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I can just imagine a cleric at a sacred site performing a blood ritual so that he will be able to cast a spell.

But this brings up the question of exactly how much blood must be spilt and should it be the clerics blood or not? Im not above ruling out human sacrifice, as people will do anything no matter how bad it may seem just to survive

EDIT: Update - Added The Daemon War (Chapter 5)

I'd base it on the amount of food/water produced. I'll think further on it but there's another aspect as well: what it is that is produced. I think that it should also not be for instance wine, bread and meat but rather say water and an edible plant or something like that. I don't think that it should be more than the basic grim staples required to stay alive, to be in keeping with what you want for your setting.

Quote from: KalinBut this brings up the question of exactly how much blood must be spilt and should it be the clerics blood or not? Im not above ruling out human sacrifice, as people will do anything no matter how bad it may seem just to survive

Well, I don't think it needs to be the cleric's blood, but I'd say it needs to be a fair amount, to make it matter.  It can't be just a pricked finger.

If it had to be the clerics blood then that would stop the cleric from casting the spell often as its a bad idea if you bleed yourself dry, but on the other hand if it had to be someone elses blood willing or unwilling that had to be spilt that would be keeping the dark tone im going for and would restrict any "good" cleric from actually casting the spell. But im drawing a complete blank on how i might incorperate the need for blood for casting divine spells?


Ok ive ben writing this post, ive thought of something, what if when a cleric cast create food and water, but the food is all rotted out and the water is unclean, the effect of the storm is effecting the way some spells work?

I am really liking your work so far. Especially with the big storm imprisoning a careless wizard's soul. Very cool.

But I want to ask about the Aeons...do they work in the same way as gods, giving spells and all that? Where do they come from? From the description, it sounds like they were on the planet to begin with.

Hmm...this also brings up other questions about the cosmology of your setting - the presence of other planes is suggested by the presence of demons, but I know that that is not always the case.

Besides those small details, it looks to be very good. I can't wait to see more of it.

Thanks for taking an interest Realm Weaver.

Aeons work exactly the same as gods, they give spells to thier followers, punish the unfaithful, occasionally appear in the world etc...

The Aeons infact were born at the creation of the world, they did not create the world, which is i think the only difference between the Aeons and Gods in other settings.

The planes at the moment is a very shakey subject, im yet to decide on how exactly to encorperate them into the world, but i dont think i will be using the way D&D usually does it.

I think that that would be interesting, the idea of the storm affecting the spell. I would suggest that this could be a known factor, that elements of the storm or its activity could affect the spells. So that the priests would have to conjecture when the best times to cast the spells are as well.

Update - Added another race called the Reikians


The casters of Ladrona would have found out early on that the storm does have an effect on some spells they cast, and i would probably make it be both the elements within the storm and the activity of the storm that effects the spells.

Have you ever read  the Wounded Land? It has a rather similar idea called the Sunbane. Different suns exist for different effects--fertility, disease, burning, etc. The natural laws are rent asunder and so most natural life is entirely subject to the phases of the sun. You could do something similar--have it random so that only certain spells can predict which phase of the storm will occur.

Also a system idea for the use of food and drink creating spells--base them on hit point use. Say something like a pound or a pint per hit point.

I cant say that i have, ill check my local libraries and see it they have it, i really like the idea, but based off what you have said i would adapt it a little so i would be something like this:

The Great Storm many years on still effects the lands, it has been suggest by those that have studied the storm that it must have left some residual magic that must be present high up in the atmosphere, and combined with the presence of one or more of the five moons it seems to effect certain types of magic.

Update - Added the Academy to the Organisations chapter and added some stuff about the gift.

Let me know your thoughts

QuoteTheir eye color varies from deep red to dark brown, their hair ranges from a deep green matching their scales to a deep red matching their eyes.

The warriors of the tribe usually possess light brown to black eyes and green to grey hair, while their druids possess the tell tale signs of flaming red hair that matches their eyes.

Orochi value life, celebrating a birth for three days, where on the third day the newborn is given its first name by its parents and when an orochi is old enough they are trained as either a warrior protecting the tribes boundaries or a druid leading the various tribes, depending on the color of their hair, as the orochi believe that only those with red hair possess the requirements to become a druid.[/quote]...so that they will become a part of the forest after death completing the cycle of life and dead.[/quote]...punished in Gakido (The Demon Road), the lowest form of the underworld.[/quote]...punished in Gakido, the lowest form of the underworld, translated as â,¬Å"The Demon Road.â,¬Â[/ic]

QuoteLodisâ,¬,,¢ power magically altered the storm, turning rain into liquid fire that rained down upon Ladrona for three days, those that died then were said to be the lucky ones. The rivers within Danlomn; the center of the storm began to invert, causing the waters to run straight up into the air to form airborne lakes.

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QuoteI think the first paragraph is unneeded.

How exactly are the orochi â,¬Å"snakelike?â,¬Â They seem like reptilian humanoids with fangs. You could describe them as snakelike, but consider that it may give a false image of them. Do they have slitted eyes?

What about hunters, craftsmen and parents/teachers?
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Good catch, while the orochi may be seperated into two classes there is nothing preventing them from becoming parents, as there are no laws preventing any of the orochi from giving birth, it is up to the tribe as a whole to pass down the knowledge they have learnt to the younger generation there is also nothing to prevent an orochi from taking up a hobby or craft. When the elders of a tribe know more food must be caught in order to feed the tribe they call upon several warriors to go out and bring back enough food for the tribe, it is up to the senior warrior to determine how many warriors he will take on the hunt.

QuoteAfter the Wizard War, all agreed that a global set of standard magic practices had to be created and enforced to ensure the world and its inhabitance did not suffer again as a result of wizard arrogance, and thus the Academy was established, a ruling council was set up and the Oath and Test were implemented.

I think you mean "inhabitants" here.

I'm also curious about how this Academy enforced its laws.

yeah thats what i meant :)

Well ive been recently playing around with the idea of something like the magehound from Forgottern realms that are the enforcers, i may make them immune to magic, but then i have the problem of who the magehounds actually answer to, as i can see a great potential for corruption within the ranks of the magehounds