Prepared for the campaign Chosen of the Stair.
The weight of the Sentinel's regard rested upon her like a great pressure upon her mind, inside her mind. She gazed up at the titanic stone figure seated upon, no, carved from the mountainside …
read more"Between two worlds where one man holds ultimate power, the thing he most wants is something he cannot have. Will his powers grant his deepest desire, or will they doom him to disillusionment?"
Prepared for Ben …
read moreThe Deep Court partakes of all the dreams of fabulous undersea kingdoms.
Its main races are the Mer, the Selkies, and the Myriapoda, with others under their dominion or protection.
The Deep Court proper is headed by a triumvirate of a leader from each main race.
For …
A sketch suggesting an arrangement of the Grand Stair into well-connected Reaches and a set of paths spanning the distance from one Reach to another.
Based on looking back over Bruce Baugh's description of Eternity Ridge as full of ruins, I may switch its position with The Slow Road or …
read moreThis post has some character sketches based on a house-rule character quiz I drafted related to the physical and psychic scars of Umbra and Eidolon initiation.
Pick a defining quality of your character from before their Eidolon initiation, whether physical, mental, or social. Describe how the Eidolon has …
read moreA slow dream, a slow climb toward waking. Slow rumbles vibrate through flesh. A growing itch quickens my awareness. There is a crack, a crumble, a cough, a breath, and here, sputtering, blinking dust and crumbs in the dazzling light, here am I looking out upon a tiled pavement littered …
read moreThree character elaborations from the same background.
Says I, Mairi Morrigan, that's my name. As good as any, I suppose, I've been Mairi, and Marie, and Mary; Morrigan, Moira, even Miranda once, but that was long ago. Many have I been, different but the …
read moreGloranthan Hero Band: Ulf's Longstriders
A lost band of mythic heroes who took the wrong turn coming home from a quest.
The Inner World of Glorantha lies in a broad span of earth and sea under the sky from dawn's mansions to sunset's, from eternal winter to unendurable desert and …
read moreThe Dustkeeper
Dust to dust, as they say. But when the dust won't stay dust, needs must I make it that way.
Once a happy-go-lucky younger son, he had the mantle of responsibility thrust upon him to defend his realm from arcane creatures of dissolution. Taking the power upon himself …
read moreChevalier de Brocéliande
The Chevalier and Gringolet
Partly inspired by Hal Foster's Prince Valiant
Based on a character conception and bids in an Attribute Auction run via Google Hangout by Mark Knights.
Kubera the Builder
Whose buildings and artifacts carry the meaning and power of their builder's intentions.
There, in the center of renunciation and abandonment, withdrawal and departure, are the five rooms named Memory, Fear, Heartbreak, Dust, and Despair, and this place was built by Kubera the Fat, who cared not …
read moreKickaha (Paul Janus Finnegan)
An interpretation of Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers character.
Born Paul Janus Finnegan, an Earth native who happened by chance upon a Gate to the World of Tiers. Paul found himself in a grand version of a heroic playground, where his wit and physical skills …
read moreKnown, betimes, as The Great And Powerful Oz.
O.Z. abandons a losing Psyche contest to use Warfare against the Mangaboo Sorcerer.
Oscar Diggs knew himself marked for an unusual destiny. How else could he carry such a name as his own -- Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman …
read moreMeriadne (Prospera)
Once known as Prospera
"Meriadne? Meriadne? What? That's not... that's not your name. Wait. Prospera, what have you done to yourself?"
Meriadne is not what she once was. Nor, perhaps, who. As Prospera, she was the Lady of Milanesca, a glorious world of poetry, art, and romance; while …
read moreDennis Nuel
Physicist on the Zievatronics Project / Master of Practice
From David Brin's novel "The Practice Effect". This describes Dennis after he has spent time consciously mastering the "practice" powers that are active in the world he explores.
50 Eidolon Initiate …
read moreSometimes known as Pelican or Sabrina
Sabrina fair
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair-- Milton
Penelope's generosity is tinged with sorrow. Some time ago, her twin babies were stolen from her …
read moreSulley and Mike Adapted from Monsters Inc.
I've split 100 points between two characters. They work closely together and have complementary strengths.
Sulley, a great shaggy blue beast, has the advantage of a naturally imposing physique. But his fuzzy cuteness has to be worked around by rigorous training in scariness …
read moreKalokairi, also called Verana, Eversummer Queen
"To save my world, I took on the mantle of the Ideal, and wrapped in its bonds, lost myself from the world. No longer do I circle with the month, no longer do my name, colors and lineaments change with the seasons, no longer …
read moreJack O'Green
"This place is years derelict. The moss, the vines, the spiderwebs."
The other laughed, saying "Overnight." Louder, said "Jack! We're here!"
A bit of charm, a willing hand, and some unusual talents help Jack O'Green make his way in the world and the Worlds. He's not sure of …
read moreTitus
"King Log", "The Sponsor"
52 Attributes
3 Partisan Support: The Hansa
A group of Gossamer Worlders who believe that trade and commerce among strong, independent worlds by means of the Stair or other means of connection is a positive good, and …read more
Dream Sorceress of the Flying Knives
A character sketch based on a notion needing a little more filling out in terms of motivation and connections.
"Though it is my dream, it cannot be found in Dreamland."
33 PSY
0 STR Paragon
7 END
1 WAR
41 Attributes
3 Key to …
read moreCastle Carver and Mountain Sage
"It is your very urgency that convinces me there is no more important thing in this moment than to prepare the tea."
Old Stone Brush takes a deliberate approach to things when he can, preferring to appreciate the world, and the worlds …
read moreAbout the Diceless RPG Lords of Gossamer and Shadow
read moreEx-Soldier / Dimension Wanderer
From Kenneth Bulmer's parallel-worlds novel "The Wizards of Senchuria"
A demobilized veteran and rootless opportunist, Scobie Redfern used to think of himself as a regular guy just trying to get along in a world full of traps for saps. Swept by accident into one of …
read moreHawk Springer
Space Prince / Sky Captain
Attributes
63 Attributes
10 Warden of the Grand Stair
Fleeing attack, handed the Key by his mentor who held back the foes, Hawk found himself not at the expected safe haven but on the …read more