Greshen Dale was originally a city on the earth’s surface before Tentineh built the magical floating city in the sky. After Tentineh completed his magnum opus the people of Greshen Dale were invited to live in the flying mountains. Most accepted, but a few refused. They wished to remain on the ground where mortals were meant to be. Unfortunately, Tentineh’s reckless absorption of magical power had left Greshen Valley uninhabitable. Spheres of Annihilation crossed the surface of the valley and bulettes and trolls threatened the lives of farmers and tradesmen. The citizens of Greshen Dale that stayed on the ground packed up and traveled south.

The people’s journey was short as they found a suitable location for a new town just outside of Greshen Valley. The settlers was led by a council of wizards who had served with Tentineh in the Dragon War. Sadly, just as the villagers had went south, soon their problems followed them. Bulettes and trolls were pushed out of Greshen Valley by the Spheres of Annihilation. The bulettes struck first and the wizards defended the town successfully with summoned creatures. The trolls were a tougher nut to crack. These same beasts had proved too much for Tentineh himself who had resorted to summoning a powerful fire demon.

To save their town, the magicians of New Greshen Dale began the ritual to release the fire demon that Tentineh had bound by the three part rod. The mages grew closer and were able to contact the demon in its prison. Upon speaking with the vile monster the wizards rethought their decision to release it. The beast could defeat the trolls, but it was impossible to control. Rather than unleash such a powerful evil, the wizard council elected to evacuate the town once more. New Greshen Dale was abandoned to the trolls, just the old city had been. The citizens spread throughout Cimmeria or gave up life on the ground and accepted homes in Tentineh’s floating city.

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86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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