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Title: Strata
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Description: A solo Cypher System campaign by bss.
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Footer: Numenera, the Cypher System, No Thank You, Evil!, Invisible Sun, and their respective logos are
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trademarks of Monte Cook Games, LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. All Monte Cook Games
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characters and character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks of Monte
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Cook Games, LLC. Content derived from Monte Cook Games publications is © 2013-2022 Monte Cook
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Games, LLC. <a href="/cypher/fan-use-policy">Full Disclaimer</a>.
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# Strata
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A solo Cypher System game by bss, set in the fantasy world of [Etravar](/etravar).
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* [Cyne Valbrook](cyne) is an intelligent and exiled spellsword [warrior flavored with magic] who wields an enchanted
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weapon.
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* [Vaelor Galanodel](vaelor.md) is an inquisitive high elf wizard [adept] who wields a vast magical grimoire.
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## Vaelor
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|> [](queens-reach.png)
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|: Queen's Reach, a barony on the east coast of Trezuria.
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{: .right }
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I run this game over IRC, since that is convenient to me from basically anywhere. As such, chapters will only be brought
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here as fiction when I have opportunity to provide a write-up.
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### Queen's Reach
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The campaign currently takes place in Queen's Reach, a region on the eastern side of
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[Trezuria](../etravar/index.md#trezuria).
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* **Arrowhaven**, a small village, home of [Vaelor Galanodel](vaelor.md).
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* **The Temple of Poros**
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* **Iron Blood**, fortress
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* **Greenhook**, one of the largest cities in Queen's Reach.
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## Tools and Standards
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Jotting down things I'm using for the campaign that haven't yet become part of my "normal" process, such as it is, but
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might in the future.
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### Cypher Tables
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Treat all cypher types as manifest by default. Roll a d20 and use that result for which table to roll on (they're all
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built as percentile tables, so you can roll a d20 and a d100 for both together).
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| Roll | Origin/Type |
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|--------|--------------------------|
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| 1--4 | *Core*/Manifest (p.382) |
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| 5--7 | *Core*/Subtle (p.383) |
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| 8--11 | *Godforsaken* |
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| 12--20 | *Core*/Fantastic (p.384) |
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Most instances work in the game and could be represented as at least one kind of physical item, or roll on the cypher
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form table in *Godforsaken* (which would be a combined roll of d20; d100; d100).
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### Overland Travel
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| Terrain | Unencumbered /Day | Encumbered /Day |
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|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| Easy (plains, roads, etc.) | 50 miles | 25 miles |
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| Rough (hills, forest, etc.) | 25 miles | 12 miles |
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| Difficult (mountains, etc.) | 10 miles | 5 miles |
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Unencumbered travel is travelling very light with little equipment; most adventurers with a normal amount of gear are
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encumbered for purposes of overland travel. At a steady pace, an adventurer can travel roughly 3 miles per hour, hence
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roughly 25 miles a travel day, assuming an adventuring day of 8--12 hours of rest, 8 hours of travel, and the rest of
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the time spent adventuring or on downtime.
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Wagons, horses, and the like can make travel unencumbered if the transportation is suited for the terrain.
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## Cyne
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I started this as a writing challenge for myself, so it's a bit more "properly" written with narration and the like, but
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I quickly got too busy to keep up with it in this format, so I put it down for now. Maybe I'll return to it at some
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later point.
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### Session Logs/Chapters
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Some style notes, my plan is to alternate between two voices and formats.
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Normally-formatted text, such as this paragraph, is written in present tense, as if I was narrating GM or player
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thoughts live in the course of play. Since I'm both, at the same time, there will probably be no meaningful distinction
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between these two roles in the narration. Present tense just feels more natural to me for this right now, but maybe
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that'll shift over time.
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> Inset text, such as this, will be more about system decisions, dice rolls, asides and commentary, and so on.
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> Probably far less structured here.
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As such, the chapters will probably be a mix of session log and narrative prose.
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* [I. Shadows of the Past](cyne-c01)
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