Blood&Steel

World Introduction

Blood and Steel is a homebrew tabletop RPG setting where through the use of blood, sweat and steel anyone can make a difference for good or ill. When creating a character, figure out where they belong in the world, what obligations they have to family, friends, lovers, lords, faith, and how this shapes their worldview.  

Creation of the Worldveil

500 years ago after a cataclysmic war with their Titan creations the Gods left the world and created a magical Wordveil to prevent extraplanar entities from physically entering the world. Now the Gods speak via dreams and visions, unable to manifest in the world itself.  

Terra Incognita

Most people don't know what lies beyond the borders of their kingdom, nor beyond the seas or the vast mountain ranges that split the continents in different geographical regions. And what is known is based on myths and lost out of date books and scrolls.  

Magical Impact

Mages hoard their secrets, passing on their knowledge from master to apprentice like a craftsman teaches their craft, temples guard their most sacred mysterious from all but the most worthy and ancient druidic orders seclude themselves in secluded groves protecting the balance of the world. Most commoners would see magic cast from time to time and are more fascinated than frightened by it. In Warfare magic is used only to support soldiers, gather intelligence and to counter magical interference from the other side, otherwise one fears mutually assured destruction and unnecessarily widespread slaughter. Most armies are made up of a combination of trained commoners and hired professionals, as such it behooves the conqueror to not slaughter those that would work the lands they aim to conquer.