Sheet #1: Player's rules. Read this first.
Author's note: I switch between the pronouns he and she in these rules. When either world is used, it's meant to include both genders.
There are two rules sheets. Sheet #1 should be read by players and gamemasters. Only gamemasters need to read sheet #2.
1.0 Life in the Stormlands
Dragon Storm is a role-playing game about shape shifters: Human werewolves, dwarven gargoyles, human dragons, and elven unicorns. (Webmaster's note: Many more usable races have been added) These characters live in an area known as the Stormlands. They use supernatural powers to battle powerful enemies, and to save the world from Dragon Storms.
Most Stormlanders live like peasants of the European middle ages. They are ruled by nobles, who spend their time fighting for control of Stormland city-states. These strubbles mean little to the common folk, who live in isolated villages scattered throughout the land.
Magic is important to Stormlanders. They respect Od, the force of pure magic, used by wizards, witches, and shamans to heal and protect. They fear Warp, corrupt magic used by necromancers to debase and destroy. Warp can blight a land, poisoning water, and tainting the soil. It twists living things into warpspawn and plague beasts, insane monsters who kill for pleasure.
Stormlanders are superstitious, tough, and resigned to their fate. They take consolation in the worship of Elethay, goddess of the earth. Few peasants dare hope for better times ahead. Only the elders talk about Valarian Champions, legendary heroes who will save the people from the storms.
The Stormlands got its name from Dragon Storms, tempests of wild magic that ruin crops, level homes, and cause the Tox, a horrible disease which twists body and soul. It's little wonder that Stormlanders who suffer misfortune are called storm-struck.
When caught in the open by a Dragon Storm, young adults sometimes transform into shape shifters, Elves become unicorns, dwarves become gargoyles, and a human might turn into a werewolf or a dragon. After the storm passes, these shape shifters return to their mortal form, and are able to control their ability to change shape.
I'll be working on finishing this over time, It will be complete before too long.
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