Argento

halfling. They are able feast upon one strong emotion that they pick upon birth, how they can collect, consume and use this emotion is up to the creature in question. They are born from a union between a Demon and a suitable host.

• Their abilities vary widely depending on what emotion they aim to collect.

• They are capable of breeding with anything. An Incubus and a Succubus are the same creature, one suspects that the seed of males who lay with a Succubus allows her Incubus form to impregnate women. Typically they pick and remain in one form but they can change at will.

 

Demons are the physical form corruption takes in the world. Typically they are only able to control one of the classical seven deadly sins. This control extends to the ability to influence or cause it in those who are targeted by the ability. They are the rulers of the Corrumpere, running things from the shadows. Those who show their faces or directly influence events are often made into a large target and often end up being targeted by various hunting groups and removed from the world.

• They can not perform any magic from the Argento Region.

• They are naturally gifted in controlling one of the seven sins. Or a similar ability, they will not often admit what their ability is. Though there is always a tell such as a scent when the ability is in use.

• Spells of the Divine and the Arcane exist to dismiss and banish the demon back to their own plane of existence. Though there is a chance they could be sent to a different plane (25% unless you know exactly where the creature is from.)

  • The Divine spells typically impose a formal restriction with a number of years before they can even begin to gather the resources to return. Though the number of divine casters worldwide, capable of this ability is countable upon one hand.

  • The Arcane version impose a day or two lock out.

    • The greatest cost to either form is the amount of resources the Demon would have to spend to return. Their abilities are severely weakened upon return. Allowing proper death, should they be caught and killed within a week of their return to the mortal plane.

 

Unknown the world is vast, and surely in this large unknown world things never seen before will come out of the woodwork. Prior to the arrival of the Corrumpere only rumors existed of most of those species. So, the Oathkeepers are always looking for those unique creatures which are different and new. To study, to observe and to recruit if possible.

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Humans

 

Humans the most numerous of races these make up the bulk of the labor and food stock for the others. Those of this sort of humanity typically are greedier than the Mortals, and have a faintly skewed world view. They are often easily tempted and corrupted, though that is not to say they are without hope. These are the creatures who are able to adapt to nearly any situation and find a way to not only survive but thrive in the adverse or dangerous situation.

• Average Lifespan (60+2d20) years

• They have no natural gift of magic well inside the territory of the Vrykolakas.

  • Outside of it, free of their corruption they have are extremely talented. Able to adapt to most forms of magic fairly quickly. Though it is very rare for one to be trained in any forms of magic.

  • Vrykolakas have made an unnatural form of magic which mimics some of their abilities

    • Compulsion / Mind Control

    • Destroying Nature, corrupting those targeted.

    • Rumors linger that somewhere… Necromancy is being taught and practiced but it seems to be extremely underground and very small amounts of death magic.

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