From 8032294f069a458f7cd11cf4d1003321602e9eac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian S. Stephan" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:33:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] some updates moving the page beyond the "planning" phase a bit of a blurb of where people are at in Locke, but mostly just rewording some stuff now that we're not in "organizing new game" mode, but rather "game that is moving" mode --- pages/emerald-flame/index.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/emerald-flame/index.md b/pages/emerald-flame/index.md index 742bd2a..3d4d63f 100644 --- a/pages/emerald-flame/index.md +++ b/pages/emerald-flame/index.md @@ -1,47 +1,41 @@ -Title: Emerald Flame -Description: bss's play by email TTRPG meta-campaign. +--- +title: Emerald Flame +description: bss's play by email TTRPG meta-campaign. +--- # Emerald Flame -Emerald Flame is a PBEM Cypher System campaign set in my "house" setting of [Etravar](../etravar/index.md). I run my -campaigns pretty free-form, with setting details filled in by everyone as we go, so there's no premeditated plot to -start with, other than exploring a high fantasy game and seeing where it takes us. - -I'll fill this page in as the game progresses, but for now, here's some starting and organizing information. +Emerald Flame is a PBEM Cypher System campaign set in bss's "house" setting of [Etravar](../etravar/index.md). ## Characters -* Asal Vorkut is an inquisitive explorer who hunts, with a combat flavor. -* Dax Crestfall is a kind and learned mage [adept] who remembers the past. -* Gegren Ile is a tough helborn adept who crafts unique objects, with a skills and knowledge flavor. -* Ni'Oth "Nia" Di'Arnay is a mysterious elf guardian [adept] who slays monsters, with a combat flavor. +* Asal Vorkut is an inquisitive explorer who hunts, with a combat flavor (CKeen). +* Dax Crestfall is a kind and learned mage [adept] who remembers the past (Oz). +* Gegren Ile is a tough helborn adept who crafts unique objects, with a skills and knowledge flavor (Mike). +* Ni'Oth "Nia" Di'Arnay is a mysterious elf guardian [adept] who slays monsters, with a combat flavor (Murph). Players in the game can access the party's characters in [the Cypher System Character Builder](https://tools.cypher-system.com/account/teams/JkNqZe). -## Etravar +## Trezuria |> [![Map of the Mystvil area of the continent of Trezuria](mystvil.png)](mystvil.png) |: The starting area in Emerald Flame, the Mystvil region of Trezuria. {: .right } -I have successfully run games in established settings, such as the Forgotten Realms, but I tend not to hew too close to -the setting canon, so for this campaign, I'm going to use the setting that I have just started putting some bones -together for, and as we play, we'll provide more detail based on our wants and needs. The link above includes said bones -and whatever else we've defined to this point --- at its briefest, Etravar is a high fantasy campaign setting, with some -in-world justification for embracing weird stuff to encounter and explore. - -We'll start in a small town in Trezuria, which we can figure out the details of as we start creating characters with -backgrounds. Assume there's a new weird anomaly in the area that you're interested in for whatever reason. +In the western region of Trezuria, just south of the great mountain range that crosses the length of the continent, lies +the Mystvil region, a fairly remote region somewhat disconnected from the greatest advances in magitech experienced +elsewhere on the continent. However, a strange phenomenon has struck the region, causing the party to assemble and +explore the site of an unnatural blue light that erupted from the earth around Locke. ## Play By Email -I have started an [Emerald Flame mailing -list](https://lists.incorporeal.org/postorius/lists/emerald-flame.lists.incorporeal.org/) for people to subscribe to. -Both players and readers/lurkers are encouraged to subscribe, and can do so via the web form (known/interested players -should further send an email to the list and/or ping me off the list, so I can set up the moderation settings -appropriately). The list will be moderated to allow only the current players to post to the game, but anyone is welcome -to read, and there will also be a public archive if people would prefer to read that way. The archive [is +Gameplay occurs primarily on the [Emerald Flame mailing +list](https://lists.incorporeal.org/postorius/lists/emerald-flame.lists.incorporeal.org/). Both players and +readers/lurkers are encouraged to subscribe, and can do so via the web form (known/interested players should further +send an email to the list and/or ping me off the list, so I can set up the moderation settings appropriately). The list +is moderated to allow only the current players to post to the game, but anyone is welcome to read, and there is also a +public archive if people would prefer to read that way. The archive [is here](https://lists.incorporeal.org/hyperkitty/list/emerald-flame@lists.incorporeal.org/) if you need to go back to refer to an old post in order to read and/or reply to it (which you can do from inside the web interface, if you are logged in).