The Lovely Dark

  An interlude. Here are some setting questions  ( from the mad queen's court ) by DireImpulse   1) What class knows the most martial arts? Are they real martial arts like kung fu, or made up ones like krav maga? You'd want to be an Aristocrat from the Enduring Empire. Nobility are trained in traditional, ceremonial combat arts, and encouraged to use them in low-stakes ceremonial wars. Their martial arts are extremely made up, because they're based on exaggerated Spanish accounts of the martial schools of the triple-alliance, where noble warriors would do backflips and catch arrows out of the air. In the Enduring Empire you're catching bullets with your withering glare and waltzing somberly with your rivals but the same principles apply. 2) Can I start out having already made a deal with the devil or do I have to do that in game? The Devil isn't real (but she loves you all the same). Orpheans start aligned with one of the Houses of the Moon, which is like having a m...

FIGHTER Death's Head , by craww You can feel it. Something is stirring in the night over the earth. Something out of the place beyond persona. There are omens if you know how to look for them. Secret signs in the wings of birds, nightmares of pursuit. This hateful world cannot last much longer. The clouds will part and her armies will come down to scour it clean again. The carrion birds will turn in open sky until the fields are empty. The world has forgotten you. It hates you, like it hates everyone. The Queen of Air and Darkness will make it better. Starting Equipment:  An extremely visible scar that’s somewhere between dashing and disfiguring. Too much makeup, which isn’t helping. An outfit that looks like a costume. Any four weapons. Skills:   1) Disgraced Nurse 2) Mercenary Deserter 3) Birdwatcher 4) Occult Dabbler 5) Avant-Garde Artist  6) Discarded Courtesan Templates: A) The Full Dark World, The Killing Moon B) Butcher Bird C) Death Song of the Eumenides D) Sociét...