https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/ 2026-08-24T00:04:51+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/ https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/lib/tpl/dokui/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-01-22T16:14:53+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/abbot_thibaud?rev=1548173693&do=diff Abbott Thibaud Leader of the church of Valor. Not easily deceived. text/html 2020-10-15T21:55:44+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn?rev=1602798944&do=diff Aeowynn * Pronunciation: AYE-oh-win * Race: Human * Gender: Female * Height: 5' 4“ * Build: Sleight * Hair: Brown * Eyes: Grey * Age: 23 * Career: Healer * Belief: Tamos, the one true god [Aeowynn] Affiliations * Beca - Childhood friend text/html 2019-01-25T04:02:31+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn_as_deidh_bas_s7?rev=1548388951&do=diff às dèidh bàs - Session 7 Aeowynn opened her eyes. Had she been sleeping? She couldn’t remember. Everything was white around her. It didn’t hurt her eyes but she couldn’t make out anything distinct. There was no form or definition. It wasn’t cold here, wherever here was, but she shivered nonetheless. text/html 2018-12-26T21:58:33+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn_chapter1?rev=1545861513&do=diff Chapter 1 - Twins “Bryn, hold still. I can't set this splint if you keep squirming. I told you not to jump across the gully. Ma's gonna tan your backside and Pa's gonna kill you. You know it's almost harvest time. Now you'll be as useless as a plow without a horse.” text/html 2018-12-26T22:31:35+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn_chapter2?rev=1545863495&do=diff Chapter 2 - Friends Sweat ran down Aeowynn’s forehead into her eyes. Tiny wisps of hair had loosened from her long braid and curled around her ears. She could feel the gritty dirt on her cheek that stuck there when she had hit the ground. She wiped away the sweat and squinted at her opponent. A tall girl with hair the color of the sun stood facing her. Her pale blue eyes sparkled as she laughed at Aeowynn. text/html 2019-01-23T20:30:33+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn_chapter3?rev=1548275433&do=diff Unfinished This chapter is not complete. If you want to read a partial chapter, go ahead. Chapter 3 - Invaders Autumn turned into winter, and winter gave way to spring, which reluctantly stopped its rains for the bright rays of summer. Aeowynn was sitting on a grassy hill near the north road with a group of children arrayed around her. The children from the surrounding farms had come to hear her tell stories from the holy scripts. She had already recited several of them and had now launched i… text/html 2018-11-19T22:12:25+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/aeowynn_session_1?rev=1542665545&do=diff A Rough Beginning Chapter 6 - No Hope Aeowynn shivered in the pale moonlight. It was almost as cold on the beach as it was on the ship. Her thoughts were dull, and her stomach wouldn’t stop doing flips. It seemed like forever since she had been on land and she hardly knew how to walk anymore. She looked down at the iron enclosing her ankle and scratched at the callus that had formed there. It didn't bleed anymore when it bit into her skin. She could hardly recall not having worn it. Looking up… text/html 2023-01-16T18:27:16+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/annabel?rev=1673893636&do=diff Annabel A snobby human who runs the ? entertainment house in Windhall. This happens to be the same building the party used to use for their entertainment business. It's more gaudy than they had left it but also has a larger audience. Her Crew Annabel has various employees in her troupe. text/html 2019-07-05T21:16:58+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/beca?rev=1562361418&do=diff Beca * Pronunciation: BE-ka * Race: Human * Gender: Female * Height: 5' 10“ * Build: Sleight * Hair: Blonde * Eyes: Blue * Age: 23 * Career: ? * Belief: Tamos, the one true god [Beca] Details * Childhood friend to Aeowynn in the Convent of Tamos. text/html 2018-10-25T20:29:02+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/bucham?rev=1540499342&do=diff Bucham A town near Smallwater that has been apparently conquered by Orcs. text/html 2023-01-16T19:02:01+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_1_-_dawn_of_reality?rev=1673895721&do=diff Chapter 1: Dawn of Reality Nightmare Maebh, Elesandra, and Firia have a lucid nightmare. Your head is pounding and your entire body aches as though it was trampled by a stampede of horses. You crack your eyes open but only see pure black. Wait, there is a pin prick of light in the distance! It’s growing larger and larger. You hear voices coming from the light. Maybe you’ll get the answers soon. But the light doesn’t bring hope. The voices turn to cries and then screams. The light is washed ou… text/html 2023-01-24T20:47:51+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_2_-_the_ballad_of_the_soup_and_the_fire?rev=1674593271&do=diff Chapter 2: Ballad of the Soup and the Fire Recap * The party were heading out of Beton Chin, south-west towards Windhall. * They came across a run down stone house and decided to stop for lunch as a storm was heading in. * Maebh knocks a pot of soup over and they meet text/html 2019-01-22T16:52:23+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_2_-_when_desire_dies_fear_is_born?rev=1548175943&do=diff Chapter 2 - When desire dies, fear is born Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. - Jean de La Fontaine Map Recap * Alligators attack the party. * The party fights them off, climbs up on a shore and falls asleep. * They all awake (to a dream) and encounter a little cabin in the woods. text/html 2023-02-08T17:19:26+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_3_-_dance_dance_revolution?rev=1675876766&do=diff Chapter 3: Dance Dance Revolution Recap * tbd Competition Rewards Sir Rupert stepped onto the stage with a look of annoyance on his face. He clutched a large leather satchel in one hand and a scroll in the other. “I am Sir Rupert, steward of Lord Alistair MacGregor, text/html 2019-01-22T16:51:41+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_3_-_piety_and_pagans?rev=1548175901&do=diff Chapter 3 - Piety and Pagans Map Recap * The party enters the town, Sharn get's arrested by Father Herbot and is locked away in the main hall mansion. * Maebh takes off and enters the hall as a servant. * Elesandre and Firia investigate a temple of Valor. * text/html 2019-01-22T16:51:00+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_4_-_escape_from_soutley_fort?rev=1548175860&do=diff Chapter 4 - Escape from Soutley Fort Map Recap * There is no place in the town for the party. There are told of a place in the burnt out outskirts for them to camp for the night. * A kindly merchant, Dolen, spent the night parked out near the where the party was camped at. text/html 2019-02-19T23:00:04+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_5_-_mountains_wraiths_and_abbots?rev=1550617204&do=diff Chapter 5 - Mountains, Wraiths and Abbots Map Recap * After the fight with the thugs, there was a fierce lightning storm and a magical veil fell upon the party. Casting magic caused pain and beams of light shot out from a mountain far in the north. * About 2 weeks of travelling through forest and rough country brought them to the crossroads. text/html 2019-01-22T16:49:18+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_6_-_city_slickers?rev=1548175758&do=diff Chapter 6 - City Slickers Map Recap * The girls devised a plan to head north, to see what the source of the magical veil is, but with the onset of winter weather they decided to stay in Windhall. * They rented a place and started performing in various taverns and bars, earning money where they could. text/html 2019-02-19T23:00:24+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_7_-_death_cult?rev=1550617224&do=diff Chapter 7 - Death Cult Recap * Audience with King Gerould, Prince Tog and Abbot Thibaud. * Tog tells a tale of a great evil that will invade the land. Their only chance is to unite, human and orc, and fight it together. His plan is to get his father to stop the invasion. * Elesandra speaks a prophecy, confirming Tog's stories. text/html 2019-02-19T23:00:38+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_8_-_trouble_in_the_big_city?rev=1550617238&do=diff Chapter 8 - Trouble in the Big City Recap * The party returns home after a harrowing battle with the dark mages. * Maebh desperately needs to recover. Aeowynn, not really liking spending time with the others tends, to Maebh's wounds. * The other girls stash the prisoner in the closet for the time being. text/html 2019-02-21T22:51:17+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_9_-_dreams_and_shadows?rev=1550789477&do=diff Chapter 9 - Dreams and Shadows Opening The winter is almost over. The streets have turned to mud and everything is dripping and wet. Cloud continuously roll over the tops of the Stetmere Mountains, bringing a constant miserable rain that only ceases to allow the next cloud to drop it’s clammy contents. text/html 2019-03-07T03:26:35+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_10_-_mountains_and_lions?rev=1551929195&do=diff Chapter 10 - Mountains and Lions Rewards * 16xp text/html 2019-03-14T21:50:29+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_11_-_bittersweet_cave?rev=1552600229&do=diff Chapter 11 - Bittersweet Cave Rewards * 25xp text/html 2019-03-28T03:41:47+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_12_-_chills_in_the_cavern?rev=1553744507&do=diff Chills in the Cavern Journals Journal 1 Brother Tresta and I found the stone in the woods last week. It was just lying there discarded. It clearly was from the first dynasty. It took us weeks to clear the mud from the carved runes. Tomorrow we begin the tedious work of deciphering it. Tresta is far more optimistic than I am, but I guess we shall see. text/html 2019-04-11T16:52:51+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_13_-_song_of_fire_and_ice?rev=1555001571&do=diff Chapter 13: Song of Fire and Ice Map Recap * The girls and Martin headed through the fresh snow, down from the mountains. * They entered an area of steep ravines and red pine trees. * All of a sudden shadow creatures appeared and the party scrambled in panic. Martin, Sharn and Firia headed off in one direction while Aeowynn, Maebh and Elesandra headed in another. text/html 2019-05-23T02:59:28+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_14_-_another_three_bite_the_dust?rev=1558580368&do=diff Chapter 14: Another Three Bite the Dust Recap Rewards * 25xp text/html 2019-06-06T13:44:20+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_15_-_fangsgiving_dinner?rev=1559828660&do=diff Chapter 15: Fangsgiving Dinner Recap Rewards * 20xp text/html 2019-07-05T17:28:55+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_16_-_dragon_s_dying_breath?rev=1562347735&do=diff Chapter 16: Dragon's Dying Breath Recap Our heroes find themselves split. Aeowynn is MIA. Sharn and Elesandra are trying to escape from a den of snakes in some ancient underground building. Firia and Maebh are starting the search for the others with two elves. text/html 2019-09-26T03:29:08+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/chapter_17_-_shadow_s_bane?rev=1569468548&do=diff Chapter 17: Shadow's Bane Rewards * 20xp text/html 2023-02-11T19:16:02+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/character_journals?rev=1676142962&do=diff Character Journals Aeowynn * Chapter 1 - Twins * Chapter 2 - Friends * Chapter 3 - Invaders * Chapter 4 - Slaves * Chapter 5 - Despair * Chapter 6 - No Hope (Session 1) * Chapter 7 - Servant (Session 1) * às dèidh bàs - Session 7 Elesandra Ateş * SESSION 1 NEW BEGINNINGS & THE END OF AN EPOCH HOPE * SESSION 2 RUDE AWAKENINGS Year 2: * Session 2 - "Moonlit Dreams" * Session 3 - "Tears of the past for tomorrow" Firia Steele Maebh O'Sheenagh Book 1: * Session … text/html 2023-01-16T16:34:15+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/compendium?rev=1673886855&do=diff Compendium of Assorted Lore Countries * Pelonia - A country on the east side of the continent. The girls were first brought to the eastern shore as slaves. * Lopstadland - A mountainous country to the north. * Cheya - A vast grassland in the west. * Zatrana - A hot land of mixed jungles and deserts to the south. text/html 2019-02-13T21:29:23+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/cult?rev=1550093363&do=diff Cult In Windhall there seems to be a cult. They are possibly behind the people disappearing. They also seem to wield some sort of shadow magic. text/html 2020-10-20T20:12:48+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/elesandra_ates?rev=1603224768&do=diff Elesandra Ateş Description * Forest Elf * Age: unknown * Height: 5'8“ * Build: slender * pale skinned * eyes, unnaturally the color of coal * short, coppery red hair * Career: * Mage Characteristics Attributes text/html 2018-11-19T22:16:03+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/episode_0_-_character_creation?rev=1542665763&do=diff Chapter 0 - Character Creation Starting Crit Your character will start with a Average Crit due to the duress that months at sea bring and being chained as a slave and underfed. It will not have an ongoing effect. You can creatively think about what exactly the crit is from. Maybe your bare feet have Trench Foot. Maybe it's malnutrition or some sort of mental duress. Maybe it's an infection from the whip cuts. text/html 2018-11-19T22:15:34+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/episode_1_-_hope?rev=1542665734&do=diff Chapter 1: Hope? Flashback For those in chains or cages: You've never known the sea quite like this. You hear the waves battering against the walls of the ship. Everything is wet and the iron holding you is cold. You can't see when the next wave picks you up and tosses you, turning your stomach. You see a human male a couple of rows in front of you lose grip on the oar. text/html 2018-11-22T21:07:29+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/father_herbot?rev=1542920849&do=diff Father Herbot Follower of Valor and adviser to Lord Joran in Soutley Fort. Hates Orcs and especially their pagan religion. * Wanted to have Sharn executed. text/html 2020-10-20T20:13:10+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/firia_steele?rev=1603224790&do=diff Firia Steele * Female Half Cat-folk Primalist * Age; 30 Years * Build: Slender * Tanned skin * Striped Tattoos along arms and legs * Deep Orange cat ears with similarly coloured tail with black stripes Motivations * Strength; Adriot text/html 2019-06-17T21:58:57+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery?rev=1560808737&do=diff Gallery Story * Session 1: Enslaved * Session 2: Elesandra gets her staff * Session 4: Ambush & Awakening * Session 6: Tavern Entertainment Misc * Aeowynn's Adventures text/html 2019-06-17T22:00:58+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery_aeowynn?rev=1560808858&do=diff Aeowynn's Adventures text/html 2018-12-29T20:02:32+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery_elesandra_awakens?rev=1546113752&do=diff text/html 2018-12-05T22:55:05+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery_elesandra_staff?rev=1544050505&do=diff text/html 2019-06-18T15:31:02+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery_shipboard?rev=1560871862&do=diff text/html 2019-01-25T16:11:37+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/gallery_tavern_dance?rev=1548432697&do=diff text/html 2018-11-02T19:31:06+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/ingerham_marsh?rev=1541187066&do=diff Ingerham Marsh A marsh to the south of Smallwater. A strange people called the Mambir live here. It seems to be a dangerous place. text/html 2019-01-22T16:05:16+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/king_gerould?rev=1548173116&do=diff King Gerould the Devoted He is the king of Pelonia. He rules from the capital Windhall. text/html 2018-11-22T21:27:54+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/lord_joran?rev=1542922074&do=diff Lord Joran Lord of Soutley Fort. Advised by Father Herbot. He is most concerned with the safety of his people. text/html 2023-01-26T22:54:53+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/maebh_o_sheenagh?rev=1674773693&do=diff Maebh Ó Sheelagh Description * Female Wandering Gnome * Career: Envoy * Age: 20 * Height: 1.2 m Maebh is usually smiling, with a sparkle in her green eyes. Her cascading purple hair and smooth complexion is unusually beautiful for a gnome. Her most distinctive feature, however, is her clear, musical voice. text/html 2019-01-22T16:41:04+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/magical_veil?rev=1548175264&do=diff Magical Veil The land of Pelonia has very little magic, mostly because of the religion of Valor. Just after the party left Soutley Fort a fierce lightning storm seemed to bring some sort of interference to all things magical. Any attempt to access a magical power has been dampened and causes great pain. Beams of light emanating from a mountain in northern Pelonia seem to be tied to this phenomenon. text/html 2018-11-22T21:31:19+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/mambir?rev=1542922279&do=diff Mambir A group of people that live the in the Ingerham Marsh. They are considered very strange by the other Pelonian people. They are actually very kind but very reclusive and protective of their way of life. They hide themselves from outsiders with a cruel test. text/html 2019-02-09T06:48:03+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/money_time?rev=1549694883&do=diff Money & Time Money * Prices listed in the rulebooks are going to be in Copper Pieces. * 10 Copper Pieces (cp) in 1 Silver Piece (sp) * 10 Silver Pieces (sp) in 1 Gold Piece (gp) * A typical coin purse can carry up to 250 pieces in it. Anything above that should count towards encumbrance. text/html 2019-02-21T22:38:19+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/monthly_income?rev=1550788699&do=diff Party Finances Current Fund: 0 copper Income SessionIncomeExpensesNetFame63,0009002,1001083,9001,1002,80022Total6,9002,0004,90032 Inventory ItemQuantityCostEncumbranceNotesCarriage1400Cap: 50King of Windhall gave a cart. The party upgraded it.Riding Mount text/html 2019-06-28T01:28:38+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/navigation?rev=1561685318&do=diff * » Wiki Index * » Genesys Home * » Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit Home * * Aeowynn * Elesandra Ateş * Firia Steele * Maebh O'Sheenagh * Sharn Gashnahk * * ≡ Sessions * ≡ Character Journals * ≡ Compendium * ≡ Gallery text/html 2018-11-03T03:04:57+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/new_beginnings_the_end_of_an_epoch_hope?rev=1541214297&do=diff New Beginnings and the End of an Epoch Weeks passed on the open waters, as the relentless sound of waves crashed into the hull of an orc warship, in the belly of the longboat rowed some thirty odd slaves; one, in particular, was an elven woman who only remembered the life of slavery. For as far back as she could remember she was and is a slave. She sat quietly and somberly, her hair cut short, black with dirt, blood, and just about anything else that would get caught in it. Her skin pale, almos… text/html 2019-01-22T16:36:54+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/orc_invasion?rev=1548175014&do=diff Orc Invasion The country of Pelonia is being attacked by the Orcs. They have conquered most of the north-eastern part of the country. Their most recent attempt on Soutley Fort has failed. Notable Orcs * Xugug - A cruel slaver captain. * Knurig - The army's slavemaster. * text/html 2023-01-16T19:37:57+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/ori?rev=1673897877&do=diff Ori A young human girl the party met south-west of Beton-Chin on the road to Windhall. She is cryptic and seems to know certain things. She also talks a lot, asks lots of questions, and responds to most questions fairly literally. She seems to be all alone with no one to care for her. It doesn't take much to make her laugh and you'll often see a bright beaming smile on her face. She's naive and not yet worn down by the hardships of life. text/html 2018-11-22T21:15:49+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/ottersevain_river?rev=1542921349&do=diff Ottersevain River A river, similar to the Wadesevain River. Runs past Soutley Fort. text/html 2023-01-16T18:16:43+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/pelonia?rev=1673893003&do=diff Pelonia A country or land that the party originally landed in. * To the east is the vast ocean. * To the north is mountainous Lopstandland. * To the west is a vast grassland and home to the Cheya. * To the south is a hot land called Zatrana. * (PAST) It was ruled by text/html 2018-11-10T15:00:15+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/pelonians?rev=1541862015&do=diff Pelonians The Pelonian people. text/html 2019-01-22T16:47:31+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/prince_tog?rev=1548175651&do=diff Prince Tog Comes across very different than most Orcs. Quieter, more intelligent. Treats others with greater respect. Has taken Aeowynn as a slave, yet has given her a sword and training. text/html 2019-01-16T03:05:52+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/rude_awakenings?rev=1547607952&do=diff SESSION 2 RUDE AWAKENINGS Explosions could be heard from all directions, suddenly a blinding light appears for but a moment, “Ateş” A voice calls out a man approaches from the spot where the blinding light emanated from. “Are you all right? Don’t push yourself anymore, you’ve done enough for them. The dark ships won’t be able to make landfall now, we’ve pushed them back far enough. I can take it from here.” text/html 2018-10-25T20:29:20+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/sealeford?rev=1540499360&do=diff Sealeford A town near Smallwater that has been apparently conquered by Orcs. text/html 2018-11-06T22:30:05+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_1_-_field_notes?rev=1541543405&do=diff Journal of Curiosities and Wonders Day 1 Finally a chance to put this journal that Glasha gave me to use! I know she meant it for tracking new formulations, but recording my adventures beyond the desert villages seems far more useful. So glad that band of plains people came through and invited me on their adventure - it's sure to bring me closer to Memona! text/html 2018-11-03T02:29:05+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_1_-_maebh_s_letters?rev=1541212145&do=diff Dearest Daideó, ---------- Remember when we last talked, and I said I wished envoy work wasn't sooo boring? I can still hear your deep and wise voice and see your weathered, kind face. You ruffled my hair and said, “Ach, Maebh, m'wee Creena, ye'll find th'adventure y'seek ere long. Mind y'dunna have too much excitement! text/html 2023-01-14T01:35:08+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_1_-_the_unforgettable_fire?rev=1673660108&do=diff Dearest Maebh the Magnificent, ---------- You were just a dream. ---------- Nothing you do matters. The credit and fame goes to the political elite and aristocratic oligarchs, and your words and deeds are dust in the wind, the chaff dissipated after the harvest. text/html 2023-02-03T21:35:31+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_2_-_a_song_for_someone?rev=1675460131&do=diff Dear Da, ---------- Reality is setting in – I'm worried that too much time has passed; that Daideó is gone... maybe even you and Mam are... But part of me hopes. And imagines. And theorizes. This could be some sort of magic trick – I do remember Dispelling an enchantment when facing the necromancer's lieutenants. Maybe we are stuck in a deep spell. Or some sort of mirror universe, like the alchemists propose. You never know! And then, maybe we can return text/html 2023-01-26T19:39:26+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_2_-_moonlit_dreams?rev=1674761966&do=diff The Evening after The city is dark and quiet as the moon casts a pale glow over the cobblestone streets. The only sounds are the distant howl and the occasional clip-clop of a horse-drawn carriage. The inn, a large stone building with a thatched roof, stands at the end of a row of similar structures, just a few doors down from the home that seemed to be from another lifetime. The warm light of lanterns spills out of the windows, inviting travelers inside for a warm meal and a comfortable bed. T… text/html 2018-11-21T21:59:55+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_2_-_observations?rev=1542837595&do=diff Journal of Curiosities and Wonders Day 298 What a morning! Skills practiced today: * Raft building (needs works on animal-proofing -- more vines maybe? Mashed beets NOT watertight adhesive system) * rowing (not something I got much practice in at least; the others had lots of pointers, when they weren't giving me odd looks when I asked for advice) text/html 2021-08-02T16:33:17+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_2_-_the_little_things_that_give_you_away?rev=1627921997&do=diff A beautiful oil painting of my new pet! ---------- Dear Daideó, ---------- Guess what? We discovered the Mambir people, and they're SO awesome! But we had to fight through hordes of mosquitos and swap monsters and magical traps to get to their village - it was a miracle we survived. AND I found a new friend - I think I'll call him Scáthfile. text/html 2023-02-11T19:26:42+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_3_-_sometimes_you_can_t_make_it_on_your_own?rev=1676143602&do=diff Well, Mam, I guess you win. ---------- We fight all the time You and I, that's alright We're the same soul ---------- I don't need, I don't need to hear you say That if we weren't so alike You'd like me a whole lot more ---------- Listen to me now text/html 2023-02-07T21:19:46+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_3_-_tears_of_the_past_for_tomorrow?rev=1675804786&do=diff Visions Escalating – Tears of the past for tomorrow It was a long hard day and training for the competition was on her mind, but sleep soon finds her. Elesandra again found herself walking through a dreamlike landscape, enveloped in a dense fog. The clouds thick like soup, felt as though she moved through a sea of white, with no end before her. However, as she progresses forward, the clouds seemed to part ever so slightly, offering brief glimpses of the world beyond. The effect was eerie and o… text/html 2018-12-05T22:46:34+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_3_-_the_ground_beneath_her_feet?rev=1544049994&do=diff Dearest Daideó, All of my friends just nearly died - I thought *I* was reckless, but apparently I'm a timid marsh hare compared to the others! We arrived at Soutley Fort, and it wasn't much of a Fort. The orc army will probably overrun it pretty quickly. We're doing our best to help, but if we actually help these humans survive, we deserve accolades and legendary epic poems in our honour! text/html 2021-08-02T16:41:42+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_4_-_get_on_your_boots?rev=1627922502&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- It seems as though I'm back to being a wandering envoy, but this time I was not captured by foes so easily! Scáthfile is proving to be a very capable protector, and El has more tricks up her sleeve than I suspected... Daideó, she's definitely a Cailleach. I already knew that Firia is some sort of Draoi, and that just leaves Sharn. I'd consider her a Luibhlia - but who knows if she can work with more than just herbs? text/html 2019-01-09T23:45:58+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_5_-_mysterious_ways?rev=1547077558&do=diff Dearest Daideó, ---------- Things have been very difficult lately. My spellsong has been strange - there have been occasions when I push into the Resonance, my head starts ringing and there are clashing harmonics throwing me off. I think it has something to do with a pulsing light coming from the North. It began shortly after El's exploding fireball trick. text/html 2019-01-10T22:21:21+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_6_-_sleep_like_a_baby_tonight?rev=1547158881&do=diff (continued...) ---------- I decided to step in, as things were getting out of control, and gave a very Inspiring speech. The Abbott seemed sympathetic, and I'm sure he saw the truth in my words, but he also thinks we're charlatans. He somehow figured out that El is not a blind seer, and I think that made him mistrust our motives. He made a rather cutting remark about me - as if I am insecure! I know I am skilled and talented and beautiful text/html 2019-02-07T00:26:04+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_7_-_running_to_stand_still?rev=1549499164&do=diff Daideó, ---------- For the first time in my life, I thought I was going to die. ---------- It was horrific, I can hardly write. I still feel sick, and I'm having terrible nightmares! A chaos cult, right here in the King's city. Maybe if I process it all, I can move forward, but it's going to be hard. text/html 2019-03-06T19:35:55+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_8_-_iris_hold_me_close?rev=1551900955&do=diff Dear Maimeó, ---------- I know that you're gone, but I saw you last night. You were there, in my room, just like when I was young. ---------- I saw your wizened brown face, your brown eyes, your short curly hair. Eyes twinkling with a deep secret. text/html 2019-03-06T21:18:12+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_9_-_bullet_the_blue_sky?rev=1551907092&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- Spring has finally arrived! We finished the winter with more performances, saving up money for a journey North. I suspect there is a forest full of elves, perhaps El's family - she doesn't recall most of her past. Other than being involved is some sort of epic struggle between good and evil text/html 2021-08-02T17:08:10+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_10_-_dirty_day?rev=1627924090&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- I like being out of the city again. I kind of enjoyed the entertaining I could do before, and making more money (the townies at the inn we visited didn't appreciate my music - probably can't relate to anything remotely new, these people are all stuck with cultural blinders text/html 2019-04-10T14:24:38+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_11_-_i_ll_go_crazy_if_i_don_t_go_crazy_tonight?rev=1554906278&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- We kept travelling through the mountains, and though I'm not a huge fan (I definitely prefer forests), Scáthfile kept me warm. Up and down slopes, through windy weather, we kept on going. At one point, I stumbled across some weird jug. It looked like lava rock, but it was unnaturally smooth. Sharn and I managed to open it, and it was unbelievable - some kind of hot cocoa was still inside! text/html 2019-04-10T19:22:57+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_12_-_acrobat?rev=1554924177&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- We either have been exploring a tunnel full of mind-altering mushroom spores, or the fabric of time and space is tearing apart. Of course, the simplest answer is always, “MAGIC!” ---------- After our run-in with the mutated bear-monster and the Mind-controlled Bat Horde of Doom, to settle our emotions, El and Firia did a wonderful job of making our campsite feel like home - they used their abilities to summon and grow all sorts of useful implements and comfortable ame… text/html 2019-05-02T00:17:13+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_13_-_tomorrow?rev=1556756233&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- After our harrowing experience in the Citadel, we decided to pack up and head down the mountain. We didn't tell Martin anything - he wouldn't understand, being a Priest of Questionable Allegiance. We did ask him about the Rituul, though. He had heard a fairytale as a child about little helpers with wings that come and help people. Very odd. text/html 2019-06-06T00:03:04+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_14_-_mothers_of_the_disappeared?rev=1559779384&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- Separated Again. I'm sure the others are fine, but I'm a bit worried this time - while there's no evidence of death, we've come across some sort of Necromancer who is raising an undead army! Firia is still missing from the night we got separated, but El, Aeowynn and I found Sharn by following the sounds of small explosions. She looked a little charred - I think she was text/html 2019-06-09T02:36:00+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_15_-_a_celebration?rev=1560047760&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- I have had such a wonderful time getting to know the Aljana - a very fun group of forest elves! Yoshe and Moshe are the two brothers that I rescued from the giant troll-beast, and they assured the others that I was a great ally. text/html 2019-07-17T03:59:19+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_16_-_raised_by_wolves?rev=1563335959&do=diff Dear Da, ---------- I've been holding off writing to you. Part of it was that I quickly realized that these letters won't be delivered, maybe they'll never be delivered. And so the other reason was that I didn't want to think about the last time we talked. I don't want to admit that you were right (partially). text/html 2019-10-23T22:36:48+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/session_17_-_deep_in_the_heart?rev=1571870208&do=diff Dear Daideó, ---------- I am still shaken by the whole dragon incident. I am still SO angry at Sharn. I know she thought she was protecting us, but she showed her lack of trust in the rest of us. El & I had a nice ceremony for the dragon; she performed some kind of ancient funeral rite over the corpse with her magic, and it was hauntingly beautiful. It involved magic: flaming footsteps, a fiery quilt, and in the end, the body melted away and all that was left was an engraving of the dragon on… text/html 2023-02-08T17:13:48+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/sessions?rev=1675876428&do=diff Sessions Book 1: From Nothing, Comes Nothing * Chapter 0 - Character Creation * Chapter 1 - Hope? * Chapter 2 - When desire dies, fear is born * Chapter 3 - Piety and Pagans * Chapter 4 - Escape from Soutley Fort * Chapter 5 - Mountains, Wraiths and Abbots * Chapter 6 - City Slickers * Chapter 7 - Death Cult * Chapter 8 - Trouble in the Big City * Chapter 9 - Dreams and Shadows * Chapter 10 - Mountains and Lions * Chapter 11 - Bittersweet Cave * Chapter 12 - Chills in… text/html 2020-10-20T20:13:46+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/sharn_gashnahk?rev=1603224826&do=diff Sharn Gashnahk Description * Sunderlands Orc * Female * Height: 6' 5“ * Build: athletic * black hair * red eyes * scar on face - result of a particularly bad choice of alchemical ingredients * Age: 19 * Career: Scholar Motivations text/html 2018-11-02T19:27:49+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/smallwater?rev=1541186869&do=diff Smallwater A small village overrun by the Orc invasion. Mostly thatched-roof buildings with a good number of them burnt out. Not heavily patrolled, at least the last time the party was here. It is located near the east ocean on a small river. The Orc ships landed nearby the offload their warriors and slaves and supplies. text/html 2019-01-22T16:08:53+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/soutley_fort?rev=1548173333&do=diff Soutley Fort A town about 100 miles to the south of Smallwater. Surrounded by a wooden palisade with a small number of houses outside the wall. Backed by the Ottersevain River. * Ruler: Lord Joran * Religious Presence: Valor, led by Father Herbot * Defenses: Wooden palisade, river. 150 fighting men. text/html 2024-02-12T00:48:18+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/start?rev=1707698898&do=diff Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit Characters ≡ Character Journals ≡ Gallery Players * Elesandra Ateş * Maebh O'Sheelagh * Firia Steele Players: MIA * Aeowynn * Sharn Gashnahk Others: The Present * Ori - Young, cryptic, blonde-haired girl. * Annabel Others: The Past * Xugug - Orc slave master. * Lord Joran - Leader of Soutley Fort. * Father Herbot - Leader of Valor in Soutley Fort. text/html 2019-01-22T16:38:19+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/valor?rev=1548175099&do=diff Religion: Valor A monotheistic god worshiped by the Pelonians. The followers of Valor see other religions as pagan and evil. Antagonist is called “The Unnamed One”. Led by Abbot Thibaud from Windhall. Beliefs * Valor is the one true god. * Valor is opposed by The Unnamed One. An evil entity bent on destroying all that is good. All evil must therefore come from this evil entity. text/html 2018-11-02T19:20:46+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/wadesevain_river?rev=1541186446&do=diff Wadesvain River Runs from the North-West to the South-East spilling in the ocean just south of Smallwater. Quite large and fast moving. text/html 2019-01-22T16:07:14+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/windhall?rev=1548173234&do=diff Windhall The capital of Pelonia. Home of King Gerould and center of the religion of Valor. text/html 2018-11-02T19:32:28+00:00 https://rpg.rollinitiative.net/nihilo/xugug?rev=1541187148&do=diff Captain Xugug A cruel Orc captain that you know only too well, especially the sharp end of his whip.