—pistionanu | By Judd Karlman OF: Art: Jen Rodgers Graphic Design: Luke Crane iesinseico!cow sg Thanks to: Ron Fidwards for letting me know | had a good seed ofan idea _ and helping me execute it properly. Without Ron, this would have been just a cool post on the Adept. Dress forum al the Forge. luke Crane for sticking a burning wheel under my ass, letting me know again that I had a grcat idea and helping me put. it. in print all purty-like. Without Luke, this would just be a hall-finished mini- supplement, collecting dust on my computer. Mom and Dad, for always encouraging me to make up stories and letting me spend my teen years playing D&D at. all hours at. the neighbor's house. Without you two, | wouldn't be here to make stuff up. Janaki, for listening to me read the Dictionary oul loud to her as a twisted bedlime story. Without Janaki, this all wouldn't be sy nearly as much fun. _ Thanks to Tom Mazorlig for allowing me Lo use the concept of Black Rock, the centerpiece of his D&D campaign. Also thanks to: First Contact: JJ. “ghost. of a dying planet” Enslow, Barry “Samurai” Goodband, Brandy “Evil Smith” Niver and Mall “Aulantean” Moses. The Dynamic Duo: Rob “Lost Beauty's Summoner” Lwyd, Paula “the Priestess” Berman. Jersey Crew: Rob Bowell, Jason Bowell, Blair Brandow and Pete Hauschild. © ‘Julie “Dianist of Kryos’ and Jetf “Engineer of Kryos” Lower. Bret _ Gillan and Bob Manning. Old Scratch. Jim DelRosso. Chris Jones. LJ. “Pree Edit” Moore. DeWitt “Hyperlink” Davis V. Jim “y. “DM. Mentor” Bryant. Zak Arnston. Everyone who | have missed who posted enthusiastic encouragement. al. lhe RPG.net. and Forge forums. - : Pay® - y _ | A _ : Confent's 2 | DICTIPNARY rir 2 APPENDIX y Kh INDEX yoy hy any fool wou ld need a table of contents for diction, « oe ary, sf Ophma will never ky J ( However, Oghnaa, in hig _ 99 rolore hes provided ong, v2 0 listen foA will be 2d 5 where 6, mothe, Own as the. phone, fathey of ohm Oo > whose Power ska i/ not be lessened by Printing er ean, trein, lest be Slolen, ho, soul», cursed,fio At “\ \vSIS HOW THIS DICTISNARY WILL BEGIN. IT oe 5 RDS, RUNES “/\_ S if ONLY PROPER T? BEGIN WITH THESE W: ns \ | Of BEGINNING, FOR LETTERS SMILE WHEN THEY ARE * PROPERLY. , y DEMON: Ariok STAMINA: 3 TELLTALE: Horns, red eyes, WILL: 6 forked tal or hooves. LORE: & APPLARANCE: Ariok often POWER: ¢ PPROrs 0S & suave noble, TYPE: dressed in the most dignified gark of the serrounding region, Passer DESIRE: Corruption NECD: bo suck out Someone's soul at” or take i oul with « needle is the back of the i - victim's neck ‘ ABILITIES FAST: Seductive Noble CHANGE SHAPE: Plague 1 | of Flies while they sleep SUNS: Innocence of & soul 59°ST: (User) Love TAINT aa AM4 ; kL bas T10 NCE DEMONS ATE SPULS. SOME SUCKED THEM THROUGH THE EYE SOCKETS; STHERS INSERTEDA = ¢ NEEDLE INT? THE BACK OF THEIR VICTIMS’ NECKS. ALL 9F THOSE DEMONS WERE HUNTED DOWN AND DRIVEN DEEP UNDER THE RED SANDS, NEVER T9 BE UNCOVERED, EVEN BY © THE MOST EPIC 9F STORMS. \ ow = #i Va ARICK IS ALL THAT IS LEFT 9F THEIR KIND. T? SUMMON IMIS ay T9 SUMMON A SPIRIT OF HUNGER, AN ANCIENT CONNPISSLUR <> % % WH9 EXISTS ONLY T9 FEAST ON THAT WHICH DIFFERENTIATES =» = * i / | m m US FROM THE BEASTS. 7 (( EIS SAID T9 COME IN A LEGION OF DIFFERENT FORMS: A RED : =) ~ TAILED BEAST, A WELL-DRESSED NOBLEMAN, SOMETIMES A % PLAGUE OF FRUIT FLICS. | WOULD LEAVE SUT A BEAST SUCH AS HIM FROM THIS TEXT, T? THWART THE TEMPTATION T? CALL UPON HIM, BUT HE WAS MENTIONED IN PASSING CLSCWHERE IN THIS MANUSCRIPT, AND IT WOULD BE PURE FOSLERY T? ™ i HAVE SUCH A NAME WRITTEN WITHOUT A PROPER WARNING. et*Hants @ THE WEST °F MU'S BED IS THE CITY-STATE OF ATLANTIS, WALLOWING IN ARCANE DECADENCE. ITS PEOPLE D9 NOT KNOW OR DO NOT CARE THAT A HEARTLESS FIEND SITS 9N THE THRONE °F NEARBY LEMURIA AND HANDS OUT NOBLE TITLES T? ANY WITCH OR WARLOCK WH? CAN ENTICE THE HIS PASSIONS 9R SUMMON A DEMON STRONG ENSUGH T? TAKE A PARCEL °f LAND. AND YET THE ATLANTEANS SIT IN THEIR DOMED CRYSTAL CASTLES, AMONG THEIR SHINING OBELISKS THAT SECK T? SUTSHINE THE STARS THEMSELVES, AND D9 NOTHING. THEY SIT, 9BLIVISUS TS THE EVILS THAT GROW UNDER THE WITCH KING OF LEMURIA, DECADENCE AND STEAL THEIR VERY BREATH. AN i t ee ~ EVILS THAT THREATEN T9 CREEP INT? THEIR PRECIOUS CITY OF 2v | Oghma has a special hate set aside just for == Atlanteans, but a special reverence too. It saddens SY. Oghma thal ia so many Ways they Seem to bethe best of all on Marr'd, and it is pathetic that they choose to become spoiled children, lounging tr they crystalline palaces and ealing sweelmeats. But, Oghma, you ask, how can one h and revere them also? Th dance before you, ate a people 2 dictionarist whose words a (ike all who Practice the art of. olyphery, holds many contradictions ia his person. Do not underestimate @ lone Atlantean. In ther ay boredom, many study ancient arts of war with : . . Wy >: axes made of prison glass and daggers of ice that” never melt. Some of these slum it throughout the kingdoms of Marr'd, fasting their mettle and iN sae fratning the meek. 4 Kis whispered by the Atlantean Scientist-wizards that when the time comes for Sar to descend and do away with whatever is left on Marr'd, the Allanteans will stop their orgies for and throw a switch, and ther entire be tele-beamed tato Urt & moment continent will and Lun’s gentle arms.eS Arcadian wes ° THE NORTH IS A LAND ALWAYS IN TWILIGHT, AND EVEN THE MOST POWERFUL SPIRITS REFUSE T° SPEAK /\, a ‘ OF IT OR TRAVEL T9? CLOSE. SOME SPIRITS WILL NT EVEN say) * . TALK T? A SUMMONER WH? IS FACING NORTH, S° GREAT IS vile y THEIR FEAR F ARCADIAN NOTICE. ° IT IS SAID THAT ARCADIAN NOBLES, THE SHYIE AND THEIR SHINING HOST, ARE THE MOST BRUTAL WARRIORS ALIVE, ‘ BUT NONE HAVE LIVED T9 SPEAK 9f THE COLORS ON THEIR BANNERS OR T9 TELL 9f THEIR BLOSDY WAR METHODS. IT IS ALS SAID THEY STEAL CHILDREN AND LEAVE TREASURES oF 7 WO9D IN THEIR STEAD AS FAIR PAYMENT. KINGS, EMPRESSES, MESSIAHS, AND LORDS ALL °VER MARR’D “> WONDER WHY ARCADIA MAKES N° BIDS T? GLT Off OF THIS RED ROCK. oe , Jf Oghma were the undisp uted ete A Ophine i content to be Pied Pest of dctionarists, he would bg 1°} ly one of the greatest dictonarist wi (Note: Perhaps 0% are wonderin ss: os [-Te\and thus Arcadia comes bef Arcadia is aw ill m t creat EOE Bs foreru : — i... ner of such devils as terrible’, “wicked”, and tet iS ordey we 0 e be vse le] Yfi ots of Arcadia in order to better ea ayes southward and move on. hifte Aleph-Betical workings it is true that -R- r fo begin any tome. Furthermore -R- ully orchestrated $0 as not to rform you. However, comes before will come before -T- anger the jeal: Su)a UCKILY, -B- IS A WELL-WROUGHT RUNE. IT KNOWS ESSN THAT IT WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW -A- AND FINDS PEACE“ A 2 IN THAT. DICTICNARISTS EVERYWHERE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ‘ * BOLD -B-'S INNER PEACE WITH ITS PLACE IN THE CELESTIAL e ORDER OF THINGS.Ae ed: ee Bale chum ATTLEAYMN IS THE WALLED JE " OF HY-BRASIL. iN LS ORDER T? CONVEY MORE OF ITS ZEALOUS GLORY, A < DEFINITION BY WAY 9F A STORY: STARS SHONE OVER BATTLEHYMN AS THREE SPRCERERS = FOLLOWED A PROPHECY T? FIND A LOST MESSIAH. THEY HAD BEEN SENT BY THE LORD Of BATTLEHYMN, WH? HAD VOWED as T@ KILL ANYONE WHE WOULD CHALLENGE HIS THRONE AND / STEAL HIS PRIESTS’ LOYALTY. LPs ALL STARS LED THE THREE SPRCERERS T? A BARN. WHEN ' THE PARENTS WERE CONSULTED, MANY FRACTIONS OF MANY ie PROPHESIES FOUND COMPLETION. GIFTS IN HAND, THE THREE SORCERERS AWAITED THE BIRTH OF THEIR NEWBORN KING, UNSURE OF WHERE THEIR LOYALTIES WOULD LIE. WOULD THEY BETRAY THEIR LORD AND BOW T? THEIR NEWBORN KING OF KINGS? WHEN THE MOTHER PUSHED OUT A GIRL, THE THREE SORCERERS LEFT WITHOUT A WORD AND TOK THEIR FINE ,vue,ITH THEM, DISREGARDING HER DUE T? HER SEX. ; DESPERATE WITH RAGE, THE FATHER FOUND A WARRISR- * PRIEST AND TOLD HIM OF THE THREC SORCERERS AND THEIR ys PROPHECY. THE FATHER KNEW HIS DAUGHTER T9 BE BORN | UNDER FELL STARS AND WANTED HER AWAY. * . AT THE WARRIOR-PRIEST’S BEHEST, THE TRI? WH? HAD 4 DISREGARDED HER WERE CAPTURED AND HANGED. THE FATHER , WAS GIVEN FINE SPICES AND 9ILS AS PAYMENT FOR FS LOYALTY T? THE LORD OF BATTLEHYMN. WHEN THE LORD OF BATTLEHYMN WAS LATER TOLD THE STORY BY HIS WARRIOR- PRIESTS, HE SQUGHT OUT THE GIRL BORN THAT NIGHT AND RAISED HER AS HIS DAUGHTER. ' r The story of Battlehymn isa family story, best ke iN told on a day of rest, when the Community _ sto s their laboring to make sure none are cee thirsty. If you should live ia such a place, a iy lace just enough to practice a ritual of the AS Sabbath day, be grateful and tell the tale of ‘ (Battlehynn with gusto, $0 anyone claiming (Mo be a wise mar or wise woman will know» - i : . 2 more wisdom still.Qos \ Db ackRock ip HIS DUSTY M@NUMENT T9 GENSCIDE IS A BLACK BASALT MONSLITH, HOLLQWED SUTT® = ACCOMMODATE A MONSTROUS STADIUM FOR DEATH GAMES of ALL SORTS. NIMROTE THE HUNTSMAN IS IN CHARGE Sf BLACK ROCK'S GLADIATORIAL SPORT AND ARRANGES FOR SLAVES T2 BE BROUGHT IN. NIMR@TE HIMSELT CAPTURES, TAMES, AND BINDS MANY Of THE BEASTS AND DEMONS WHS DEVOUR THE ~~ SLAVES. eo CHIMERAE, TERRIBLE CREATURES THAT CAN TAKE ANY BEAST’S. - SHAPE S? LONG AS THEY HAVE TASTED ITS BL99D, PATROL THE iV 4 WALLS AND FLY ALONG THE PERIMETER ON ALL MANNER OF STOLEN WINGS. BLACK ROCK'S DEADLY MENAGERIE ALLOWS THE CHIMERAE T9 TASTE RARE VINTAGES AND INCREASE THEIR VILE REPERTOIRES. > O< BLACK ROCK TAKES SPECIAL PLEASURE IN FORCING THE LAST OF ANY DYING RACE T FIGHT AND DIC 9N ITS CURSED SANDS. : MANY NOBLES ATTEND THESE GENSCIDE GAMES FROM ASFAR AWAY AS ATLANTIS. EVEN HY-BRASILIAN N9BLES, KNOWING ;CIR/DAMSEL MESSIAH WOULD FLAY THEIR SKIN T9 THE ILL D? BONE FOR SETTING A WILLING f99T IN BLACK ROCK, WILL DON GROTESQUE CARNIVAL MASQUES AND MAKE THEIR WAY INT? : GGLE. THE DESERT T? ATTEND A DYING RACE’S FINAL STRU hk a fine His a grim place fo have such a letter as Bas its birth glyph. DEMON. Black Rock STAMINA, 9 TELLTALE: Seeks up the blod spilled Wi: 19 om ls sand with eerie speed tre: -g APPEARANCE: A basal coltsun. PowtR: 19 TYPE: Object BOUND T9: Minmrote DESIRE: Mayhem NULD: Drinking the blood the blood of the last of ABILITIES BOOST: Stamina HINT COMMAND: Chimerae unk COVER: Master Hunter MARK COVER: Gladiator PERCEPTION: Those who are the last of theiy kind Ns of lolal genocide, bo dink * TAC OF speties oF peopleQ Bri es and ( {roo | o| £ e Witch ine | | i i \ TTEN CHOSEN WHEN THEY ARE STILL BABES BY THE WITCH KING HIMSELF, THESE POWER-MAD CONCUBINES LEAD POLITICALLY CHARGED LIVES AS THEY aos * je a ATTEMPT T° CURRY HIS FAVOR. THERE ARE BRIDES AND etd - GROOMS OF ALL KINDS, ALL SIZES AND TEMPERAMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE MIGHTY FROM OTHER KINGDSMS HAVE TRIED <2 | T? SEND SPIES AND STAR-EYED ASSASSINS T? W929? HIM, THEIR SUBTERFUGE NEVER FO9LS THE WITCH-KING. THE GUARDIAN MUMMIES STICK BLACK GLASS IN THE SPY 9R % ) ASSASSIN’S HANDS, AND THE DECCIVER IS CRUCIFIED THUSLY R IN THE HANGING SQUARES. THE BRIDES AND GROOMS ARE ALL BUND WITH A GUARDIAN MUMMY, A VICISUS DEMON THAT WARDS THEM IN TIMES oo Of TROUBLE AND KILLS ANY LOVERS R PARAMOURS THEY TAKE. IT 1S THE MUMMY’S JB T? KECP THEM SAFE FROM : . Ne A A O LY 4)“In the upcoming -G- you will find no Io, oe S41 DEEP LOVE OF VIPLENCE AND PAIN IN THEIR BLACK HEARTS, . THOSE BLACK HEARTS KEPT IN SIL-FILLED POTTERY, DEEP IN q THE WITCH-KING'S VAULTS. THE GUARDIAN MUMMIES WANT “ THEIR CHARGES T? TAKE LOVERS WH? ARE THEN BY WITCH LAW KILLED SLOWLY, THEIR MOANS 9f PAIN T? BE SCREAMED TENF9LD FOR EVERY MPAN OF PLEASURE THEY HAD GIVEN. THE MST DESPERATE AND IMPORTANT RULE OF THE WITCH- KING'S BRIDES AND GROOMS IS THAT THEY CAN NEVER COUPLE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THOSE WH9 D? WILL FACE THE WRATH OF THEIR GUARDIAN MUMMIES AND DISCOVER HOW DEEPLY THESE WARDERS TAKE PLEASURE IN VISLENCE AND PAIN. ealry concerning the Guardian Mummies o of the Wikch-King’s husbands and wives. His best for humble dictionarists, Raven One as mighty and wise as O Ame, to remain out of suck creatures’ paths and writing can be a form of Summoning ¢. one is not carefulDEM9N. Guardian Mun, he Witch Kin DESiRt: Corruption 7 and pointully murder those who lust PAST: Vicious Undead i ett > be my of — 3 Nal TELLTALE: Musty tomb scent APPEARANCE: The guardian fmurmmies are swathed in black rags used to wrap their corpses dlaring the mummnification Process. They appear as Warriors with (ittle of their desiccated flesh visible tinder their murmy's rags. Their Wroughl iron swords ave their «old, jagged, and unmerciful badges of office grooms of the Wilch-king, PERCEIVE: Love ARMOR: (User) representing the Pairamy’s ability to ward their charge against physical threats.IMmerAe : - ESE BLOODTHIRSTY CREATURES ARE ALS9 LISTED IN / / i THE DEVILEXICON. SHULD YOU FIND THE BOOK De . 9 me A THOUSAND DEVILS, IT WILL CONTAIN EXTENSIVE NOTES °N f HOW T? BIND SUCH BEASTS AS THESE. 7 : ve ~ DEM9N. Chimerae eee é Pg STAMINA. 4 THLIAL: Blood Red Eyes ne Bes wit: 7 % aL 3 Lert: g APPEARANCE: These soll . p> ey rower: 7 shapeshiflers Appear in ~e — Passer the forms of the creatures $333 whose Mood they hove | Rae recently consumed, They é 4 2 frue forms are unknowns ‘ s 2 3 as they often choose FES Xx ~~ complicated and disturbin 7 mixes of their last meal a 2 pesine, Power NG ae Prink the blood of exolic hensts 33 2 asiunies : xy PERCEIVE: Mew Blood BoesT: will (elf) * ae SMAPESHIET FAST xX 3 ~ PAST: Hunter SPECIAL DAMAGE: Clamse AED AIS 1S A VERDANT NEIGHBER OF THE RED WASTES , BUT STILL CLOSE ENOUGH T? INHERIT SOME OF THE = , WASTE’S MUTANTS AND 9DDITIES. HUMAN WARRIORS RIDE : ; . GIANT WORM-STEEDS WHOSE CHATTERING LEGS BRUSH a ALONG THE GRASS, AND CYCLOPEAN MANTISCHORA ROAM IN GREAT HERDS. THE FAIR TSARINA RULES THE NINES, HER ; y FELINE PEOPLE, WHO WALK UPON AND RULE THE GPLDEN a le FIELDS, FEUDING WITH THE QAN’S RIDERS. oe Dreamers Say that the Chryse Plains was the site of an ocean, but of you believe in oceans, then Oghma has a palace in the Stygian raarshes to sell you for only ten deep wells. Gy Boge:C doin St OME CALL work OLD ONES OR THE GREAT ONES, . BUT THEY WERE KNOWN AS CYDONIANS. WHEN “H. : THEY BUILT STATUES 9F GODS, THE FACES ALWAYS PSINTED . T9 THE SKY, GAZING UP AT THE STARS. WHETHER THIS WAS j v IN HOPES OF WARNING THE CYDONIAN PEOPLE 9f THE STARS’ ‘ : NEXT ATTACK 9N MARR’D OR IN SOME KIND OF CELESTIAL ass REVERENCE IS UNKNOWN. CYD@NIAN ENGINEERS BUILT THE FIRST PYRAMIDS, AND 9UR LESSER PEOPLES BASTARDIZED THAT ART FROM THEM. SOME SAY THEY FOUND A WAY T? A TINER WORLD, AND OTHERS vf ARGUE THAT WHEN THE STARS ATTACKED THE THUNDER “LIZARDS, THEY ALS? DECIMATED THE PEOPLE °F CYDONIA, WHOSE STATUES STILL KEEP THEIR SKYWARD VIGIL.: i an SHE WAS BUT A OGL, HER WET NURSE LOST i \ i TRACK OF HER IN THE MARKET °F BATTLEHYMN. SHE rar WAS FOUND AT THE HIGH WARLOCKS COVEN, CORRECTING A ia * : PROTECTIVE PENTACLE MEANT T? SAFEGUARD THE CITY FROM i 7 POWERFUL AND EVIL SPIRITS. Dr mse ea WHEN SHE WAS N° OLDER THAN ELEVEN, AN ELDER SERPENT TOOK HER T? OLYMON, THE TOP OF THE WORLD, WHERE THE PRIMORDIAL GPDS WERE BORN AND MADE THEIR FIRST DANCES. SHE WAS SHOWN ALL Of THE KINGDOMS OF MARR’D AND WAS @FTERED THE RULERSHIP OF THEM ALL If ONLY SHE WOULD CAT INFERNAL FRUIT AND KNOW MANY ~ TERRIBLE TRUTHS. SHE TURNED THE SPIRIT DOWN AND BOUND HIM QUICKLY. : HE SERVES HER STILL. NONE KNOW IF SHE EVER BIT THE #4 SERPENT’S FRUIT. HER FIRST DECREE AS RULER Of HY-BRASIL WAS CRUCITYING THE M@NCYLENDERS WHS DID THEIR BUSINESS IN THE MANY * 26 4 asd, f ¥BOOST, will Pi i tncrnn, Forbidden PAST: Hissing Ty . rovledge Gan root nop 7 Pe out secrets) BOOST: Lore i SPN HAG a ts Vero, 28 PM dae] WITH WHORES AND LEPERS, AND 5° SHE HEARS THE NEWS OF HER EMPIRE. T? THOSE WH9 LIVE IN HY-BRASIL, SHE 1S THE WAY AND THE LIGHT IN DARK, PATHLESS TIMES. x % ER APOSTLES ARE THE GENERALS, DIPLOMATS, AND COURTIERS OF HER ARMIES OF WARRIOR-PRIESTS. USING THE COMBINED WISDOM OF THESE PROPHETS AND MADMEN, SHE INSINUATES HERSELF INT? MANY A TRIBE AND NATION'S MESSIANIC LORE AND BRINGS MORE AND MORE DESPERATE MARR'DIANS T? HER FOLD LVERY DAY. DEMON. I: The Sey; ent STAMINA: 5 wth ae the Garden mom + Glittering eyes s UR og APPEARANCt. | reutn, ANCE: A snake about the size of 4 short child, cloak f0 seem el Messiah often wearing a hood of more human TYPE: Passer BOUND T9: The Dams, DESIRE: Power NUD: To have mortals pledge their souls toh Owe : _ , power the person, the Letter ™ COMMAND: Reptiles the more co.HY : SPRCERER: Pamsel Messiah 0 STAMINA: 2 Child of the Wastes WILL; 5 Wasteland Wisdom/Born to Rule . LORE: 3 Waste Schooled PAST: 5 Messionic Prophet + Precocious Peasant Girl .» HUMANITY, 5 7 PRICE: Arrogant (1 to all Perception rolls) APPEARANCE: The once dusty, the tutelage of great and hove made her Alo a mojesti 5 restless and Frightened. Ik is lime make your decree BOUND Dtmens ‘ Nant TYPE TELLTALE Netp . Serpent Passer Glittering — Have souls willingly pled, ed it 7 Eyes ? 0 hing VO eS)Demon + 2 mg (MONS ARE THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, BE THEY oy IDEAS, PEOPLE, 9R EMPIRES, AND NE CANNOT Koos THROW A STONE WITHOUT HITTING SUCH A SPIRIT, Lies - : SLUMBERING, WAITING FOR A SUMMONER T? BIND IT INT? val - ¥ THE CRUEL WORLD THAT BROKE, FORGOT, OR DESTROYED IT. ) A DEMP9N CAN SIMPLY BE THE SPIRIT OF A DEAD ENTITY, ITS GHOST HELD T9 MARR'D BECAUSE A DEED WAS LEFT UNDONE Se s OR BECAUSE, LIKE S° MANY, IT HAS TROUBLE LETTING G9 OF THE RED DUST WORLD. A DEMON CAN BE AN IDEA THAT HAS FADED FROM THE re ' CONSCIOUSNESS OF MARR'D. A WARRIOR CASTE OF ATLANTIS ant : ff \ WHOSE ERA IS LONG GONE, A METHOD OF ENTERTAINMENT x THAT WAS WIPED FROM THE PUBLIC MIND BY A CENSORISUS DESPOT, OR A RACE OF PEOPLE WHOSE CIVILIZATION WAS *y WIPED FROM THE FACE Of MARR’D BY FALLING STARS: ALL ARE SUMMONABLE If YOU HAVE THE WILL, THE LORE, AND THE MIND T? DP S9.\ ITSELF. ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE, ENOUGH 9F IT a 7 IS DEAD T9 WARRANT A SPIRIT, GROWING IN POWER WITH“ EVERY DAY THAT THE PLANET BECOMES MRE AND MORE LIFELESS AND BARREN. have ho Sey. Be : { rs tell th mlirmers ” Zhe) : 2m and to rumors passed ov. Vv : » gs With letters . i Sups. "Ag of if 7 You COA GAA Ownersh, 2 Cn ? of a ’ ‘ AAS Kame, chan : 2 hist . op into the heads of fon ory, ard place ideds ee $3 ¥ Oy.Hine, We came ee s rand bony brass Ruges for « ith an obsidian cover and bon. eh «to hen Kis hands ware urblemished a 3 2 - > z RN : % - 4 = a j young and steady. I is fodlery - vilexicon tr & fo your, than it wishes lo be kept. wag heir keeping for a moment longer Dev the’ Devi lexicon HIS TOME HAS TRAVELED FROM ONE SIDE OF MARR’D T9 THE OTHER AND HAS BEEN READ BY THE LIGHT OF BOTH MOONS IN ALL Of THEIR PHASES. IT 1S A GUIDE T9 THE SPIRITS OF MARR’D, FROM THE DRAGONS Of THE THUNDER CAVES T? THE HUNGRY BLOOD SPIRITS SUMMONED BY GREEDY SHAMANS AND PUT INT? YOUNG BRAVES 9N THE CHRYSE PLAINS. THIS BOCK GSES WHERE IT NEEDS T? IN ORDER T? BE WRITTEN IN BY ANY AND ALL WH@ HAVE NCW LORE T9 SHARE. FEW, It ANY, ARE KNOWN T9 FIND IT TWICE IN A LIFETIME; ANY WHO: é MIGHT FIND IT THRICE ARE SAID T° BE BOTH BLESSED AND s ; CURSED. ct ITIS CALLED THE LIVING PERS@NIFICATION OF LOST KNOWLEDGE AND CARRIES WITH IT A STEEP PRICE. EVEN « WHEN IT 1S CLOSED, THE BOK IS LAUGHING AT YOU, AND ; WHEN IT IS OPEN, IT STOPS LAUGHING IN ORDER T9 SWALLOW: YOu WHOLE.- “a Dictionary SWWA COLLECTION OF WORDS WHOSE STORI c : UNFOLDED BY THE SCRIBE. WRITING A DICTIONARY IS ADANGEROUS THING. THE DICTISNARIST IS NOT PUTTING WORDS TOGETHER IN SENTENCES OR TALES OR A LIST OF THE DEAD. A DICTIONARY IS A COLLECTION Of WORDS THAT ARE ' fas : 9 9 00 “A PLACED TOGETHER BASED ON THEIR VERY RUNES AND RO9TS. — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DANGER fF RUNES IN , ADICTISNARY AND THE DANGER °F RUNES IN A MORE Yy : TRADITIONAL TOME CAN BEST BE EXPLAINED IN THIS MANNER: oe THE DRINKING HOLE IS A DANGEROUS PLACE, BUT If ONE'S EYE iN J a 1S TRAINED ONE CAN SEC THE TROUBLE COMING. THIS DANGER x “IS AKIN T9 A STORY OR A TOME. ¥ R ATAMILY GATHERING’S DANGER COMES FROM YEARS, sing ’ > é DECADES, AND SOMETIMES CENTURIES OF MISTREATMENT AND AGGRESSION. VISLENCE ERUPTS FROM WELLSPRINGS S? DELP UNDER THE SANDS THAT ONLY THE WISEST PROPAET ye COULD HAVE ANY HOPES Of PREDICTING THE KNIFE BEFORE —_ ‘< a ~ TT FLASHES. THIS CRUDE METAPHOR TELLS YOU Of THE i 4, 33 s AY v 4 Gy ‘~ PLACES WHERE WORDS CONGREGATE. THESE ARE WORDS THAT HAVE N° PARTICULAR LOVE FOR NE ANSTHER BUT ARE PLACED NEXT T9 EACH OTHER DUE T9 RO9TS AND SPELLINGS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. Be wary, Dictionary Rules Cross-relerencing a summoned demon with a detail or entry in the Dictionary adds 1-3 bonus dice, in addition to any Ircady added for role-playing or situalional bonuses. Furthermore, anything lhat. is judged by the GM to be outside of the context, of the dictionary can take a 15 die penalty, y Be merciless when a player tries to summon the spirit of | something that. doesn’t. work for your game. Bul give them bonus dice with a cheer, a whoop, and a holler of excitement, when they allempt to summon something thal rocks the house. Do a dance and hand them their bonus dice with glee and a madman’s smile. Somelimes, a knowing and solemn nod will sullice when handing oul. he bonus dice,7 ‘Draoons wes IESE GREAT SPIRITS AR BORN FROM THE REMEMBRANCE OF A RACE 9F THUNDER LIZARDS = THAT ONCE ROAMED A WORLD FAR FROM THE RED DUNES oF MARR’D. IT IS SAID THAT THE GREATER OF THEIR NUMBER CAN BREATHE H9T DUST AND STARS, FORCING A F9E T? MECT FIRST-HAND THE MAGICK THAT CAUSED THE LIZARDS’ jy hd EXTINCTION. ~ ew DRAGENS ARE TEMPERAMENTAL CREATURES, CAPABLE °F p> ALLOWING THEIR RIDERS T? TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE, DEFEAT GREAT ENEMIES, AND UNITE MANY TRIBES UNDER THEM { IF THEY CHOOSE. SOME ARE LUMBERING, GREAT HORNED =) ~ JUGGERNAUTS AND OTHERS ARE LITHE WINGED BEASTS. STILL OTHERS ARE QUICK, WITH TALONED FEET SHARPER THAN : ‘ STEEL. IT 1S UNKNOWN WHETHER DRAGONS CAN CHANGE : : 3 the SHAPE BETWEEN THESE INCARNATIONS OR WHETHER THEY : : TAKE SHAPE BASED ON THEIR BINDER’S PERSONALITY. . ; ca fs DRAGON-RIDERS ARE AS BOLD AND MYSTICALAS THEIR === STEEDS. DESPITE YEARS OF ELDERS, BROTHERS, AND SHAMANS —LIZARDS WERE ENTOMBED ARE TERRIBLE AND HAUNTED = Tt PLACES, 9R MAYBE BECAUSE 9F SUCH WARNINGS, THEY STRODE IN AND BOUND A POWERFUL SPIRIT. DRAGONS ARE THE MEMORY OF A LONG EXTINCT SPECIES OF CREATURES S? * POWERFUL THEY WERE KILLED BY THE JEALOUS STARS. THINK e OF WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD DISPLAY SUCH DARING, a” AND THINK °F WHAT KIND 9F PERSON COULD BRING THE ANGRY SPIRIT OF SUCH CREATURES T9 HEEL. THESE ARE THE MOST GLORIOUS FOOLS OF THE WASTE, AND I SALUTE THEM. DEMSN: Dragon wae STAMINA: & TELLTALE: Stars in Eyes. WILL: 6 YK LRT: 5 APPEARANCE: These creatures F POWER: 6 always appear as great aA Tet: Passer —replilian beasts, often nt ‘3 modeled after the larger and more dramatic dinosaurs. 7 DESIRE: Mayhem ms NEED: To destroy building blocks of sociely | ABILITIES SHAPE SHIFT: various — BOPST LORE (USER) thunder lizards TRANSPORT PAST: Ancient SPECIAL DAMAGE: Fiery Historian Sands and Stars breath (36 pA,CE pochs ST POCHS OF MARR’ ARE A HOTLY DEBATED TOPIC. IT WOULD GIVE TRAVELERS A G99D IDEA 9fF OUR As : CULTURE AND SOCIETY T? KNOW THAT WE MARK SUR ~ e ERAS BY FALLING STARS SCARRING 9UR SURFACE AND r LEVELING ENTIRE CIVILIZATIONS. NOACHIAN, HESPERIAN, : AND AMAZ9NIAN ARE ALL EP°CHS IN 9UR FINE AND DISTINGUISHED HISTORY AND ARE NAMED FOR THE AREAS ON THE RED GLOBE WHERE THE STAR GODS DISPENSED THE MOST : : x WRATH. ENTIRE CONTINENTS, PEOPLES, AND IDEAS WERE KILLED, AND V6 NOW WE ONLY HAVE CRATERS AND A TATTERED UNFINISHED “ HISTORY T? SHOW FOR OUR PAST EPOCHS. nN His unknown which epoch we are ir now. The knowledge has been beaten from our planet. Perhaps our sand is the blood of our wounds. Whether we live before great deeds to come or after great deeds already done matters (ittle to Oghma and should matter little fo you ualess you" aren sniveling philosopher. - s Cy \~ { eyATYOWS > into -P- where da wayd past the sometimes stoic -K- a ae ard a ran a will be discussed There you will fin 7 a bye ODM 7 navigal “ ae ae these astronomical spirils, used lo navigate know 0 ths. Maths scare Mack magick called science with « language called Me lack magi : Oghma. 2 . DEM9N. Farrow A STAMINA: 3 TELLTALE: Mathematical Iphs appear on 7 WILL: walls nearby, pS Lent: 4g APPEARANCE: These Spirits often reside Power, 7 (oor Ue bodles where they spent ther TYPE: pinay Pyramid tomks They often speak through obphs written in the sand on, under dire Circumstances, wind that whistles through & moaning through the tomb, DESIRE: Creetion NELD: To infect as many as of Maw'd with d ts @ chariot boun, Ko Haforgiving void possible of the hopeless folk savrt of leaving the dead plane 4 for the heavens through the cold ABILITIES WS PAST. Astro-nevigatoy HINTS: (User) | | BOOST: Wall uNK BOOST: Love SPECIAL DAMAGE, Curse of the Tomb DO gayPres HIS 1S SOMEONE WHE WILL STAND BY YOUR SIDE WHEN THE STARS ARE RAINING DOWN FROMTHE = : ANGRY G9DS BEYOND THE SKY. WHEN ANGRY SPIRITS ARE CALLED DOWN T? DEVOUR YOU, FRIENDS D° NOT CHECK THE STITCHING ON THEIR BOOTS BUT CHECK THE EDGE 9N THEIR © KNIFE. : 4 j wtaneer si &L APERSON WHO WEARS THIS MANTLE WILL TELL YOU PLAINLY : WHEN YOU PASS FROM FO9LERY INT? DEVILTRY AND WILL ci ~, im , _ STAND BY YoU THReUGH BeTH. pe ~ ay Oghmea has ro friends, only spirits and words i a bh. eee ; Friend Rules © | When the players and the CM decide that a character hes , bonded with someone and they would call one another fricnds—would die for one another and travel the length and width of Marr'd for one another—they may make a roll Lo gain a point in Humanity for having such a rare gill Dlayers cannot slart with a Humanily-gaining friend, but must forge the bond during play.A ITHE, DWARF, ASCXUAL MBTES WH? WORK WITHeUT ' REST OR QUESTION. WHEN THEY DP REVOLT, ITIS : y TAST AND BRUTAL, WITHOUT WARNING T? THEIR MASTERS. oe ITIS SAID THAT A GROUP °F ROGUE ATLANTEANS BRING A SHIP FILLED WITH THEM EVERY 10,000 YEARS AND DEMAND® ‘ _ MORE BLO?D AND SOULS THAN ARISK ON A BINGE FOR A ) @ HEALTHY STOCK. T? BE BORN HALF-GRAY 1S T? KNOW A LIFE WITHOUT PLEASURE AND A WORLD WITHOUT PITY. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW SUCH CREATURES ARE MADE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND DESPITE THE LACK OF TO°LS NECESSARY FOR SWEATY - PRECREATIVEWERK BEAST: Gray Slave : ON THE GRAY SLAVES’ = STAMINA: > \ WiLL: 1 CROTCHES. ae . PAST: 5 HUMANITY: © PRICE: None APPEARANCE: These stock poy thins slaves have deep set Black eyes and ag ol fingers on each hand. eek Thi : i . — A Bred Wrrlo J ITISAMYSTERYIAOW GRAY SLAVES, WH BY ALL REPORTS ARE ASEXUAL BEINGS, GIVE BIRTH T? HALI-BRELD CHILDREN. SOMESAY THE CHILDREN ARE BIRTHED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF A SLAVE & REVOLT, OTHERS SAY THE GRAYS CAN STEAL A PIECE OF THEIR MASTERS AND FUSE IT WITH THEIR °WN MATTER T? CREATE A CHILD. ; SORCERER: The Half-Breed Warlord << STAMINA: 2 Whipped by Marr'd : i Pped by : 2) (Wilt: 5 Born to RuleKhained i “ort: 3 Solar-schooled Qe PAST: 5 Ark Captain + Void Warlord + Slave “ JMUMANITY: 5 LS price: Syrical “APPEARANCE: Your body has never / into the Red Waste. Now your b been the same since your ark crashed ones are wracked with pain while Your masters work you to death, scars cover Jour gray skin, ard your X, large, Mack, pupil-less eyes are filled with exkeustng, : KICKER: The warlock who owns you is still sle ping when you wake up fo sweep sand from the courtyard, & meanin “ sweep, more dust blows onto the stones, and $0 you sweep. As the Morning Sun ri gless task. Even as you ; bub this is your lot in life, Ses, you see a shape on the { \horizon, a prow of a great ark, a ship meant to traverse the void, E | You know how bo pilot such a craft, and Farrow 287 can guide your * kand; all You need now is a stalwart crew and blood, metric tons of fresh blood, to fuel the ark's thirsty engings. BOUND DEMONS, appre TyPt ~ TELLTALE yy ftto : ‘ = Fatrrow-287 a Math abyphs Blood kay fuel travel ' walls i jp - fsHeroes . F MARR’D IS A SICK CREATURE, GASPING FOR BREATH, THEN HERGES ARE ITS LAST DROPS OF DESPERATE ZN nthe BLOOD. HEROES LIVE AND DIC HOPING T? STRENGTHEN HER i * . HEART AND MAKE HER WH9LE AGAIN. dS \ cler is identilied by anolher character ¢ { hero, th o can roll to gain ac > poial of bul. only once in their career, Thi fo Ihe benelils of the worthy ofa Iumanily gain roll. Mler thal. lirst time, the Lille (| ccases Lo mean anything Wa character is identilicd successtully as a hero, they me der lo gai ‘Y make @ Past. che ainst their lumanily extra Past, llero in addition Lo their inilial past9 © Oghma has rot seen her i; Uy - sil vn 9TH aoe WITH ITS SELF-RIGHTESUS WARRIOR-PRIESTS, ALL WANTING THE WITCH- Es) KING'S HEAD ON A POLE FOR THE SARCORS T? FEAST ON | : ” RIS EYES. THE SAYING IN THE FORESTS OF HY-BRASIL IS, “ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL ENTER THE HEAVENS.” THEIR DAMSEL MESSIAH WILL TAKE THE FAITHFUL WITH HER WHEN SHE rie LEAVES MARR’D BEHIND FOR THE SINNERS AND F°9LS WHESce> » FAITHLESS HEATHENRY WILL CARN THEM UNMARKED GRAVES - IN THE RED WASTES. HER GOSPEL DECLARES THAT SHE WILL Vy ss TAKE [44,000 WITH HER WHEN SHE ASCENDS. list x lyon He , tS bul assumes that he tS not. an 7 'T YOu see the list and find th ae ghma the Runist, SOn ; ty the tablet. of Cohme,” Scratch the name frome9 HEN A FOOL WISHES T? DECLARE HIMSELF A QAN BUT THE TRIBES CANNOT UNANIMOUSLY DECIDE = THAT HE IS IN FACT THE QAN REBORN, THE P2OR BASTARD IS TAKEN T? THE ICARIA PLANES. A BARREN AND DES@LATE PLACE AT THE F99T OF SLYMONS, ITIS A PLACE WHERE SAR ‘ LOOKS DOWN ON IS PEOPLE WITH A STERN GLARE. et THE FO9L 1S CRUCIFIED T? THE GROUND, AND If FIE IS TRULY ' THE QAN REBORN, THE LADY Of THE SILT WILL COME FORTH cy AND CUT HIS BONDS WITH HER SWORD. If HE ISN'T, THEN AE be SCREAMS AND MANS IN VIEW OF THE GATHERED TRIBES, a AND FINALLY THOSE WH? HAD FOLLOWED AND BELIEVED HIM CUT Off HIS EYELIDS S9 SAR CAN TEACH HIM AB@UT HUBRIS ' AS HE DIES.OU OWN A COPY, OF THE DICTIPNARY Sf MU, YOU OWN THE MESSIAHS, KINGS, AND F99LS DESCRIBED oO ‘ i WITHIN. THEIR NAMES HAVE BECN CAPTURED AND YOU MAY i re BEGIN T? PICK AT THEIR VERY SOULS. Meee art o Spiders 3 HIS BEASTLY FIEND LIVES IN THE CITY Of OCTEN LAKE, BUILT AROUND AN 9ASIS N° BIGGER THAN A POND NCAR THE MARINER'S GASH. T9 BE CAUGHT THERE DURING THE STORMY SEASON IS T? BE “CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF Val ge THE JARL.” N? GREATER WARLORDS OF MARR’D HAVE DEMANDED TRIBUTE FROM THE EIGHT-LEGGED JARL BECAUSE 9fF THE ‘ ST9RMS THAT PLAGUE AND BLESS FS CITY-STATE, MAKING COLLECTING PROPER PAYMENT INFEASIBLE. HIS ARMS, LIKE HIS LEGS, °NLY NUMBER TW9, BUT HIS SIX EYES HAVE TAKEN A CRIMS@N, COLD AND ARACHNID GLEAM. , THOUSANDS 9f HIS TINY BROTHERS AND SISTERS FLOAT IN HIS BL9°D, WEAVING WEBS T? CATCH ANY IMPURITIES THAT MIGHT WEAKEN HIS BLACK HEART. WHEN HIS BL99D IS SPILLED, THE ICHOR IS KNOWN T? TAKE AN CIGHT-LEGGED SHAPE AND ATTACK HIS AGGRESSORS, AS If HIS OWN UNHOLY: STRENGTH WASN'T NEARLY ENOUGH. %ae i V HIS FOLLOWERS ARE DRUGGED AND HALI-MAD, WRITHING ~ WITH THE TERRIBLE SENSATION OF SPIDERS TICKLING THEIR VEINS. SeoXN SORCERER, STAMINA: WILL: 3 LORE: a PAST: 5 HUMANITY: 5 PRICE: Scored (1 APPLARANCE: From, sands. None ave magics. BouUND Drmen name Tyee The Blood Parasite Spiders Jorl of Spiders Whipped by Survive this Waste-Schooled/Thro Wasteland Jar fo casual long Sandstorm, your horizon a pyre, wre whet is within, and powerful of marr’d TELLTALE Tay spiders To nfs tn blood trleractions) the face of the once han make War an Marr'd Rock ugh the Epochs some Jarl sprout long, push oul from his skull limbs, still half-formed. he throes of his demon mid has been uncovered in the bul everyone knows the great Neto feck as many Sorcerers AS possible humble village is shockedDEMON. Blood Spiders Virus Blessing” STAMINA: 4 TELLTALE: Tiny spiders in bodily Witt: g fluid, tnelading vitreous humour » vert. 7 AFPEARANCE: Billions of microscopic Power: 9 spiders in blood hak manifest TYP: Parasite Jin sider shoped beasts made of == Blood mie BOUND T?: The Jarl of Spiders 2 DESIRE: Power Pe oy NELD: To infect as many Sorcerers as possible with the de Blood Spiders Virus Blessing, ABILITIES SPAWN HOLD CoMMAND: Spiders PROTECTION ARMOR BPPST: Steaming TASTom Khan p HEY SAY THE TRIBES OF THE WASTE WERE ONCE Tt UNITED, ALL DIFFERENT FAMILIES UNDER THE KHAN. THIS MAY BE TRUE BUT YOU WILL FIND A GRAIN 9f RED SAND TOR EVERY THEORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHE MAKE THE RED Re WASTE THEIR HOME. ‘ SIGHTED WOMEN SAY THAT A HAND SHALL RISE FROM THE eed SAND WITH A BLADE. THIS BLADE SHALL BE GRANTED T9 THE KAAN, WH? WILL UNITE THE WASTE AND SWEEP OVER . MARR’D LIKE A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CHRYSE PLAINS. THE DAMSEL MESSIAH IS RUMORED TS WANT THIS KHAN FOR HIER HUSBAND, WHEN SHE COMES OF AGE. HER HOLINESS HAS A SCH9LAR AP@STLE SET ASIDE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE Of yo STUDYING THE LEGENDS OF THE KHAN IN ORDER T? FIND HER FUTURE GROOM. j 2° Hold your Ireakh and weak for suck a Savior vf you wish. Oghma wl _ be \usy wiiking while you turn blue. 6 7st, : SORCERER: The One True Khan of the Red Wastes STAMINA: = Child of the wastes WILL: s Wasteland Wisdom/Born fo Rule Lone: 1 Angry Naivelé PAST: + Khan of All Khans HUMANITY, 4 PRICE: Paranoid APPEARANCE: The Khan's glare, that is cruel obsidian black and skin is burned living on his worm steed, DESTINY: To unite the tribes o war on the vest of Man vd. KICKER: You have just healed were nailed to the earth of the Red Waste before yr to test your strength. When the Lady of Si 2h Khan of all Khans, your tribe became following, Jour mother your bride, brothers your bodyguards, all willin for Our ascension, Now the other khans of t 5 Hime lo show them that the onl arrived. BOUND DEMens your fanatical the other & NAME TYPE TELLTALE NttD The Lady Inconspicsous Si of Silt by winds To turn all of Marr'd 4 wasteland and hard from Sar's and constant in the wastes. His £y28 are ust as Jagged. His legs are bowed from f the Red Waste and lead them to from your ordeal, during which you ve vA ’ 9 x our tribe {E ame and named and your father, uncles, and 9 (0 spill their own blood ribes have gathered, and il @ true Khan of Khans has wrlo(( e 5 DEMON: The Lady of the silt STAMINA: 5 TELLTALE: Swirling silt-filled winds follow WILL: g the sorcerer everywhere. URE 7 APPEARANCE: The lady when she chooses POWER: 9 fo manifest before the faithful, is only |_|. the vague oulline of a woman ra cloud of silt within a fornado of Red Waste sand, BOUND T9: The Khan of Khans DESIRE: Mayhen NECD: To turn all of Mere'd into & Wasteland ABILITIES ARMOR FAST: True Khan Gan confer on user) BIG MARK: Blessed merk of the khan’s VITALITY chosen sill riders & cursed mark of COMMAND: Sarcor (see the khan’s heathen eremmie: the dictionary ealry, LINK Sarcor) 3SSolar Vor ARIS THE KING OF THE SOLAR V9ID, SITTING ON HIS BRIGHT THRONE, HIS UNTORGIVING GAZE GLARING UPON AIS SUBJECTS. HE IS PRAYED T? AFTER ONE SINS, NOT T? BEG FOR FORGIVENESS, OF WHICH SAR HAS NONE, BUT T? MAKE THE PUNISHMENT SWIFT AND SOON. ~ Kine of the _Lake 5 A REAL BODY OF WATER THAT PEOPLE CAN DRINK SUT OF. SOME ARE BIG ENQUGH T9 STEP INT, UNLIKE OCEANS, WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL LIES MEANT T° TORMENT ~ . THOSE OF US WH? MAKE OUR LIVES ON MARR’D. Vat v 6 Se aly On» wo, Se OL, + ar. © our het, dhe hae : ¥ Shouly prise : 7 aS Shia, wore) A born iSLen UurlA DARK LAND °N n" EDGE OF THE RED WASTE RULED BY THE WITCH KING AND HIS CONSORTS. WHORES 4° THOUGH FS CONSPRTS MAY BE, THEY ARE ALL POWERFUL WARLECKS AND WITCHES WH9 OWE THEIR POWER, THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD, AND THEIR PETTY BARONIES T? THE KING'S CUNNING. - THE WITCH KING HAS GATHERED ARMIES BY T°9TH AND STEEL : AND HOLDS THEM TOGETHER BY DEVIL AND SPIRIT. LEMURIAN cys, ; OPINION OF THEIR NEW KING VARIES GREATLY, WITH SOME fon oe SEEING HIM AS THEIR OWN MESSIAH AND OTHERS SECING HIM IX AS JUST ANOTHER BLIGHT FROM THE WASTE. LEMURIA IS SAID T9 BE PREPARING FOR WAR. ARMIES & GATHER °N EVERY BORDER UNDER THE BL9°DY BANNERS Of THE WITCH KING. RUM9RS ABOUND THAT THE ARMIES WILL MARCH ON THE HELY LANDS Of HY-BRASIL 9R EVEN THE CRYSTAL TOWERS OF ATLANTIS BEFORE T99 LONG. If THE” WITCH KING HAS A PLAN, FE HAS KEPT IT A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. i eel| ove | HE ILLUSION THAT UNDERNEATH LUST, THERE IS SOMETHING MORE. THE GRUESOME HOPE THAT i: SALVATION CAN BE FOUND IN ANSTHER’S LOINS. * Oghma admits freely thal a biker dictionarist is not the one to be asking about this word. If you need to ask Oghma’s text about love, not yet having tasted ils bitler fruits, the odds are good that you will Pos never need know this word. Wis a word thal will hil you like « sandstorm in the waste, obscuring your vision, leaving you lost, thirsly, and afler a while, dead Love Rules When a player decides their PC is in love with another PC or an NPC, they may write a Love Kicker. Bascd on how the y may Kicker plays oul, the must make a Hlumanily Cain or a Humanity Loss roll. The decision is up to the player bul may be made wilh input. trom other players, GM very much included In the case ol’ PCs, it is cntircly up Lo the PC's player if the love is reciprocated. In the case of NPCs, the CM may make a roll versus the stamina, will or lore of the love-struck PC whichever mosl, cxemplilics how they arc Lying lo woo theirLove Rules Continued Cover vs. Will - the love-struck PC is trying to use their station lo win their heart. Will vs. Will ~ the love-struck DC is trying to use their mind to win their beloved’s heart Stamina vs. Will — the love-struck DC is trying to use their body to win their beloved’ heart. Lore vs. Will - the love-struck PC is trying Lo use their knowledge of the past to win their beloved’s heart.ANEISCHOYA TAT LUMBERING INSECTS WH® ROAM THE PLAINS. o IERDS THAT STRETCH INT? THE VERY HORIZON. 4, THEIR SHELLS ARE VALUED FOR THEIR PROTECTION, AND rs THEIR MEAT IS VALUED FOR ITS SUCCULENT FLAVOR. THEIR FOREARMS ARE FASHISNED INT? CRUEL DAGGERS THAT CUT f ”” G9INGIN AND REND COMING UT. ; i Ad fi hl THEY ARE HUNTED WITH LONG LANCES AND HEAVY SPEARS THAT ARE DESIGNED T9 PIERCE BETWEEN THEIR CHITINCUS PLATES. STAMINA: 6 WILL: 1 LORE: ° POWER: HUMANITY: © : PRICE: None APPEARANCE: Mantischora are elephanting, tasectoid beasts that roam the Khryse , \ Plains in greek green herds, hunted b i , \ wormeriders and the Nines alike for “f : their delicious meat and hard : plates. : % BEAST: Moartischora SarapaceAriNer’s rsh FE GASH IS 5? LONG THAT WHEN ONE END IS STILL COOL WITH NIGHT AIR THE THER END IS SUFFERING. § ~~ /\ UNDER THE GLARE OF SAR. CLOUDS FLOAT WITHIN THAT HAVE , NEVER SEEN THE SKY BUT KNOW ONLY THE GASH’S EMBRACE. IT IS S° DELP THAT YOU WOULD SURELY DIE 9F SHOCK AND FRIGHT BEFORE EVER HITTING THE BOTTOM, IF THE WINDS OF THE GASH WOULD ALLOW A CORPSE EVEN T? HIT THE GROUND. THE WINDS WITHIN THIS CANYON, AN AXE SCAR FROM WHEN MU AND LEMUR FOUGHT, ARE SHRICKING BANSHEES MOVING... / IMPOSSIBLY FAST. SOMETIMES A VICTIM OF THE CANYON WILL BE SPIT QUT YEARS AFTER HAVING FALLEN T9 THEIR DEATH.A ' = Y AYY Ai ag risis AQgenen weRuD Tar Wi eT SuRPeRT. 4 TS eccURAINS AND PARASTES MUCHLENGER, 4 4 3 MOST MARR'DIAN CULTURES ARE HELL-BEINT 9N GETTING Orr. ;. é Of THIS RED ROCK INT? THE HEAVENS, BY MAGICKS, WING, us : est saenct 3 ae jDEMON: The Irate Ghost of Marr'd ) STAMINA: 10 TELLTALE: Winds, storms and earthguakes PA on LORt: 10 APPEARANCE: When the ghost of Marr'd chooses "i POWER: 17 fo manifest, one looks upon the face of a é pret: ee eed god's ghost. K manifests a: S vicious winds, tarthguakes, and other natural disasters. His a demon that hates the ‘ ee. ey parasiles that crawl on ils skin and burrow £2 op. Bf ) talo Us innards, os e" DESIRE: Power q ees NEED: Complete destruction of what is lefl on Marr'd and the £3 e remaining occupants for it detests their very presence. Sa ABILITIES Lbs vy SPECIAL DAMAGE: PERCLIVE: The Dead Parts of Marr'd 4 3 { Earthquakes, MARK 2% Windstorms and unr ae \ natural disasters Linn TRANSPORT PAST: Dead God BoOsT: Will, Lore, Stamina . co UY * ®\ 4a) aeAths HE LANGUAGE OF THE LOST SORCERY KNOWN AS SCIENCE. THISNANGUAGE T9°K NUMBERS AND i PUT THEM T? RUNES. THE MATHS FRIGHTEN OGHMA. THIS - . DICTIONARIST BELIEVES THAT WE WERE NOT MEANT T? ey UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CANNOT COUNT UPON OUR FINGERS AND TOES.. CONSPICUSUS DISPLAY Of WEALTH INSURES THAT NONE BUT pene ~ a HIS MENBER Of THE SOLAR FAMILY IS A WEALTHY : PLANET TPMT 1S COVERED IN GILDED SILVER MINES, 2° DELP WATERING HOLES, AND ENDLESS IRON ORE. NONE LIVE THERE, AND S? THIS G9D IS A LONELY HERMIT. HIS RITUALS INVOLVE DROPPING WATER °N HIS WORSHIPPERS’ HEADS. THIS KIND °F WASTEFUL AND SUPERSTITIOUS, WEALTHY MERCHANTS WH? CAN AFTORD <> 7. SUCH RITES EVER VISIT HIS TEMPLES. THE PRIVILEGED FO°LS bp bat WH? PAY THIS GD WORSHIP, D9 S? IN HEPES THAT SOME OF iX ‘ THE RICHES OF MIS LONELY PLANET WILL VISIT THEIR PURSES OR KEEP WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE CLOSE T? THEIR FAT BOSOMS.US IN THE u's Bed Sy IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF LEMURIA, SEETHING SAND WASTES LIKE A PREGNANT BECTLE. WHEN THE GIANTS LEMUR AND MU FOUGHT, MU FELL AND THIS CITY WAS BUILT °N HIS BODY. MOST TAKE THIS TALE AS ONLY A METAPHOR. FO9LS. VILLAGES AND TOWNS ALL ARUND MU’S BED ARE NAMED FOR THOSE REMNANTS °F MU AND LEMUR’S BATTLE THAT THCY CLAIM T9 BE BORN FROM. MUS AXE, MU'S SEED, LEMUR’S HAND, AND THE VILE MUSQUAT ARE BUT A FEW. JUSTICE, IF SUCH A THING CAN BE SAID T9 EXIST IN SUCH A PLACE, 1S DISPENSED IN THE HANGING SQUARE. THE LAST x J meebo? ‘ity 4 TREE T9 LIVE AND BREATHE IN THE CITY HAS LONG SINCE BEEN CUT DOWN AND USED AS HANDLES FOR KNIVES S° THAT N@BLES AND COURTIERS MIGHT MORE ACCURATELY STAB ONE AN@THER. DUE T9 THIS LACK Of NATURAL PLACES T? HANG CRIMINALS, THE BALCONIES OF THE RICH ARE FITTED WITH N99SES ON DAYS APPOINTED BY THE WITCH KING. 9N SUNNY DAYS, THE GROOMS AND BRIDES 9F THE WITCH KING SIT IN Se 72 ANY yxAj 4 fi SE i i THE HANGING SQUARE AND THROW ROTTEN FRUIT AT ANY 4 UNFORTUNATE SOUL UNLUCKY ENOUGH T? SURVIVE THE Y“ DROP. ESPECIALLY HATED CRIMINALS ARE LOWERED SLOWLY, a GASPING FOR BREATH S? THEY LIVE ALL THE LONGER, AND ARE BEATEN BY THE PRIVILEGED LOCAL CHILDREN WITH RATTAN STICKS WRAPPED IN LEATHER. MU’S BED IS SHAPED LIKE A BOWL. THE SLUMS ARE ARQUND thi. THE HIGH RIM OF THE BOWL, WHERE THE WIND IS THE M9ST UNFORGIVING. THE WITCH KING'S KEEP IS IN THE CENTER OF THE BOWL, WHERE THE WIND 9NLY HOWLS RATHER THAN THE gs, : RENDING AND CLAWING IT ACHIEVES IN THE HIGHER STREETS. BONESMITHS WH WISH T9 SEE A CORPSE PICKED OF ITS MEAT \\/ AND SINEW NEED ONLY LEAVE THE DEAD BEAST °UT DURING S A SANDSTORM ON THE OUTER RIM OF MU'S BED, WHERE ONLY : THE PLEBLIANS MAKE THEIR HOVELS. IN THE MORNING, WHEN x THE STORMS HAVE DIED DOWN, ONLY VIRGIN WHITE BONES me WILL REMAIN. = ¢ LIE 9N THE BED IS PARTICULARLY DESPERATE. CHILDREN IN MU’S BED PLAY GAMES THAT MOSTLY CONSIST OF WRESTLING OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF SHARP ROCKS OR THROWING SAID =... © 73 #Xos . & y CKS WITH DEADLY ACCURACY ONCE THEY CHIP APART. If YOU ARE WEAK, THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHSICE T9 Lit DOWN, LET THE RED DUST CRAWL DOWN YOUR THREAT, AND JOIN MU AND LEMUR AS CORPSES IN THE SAND. (No SORCERER: The Kid with the Rock STAMINA: = 2. Whipped by Mare'd WILL: 7 Survive this Rock LORE: 1 Angry Naivelé PAST: 7 Urchin Beggar HUMANITY, 7 PRICE: Paranoid APPEARANCE: This child still A, face but no innocence is le 3 a skeletal body ‘AS Some remnants of fat on his fin his eyes. Under the coars carved by poverty and hunger KICKER: When ou wake up ia the patched tent under a brid, ye that you call home, your skin of tan make out sandaled foot slave-auctions, 2 rags water has been stolen. You BOUND DEMons, NAME TyPt TELLTALE ety Rock Object Never chip, To break skulls of the soaks great blood « an Kprials in the sand, leading fo the aly of akDEM9N: Rock z STAMINA: + TELLTALE: Never chips, soaks up blood ' WILL: 6 iV 2 A LR og APPEARANCE: A lumpy rock with sharp POWER: 6 edges, about the size of a newhorn TYPt: Object baby, 5 , BOUND T9: Kid DESIRE: Mayhenn NECD: To crush the skulls of the great ABILITIES SPECIAL DAMAGE: BOOST: Stamina. Sharp edges RANGED ( CONTROL: Insects puny \ 1 thal dwell under rocksMi Ww SEED, A NEFALEEM IS BORN, MEWLING ON THE RED SANDS, SLOUCHING TOWARDS BATTLEHYMN. THESE CHILDREN * e ARE N@ BETTER THAN DEM9NS AND CAN BE PACTED If THE y S@RCERER 1S WILY AND CAN FIND SOMETHING 9F VALUE T? THE CHILD 9F A DEITY. Ogk ( gma finds these Creatures tg b ard avoids then, when he ¢ ® Spoiled bh ; BA, seekNimrote MMB @ [IS A SLAVER, A HUNTER, AND A BINDER OF : DEMPNS. HE IS INCLUDED IN THIS DICTIPNARY ss BECAUSE 9GHMA DES NOT FEAR HIM, AS DICTISNARISTS MAKE FOR POOR SPORT IN THE GLADIATORIAL PITS OF BLACK ROCK, AND NIMROTE’S CHIMERAE HAVE FUND THE BL9@D of A SCRIBE POOR FARE. z NIMROTE IS ARMORED IN THE TROPHIES Of HIS PREY, ONLY wen WEARING WHAT HE HAS TAKEN BY FORCE FROM ANOTHER. AE CMe BUILT BLACK ROCK BRICK BY BRICK 9N THE BLOOD OF THOSE : 3 HE HIMSELF LASHED INT? ACTION. IT 1S SAID THAT HE CREATED X ITT? APPEASE SOME DEMON THAT IS BOUND T9 HIS SERVICE AND THIRSTS FOR BL9?D AND EXTINCTION. y my THIS IS N@ PETTY HUNTER BUT AN EPICURE 9F THE HUNT, #%, “ ONLY NOTCHING ARROW T? BOW WHEN IT WILL BRING HIM : THE RAREST, TOUGHEST, 9R MOST INTERESTING OF PREY. EVEN : oh WHEN HIS PREY TURNS 9N HIM AND THE HUNTER BECOMES ; THE HUNTED, HE RELISHES THE EXPERIENCE. iSORCERER: Mumrote STAMINA: 4 Gray-Blooded WILL: + Never Shackled Again LORE: 2 Blood of the Old Ones PAST: + Lord of Black Rock Wasteland HUMANITY. 4 PRICE: Scarred C1 to all casual APPEARANCE: Momrote is a si limbs contain a furious Unteractions) carved, lanky man whose sine power and speed, His dark eyes are merciless. The hard line that is his face only knows somethin that could be a smile when his demon is drinking exotic blood. KICKER: The gladiators have revolted, freeing the beasts from their pens and baking out untold A99"ES5ION On your Servants and trainers. Once you did exadlly as they are doing, before 70% t00k Black Rock for your own, BOUND DtMens NAME TYPE TELLTALE =e Black Rock Artifact Soaks “P To taste the blood from blood countless dynamic slaughtersA Y Nives HE NINES CALL THE MAJESTIC CHRYSE PLAINS THtin LANDS DESPITE THE FEUDING PROTESTS 9f THE so O QAN'S WORMRIDERS. THEY ARE FOND Of NUMERSL9GY, os TAKING CARE T9 NOTE THE DAY ONE OF THEIR PWN IS BORN, DECIDING THE BABES PLACE IN THE WORLD THROUGH’ COMPLICATED ASTROLOGY. THEIR NAME ITSELF IS A REFERENCE T? THEIR OWN MYSTICISM, : : A CYCLE OF BIRTH AND RE-BIRTH THAT IS REPEATED NINE yee end socely 8. TA wie URSED TOMBSJ MADE 9N my BACKS 9F SLAVES, A <8 GATE Off OF MARR’D. THE SPIRITS STORED WITHIN < PYRAMIDS ARE USED T? NAVIGATE THE CLUMSY, UNRELIABLE MAGICK THAT IS CALLED SCIENCE BY SOME AND MATHS BY a OTHERS 5° THAT SOME OF THE MARR‘DIANS WILL BE ABLE T? ; Lae LEAVE TOR THE HEAVENS. 4 ee ' _ THE SPIRITS WITHIN THE PYRAMIDS ARE FARROWS. GREAT KINGS OF THE SCIENCE-MAGICK CALLED MATHEMATICS, THEIR. 4 THEOREMS AND FORMULAS LINE THE WALLS °F THESE TOMBS —— IN COMPLICATED HIEROGLYPHS KNOWN ONLY T9 THOSE BURIED WITHIN. THIS MATHEMATICS WILL ALLOW A MAN OR WOMAN WH? CAN BIND A FARROW T? THEIR SERVICE T? NAVIGATE AN ARK INT? THE VID AND LAND SAFELY “oy: WITHOUT FLYING INT THE GREAT MANY HAZARDS IN THE ‘ i * SEAS BEYOND THE SKY. | HY-BRASIL HAS THE ORIGINAL PYRAMIDS CREATED BY THE ANCIENT CYD9NIANS. x ws Ae aw)aL __ ATLANTIS'S PYRAMIDS ARE GREAT OBJECTS MADE 9F : CRYSTAL, AND IT IS BELIEVED THEY ARE [ARROWLESS. — : LEMURIA IS STRUGGLING T9 BUILD PYRAMIDS 9f ITS OWN. BUT EVEN AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE BACKS OF JN ngloamign'! @LYMON-BOUGHT SLAVES, THE LEMURIAN GENERALS LOOK Lf * ® HUNGRILY T? SEVERAL PYRAMIDS ON THEIR BORDER WITH vi a e HY-BRASIL, HOPING T° TAKE THESE TREASURES BY FORCE ° AND BIND THEIR FARROWS WITH FOUL SORCERIES. iG ARCADIA FAS N° KNOWN PYRAMIDS, AND ITS DENIZENS \ DON'T SEEM CONCERNED WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION. MAYHAP THE ARCADIANS HAVE A SAYING OR A RAYME CONCERNING THIS, BUT THEY'VE NOT SHARED IT WITH THE LIKES OF ME. EVERY 59 OFTEN A STORM WILL CHARGE ACROSS THE RED git . : WASTES LIKE A THREE-HORNED DRAGON, AND A PYRAMID i WILL SHOW ITSELF T? SAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CENTURIES. j OFTEN GREAT ARMIES ARE GATHERED BY ALL NEARBY “) S NATIONS T? TAKE POSSESSION OF SUCH AN UNCOVERED TREASURE. THESE PYRAMIDS ARE HELD UNTIL THE TICKLE STORMS CHOOSE T? BURY IT ONCE AGAIN. 96RIBLS WHO RIDE Wo! EGSLDENCHRYSE se a AE unin art erren unotR bernen ot A Onn Ie te WH9SE AUTHORITY EXTENDS AS FAR AS HIS KUKRI'S REACH ; - . AND THE FEAR SUCH REACH CAN INSPIRE. vA ITIS WRITTEN ON OBELISKS SURROUNDED BY WHEAT ON THE CHRYSE PLAINS THAT A GRAND QAN WILL UNITE THE TRIBES UNDER ONE IRON-FISTED RULER, AND THE WORM-RIDERS WILL SPILL 9UT ONT THE SANDS LIKE A PESTILENCE, BRINGING ALL °F MARR’D UNDER THE KNIFE AND ESTABLISHING ORDER THROUGHOUT THESE DESSLATE LANDS. _ y MAYMAP THE QAN AND THE KHAN ARE THE SAME MAN. YEARS.» . "HAVE GONE BY SINCE T@eK SARCOR FEATHER TS PARCHMENT |< WITHIN THE HeNORABLE LETTER °F -K-, 5@ IT IS HAZY IN MY MIND. 9R IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT; ay SNE LETTER CAN HAVE THAT MUCH 9f AN ETTECT Sn ITS PLACE , (i IN THE WORLD.er! lous ae * pees tit GREATEST SOURCE OF ORE ON ALL Of MARR’D, ¥ hy f OWNED BY A RICH TRIBE °F RABID PRIMITES. WITHOUT IT, WE WOULD BE BEATING EACH OTHER WITH : ‘ * SHARP ROCK CLUBS AND \WORM-TEETH STRAPPED T? : PETRIFIED W99D WRAPPED IN LEATHER RATHER THAN ca ¥ RUNNING CACH OTHER THROUGH WITH FOLDED METAL ra SWORDS LIKE CIVILIZED PEOPLE.Say LARES AND GLARES IN ALL DIRECTIONS 9F DUNES AND WIND. SOMETIMES A STORM WILL COME SUT OF THE WASTES THAT WILL LAST A MONTH, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL BE AS QUIET AS A FORGOTTEN GRAVEYARD FOR A DECADE. TOMBS °F BLACK STONE AND EVEN FORGOTTEN FORTRESSES CARVED FROM SLUMBERING VOLCANSES ARE UNCOVERED WITH A STORIM'S ROUGH HAND OR A TRICK 9F FATE. A SORCERER'S FORTUNE CAN BE MADE OR BROKEN BY TREKKING QUT INT? THE WASTE AND FINDING A LOST DEMON HUNGRY FOR A BINDING, A FORGOTTEN WEAPON, OR PIECE OF LORE. “POR EVERY MAN OR WOMAN WHO MARCHES TRIUMPHANTLY OUT OF THE RED WASTE WITH GRAY SLAVES CARRYING THEIR PALANQUIN THROUGH THE HANGED BROADWAY ARE A HUNDRED WHOSE SKULLS DECORATE THE DUNES, LEAVING A BONE-GRIN WARNING T? WOULD-BE ADVENTURERS.x Ye i ae 0 AS LEMURIANS SAY, “G9 NORTH FOR SUICIDE, EAST FOR A \ — AIGHT, AND WEST FOR RUJECTION, BUT GP SOUTH INT? THE RED WASTES FOR ADVENTURE.” Otherworld Rules for the Red Wastes The Red Wastes follow the mystic otherworld rules from page 32 of Gorcerer and Sword.~ “Runes : OST UNEDUCATED, ILLITERATE MARR 'DIANS KNOW - NOTHING °F RUNES. EVEN SOME ARCADIAN BRATS, CAN MAKE N° WORDS, ONLY KNOWING WHAT THEIR CRYSTAL ~ HOLOGRAM TUTORS HAVE TOLD THEM. $M ay 7 : The demons | have given my life (0. Pictograms, dust sheiches, and gu charcoal portrails can give a picture to the eye, bul nothing can bring a s a 4 ’ person's soul, (ikeness, and demeanor into another's mind like a deftl x 2 placed group of runes. as F ey ac Foye fe RS DEMON: Runes su a 1 TELLTALE: The letters move and thange on SS : i their own once wrillen. ? a ‘ ont | 4 AP : yc ts wl Runes lake many forms, by a ome sland for sounds, and others eve LX Ded eee eee right |S DISIRE: Knowledge ? | and compreh. : ' ehended 6 d : . Mn prehended by as many as possible 9 - = PERCEPTION; Boost: will = : Undocumented BOOST: Stamina 7 y knowled ; = ye s s/aus 1 | > BOOST: Love es 7s ay 2 PER ( get SF se Fs Beware when summoning « runic demon. | will risk « quote from the Devilexicony "Once you have bound a runic daemon ik ‘ . lO+ is hol so much one spire 0 jxeal | conglomerate that is now ( se fe) All that X Se a yon (kaghe ovPR Se CHILDREN WH? ORBIT HIS CHAS MAN KEEP, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS 9f THE SOLAR a FAMILY D9 HIM GREAT HONORS. HIS KEEP 1S RINGED BY A M@AT OF STONE RAINBOWS THAT WARD HIM AND HIS FAMILY FROM HARM. : THE RINGED LORD IS THE MEMBER °F THE SOLAR FAMILY THAT ee ib a fl? IS PRAYED T? WHEN HOME AND HEARTH ARE THREATENED. : HE IS A GOD OF SAFETY AND FAMILY, OFTEN PRAYED T? FROM Py WITHIN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES DRAWN IN THE SAND, SAID T? A 7 REPRESENT THE RINGED LORD'S RAINBOW M9AT AND THE X e PROTECTION T9 BE FOUND WITHIN IT. when Oghma goes to sleep, he buries his dictionary in a secret spot hat is surrounded by the circles of the Ringed Lord in order to keep his work safe, in cose all other copies should become destroyed due log cruel twist of Marr'd’s black sense of humor.Thevisioursye | (e Jt¥ ane HE ACT °F TRAVELING ACROSS THE DAMSEL MESSIAH IS SAID T? BE ABLE T? TRAVEL AS SUCH WITH ONLY HER WILL. ANYONE WITH SENSE KNOWS THAT WATER IS NOT FOR TRAVELING. THE DRIED CANYONS CALLED “CANALS,” WHICH CRISSCROSS MARR'D, MIGHT BE” EVIDENCE THAT ONCE SUCH TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE. Sari Le 6, orwartR. . SAILING IS ALS? THE ACT OF TRAVELING INT? ANSTHER’S ope DREAMS, AN ART ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH POWERFUL Ir DEMONS. PERHAPS DREAMS FORM AN @CEAN, AND THIS IS foe WHAT IS MEANT BY SAILING. ARE THERE DREAM SHIPS AND ‘ DREAM STORMS? OGHMA HAS N° KNOWLEDGE.~ Sarcor IESE DULL GRAY CARRION-EATING AVIANS DINE 9N if THE ROTTING CORPSES LEFT ON BATTLEFIELDS AND IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES. A SARCOR’S GREATEST PLEASURE IS TAKEN WHEN PLUNGING THEIR SHARP, HO°KED BEAKS INT? THE EYES OF HANGED MEN. STILL, THEIR APPETITES ARE N° LESS VILE THAN THE AVERAGE COURTIER IN ANY NOBLE’S HALL. HENCE THE MU'S BED INSULT, “YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A SARCOR DRESSED IN SILK.” SOMETIMES THEY SPEAK, TAKING A WORD OR PHRASE SPOKEN NEAR THEM AND SQUAWKING IT UNTIL IT MEANS BOTH NOTHING AND EVERYTHING. KINGS HAVE MADE THEIR THRONES AND DIED ON THE ADVICE "OF A SARCOR’S PRATTLING IMITATIONS OF SPEECH. J, %ee He Science ea HIS OLD MAGIC WAS PRACTICED IN TOWERS THAT ne 7 DUST WEULD TOUCH, WRITTEN IN MATHEMATICAL <5 on GLYPHS. NOW IT IS MOSTLY A LOST ART, CLAIMED T? BE a KNOWN BY SOME WH? HAVE PIECED TOGETHER KNOWLEDGE [ROM DEAD WORLDS AND LOST CHARIOTS WHESE STEEDS ARE oa LONG PAST DESICCATION. ae, ot Oghma wishes there had been a slalwart dictionarist in the Age of Science, to write down their demons, which they called date, s0 their’ magic could be cast today. Pete,50 av faanyl SAR IS QUR UNFORGIVING FATHER, GLARING DOWN ON THE RED SANDS, MAKING THE LAND CRUEL AND COARSE AND FORCING OCEANS INT? MYTH AND MEMORY. DYM?S AND PHOB9S ARE HIS CHILDREN, CIRCLING MARR’D SUT OF RESPECT T? THEIR FATHER, WHOSE LIGHT THEY SHINE, EVEN AT NIGHT. THEY MUST HAVE BEEN P2OR SONS INDEED T9 BE GRANTED A FIEF LIKE MARR’D. IT 1S SAID THAT THEIR MOTHER, URT, WAS DRIVEN FROM HOME BY FATHER SAR WHEN SHE TRIED T° MAKE MARR’D FERTILE. WHEN THE BLESSED REACH THE HEAVENS, URT WILL WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS, LUNN, HER DAUGHTER, WILL STAND BY HER SIDE T° WELCOME THEM. THE UNIVERSE IS A TREMENDOUS SQUABBLING FAMILY, ALL DRIFTING THROUGH A COLD VOID. EVERY STAR, PLANET, AND NEBULA HAS BEEN MADE INT? A DARK ASTROLOGICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL MYTH THAT GIVES US MARR’DIANS OUR HOPE. 9UR PANTHEON’S PETTINESS, TREACHERY, AND SELFISHNESS ALS? TAKES OUR FRAGILE HOPE AND MURDERS NO be eSIT. SUCH IS THE WAY 9F DEITIES, ALWAYS WEARING MANY FACES FOR MANY TASKS. Do the stars reflect our folly, or do we reflect the folly of the stars? Find a & philosopher if you wish to discuss. When _ are bored by the hollow words of fools, return to the dictionary and put _ your eyes to Oghma's runes. SSrr] HE ST TOWERS ARE A SECRET CLUSTER OF ’ lL CLOUD-REACHING MONUMENTS T? BL9SD AND / | Stygia Teves = 7 BASALT, ALTARS BUILT T SACRIFICE MOONS OR G9DS UPON. \ . IT WAS THERE THE WITCH KING LEARNED HIS TRADE, AND IT Vis a IS THERE THE MANY WITCH AND WARLOCK MAGISTRATES OF , LEMURIA ARE SCH99LED. THERE IS AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR THAT ONCE SOME STUDENTS RAN AWAY FROM THE VICIOUS MENTORS WH9 TEACH THE WITCHING WAYS. THEY MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS LEMURIA, DING BATTLE WITH THE RELENTLESS SPIRITS SUMMONED BY DARK STYGIAN SORCERY, FALLING IN TW9S AND THREES f \ ' “ UNTIL ALL HOPE WAS LOST. " ONLY ONE OF THESE ESCAPED APPRENTICES SURVIVED, AND IT ay IS SAID BY SOME THAT HE IS NAUGHT BUT A MAD HERMIT IN a THE WASTES, DYING SLOWLY, WRITING IN A DICTIPNARY T? DESTROY THE HOURS BETWEEN NOW AND HIS DOOM. x. II2e The is « Wrichy word, and although | have discounted it here and thers, ! wanted (0 pay it homage as il should never be angered. “The” Rules In a game where the centerpicce is a dictionary, wording is important. Summoning, a spirit of -a- Slygian Horror and summoning -the- Stygian Horror are two very dillerent. events. One will be the spirit. of a dead Stygian Horror while the other will be the combined parts of all Stygian Horrors that, have cver truly died, or faded from the lace of Mare’. The power ol’ such a demon would be horrendous, and the entire rilual could casily spiral out of the Sorcerer's control.a will try bo ie shon-furved beatby without descending into the. sackenp Qrords of skin-tricks Pbut it will not bes on easy baskeo sarin ea are A Aprefn® |. HER FUR IS AS DARK AS ER EYES ARE BRIGHT. AER FELINE BODY CONTAINS CURVES, FAT AND MUSCLE IN PROPORTIONS? PUT ON MARR’D BY BEAUTIFUL G9DS. Damn me to the cold ninth circle, is fulilel My mind wishes one thing, bul the ink deceives by listening (0 the orders my hand gives it me FIR PEOPLE, THE NINES, ROAM THE CHRYSE PLAINS, WARDING IT FROM THE HUMAN KINGDOMS AND HUNTING THEIR GAME, X “ THE FLECT-LEGGED MANTISCHORA, : and that is all | will write on the matter.“ SORCERER: TBaring Pa x te STAMINA: 3 Basalt-Hewn, Honed on the Chryse Plains of WILL: + Born to Rule LORE: 3 Through the Epocks PAST: ‘ Plains Huntress + Queen HUMANITY: 4 PRICE: Stl in denial C1 fo first roll when dealing with « demon) APPEARANCE: Pardija is a stunning figure, long and sleek, Mack- farred and bright-eyed. Her smile is always predatory, and her words are thrown like spears RICKER: An entire mantischora herd has been toldly eradicated by meal and their shells to rot in the sux for sarcor to feast upon. Mines folk will 9° hungry because of this poirtless slaughter; Justice must be done as the farina, that is your duly lo your people. of outlanders, leaving the herds BOUND DEMeN NAME TYPE TELLTALE NECD ¥ Lost Object Distortions To see beautiful things Beauly in destroyed reflection