About this World

A campy but savage sword-and-sorcery land of bloodsport, ruined empire, and bad decisions. Thieves, witches, scions of fallen bloodlines, and beast-bonded fighters claw for advantage under a hard red sun. Magic is powerful, but someone always has to pay a price in blood or pain.

World History

Once, Vel was the red heart of a rotten empire. Its sorcerer-kings planted cities in the wastes, fed the crowds with bloodsport, and called their cruelty civilization. Then the empire split open, poisoning everything around it. Blood magic ran wild. Slaves broke their chains. Sorcerers burned provinces to win arguments.

Vel will never heal. Its roads are bones, its canals are scars, and under the sand, old gods mutter like drunks who remember being feared.

Factions

The Crimson Legion

Bloodstone Gladiator Arts

An elite gladiatorial army raised from the arenas. Their brutal discipline and mastery of battlefield carnage allow them to dominate city-states as mercenaries or conquerors. They worship pain as a sacrament and strength as the only true law.

The Vine-Scarred Coven

Sorcerous Spectacle

A secret society of witches and apostate sorcerers who channel power through fermented sacrifice and ritualistic decadence. They lurk in the ruins of old empires, brewing curses and elixirs, trading their services to the powerful for a terrible price.

The Vultures of Vel

Bloodstone Gladiator Arts

A nomadic clan of beast-wranglers and arena pit-fighters who have forsaken civilization. They fight with the savagery of the animals they bond with, viewing the Bloodstone Arts as a path to primal purity. They are scavengers, slavers, and feared raiders.

The Bacchic Scepters

Sorcerous Spectacle

A hedonistic cult of minor nobles and sycophants within the decadent courts. They practice ostentatious, vice-fueled sorcery for entertainment and petty intrigue, their magic as shallow and garish as their gilded masks. Their power is fleeting, but their malice is constant.

Playable Characters

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Power Systems

Bloodstone Gladiator Arts

Bloodstone Gladiator Arts

The brutal fighting styles of the arena pits and warrior-cults. It combines raw strength, savage weaponry, and pain-fueled techniques passed down by scarred masters. It is martial prowess pushed to its lethal extreme, where skill is proven with broken bones and spilled blood.

Attacks

Cleaver Swing Melee

A heavy, arcing blow designed to rend flesh and shatter bone.

💥 22 dmg ⚡ 3 SP Lv 1 Bleed
Whetstone Strike Melee

Raking a weapon to spray a cloud of sharp grit into the foe's eyes.

💥 28 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 2 Stun
Blood-Frenzy Lunge Melee

A reckless, charging attack that ignores defense for raw power.

💥 35 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 3 Bleed
Pit-Dog Takedown Melee

A low tackle designed to slam an opponent onto hard ground.

💥 42 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 4 Stun
Chain-Lash Projectile

Sending a length of spiked chain whipping towards a distant enemy.

💥 50 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 5 Bleed
Barbarian's Roar Projectile

A focused shout that carries palpable force and shattering resonance.

💥 58 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 6 Stun
Gut-Hook Stab Melee

A wicked upward thrust meant to disembowel.

💥 66 dmg 🌀 AoE 2 ⚡ 6 SP Lv 7 Bleed
Shield-Breaker Slam Melee

Putting all weight behind a single, crushing impact.

💥 75 dmg 🌀 AoE 2 ⚡ 6 SP Lv 8 Stun
Flensing Slash Melee

A rapid series of shallow cuts designed to strip skin and tendon.

💥 84 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 7 SP Lv 9 Bleed
Throwing Axe Projectile

Hurls a heavy, unbalanced axe with brutal force.

💥 94 dmg 🌀 AoE 2 ⚡ 7 SP Lv 10 Bleed
War-Pike Charge Melee

Driving a long spear forward with the momentum of a full sprint.

💥 104 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 11 Bleed
Skull-Cracker Pommel Melee

Reversing a weapon to deliver a stunning blow with its hilt.

💥 114 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 12 Stun
Net Cast Projectile

Throws a weighted net to entangle and trip up an enemy.

💥 124 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 9 SP Lv 13 Stun
Mace Swing Melee

A heavy, crushing blow delivered with a spiked iron ball.

💥 135 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 14 Stun
Hamstring Slice Melee

A low, precise cut aimed at the tendons behind the knee.

💥 148 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 9 SP Lv 15 Bleed
Flail Whirl Projectile

Swinging a spiked ball on a chain to build momentum before release.

💥 22 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 1 Bleed
War-Stomp Melee

A powerful downward kick targeting a fallen enemy's limbs.

💥 28 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 2 Stun
Javelin Toss Projectile

Hurls a lightweight spear with deadly accuracy.

💥 35 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 3 Bleed
Executioner's Chop Melee

A perfectly vertical, two-handed strike aimed at the neck.

💥 42 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 4 Bleed
Disarming Hook Melee

A clever twist of a blade to catch and wrench a weapon away.

💥 50 dmg 🌀 AoE 2 ⚡ 5 SP Lv 5 Stun
Sorcerous Spectacle

Sorcerous Spectacle

The flashy, corrupting magic of the decadent sorcerer-kings and desperate witches. It draws power from blood, wine, and vice, manifesting as garish, dangerous effects that erode the caster's body and mind. It is theatrical, unstable, and feeds on sin.

Attacks

Blood-Vine Lash Projectile

Thorny tendrils of hardened blood shoot from the caster's palm.

💥 22 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 1 Bleed
Wine-Fire Jet Projectile

Sprays a stream of highly flammable liquor that ignites mid-air.

💥 28 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 2 Burn
Touch of Decay Melee

A flesh-to-flesh contact that spreads rot and necrosis.

💥 35 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 3 Poison
Screaming Skull Bolt Projectile

Launches a projectile of solidified sound shaped like a shrieking skull.

💥 42 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 4 Stun
Crimson Bolt Projectile

A sizzling lance of pure red energy that crackles with pain.

💥 50 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 5 Shock
Bile Spray Projectile

Vomits forth a caustic stream of conjured stomach acid.

💥 58 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 6 Poison
Moonfrost Lance Projectile

Condenses the cold light of the blood-red moon into a piercing spike.

💥 66 dmg ⚡ 6 SP Lv 7 Freeze
Feast of Crows Projectile

Summons a swarm of spectral carrion birds to peck and claw.

💥 75 dmg ⚡ 6 SP Lv 8 Bleed
Spasmic Touch Melee

A jolt of warped nerve-signals sent through a touch, locking muscles.

💥 84 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 7 SP Lv 9 Stun
Glutton's Grasp Melee

The caster's hand swells to crush and drain vitality on contact.

💥 94 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 7 SP Lv 10 Poison
Ziggurat Shard Projectile

Hurls a jagged piece of glowing, cursed temple stone.

💥 104 dmg 🌀 AoE 2 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 11 Shock
Beguiling Kiss Melee

A contact that infuses the victim's mind with paralyzing euphoria.

💥 114 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 12 Stun
Sacrificial Blade Projectile

Manifests a spectral dagger that flies out and returns stained with life-force.

💥 124 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 9 SP Lv 13 Bleed
Scorpion Sting Melee

Forms a stinger of pure venom on the caster's finger for a quick jab.

💥 135 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 8 SP Lv 14 Poison
Incense Cloud Projectile

Expels a perfumed, hallucinogenic fog that burns the lungs.

💥 148 dmg 🌀 AoE 3 ⚡ 10 SP Lv 15 Poison
Chain Lightning Projectile

A bolt of crimson energy that arcs between multiple targets.

💥 22 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 1 Shock
Grasping Mud Projectile

Transforms a patch of ground into clinging, sucking quicksand.

💥 28 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 2 Stun
Boiling Blood Melee

Heats the victim's own blood from within via a touch, causing agony.

💥 35 dmg ⚡ 4 SP Lv 3 Burn
Haunting Dirge Projectile

Projects a wave of debilitating sorrow that chills to the bone.

💥 42 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 4 Freeze
Phantom Dagger Volley Projectile

Conjures and launches a fan of semi-real, soul-piercing blades.

💥 50 dmg ⚡ 5 SP Lv 5 Bleed