For those who cared to see, Caliphas was obviously cursed. From dusk to daybreak some seaborne leviathan exhaled its chilling breath upon the city, filling the night with a haze of clinging fog and sour dreams. From daybreak to dusk the residents took their turn, a thousand blaspheming chimneys pumping burnt offerings to choke the heavens while the people clambered and cried in a cacophony to rival fabled Dis. So foul and bleak ran the course that when true wickedness made the city its home, and when the sewers began to run and reek like a slaughterhouse sump, nary a soul took note, and those who did could hardly decide if the monsters were fiends or angels. —Ailson Kindler, “Her Wounds Never Bled” Step into Caliphas, the haunted capital of the cursed land of Ustalav, home to undead, abberations and worse! In a city where doom crouches behind every corner and despair walks the halls of every home, you can never know who to really trust... not even your own mind! CALIPHAS, CITY OF SHROUDS is a Discord-based Text RP set in Caliphas. In the server, each district has a category, and each category contains key locations of the city- places like the Maiden's Choir Cathedral, Restoration Park or Havenguard Asylum, equipped with multiple Pseudo-DMs to fill them with frights and horrors 24 hours a day, seven days a week! The server isn't meant for a set campaign; rather, it's a simulation of what life is like in the wretched streets of Ustalav's darkest city. Player on player interaction is the main goal, as is discovering the deepest secrets of the city that never should have been! A few ground rules first- The server's got a pretty high number of LGBT minors, so this mightn't be your cup of tea if you're kinda iffy around playing with teens or people who aren't cishet- most of whom are very left-leaning if that spoils the broth for you. The server's predominantly aimed at beginners too- experienced players like most of yourselves will fit in fine, but don't be surprised when nobody's min-maxing! The server is NOT a play by post adventure. It's a character-driven place where you can have your characters interact with one another and uncover the mysteries of Caliphas and Ustalav as a whole. Levels are awarded automatically depending on your activity in the server, and you can even unlock multiple characters the more you play! The setting is set 6 years after Carrion Crown, so there may be spoilers for that AP if you're not careful- that being said, make sure not to Metagame if you have played Carrion Crown! Don't spoil anything that we might be keeping surprise! ;) Finally- please be chill! Don't talk crud about other people's choices of class or race, this is just a place to hang out and throw your Ustalav themed characters and have some fun Reply here for an invite link, and welcome to your doom..! (Edit for Clarity's sake: we will be using R20 for some Dungeon Crawls for map purposes!)
