Scenario 6
Part of the
reason I like Fantasy is because I like magic. Wizards are my favourite
character class in any game, so it is time one arrived on the scene. I have
held off so far because I wanted to develop the more mundane side of the
campaign first (and because I couldn’t quite settle on how I wanted to model
magic) but the time is now.
I have
decided that simplicity is the order of the day, so the magic skill will be
used to create advantages. Attacking or defending with magic requires either a
stunt or tagging a relevant aspect to give permission. (I am unsure about this
– perhaps the aspects existence should be enough without needing to be tagged.
I will start with the less permissive rule and see how it goes, possibly
loosening it later).
So what kind
of wizard? I think I am leaning towards a human female. I really like
illusionists, however I am going to go for a break from the norm. Magic takes
the place of technology in Eberron, so an arcanist based on enchanting magical
items fits well. I think I want something more traditional though. Lets start
with the school;
1)Abjuror
2) Evoker
3)Illusionist
(already decided against)
4)Enchanter
(some appeal, but I will skip it for now)
5)Transmuter
(I like the idea, but maybe another time)
6)Diviner
(too passive. I want some flair)
7)Necromancer
(not the vibe I am looking for on this one)
8)Conjuror
Hard
narrowing it down. Conjurors are the meta in D and D these days due to the way
the mechanics and the available spells work out, and I quite like the idea of a
summoner type mage. Abjuration is something I find lacking in D and D, but with
a different ruleset, flashy defences are a good alternative to flashy offenses.
Still leaning
towards conjuror though, so I will go with that. To give her an Eberron Theme,
lets make her an Elemental Binder of the kind who would be expected to bind
elementals for Airships and the like. Actually creating those things is a
Gnomish secret, but maintaining the elemental bindings is probably done by
other Races.
So she is a
binder working with house? To maintain air elemental bindings on skyships, and
has been posted to the keep to help maintain the airships that dock there. And
Kayla Heartfire is born.
Not sure
where to start with her adventures though, so I will roll for a random aspect
and a random thread getting don’t waste
time dealing with fools and The Lord
of Blades is gathering an army
It looks like
Kayla’s pride and independence is about to collide with the plans of the local
Lord of Blades cell. What if she needs something, and that takes her into
conflict with the warforged army? Perhaps an expected airship fails to arrive,
and rather than rely on others to locate and retrieve the valuable elemental
binding apparatus she insists on doing so herself – embarking on a quest that
will take her right into the teeth of a warforged military encampment!!!
Can Kayla retrieve the Elemental Binding
Apparatus?
Did the skyship crash, or was it brought
down?
Can any survivors be rescued?
Can Kalya get herself assigned to the
official retrieval expedition?
Scene 1
Can Kayla
get herself assigned to the official retreival expedition?
Kayla is working as part of a windwrights team stationed at the fort to
provide maintenance and repair for any skyships as they stop there. The
retrieval expedition will be mounted by house Lyrandar, and she will need to
persuade her superiors that she is a valuable (but expendable enough to be
sent) member of the team.
Lets make it a simple overcome roll using Rapport (politics or contacts
might work as well, but she doesn’t have those either). She will attempt an
advantage first using resources to grease the way (for 3+2=5, creating well
placed bribes with 1 free invoke). Then the overcome (for -2, rerolling
using the bribes for 4!!! Success). It takes some doing, but she manages to buy
her way onto the expedition.
So what is the expedition like?
Are they riding Wind Skiffs? Yes
How many men? About half a dozen? No. Less than that then. Only a handful
in a single wind skiff
Lets say Kayla, a pilot, and a navigator/tracker. Who better to hire
than Dart!!!
We’ll make the Pilot a half elven extra who pretty much just comes
along with the Skiff.
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