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Knights Templar, Vatican City is the last bastion of hope in a ruined world overrun by monsters.

Beginning levels as a city adventure exploring the remnants of Rome, gather survivors and setting up base camps.

Higher levels might expand out into massive battles, taking back of Italy, eventually Europe and then who knows maybe assaulting Hell to

Uses Pathfinder RPG rules

Campaign Setting: The apocalypse has happened. The Second Coming was thwarted by agents of Lucifer. No one knows what happened or how they did it.

The natural world has now been overrun by demons and all manner of unholy creatures. The Vatican City is the only known bastion of hope left in a world destroyed. The holy wards protect the City for now.

All manner of citizens from all nations around the world were in the Vatican City at the time the civilized world came to an end. Pope Pius II enacted the Holy Wards protecting the city and barring shut the way for demons or any other manner of creature to enter.

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I'm just doing an interest check before I try doing a recruitment. Had this fever dream the other night for a campaign like this. Wanted to see if anyone is interested.

Don't have to be catholic, christian or whatever to apply or be interested. I think its a unique enough environment and setting that anyone can apply, Biblical knowledge aside.


I am definetly interested.

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Sounds intriguing.


Holy Sh!t Balls! I'm in!


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Tentatively interested pending further details.


I would be interested in playing a Dominican priest for this game. :)

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Cardinal Lucius d'Borja reporting to serve the mother church!


wow, that's a bold concept.

What would the take on arcane/psychic magic be?


WOW! I am most definitely interested. That's such a fantastic hook, and I'm already excited.


wow, talk about your twist on the apocalypse, certainly interested.


I've been fleshing out further details on this campaign, really trying to make it my own sort of thing.

Psychic magic would be allowed but its only just become a new thing since the apocalypse started people have been developing psychic talents and abilities and no one is sure why.

I personally know why but those are revelations for a different time, though if anyone here has watched Supernatural you can probably guess at my intentions.

Wizards will exist as part of the Order of Merlin, when the apocalypse started a few of the Archmages left in the world teleported to the Vatican to assist in maintaining the wards and knew that the Pope would likely stand the best chance at create a sanctuary against such evil. A few of their apprentices were able to accompany them.

Redeemed Witches that have been converted and released from the dungeons use their powers for the good of the Church in the coming fight.

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So very interested - what is the state of the Church right now? Having fantasy races has a significant impact on the college of cardinals etc. As you can probably guess I'd like lots of information on this front to make my character as campaign fitting as possible!

Still so interested! :D


Still interested.


Absolutely, I need to flesh this idea out more, as I mentioned it started off as a fever dream so now that I see there is interest I am getting into the nitty gritty and nailing down my specifics.


This looks like it has a lot of potential to be really interesting, and I love the setting. Never watched Supernatural, though I'm familiar with it in general. I love the 'biblical holocaust' aspects of this, and can see that playing larger than life heroes would be pretty cool in this setting.

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In general, what power level are you looking at? Low, Mid, High? Would this be more of an E6 campaign? I dont need specific numbers, I'm just wondering if we'd be playing 'n00b's battling the (wimpy portion of the) forces of darkness', or 'Powerful Paladins of Purity taking back the Holy City from the Hordes of Hell', or somewhere in between.

Also, if Psychic magic is allowed, what about DSP psionics? Path of War would also seem pretty apropos, what with it being the time or armoured knights and whatnot.

Regardless of what these answers turn out to be, this looks like an awesome idea! :)


I'd love to be part of this. Seems like you have your answer as to interest!

I'll be lurking in the shadows waiting for more information...


I assume divine magic is also gonna be a major thing, with one deity in particular? Basic firearms, no ninjas, etc?


You know it's bad when two crocodiles sit down for tea... nefarious plans afoot!


Interesting! If this fires, I'll be reading the posts. :)


Here is some more information for some potential worship/venerate options. Let me know what you guys think.

Jevohah:
Domains: Healing, Weather, Destruction, Good, Glory
Subdomains: Resurrection, Heroism, Friendship, Redemption, Seasons, Storms, Catastrophe.
Favored Weapon: Unarmed strikes

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St. Michael the Archangel of Defense
Domains: Fire, Glory, Protection, War, Strength
Subdomains: Heroism, Honor, Defense, Ferocity, Fist, Tactics
Favored Weapon: Longspear

St. Gabriel, the Herald of God
Domains: Knowledge, Law, Clarion, Liberation, Travel
Subdomains: Education, Memory, Inevitable, Judgement, Freedom, Exploration
Favored Weapon: Light Mace

Clarion Domain: Add half your cleric level to Perform(Wind Instruments), you can summon instrument at will but only to create a Clarion(trumpet).

At first level you can emit a loud powerful blast of sound that deafens a creature. Choose a creature within 30 ft, that creature is deafened for 1 round by a loud clarion call that causes an intense ringing. Creatures immune to being deafened cannot be affected by this ability. You can use this ability 3+Wisdom times a day.

At 7th level you can emit a loud clarion as a standard action to summon a Hound Archon as if you’d cast Summon Monster IV(4). You can summon 2 Hound Archons at 11th level, 3 Archons at 13th and 4 at 15th level. You can use this ability once per day.

Domain Spells: 1st: Clarion Call, 2nd: Shatter, 3rd: Thundering Drums(Clarions), 4th: Shout, 5th: Sonic Thrust, 6th: Sonic Form, 7th: Ki Shout, 8th: Angelic Aspect, Greater 9th: Wail of the Banshee

St. Raphael, the Traveling Healer
Domains: Healing, Travel, Water, Madness, Repose
Subdomains: Restoration, Exploration, Oceans, Rivers, Insanity, Ancestors
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff

Samael, the Angel of Death
Domains: Death, Magic, Law, Repose, Strength
Subdomains: Arcane, Inevitable, Judgement, Souls, Ferocity, Resolve
Favored Weapon: Scythe


Well, the archangel Michael is the wielder of the flaming sword, I think his weapon should be the longsword.
Samael is one of the fallen angels. I would instead add Uriel and replace Samael as the Angel of Death.

Sczarni

Oh this sounds fantastic! Please color me interested!

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I am interested in this. Would be cool to be an Inquisitor and help with routing out those who would be helping the Devil


Helikon wrote:

Well, the archangel Michael is the wielder of the flaming sword, I think his weapon should be the longsword.

Samael is one of the fallen angels. I would instead add Uriel and replace Samael as the Angel of Death.

My reason for going with longspear instead of Longsword was to avoid any overlap with Iomedae, I didn't want him to just feel like a clone of Iomedae. Additionally there are plenty of paintings, murals, statues, etc of him using a spear.

My reason for Samael instead of Urial as the Angel of Death: One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main archangel of death. He remains one of Yahweh's servants even though he condones the sins of man. As an angel, Samael resides in the seventh heaven, although he is declared to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven.

I was planning on working up Uriel, the Light of God, to have his own portfolio and would probably give him the longsword.

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Have you considered having The Virgin as a possible focus of worship?

The Virgin
Domains: Law, Good, Protection, Healing
Subdomains: Loyalty, Redemption, Purity, Restoration
Favoured Weapon: Sap.

Only four domains since she isn't an outright angel - worth considering?


GM Cody wrote:
Helikon wrote:

Well, the archangel Michael is the wielder of the flaming sword, I think his weapon should be the longsword.

Samael is one of the fallen angels. I would instead add Uriel and replace Samael as the Angel of Death.

My reason for going with longspear instead of Longsword was to avoid any overlap with Iomedae, I didn't want him to just feel like a clone of Iomedae. Additionally there are plenty of paintings, murals, statues, etc of him using a spear.

My reason for Samael instead of Urial as the Angel of Death: One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main archangel of death. He remains one of Yahweh's servants even though he condones the sins of man. As an angel, Samael resides in the seventh heaven, although he is declared to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven.

I was planning on working up Uriel, the Light of God, to have his own portfolio and would probably give him the longsword.

I can see the reasoning and it is pretty sound.

One the other hand as the warrior, maybe he could have a martial weapon and if you do not like the longsword maybe the greatsword ;-) Bastardsword cries for Ragathiel... Well on the other hand Ragathiel is an expy of Michael ;-)
I was about to think for my patron saint uriel, but the virgin, well I could honor my grandmother, who was a fanatical (Almost) virgin follower and made me learn the fathers prayer in Latin.
As I was 4 years.


Uriel, the Light of God
Domains: Sun, Fire, Glory, Darkness, Nobility
Subdomains: Day, Light, Revelation, Smoke, Honor, Aristocracy
Favored Weapon: Torch, as per the Firebrand Feat

Mary, Virgin Mother of God
Domains: Good, Healing, Luck, Magic, Glory
Subdomains: Friendship, redemption, Restoration, Resurrection, Fate, Divine, Heroism, Honor
Favored Weapon: -

Here is Uriel and Mary

I couldn't really justify giving Mary a favored weapon.


Very cool, Started looking at Pope Pious II in history, both the times and places. Gotta love someone who was a big supporter of Vlad.

I see you have Jevohah listed, who could cover Jews and generic non-catholics. Will you be doing any intentionally non-Catholic themes like the Hussites or orthodox? Or will there be any clerics of non-Christian groups? Just curious.

Thinking a ranger from a Bohemian background, who may not love the mother church but recognizes they are fighting the necessary fight.


How would you use the religious orders? Carmelite Franciscan dominicans?


Actually, I'm also interested in how you plan to deal with non-catholics. A population of Jews and Muslims might be appropriate, as well as a handful of pagans. Are there supernatural forces outside of the judeo-christian mythos? Also, are all demons universally united behind Lucifer? My understanding of the more classical demonology was that the various dukes, princes, marquises, etc of Hell were relatively fractious and could be dealt with in a nicely businesslike manner with the correct preparations.


Master Han Del of the Web wrote:
Actually, I'm also interested in how you plan to deal with non-catholics. A population of Jews and Muslims might be appropriate, as well as a handful of pagans. Are there supernatural forces outside of the judeo-christian mythos? Also, are all demons universally united behind Lucifer? My understanding of the more classical demonology was that the various dukes, princes, marquises, etc of Hell were relatively fractious and could be dealt with in a nicely businesslike manner with the correct preparations.

I was actually wondering these very same things.

I'm an interested person, btw, @DM. I'm just watching from the sidelines and considering if I can fit another game on my plate.


How about something like:

Buddha
Domains: Community, Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law, Nobility
Subdomains: Cooperation, Redemption, Resurrection, Thought, Loyalty, Martyr
Favored Weapon: Unarmed Strike

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Thor
Domains: Weather, Strength, Lightning, Protection
Subdomains: Growth, purity, Storms, Restoration, Honor
Favoured Weapon: War Hammer

Depending on what you want to do for Gods.


I would probably create alternate deity portfolios on a case-by-case basis.

This is what I was thinking for the races and classes. Human only, for now.

Allowable Classes and their starting ethnicity choices:
Fighter/Warpriest/Paladin - Any Country
Bard - Any country
Cleric/Warpriest/Inquisitor - Any Country
Druid/Shaman - France(Galt)/Britain/Nordic Countries
Unchained Monk - Any country
Barbarian/Skald - Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, Russia
Ranger/Slayer - Any country
Unchained Rogue/Swashbuckler - Spain, Caribbeans, Monaco
Witch - Any country
Wizard - Any country/Apprentice in the Order of Merlin

Some classes are reserved only for enemies, such as the Summoner, Sorcerer and Bloodrager.

20 point buy, max hp at first level, average + 1 every level afterward.

Languages: Latin(Common), Italian, Spanish, Greek, French, English, Nordic, Hungarian, Celestial, Demonic, Orc, Goblin, Druidic. And more to come as it happens.

Races: Humans


Is this an invitation to start building characters? :)


I'd love to play a cler8c fr9m Spain


Level?


Yeah, go ahead and make characters, if you have questions I'm around to answer and to clarify.

We will start with level 1.

200 gold to start with.


What of Oracle and Alchemist?

Also what about alternate racial traits?


Alternate human racial traits, sure.

Nah, no Oracles or Alchemists.


Out of curiosity, would you allow for Greater Called Shot to to use Vital Strike with called shots? No matter if you rule otherwise there are workarounds I can employ for the concept.

I'm considering making a greatsword fighter who specializes in taking his opponents apart in a very literal way.


I think I am going to make a Battlefield Host Occultist who is a Samurai that carries the sword of his ancestor. He got to Rome courtesy of a demon who grabbed him from a battlefield in China and went to carry him off to Hell when the teleport went awry and he found himself outside of Vatican City, in the middle of a battle. Siding with humans over demons, he helped turn the tide, so they let him inside. He has a some knowledge of common, as that was the language spoken by some missionaries that he met in China.


hhhmmm slayer or ranger, need to decide, definitely going with a bohemian Hussite peasant, carrying a Messer will use the same stats as a Falchion and a Heavy Crossbow. He will not be a big fan of the Church of Rome, but he will have to admit they are fighting the good fight.

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Lucius will be a cleric with the Cardinal archetype (obviously!). Would you allow me to stack the Theologian archetype as well? Both of them say that you are only allowed one domain - but I don't think that's a problem...?

Also - I'm assuming more or less canonical Papal history up until this point, so the pope before Pius II was Calixtus III etc? Since I'm a Borja, it matters!


What os the specific year we're going to be starting in? I want to write my backstory correctly. Thanks


Cardinal Lucius d'Borja wrote:

Lucius will be a cleric with the Cardinal archetype (obviously!). Would you allow me to stack the Theologian archetype as well? Both of them say that you are only allowed one domain - but I don't think that's a problem...?

Since I am a Player I'll say this;

I as a GM would not allow that powerplay as one of the domains in both archetypes were converted to different new features or upgraded existing features.
Hence the rule if two or more archetypes change,alter, and or remove the same feature they can not be put together.
It would also set the president that I could take archetypes that should not be put together because of that rule and then we get players who'll abuse the rule's absence and do OP characters.

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RHMG Animator wrote:
Cardinal Lucius d'Borja wrote:

Lucius will be a cleric with the Cardinal archetype (obviously!). Would you allow me to stack the Theologian archetype as well? Both of them say that you are only allowed one domain - but I don't think that's a problem...?

Since I am a Player I'll say this;

I as a GM would not allow that powerplay as one of the domains in both archetypes were converted to different new features or upgraded existing features.
Hence the rule if two or more archetypes change,alter, and or remove the same feature they can not be put together.
It would also set the president that I could take archetypes that should not be put together because of that rule and then we get players who'll abuse the rule's absence and do OP characters.

A fair interpretation - I'm never sure with archetypes that alter the same class feature in non-contradictory ways. Obviously if they both replace a class feature its no dice - but I've never seen a ruling on one that both alter like this so I ask. :) It's not a big thing, Lucius can be a theologian without the archetype.


Yes, both have the same result of ONE domain left, but both changed that ONE domain into new features;
Theologian -> Enhance Domain remaining, and Add new Options for Domain Spells.
Cardinal -> part of payment for Political Skill

In effect what your stacking would amount to is taking 3 domains instead of 2 if it were a normal cleric.

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