This game is to be based somewhat on Middle eastern and Oriental cultural influences of ancient history, with flavors of Byzantine and Eastern Roman cultures, with a Norse and Roman flair added. It's not a D&D type game. Although dwarfs and alfar exist in Thestria, most player characters and people encountered will be human, though of a myriad of cultures. Though some ancient mythical creatures might be seen now and then, but these are a rare and major event.

Weapons of the types you might see...primitive weapons (NO GUNS!)

Middle Eastern Cultures
Weapons: Ankus; Bagh nakh; Battle axe; Blowgun; Bow (Composite long bow, Composite short bow). Arrow, flight; Chain; Chakram; Crossbow (Hand crossbow, Light crossbow, Pel-let bow), (Hand quarrel, Light quarrel, Pellet); Dagger, Jambiya, Katar; Dart; Flail, footman's; Flail, horseman's; Hand/Throwing axe; Javelin; Lance (Light, Medium); Mace, footman's; Mace, horseman's; Mancatcher; Pole-arm (Awl pike, Glaive, Halberd, Military fork) Quarterstaff; Spear; Spear, long; Sword (Cutlass, Great scimitar, Long sword, Sabre, Scimitar, Short sword, Tulwar); Trident

Armor: Brigandine; Cord; Hide; Improved mail; Leather; Light scale; Lorica segmentata, Metal lamellar; Padded; Scale; Studded leather

Applies To: Zamora, Turan, Hyrkania, Iranistan.

Oriental Cultures
Weapons: Ankus; Battle axe; Blowgun; Bo stick; Bow (Composite long bow, Composite short bow, Short bow), Arrow (Flight, Sheaf); Chain; Chakram; Chijikiri; Crossbow-Rare(Cho-ku-no; Pellet bow), (Hand quarrel, Light quarrel, Pellet); Dagger; Dart; Gunsen; Hand axe; Javelin; Jitte; Kama; Kau sin ke; Kawanaga; Kusari-gama; Lance (Light, Medium); Mace, footman's; Mace, horseman's; Mancatcher; Nunchaku; Polearm (Awl pike, Lajatang, Nag-imaki, Tetsubo); Sai; Sang kauw; Shuriken; Spear; Spear, long; Swprd (Cutlass, Katana, Ninja-to, No-dachi, Sabre, Short sword, Tulwar, Wakizashi); Trident

Armor: Brigandine; Cord; Hide; Leather; Light scale; Lorica segmentata, Padded; Splint mail; Studded leather

Applies To: Kambuja, Khitai, Kosala, Kusan, Meru, Uttara Kuru, Vendhya.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:36, Sat 29 Nov 2008.

pantheon:

ARNISH

JOEV- (Jupiter/Jove)
VULCAEN- (Vulcan)
MIKURI- (Mercury/Hermes)
VANU-(Venus) Goddess of love and procreation
ALUVA-goddess of the moon and stars, called lady of starlight.
LASHMI personifies the giver of wealth, prosperity, light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm.
MIRTA-is the patron God of honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings.
PADROS-is God of Slaves and lost causes.
PRIVA-Goddess of Earth and Mother Goddess, one of two wives of Lord VUSHNI.
RAMAT-lord of creatures, deity of procreation, and protector of life.
RADRU-God of the storm, the wind, and the hunt. The name has been translated as "Roarer", "Howler", "Wild One", and "Terrible".
SATI-Sun God, the golden warrior, mate of...
SHARAS-the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts.
USHAS-Goddess of the Dawn. She is Goddess of birds, and virgins. She wards off evil spirits.
VUSHNI-the master of the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe.
WANURA-is a god of the sky, of all waters and especially of the great ocean.  He is also the god of law and of the underworld. He is one lords of the heavens and the earth. His dominion over all forms of the water element, particularly the oceans.


VALKANDI:
JIZAN- is a goddess of good fortune through hard work
HAJAMA-goddess of bravery and adventure
SELAN-is the goddess of the moon and beauty
JAUHUR-is a goddess of wealth and merchants
KOR-god of wisdom, called Old Kor
ZANN-

*Note, most of the Valkandite gods were taken from the Al Qadim supplement for second edition D and D (I have almost everything they've ever done for that campaign).  Thus I do not claim to own these names or personalities.


THESTRIAN:
WOTHAN-God of wisdom, war, battle, and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt.
THUNNOR-God of Thunder and storms.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:55, Sat 06 Aug 2016.

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