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Gameplay
Tue, Apr 29th 2025 04:40
The Gameplay Hub serves as the central spot for organizing and engaging in Æther's structured gameplay elements. Within this category, you'll find dedicated spaces for coordinating Downtime activities, tracking progress on official Quests and Missions, arranging sanctioned duels and skirmishes in the Battlegrounds, and participating in other mechanics-focused threads essential to character progression and interaction within the living world. If you're looking for action, adventure logs, or ways to engage with Æther's systems beyond freeform roleplay, this is your primary destination.
Events & Announcements
Mon, Dec 20th 2021 10:13
Stay informed, stay involved. This category is the central hub for all official updates regarding the Æther world—world-altering events, system-wide plot developments, seasonal changes, and important administrative notices. Whether it’s the outbreak of war, the rise of a new power, a rare celestial convergence, or an OOC update from the team, you’ll find it here first. Major events may shape regions, affect factions, or open limited-time story arcs. Keep an eye on this board—fate doesn’t wait.
Quest / Mission Board
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 07:22
This is the beating heart of adventure across the living world of Æther. Whether you're delving into ancient ruins, tracking down a dangerous fugitive, or undertaking a sacred rite, this category is home to story-driven threads tied to specific objectives, contracts, and campaigns. Here, Game Masters post available quests, factions issue mission requests, and adventurers band together—or clash—as their goals intertwine. From personal journeys to grand undertakings that may shape entire nations, these are the tales forged in fire, blood, and fate.
Downtime
Sun, May 18th 2025 03:33
Between grand adventures and dangerous quests, characters need time to train, craft, manage businesses, or simply pursue personal goals. The Downtime category is where players handle their downtime activities—whether building an empire, crafting magical gear, establishing a guild, or training new skills. Use this space to document ongoing projects, resolve downtime rolls, and develop your character’s life beyond the battlefield.
Progress takes time—and this is where that time is spent.
Battlegrounds
Thu, May 8th 2025 03:32
Step into the arena! The Battlegrounds is Æther's designated space for all things Player vs. Player. This is where warriors test their mettle, rivals settle scores, and the thrill of combat takes center stage. Whether you're looking to engage in structured combat within one of our predefined arenas, or simply need a dedicated thread to resolve an IC conflict through force of arms without interrupting other roleplaying threads, this is your forum. Post challenges, accept duels, narrate your epic clashes, and chronicle the outcomes here. Please ensure all encounters adhere strictly to Æther's established PvP ruleset and remember that OOC respect remains paramount, even amidst the most heated IC rivalries. Sharpen your blades, ready your spells, and may the most skilled prevail!
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Golarion
Tue, Dec 21st 2021 05:36
A world of boundless adventure, ancient secrets, and ever-turning conflict, Golarion is the stage upon which countless stories unfold. This category encompasses roleplay set anywhere within the world of Golarion—from bustling cities and remote villages to uncharted wilderness and forgotten ruins. Here, players can explore diverse cultures, engage in political intrigue, uncover lost knowledge, or simply carve their own path through a land shaped by heroes and villains alike. Whether you seek glory, knowledge, power, or purpose, Golarion offers the canvas—your choices write the tale.
Avistan
Mon, Dec 20th 2021 10:02
Avistan is a land of storied nations, diverse cultures, and enduring conflict—a continent where ancient traditions and emerging powers collide. From the gothic shadows of Ustalav to the militaristic pride of Molthune, the arcane spires of Nex, and the holy zeal of Mendev, Avistan offers countless opportunities for adventure, diplomacy, and intrigue. This category includes roleplay set anywhere across Avistan's varied landscapes, allowing players to immerse themselves in the politics, perils, and legends that shape the northern reaches of Golarion.
The Underdark
Fri, Mar 28th 2025 05:12
Beneath the surface of Golarion lies a vast and shadowed world—an endless network of caverns, tunnels, and subterranean realms known as the Underdark. Shrouded in darkness and steeped in danger, this realm is home to ancient civilizations, monstrous denizens, and forgotten magic. Here, light is a rarity, trust is a luxury, and survival is never guaranteed. This category is for roleplay set in the deep places of the world—whether delving into the domains of drow and duergar, exploring fungal forests, or uncovering the secrets of long-buried ruins far from the sunlit lands above.
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Towns & City-States
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:12
Scattered across the face of Golarion are countless towns, villages, and independent city-states—each with its own customs, conflicts, and secrets. These settlements, though small or sovereign, are no less alive with intrigue and opportunity than the great capitals of the world. This category is home to roleplay set in locales not governed by larger nations or empires: bustling trade hubs, isolated frontier outposts, rebellious city-states, and hidden enclaves that shape their own destinies. Whether you're founding a settlement, protecting a local population, or stirring the flames of revolution, the stories born here can shape the world in subtle, powerful ways.
Falcon's Hollow
Fri, Mar 28th 2025 05:14
A grim frontier town clinging to survival on the edge of the Darkmoon Vale, Falcon’s Hollow is a place where the strong take what they want and the weak disappear into the woods. Corrupt lumber barons rule with iron fists, and the forest beyond teems with fey, beasts, and secrets better left buried. Here, hope is a precious thing—and danger lurks just beyond the treeline.
Kaer-Maga
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:13
Perched atop the ancient ruins of a lost civilization, Kaer Maga is a city without a king, without laws, and without equals. Known as the City of Strangers, it is a haven for outcasts, cults, monsters, and misfits. Walled in by towering cyclopean stones, Kaer Maga thrives in chaos—where gold speaks louder than virtue and every alley hides a different world.
Magnimar
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:13
Rising on the shores of the Varisian Gulf, Magnimar is a city of ambition, built in the shadow of ancient Thassilonian ruins. Here, the modern and the mythic collide: noble houses vie for influence, criminals rule the underworld, and adventurers chase glory in the towering Irespan. A city of contrast, Magnimar is both beacon of progress and cradle of forgotten power.
Oleg's Trading Post
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:14
A modest outpost on the edge of the Stolen Lands, Oleg’s Trading Post serves as a lifeline to the wild frontier. Here, supplies are scarce, tensions run high, and every traveler has a story to tell. Whether resting between expeditions or defending the post from bandits and beasts, this humble fort is a critical foothold in an untamed land.
Riddleport
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:14
In the lawless city of Riddleport, the only rule is strength. Smugglers, mercenaries, pirates, and dark scholars crowd the streets beneath the mysterious Cyphergate, each pursuing their own fortunes and forbidden knowledge. Whispers of strange phenomena echo through the fog-drenched harbor, and even the stars seem to watch too closely.
Sandpoint
Mon, May 12th 2025 04:58
Charming but not without its shadows, Sandpoint is a quiet coastal town known for its festivals, tight-knit community, and occasional brushes with ancient danger. Beneath its cobbled streets lie remnants of lost empires and restless spirits. It's a place where adventurers often find their beginnings—and where destinies awaken beneath the surface.
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The Great Beyond
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 05:55
Far beyond the bounds of the material world lies the infinite tapestry of the multiverse—the Great Beyond. This category encompasses the myriad planes of existence: the eternal battlefields of the Abyss and Hell, the radiant halls of Heaven, the shifting chaos of Limbo, and countless realms in between. Gods, outsiders, and cosmic forces shape reality here, and mortals who tread these paths risk not only their lives, but their very souls. Whether walking the streets of Axis, bargaining with djinn on the Elemental Planes, or navigating the dreamlike depths of the Astral, this is the domain of planar adventures, divine intrigue, and metaphysical mystery.
The Inner Sphere
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 05:55
The Inner Sphere is the foundation of existence, encompassing the core building blocks of reality: the Elemental Planes, the Astral Plane, and the Material Plane itself. These realms serve as the crucible of creation, where mortals live, die, and rise. Fire, water, earth, air—each elemental force roils with primal power, shaping the worlds above and below. This category is dedicated to adventures that span the tangible and the transcendent, where planar gates crackle with energy and the boundaries of the known world begin to blur.
The Outer Sphere
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:03
The Outer Sphere is the vast and eternal realm of the divine, where alignment and belief take shape as entire planes of existence. From the lawful grandeur of Heaven to the howling madness of the Abyss, each realm reflects the moral essence of the cosmos. Here dwell gods, celestials, fiends, and timeless philosophies made manifest. This category houses threads set in these lofty or hellish realms—where souls are judged, divine wars are waged, and mortals may rise to immortality… or be unmade entirely.
Dimensions
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:06
Beyond the classical planes are stranger places—pocket realms, alternate timelines, demi-planes, and hidden dimensions that defy conventional cosmology. These unstable, often isolated spaces may be created by powerful magic, divine will, or the dreams and nightmares of beings beyond comprehension. In this category, the rules of reality are mutable, and anything is possible. Whether caught in a mirror realm, drifting in a time-locked bubble, or exploring a god’s dreamscape, threads here delve into the weird, the wondrous, and the uncharted.
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The Solar System
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:15
Beyond Golarion's skies, the Pact Worlds and other celestial bodies beckon. This category explores the planets, moons, and void between—the domain of interplanetary travel, alien civilizations, and strange, ancient powers. From the scorched wastes of the sun-kissed Verces to the icy reaches of Aucturn, each world harbors its own ecosystems, empires, and enigmas. Here, magic and science blur, and the stars whisper secrets too vast for the groundbound to fathom.
Aballon, The Horse
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:15
The closest planet to the sun, Aballon is a scorched and metallic world, its surface dotted with endless ruins and silent machine cities. Once home to the mysterious First Ones, it is now inhabited by ancient robotic caretakers known as the anacites.
Akiton, The Red Planet
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:16
Fading and dust-choked, Akiton is a world of decline. Its once-great civilizations crumble beneath red sands, and warlords, scavengers, and mercenaries battle for scraps. Life clings to survival in domed cities and buried ruins, while whispers speak of forgotten magic and long-lost power deep beneath the surface.
Apostae, The Messenger
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:17
A black, moon-sized stone that fell from the stars, Apostae is riddled with alien vaults and impossible tunnels that defy understanding. Now ruled by drow and their mercenary houses, the surface teems with intrigue while the vaults below promise power, madness—or both. The planet itself may not be native to this reality.
Aucturn, The Stranger
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:17
Aucturn is not merely a world—it is a living, pulsing abomination adrift in the solar system. Twisted by eldritch forces, this planet of oozing flesh and psychic dissonance draws cultists, prophets, and madmen alike. It is said the Stranger sleeps beneath its crust, dreaming apocalypses into being.
Bretheda, The Cradle
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:17
A gas giant of wondrous hues and swirling storms, Bretheda is orbited by a rich family of moons—each home to unique societies, ecosystems, and ancient mysteries. Intelligent life drifts in the gas layers, and strange civilizations thrive on the moons below. Bretheda is a nexus of trade, diplomacy, and secrets that span the system.
Castrovel, The Green Planet
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:15
Lush, untamed, and verdant with life, Castrovel is a paradise of wild magic and ancient ecosystems. Home to elves, lashunta, and vast xenoflora, the planet pulses with primal energy. But within its jungles and ruins, countless secrets lie dormant—waiting to be awakened.
Eox, The Dead
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:16
Once a thriving world, now a shattered, necromantic husk, Eox was ravaged by its own apocalyptic magic. Undead empires now rise from its bone-littered surface, ruled by powerful necromancers and bone sages. Here, death is not the end—it’s a beginning.
Liavara, The Dreamer
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:16
This massive, luminous gas giant glows with serene beauty. Dreamers believe Liavara to be a sleeping celestial mind, and her many moons support diverse, often secretive civilizations. Dreams here carry power, and visions may be more than imagination. Time flows strangely near her glow.
The Diaspora
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:17
Once a planet, now a shattered ring of asteroids, the Diaspora is home to pirates, exiles, and hidden vaults from a lost age. Its drifting rocks conceal dangerous relics, outlaw enclaves, and treasures from the planet that was. Navigation here is perilous—opportunity and ambush lie behind every drifting stone.
The Sun
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:17
More than a star, the Sun is a realm of burning magic and divine presence. Elementals, solar dragons, and flame-wreathed demigods call this inferno home. Though few mortals can survive here, ancient structures orbit and pierce the star’s layers—proof that even the heart of fire holds secrets.
Triaxus, The Wanderer
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:16
A planet of dramatic, centuries-long seasons, Triaxus sees empires rise and fall between its glacial winters and blazing summers. Home to humans and dragonkin alike, the world is a battlefield of shifting alliances and grand histories. It’s a land of knights, skyfaring armadas, and draconic legacies.
Verces, The Line
Thu, Mar 27th 2025 06:16
Tidal-locked between eternal night and endless day, Verces is a world of balance. Its habitable region—The Line—is a thin band of civilization wrapped between extremes. Highly advanced and culturally rich, Verces blends technological wonder with mystic tradition, where the edge of light and shadow is always in flux.