Greshen Valley

Greshen Valley is a flat expanse that interrupts the high peaks of the Terror Mountains. The valley was settled by humans during the Time of the Conclave. The settlers spread out into villages and homesteads with a central gathering place at the town of Greshen Dale. The valley was inhabited by monsters as well. Trolls, giants, and dragons threatened the villagers. The humans defended themselves with wizards and other magical practices. The greatest of these wizards was Tentineh.

Tentineh helped the people of Greshen Valley to prosper and in the process irrevocably changed the valley’s landscape. He fought back against the dragons’ tyranny during the Age of Monsters. He freed the people from draconic rule by creating the Orbs of Dragonkind. After the Dragon War Tentineh bent his mind to building a new super structure to house the people of Greshen Valley. He took five mountains from the valley’s edge, ripped them from the earth’s surface, and set them in the air to fly upside down. Houses, shops, and gardens were built upon the upside-down base of the mountains while magical artifacts and elementals powered the city to keep it aloft and to energize the various life-giving technomauturgic components of the new city. All the people of Greshen Valley were invited to live within the new Greshen Dale city.

The creation of the floating city was not without consequences. Tentineh took magic from the land of the valley to build the city. As he absorbed this life energy, the land died beneath Greshen Dale. Holes in the fabric of the world were ripped asunder. These holes are still present in the valley as spheres of annihilation, consuming all that is placed within them. With the recent crashing of Greshen Dale it is now possible that life will return to the valley, but the ominous spheres continue floating across the landscape and consuming all in their path.

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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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