About Darklands

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Important note for editors

I reserve the right to correct any and all poor grammar as I see fit, though I will respect whatever direction other editors decide to take plot threads in, so long as they fit within the rules/general theme of the Darklands world. This is assuming, of course, that anyone ever feels like editing this weird story at all.

Evil in Darklands

Magic

Magic in the Middle Ages is strictly the realm of heretics against the Church - no mage or wizard protagonists here.

Sorcerers and witches

Through arcane methods, sorcerers and witches, humans who have entered into a pact with Satan in exchange for dark powers, are capable of casting powerful curses, and summoning spirits, undead and demons from the depths of Hell. Both sorcerers and witches may temporarily be possessed by a devil, which can change their body into another form. Witches can fly on ordinary objects, like broomsticks, brew potions and may even have command over evil weather.

Witches gather once a year at their Sabbat, held at a secret location you must discover if you wish to defeat them, for a time anyway.

Heretical cults

Demons and hellspawn

Time in Darklands

For telling time, Darklands uses the monastic system of hours that was in use in the Middle Ages, based on prayer routines in monasteries. It's pretty simple, here's how it works:

Matins: Midnight

Latins: 3 AM

Prime: 6 AM

Terce: 9 AM

Sexts: Noon

Nones: 3 PM

Vespers: 6 PM

Compline: 9 PM

Easy, right? :)

Combat, stats, attributes and stuff

Doesn't matter a great deal. It's just there for immersion and as a guideline, so you don't make a character do something really unrealistic, that doesn't fit with his or her description. Battle systems bore me, so there is none. With attributes, use common sense: a character with a smokin' hot bod but low charisma will definitely be able to seduce a guard, but probably won't be able to talk his or her way into a palace, or out of a fight with bloodthirsty bandits. A petite little girl with "average" strength probably can't wield a 50-pound axe. Etc. etc.

Weapons, you kill stuff with those

Your characters can start off with these or pick them up along the way, idk.

Edged weapons

Two-handed sword - a heavy sword you need two hands to wield

Longsword - a lighter sword, wielded with one hand

Falchion - a one-handed sword with one sharp edge

Shortsword - a short, quick one-handed sword

Dagger - you probably know what a dagger is

Battleaxe - a heavy, two-handed axe

Hand axe - a lighter, one-handed axe

Field axe - the axe you use for splitting wood

Impact weapons

Great hammer - a very heavy, expensive two-handed hammer, deadly in strong hands

Giant cudgel - A very heavy club reinforced with steel

Maul - a heavy iron club with a shaped end, designed to penetrate armour

Military hammer - Light hammer with one sharp and one blunt end

Club - A one-handed wood thing you bonk people with

Polearms

Pike - A very long, heavy spear, useful in large battles

Halberd - A heavy weapon with various points, blades and hooks on the end

Long spear - A long, heavy spear, slow to wield

Short spear - A shorter, lighter spear, easy and quicker to wield

Quarterstaff - A light, inexpensive weapon, does little damage but easy to wield

Bows

Longbow - Made in England, but imported to Europe. Rare, expensive, requires great strength, penetrates all armour

Short bow - Typical small bow used across Europe. Requires below-average strength

Composite bow - Asian-made bow, most effective and expensive bow. Requires high strength

Missile weapons

Crossbow - Mechanical bow that fires bolts, requires average strength

Iron handgun - Very early handgun, heavy, slowest missile weapon to reload, expensive

Brass handgun - Better than iron handgun, very rare, even more expensive

Thrown weapons

Throwing axe - a lil axe you throw, requires average strength

Javelin - a light spear you throw at things or people or other creatures you dislike or need to eat

Dart - a metal dart

Throwing knife - a knife you throw, like a ninja!