Legends of Today RPG

The demonic appearance of tieflings has always informed other races' opinions of them. The mundane world fears tieflings and has always thought them kin to mythical demons. The truth of tieflings is that they are a magical race as old as elves and dragons. In days long past, their magical power was unparalleled. The dragons saw them as a true threat; as a race, the tieflings were considered vicious and cruel; their focus was the perseverance of their own race above all others. Their diet consisted of magic and the flesh of other humanoid races. A great sundering of magic was worked upon the tieflings, separating their magical auras from their mortal bodies. It was not a complete separation; there is still great power in tieflings. Their separated power is far greater though, and moves independently, giving rise to stories of demons, monsters, shades and so much more. Tieflings have binary genders but unhindered concepts of gender and sexuality. Their relationships vary and tiefli...

The children of dragons are born without fixed forms. Dragons themselves are powerful, immortal beings that change shapes effortlessly. Their children inherit a portion of this magical power but even that portion is significant. Dragonborn tend to adopt humanoid forms around other races. These are often human-like versions of classican dragon features with bright, shining scales and reptilian eyes. They may have human-like faces or snouts like lizards. Because their form changes so effortlessly, dragonborn may change appearances frequently. The strongest magical affinity for dragonborn is alteration. Many dragonborn adapt to their environment effortlessly, their bodies changing as needed. If they move through the water they grow webbing between their fingers and toes, gills opening along their necks. As they take to the air, wings form from their backs, bearing them aloft. To be a dragonborn is to be a child of magic. Being mercurial and fluid in form, dragonborn are excellent at u...

These creatures are born of ancient fae magics, timeless and noble. An average elf is human-like in appearance, with slender, supple builds and elongated ears that come to points. Only at a distance is an elf mistaken for a human. Up close they have a distinct presence that makes them seem foreign and otherworldly. Elves are effectively eternal. While they can fall into ill health or die from violence, most elves live hundreds of years before their demise. While there is a certain allure to this, most elves are at a disadvantage in dealing with human society. They truly do not understand the difference between the human culture of five hundred years ago and that of today. With the withdrawal of magic, elves had an understanding of human society. Upon their return to the world, they have been flummoxed by how much has changed. The response has been confusion and a reliance on the younger, more mortal and adaptable magical races in order to bridge the gap in understanding. The other r...

Legends of Today characters are powerful, proactive forces in the world. They understand the world is more than the mundane. For some characters, this might just be a feeling that motivates them to explore the world, but for others, they themselves are magical, powerful beings that cannot be restrained by the mundane world. Legends of Today is an Open Legend RPG setting.This means that while a character's may define them as a person, their experience, their capabilities; it does not affect the statistics that they can be assigned. For Legends of Today, play the character that you want to play. Races The Races of Legends of Today are limited only by your imagination. The magical people of the world represent all the races of lore, while the mundane are exclusively human. Remember that Race choices in Open Legend are cosmetic in terms of character attributes. Ss and flaws are particularly appropriate to each race, as listed below, but the race you play should be something you ...