SC
Strolen'sCitadel
User Avatar
User Avatar
  • Barbarian Horde
  • Article Main
  • BRBrowse
  • Categories
    • All
    • Articles
    • Dungeons
    • Items
    • Lifeforms
    • Locations
    • NPCs
    • Plots
    • Organizations
    • Systems
  • Featured
    • Golden Articles
    • Hall of Honour
    • Random
  • Ideas
  • Quests
  • Social Feeds
  • Citadel Magazine
  • UIUser Interface
  • Create
    • Write
    • Share Idea
  • Favorites
  • Generators
  • IW---** In Work **---
  • My Campaigns
    • Coming Soon
  • Guilds
  • Blogs
  • New Blogs
  • Featured
    • New Submissions
    • Tag Cloud
    • Author Rankings
Settings
Color Themes
Header
Sidebar
Main Content
LOGIN/REGISTER
young0ne2
Total for selections: (0)
Author Info
XP 1,135
Level 6
Level Title Thane Adept of Plentiful Musings
Sort By:
4

Items

1

NPCs

1

Lifeforms

6

Articles

1

Dungeons

0

Golden

0

HoH

13

Random

young0ne2's Golden Submissions - ( 0 )

“ A long time ago. Final fantasy III came out with a new approach to learing magic. The characters would be equipped with espers(magical beings) and as they fought more battles, they would learn spells from the espers. What if a similar approach to learning magic was applied to a P&P rpg?”
Magus
“ Nine times out of ten, it's the undead that do the running. Not strictly animal or vegetable, the Corpse bud is a peculiar individual that shares characteristics from multiple kingdoms and species. In appearance, all corpse buds bear a shape of a large rounded top bud divided into four lateral segments, and a much longer, narrower bottom bud, also divided into four segments. Between the two halves are a set of four radial limbs, rounded on top and flat on the bottom, covered with tiny serrated hooks facing towards the body. In overall size, it's limbs reach as wide as a spread hand, with the body being as thick as a fist. It is as long as a human hand from top to bottom. Internally, the top bud of the corpse bud contains a bacteria filled membrane that produces the hydrogen that the corpse bud uses to stay aloft, and a series of fungal gills for the dispersal of spores for reproduction. The lower half of the bud contains a number of fine filaments, as well as a sharp barbed stinger containing a powerful local anaesthesia. The Corpse Bud mobilizes by inflating its top bud, and steers by rotating its arms rapidly about its body. The corpse bud ordinarily drifts with the wind, orienting towards the scent of recent decay and death. It preys on the recently dead, burrowing the lower bud into the victim, using the anaesthesia in case the victim is dying, and not truly deceased. Once embedded, it releases its filaments into the body, replacing the current nervous system. This gives it full animation of the body, and allows the corpse bud to direct it. Corpse buds are not a malevolent species, being primarily concerned with breaking down the host body for food, and infecting the reproductive cycle with spores in order to mate with other corpse-bud bodies. To preserve the corpse for this purpose, Corpse buds will seek out dry locations to prevent bacteria from destroying the corpses. This often causes a large number of corpse buds to gather in a single location. In culture, Corpse buds are used to repair broken spines or degenerative diseases, as the sentient mind will easily overcome the mind of the non-sentient corpse bud. Once infected by a corpse bud, however, removal is usually fatal, and the infected individual cannot reproduce, or risk infecting another. Thus, it is a technique often reserved for the elderly, or a last resort. Necromancers and other dark sorcerers will often preserve the corpses of their victims magically, and infect them with corpse buds, creating traditional undead as well, so as to seed their lairs with undead both offensive and non, in order to throw their enemies off balance. They will also enslave the rudimentary minds of the corpse buds, and transform the docile things into a plague. There have also been accounts of magically transformed corpse buds with stronger minds and a taste for living flesh, but thus far all accounts are unproven rumors.”
Raptyr
“ In a city where the justice system features judicial dueling, plaintiffs and defendants are permitted to request a champion to take their place in the duel: Someone chosen by lot from among the foreigners in the city. When anyone first arrives, they are given an enchanted ceramic pendant that marks them as a candidate for 'court duty'. Wealthy folk entering the city are often escorted by burly guards, paid to carry pendants on their behalf: They elude court duty in that way. Adventurers may seek work as a rich man's proxy or may find themselves magically summoned to serve as a champion.”
Wulfhere
Footer Image
  • Discord Chat
  • About the Strolenati
  • Contact Us / Bugs
  • Guides / Support
  • Licensing
  • Privacy Policy
Footer Image Footer Image

The Citadel is a safe haven of collaborative, creative freedom for role players and game masters with awesome ideas. You have found the best roleplaying site to Read, Post and Play!

Crafted with by the Strolenati
Strolen's Citadel 4.0 © 2000