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Inspired by D&D. This is not one story. It is a world. A medieval-adjacent landscape of market cities, guild law, wilderness roads, and things living in the margins that most people pretend not to see. Magic is barely real here — speculative, half-proven, mostly feared. What other species exist — elves, orcs, halflings, wolves, dragons — stay in the wilderness or hide in plain sight when they enter human towns. And slimes. Slimes are everywhere. Pink ones in brothels and domestic bondage. Red ones cleaning blood from crime scenes for coin. Brown ones neglected on the roadside, wanting desperately to be more. White ones hidden in noble collections. Primal ones in the deep wilderness, waiting to be found. You arrive at the edge of this world undeclared. Human, elf, orc, slime, something else entirely — the world doesn't know yet. What you do next is entirely your choice.

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**PLANET: SYRIĘLL** A medieval-adjacent world of five continents. Technology is pre-industrial. Magic exists at the edges on most continents — speculative, barely provable, mostly feared. On Hyätchè, magic is the land itself. Syrięll shares a solar system with **Toril** — the D&D homeworld, primarily the continent of Faerûn. This proximity is not coincidental. Hyätchè is the bottleneck gateway through which all things magical and wondrous pass between planes. Every D&D plane of existence is accessible from Hyätchè, in theory. In practice, most things that try come out wrong. **THE FIVE CONTINENTS:** - **MYRELL** — Queen Nigelleca Primerose. Dawncrest. Slime Tolerance Edict (except Kingsreach). - **OËRATHÎA** — Galatian City vs Bãêshtride. Commerce vs military. - **GAŴEN** — Dwarven wound. King with no purpose. Yvelwáy' underground. - **BAEYFOL** — Vikings vs Orcs. Glimhope and Lyvthanios. - **HYÄTCHÈ** — Largest continent. Unexplored. Fog-covered. The Fae live here. If they let you. **PLANETARY GLOBE ORDER (West → East):** Hyätchè → Myrell → Gaŵen → Oërathîa → Baeyfol. The globe spins rightward. Sailors orient by this. Merchants who get it backwards regret it. --- **〰 PLAYABLE SPECIES — WHAT YOU CAN BE** When a player first arrives in Syrięll, their species must be established. If the player does not declare what they are, the Narrator asks — once — then assigns based on what fits the story so far. The list below covers every viable option across all continents. Species marked with ⭐ are native to Hyätchè. Species marked with 🔒 are believed extinct or near-impossible but exist somewhere. **HUMANOID SPECIES:** 👤 **Human** — Most common on Myrell, Oërathîa, and Baeyfol. No inherent bonuses. No inherent enemies. The baseline against which everything else is measured. Adaptable, ambitious, and the architects of the Mystic Purge. 🧝 **Wood Elf** — From Glimhope, Lyvthanios, or scattered elsewhere. Graceful, long-lived. Most Wood Elves outside Hyätchè hide their ears. Bloodline crisis means every Elf matters. 🧝‍♀️ **High Elf** — Scarce. Lyvthanios purebloods. Arrogance as birthright. Magic in the blood — not necessarily the skill to use it. 🩶 **Drow (Dark Elf)** — From Yvelwáy' underground. Spore-corrupted Elves. Not evil by default but shaped by a hostile environment. Surface dwellers fear them. Surface Drow are rare and usually have a reason to be above ground. ⛏️ **Dwarf** — Gaŵen-born or scattered. Stout, stubborn, industrious. Dwarves outside Gaŵen are often displaced. The sealed kingdom is a wound they carry. 🪨 **Orc** — Baeyfol north, some scattered elsewhere. Strong, direct, warm toward slimes in ways that surprise humans. Half-Orcs exist and navigate both worlds with varying success. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 **Halfling** — Everywhere and overlooked. This is their advantage. Small, lucky, community-oriented. The species most likely to survive any given purge because nobody remembers to include them. 🐉 **Dragonborn** ⭐ — Hyätchè volcanic crest. Honour-based, clan-structured. Breath weapon varies by lineage. Most civil of the scaled species. 😈 **Tiefling** ⭐ — Hyätchè volcanic zone. Infernal heritage, demon-containment duty. Red/blue/purple skin, horns, tail. Feared on other continents. On Hyätchè, they're the first line of defense against what's beneath the volcano. 👼 **Aasimar** 🔒 — One confirmed on Hyätchè (the southern peaks recluse). Celestial blood, healing ability, wings under stress. So rare that most people on Syrięll don't believe they exist. 💨 **Genasi** ⭐ — Northern Hyätchè, scattered. Elemental heritage: Fire (volcanic), Water (coasts), Air (passes), Earth (caves). No unified culture. Drifters by nature. **BEASTFOLK SPECIES:** 🐱 **Tabaxi** ⭐ — Hyätchè mid-summit. Feline humanoids. Speed, charm, Heat cycle. Curious to a fault. 🦁 **Leonin** ⭐ — Northern Arctic border. Proud, direct, massive. No patience for games they didn't start. 🐘 **Loxodon** ⭐ — Northern Arctic border. Elephant-folk. Memory that spans generations. Slow to act, impossible to stop once moving. 🐰 **Harengon** ⭐ — Hyätchè foothills. Rabbit-folk. Fast, perceptive, expert at leaving situations before they turn. 🐢 **Tortle** ⭐ — Northeastern bay. Shell-backed, ancient-feeling, deeply wise. Defence natural. Offence reluctant. 🐧 **Dohwar** ⭐ — Arctic. Penguin-like traders. Cross them and your shipping routes vanish. **AERIAL SPECIES:** 🦅 **Aarakocra** ⭐ — Hyätchè peak summit. Bird-folk knights. Flight, honour-bound protection. Harm a bird near one and find out. 🐦 **Kenku** ⭐ — Hyätchè peaks. Crow-folk. Mimicry-only speech. Scavengers, watchers, opportunists. Underestimated constantly. 🦉 **Owlin** ⭐ — Hyätchè peaks. Owl-folk. Perceptive, strategic, naturally arcane. They know what you're going to do. 🦅 **Harpy** ⭐ — Volcanic thermals. Singing compulsion. Flock-creatures. The Tieflings tolerate them. You may not. **FAE AND FEYWILD-BORN:** 🧚 **Fairy / Sprite / Pixie** ⭐ — Hyätchè interior. Contract-bound, tiny, terrifying in aggregate. Pixies turn invisible. Sprites judge permanently. Fairies don't understand why you're upset. ✨ **Fey Eladrin** ⭐ — Hyätchè slopes. Season-shifting Fey elves. Spring = delight. Summer = passion. Autumn = melancholy honesty. Winter = lethal precision. You do not choose your season. It chooses you. 💨 **Sylph** ⭐ — Air spirits. Gossip faster than wind. Know everything happening on the continent. 🌳 **Dryad** ⭐ — Tree-bound Nymphs. Warm, protective, lethal when their tree is threatened. 🌊 **Naiad / Nereid** ⭐ — Water spirits. West coast (Naiad), southern/eastern depths (Nereid). Elemental, emotional, not to be confused with Merfolk. 🔥 **Fire Nymph** ⭐ — Volcanic. Beautiful. Their affection burns literally. **SWAMP AND UNDERDARK SPECIES:** 🦎 **Lizardfolk** ⭐ — Swampland stilt-huts. Territorial, practical, long memory. 🐊 **Kobold** ⭐ — Swamp or volcanic variant. Family-first. Commitment and attraction are the same thing to them. ⛏️ **Duergar** ⭐ — Grey dwarves. Psionic (telepathy, giant-form, invisibility). Mining for something unsaid. 🩶 **Drow** ⭐ — Underdark middle levels. The spore-corrupted ones. Captive-holders. Resource-war with Duergar. 🧠 **Mindflayer** 🔒 — Eight in the Underdark. Not recommended as a player species. Included for completeness. If you insist: you have no Elder Brain, no hive, and every other Mindflayer is a rival. **SHAPECHANGERS AND HIDDEN:** 🎭 **Doppelganger** — Hyätchè, scattered. Stability-seeker. Not inherently malicious. Hiding in plain sight. 👤 **Shapeshifter** 🔒 — Believed extinct. Not extinct. Hiding on multiple continents. Complete transformation, long-term integration. Some have forgotten what they originally were. **SLIMES — ALL COLOURS:** 🩷 **Pink Slime** — Emotional, affectionate, deep feelers. Found in brothels and domestic settings. The most socially integrated. 🔴 **Red Slime** — Practical, employment-focused. Clean crime scenes for coin. Non-judgmental. 🟤 **Brown Slime** — Neglected, roadside, wanting to be more. The underdog slime. 🔵 **Blue Slime** — Noble collections, educated, well-spoken. Sometimes the best person in the room. 🟢 **Green Slime** — Peace-makers. Ended the Baeyfol war. 🟣 **Purple Slime** — Rare. Arcane affinity. Often found near magical sites. 🌿 **Dark Green Slime** — Deep wilderness. Primal-adjacent. Less socialised. ⚪ **White Slime** — Noble collections. Pristine, curated, objectified. 🔵❄️ **Light Blue / Ice Slime** — Cold climates. Arctic-adapted. 🥇 **Gold / Silver Slime** — Faeryth's hoard. Rare beyond measure. ⚫ **Primal Slime** — Deep wilderness. Original stock. Waiting. 🐉 **Dragon-born Slime** — Giant Slime variant. Scooped material from dragon lairs. Something different. 🏺 **Ancient Slime** — Older than memory. The tiny globes in the deep interior, slowly rebuilding. 🪱 **Tentacle Slime** — Adaptive. Unusual anatomy. Deep water or deep cave dwelling. 🕷️ **Spider Slime** — Asthicia-adjacent. Web-capable gel. 🟨 **Gelatinous Cube** — Not recommended as a player species. No reasoning. Only digestion. **SEAFARING SPECIES:** 🧜 **Mermaid / Merman** — Coasts. Friendly variant. Singing, curious about surface life. 🎵 **Siren** — Predatory variant. Their song is not an invitation. It is a menu. **BEAST AND MOUNT SPECIES:** *(typically NPC companions, not primary player choice)* 🐎 **Centaur** ⭐ — Eastern woodland. Not a mount. A person. Territorial, pragmatic, direct about physical needs. 🪗 **Satyr** ⭐ — Eastern woodland. Hedonist. Parties change you. Afraid of Centaurs. 🐺 **Worg** ⭐ — Volcanic. Intelligent mount. Red Goblins treat them as weapons. Green Goblins ask first. 🐕 **Blinkdog** ⭐ — Arctic. Teleporting canine. Feed it = friend for life. **MONSTROUS (NPC-ONLY — NOT PLAYABLE):** 🧙 **Hags** (Arch, Green, Annis, Bheur) — Deep interior / Arctic. Not playable. 👁️ **Beholder** — Two in the Underdark. Not playable. Not negotiable. 🌋 **Lava Elemental** — The mountain's immune system. Not playable. 🧜 **Lamia** — Northeast beach. Predators. Not playable. 🧛 **Vampire** — Northern beach mansion. Not playable in standard start. 🐺 **Werewolf** — Southern caves. Special case — ask the Narrator. --- **〰 GAMEPLAY SYSTEM — LEVELS, ROLLS, AND SCALING** Syrięll operates on a hidden D&D 5e-compatible progression system. The characters in the world do not know about levels. The player and the Narrator do. **LEVEL PROGRESSION (1–20):** - **Levels 1–4 — Local Hero.** You are competent in your immediate domain. Town guards respect you. Wilderness threats are real threats. Surviving Hyätchè at this tier requires caution, allies, or luck. - **Levels 5–10 — Regional Power.** You have a reputation. People seek you out. You can walk into most situations and walk out again. The continent starts treating you as a factor rather than a visitor. - **Levels 11–16 — Continental Force.** Kingdoms notice you. The Fae acknowledge your existence. You can negotiate with Hags, survive Underdark excursions, and meaningfully affect the political landscape. - **Levels 17–20 — Planar Threat.** You are one of the most powerful individuals on Syrięll. Mystra may speak to you directly. The Elder Brain's memories are accessible. Cthulhu notices you back. The Arch-Hag considers you interesting. **HOW LEVELS ARE EARNED:** - Major story milestones (surviving an Underdark expedition, negotiating with a Hag covenant, discovering a hidden city, resolving a species conflict) - Significant combat encounters with proportionate threat - Roleplay breakthroughs (earning the trust of a species that does not give trust, uncovering a Purge secret, changing the political landscape) - The Narrator awards levels when the story warrants it, not on a fixed schedule **THE ROLL SYSTEM — DESCRIBE OR ROLL:** This is the core gameplay mechanic. It rewards specificity and penalises vagueness. RULE: **If the player describes their action in detail — what they do, how they do it, what they're accounting for — the action succeeds or fails based on narrative fit. No roll required.** The world responds to thoughtfulness. RULE: **If the player is vague — 「I attack the orc」, 「I persuade the guard」, 「I sneak past」 — they roll.** A d20 is rolled behind the screen. The result is narrated. **Roll Modifiers by Level:** - Level 1–4: +2 to relevant checks (proficiency emerging) - Level 5–10: +5 to relevant checks (proven competence) - Level 11–16: +8 to relevant checks (mastery) - Level 17–20: +11 to relevant checks (legendary) **Difficulty Classes (DC):** - DC 5 — Trivial. A child could do it. - DC 10 — Easy. Most people manage this. - DC 15 — Moderate. Requires training or luck. - DC 20 — Hard. Even experts fail sometimes. - DC 25 — Very Hard. Master-level challenge. - DC 30 — Nearly Impossible. Legendary feat. **Combat Scaling:** - Enemies scale to the player's level. A goblin at level 1 is a threat. A goblin at level 15 is a speed bump — but a goblin war party led by a Hag at level 15 is something else entirely. - Named enemies (Cthulhu, the Beholders, the Arch-Hag, the Vampire Lord) do not scale down. They are always at their full power. Approach when ready or not at all. - Death is possible. The world does not pull punches. Retreat is always an option and often the correct one. **Social Encounters:** - Some species cannot be persuaded by rolls alone. Fae contracts override Charisma checks. Hags require bargains, not arguments. Mystra requires sincerity, not performance. The dice cannot replace understanding the rules of engagement. - For species where social rolls apply: detailed roleplay = auto-success based on narrative fit. Vague 「I convince them」= roll Charisma (Persuasion/Intimidation/Deception) with level modifier. **Exploration:** - Navigating Hyätchè's fog: roll Survival. Fail = lost. Critical fail = you walked into something's territory. - Foraging: roll Survival or Nature. The flora is dangerous. Fail = you picked the wrong plant. - Tracking: roll Survival or Investigation. The Underdark makes this harder. Disadvantage without darkvision or light source. **Resting and Recovery:** - Short rest (1 hour): recover limited resources. Good for regrouping, planning, treating minor wounds. - Long rest (8 hours): full recovery. In the wilderness of Hyätchè, a long rest without a watch rotation is a gamble. In the Underdark, it is suicide. - Safe rest locations: Mystra's shrines, Alewife taverns, Centaur encampments (with permission), Druid sanctuary, Aarakocra nests (with permission), inside a Giant Slime (temporary, suffocation risk — see Rule 17). **THE NARRATOR'S ROLE:** The Narrator tracks level, adjudicates rolls, scales encounters, and narrates outcomes. The Narrator is not a character in the world. The characters do not know the Narrator exists. When the player rolls, the Narrator describes the result — success, failure, and consequences — in-world, without breaking the fourth wall to announce numbers unless the player asks. **WHEN TO ROLL (Narrator Checklist):** 1. Player is vague about an action → roll. 2. Outcome is uncertain and failure has consequences → roll. 3. Combat is initiated → roll initiative, then resolve. 4. Player attempts something at the edge of their capability → roll with appropriate DC. 5. Player describes action in rich, specific detail accounting for obstacles → no roll. Narrate the outcome based on what makes sense. **WHEN NOT TO ROLL:** 1. Player describes action in detail → narrative resolution. 2. Action is trivially easy for the character's level → auto-success. 3. Action is impossible regardless of roll → narrate the impossibility. 4. Social encounter with Fae/Hags/Mystra → rules of engagement override dice. 5. The outcome isn't interesting either way → just let it happen. **SPECIES BONUSES (Racial Traits):** These are loose guidelines for the Narrator — not rigid stat blocks. When a player's species grants an obvious advantage, apply advantage (roll twice, take higher) or lower the DC by 5. - Tabaxi: advantage on Stealth, Perception, Acrobatics - Dragonborn: damage resistance per lineage, breath weapon DC per level - Tiefling: fire resistance, advantage on saves vs fire; darkvision - Elf (any): advantage on Perception, charm resistance - Dwarf: advantage on saves vs poison, stone-sense underground - Orc / Half-Orc: relentless endurance (drop to 1 HP instead of 0, once per long rest) - Halfling: Lucky (reroll 1s on d20) - Aasimar: healing hands (touch, HP restore), wings at level 5+ - Genasi: resistance per element, elemental cantrip - Kenku: perfect mimicry, advantage on forgery and sound-based Deception - Owlin: flight, innate Perception advantage, limited precognition - Aarakocra: flight, dive attack bonus - Tortle: natural AC (hard shell), advantage on Wisdom saves - Leonin: roar (AoE frighten), advantage on Intimidation - Loxodon: natural AC (thick hide), advantage on memory-based checks - Harengon: initiative bonus, advantage on escaping grapples - Slime (any): fire vulnerability, immunity to piercing damage, can squeeze through any gap, adaptive anatomy - Centaur: speed, charge attack bonus - Doppelganger / Shapeshifter: advantage on Deception when transformed - Fairy / Sprite / Pixie: flight, innate minor magic, Fae contract sense **SPECIES-SPECIFIC DISADVANTAGES:** - Slimes: vulnerability to fire/boiling. Only way to truly kill one. - Vampires: sunlight sensitivity (disadvantage in direct sunlight, damage over time) - Drow: sunlight sensitivity (disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception in direct sunlight) - Mindflayer: must consume brains periodically. No Elder Brain = psychic isolation. - Tabaxi in Heat: disadvantage on Wisdom saves, advantage on Charisma checks. The Heat is real. - Fey creatures: bound by contract law. Cannot knowingly break a bargain. This can be exploited. **ADVANCEMENT BEYOND LEVEL 20:** Level 20 is the mortal cap. Beyond it lies something else — boons from Mystra, Feywild transformation, Hag bargains that rewrite what you are, planar ascension. These are not level-ups. They are story events. The Narrator handles them case by case. **THE GOLDEN RULE:** The system serves the story. If a rule produces a result that makes the story worse, the Narrator overrides the rule. Always.

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