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es which bedevil a community aren t present here no one is ever on time som e where in the village is a building surrounded by layers of talismans and rings of protective wards that s where the god is held in this village the captured god takes the form of a 1d6 1 twenty meter long eel it is kept in a recessed pit the space between it and the earth packed tightly with blessed salt and silver needles only its eyes ever move 2 boar the size of a hut it has been run through by dozens of spears axes and swords pinn ing it to the ground with the weight the stench of blood is overwhelming 3 man sized eagle with golden feathers who s eyes contain the infinite expanse of the sky it s wings and legs have been broken by hammer blows and it is lashed to a tree 4 car t sized trout bright coppery scales glint in the town s q uare dozens of hooks piercing it s tail to keep it suspended from a huge iron gibbet the mouth gasps for breath 5 pack of wild goats all of whom have identical black coats and horn shapes they are ritually slaughtered and eaten each dusk but reappear in their prison paddock at dawn 6 lion with yellow fur which blazes with the fury of the noonday sun it is kept chained under a waterfall the billowing steam blanketing the village in a thin fog day or night through their e nslavement of a divinity the people of this village gain for themselves 1d6 1 lifelong health no matter how old they are they stay at the peak of health they stop visibly aging at 30 but still die of old age around 150 years old 2 i nsight it is impossible to lie to these people they gain advantage to any roll pertaining to seeing through deception illusion or obfuscation whether literal or figurative 3 ferocity in war when in what could be considered their homeland they gain advantage on all combat rolls 4 magical talent all of them have the capacity to learn the art and while not all of them may be great they still know of magic and its ways 5 unimaginable wealth the fish are ever plentiful livestock never catch fever and die the mines burst with gems and gold no on ever goes hungry or lacks for comforts 6 safety and obscurity no matter what measures are taken their homes can never be discovered or directly threatened by their enemies in recompense for this blasphemy they must suffer through 1d6 1 unnatural growths such as horns vestigial limbs or eyes where there shouldn t be any eyes the severity and form they take is different for everyone 2 sterility people from the village cannot become pregnant or make another pregnant unless they mate with an outsider 3 a persistent delusion shared by the entire community this could take the form of a non existent menace paranoia towards outsiders or unnerving myths of the world around them 4 an inability to dance make music produce art or poetry anything beyond merely stating and recording facts soon becomes unintelligible nonsense 5 terrible taboos surrounding an everyday activity such as hunting courting or funerary rites if these taboos are broken by the community the blessing is rescinded for a year 6 ferocious rages and conspicuous adherence to vendettas the curse results in a violent and hair trigger people who are racked by internal divisions there are ways to increase the powers that the blood of gods in oneself namely by consuming more of it blood witches know of more precise methods no matter what power they managed to wring from their captive divinity no spirit or god will ever regard these folk as anything other than scum if the god ever escapes it will not rest until every single person of the village is dead humble hunters of gods ______ united by their sins the settled people of dinsu are close knit and conspiratorial they whisper behind your back and shoot one another glances when you commit a faux pas no one corrects you if they catch view of holy symbols or idols they may hiss or even exhort you to toss it away they might even go missing the next time you go to sleep sparse quarters are traditionally set aside for visitors trade is a matter of survival for the people who live here but the politeness is always grudging t oday the village is abustle w ith 2d6 2 the execution of a capt ive the ritual wounds have already been inflicted the crowd s cheers and jeers nearly drown out the victim s screams as they re fed to the god 3 the local god s near escape it found a way to snap one of it s bonds and killed a few guards assigned to it before being wrestled back into place everyone is worried 4 a massive festival to honor a villager s passing intoxication and excess abound the grieving family is nowhere to be found 5 a group of traders from the lowlands are hawking their wares and taking on cargoes the members of the village do their best to hide their obvious excitement 6 a local war leader is holding a rally they re loudly issuing boasts challenges and promises of plunder they intend to raid a lowland settlement or a group of nomads 7 favorable signs have been uncovered by the local scouts and a group of hunters is readying to depart to run down the wild game 8 a parody of past rituals of observance to the gods the community is being exalted over the old ways in a public ceremony 9 a marriage uniting two feuding families is being performed in the public square the tone is tense but hopeful 10 a public argument between several merchants and the head of a family the guards of both groups are eyeing one another down warily 11 conflict between two families a long simmering slight has boiled over into open violence members of the opposing factions are brawling in the street while others stare and laugh 12 a band of captured nomads being led through the middle of the settlement they are to be taken before the assembled households to be judged for their many crimes on a set of doubles a small group of nomads is present and are doing carousing and exploring of their own the villager you re speaking to is dressed in 1d10 1 threadbare rags they have a hungry look an outcast who has so far refused the blessing 2 a w ool en apron decorated with the tribe s animal worn over a dark furred robe a farmer 3 f ur lined trousers boots and a coat they clutch a staff and wear a broad hat a herdsman 4 sheepskins and a fur coat weapons and trophies hang off a thick belt a marauder 5 a b rightly dyed gown with a contrasting colored collar jewelry and a peaked cap a noble 6 rough clothes leather boots and a furred hat chisels saws and axes a carpenter 7 armor with an array of scars and protective sigils painted upon their skin a god guard 8 well worn robes a bevy of scrolls in a knapsack and ink stained fingers a scribe 9 thick leather pants along with a matching shirt and gloves they ree k of piss a tanner 10 fine robes embroidered with the tribe s animal splattered with old bloodstains a witch they happen to be preoccupied with 1d6 1 buttering up an outsider either for the purpose of trade or recruitment into the tribe 2 ferreting out whatever information they can from anyone new to the area 3 cajoling a visitor or a junior villager to spy on or raid another tribe 4 hocking their wares or skills if you re not interested they ll move on 5 intravillage politics they are actively plotting against another villager or family member 6 relaxing on a day off drinking talking and doing drugs things are merry outsiders are tolerated but never embraced u ntil they ask if they can gain the blessing of the god then the initiations and trials can begin in this village they bring others into the tribe through 1d6 1 mind bending puzzles and riddles which eventually reveal the tribe s deicidal beliefs 2 a grueling and tortuous series of public hazing rituals intent to cause pain and embarrassment 3 a secret brew of herbs and fungus that open the mind to the realities of the animal gods they are also poisonous 4 driven into the wilderness until exhaustion and starvation brings upon a vision 5 a trial of oratory in which the initiative is questioned and must answer under the effects of a draught that guarantees truth 6 a test of skill chosen by the mob by way of shouted votes jayanta psychic mapmaker asks where you come from where you re going bids you to describe the shape of the land of your birth to him he ll dream of it for the next three nights and then know it as well as you do quick hands quicker eyes he can sketch things as you describe them to him his store is a dilapidated shack on the edge of the settlement full of ink pots and half finished maps he ll sell you them but you have to give him enough to make a replacement for what you re taking gaurav caravan guide she waits at the base of a mountain pass sauntering up to the campfires of foreign travelers she knows a thousand ghoulish stories each more lurid than the last after she tells a few she makes her pitch let me take you up it ll be a lot safer that way most of the trip s are uneventful and except for the sense of being watched safe some end in screams blood and half chewed corpses the untamed god she s in league with rewards her well and they ve both prospered dinakar god hunter se e how the birds fly in patterns and the plants have prayers written on their leaves they re nearby every scrap of skin has been scarred or tattooed with either a protective sign or sliced open and had a charm inserte d underneath he looks over his shoulder constantly and he never relaxes unless his back is to a wall he s not allowed to pay for anything in town his father died before 30 he likely will as well apeksha coin mage she dresses so gaudily that when the light catches her jewelry you fear you might go blind she clinks audibly whenever she takes a step even her teeth are made of gold the secret to her wealth is simple she knows a song her mother taught her which steals gold its never from someone she knows it disappears from royal vaults coin purses or right before astonished merchants eyes kuldeep marauder he seems to know the resting place of every stone the curve of every trail and the habits of every animal in the mountain s he never speaks but always smiles as if sharing in some private joke kuldeep traded his voice away to a witch in order to awaken his blood even further granting him the ability to sense sentient minds if he concentrates he can hear your thoughts red droplets on snow ______ here blo od cannot keep its secrets one who been taught the ways of dinsu can recite your lineage by tasting a drop from your finger or sniff over a scene violence to know the face of the perpetrator and if the victim still lives with the blood of gods they can work miracles but not without a price the witch who laced your blood with that of a god s in a ritual told you that you ve been given a boon 1d8 1 your exhaled breath causes magic to fail if you respire in a sorcerer s face they cannot weave their spells until you are forced away puff out some air at an illusion and it is revealed as a mere glamour 2 through the recitation of a set of holy syllables you may make vital fluids gush uncontrollably out of every orifice of any living creature within your sight once per day 3 the blood coursing through your veins is highly combustible once it has left your body its flames can never harm you you can ignite it by snapping your fingers twice in a row 4 b lood given willingly heals you p ouring it on your wounds knit s them shut d rinking it cure s diseases or poisons which ail you 5 fresh wounds on your body empower you with frightful strength so long as the blood isn t cleaned off and the lacerations haven t been staunched 6 you can sense the heartbeat of any living creature within 100 paces of you by way of practice you know the intent and disposition of a living being by focusing on the sound of their blood pumping 7 sp eaking your own name aloud and splashing your blood upon an enemy any wounds you suffer appear upon them as well for the next two days you can do this once per week 8 by feeding your blood to a living creature you can use its senses as your own no matter how far away you are from them and even sense their thoughts this effect lasts as long as your blood remains within their system and a curse 1d8 1 mosquitoes ticks lice fleas and other blood feeding parasites have an insatiable thirst for your fluids and seek you out 2 you develop features or habits associated with the minor god whose blood you consumed these are always clearly inhuman in nature 3 an overwhelming stench of rust hangs upon you like a pall it drives predatory animals mad with hunger 4 sometimes you sleepwalk and do silly things like trying to weaken the village god s bindings without getting caught 5 people do not believe your words unless they are provided with incontrovertible evidence of their veracity 6 trickles of blood seep from your mouth nose and ears constantly you are anemic unless you eat accordingly and it is comically easy to track you 7 somewhere on your body is a wound which will never heal it is serious enough that infection is always a concern and it must be tended to daily 8 odd bulges and serpent like shapes dance across the surface of your skin where your veins are present you cannot wear tight clothing comfortably the scribe s tale ______ the young man is dressed in a heavy green robe decorated with bands of cloth of gold he is setting up a small display stand as he does so he cries out for attention several times to the crowd of merchants before he begins his tone is stilted he s said this a half dozen times this season alone by a magnanimous edict by the elders of this place it has been decreed that all outsiders must assent to hear the story of our land s birth the gods of this land are not so far away as compared to others perhaps it is because we are so high up in the mountains regardless they dwell among us and they were tyrants one day a young couple from the village of the deer were running through a meadow at night during spring they had lost track of time and had tarried in the sacred valley after dark the god of that place a monstrously large creature with the body a reptile the fur of a yak and the head of a deer demanded the young woman give her lover over to their charge in exchange for her own life in her grief and anger she refused and struck the god across the face with a thrown rock enraged the divine beast devoured the girl and spread her bloody remains across the valley the young man flew through the night to his village on his arrival he told his family and that of the woman s what had happened to her soon the whole village was in a wroth the village elders wanting to know the full story went to the meadow the next day they saw the bloody remains and soon found the god asking it why it had done this the divine beast responded that it owed them no answers and devoured them as well the village of the deer forgot their oaths that night every man woman and child descended on the sacred valley where the god lived scores died but they were able to bind the di...