Save your tears, my fetid friends, the dead have Wept enough!
- A homebrew campaign setting based on material originally appearing in the Tears of Blood forums on the Giant in The Playground website between 2004 and 2009, as well as additional new material. Updated for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
Tears of Blood is designed to be a high-fantasy, gritty, and dangerous place. It is a world in which magic is common but suspect, and not accepted by all, for both the Divine and the Arcane proved useless against a devastating and unnatural plague. Called The Weeping, it left damaged or shattered civilizations in its wake and twisted wrecks of some of its survivors.
There is a new religion of Five Gods, there are new races (and retooling of existing ones), and of course new enemies. The core races are here, but slightly altered.
Humans have new cultures and religions, Dwarves are organized into mercenary Clans, and instead of Half-elves we have the Feldarin, once the Imperial Overlords of the continent, now reduced to a fraction of their former power.
Elves were spawned from the Feldarin by a bargain made with a malevolent being with devastating consequences. Halflings are the Lords of the Seas, Gnomes ride great mechanical vessels and populate the realms both far beneath and high above the surface, and "Orrks" are deeply religious jungle dwellers with a penchant for sacrificial offerings.
New in this setting are the reflective Giantkin, the twisted Plaguetouched and the unnatural Fleshwrought.
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Several small updates have been made to the Campaign Setting. Mostly for continuity and to add some flavor text.
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Editing continues on the Tears of Blood Campaign Setting. Newly added is the Tears of Magic - New Spells in Tears of Blood, 50+ pages of new spells.
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Minor Updates:
Both the Tears of Blood Campaign Setting and the Organizations in the World of Ursoule have received minor edits.
The description of the Feldarin race at the bottom of page 12 of the Campaign Setting was altered slightly, and in the section on "The Modern Empire and the Feldarin Orthodox Church" beginning on page 193 now has the title listed for who would be in charge of each Feldarin zone. Sorry, titles only, no names.
The Organizations supplement had gotten out of sequence on its pages. The Table of Contents should now be correct.
Get the newst files always at the Tears of Blood Home Page.
If you haven't downloaded a copy of the campaign metarials recently, grab them and check them out!
Feedback is always welcome.
Oh wow, sounds cool and something much like I have been looking to run. Will definitely give this a read.
The description of Dastana in the Tears of Blood Campaign Setting has been changed to the following:
Dastana (Bracers) - This pair of metal bracers can be worn in addition to Gambeson, Leather, or Brigandine chain armor to provide an additional armor bonus that stacks with both the foundation armor and any shield worn. You need the armor proficiency (light) feat to wear Dastana without penalty. If no shield is worn, its bonus counts as a shield bonus and Dastana can be used as if they were a shield for purposes of feats, spells. Etc.
Minor tweaks and fiddling continue with the Tears of Blood campaign material, much of which is the result of ongoing playtesting. If you haven't checked out the materials lately, grab the latest versions of each at the home page: Tears of Blood Campaign Setting