious kingdom. Most are not aware of the travesties being performed on the living. In fact, most believe 'bleeders' to be a myth to scare the flesh gholams and abominations. Stay tuned for more!