Torn Reality

This campaign is based on the main hook of Turn of Fortune's Wheel, which centers on player characters that are Multiversal Glitches, each having multiple variants of the same core character concept. In our version there are ten distinct glitches, including the player characters and some others encountered along the way.

We've followed several storylines, with the players piloting different groups of their variants, learning more about the nature of the multiversal error that has caused their predicament in the process. The main player character concepts (each of which is represented via multiple characters) are provided below.

The Abyssal Scion

This glitch is always obsidian skinned and six-fingered, unmistakably a spawn of the Demon Lord Graz'zt. Though the most physically consistent of the glitches outwardly, each variant is highly individualistic with distinct personalities and schemes, some more clever than others.

The Permutating Pivot

All the variants of this menacing glitch are radically different in origin and species, from diverse planes of existence and settings. However, despite their biographical and biological differences, all known variants are very similar in outlook and personality. And they all covertly serve the god Arawn.

The Unbowed Hero

The variants of this heroic glitch strive for some combination of overcoming injustices, righting wrongs, smiting foes, or wreaking vengeances. All known variants are dangerous melee combatants, and many also wield divine power.

The Unquenchable Spark

All known variations of this glitch seem to be a different person, but with unlikely similarities. Thus far, they have all been Fire Genasi named K-something Hiroke, with a connection to Elemental Fire and the Feywild, and equipped with a powerful fire blasting flute.

Other Glitches

Some variants of the other Mulitversal Glitches have been encountered, and in one case so far the player of the Unbowed Hero piloted a variant of one of the other glitches in a specific storyline (an option available to all the players). The variants of the other glitches that have full character write ups are provided below.

The Cheerful Nihilist

One living variant of this glitch has been encountered thus far, a silver tongued charmer who tried to make friends but was attacked on first principles. However, multiple remains of small statured glitches that have been stumbled upon were assumed to be versions of this entity. The core theme for this glitch is the belief that the multiverse is unraveling and that this is the best possible outcome. Thus they are willing to cooperate with any effort that will immantize the eschaton. According to Prince Uriel's notes, all variants of this glitch known to him have a deep appreciation for absurdity. The Prince's notes went on to classify this glitch as a 'sometimes useful idiot'.

The Forged Fulcrum

A semi-functional variant of this glitch was encountered in Carceri, providing essential assistance via prior preparation. The variants of this glitch are believed to all be warforged, and to generally labor towards the big picture of the glitches working together to resolve the multiversal malfunction.

The Inevitable Arbiter

One variant of this glitch was encountered briefly in a weird sort of dream-like demiplane, and a group of PC's spent some time researching and learning things in a wizard's tower located in the Feywild belonging to another variant that was not encountered. All known variants of this glitch are some kind of elf named Uriel of noble or regal station, with noticeable aloofness, and deep knowledge or wisdom.

The Isolated Idealogue

Two variants of this glitch have been encountered thus far, one briefly and at a distances (more of a cameo), and the other was a cold as ice Assassin piloted by the player who usually mains the Unbowed Hero glitch. According to Prince Uriel's notes, this glitch is 'dangerous but usually mercenary and thus tractable'.

The Leveraged Soul

A variant of this glitch made a deal with Asmodeus, selling his soul to eliminate all the other variants of themselves and absorb their power. He knows (more or less) what's going on and the role of the glitches therein. He pursues a line of play to bring about an outcome favorable to him...and of course his 'patron' Asmodeus. Prince Uriel's notes had little to say about this glitch other than 'unfortunately, given the situation, we will have to find some kind of common cause with this odious individual'.

The Untamed Pride

One living variant of this glitch has been encountered thus far, a Leonin Beast Master with a bevy of lioness companions. Vainglorious, blustery, and irrepressible, he helped one of the PC groups out of a jam that time they found themselves trapped in the unescapable Labyrinth of Carceri. Not much is known about other variants thus far, though there was some mention of them in Prince Uriel's notes, which summarized this glitch as 'well meaning but emotional and thus unpredictable and unreliable'.

Significant NPC's

Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

In an arc of the campaign, two different groups of the variants in alternate timelines are trying to find the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth in the World of Greyhawk. Primarily, they seek the Crook of Rao.

A trio of significant NPC's initially accompany the group, representing the interests of the churches of Rao, Heironeous, and Cuthbert, Riggby the Patriarch of the church of Boccob the Uncaring, and the nations of Veluna and Furyondy.

The most powerful and stalwart of the trio is Sir Gralston, who has the quirk of being so consistent that all variants of him are exactly the same in every timeline.

Next most potent is an agent dedicated to Rao, who only engages in conflict when it can't be avoided or against true evil. Thus far two variants of this character have been encountered, the archly urbane Markis and the hyperfocused and nearly monosyllabic Sarkis.

The last of the trio is the friendly Lord Bannik Vorl, a youngest son of a border baron of northern Furyondy, and a favored agent of the king. The nominal leader of the expedition due to his royal writ and noble birth, he was killed in an early encounter, but in one timeline he was reincarnated as an Orc while in the other he perished.