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Hello there everyone. My table have been spending time lately bouncing homebrew ideas around, and one that was conjured up was the idea of new family. Since we heard there'll be few coming in in the players companion, we figured to write down few ideas of our own. I will post the actual googledocs with our version of the family if people are interested, but before I do that I'd like to know your opinions on the concept.
"Long has man feared the nature and all the dangers it represents, the threats outside of firelight, outside the city. But the fear that grips a man when he looks at his fellow man is as old as first time man claimed something as his own. Man desires peace, he builds himself a home, a castle of his own making, not just to keep the threats of nature out, but also to keep other humans at bay. But the more he builds the more he fears that another man will come and tear all that he has built down. He placates his neighbours for fear of having to argue, he avoids his estranged wife so as to not have to face the divorce papers, he shuts down the tv when the news come, pretending the conflicts abroad don’t concern him.
These concerns don’t touch you, you cherish the thought of conflict, to have someone to face against. Whenever an opponent rises, no matter big or small, you face them with all you have, to do otherwise would be to disrespect the glory of conflict. If it would ever look like you’d get to retire in peace and comfort, you cast it aside and seek out another conflict to nurture until it blooms like a rose. You are Kishin, conflict is your feast, lamentation of your foes your lullaby.
You might not be the strongest or the biggest, but your opponents will kneel before you nonetheless. They lament how they could never match your talent, no matter how long they practice they could never face against a natural genius. No matter what field you choose to wage your wars on, you always wield your chosen weapon with clarity and purpose unknown to the weak.
Younger sibling in the family, it wasn’t in the untouched wilderness where the dark mother gave birth to your kind. No, your kind were given birth in the first blood soaked battlegrounds by the lady of blades. Your lineage is of those who reject peace, be they men, gods or the unnatural. Your lullabies were the clash of blades and roar of fire, your mother's milk the blood of the fallen."
In fairness, conflict isn't quite as primordial as sky and darkness, but we thought it still carried enough resonance with mythological monsters. Namely, Nightmares of conflict, or under working title Kishin (asura as nickname) would be good place for more human-shaped beasts of raw talent rather than raw power. Some examples that were used were tengu, asura and rakshasa, but also sphinx (mental conflict), efreet and erinyes.
Tell me what you guys think.
"Long has man feared the nature and all the dangers it represents, the threats outside of firelight, outside the city. But the fear that grips a man when he looks at his fellow man is as old as first time man claimed something as his own. Man desires peace, he builds himself a home, a castle of his own making, not just to keep the threats of nature out, but also to keep other humans at bay. But the more he builds the more he fears that another man will come and tear all that he has built down. He placates his neighbours for fear of having to argue, he avoids his estranged wife so as to not have to face the divorce papers, he shuts down the tv when the news come, pretending the conflicts abroad don’t concern him.
These concerns don’t touch you, you cherish the thought of conflict, to have someone to face against. Whenever an opponent rises, no matter big or small, you face them with all you have, to do otherwise would be to disrespect the glory of conflict. If it would ever look like you’d get to retire in peace and comfort, you cast it aside and seek out another conflict to nurture until it blooms like a rose. You are Kishin, conflict is your feast, lamentation of your foes your lullaby.
You might not be the strongest or the biggest, but your opponents will kneel before you nonetheless. They lament how they could never match your talent, no matter how long they practice they could never face against a natural genius. No matter what field you choose to wage your wars on, you always wield your chosen weapon with clarity and purpose unknown to the weak.
Younger sibling in the family, it wasn’t in the untouched wilderness where the dark mother gave birth to your kind. No, your kind were given birth in the first blood soaked battlegrounds by the lady of blades. Your lineage is of those who reject peace, be they men, gods or the unnatural. Your lullabies were the clash of blades and roar of fire, your mother's milk the blood of the fallen."
In fairness, conflict isn't quite as primordial as sky and darkness, but we thought it still carried enough resonance with mythological monsters. Namely, Nightmares of conflict, or under working title Kishin (asura as nickname) would be good place for more human-shaped beasts of raw talent rather than raw power. Some examples that were used were tengu, asura and rakshasa, but also sphinx (mental conflict), efreet and erinyes.
Tell me what you guys think.
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