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+{"publish":true,"title":"00 - Holding Back Sin","created":"2025-06-25T21:38:37.627-06:00","modified":"2025-06-26T16:08:06.270-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin"],"cssclasses":""}
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+
+## Campaign Frame
+- [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/Sin Manifest]]
+## Factions
+- [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Church\|The Church]]
+
+## Locations
+- [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Pit\|The Pit]]
+- [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/Ydrasog\|Ydrasog]]
+

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+{"publish":true,"title":"01 - Campaign Frame: Sin Manifest","created":"2025-06-20T22:15:05.363-06:00","modified":"2025-06-25T21:38:30.349-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin"],"cssclasses":""}
+---
+
+*Designed by [[06 AUTHOR/Phil Skentelbery]]*
+
+>[!warning] Under Construction
+>This page is under construction. Detail's will likely change prior to Session 0
+## Pitch
+Long ago, at the very edge of memory, [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Church]] imprisoned [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The First Sinner]], a fallen angel rumored to be the source of all the evil's that plague the land of [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/Ydrasog]]. In the centuries that followed The Church has held The First Sinner in a magical prison known as [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Pit]], which sits deep in the center of [[Purgatory]], a miles-wide crater that is filled with a perpetual mist. 
+
+The magic's that maintain The Pit are now beginning to fail. Evils that only existed in history books are starting to bleed into Purgatory and, unless the source of the failure can be addressed, will soon begin to spread beyond the crater and into the world. You are prisoner's of The Church and rather than risk their own, your party of Sinners has been drafted to investigate the cause of the failures and, hopefully, reverse the impacts.
+### Tone & Feel
+*Folk Horror, Rural Gothic, Occult, Rustic, Sinister, Supernatural*
+### Themes
+Apocalypse, Ends Justify Means, Redemption, Survival
+### Touchstones
+Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Dark Crystal, Pointy Hat, Old Gods of Appalachia
+## Character Creation
+*Check the [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.11 DAGGERHEART/Character Creation\|Cheat Sheet]] for additional guidance*
+### Communities
+*All communities are available but some have special considerations as documented below*
+
+**Highborne, Loreborne, Orderborne**
+- In Ydrasog being a member of one of these communities most likely means being a member of The Church. Your fall from grace and designation as a Sinner means you will be frowned upon by other agents of faith. You will also struggle with the denizens of purgatory, who will see you as one of the faithful regardless.
+
+**Ridgeborne**
+- To be Ridgeborne in Ydrasog means that you belong to the communities the line the rocky terrain that makes up the rim of Purgatory. This is a harsh existence fending off the fiends that rise from the crater and the raiding parties that the scattered groups of survivors send scaling the walls looking for supplies.
+
+**Seaborne, Wanderborne**
+- Ydrasog is an insular realm that limits access to outsiders where possible. All nations however need trade and exploration and to be Seaborne or Wanderborne means you are a part of this class. Traders, explorers, and missionaries are all common in these communities.
+
+**Underborne**
+- Underborne in Ydrasog are the denizens of Purgatory. Escaping Purgatory is rare, impossible if The Church is to be believed. But stories of people escaping the crater to eek out a living in between the cities of Ydrasog persist.
+### Ancestries
+*All ancestries except for Infernis are available but some have special considerations as documented below*
+
+**Clanks**
+- Clanks in Ydrasog are commonly crafted from wood, stone, and occasionally flesh as opposed to metal. Metal clanks are incredibly rare and are used by The Church in their most impressive temples as servants.
+
+**Ribbets**
+- Ydrasog Ribbets are large (6-8ft tall) and have more in common with toads than frogs. They are often seen moving on all fours, standing only when needed to complete the task at hand.
+### Classes
+*All classes are available but some have special considerations as documented below*
+
+**Druids, Rangers, and Sorcerers**
+- These classes often worship [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Old Gods]] rather than [[The One God]] and as such often find themselves at odds with The Church.
+
+**Seraphs and Wizards**
+- Deriving their powers from The One God, these classes are often friendly with agents of The Church. Many are agents themselves and will have served in [[The Holy Militia]].
+
+>[!warning] Syndicate Rogues
+>For the purpose of this one shot Syndicate Rogues are available but will not have much use of their skills. They should be avoided unless you have a really clever plan

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+{"publish":true,"title":"The Church","created":"2025-06-24T21:57:58.321-06:00","modified":"2025-06-24T22:12:24.093-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin","faction"],"cssclasses":""}
+---
+
+The Church, or more accurately, The Church of [[The One God]], is the primary religion of Ydrasog. They are also the largest military power thanks to [[The Holy Militia]] as well as the most powerful political faction. The Church was not always this powerful however, prior to the imprisonment of [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The First Sinner]] in [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Pit]] they were one faith in a sea of many.

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+{"publish":true,"title":"The First Sinner","created":"2025-06-24T22:01:51.549-06:00","modified":"2025-06-24T22:11:57.085-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin"],"cssclasses":""}
+---
+
+Little of what is known about The First Sinner can be presented as fact. [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Church]] has gone to great lengths to portray their view of the angel, their account of it's imprisonment is the only known account, their portrayal of its visage the only reference to what it may look like.
+## Imprisonment
+The tale of The First Sinner's imprisonment is a cornerstone of the worship of [[The One God]]. Centuries ago, after committing a sin so heinous that it had to be forgotten, The First Sinner was cast out of Paradise by The One God, but they were unable to bring themselves to destroy the angel. Instead, a brave group of heroes answered the call of The One God and vowed to end the angel's existence. They were however unable to complete their task, so great was it's power, and instead they sealed it in [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Pit]] for all eternity.
+## Presentation
+The First Sinner is portrayed as a beautiful, androgynous, humanoid in most literature. The Elite Guard of [[The Holy Militia]] wear helmets whose masks are purportedly casts of the angels face.

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+{"publish":true,"title":"The Old Gods","created":"2025-06-24T21:50:10.580-06:00","modified":"2025-06-24T21:53:46.955-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin"],"cssclasses":""}
+---
+
+The Old Gods is the colloquial term given to the gods that were commonly worshiped by the people of [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/Ydrasog]] prior to [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Church]] becoming the primary power in the region along with the worship of [[The One God]]. Whilst worship of The Old Gods is not illegal in Ydrasog it is frowned upon, often seen as the purview of savages and outsiders.

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+{"publish":true,"title":"The Pit","created":"2025-06-25T20:30:29.164-06:00","modified":"2025-06-25T20:35:49.868-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin","location"],"cssclasses":""}
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+
+
+Little is known of The Pit by the populace of Ydrasog, save for it's purpose to contain [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The First Sinner]] and hold back the sins that spawn the ancient horrors that once plagued the land. Some claim that it is a tower of white that rises from the mists of [[Purgatory]], others say that it is a great maze of ancient stone. All that is known for sure is that it sits in the very center of Purgatory and that no one who ventures near it returns.

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+{"publish":true,"title":"Ydrasog","created":"2025-06-25T20:25:36.768-06:00","modified":"2025-06-25T20:29:47.366-06:00","tags":["daggerheart","holding_back_sin","location"],"cssclasses":""}
+---
+
+Ydrasog is a forsaken realm where ancient curses seep from the very soil, and the boundary between the mortal world and darker realms grows thin as the magics protecting [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Pit]] grow weak. Rolling hills of sickly heath stretch between brooding forests of gnarled oak and twisted pine, their shadows harboring things that should not be. Crumbling stone circles and weathered burial mounds dot the landscape like infected wounds, while isolated hamlets huddle behind wards of iron and salt, their inhabitants speaking in hushed tones of old compacts made with entities best left unnamed. The only cities able to thrive are those protected by [[10-19 HOBBYS/11 TTRPG/11.12 HOLDING BACK SIN/The Church]], and within the walls of these metropolis' their word is law. The air itself feels heavy with malevolent intent, carrying the scent of bog water and decay, and those who venture too far into the wild places often return changed—if they return at all. Here, folklore bleeds into terrible reality, and the old ways still hold sway over a land that remembers every sin committed upon its scarred flesh.