Alabaster

Alabaster is a massive human fighter, standing at approximately eleven feet tall due to enchantments he placed on himself. He serves in the Mars’ Oasis royal court as the leader of the Dythalidee and the personal bodyguard of King Mero III. He is an intimidating fighter such that he rarely demonstrates his skills as his reputation cows any would-be challengers to his might or the safety of the king.

Alabaster spent his younger years traveling the world. He was born in Cimmeria, but went outside of it exploring the other countries of the Earth. He passed through India, Egypt, and Persia. In Mesopotamia he ventured into the ruins of Sippar. There he found an ancient Sumerian text from before the Great Flood. He translated the text and discovered it was a manual on how to blend spellcasting with sword fighting. Alabaster studied the techniques. He mastered the fighting style and became a master of the once extinct school of Suel Arcanamach. The style allows him to quickly cast spells during combat and to lengthen the duration of spells cast on his own person, some even becoming permanent.

Alabaster returned to Cimmeria and walked across the length and breadth of the region, testing and refining his new skills. While hiking through the Shacklack Desert he came upon a human teenager in trouble. Prince Mero III of Mars’ Oasis had gotten separated from his bodyguard and a pack of land sharks was attacking. Alabaster leapt into action and slew the bulettes, rescuing the prince. Alabaster returned with Mero to Mars’ Oasis. While walking through the desert they formed a friendship that has lasted until this day. Upon reaching the city’s safety, Alabaster pledged his life to Prince Mero III and became his bodyguard.

Time passed and Prince Mero III became King Mero III of Mars’ Oasis. Alabaster grew alongside his charge, perfecting his skills in the magical and martial arts. After Mero III became king he promoted Alabaster to a new role, the commander of the Dythalidee. Alabaster was not a Dythalidee himself, having not gone through their initiation process. Nonetheless he was accepted by the members as their leader. With the Dythalidee under him, Alabaster is the most powerful man in Mars’ Oasis besides King Mero III himself.

After the Second Alliance War Alabaster took an active role in protecting the various dangerous artifacts and regenerating dragon primarch heads captured during the war. Others such as Hektor and Talon were in charge of the physical and magical security while Alabaster headed the active security provided by the Dythalidee. With this responsibility, Alabaster along with Hektor, Tagenadi, and King Mero III himself, slew Invernix and Sartoria. Their heads were added to the growing collection in Mars’ Oasis.

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Setting the Stage Podcast

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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