Vilydunn - The Golden Age of Nightmares [DISCUSSION]

[Hibou]

Questions, comments, concerns?

[Hibou]

Updated the Scholar Gods to finish off Ithuel and include Hallic. Unsure of what will be posted next, but it will likely be either the other Scholar Gods and a few other faiths, a huge post for What Grows By Madness detailing the unique plant life and physical nature of The Nightmare, or detailed descriptions and stat blocks for the playable races. :)

[Hibou]

The Seven Scholars are completed.

[Hibou]

Updated to include the Weather Witches in the Worship and Wizardry section, and the Across the Ocean section now features a much larger map of The Nightmare, for those of you wondering just where and how big all of the other areas mentioned in that post are.

[Hibou]

Added the Four Shadows to the Worship and Wizardry section. :)

[Hibou]

Some of the Science and Success post has been done. There is more to come, however :)

[Numinous]

The four shadows are awesome.  Although, I think their respective sins are a bit extreme...  I mean, you'd hink you'd notice a severed limb talking in your mind and telling you to dig up corpses...

[Hibou]

Well, he's very cunning when it comes to that. When he "has the opportunity", it's when the person being tempted is on a battlefield, in a mortuary, at the scene of a murder, or some other place where a corpse or fragments can be found. He will sort of "possess" the body part and send mental messages to his victim, but the messages will more often than not seem like something that the person has thought up themselves. Only the most willful of people will notice his tempting for what it is, and may realize where Launx is by the compulsion to keep looking at the body part he's in.

It's a little confusing, but...

[Hibou]

And now there is more information on Verantraum in the Warping of Reality post. Hope that it clears things up on just what kind of world it is :)

[Hibou]

Added a little more here and there. The extended posts for the races may be up tonight (the Humans will probably just feature stat blocks and some class information, while the other races will be more extensive). :)

[Tangential]

What are the Grugast up to in their little war?
What is the Fallen King in game terms? Or is it "better left unsaid"?
Is Evercall one of the Free Cities?
What are the Free Cities like?
Is the Dreamchange always "active" or does it subtly shift and twist.

These are just a few of the question that your marvelous setting has provided me with. I applaud your effort and prose.

[Hibou]

Questions are good :)

1. Grugast is aiding a nonhuman race in a war against creatures from the sea... rumors place the Ghostwhisper Trolls as this race. :)

2. The Fallen King? It is quite hard to say. Some say he was both a mighty warrior and a spellcaster whose power was hard to match. My current decisions place him at about MaA 9/Wlck 17.

3. Yes, Evercall is one of the Free Cities. It is one of the ones allied to the Two Empires

4. The Free Cities are all different from each other in many ways. Lost Bayou is the most secretive and alien of all of them, as it's hidden deep in the Forbidden Swamps and is said to be based largely around the river that flows through its center. Most of the cities take advantage of the dream-like qualities of Vilydunn if they can (assuming their area is more dream-infused than normal). For example, one of the Free Cities in Umbendvawn (it's not shown on the original map) takes advantage of very light gravity in the area, building very high with much less support. The atmosphere in most Free Cities, even those allied to the Empires, is usually one of much freedom and opportunity; laws can be much more lax than in the borders of Ayrmaria and Verkem, and many bounty hunters and outlaws operate in these cities depending on what they've done.

5. Dreamchange shifts and twists, but in the opposite way you'd expect. "Extreme" shifts the most and can become completely "normal" for long times before reverting back, while "Low" hardly ever changes. "Medium" and "High" are in between.

Thanks for the reply. :)

[Hibou]

I have an announcement to make. Due to upcoming exams, Vilydunn's going on a hiatus for an unknown period of time. Even assuming I didn't have exams to worry about, I'd still need time away from the setting.

I'll still be around the CBG from time to time, of course, but I won't be working on the setting.

Peace.