Campaign: Curse Eater

[prof]

This world is cursed.

Was it brought upon us by some ancient evil? Did we bring it about ourselves? Is humanity so wretched that this is the fate we deserve?

Even if it is, we won't accept it. So long as any of us still draw breath, we will fight. Even if humanity must end in blood, let our final struggle have meaning...

The world of Dolorosa faces an existential threat which has worked towards its gradual destruction for centuries. Only one continent remains where human civilization exists. There, humanity's last stand plays out, slowly and brutally, against the Curse.

There's no clear pattern to who is afflicted with the Curse. It can happen to anyone, at any time, and it turns you into one of the Afflicted - humanlike monsters that draw sustenance only from the act of murder. The more they kill, the stronger they become, growing into monstrous beings far beyond the scope of what humans can possibly defeat.

However, humanity has one weapon against the Curse, and that is the Curse itself. The cursed hearts of the Afflicted can be transplanted into humans; the process is dangerous and has a low survival rate, but those who do survive become Curse Eaters - half-afflicted warriors with abilities far beyond humanity. The Beasts Templar, the organization that creates, trains, and directs the Curse Eaters, are the final line of defense protecting humanity from extinction.

As a Curse Eater, your task is simple: Slay the Afflicted. However, simple does not mean easy. The Afflicted can hide anywhere as ordinary humans, and even when cornered, their powers are deadly beyond any other evils in this world. Even among Afflicted, there are monsters that stand far beyond the rest, pillars of death against which victory can scarcely be imagined. Your enemy defies comprehension, and your death is all but certain.

Nevertheless, will you fight?

Setting Info
The World of Dolorosa

Gritty Deets
As is usually the case, expect a 1-20 Valor campaign with five players meeting once a week. I may be experimenting with some additional custom rules for things like getting limbs taken off - this is gonna be dark and challenging. PC death will be a real possibility.

Game is scheduled to replace Meteor, which hasn't started yet, so... early 2022 maybe? Lol.

Signups
Nobody knows what their schedule will look like in 2022. Guess anyway! If your schedule changes, the worst that can happen is you'll have to back out and I'll find a replacement. OR we'll move the slot. Who knows! the future is weird!

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<b>Name:</b> <b>Character Concepts:</b> if any. connections to the Imogen Incident, direct or indirect, are encouraged but not required. <b>Availability:</b> In broad strokes, assuming nothing dramatic chance in the next year <b>Questions:</b> about the game or the world or whatever <b>Memes:</b> This is the joke field

Comments

[alopex_plasma]

Name: Holly
Character Concepts: Pretty attached to:
Heartbreaker Salvezra: Broody introvert and survivor of Imogen's rampage. He's been a Curse Eater as far back he can remember, and doesn't even consider himself human. He can detect changes in the heartbeats of others and alter his own to superhuman degrees in order to produce concussive strikes and shoot out blood with the force of a cannon. Str/Aura/Guts crisis build. No brain cells only the consuming urge to fulfil his mission and or die trying.
Availability: Subject to SUCH change. Preferably not running past midnight est. Soliel and JJBTT will probably be over by then and my Saturday game definitely will be - call it free on all days that you are.
Questions: 1. Do the Beasts Templar have Curse Eaters in training/development as well as on the field?
Memes: throws a muppets with great gatsby cast list on the ground and leaves

[prof]

They do! Curse Eaters need thorough training before taking the field, because untrained Curse Eaters tend to Fall very easily.