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First Rain
World · A world with a strange edge
First Rain
Every road begins with listening to the rain.
Overview
First Rain is a realm of ten lands joined not by distance, but by the sound of water striking roofs. A traveler who steps through a rain-soaked doorway may emerge beneath another reach’s familiar storm. This makes roads hard to own and harder to keep: routes shift with weather, while ledgers, guides, and listening posts shape trade. People welcome the rain that feeds them, yet argue over who gets to choose where it falls.
The world
ShapeA world with a strange edge
What it is likeA realm of ten distinct reaches whose borders are patterns of rain rather than fixed distances.
How people travelTravelers listen for rain with a matching rhythm, then cross a threshold during a shower; familiar roads may lead elsewhere when the weather changes.
Themes
- Heroism in ordinary communities
- Scarcity and shared resources
- Uncertain roads
- Civic rivalry
Laws of the world
The rules
MagicMagic is uncommon and practical, strongest in rain and place-bound rites; wizards and clerics exist, but their power cannot command the weather.
TechnologyMedieval tools, sailing craft, mills, and fortified towns are common; written route ledgers are guarded as closely as grain stores.
Death and soulsThe dead are buried where they lived, and their souls pass beyond the rain; no reliable rite can call them back.
Special rules
A doorway crossed during rain may lead to another reach where rain makes the same sound.
A route can shift when its rain pattern changes, even if the road itself remains untouched.
The skies
SkiesEach reach has its own familiar horizon, but the same pale sun and red moon pass overhead; rain clouds gather at the edges of every view.
Moons and stars
The Pale Sun, The Red Moon
SeasonsPeople count days by sunrise and seasons by the smell of the first rain, though each reach receives it at a different time.
Ages
3 agesTrade and law spread along the rain paths, but several routes have begun to change without warning.
Powers
3 powers · 2 conflictsPowers
- Tin Roof CouncilTrade leagueReach: A network of listening posts and market towns across the busiest paths.Keep the most reliable crossings safe, and require tolls from anyone who uses them.
- The Rain GuidesGuildReach: Independent escorts, ferrymen, and route-keepers in several reaches.Preserve open passage and prevent the council from turning routes into private property.
- The Grain MarchConfederationReach: Farm valleys and fortified storehouses in the southern reaches.Bring scattered communities under one law before shifting routes cause more famine and feud.
Conflicts
- The Drying RoadsSidesIf the council closes disputed paths, isolated communities may lose food, medicine, and the right to travel.
- The Tin Roof Council, which wants to regulate safe crossings
- Independent ferrymen and guides, who keep routes open to all
- The Late HarvestSidesA new crossing could shift the rains for both regions, deciding whether the next season brings hunger or pasture.
- The Grain March, which needs dependable rain
- The upland herders, who need the same rain held back
Atlas
10 regionsSecrets
Secret 1 · GM only
Secret 2 · GM only
Plot hooks
4 hooks- 1The Wrong RainInvestigationA route recorded as safe now opens onto a flooded reach, and the guide who drew the old map has vanished.
- 2Silent RoofsRescueA settlement’s rain has stopped making any recognizable sound, cutting it off from every known crossing.
- 3False DirectionsIntrigueSomeone is selling forged route ledgers that send desperate families into dangerous reaches.
- 4The Open DoorClaimA new path opens during a storm, and two rival communities claim the land on its far side.
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