The Crawling City, Broken Heaven

A piece of the great city of heaven was shattered in the calamity known as the second conquest when the self proclaimed gods, the Demiurges, made war with one another. The wreckage soon became its own city and now orbits a number of worlds like a great moon, connecting to them briefly with five gates, the Fingers of Yi-Besha. This orbit can connect to some worlds every few days, others can take weeks to reopen, while some link to the city only after years or even centuries have gone by. No one is certain just how many worlds orbit the Crawling City since many have been forgotten over time, or just never once connected to the city.

For each of these worlds there exists a key, a song of divinity that can grant a mortal near god like powers. Whoever controls a worlds key can open and close the gate to it when the Crawling City orbits near it, and five great powers hold almost every single one of these keys. These living gods, known as the Icons of Want, have ruled over the city for eons in a fragile peace but now one of them lies died, his keys scattered across the city. The peace that held the city together is starting to break apart and the whispers of war are louder then they have ever been.

Change is coming to the city of Broken Heaven.

Set in the lore of the fantastic comic, Kill Six Billion Demons, Broken Worlds is a narrative role playing game in the style of Apocalypse world. Characters and worlds can vary between the mundane, fantastic and otherworldly, all of which mix and mingle in the great city of Broken Heaven. It is a city where human’s, immortal creatures, demons and even angels walk, and the corpses of the gods now rest. Danger lurks around every corner in this grimy corrupted city of splendour and you will need all your wits to survive it.

The Heroes Path

Broken Worlds has two game types, a weekly ingame session played over roll20 for the heroes, and a play by post game for the cities wicked villains. Today I’m looking for anyone interested in joining the game as a “hero”, ready for endless adventures in the Crawling City and the many worlds that orbit it.

The game is aiming to be quite fast paced, full of action, adventure and plenty of roleplay opportunities. The game mechanics are very narrative driven, only the players make rolls, my job as GM is just to judge consequences and keep things moving, otherwise you can be as descriptive as you like. Rolled high enough to beat an entire room full of thugs? You can describe how you did it, from your fists, to swords, guns or even magic. Skies the limit.

I’m aiming to run the first part of the game for up to 6-8 months, and depending how the game is going I may extend that. The game will be played over discord. To apply fill in the form below, additional information about the games system and lore can be found in my post below. Don’t worry if your background doesn’t fit the setting, some details may change afterwards or you can make an entirely different character if you like.

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