#NineWorldsWisdom Day 2: Three Customs of the World?

Day 2: Describe Three Customs in your World. Are there Guest Rites? Oath Swearing? Honour Dueling? 

Within the world of Kraina Smoków, the customs between members of society vary based on where they live, what level of society they are apart of, and the given occupation they are in. Below are Three customs that can be seen at each level of society;

Rite of the Traveler

The Rite of the Traveler is a Rite meant to protect travelers and foreigners either passing through Cosmic space or moving through the Disk-World of Kraina Smoków. Granting a Traveler lodging if they are without tent or space in the Inn, a day's worth of meals if they were to stop at any of Temple or be granted aid in the case of a horse dying or Magical Malfunctions.

Alongside the Rite of the Traveler providing protections to Travelers in the Draconic Union, the Rite of the Traveler also provides protections to those providing aid to the Traveler. Depending on the area and the nature of the aid in question. An example of these protections is that if the Host of a Home is giving a bed to a Traveler, the Traveler cannot attack his Host.

Rite of the Warrior

The Rite of the Warrior is similar to the Rite of the Traveler what instead of supplying aid to warriors/adventurers with places to stay or food; it is instead pertaining to ensuring that Fighters are armored with the basic equipment for going and fighting battles or defending a given area from hostile creatures. This also applies to gaining aid in the form Medical Attention from Church of the Divine Couple, but this is only can be invoked if a Warrior is seriously injured.

The only stipulation that this rite has is that a Warrior can only invoke this once every six weeks to ensure that an area (usually a Town or Farming Community) does not become economically drained. Individual Citizens can still provide minor supplies to aid Warriors, but massive projects such as the construction of Castles or conscription of men into mercenary armies.

A side thought to this is that the invocation of this Rite and how responsive local people are to the Rite is dependent upon both the relation the warrior has with the Community, but also how he wears his battle scars or if he has any. This being that because of the nature of this Rite and the benefits it has to offer to people; Individuals often ask the invoker in question if they have any scars from close calls or Duels to prove they are an actual Warriors and people looking for a handout.

Rite of Honor

The Rite of Honor -unlike the other Rites mentioned- is more abstract because it does not have a strict code of conduct that must be followed. This being that the Subject of Honor varies from person to person and from occupation to occupation; being that a Wizard's definition of Honor would be his Academic Credibility or a Warrior's definition would be how well he can conduct himself on the battlefield or in duels.

Because of the openness to interpretation that this Rite has, it is a common occurrence to see Rite of Honor contests occur on a semi-weekly basis in large towns and cities that provide interesting results for local onlookers. Alongside this, local Townships and Communities have placed certain guidelines on what can be done for a Rite of Honor; this being that at a University, Wizards would be unable to cast spells above a certain level or Warriors can only have their duels outside the Town in the middle of an open field.

This has been my post for the #NineWorldWisdoms Worldbuilding Event. The Customs outlines here will likely not be given additional posts, but more posts about other, new customs will be made to add to this list as a possible ongoing series of posts. 

#My30DayWorld Second Attempt: Day 2: World Name and What it means to Me?

Day 2: World Name and what it means. 

Below is my answer to why my setting is named the way it is along with Lore reasons from within the Campaign. A little out there and a long one (sorry for the length), but It is info I wish to share.

Name

Kraina Smoków is a polish phrase when translated back to English means “Dragon-land” or in my mind “Land of Dragons”.

Reasoning behind it

The reason why it is called this is mainly due to me wanting to have a setting about Dragonborn, Dragons and anything else related to the Draconic parts of the 5th edition of the Greatest Roleplaying Game. More often than not, it seems Dragonborn are often a player option shunted off to the side or played by only one or two people at a given table (often not at the same time) while the other player races are doubled up or often tripled up at the table. The same could be said when it comes to NPCs with Dragonborn either being simply left out or being given a major role in the story with little in between (in my mind).

When looking at the name from an in-game perceptive of the Named and Unnamed NPCs of the world. The name “Kraina Smoków” to the Dragonborn is there stamp on the world. When Spelljammer Captains look at their maps and see the region of the Cosmos and the Disc-world labeled “Kraina Smoków” they know that that is the place the Dragonborn call home. It is the place you go if you want to see how the Draconic creatures and people dwell and live. To the Dragonborn, Kobolds, and Dragons who live on Kraina Smoków, it is there home among the stars. It is the place they found among the stars away from their old slave masters and the Evil Gods that sponsor and give them the divine right to enslave the Draconic creatures of the Cosmos.

An Exert from an NPC

Taken from the journal of Homor the Red -a Cosmic Explorer and adventurer -;

"The Dragonborn, Kobolds, and Dragons who dwell on Kraina Smoków are of a different breed. Having freed themselves from the bonds of slavery, they sought no yearning to tie one another back into the chains of Slavery. The Dragons have lost their greed for gold and lust for power freed their Kobold minions while the Dragonborn leveled the field with one another and sought each one equal regardless of past actions or Clannish ties. The Kobolds -seeing that neither group sought to punish or enslave them anymore- began to lay down the basic building blocks for their own clans and societies seeking to dwell alongside both the Dragonborn and Dragons as equals. Many members of the other Races thought our Draconic Union would end with one group slaughter the others but it hasn't. Kobolds help build and maintain our roads and tunnels, the Dragonborn forms the bustling traders, workmen, and common citizen that drives society forward and the Dragons protect our most valuable resources and the Union from both internal and external threats. Each Creature from the Stars has their place here on Kraina Smoków and each member treated as equals to one another.

Now 500 years after the foundation of our Great Union, it is still that same case. I just hope it can weather the approaching storm."

This has been my resubmission for Day 2 of #My30DayWorld. 

#NineWorldWisdoms Day 1: How are the Gods Worshiped in you setting?

Day 1: How are the Gods Worshiped in you setting? Sacrifices? Great Temples? Orders? Is there a Religious Elite or do People Worship in their own way?

Within Kraina Smoków, the three peoples each worship a different God or a couple of different Gods in the case of the small folk.

The Dragon God; Brama- God of Wealth, Freedom-Fighters, and Liberty

Beginning at the top with the Dragons themselves, they worship Brama; God of Wealth, War, and Freedom. Brama was the right-hand to the First Alpha prior to the Enslavement of the Draconic Races. Thought to be a relatively simple Dragon in attitude, his followers simply pray when they rise for the day, stop to eat, and when it is time to go to sleep. No sacrifices are asked of by Brama with only "small" (by Dragon Standards) temples to be built with no need for a religious elite outside of a Priest and a handful of Helpers to ensure both the Temple is in good condition and available to aid people who come in seeking aid.

The Gods of the Dragonborn; First Alpha and the Birthmother

The First Alpha

Stepping down to the Dragonborn of Kraina Smoków, they worship two primary gods; The First Alpha and his wife; the First Birthmother. Each is worshipped together as a pair with First Alpha often being depicted together as King dressed in simple robes with a small lawbook tucked under his arm and a sword on his hip. Other depictions showcase the First Alpha as a War-Fighter armed with a mix of weapons, using a wide range of Fighting Styles or leading troops with a flag held high above his head.

The Priesthood of the First Alpha has (ironically) a loose hierarchy mainly based on a combination of how wise a priest is, how old said priest is, how much legal knowledge they have alongside if they had served in combat for the defense of either the community or the Union as a whole.

The First Birthmother and Temple Structure

Meanwhile, the First Birthmother being dressed and depicted as a midwife or nurse with either a Draconic Egg, a Nurse's Kit, or a babe in her arms (depending on where you are and who commissioned the Idol). Other depictions of showcase the First Birthmother tending to injured warriors, performing battlefield surgeries or helping to remove injured soldiers and fighters from battlefields.

When one steps into one of the large temples dedicated to the Divine Couple, they will find it dedicated to two purposes. In one part of the Temple, they will find the local leadership and bureaucrats' offices inside of a dedicated wing of the structure separate of the Worship area. On the other side of the Temple is a small hospital with wards for healing the sick and injured alongside Maternity Wards for both expecting Mothers, those Mothers going into labor and subsequent Wards for recovering Mothers with other Wards are devoted to tending to nested Eggs and tending to newly hatched or birthed Children.

The Priesthood devoted to the First Birthmother sits at the other end of the spectrum with a hierarchy that is strictly held too in most situations. A Priestess' sitting is based on; their age, medical experience, knowledge of medical practices and willingness to aid the helpless in bleak times. This is done to ensure that those leading the Priesthood are seasoned Doctors and Healers.

Worship for the Divine Couple

In between these two halves is a worship area with the layout of the area to encourage families and couples to be close together and worship together.

The God of the Kobolds; Tinky- Goddess of Engineering, Trickery, Fun, and Memes.

Wrapping up this shortlist of Gods is the Kobold Goddess of Engineering, Trickery, and Fun; Tinky. For the Kobolds that follow Tinky often worship her by challenging themselves with new engineering challenges, problems to solve and structures to build in her name.

Being the only God on Kraina Smoków to have an order; it is known as the Problem-solvers Guild. Her relious order serves the nation as providing a central authority for both Engineering Projects, but also on matters of "Life-Hacks" and a strange form of communication and joking known as Memes. Little is known about the inner workings of her Temples or her Religious Order, but everyone simply lets the crazy Kobolds do their work and leave them alone.

This has been my post for the #NineWorldWisdoms Worldbuilding Event. The gods mentioned above will have their own dedicated posts to fully ensure they are fleshed out to a much fuller extend. 

#My30DayWorld Second Attempt; Day 1: Elevator Pitch

In short, below is an elevator pitch for a Campaign World that I have had an idea for a few months now. Originally this began alongside Absolute Tabletop's Dragongrin Setting Kick-starter, but due to life I was unable to follow it through all the way to completion. So I am starting over with the intention of completing it.

To say the least, It won't likely be done in the 30-day time span, but I will make sure to write content for each prompt and have it posted here alongside other thoughts and ideas I come up with that will appear on this blog. Some of these Posts will be repeats of content that I posted to the Facebook Group Absolute Tabletop, while the rest of the content posted will be of original creation with the older content being edited with newer content spliced in.   

Now onward to Adventuring!

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Kraina Smoków -the home of the Dragonborn. Wrapped and wrecked by sandstorms and beaten down by the harsh sun; the Disk World is a small paradise in the middle of the Celestial Sea. Freed from the bondage of slavery some half a eon ago, peace prevails over the desert world. With mountains reaching high to grace the sky and with waters clear as the air, it is paradise.

But darkness pushes in on the edges of the disc-world and old enemies begin to move out from the shadow. Clerics, Oracles, Soothsayers and Mystics scream out in pain as images of blood, darkness and warfare are sere into their minds as thunder and lightning role across the skies. The Dragons are restless and the Darkness is coming again; few can stop it.

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