Nyra: The Dark Age

Nyra is a realm in constant struggle. The natural environment is a brutish and nasty place, domin...

Nyra is a d10 system in which a player is required to roll under their skill in order to achieve ...

One of the fundamental mechanics of Nyra is the concept of difficulty thresholds. Depending on th...

When a character fails a check (so long as it was not a critical failure), they will often have s...

In Nyra there are hard caps and soft caps on skills. For example, there is a soft cap on every sk...

50,000 Ponderan society 20,000 Famulus are bred 15,000 Above-ground Sarkin society 5000 ...

50,000 - The earliest primitive Ponderan societies, although they favored different elements base...

-The Kaze arise in the Dead Flats and flee the horror by living in the mountains -Over many gene...

15,000 -The Sarkin arise in what is now called the Zerus Treescape as a highly communal and soci...

-Ethak Melius, angered that foolish Utwesh society has allowed the Temple of Twilodon to be taken...

3500 Humans are settled through the Great Project. Only the very first generation have any memor...

-The Kalniss begin being interbred by the exiled Famulus and the Humans on the Lazvarian continen...

4500 The early Utwesh society was based on worship of nature and life, although clans formed, th...

-The Famulus spend many millennia as slaves to the Ponderan. -The Famulus become too numerous an...

In general, there are two distinct parts of battle in Nyra: Stealth Initiation and Combat. Stealt...

Each character in combat has a statistic called Sequence. Sequence is how quickly a character r...

Your physical delay pool is a quantity of points which you may spend in order to carry out action...

The combat of Nyra can vary in complexity by a large degree. All of the classes have different ...

For every species damage calculations will vary, however some things remain constant. Entering Se...

Some attacks, spells, and skills may affect dangerous status changes.  The base physical status e...

Lycanthropy Type: Virus Duration: Lifetime Once contracted, the infected will progress through...

The gods of Nyra, although worshipped, are nothing to be admired to any neutral observer. Each Go...

Magic in Nyra can be understood as almost a scientific phenomena. Although it is true that it def...

In Nyra, every being has a soul. This is not to say that every soul is created equal. Indeed, the...

But if there is a soul, what is death? And what happens after one dies? The answer is quite grisl...

Between the different magical phases, the worldviews of their adherents can change drastically. I...

Since phase changes are not only common, but descriptive of the world of Nyra, it is important ...

Progressing as a mage is predicated on three main requisites: MAG primary, magic skill, and att...

In order for a mage to cast their spell, first they must observe in the spell listing what type o...

Step 1. Choose a Class  The character should first determine his or her class. To see the cl...

Life of Warfare +1 to Sequence at character creation, not to exceed the maximum. Combat Refle...

  Contact The Savant may make a roll to create a contact at GM discretion. In order to determin...

Pugilism Has access to new unarmed skills. These can be used as if they were Combat Skills for...

  Sureshot If an enemy is unaware of the Hunter and are in long range, the player may do an aim...

Surestrike If an enemy is unaware of the Rogue, the player may do an aimed strike on that targ...

  Arkhan's Gift  +1 to MAG without accruing any penalties at character creation.  Magic Magic...

Assassin: Small Blades, Stealth Poisoner: Profession (Alchemy), Small Blades Thief: Pickpocke...

Ranger: Archery, Swords Survivalist: Navigation, Tracking Bowman: Profession (Fletchery), Arc...

  Diplomat: Persuasion, Leadership Dictator: Leadership, Intimidation Teacher: Instruction, Lo...

Transfigurist: Attunement (Solid), Magic (Solid) Fluxus: Attunement (Liquid), Magic (Liquid) ...

  Martial Artist: Unarmed (Strikes), Unarmed (Grapples) Monk: Clubs, Unarmed (Strikes) Grapple...

Stonewall: Defense, Willpower  Smith: Profession (Blacksmith), Bargain Soldier: Profession (S...

Tenacity  For purposes of calculating skill point gain from critical success and critical fail...

Sonar When Sarkin make Observation checks, they may factor in their sonar. This means they can...

Charismatic Peoples The Ethakkra gain triple their modifier when calculating skill point gain...

Agile The Utwesh gain triple their modifier when calculating skill point gain from success and...

Flying The Kaze can fly of their own volition. They make flight checks just as if they were mo...

Grit When the Kalnis is rolling a test against a target, the Kalnis wins all tie rolls. Does n...

Massive Famulus are Large size category and have superior health calculations. Mighty Famul...

Mageblood Ponderans have an innate communion with the magic stream. They get + 1 MAG at charac...

Strength is the rating which measures your character's strength in conventional physical applicat...

Agility judges the dexterity, movement ability, flexibility, and overall ability to control one's...

Constitution controls one's ability to bear pain, to deal with physical stimuli, to stay consciou...

Sequence - This skill judges the quickness with which a character will act when battle begins.  I...

Magic represents both how much magic is in the user's blood stream, and how well he is able to fo...

Charisma is not only how attractive the character is, but also how charming and good with people ...

Intelligence is the player's raw mental power.  That which they use to solve problems, to learn a...

Wisdom is a given person's education, knowledge, and overall instinct.  Wisdom calculates in a ra...

The following table shows the skill point cost for each individual skill rank: Skill R...

Below, for those who may be curious to the specific description of each skill is a brief coverage...

Lore Lore represents one's knowledge in an area of Nyra, usually gained from experience or inten...

Known as: Noxai, Harbinger, Darkism Tier 1 Can now use: Infravision Spell Type: Sustained...

Known as: Infernai, Firestarter Tier 1 Sense Infernai Spell Type: Innate Casting Range: 1...

Known as: Ventusari, Galecaster Tier 1 Sense Ventusari Spell Type: Innate Delay: 1 Casti...

Known as: Fluxus, Aquamancer, Defiler, Liquidus Tier 1 Sense Liquid Spell Type: Innate ...

 Known as: Transfigurist, Geomancer, Shapeshifter, Druid Tier 1 Sense Transfigurist Spel...

Known as: Orderist, Onim, Follower of One Tier 1 Neutral Sight Spell Type: Innate Casting...

Alchemy is the understanding of how to mix various chemicals and plants in order to make workable...

Blacksmithing is the governing skill of Armor and Weapon smithing, is the general knowledge of th...

The cooks of the world are valued in every culture and every rung of society; especially in pla...

The engineer is not a common profession to those of Nyra.  To most races the only engineers tha...

Those who practice this profession have a collection of skills that are all suited to the task of...

The outdoorsman is the master of the wild, able to fashion shelter and make various implements, b...

Upon every battle field and in every city there are those who are repairing either their own woun...

A creator is one whose life is devoted to the arts of theater and music, as well as the creation ...

Chemicals Bestel Poison Effects: Every turn that Bestel poison is not purged from the body of...

Containers Barrell Uses: A container that holds two hundred doses for Profession (Alchemy)....

Alcohol Effect: Each dose the target consumes progresses one further through the following l...

Kudrun Wood Uses: Can be used as kindling. Can be used to make Stave for Profession (Fletcher). ...

Stone Use: Can be used as a projectile for slings. Price: 0 denar Stone Chunk Use: Can be b...

Linen Use: Can be used to make Light category armor. Price: 4 denar Wool Use: Can be used t...

Raw Meat Use: Cannot be eaten. Ingredient in cooking. Can be made into Meat with Profession (Che...

There are a variety of simple (and complex) machines which are either operated and steered or fun...

Introduction The following document is a record of all of the basic, unmodified versions of ...

Introduction This section is a bank of special weapons and shields. Some are legendary items, so...

Introduction Here is the rubric for armor pieces in the following section. Armor Name ...

Traits Traits represent useful abilities that a weapon, armor, or item has. There are two di...

Favored Weapon [Weapon] (100/450) A character with this feat receives +1 damage when using...

Through critical success mechanic.  When one scores a critical success on any skill, they gai...

To find the exact costs to buy each of these things, refer to either the Skill Cost Table or the ...

62a. Crafting Even though the different crafting skills in Nyra differ greatly and the materia...

62b. Crafting Components The many professions of Nyra require an exotic variety of materials i...

Bestel Flower Alchemist: Used in making Bestel. Blackpowder Engineer: Used in making Blackpo...

A Arba Grain Type: Grain Size: Medium Region: 27 The Arba Grain is a parasitic organism wh...

Name Type: Reptile, Cephalopod, Crustacean, Avian, Mammal, Fish, Insect, Plant, Amphibian, Human...

The first of these game philosophies, is that Nyra is built to be quite brutal in its nature. Whe...

A Avarkus Plasma Attracted By: Extraordinary acts of destruction by plasma. Avarkus is the ...

THE THE is the most powerful and ancient embodiment of chaos, having arisen in the early catacly...

A Aerabune - Aerabune is both the name of an island and the name of the people who inhabit it....

Continent Region #: Name of Region City Name Description. Populace: The number of peopl...

Introduction This document should be used in conjunction with 98b. Creatures and 100b. Nyra ...

Name: Ygthak Demonym: Noxai Holy text: The Chao Tenets: Those who profess Ygthak are those who...

Name: Orderism Demonym: Orderist Holy text: The Book of Alignment Tenets: The Orderists are a ...

Name: Ruckism Demonym: Ruckite Holy text: Chants of the Burnt Remains Tenets: Ruck the Burned ...

Name: Oriaca Demonym: Orionists Holy text: The Uru Tenets: Oriaca is a religion which believes...

Name: Druidism Demonym:  Holy text:  Tenets: Central Figure(s): Name: Conservatives Demon...

Name: Onwei Demonym: Onwa Holy text: Convergence of Vulin Tenets: The worshippers of Onwei bel...

Name: Solism Demonym: Solist Holy text: The Uru Tenets: Solism is a religion which centers its...

90. Months, Seasons, and Celebrations Below are the months that are used among most conscious ...

Before time came to be and all things lay in oblivion, formless and without distinction, all was ...

THE is nothing and no thing.  He is a withered tree in a flourishing grove, whose branches are ov...

Name Species: Class: Role: Description: Location: Era: Belodin Species:  Class: Mage ...