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Acropolis - The Recursion Codex
Acropolis - The Recursion Codex
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translation to Acropolis)
Foci: Carries A Quiver, Channels
You are able to manifest minor arcane cantrips along Sinfire, Entertains, Infiltrates, Leads, Hears the Music of the Night
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the following lines: raising an object weighing no Metamorphosizes, Practices Soul (Vampire)
Recursion more than 10 kg into the air, changing the color of Sorcery, Regenerates Tissue, Works
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Grows weird plants
References an object no more than 10 kg, and producing minor Miracles
Channels Savage Psionics
Skills: Arcana, Strange Knowledge
visual effects.
Terms Of Use Connection to the Strange: The large sky above Acropolis is a Live around the Gears
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directly into the strange. The skies over the temperate plains Connection to Earth: Creatures from fantasy and nightmares Random Foci
and mountains are bright with the stars and swirling stratum inhabit Acropolis, and sometimes villainous creatures with the
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of The Strange. The humans of Acropolis are all infused with spark will find their way back to Earth.
the naturally present magic of the recursion. This manifests in Age and Size: Developed Recursion
Spark: 20% Recursions By Tag
glowing sigils and glyphs on their skin similar to tattoos and
minor arcane cantrips, depending on how strong the personal Trait: Intelligent Alien Ancient changers
connection to The Strange and Acropolis magic is. Sometimes detective dinosaurs
the connection is so strong that they can become a Sorcerer,
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manipulating reality around them. Creatures of fantasy live
and breathe in Acropolis. Whether it’s the wandering fictional leakage
Minotaur nomads of the plains or the Perytons of the What A Recursor Knows About Acropolis frank l baum Ghosts
western mountains, strange and wondrous creatures The humans of Acropolis are all changed by an event known
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roam. Long dead kings and sorcerers still inhabit their as the Strangefall. This gives the entire populace minor
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control over magic.
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Dangerous and magical creatures inhabit this world.
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There are three competing kingdoms in Acropolis, all Strange. madness magic moriarty
surrounding a strange area called The Barren Lands. The
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northern kingdom of Gladius is ruled by a single king and
queen, Rennel and Shanoa. Their rule is generally fair, but in not a recursion official oz
recent times they have risen taxes on the common folk. They Post-apocalyptic prehistoric
hold a small portion (roughly a 1/10) of the western
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mountains, and they dig as far as west as they can. As a general rule, they do not cross their borders, and keep descending farther into the
earth. It’s possible they could awake something ancient and powerful down there… sherlock singularity
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The south-eastern kingdom of Nahg is not ruled by royalty, instead it is presided over by a Council of Mages. Together they act like a
king, managing taxes and national security. As mages, their interests also tend to lean towards the academic side. The Council of Mages is Substandard Physics survive
willing to pay anyone who brings them never-before seen creatures to experiment and catalog. Rumor has it they are looking for the perfect
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war-machine…
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The western kingdom of Ferra is ruled by a tyrant. No one has ever seen his true form, and if they have they were dead long ago. Some
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accuse him of being a demon or devil, or a corrupted god. His name is Oberron, the Night Shroud. Its armor is made of crude iron infused
with the blood of his friends and loved ones. It wields an axe made of enchanted violet crystal, and commands extreme powers over the
arcane. The only thing keeping Oberron from conquering all of Acropolis is his drive for mining. He seeks something hidden in the
mountains, although no one knows what. In between these three kingdoms is the area called The Barren Lands. Thousands of years ago The
Barren Lands was its own kingdom, but a great comet of fire and brimstone landed on it, blanketing it in terrible ash and lava. Tensions
between the surrounding kingdoms rose dramatically when a mage revealed that ancient artifacts of great power were left in the scorched
ruins. Anyone who takes them could rule Acropolis without opposition…
Every human in Acropolis has some semblance of magic in them. This comes from an event the natives of Acropolis call the
Strangefall. Legends and inscriptions in the Barren Lands show that something “tore the sky apart” and radiated “divine energy” down on the
mortals of the lands. The Estate theorizes that something from the Strange may have sundered the recursion, and only recently has it
recovered.
Whatever the cause, the humans of Acropolis have been irreversibly changed. The most common mastery of magic is very faint, only
allowing a minor control over motion, gravity, and sometimes production of offensive attacks. Stronger connections tend to favor one aspect
of magic, and that can dictate a person’s profession, if not their interests. Farmers could control water and the force of life, while the most
valuable miners can sense and feel mineral veins like their own limbs. The humans of Acropolis are not the only beings infused with these
energies. Common beasts like stag and boar have grown exponentially in size, and predators like bears and wolves have grown much more
powerful. Monsters creeping in the dark have become much more prevalent to society, and fending off sieges and raids by ancient species that
have only recently become hostile are now common to human cities.