Pawns & Pantheons is a dark fantasy ARPG (Art Roleplaying Game) welcoming to Artists, Writers, and those who simply wish to Roleplay.
It is a setting over Fifteen Years in the making, and can best be described as a melting pot of settings such as Fromsoft and Berserk melded with the whimsy and mystique of a Studio Ghibli film.
You don't need to be able to draw or even be a confident writer to join, we welcome experienced artists and writers, and those who just need a welcoming space to start learning.
Come steer the fate of the world, create characters, enter a cycle of Death and Rebirth, complete quests, and become a playing piece on the chessboard of the Gods.
Sound interesting?
Check our Website for Rules, Disclaimers, and More!
𝒯his is an Ancient Tale. This is The First Fable.
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"The air hums, heavy with something unseen, a whispering tension that coils around your bones.
A power long dormant begins to stir.
Your journey has led you here. You have lost and gathered memories, unraveling them like frayed seams, and now, the Loom hungers for their offering.
Reality itself has worn thin, unraveling at the seams, strands of memory and truth slipping loose into the void. The world is coming undone..."
Not only that, but this month's mini quest has a very special reward, for our resident clown's favorite holiday, April Fool's, players who complete the simple miniquest will gain access to an item which allows them to take part in a Character Creation Game, the OC created therein will be able to be used in P&P right away!
Have a great month everyone, and remember: Stay on the Paths!
The world frays at the edges;
unraveling in ways too strange to fully comprehend.
Villages are swept up into silence, and like a whispered rumour, are said to never have existed at all. Memories fall like so much sand through one's grasp, leaving naught behind but the nagging sense of something forgotten and gone. Even the gods seem fractured, their presence flickering in the shadow of something far greater. And far more broken.
Scattered threads of what was are all that remain, and the factions move to recover them. Each fragment-a decision, each choice a weight. What will be remembered, and what must be severed to preserve what little stability remains? Your answers shape more than the future; they will define what is real.
This absolutely amazing triple-threat faction quest piece by astro537 highlights the creativity of our community! While canon characters aren't allowed, our playerbase is made up primarily of non-fandom ocs, and we encourage having at least one non-fandom oc, we absolutely welcome your fandom creations in with the same open arms given to every original work!
Our players did a great job at pest control. So have a drink on us.
For anyone interested in horror fantasy, it's never too late to join in, especially now that the thread of a new plotline begins to unravel!
¹⁸⁺ . ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢʸ . ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢʸ ᴴᵒʳʳᵒʳ . ᴵⁿᵗᵉʳᵃᶜᵗᶦᵛᵉ ˢᵘᵇ⁻ᵍᵃᵐᵉˢ . ᴬᵘᵗᵒᵐᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᴱᶜᵒⁿᵒᵐʸ ˢʸˢᵗᵉᵐ
Pawns & Pantheons is a dark fantasy ARPG (Art Roleplaying Game) welcoming to Artists, Writers, and those who simply wish to Roleplay. It is a setting over Fifteen Years in the making, and can best be described as a melting pot of settings such as Fromsoft and Berserk melded with the whimsy and mystique of a Studio Ghibli film.
You don't need to be able to draw or even be a confident writer to join, we welcome experienced artists and writers, and those who just need a welcoming space to start learning.
Come steer the fate of the world, create characters, enter a cycle of Death and Rebirth, complete quests, and become a playing piece on the chessboard of the Gods.
Sound interesting? Check our Website in the pinned post for Rules, Disclaimers, and More!
Pawns & Pantheons is a dark fantasy ARPG (Art Roleplaying Game) welcoming to Artists, Writers, and those who simply wish to Roleplay.
It is a setting over Fifteen Years in the making, and can best be described as a melting pot of settings such as Fromsoft and Berserk melded with the whimsy and mystique of a Studio Ghibli film.
You don't need to be able to draw or even be a confident writer to join, we welcome experienced artists and writers, and those who just need a welcoming space to start learning.
Come steer the fate of the world, create characters, enter a cycle of Death and Rebirth, complete quests, and become a playing piece on the chessboard of the Gods.
Sound interesting?
Check our Website for Rules, Disclaimers, and More!
A classic festival dish from Ikseo, this beautiful treat resembles a traditional Taiyaki, but the filling is far from ordinary! A cascade of shimmering, pearlescent bubbles rises from its center, each reflecting light in a swirl of soft rainbows. These bubbles are ethereal and weightless, they seem ready to drift away in the softest breeze!
However, the true reward lies in the skewer that emerges from the bubbly display. Impaled on the thin stick is what appears at first to be a piece of candied fish skin, but closer inspection reveals it to be a tiny, fried mermaid!
Festival goers love catching these little creatures at the fish-catching game stalls, and Seafoam Taiyaki vendors are happy to prepare them for customers who do not have other uses for them.
Don’t be fooled by its playful presentation—this dish offers more than just a taste of the sea to those imbued by Pactbearer Magic...
¹⁸⁺ . ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢʸ . ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢʸ ᴴᵒʳʳᵒʳ . ᴵⁿᵗᵉʳᵃᶜᵗᶦᵛᵉ ˢᵘᵇ⁻ᵍᵃᵐᵉˢ . ᴬᵘᵗᵒᵐᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᴱᶜᵒⁿᵒᵐʸ ˢʸˢᵗᵉᵐ
We've just launched our first World Event in the form of a Boss Battle!
Now is a fantastic time to join Pawns and Pantheons, start off on a great foot with a chance at big Bonus Currency and Rare Items.
It's also a great time to jump in just to help take this guy down, and defend the world, help your fellow Pawns earn some prizes, and get rewarded as well for your efforts.
Pawns & Pantheons is a dark fantasy ARPG (Art Roleplaying Game) welcoming to Artists, Writers, and those who simply wish to Roleplay.
It is a setting over Fifteen Years in the making, and can best be described as a melting pot of settings such as Fromsoft and Berserk melded with the whimsy and mystique of a Studio Ghibli film.
You don't need to be able to draw or even be a confident writer to join, we welcome experienced artists and writers, and those who just need a welcoming space to start learning.
Come steer the fate of the world, create characters, enter a cycle of Death and Rebirth, complete quests, and become a playing piece on the chessboard of the Gods.
Sound interesting? Check out the rules below the cut! Alongside our Invite Link.
1. Be kind to one another please, this is meant to be fun. If you have an issue with another member, block em and move on. If someone blocks you please do not attempt to circumvent the block in any way.
2. If you have a problem, @ the mod role.
3. This is an 18+ server, do not lie about your age, please join us when you are an adult.
4. This setting has many dark things in it, and many dark topics will be explored. We do not have a blacklist of topics and we will never maintain one partially because I have memory issues and partially because I personally do not think they enhance servers in any way. If a topic comes up that you do not like, please quietly remove yourself from the conversation and join back in once the topic has passed, you do not need to announce you have left a conversation.
If you cannot handle dark topics being explored in a fictional setting this is probably not the ARPG for you, while I do not allow blatant uncensored sexual NSFW in the server in public roleplays things of various NSFW natures may be touched on, dark topics regarding sexuality, violence, toxic or unhealthy relationships both romantic and non, etc. In essence, the dark content here can be considered on level with media such as Berserk or Game of Thrones.
5. I will put TWs on plots regarding dark content, you will never be blindsided by things in plots if they fall under a common TW, if you need to know if a specific or unusual thing is touched on, ask me!
6. I do not police the relationships between people's OCs, what you do with your OCs, and what their relationships are is not my business or anyone but those OCs players, do not 'tattle' about what two players are doing with their characters to me. The answer will always be 'What happens between two fictional characters isn't my business if the players are consenting'
7. While I do not police OC relationships, but please keep sexual NSFW in DMs. Private room threads may go as far as a Fade to Black, but I don't want to be forced to moderate sexually explicit NSFW and I don't want my mods to have to. Violent NSFW or other NSFW may remain in the server.
8. If you read the rules pop a 🌹 emote into welcome to get your entry role.
9. Please do not resell items you received for free for real world currency, you may trade items for designs, other items, slots, etc, but not real currency.
7. Character references may have tasteful nudity.
8. If a mod asks you to drop a topic, please drop it immediately. Arguing about it will earn you a ban, I run this for fun, it's not a second job to me and I won't let it become one.
9. If you need help or don't understand something please let me and my team help you, we want you to have fun too, we don't bite and we aren't mean, just reach out.
10. No venting, we do not have a vent chat and never will.
11. Please keep selfies behind censors or censored links! Weird rule I know, I promise there's a reason for it though. You can leave pet pics or food pics uncensored however, no worries.
DISCLAIMER
This is, first and foremost, a horror game with fantasy elements. The world is careless towards the troubles of its denizens at best and outright cruel at its worst, and its worst is its most common. While there are NPCs, plots, and overall moments that cut through the gloom as sparks of light, you should enter knowing that this is a Game that may be emotionally taxing if you are not the kind of person who likes near-relentless downers or who may be personally effected by bad things happening to your characters, whether physical, mental, or emotional. This is a game meant to be fun to people who derive enjoyment from putting their OCs through a horrific wringer and who delight in watching their characters suffer.
Which is not to say fun, funny, whimsical, beautiful things do not happen, that beautiful relationships don't blossom, and that close and tender moments between one's character and other characters, NPCs, or the world at large, do not happen, they absolutely do, but they are not the theme and are not constant, breathing room is often little and far between.
To use a TTRPG for example, many multiverse fantasy roleplays are a lot like DND, they're a fun power fantasy romp where the hero will almost always win in the end, where you can overcome any and every obstacle with self belief and friendship, where the Gods are on your side and if they aren't will surely be struck down, most games end with being paraded through the streets showered in gold, orphans find their parents miraculously alive or themselves miraculously adopted, and light always overpowers shadow.
P&P then is more like Trophy Dark, a grim, despairing, 'play to lose' game where the expected end goal is that the player will at best die, and at worst become something terrible and they will suffer and struggle all the way from the beginning, and where most of the light is just the end of an anglerfish's lure, a promise that only really resolves in more pain and devourment.
Further Tone examples:
Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Berserk, When the Wind Blows, Plague Dogs, Watership Down if general Woundwort had Won, Undertale if it were the Genocide run every time forever, Neverending Story but it ends at the Swamp Scene, Shadow of the Colossus, Persona 3, Hollow Knight, Ori & The Blind Forest, Tale of Two Brothers, Dead by Daylight, Rainworld, The Road, Princess Mononoke, Pathologic, Fear & Hunger, Devilman Crybaby, Goodnight Punpun, Nier, Drakengard, Clannad After Story, What Remains of Edith Finch.
In essence, while I absolutely do not want to scare anyone off or make it sound worse than it is, I do want to keep people safe, if you don't find it fun to be cruel to your characters, if you have a hard time separating IC suffering from OOC suffering, you aren't going to enjoy your characters potentially being broken mentally|physically|emotionally, then I would encourage you to err on the side of caution and not join us for your own mental and emotional safety and wellbeing.
We've updated our Wishwound Syrup Item appearance to be more in-line with the style we want our Game to have!
Wishwound Syrup is a medication developed through Wish's scientific inquiry and Hallow's magic, capable of wresting life from the jaws of death and healing long term painful wounds, anyone serving the Gods would be wise to stock up.
The syrup inside the bottle sparkles like liquid galaxy, the taste seems to vary depending on the drinker, but they always describe it the same odd way: 'it tastes like a good memory I almost forgot'
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Pawns and Pantheons is an 18+ Surreal Dark Fantasy roleplaying game catering to writers, visual artists, roleplayers, and other creators at large.
Become a Pactbearer for one of ten Sphinx Gods, do events, take part in quests, play minigames, and serve your faction to earn money, items, and prestige for your God.
Want to learn more? See the pinned post for rules, info, and a link to the server!
╔ True Neutral ╗ ╔ Trickster ╗ ╔ The Wildcard ╗╔ The Stranger ╗
When the schism occurred, and the First Sphinx shattered, it was nine newborn gods that stood within the room. some in confusion, some not, but nine all the same, for the tenth went wordlessly the moment he found his legs, slipping from the castle window and spreading wings sharp as a kite's, fleeing over the waves of the sea, to the shore, to deepest woods, and here he alit, and his wings became but a tattered shawl, useless now among the thick and ancient trees. It is there he wandered first, and he wanders still, from shore to field to wood, for the most part, he inhabits the deepest and wildest reaches of Hangata, places where most intelligent beings dare not roam.
He is seldom seen, and even more seldom encountered in ways that are not fleeting and distant. The locals of the world tend to view him as a deity of dichotomy, both of one of guardianship and judgement alike, as he tends to appear most readily to those who have lost their way in order to guide them home, or to those who have done evil, tenderness and brutality incarnate, each in their turn.
Wander seems to have no particular goals, save for maintaining his freedom and independence. he seems to be content to watch over the world his precursor created without interfering too much.
Although he would deny it, deep down, Wander is a lonely, traumatized creature, having spent the beginning years of his life a prisoner of fate, he hates to be confined in any way both figurative and literal, he holds his independent solitude sacred, and refuses to let anybody take it from him, despite this, part of him craves deeply to be understood utterly and entirely, yet opposing this, another part of him hates the idea of anyone comprehending him on so deep a level, as he feels it turns him into something boring and terribly mundane, for these reasons, he keeps most at arms length, and prefers to keep most of his feelings and intentions to himself.
Glazed Angel Wings.
Despite the name, no Angels were harmed in the making of this dish.
A popular dish in Ikseo, the wings are cooked and basted whole, the end result is a full wing of crispy feathers and tender meat. Usually served over rice, it has a fascinating snappy texture, and a delicious salty-sweet taste.
WARNING: the magic of Pactbearers tends to have an…interesting reaction with this dish, be mindful that you only eat it if you're interested in a surprise!
When used, this item allows you to add an Avian feature of your choice to your character!
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Pawns and Pantheons is an 18+ Surreal Dark Horror Fantasy roleplaying game catering to writers, visual artists, roleplayers, and other creators at large.
Become a Pactbearer for one of ten Sphinx Gods, do events, take part in quests, play minigames, and serve your faction to earn money, items, and prestige for your God.
Want to learn more? See the pinned post for rules, info, and a link to the server!
What does that mean? Well, it means when our Players want to participate in a minigame, such as minor combat, or fishing, the process is faster, easier, and smooth as butter, more fun for you, and more immediate Coins!
Fateshears. A pair of scissors so sharp, they can cut even the Thread of Fate, created during the Schism.
While only one pair exists in the world, safely tucked away in Ker'Ringlorn, pactbearers may be given access in order to make use of them from time to time. Deadly sharp, they cut through even the Thread of Fate, allowing Pactbearers to change their aligned God.
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Pawns and Pantheons is an 18+ Surreal Dark Horror Fantasy roleplaying game catering to writers, visual artists, roleplayers, and other creators at large.
Become a Pactbearer for one of ten Sphinx Gods, do events, take part in quests, play minigames, and serve your faction to earn money, items, and prestige for your God.
Want to learn more? See the pinned post for rules, info, and a link to the server!
Pawns & Pantheons is a dark fantasy ARPG (Art Roleplaying Game) welcoming to Artists, Writers, and those who simply wish to Roleplay.
It is a setting over Fifteen Years in the making, and can best be described as a melting pot of settings such as Fromsoft and Berserk melded with the whimsy and mystique of a Studio Ghibli film.
You don't need to be able to draw or even be a confident writer to join, we welcome experienced artists and writers, and those who just need a welcoming space to start learning.
Come steer the fate of the world, create characters, enter a cycle of Death and Rebirth, complete quests, and become a playing piece on the chessboard of the Gods.
Sound interesting? Check out the rules below the cut! Alongside our Invite Link.
1. Be kind to one another please, this is meant to be fun. If you have an issue with another member, block em and move on. If someone blocks you please do not attempt to circumvent the block in any way.
2. If you have a problem, @ the mod role.
3. This is an 18+ server, do not lie about your age, please join us when you are an adult.
4. This setting has many dark things in it, and many dark topics will be explored. We do not have a blacklist of topics and we will never maintain one partially because I have memory issues and partially because I personally do not think they enhance servers in any way. If a topic comes up that you do not like, please quietly remove yourself from the conversation and join back in once the topic has passed, you do not need to announce you have left a conversation.
If you cannot handle dark topics being explored in a fictional setting this is probably not the ARPG for you, while I do not allow blatant uncensored sexual NSFW in the server in public roleplays things of various NSFW natures may be touched on, dark topics regarding sexuality, violence, toxic or unhealthy relationships both romantic and non, etc. In essence, the dark content here can be considered on level with media such as Berserk or Game of Thrones.
5. I will put TWs on plots regarding dark content, you will never be blindsided by things in plots if they fall under a common TW, if you need to know if a specific or unusual thing is touched on, ask me!
6. I do not police the relationships between people's OCs, what you do with your OCs, and what their relationships are is not my business or anyone but those OCs players, do not 'tattle' about what two players are doing with their characters to me. The answer will always be 'What happens between two fictional characters isn't my business if the players are consenting'
7. While I do not police OC relationships, but please keep sexual NSFW in DMs. Private room threads may go as far as a Fade to Black, but I don't want to be forced to moderate sexually explicit NSFW and I don't want my mods to have to. Violent NSFW or other NSFW may remain in the server.
8. If you read the rules pop a 🌹 emote into welcome to get your entry role.
9. Please do not resell items you received for free for real world currency, you may trade items for designs, other items, slots, etc, but not real currency.
7. Character references may have tasteful nudity.
8. If a mod asks you to drop a topic, please drop it immediately. Arguing about it will earn you a ban, I run this for fun, it's not a second job to me and I won't let it become one.
9. If you need help or don't understand something please let me and my team help you, we want you to have fun too, we don't bite and we aren't mean, just reach out.
10. No venting, we do not have a vent chat and never will.
11. Please keep selfies behind censors or censored links! Weird rule I know, I promise there's a reason for it though. You can leave pet pics or food pics uncensored however, no worries.
Requiem Echoes are small gemstones created when a soul combusts at the end of its lifespan. Each and every soul consists of a unique array of notes, if you gather enough of them, the Gods can play a song that can even undo Fate itself, and bring one who has perished back to life.
For the sake of Gameplay, a character that dies drops one Requiem Echo for each month you have played them, as well as a Soul of the same tier they were created on¹.
¹Characters who were brought back on a Recinarnated Soul will drop a Soul of their original type, you will have to earn another Reincarnated Soul to bring them back again
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Pawns and Pantheons is an 18+ Surreal Dark Fantasy roleplaying game catering to writers, visual artists, roleplayers, and other creators at large.
Become a Pactbearer for one of ten Sphinx Gods, do events, take part in quests, play minigames, and serve your faction to earn money, items, and prestige for your God.
Want to learn more? See the pinned post for rules, info, and a link to the server!
