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- 1. Continuum Quests Pündi Publications March 5, 2022 ` Aldyryc Campaign Guide For D&D 5e Michael S. Fricker
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I Contents INTRODUCTION ..................................1 ABILITY SCORES ..................................1 ALIGNMENT .......................................1 Restoring Altered Alignment.....1 EXPERTISE .........................................1 INFRAVISION ......................................1 Spiritual Sight............................1 GAINING LEVELS .................................1 LITERACY AND NUMERACY.....................1 LONGEVITY RATING .............................2 Age and Class ............................2 Mundane Professions ..........2 Infants, Innocents, and Children...........................2 Youths .............................2 Adults ..............................2 Status Profession........2 Laborious Profession ..2 Risky Profession..........2 Martial Profession ......2 Aging Effects .............................2 Lifelong Learning.......................2 Metabolic Requirements ..........2 Natural Causes..........................2 QI ...................................................3 Spending Qi...............................3 Slot Boosting.............................3 Qi Detonation ...........................3 RACES .................................................3 ANTHROPOID .....................................3 Faerie ........................................3 Universal Faerie Traits..........3 Faerie Sources......................4 Holds and Territories.......4 The Longing.....................4 Source Defences..............4 Guardians........................4 Source Types ...................4 Source Destruction..........4 Dwarf ...................................4 Duergar ...........................5 Gaxx.................................5 Elf .........................................5 Blood Elves......................6 Feral Elves .......................6 Forest Elves .....................6 Mist Elves ........................6 Sea Elves..........................7 Ikari ......................................7 Kenku ...................................8 Minos ...................................9 Sahuagin.............................10 Triton..................................10 Halfling....................................11 Half-Elf................................11 Half-Orc..............................12 Hellion................................12 Minotaur ............................13 Ogre ...................................14 Human ....................................14 Cultural Ethnicities.............15 Mark of the Beast ..............15 Psychic Ability ....................16 Orc ..........................................17 Bugbear..............................18 Goblin.................................18 Hobgoblin...........................18 Pündi.......................................18 ANTHROPOID FEY..............................19 Gnome ....................................19 Azer....................................20 Bumpkin.............................20 Derro..................................20 Munchkin...........................20 Pech ...................................20 Redcap ...............................21 Rhokargan...............................21 DRAGONNETH ..................................22 Kobold................................22 Varstrill...............................22 Ysstrakan............................23 OCTOPOD .......................................23 LANGUAGES .....................................23 COMMON LANGUAGES.......................23 ETHNIC LANGUAGES ..........................24 EXOTIC LANGUAGES...........................24 SECRET LANGUAGES ..........................25 CLASSES ............................................25 CLASS DIVISIONS...............................25 CLASS OPTIONS ................................25 Dreamwarriors........................25 Paladin ...............................25 Ranger................................26 Dreamweavers........................26 Illuminatus .........................26 Magician ............................26 Mystic ................................26 Warriors..................................26 Fighter................................26 Monk..................................26 Rogue.................................26 DREAMWARRIORS.............................26 Paladin ....................................26 Paladin Oath Types ............26 Enforcer.........................26 Exemplar .......................26 Guardian .......................26 Justicar ..........................26 Ranger.....................................27 Class Feature Adjustments.27 Natural Hunter..............27 Favored Enemy .............27 Natural Explorer............27 Fighting Styles ...............27 Magical Tracking ...........27 Paragon Form................27 Action Surge..................27 Archetype Adjustments .....27 Gloomstalker.................27 Umbral Sight .................27 Horizon Walker .............27 Horizon Walker Magic...27 DREAMWEAVERS ..............................28 Illuminatus..............................28 Class Features....................29 Totemic Companions.........32 Bear (Constitution)) ......32 Bull (Strength)...............33 Cat (Dexterity)...............34 Eagle (Charisma) ...........36 Fox (Intelligence)...........37 Owl (Wisdom) ...............38 Magician .................................40 The Arcanum......................41 The Cerulean Order.......41 Class Features....................42 Arcane Craft Specialty...43 Artistic Expression.........43 Enclaves....................43 Nights of Power........43 Training Focus...............43 The Arcane Crafts..........44 Ordination................44 Conjurer ...................45 Druid ........................45 Enchanter.................46 Mage ........................46 Necromancer ...........47 Priest ........................47 Ordination ...........47 Forms and Boons ........................47 Prayer .............48 Channel Divine Energy .................48 Divine Intervention ............................48 Wizard......................48 Primitive Magicians............49 Sorcerer ........................49 Tribal Priest...................49 Spell Research....................49 Extended Research .......49 Magic Item Creation ..........49 Mystic .....................................51 Class Features....................52 Mystical Keys .....................53 Astral.............................53 Blood.............................54 Celestial.........................54 Elemental......................55 Fey ................................55 Liminal...........................56 Primal............................56 Mystical Spaces..................57 Witch ......................................57 WARRIORS......................................58 Fighter (Myrmidon) ................58
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II Martial Archetypes.............58 Berserker.......................58 Exactor ..........................58 Martial Artist.................58 Spellsword.....................58 Whip Master .................59 Monk (Defender of the Faith) .59 Class Feature Adjustments.59 Martial Arts ...................59 Ki (Flurry of Blows) ........59 Empty Body...................59 Monastic Traditions ...........59 High Way of the Stoned Fist.................................59 Way of Mystic Secrets...59 Way of the Ki Knight......60 Way of the Xen..............60 Rogue (Streetfighter) ..............61 Roguish Archetypes............61 Illusionist .......................61 Knife Master..................61 Shadow Warrior ............61 Guilds .................................61 CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS...............62 BACKGROUND OPTIONS......................62 FEATS.............................................62 Acrobat ...................................63 Alchemist ................................63 Animal Handler .......................63 Arcanist...................................64 Barbed Hide ............................64 Blade Mastery.........................64 Brawny....................................64 Burglar ....................................64 Critter Friend...........................64 Deadly Efficiency.....................64 Demonologist..........................64 Diplomat .................................64 Echolocation ...........................64 Empathic.................................64 Empowered Weaponry...........64 Everybody's Friend..................65 Feint........................................65 Fell Handed.............................65 Flail Mastery ...........................65 Gourmand...............................65 Grudge-Bearer ........................65 Historian .................................65 Instinctive Reaction.................65 Investigator.............................65 Ki Powers ................................65 Ki Prodigy................................65 Master of Disguise ..................66 Meditation ..............................66 Menacing ................................66 Naturalist ................................66 Orcish Aggression ...................66 Paragon...................................66 Perceptive...............................66 Performer................................66 Physician.................................66 Psychic ....................................66 Quick-Fingered........................66 Refined (Dwarven) Fortitude ..66 Silver-Tongued........................66 Spear Mastery.........................67 Stealthy...................................67 Survivalist................................67 Theologian ..............................67 Warhammer Master ...............67 Witchcraft...............................67 Wonder Maker........................68 EQUIPMENT......................................68 AMMUNITION ..................................68 Rope arrow/bolt .....................68 Fire..........................................69 Blinding arrows/bolts..............69 Smoking arrows/bolts.............69 PIECE ARMOUR ................................69 Arm Greaves ...........................69 Combat Belt............................69 Combat Boots .........................69 Gauntlets ................................69 Helmets...................................69 Leg Greaves.............................69 WEAPONS.......................................69 Bastardsword..........................69 Blood Elf Hook Net..................69 Blood Elf Talons ......................69 Boar Spear ..............................69 Boomerang .............................69 Brass Enhancer .......................69 Broadsword ............................69 Curved Greatsword.................70 Cutlass.....................................70 Executioner’s Sword ...............70 Falchion ..................................70 Garrotte..................................70 Gorn Gatling Bow....................70 Hunting Knife..........................70 Katana.....................................70 Parrying Dagger ......................70 Scythe .....................................70 Shagra.....................................70 Star Knife ................................70 Throwing Knife........................70 Thuggee Dagger......................70 Troll Double Spear ..................70 Xen Sword...............................70 ADVENTURING EQUIPMENT.................70 Anointing Oil (vial) ..................70 Bloody Agony..........................70 Class Text ................................70 Holy Water (flask)...................70 Nova Stick ...............................71 Pündi Poison ...........................71 ENCHANTED TRANSPORTATION ............71 Airship.....................................71 Flying Carpet...........................71 Sea Elf Ship..............................71 SERVICES ........................................72 Airship Passage.......................72 Carpet Ride.............................72 Node Travel ............................72 SPECIAL MATERIALS ..........................72 Celestial Gold..........................72 Cold Iron .................................72 Mithral....................................72 Starcore ..................................72 CRAFTSMANSHIP...............................72 Dwarf......................................72 Elf............................................72 Gnome....................................72 COMBAT...........................................73 ACTIONS IN COMBAT .........................73 Coordinated Actions...............73 Readying an Action.................73 BODY DAMAGE ................................73 Severity...................................73 Body Part................................73 Bleeding and Infection............74 Amputation and Gangrene.....74 COMBAT PROFICIENCY .......................74 CRITICAL ROLLS ................................74 DAMAGE TYPES................................74 Psychic Wounds......................75 Brain Damage ....................75 Mental Strain .....................75 DISARMING AND GRAPPLING DAMAGE ..75 EXHAUSTION AND FATIGUE .................75 Fatigue....................................75 FALLING DAMAGE.............................75 INITIATIVE .......................................75 MASSIVE DAMAGE............................75 MEDICAL TREATMENT........................75 OPPORTUNITY ATTACKS .....................75 REGENERATION ................................75 SECOND WIND.................................75 VITAL STRIKES ..................................76 Head Strike .............................76 ADVENTURING .................................76 ALTITUDE........................................76 ANTHROPOID REPRODUCTION .............76 CLIMBING .......................................76 CONDITIONS ....................................76 Bound .....................................76 C.P.R. ...........................................76 DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE .................77 The Spirit World......................77 Pearly Gates and Shade Sanctuaries .............................77 Limbo......................................77 Reincarnation .........................77 Raise Dead..............................77 Returning From Oblivion ........77 Haunting.................................77 DESCENDING INTO MADNESS ..............77 EPIC LEVELS.....................................77 EXPERIENCE AWARDS ........................77
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III INTOXICATION ..................................78 Addictive Compulsion .............78 Alcohol....................................78 Caffeine...................................78 Cannabis .................................79 Magical Intoxicants.................79 JUMPING.........................................80 PICKING POCKETS..............................80 RADIATION POISONING.......................80 SLEEP DEPRIVATION...........................80 TORTURE.........................................80 TRANSLATING WRITTEN LANGUAGES .....80 MAGIC ..............................................80 METAPHYSICS ..................................80 DREAMWEAVING ..............................80 SPELLS ............................................81 THE FORMS .....................................81 THE KEYS ........................................81 THE COMPANIONS.............................81 DIMENSIONAL TRANSLOCATION............81 Coordinate Shifting .................81 Information Shifting................81 Planar Barriers ........................81 THE DREAMING ................................81 The Sarllak Plant .....................81 Brewed Twilight ......................82 Blitzkrieg .................................82 Entering the Dreaming............82 The Existential Veil.............82 The Dreamscape ................82 Psychic Aspects ..................82 Influencing Aspects ............82 Psychic Balance..................83 Personal Demons ...............83 Psychic Ethics .....................83 Psychic Foundations...........83 Psychic Core.......................83 Enforced Clarity..................83 Psychic and Spiritual Damage ...........................................83 Existential Clarity ....................83 Informed (Awake) ..............84 Enlightened (Aware) ..........84 Amplified (Lucid) ................84 Aftermath ...............................84 THE FIFTY SACRED NAMES OF MARDUK .84 FIRE DIAMOND.................................84 THE INNER EYE .................................84 MATERIAL COMPONENTS....................85 MYSTIC MUSHROOMS........................85 OATH OF THE STYX ............................85 VISIONLEAF......................................85 WIZARDRY.......................................85 Druidic Lore’s Central Calculus85 Witchcraft...............................86 Magic in the Spheres...............86 SPELLS...............................................86 ILLUMINATUS ...................................86 MAGICIAN.......................................88 Alphabetical............................88 Level and Art...........................93 Level & Craft ...........................99 MYSTIC ........................................104 PALADIN .......................................107 RANGER........................................107 DESCRIPTIONS ................................108 Arcane Gate (Alteration).......108 Arcane Mark .........................108 Astral Projection (Alteration) ..............................................109 Astral Sojourn ......................109 Blindingly Obvious ................109 Ceremonial Blessings (Ceremony)...........................109 Counterspell (Alteration) ......109 Dark Calling...........................109 Detect Evil and Good (Alteration) ...........................110 Dispel Evil and Good (Alteration) ..............................................110 Dread Curse (Ritual)..............110 Dream Lock...........................111 Dream Walk..........................111 Effigy.....................................111 Energetic Blast ......................111 Energy Collection..................112 Enhance Ability (Alteration)..112 Etherealness (Alteration)......112 Find Familiar (alteration) ......112 Forcecage (Alteration) ..........113 Gate (Alteration)...................113 Infravision.............................114 Inquisitor’s Touch .................114 Leomund's Secret Chest (Alteration) ...........................114 Leomund’s Tiny Hut (Alteration) ..............................................114 Maim.....................................114 Marked by Karma .................114 Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion (Alteration).............115 Permanency (Ritual) .............115 Placebo .................................115 Planar Sanctuary (Ritual) ......115 Plane Shift (Alteration) .........115 Polymorph Spells (Alteration) ..............................................116 Prismatic Magic (Alteration) .116 Colours.............................116 Protection from Evil and Good (Alteration) ...........................117 Raise Dead (Alteration).........117 Resurrection (Alteration)......117 Shapechange (Alteration) .....117 Spiritual Sight........................117 Telekinesis (Alteration).........117 Tenser’s Transformation (Alteration) ...........................117 True Name Extraction (Ritual) ..............................................117 True Resurrection (Alteration) ..............................................117 Water Breathing (Alteration) 118 Wish (Alteration) ..................118 FORBIDDEN SPELLS..........................118 Grimoire Creation.................118 Lycanthropy (Ritual) .............118 Mummification (Ritual) ........118 Soul Theft .............................119 Summon Greater Demon......119 Summon Lesser Demons ......120 FORMS AND ASPECTS.....................120 FORMAL PARAGONS ........................120 AIR .............................................120 ANARCHY......................................120 ANCESTORS ...................................120 ANIMAL .....................................120 ARCANE ARTS ................................121 ARCANE CRAFTS .............................121 ARTIFICE ....................................121 ASH.............................................121 BLOOD .........................................121 BRUTALITY ....................................121 CATASTROPHE................................121 CAVE ...........................................122 CHAOS .......................................122 CHARM ......................................122 COMMUNITY .............................122 COMPASSION.................................122 DARKNESS..................................122 DAY.............................................122 DEATH........................................122 DECAY..........................................123 DECEPTION....................................123 DEFENSE.......................................123 DEHUMANIZATION ..........................123 DESTRUCTION............................123 DISCIPLINE ....................................123 EARTH........................................123 EVIL............................................123 EXPLORATION ................................124 FAMILY.........................................124 FATE...........................................124 FEATHER.......................................124 FEROCITY ......................................124 FIRE............................................124 FORTUNE ......................................124 FREEDOM .....................................124 GLORY........................................125 GOOD ........................................125 GROWTH ......................................125 HAVOC.........................................125 HEALING ....................................125 HEROISM ......................................125 HOME..........................................125 HONOUR ......................................126 ICE ..............................................126 IMMORALITY..................................126 INSANITY.......................................126 JUSTICE ........................................126
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IV KNOWLEDGE..............................126 LANGUAGE ....................................126 LEADERSHIP ...................................127 LIBERATION................................127 LIGHT .........................................127 LOSS ............................................127 LOVE............................................127 LUST ............................................127 MADNESS...................................127 MAGIC........................................127 MARTYR .......................................128 MAYHEM ......................................128 MEMORY ......................................128 MISFORTUNE .................................128 MURDER.......................................128 NIGHT ..........................................128 NIGHTMARE...................................128 NOBILITY....................................129 ORDER........................................129 PLANT ........................................129 PROTECTION..............................129 PURITY .........................................129 RAGE ...........................................129 REPOSE ......................................129 RESOLVE .......................................129 RESTORATION.................................130 RESURRECTION ...............................130 REVOLUTION..................................130 RIGHTEOUSNESS .............................130 RUNE..........................................130 SEASONS.......................................130 SMOKE .........................................130 SOULS ..........................................131 STORMS........................................131 STRENGTH..................................131 SUN .............................................131 TACTICS ........................................131 THIEVERY ......................................131 THOUGHT......................................131 TOIL.............................................131 TOLERANCE....................................132 TRADE ..........................................132 TRAVEL.......................................132 TRICKERY....................................132 TYRANNY.......................................132 UNDEAD .......................................132 WAR...........................................133 WARDS.........................................133 WATER.......................................133 WEATHER...................................133 WIND...........................................133 PANTHEON .....................................133 THE COUNCIL OF POWERS.................133 ABHOLOS (CE PIT FIEND) .................133 The Devourer in the Mist......133 AMON-RE (N YOUNG GOD)..............134 Autumn, Dusk, Maturity, Grandparents, Harvest, Teaching, Legacy, Preparation, Decline, and Decay................134 ANUBIS (LN YOUNG GOD)................134 The Dead, the Law, Judgment, Justice, Genealogy, and Tradition ...............................134 APOLLO (NG YOUNG GOD) ..............134 Healing, Medicine, Mercy, Compassion, Peace, and the Secondary Sun ......................134 ARTEMIS (N YOUNG GOD)................135 Athletics, Sport, Competition, Sportsmanship, Dedication, Teamwork, Mentoring..........135 ASMODEUS (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ..135 Archduke of the 9th Hell, Circle of the Unholy, Iron Lord of Hellspawn .............................135 ATHENA (LG ELDER GODS, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................136 Fairness, Wisdom, Strategy, Valour, and Virtue.................136 AXVIN ARVANX (CG ASCENDED, BATTLE GOD) ...........................................136 Gambling , Good Luck, Adventure, Risk, Positivity, Improvisation, Hope, and Optimism ..............................136 AZATHOTH (CE GREAT OLD ONE) ......136 Chaos, Destruction, Madness, Massacre, Trolls and Tunnel Curs ..............................................136 BAAST (N YOUNG GOD)...................137 Felines, Misdirection, Mysteries, Rogues, and Sleight-of-hand.137 BACCHUS (CG YOUNG GOD).............137 Joy, Song, Dance, Music, Celebration, and Wine..........137 BAHAMUT (LG ANCIENT ONE)...........138 Creation, Benevolence, Self- Sacrifice, Energetic Quality, Positivity, Charity..................138 BAPHOMET (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ..138 Baron of the 2nd Hell, Circle of Lost Souls, Lord of the Labyrinth ..............................................138 CALYPSO (NG YOUNG GOD) .............138 Natural Beauty, Flowers, Meadows, Woodlands, Beaches, Vistas, Perfume, Honey, Calm, Meditation, Tranquility, and Nymphs.................................138 CHARON (LN YOUNG GOD) ..............139 Oaths, Crossings, and The Styx ..............................................139 CHAUGNAR FAUGN (CE PIT FIEND).....139 The Feeder............................139 CTHULHU (NE GREAT OLD ONE)........139 Darkness, Domination, Evil, and Doom....................................139 CYÄEGHA (CE PIT FIEND) .................140 The Waiting Dark ..................140 FREYA (N ELDER GOD).....................140 AIR, Wind, Sky, Flight, Atmospheric Gases, Weather, Whirlwinds, Breath, Birds, and Genies (Djinn), Ikari Mother .140 GOG-HOOR (CE PIT FIEND)..............140 Eater of the Insane ...............140 GRAZ'ZT (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ......141 Baron of the 3th Hell, Circle of Chains, Lord of Murderers....141 GURATHNAKA (CE PIT FIEND) ...........141 Eater of Dreams....................141 GWARLOTH (CE PIT FIEND) ..............142 The Unspeakable ..................142 HADES (LE YOUNG GOD) .................142 The Underworld, Caves, Tunnels, Troglodytes, Toil, Depression, Obsession, Introversion, Disfigurement, Experimentation, Gloom, Toil, Rejection, Grudges, Jealousy, and Unrequited Love ..............................................142 HASTUR (CE PIT FIEND)...................142 The Perversion......................142 HECATE (N YOUNG GOD).................143 Gray Magic, the Moon, Cycles, Change..................................143 HELA (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ..........143 Baroness of the 4th Hell, Circle of Ice, Lady of the Grave.......143 HERA (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE)..........144 Duchess of the 6th Hell, Circle of Wrath, Lady of Scorn........144 HEXXIS ARVANX (CE ASCENDED, BATTLE GOD)...........................................144 Disaster, Accidents, Misfortune, Curses, Anxiety, Lycanthropes, and Pessimism ......................144 HORUS (LN YOUNG GOD, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................144 Protection, Retribution, Vigilance, and Vengeance.....144 ISHTAR (NG YOUNG GOD) ...............145 Beauty, Love, Romance, Romantic Passion, Devotion, Infatuation............................145 JUBILEX (CE PIT FIEND)....................145 The Faceless One..................145 KALI-SET (LE YOUNG GOD, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................146 Ruthlessness, Natural Selection, Serpents, Chimeras, Poison, and Assassination. .......................146 KASSOGTHA (CE PIT FIEND)..............146 The Leviathan of Diseases ....146 KI (N ELDER GOD)..........................146 Natural Balance, Nature, and Wolves, Fairy Queen, Elf Mother ..............................................146 LILITH (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) .........147
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V Archduchess of the 8th Hell, Circle of Power, Iron Lady of Nephilim................................147 LOKI (CN ELDER GOD).....................147 Fire, Firestorms, Ash, Smoke, Spontaneity, Intensity, Lust, Consumption, Extroversion, Mischief, and Efreeti (Djinn), Minos Mother.......................147 LORRIL (N ANCIENT ONE).................148 Shadows, Secrets, Deception, Illusion, and Stealth ..............148 LOWYATAR (NE YOUNG GOD)...........148 Hate, Malice, Pain, Torture, Sadism, Masochism, Bondage ..............................................148 MAMMON (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ...149 Duke of the 5th Hell, Circle of Insatiable Flame, Lord of Greed ..............................................149 MORDIGGIAN (CE PIT FIEND)............149 The Charnel God ...................149 MARDUK (N ELDER GOD).................149 Knowledge and Magic, Divine King .......................................149 MEPHISTOPHELES (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE) ...................................................149 Duke of the 7th Hell, Circle of Influence, Lord of the Deal....149 MERCURY (N YOUNG GOD) ..............150 Summer, Noon, Maturity, Adulthood, Parenthood, Bounty, Mentorship, Contentment, Economics, Trade, and Wealth ..............................................150 MERLIN (N YOUNG GOD).................150 Reason, Scientific Method, Logic, and Wizardry...............150 NYARLATHOTEP (CE PIT FIEND) .........151 The Crawling Chaos...............151 NYOGTHA (CE PIT FIEND).................151 The Thing which Should Not Be ..............................................151 OBERON (CG ELDER GOD, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................151 Natural Wonder, Children, and Youth, Fairy King, Elf Father..151 ODIN (CN GREAT OLD ONE, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................152 War, Combat, and Berserk Rage ..............................................152 ORCUS (NE GREAT OLD ONE) ...........152 Black Magic, Night, Undead, Terror, and Nightmares.........152 OSIRIS (NG YOUNG GOD) ................152 Spring, Dawn, Childhood, Planting, Beginnings, Hope, Rebirth, and Renewal............152 PAN (CN YOUNG GOD, BATTLE GOD) .153 Wilderness, Beasts, Passion, Ley Energy, Witchcraft, the Wild Hunt, Satyrs, and Fauns ........153 PANDIS (CN ASCENDED) ..................153 Humour, Laughter, Jokes, Tricks, and Eccentricity ....................153 PAZUZU (CE GREAT OLD ONE)..........153 Lies, Corruption, Perversion, Degradation, Disease, Sickness, and Pestilence.......................153 POSEIDON (N ELDER GOD) ...............154 Concepts: Water, Lakes, Seas, Oceans, Clouds, Ice, Snow, Rain, Steam, Fog, Whirlpools, Rapids, Falls, Waves, Fishing, Sailing, Aquatic Life, and Marids (Djinn), Triton Father.........................154 PTAH (N ANCIENT ONE)...................154 Space, Time, History, and Prophecy...............................154 RA (NG ELDER GOD).......................154 White Magic, Light, Life, and the Primary Sun...........................154 RAWNA (N ELDER GOD)...................155 Death, Sleep, Fantasy, Dreams, and Corvids, Divine Queen....155 SATANAEL (LE YOUNG GOD).............155 Oppression, Conformity, Slavery, Sophistry, Politics, and Hell, Prince of Darkness........155 SHAYKSPEYR (NG ASCENDED)............155 Artistic Expression, Theatre, Drama, Storytelling, Writing, Oratory, Poetry.....................155 SIRSYR (LG ASCENDED, BATTLE GOD) .156 Chivalry, Valour, Loyalty, and Honour..................................156 SORVAH (N ASCENDED) ...................156 Travel, Curiosity, Exploration, Research, Hospitality, Guides, Nomads, Wanderers, and Vagabonds ............................156 THE TAO (UNALIGNED SOURCE).........156 Balance, Existence, Possibility ..............................................156 THOR (N YOUNG GOD, BATTLE GOD) .157 Strength, Confidence, Daring, Courage, Speed, Virility, Stallions, Bulls, and Centaurs157 THRYM (NE YOUNG GOD)................157 Winter, Twilight, Old Age, Endings, Blizzards, Avalanches, Waste, Emptiness, Starvation, Bitterness, Regret .................157 TIAMAT (CE ANCIENT ONE) ..............158 Annihilation, Energetic Entropy, Negativity, Fury, Abominations, and Dragonneth....................158 TITANIA (NE ELDER GOD).................158 Seduction, Rivalry, Revenge, Cold, Frost, and Cruelty, Fey Mother, Ice Queen ...............158 VELKIRI (CG ASCENDED, BATTLE GOD)158 Equality, Emancipation, Freedom, and Individuality...158 VULCAN (LN ELDER GOD) ................159 Earth, Metals, Minerals, Mountains, Hills, Volcanoes, Artifice, Invention, Craftsmanship, Smithing, Mining, Earthquakes, Landslides, and Dao (Djinn), Dwarf Father ..............................................159 WICCA (NG ELDER GOD).................159 Agriculture, Domestication, Motherhood, Fertility, Dogs .159 XALAFU (CE PIT FIEND) ...................159 The Dread One......................159 XOLL’X (NE YOUNG GOD)................160 Intrigue, Plots, Manipulation, Ensnaring, Extortion, Ambition, Espionage, and Arachnids.....160 XONDRA (LN ELDER GOD, BATTLE GOD) ...................................................160 Discipline, Practice, Focus, Order, and Perfection...........160 YEENOGHU (LE HELLSPAWN NOBLE)...161 Baroness of the 1st Hell, Circle of Bones, Lady of Scavengers161 Y'GOLONAC (CE PIT FIEND) ..............161 The Defiler ............................161 YTHOGTHA (CE PIT FIEND) ...............161 The Thing in the Pit...............161 YUG-SITURATH (CE PIT FIEND)..........162 The All-Consuming Fog.........162 ZATHOG (CE PIT FIEND)...................162 The Black Lord of Whirling Vortices.................................162 ZEUS (CN YOUNG GOD) ..................163 Tempests, Thunder, Lightning, Turmoil, Turbulence, Electromagnetism, Exuberance, Wrath, Conquest, Struggle, Wrestling ..............................163 ZHAR AND LLOIGOR (CE PIT FIEND) ....163 The Twin Obscenities............163 DIVINE POWERS .............................163 Avatars..................................164 Covenants.............................164 Blood Sacrifices................164 Ceremonies......................164 Ill Omens..........................164 Special Sacrifices..............165 Occult Powers.......................165 The Ascended .......................165 The Children of the Reformation ..............................................166 Demigods..............................166 Divine Sensitivity ..................167 Divine Power Rank Table......168
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VI COSMOLOGY ..................................170 PLANES OF EXISTENCE ......................170 ACHERON......................................172 ASTRAL TRAVEL ..............................172 BEYOND REALITY.............................173 The Maelstrom......................173 Outer Darkness .....................173 The Void................................173 CELESTIAL NODULES ........................173 DIMENSIONAL BUBBLES....................173 THE DREAMWORLD .........................174 FEY GEOGRAPHY .............................174 KARMIC WHEEL..............................175 PLANAR MALLEABILITY .....................175 TEMPORAL EFFECTS .........................175 TRAVEL BETWEEN REALITIES...............175 Class Conversions..................176 Adjusting to a New Reality....176 MAGIC ITEMS..................................176 ATTUNING.....................................176 DAMAGING MAGIC ITEMS.................176 DEVASTATING WEAPONS ..................176 NEW ITEMS ...................................176 Ring of Faeriekind .................176 Sun Blade (alteration) ...........176 Tathlum.................................176 RELICS AND ARTIFACTS .....................177 Relics.....................................177 The Heart of the Wyrm First .........................................177 Orb of Shen ......................177 Minor Artifacts......................177 Advanced Shagra..............177 Dwarven Train..................177 Nautilus............................177 Power Circles....................177 Pündi Door .......................178 Totem Pole.......................178 Lesser Artifacts......................178 Baba Yaga’s Hut ...............178 Dagger of Orcus ...............178 The Drake Throne.............179 The Druid Circle................179 Hypership.........................179 Key of Solomon................179 Node Station ....................179 Shadow Staff ....................180 Shield System...................180 Tao Stones........................180 Greater Artifacts ...................181 Belt of Atlas......................181 Black Cauldron .................181 Excalibur...........................181 Hammer of Union ............181 Holy Grail of the Suns.......182 Jhaahm.............................182 Mjölnir..............................182 Spear of Destiny...............182 Tokens of the Crown........182 Apex Artifacts........................182 Altar of the Tao................182 The Ankh..........................182 Axiom...............................183 Cauldron of Creation........183 Cthanic.............................183 Demon Wall .....................184 Eye of Ptah.......................184 Mortis Liber......................184 Orcrix ...............................184 Qaldon .............................184 Secreta Liber ....................185 Vitae Liber........................185 EPIC BOONS ..................................185 1ST TIER BOONS............................185 ARCHCASTER..................185 ARTIFACT AFFINITY......185 ASCENDANT ...................186 BATTLE CRY ...................186 BEAST TAMER................186 BELOVED OF CALYPSO ..186 BLOODCASTER...............186 COMBAT PROWESS........186 CRUSADER......................186 DARKSLAYER..................186 DEMONOLIGIST..............186 DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL.186 DIVINE SIZE....................186 DRAGON KNIGHT...........186 DREADNOUGHT .............186 ELEMENTAL LORD.........186 EMERGENT PRIMORDIAL .........................................186 EMPOWERED ARCHER..187 ENERGY INVESTMENT ..187 ENLIGHTENED FIST.......187 FATE................................187 FIRE SOUL.......................187 FORTITUDE.....................187 GATECRASHER...............187 GREATER PROFICIENCY 187 HIGH MAGIC ...................187 AGELESSNESS.................187 INVINCIBILITY................187 IRRESISTIBLE OFFENSE 187 LEGENDARY ILLUMINATOR .........................................187 LEVIATHAN ....................187 LIFEBRINGER .................187 LUCK................................187 MAGIC RESISTANCE.......187 MAGICAL BEAST.............187 MASTER OF THE FORGE187 MULTI-SHOT...................187 NIGHT SPIRIT .................188 PEERLESS AIM................188 PERFECT HEALTH..........188 PHASE ARROW...............188 PLANAR TRAVEL............188 PLANE LORD...................188 QUICK CASTING..............188 RAVAGER........................188 RECOVERY......................188 RESILIENCE ....................188 RESURRECTION .............188 SCALE BREAKER ............188 SCION OF TIAMAT..........188 SILENT BLADE ...............188 SKILL PROFICIENCY ......188 SKYLORD ........................188 SONG OF FATE................188 SPEED..............................188 SPELL MASTERY ............188 SPELL RECALL................189 STORMBORN ..................189 TITANS GRIP...................189 TRUESIGHT.....................189 TRUESPEAKER ...............189 UNDETECTABILITY .......189 UNFETTERED.................189 2ND TIER BOONS..........................189 ARCANE MASTER...........189 ARCANE SAVANT ...........189 BEASTLORD....................189 DEADLY BLADE..............189 DEATH BRINGER............189 DEMON LORD.................189 DIVINE MULTI-SHOT .....189 DRAGON LORD...............189 DUNGEON LORD ............189 EXTRAORDINARY CONCENTRATION ..........189 FEATS..............................189 FLOW MASTER...............189 GREATER ARTIFACT AFFINITY ........................190 GREATER BATTLE CRY..190 GREATER SPEED............190 IMMORTALITY ...............190 INCREDIBLE PROFICIENCY .........................................190 INSPIRED ILLUMINATION .........................................190 KING/QUEEN OF THE WILD .........................................190 LESSER BOONS...............190 LIVING SAINT .................190 MASTER TACTICIAN ......190 MULTI-SUBCLASS ..........190 MYTHIC LEADER............190 PLANESHAPER...............190 PRIMORDIAL ..................190 RACIAL PARAGON..........190 RAGEBORN .....................190 SPELL LORD....................190 SPELL SLINGER ..............190 SPELL WARRIOR............190 STRESS TOLERANCE......190 SUMMONER....................190 SURGE MASTER..............190 TALON OF TIAMAT ........191 VOID LORD .....................191 3RD TIER BOONS ..........................191
- 9. VII CRITICAL SPELL CASTER .........................................191 CRITICAL WEAPON MASTER...........................191 DEAD GOD FRAGMENT..191 DIETY ARTIFACT AFFINITY .........................................191 GREATER FEATS.............191 LEGENDARY ACTIONS ...191 LEGENDARY PROFICIENCY .........................................191 LEGENDARY RESISTANCE .........................................191 PARTIAL DIVINITY.........191 SOUL OF DARKNESS.......191 SOUL OF FLAMES ...........191 SOUL OF LIGHT...............191 SOUL OF RAINS...............191 SOUL OF SHADOWS........192 4TH TIER BOONS ..........................192 ASCENDANT POWER .....192 PACT MAKER ..................192 COVENANT MAKER........192 ELEVATED POWER ........193 WORLD OF ALDYRYC.......................193 GEOGRAPHY ..................................193 Eastern Hemisphere..............193 Western Hemisphere............195 Map..................................195 Map Key ...........................196 Map Locations..................197 Ahkracia ......................197 The Aldwynn Islands....197 Aldyrrya.......................197 Arcanica.......................197 Assyrvia .......................197 Caenyrvyn....................197 Caltere.........................197 The Daikaiju Ocean......198 Spires of Poseidon..198 The Dark North............198 The Dead Land.............198 The Devil’s Triangle.....198 The Shroud.............198 The Dragon’s Maw ......199 Dunblannor .................199 Ethernia.......................199 The Eye of Azathoth....199 The Fey Mountains......199 The Forsaken Peaks.....199 Gaelland......................200 Ganis ...........................200 Gaxxidin ......................200 Geyrd’N.......................200 Glooming Forest..........200 Gor ..............................201 The Great Rift..............201 The Grey Waste...........201 Kaankura .....................201 Kaldaria .......................201 Kalvaala.......................201 The Kangg-Ara Plains...201 Kassykoth ....................201 Kaxxuun.......................202 KI’s Crown Mountains.202 Konimbra.....................202 Kordesh.......................202 The Labyrinth ..............202 Lamzara.......................202 Luxor ...........................202 Lyrnea .........................202 Murcia.........................202 The Murhkar Empire ...203 Mystical Places............203 Necros.........................203 Numallea.....................203 Paholja ........................204 The Polar Vortex .........204 Polaris Mons ...............204 Raktargoth ..................204 Rovalla.........................204 The Senjin Ocean ........205 The Sentinel Coast ......205 Shangri-La ...................205 Sorrvas ........................205 Stygia ..........................205 Syrraqa........................205 Tarkiztan .....................205 Thunder Island ............205 Thurlund .....................206 The Tlaqectz Kingdoms206 Umbria ........................206 The Underworld..........206 The Subterranean Domains .................206 Sheol ......................206 Tartarus..................207 The Inferno.............207 The Core.................207 Valympur.....................207 Varlund .......................207 The White Death.........207 Witching Zones ...........207 Wyrland ......................208 Ysstraka.......................208 Zendar.........................208 Zhyatis.........................208 Zur...............................208 ORGANIZATIONS.............................208 Forbidden Associations.........208 Knighthoods..........................208 Rogue Organizations.............210 SPECIAL METALS AND MINERALS........210 TIMEKEEPING AND HISTORY ..............211 Aldyryc’s Festivals.................211 Aldyryc’s Week .....................211 Aldyryc’s Year .......................211 The Existential Ages of the Continuum............................212 The Age of the Winds ......212 The Existential Wars .............215 The Order of Creation...........216 Calendar ...............................217 INDEX .............................................220
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- 11. 1 Introduction Aldyryc campaigns use the standard D&D fifth edition rules with the additions, adjustments, and omissions, described within this Guide, along with expansions adapted from Pathfinder. Consisting largely of conversions for standard races, classes, magic, monsters and planes, the Guide follows the D&D maxim that all rules and details are considered optional, provided to enable the closest recreation of the Aldyryc milieu. Ability Scores The three Mental ability scores are defined as follows: Intelligence is a measure of intellect and recall. Wisdom is a measure of intuition and subconscious awareness. Charisma is a measure of the psychic integrity and personal magnetism. Alignment Alignment is the core compass of a character as far as to the ethics and foundations of their psyche. Changing alignment is a process requiring willing action or dramatic magic. In addition to any class ramifications, the character must make a DC10 Sanity saving throw if the change is one step, DC15 if more than one step, and DC20 if the change is to the opposing extreme. No proficiency or ability modifiers apply but any modifiers that apply to general saving throws do. A failure results in the acquiring of one form of Indefinite Madness with a new save to remove it allowed each time a level is gained. A critical failure makes the madness permanent until removed by a Wish. Lawful should be "Collectivism" and Chaotic should be "Individualistic" with Neutral "Familial". Good being "Compassionate" and Evil being "Selfish" with Neutral being Pragmatic. Collectivists value the society over the individual, laws to create clear stable hierarchies among the group and order over personal freedom. Familialists value a tight small group with a hierarchy natural defined but capable of change. They value the contributions and differences of the individual but balance it against the welfare of the group. Laws can be bent but traditions are highly valued. They know that some will go their own way, and may return. Pragmatists tend to do cost benefit analysis and will justify the means by the ends. Individualists value personal freedom and free thought, self-reliance and the ability to cope with disorder. The chafe at hierarchies and strict laws but may follow personal codes with great discipline. So: Lawful Good = Compassionate Collectivist Neutral Good = Compassionate Familialist Chaotic Good = Compassionate Individualist Lawful Neutral = Pragmatic Collectivist True Neutral = Pragmatic Familialist Chaotic Neutral = Pragmatic Individualist Lawful Evil = Selfish Collectivist Neutral Evil = Selfish Familialist Chaotic Evil = Selfish Individualist Restoring Altered Alignment If someone’s alignment was altered by a curse, god, the Dreaming or other powerful magic, it may be restored through the Ceremony (Ceremonial Blessings) spell cast with a 5 th level slot. This grants the willing target advantage on the resulting sanity save if their alignment reverts. Expertise Unless otherwise noted under the race or class, expertise grants the ability to add proficiency bonus to the listed checks without actually being proficient. If proficient, double the bonus is added. Infravision Replacing Darkvision for all creatures except those of magical or spiritual nature such as Demons, Daemons, Seraphim, Lux. Flux, Modrons, Aeons, Undead, and the like, infravision has the same range and basic mechanics as Darkvision except that it relies on infrared radiation. It does not enable reading or black and white vision. This is still accomplished by spiritual/magical Darkvision. To infravision every object appears radiant, the stronger and more intense the radiation the brighter the object. Relatively cold objects appear dim while hot ones are bright shapes of red. Patches of variation define features and are the greatest level of detail achievable. However, infravision grants advantage when tracking a heat source across a colder surface or through a colder environment if done recently after passage. Also, if a heat source is hiding beyond a relatively thin colder source such as foliage or up 1” of solid wood per 10 feet of visual range, they lose the advantage of concealment but cover and Invisibility are unaffected. An ambient temperature above 150 degrees Fahrenheit creates a blinding glare that renders infravision useless as do bright light conditions. Only objects at absolute zero temperature do not radiate. Spiritual Sight Is interpreted by the mind as a black and white image as described in the Player’s Handbook. However it is accomplished by the opening on the Third or Inner Eye and is spiritual in nature. It detects the energy patterns that surround and make up all things at the surface level, while grants deeper penetration into reality. See the Spell section description of Spiritual Sight for further information. Gaining Levels Training is required to gain a level in a current class or a new one, or for feats, ability increases, Form, or other class options that you gain. The player must declare what new class, what Form, spells, ability score increases, or other options they are developing for their next level at 1st level and upon gaining each level thereafter. The player is assumed to be developing whatever they have chosen during the off-time during adventures: rests, downtime, travelling, in whatever spare moments they have. The character must pay the training cost in advance to buy the materials need to learn. From the point they pay the cost, during and between their adventures, they must spend at least the number of days listed practicing for the level to be attained before their experience can push them to the next level with their next long rest. The long rest consolidates all the practice and experiments into the new level's abilities and such.. Level Attained Training Time Training Cost 2 nd -4 th 10 days 20gp 5 th -8 th 20 days 40gp 9 th -12 th 30 days 60gp 13 th -16 th 40days 80gp 17 th – 20 th 50days 100gp Literacy and Numeracy Everyone with intelligence 3 or above knows how to count, add, and subtract, as well as having been immersed in their known languages long enough to speak them but not to read or write them unless they have Literacy. Literacy proficiency is treated like that for a kit or tool and can be applied to all known languages. It grants basic use of the language with Arcana checks required for more advanced usage. The same applies to Numeracy for math using any language script known. They come with background options or can be taken separately through downtime
- 12. 2 training as detailed in Xanathar’s. Those such as Rural or Urban Peasants, Outlanders, Criminals, Sailors, Soldiers, Urchins, and Folk Heroes get neither Literacy nor Numeracy as granted proficiencies. Only those such as Guild Artisans, Nobles, and Sages get numeracy. All Pündi possess both. Classes only know how to read texts essential to the class, such as spellbooks. The Linguist feat comes with Literacy training. Longevity Rating A race’s longevity rating indicates its rough metabolic rate and lifespan in relation to the lowest rating which is human. A Human is considered an Infant until age 2, an Innocent until age 8, a Child with agency until age 12 and a Youth until age 15 when they reach Young Adult. The Age of Agency declared by the gods is 8 for Humans, after which they are held responsible for their choices. Mature Adult is 35, an Old is 55 and Venerable 75, with a Maximum Natural Age of 40+4d20 after which death by Natural Causes comes into play. The racial longevity rating indicates the factor by which these numbers are multiplied. Age and Class A character’s starting age is determined by their Background Option age (See Customization Options for starting age and the additional roll for each background) and then their Class training. Characters roll 1d4+1 for the Fighter, Monk, and Rogue, classes and 2d6 for all other classes, adding it to their Background Option age before applying their racial longevity rating. For characters that start beyond 1st level, use the same age calculations and add 1 year for every 1000xp required to be at the base starting XP for the level. If the starting level is 7 or higher, use 35 instead of 14 as the base age before adding rolls and multiplying by longevity rating.. A character may have a starting base age as low as 8 to which background roll and class are added, if the player and DM agree, but this risks starting at an age below adult with the appropriate adjustments. Mundane Professions The following applies to NPCs and those player characters that start beyond normal minimum starting age for their race. Those under adult age get no racial ability score adjustments added. Characters created beyond 1st level have their current age determined by adding the time required to reach their level at an average of 1000XP/year adjusted by longevity rating to the starting age for their class. NPCs get an ability increase every four levels that may use to get a feat instead. Infants, Innocents, and Children Infants (up to 2 years at Longevity 1) are Tiny sized or three below their adult size, have 1 hit point plus Constitution modifier (minimum of 1hp), a crawl speed of 5, and disadvantage on all skills and attacks. They have no proficiency bonus, background option, or level dependant racial abilities. Innocents (2-7 years) are Small size or two steps below their adult size if not a medium race, have 2hp, move at 10 less than their adult speed in all types possessed, and have no proficiency modifier, background options, or level dependent racial abilities. Children (8-11) are small or 1 step below the adult size, have 3hp, move 5 less than their adult speed, and get their background option with +1 proficiency bonus at disadvantage to its skills. They get no weapon or armor proficiencies or level dependent racial abilities. Youths Youths (12-14), are the same size category as adults but usually a little shorter and lighter, have 4hp; get a background option and a +1 proficiency modifier to apply to its skills. If they start their class young, they only get +1 proficiency bonus but all the normal 1st level abilities. Their hit points are 4 instead of the die maximum for the class. They get no weapon or armor proficiencies or level dependent racial abilities unless they started their class young. Adults Adults get 5-8hp per level as determined by age with the standard ability increases or feats at the standard levels. See the list of Background Options under Customization options for the classification of each permitted background. Their hit points per die and proficiencies are determined by the background option of their profession as follows: Status Profession Physically light with training focused on mental and interpersonal skills, these professions have 5hp per level and no proficiency in weapons or armor.. Laborious Profession More physically demanding with a focus on manual labor or skill but relatively safe, these professions have 6hp per level and simple weapon proficiencies but no armor. Risky Profession A hardy, dangerous lifestyle with physical demands and risk of combat, focused on survival, these professions have 7hp per level as well as simple weapons and light armor proficiency. Martial Profession Trained for combat and a hard life in the field, these professions have 8hp per level, as well as martial weapons, light armor, medium armour, and shield proficiencies. Aging Effects When a living creature attains an age category above Adulthood, they get 3 points to subtract from Physical Ability scores and 3 to add to their Mental Ability scores. Like the ability score adjustments every 4HD, these may be divided as desired and exchanged in order to choose a new feat and discard and old or add at the standard exchange rate. By using two points for feat addition to cancel out two points of subtraction they can pay to retain feats and reduce physical loss to 1 point while still gaining one mental point. Lifelong Learning Once they have attained 1st level in a class as well as adulthood, characters get experience for ever year they survive. Every New Year’s Day they make a Wisdom check at DC10, with advantage if they have spent at least 8 hours a day of that time intensely training and improving their profession. If undead, or otherwise prevented from experiencing normal life, such as while imprisoned, the check has disadvantage. Success grants 1000xp, critical success 2000xp, and any failure results in no XP. This is divided by the Longevity Rating of the race because they are less impacted by a single year, tending to learn and act at a slower pace unless pressed. To an elf, an hour has the impact of six minutes. Most races tend to keep time in regards to their metabolic Cycle instead of the passage of 24 hours, an elven “day” being 240 hours long. Metabolic Requirements A Medium-size creature with Longevity 1 requires at least 2lbs of food and 4 pints of water (4lbs) for sustenance each day, Diminutive Creatures require 1/16 of this amount, Tiny creatures require 1/4, Small creatures ½, Large x4, Huge x16 times, and Gargantuan at least 64 times the Medium-sized amount. The largest Dragonneth High Ones require 16384 times medium-size requirements every 50 days. This is typically spread divided into three meals spread over the Cycle with the first upon ending the cycle’s long rest. Longevity 1 races also require a Long Rest to end the Cycle and start the new or they gain 1 point of Exhaustion. Higher rating have a longer time between mandatory long rests but require the same amount of time for the rest unless noted otherwise (see Dwarf and Ikari). Natural Causes Upon reaching maximum age, and upon each year or combat initiative that occurs thereafter, a creature must make a
- 13. 3 Constitution saving throw at DC25 to avoid incurring 1d6 points of Exhaustion due to heart failure that no rest can remove. A critical failure results in a stroke causing the effects of a permanent Feeblemind spell. Dragonnethi are immune to strokes but not from accruing permanent exhaustion. Qi Qi, also spelled Ki and Chi, is the essence of the Tao, the Void’s spirit of infinite potential. Qi, thought, and energy, are one and the same. The Tao is static, unorganized, undifferentiated, unrealized Qi at maximum entropy. The Heart of Existence realizes the Qi by creating paired kinetic threads of radiant and dark Qi at maximum quality once per instant, combining to form the planar fabric of the cosmos. All life and matter evolved from radiant Qi while demons are the only purely dark Qi entities. Dark Qi is parasitically attracted to radiant, cocooning it and taking control. Daemons and Feyrs were created by combining demons with enough radiant Qi to lock them into forms, while undead were created by infecting the living with dark Qi. Spending Qi Qi is used to power spells and psychic abilities as well as Ki abilities of martial artists, monks, and shadow warriors. Spell slots, uses of psychic abilities and Ki points all represent Qi wells gathered or accessed by the individual. These enable powers and abilities to be used without drawing upon the user’s own life force. However, once these are spent, the individual can draw upon their own Qi at the cost of 1 Healing HD per Ki point, ability use, or spell slot level. Once these reach 0 the character can reach deeper into their structural Qi gain 1 level of exhaustion for each HD they would have spent. Gaining 6 levels results in death with the body reduced to dust. Slot Boosting A spell caster can boost a spell beyond their normal maximum slot level by spending Qi at a rate of 1 healing HD per slot level beyond your maximum slot level that you boost the spell if the spell is no higher than 3rd, 3 HD per level up 6th, and 6 HD if beyond 6 th . Doing this requires an ability check of you casting ability against a DC of 10 plus 1 per desired slot level of the spell. On a failure the spell uses up the maximum level slot available for it but is wasted and on a critical failure the caster takes the HD cost without the spell being cast. Qi Detonation Spellcasters may unleash all their stored and innate Qi in one blast, inflicting 5(1d8) points of force damage per slot level of spell they still have available to cast, totalled. This is taken by the caster with no saving throw but those within 5 feet per Healing HD spent by the caster must make a Constitution save against the caster’s spell DC to take half damage as well as not being thrown back 10 feet and rendered prone. Races Natural Weapons listed are treated as light finesse melee weapons. Alignments given are the dominant cultural alignment of the race or ethnicity and typical of most individuals but not mandatory unless otherwise noted. Racial Interactions Faerie tend to be aloof and associate mostly with other faerie and fey. They tolerate humans as a child race and are fierce enemies of orcs and Dragonnethi. Fey resent faerie but tolerate their association for mutual benefit. They find humans amusing and gullible. They fear orcs and Dragonnethi. Orcs are feared and distrusted by most races but they are known to keep their bargains. They view Dragonneth as worthy enemies, fey as weaklings, faerie as invaders, and humans as useful tools. Dragonneth are fearsome legends to most other races. Ancient enemies of the faerie and fey, they view all other races as invading vermin, although their inexperience with humans generates a measure of curiosity about them. Octopods are alien to every race except tritons with whom they regularly interact. Their existence is virtually unknown by most other races. Anthropoid The First Chaos Wave transformed Antha, Rakshiri and rakshasa, into unstable beings called Proteans that served as the source for the creation and evolution of many anthropoid races. Pündi and humans are the only evolved races on Aldyryc; humans immigrants from the Old World of One Sun whose first arrivals began the Age of the Winds. Anthropoids are classed as “Persons” and “Humanoids” for spell and other purposes. Faerie There are five Faerie races based on the Faerie Elements, including Minos (Fire), Ikari (Air), Tritons (Water), Dwarves (Earth), and Elves (Nature’s combination). Tied to the fey Elements they tend to be at one with nature and resistant to their element, Elves being the combined Elements, or the Element of Spirit, the essence of Life and thus resistant to the touch of death. All Faerie races get the following: Universal Faerie Traits Environmental Adaptation: Comfortable naked in temperatures between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Faerie get advantage on saves versus Extreme Cold or heat Damage Resistance: due to their elemental nature, each race of Faerie was immune to one type of damage before the Fall. Only Minosi retain this being Immune to Fire damage. Dwarves have resistance to Acid, Elves to Necrotic, Ikari and Kenku to Lightning, Tritons and Sahuagin to Cold. Faerie Calm: Inability to be berserkers. Reincarnate: return as a related Faerie type until they achieve spiritual harmony with themselves and vanish into the Faerie Realms upon death. The Player and DM each roll a d4 upon character death, a tie resulting in the Faerie passing onto the Fey Realms along with their body, leaving their equipment behind. Otherwise they reincarnate within the same race but may change sub-races. Source Connection: Magical abilities activated by spiritual connection to Hold Source in Naming Ceremony when faerie are given their adult names. Empathic touch between members of the same sub-race or race if none outside their racial Holds, full empathy and telepathic touch within their Holds. Affected by the Longing. Because of the intimate mental connections, faerie tend to have little shame regarding nudity and sexuality wearing what clothing is needed comfortable or preferred. Except for cloaks, this means nothing for Ikari, Kenku, and tritons, loincloths of skin or fur, if anything, in the case of Minosi, Blood Elves, and Feral Elves, simple modest clothing for Forest Elves, flamboyant and often revealing clothing for Sea Elves, formally stylish attire for Mist Elves, and practical durable workwear for dwarves. Although there are racial and subracial variations, faerie tend to follow the ancient social structure of the Faerie Alliance, having tried everything else during the Age of the Fallen, based on the family led by an elder serving on the Clan Council led by the eldest member who serves on the Hold Council, the Holds forming a Racial Council and the races forming the Alliance Council. In the Age of the Winds the Racial Councils have become loose or nonexistent and there hasn’t been a full Alliance since the Fall. The Mist Elves, Forest Elves, and Sea Elves still maintain a solid alliance while a loose alliance remains between them and the Gaxx, but most others have abandoned the idea. Faerie justice recognizes seven classes of offenses ranked according to increasing severity of punishment: 1. Reparation 2. Compensation 3. Indentured Servitude 4. Imprisonment
- 14. 4 5. Shunning (Temporary Exile) 6. Death 7. Severing (Permanent Exile) Faerie Sources The Atonement brought faerie back into communion with their gods and the Faerie Realms through the creation of Faerie Sources, faewoods being the first. The Source is the foundation for the dimensional bubble known as a Hold, containing the faerie settlement. Upon becoming adult age, every faerie is given their adult name and linked in communion with the Hold’s Source. This activates their magical abilities and gives them telepathy through touch with others of their sub-race and empathy with all lined to the Sources while inside the Hold. Beyond the Hold, this is limited to empathic touch with their subtype. Holds and Territories A Source extends a dimensional bubble in a seven-mile radius around itself between the Terrestrial and Faerie Realms known as a Hold. Accessed by Faerie Circles, one at the bottom of the bubble and the other on the Material Plane, only faerie are allowed within Holds, being where the faerie dwell and raise their families. Children are not allowed to leave the Hold unaccompanied. The Faerie Circle on the Material Plane is typically hidden in a fortified or inaccessible location, like mountaintops for Ikari, its exact location often considered a racial secret. Faeroe don’t allow non-faerie within their territories for the most part, except for those considered especially valuable allies gifted with amulets that declare them Faerie Friends. Dwarf territories are fortified Underworld tunnel systems and mines. The elves of Aldyrrya are allies with the fey of the region, the borders protected by the ever-vigilant Ent Line, an unbroken series of overlapping Ent sensory regions containing ultra-low frequency sonic vibrations that create an eerie haunted sensation in living creatures discouraging most intruders from crossing. Those who do are either chased away by Ents or of captured by elven rangers and lancers and released with their memories altered. The Longing Faerie who leave the Hold must make a Charisma save on New Year’s Day at the end of a period of absence equal to 1 year times their longevity rating. The DC is 10 +1 per save they have made since their last time in the Hold. On a failure the Faerie is afflicted with the Longing, a Geas to physically touch the Source to which they are linked and cannot be removed or dispelled, although experienced the empathic touch of another of the same race offers a new save to throw off the Longing until a new failed save. If the faerie is linked to the exact same Source, those save has advantage. The damage inflicted by the Geas is delivered each time they awake from a long rest. Once the Longing is active each year the faerie must save against the Longing with disadvantage or become afflicted indefinite madness curable only by touching the Source. Should the Geas damage reduce hit points to 0, the faerie automatically stabilizes but incurs 1 point of Exhaustion that only touching the Source removes and must save versus the Longing with disadvantage or become mad as previously described. Source Defences A Source has AC20 as well as 10 times the maximum hit points of its Guardian with the same HD total, feats, and bonus action healing ability. It uses the same saves but with +4 , immunity to psychic and madness, and resistance to necrotic, poison and non- magical B/P/S as well as sharing the immunities and resistance of the Guardian. A Source can create an Antipathy field as per the spell at 18th level with +10 modifiers to defend itself, recharged by short rest. Guardians Each race has its own type of Source with a Guardian. Guardians have the Alert, Durable, Lucky, and Tough feats, are able to use their healing HD as a bonus action with HD recharged by a short rest, all rests being done by withdrawing into the substance of the Source. A Guardian can Dimension Door at will to anywhere within the Hold (which may be up to 7 miles in radius) and has the abilities of a 17th level Paragon of the listed Forms with a +10 modifier when required and 2 uses of each spell level. They may maintain concentration on more than one elemental conjuration spell at a time, even if resting or reduced to 0 hit points. If slain, a Guardian’s body vanishes into the Source and emerges fully restored and rested 1d10 days later. Guardians have all the abilities and standard for their kind with +4 to Wisdom and Intelligence, as well as Immunity to Madness and Psychic. Guardians have advantage on all saves, can Commune as if a priest, and can communicate telepathically within the Hold to anyone linked to the Source. They can grant Inspiration to every linked individual once and Clam Emotions each individual once, serially or all at once, recharged by a long rest. Source Types Elven Sources are called Faewoods, giant tress or roots systems with a dryad as the Guardian, able to divide her spell uses between the Forms of ANIMAL and Plant as desired. Dwarven Sources are called Heart Stones, giant natural rock pillars with an Earth Elemental as the Guardian with the paragon abilities of EARTH. Ikari Sources are called Heart Winds, air funnels with an AIR paragon Air Elemental as Guardian. Minos Sources are called Heart Fires, pools of magma with a flaming vortex in the centre and a paragon FIRE Elemental Guardian. Triton Sources are called Heart Waters, large water funnels with a paragon WATER Elemental Guardian. Source Destruction Slaying a Source requires all linked to it to make a Constitution save at DC30 or die immediately, with success granting 3 points of Exhaustion, and a DC30 Charisma save or be afflicted with permanent Berserk Rage (as berserker) and short-term madness, with a critical failure resulting in long term madness, and success with normal Berserk Rage and indefinite madness. When the initial madness of a failure ends, the victim is afflicted by incurable indefinite madness. The Guardian is slain and rises immediately as a wraith with all those linked rising as shadows at death, the Hold twisting into a dark, haunted place. Dwarf Dwarf Traits Ability Score Increase. All dwarves get +2 to Constitution Description. Base Height: 4’; Height Modifier: +2d4; Base Weight: 130 lb; x (2d6) lb; Female Base Adjustment: -2” and -15 lb; Digits: 5; Facial Hair: Both sexes may grow, males in mustaches and beards, while females only grow beards. Longevity Rating. 9 Speed. 25 not reduced by heavy armour. Dwarven Resilience. advantage on saves versus poison and Resistance versus Poison damage. Proficiencies. Battle-axe, hand axe, light hammer, Warhammer, and smith’s, brewer’s, or mason’s tools. Dwarven Secrets: Advantage in Intelligence checks involving stonework, metallurgy, and engineering. Expertise. History Bonus Feats. Dungeon Delver, Echolocation and Tavern Brawler at 1HD. Agoraphobic: Extremely uncomfortable in wide-open spaces dwarves require twice the minimum time for a short or long rest when outdoors. They prefer being enclosed with a ceiling and walls. Faerie Magic:
- 15. 5 Detect Metal Song (as Detect Magic but can sense the presence and type and rough value/quantity of metal within 60’) and Faerie Fire when 1 st level usable at will. Meld into Stone (self only) when 3 rd level usable at will Conjure Minor Elementals (Earth)when 5 th level usable once recharged by long rest Stoneskin (self only)when 7 th level recharged on short rest Conjure Elemental (Earth) when 9 th once recharged by long rest Dwarves of different sub-races produce children that have an even chance of being either type. Dwarves are natural tunnel explorers skilled at working and fighting even when blinded. Although pragmatic and stoic, they have a tendency towards settling things with their fists. Outlook Dwarves are hardworking and honourable having little patience for lies or chaos. They work and play hard, often brawling for sport. They live a hard life in a hard place and condition themselves for that from childhood. Everyone learns a practical skill and how to defend themselves and others. Duergar take this to the next level, seeing the world as hostile and life as a struggle filled with toil. They are often accused of having an orc attitude by Gaxx. Society Practical in all things, dwarves aren’t big on formality or ceremony, preferring to get to the point and down to business. They only deal with outsiders who have some value to the dwarves, although Gaxx are willing to come to the aid of allies. A good defense prevents the need for offense is their motto for constructing their fortress cities outside their holds. Their artistic spirit is mostly dedicated to singing, storytelling, and working stone and metal into lasting shapes of simple beauty. They have little use for adornment, except in cases of sentimentality which they deny but to which they are prone. Duergar Alignment. Lawful Evil Ability Increase. Strength +1 and Intelligence +1 Toughness. +1 to hit point maximum, increasing +1 per HD. Infravision 120’ Sunlight Sensitivity: Disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks that rely on sight when you, your target, or whatever you are trying to perceive are in direct sunlight. Languages: Dark Speech, Dwarfish; Faerie Skill Bonuses. +1 Perception, +1 Stealth, +1 Survival Description -1 to Height Modifier roll; Eyes: irises have appearance and colour of the full range of gemstones. Hair: dark to near-black brown, grey, red, orange, white, and yellow Skin: rough and hard like a callous in shades of grey from medium to black. Gaxx Alignment. Lawful Good Ability Increase. +1 Strength and +1 Wisdom Skill Bonuses. +1 History, +1 Performance (Storytelling), +1 Perception Hardy: Add +1 hit point to each Healing HD spent Infravision 60’ Languages: Dwarfish, Iantic, Faerie Description Eyes: irises have the appearance and colour of the full range of gemstones. Hair: pale brown, grey, red, orange, white, yellow, from light to near black Skin: rough and hard like a callous in shades of grey from light to medium. Elf Elf Traits Ability Score Increase. All elves get +2 to Dexterity Longevity Rating. 10 Speed. 30. Magical Resilience. Advantage on saves versus charm and immunity to magical sleep. Infravision 60’ Bonus Feats. Meditation and Keen Mind Expertise. Perception. Eco-sensitivity. In harmony with nature, Elves care sensitive to its pollution and disruption. This makes them uncomfortable in an artificial environment that is not a Hold, such as villages and cities. When in such areas they require twice the normal time to gain the effects of a short or long rest. In heavily polluted areas they require four times normal rest. Faerie Magic. Faerie Fire and Druidcraft when 1 st level usable at will Invisibility(self only) when 3 rd level at will Levitate(self only)when 5 th level at will Conjure Animals when 7 th level once recharged by long rest Conjure Minor Elementals when 9 th level once recharged by long rest Description. Digits: 5; Eyes: canted and feline; Facial Hair: only eyes brows; Base Height: 4’6”; Height Modifier: +2d10; Base Weight: 100 lb; x (1d4) lb; Female Base Adjustment: -2” and -30 lb When elves of different types have a child it has an even chance of being of either sub-race except if the parents are a mist and a feral elf then the result is always a sea elf. Elves have focused minds are as sharp as their senses with Blood Elves being near paranoid in their environment, Feral elves possessing a primal savagery in battle, Mist Elves being innate magicians, Forest Elves gifted archers, and Sea Elves comfortable climbing rigging, leaping to other ships or swimming below hulls to scrape barnacles. Outlook Elves take the long view of things, exercising patience and control until ready to act. Then they move with fluid agility and grace, Mist Elves with disciplined precision, Feral Elves with wild enthusiasm, Blood Elves with savage abandon. All appreciate beauty for its own sake, most seeking to nature and protect it, except Blood Elves who seek to improve it with sharp instruments.
- 16. 6 Society In harmony with their environment, elven settlements blend into their surroundings. Their love for beauty finds its way into everything they touch with even simple utensils works of art compared to those of other races. There is always a sense of flow and freedom within their artifice and societies. Even the Mist Elves rely more on self-discipline than strict enforcement of universal laws. While all faerie are empathic, elves exemplify this, their social interactions and language designed to respect the feeling and dignity of others by avoiding offense unless offense is intended. Although their clans have no royalty, they do have a form of nobility earned by the actions of self or family. Blood Elves Ability Score Increase. +2 Constitution Alignment. CE Sadomasochism. All damage taken is reduced by 1 point per dice, the points stored as Pain Points to a maximum of the character’s full HD plus proficiency modifier. Pain Points may be spent to add a bonus to any roll. Deep Dweller: Can’t meditate above ground Infravision 120’ Sunlight Sensitivity: Disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks that rely on sight when you, your target, or whatever you are trying to perceive are in direct sunlight. Languages: Dark Speech, Elvish, Faerie; Bonus Feats. Alert and Echolocation Expertise. Intimidation. Blood Elf Background: can only choose Outlander background Cultural Talents: +1 Stealth, +1 Survival Monstrous Reputation: Initial interactions with races not possessing a monstrous reputation are automatically hostile. Description. Eyes: all black pupil; Hair: black; Skin: light to dark blood red; Base Adjustment: -3” and -30 lb; Feral Elves Ability Score Increase, +2 Strength Alignment. CN Xenophobic: Unable to meditate in civilized surroundings. Fleet-footed. Speed 35 Wild Spirit. Able to Locate Plants and Animals and Speak with Plants and Animals at will Languages: Elvish, Faerie; Bonus Feats. Savage Attacker Expertise. Athletics Feral Elf Background: can only choose Outlander background Cultural Talents: +1 Acrobatics, +1 Survival Description Eyes: bark browns, greens, and greys Hair: brown, green, yellow, orange, red, often mixed in streaks or patches like leaves, some changing colour with the seasons; Skin: light to dark green. Base Adjustment: -6” and -40 lb; Forest Elves Ability Score Increase. +1 Wisdom, +1 Charisma Alignment. NG Bonus Feats. Sharpshooter Expertise. Animal Handling. Cultural Talents: +1 Nature, +1 Survival Languages: Elfish, Faerie, Iantic Description Eyes: green, yellow, red, orange, with mixtures possible, some change colour with the seasons Hair: green, yellow, lavender, pink, red, blue, orange, brown, in light and dark shades found among leaves and flowers; Skin: the light to dark hues and shades of green, grey and brown of plant stems and trunks with blends possible. Mist Elves Ability Score Increase. +1 Intelligence, + 1 Charisma Alignment. LG Bonus Feats. Magical Initiate Expertise. Persuasion. Cultural Talents: +1 Arcana, +1 Survival Languages: Elfish, Faerie, Iantic
- 17. 7 Description Eyes: gold, silver, blue, lavender, orange, violet, in light to dark shades found in the sky ;Hair: gold, silver, platinum, white, red, blue, orange, violet; Skin: snow white; Base Adjustment: +6” and +40 lb Sea Elves Ability Score Increase. +1 Strength, +1 Charisma Alignment. CG Bonus Feats. Athlete Expertise. Acrobatics Sea Elf Background: can only choose Sailor background Cultural Talents: +1 Athletics, +1 Survival Languages: Elfish, Faerie, Iantic Description Eyes: green, blue, gold, silver, violet, brown Hair: blue, green, gold, silver, brown, orange, red; Skin: white with a green tint to pale green. Ikari Ikari Traits Ability Score Increase. Strength +2; Dexterity +1; Wisdom +1 Alignment. Neutral Longevity Rating. 8 Speed. 30 Sharp-Eyed. Visual range is triple that of humans. Wings. Reach 10’, Fly 60; Advantage Strength checks and saves involving arms. Diving straight at opponent at least 30’ delivers an extra 1d6 points of melee damage. Can’t use hands while in flight. Cursed. Disadvantage on Constitution saves, checks, and skills Rejected Craft: Because they consider the Druidic Order responsible for the Curse, Ikari don’t trust druids and almost never become ordained in Druidic Lore. Restricted by Armor: In addition to normal armor penalties, you get disadvantage on Acrobatics and Athletics checks Speed drops by 10 in light armor, 20 in medium, and 30 heavy. If land speed drops to 0 you can't get off the ground. Talons 1d6 piercing Beak 1d6 slashing Bonus Feats. Alert and Observant Expertise. Performance. Cultural Talents. +1 Perception, +1 Acrobatics Languages. Ikari, Faerie Faerie Magic. Feather Fall (self only) Speak with Animals (Birds), Animal Friendship (Birds) and Faerie Fire at will when 1 st level Animal Messenger (Birds), Levitate(self only) at will when 3 rd level Conjure Animals (Birds) and Conjure Minor Elementals (Air)) when 5 th level once recharged by long rest Control Winds when 7 th level once recharged by long rest Conjure Elemental (Air) when 9 th level once recharged by long rest Avian Reproduction: although they use the standard reproduction rules to determine pregnancy, Ikari are egg-layers, with 1/10 th the pregnancy period to produce a clutch and the rest of the pregnancy period spent tending the egg until it hatches. Each clutch contains 1d4+2 eggs with each hatching a harpy on a 01-10, a gargoyle on an 11-20, a Kenku on a 21-30 and an Ikari on a 31- 98, with a 99 or 00 resulting in a dud. They are fertile only once every 8 years. Claustrophobic: While indoors or underground, Ikari require twice the minimum time to complete a rest, 2 hours for short and 16 for long. Each metabolic cycle spent under such conditions is treated as a full year for purposes of triggering the Longing. Description Eyes: avian brown, grey, or black. Hair: feathers cover body like a bird with the full range of possible plumage and males more colourful and decorative than females. Skin: pink tinted white; Digits: 4; Facial Hair: none; Base Height: 4’6”; Height Modifier: +2d12; Base Weight: 90 lb; x (1d4) lb Ikari are the best known singers with a natural drive to perform. They possess the eyes and mind of a raptor, picking out
- 18. 8 prey far blow amongst the weeds. They delight in flying through storms. Male Ikari tend to have more spectacular plumage than females and Performance, especially singing, is important to their courtship rituals making them naturally beautiful singers. Ikari are shy, aloof, and suspicious of outsiders, fiercely territorial, loyal allies, and fierce enemies when aroused. Raptors, they prefer to be aloft in the open sky regardless the weather. Their aeries have silken structures without rooves. They dislike being indoors and protect their isolation using their Kenku relatives as emissaries with even other faerie. In the year 9912 of the Age of the Winds, a curse struck the Ikari, spreading through their Sources, killing the old and the young by weakening their systems and transforming increasing numbers of eggs into gargoyles and harpies that have taken over at least one Hold. Continuing to spread and weaken the adults, the curse reaches even Freya causing the weather to becoming increasingly wild, turbulent, and unpredictable over the centuries. Between random Kenku, gargoyles, and harpies, the number of actual Ikari chicks is decreasing alarming fast. Outlook Aloof and shy Ikari tend to stay close to their Holds unless driven by some personal need to travel. Fiercely territorial they protect their flocks and hunting ranges from intruders usually watching from above before driving the intruder out with dive attacks. They tend to keep their distance and avoid other races using the Kenku as intermediaries. Once dedicated to a course of action they tend not to swerve from it going through great lengths to accomplish their goals. Once engaged in battle, they rarely show fear and are skilled at group coordination. Their spirit is soaring, their wills free, and their attitude often headstrong. They are happiest when in flight. Society Ikari only settle in their holds, with Kenku settlements near their gateways. Ikari prefer simple structures with walls of silk, wood, or other light materials and no roof. Living in families on in their aeries, they spend much of their time joining the almost continual choir of song with a great deal of status coming attached to the beauty and complexity produced. Tightly bonded to their flocks they defend each other without thought and never abandon the fallen. Their symbiotic relationship with their Kenku cousins places the Ikari in the position of nobility, the decision makers and aerial defenders while the Kenku serve most of the more mundane and practical functions. Thus Ikari tend toward artistic and intellectual pursuits while Kenku are the craftspeople and traders. Kenku Kenku Traits Ability Score Increase. Dexterity +3; Charisma +1 Alignment. Neutral Good Longevity Rating. 4 Speed. 30 Polyglot: Tengu, Ikari, Faerie, Iantic. Bonus Linguist feat Faerie Magic. Faerie Fire and Speak with Animals (Birds) when 1 st level usable at will Animal Friendship (Birds) when 3 rd level usable at will Animal Messenger (Birds) when 5 th level usable once and reset by a short rest. Conjure Animals (Birds) when 7 th level usable once and reset by a long rest. At 9 th level Conjure Animals (Birds) ability rises to 5 th level effective slot Ambusher. Advantage against any creature the Kenku has surprised. Bonus Feats. Alert, Keen Mind, and Observant Expertise. Insight. Cultural Talents. +1 Deception, +1 Stealth Beak 1d4 piercing Claw. !d6 slashing Mimicry. Can mimic any sounds it has heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC14 Insight check. Avian Reproduction: although they use the standard reproduction rules to determine pregnancy, Kenku are egg-layers, with 1/10 th the pregnancy period to produce a clutch and the rest of the pregnancy period spent tending the egg until it hatches. Each clutch contains 1d4+2 eggs. They are fertile only once every 4 years. Description Eyes: black; Hair: covered in black feathers like a raven, males have splash of colour under the eyes. Skin: pale white with ted tint. Digits: 4; Facial Hair: none; Base Height: 4’6”; Height Modifier: +2d8; Base Weight: 100 lb; x (1d4) lb Kenku are keen judges of character with minds and senses to match, they are never surprised by anything and suspicious of everyone as they seek to help while concealing the Ikari’s weakness. Hatched randomly from the eggs of the Ikari since the Fall as a result of the Second Chaos Wave, Kenku serve as emissaries and intermediaries for their reclusive cousins. Males have splashes of colour under their eyes while females are completely black. Able to speak only through their mimicry they keep information close to their vests, thoroughly checking individuals out before approaching them for business or aid. Trust comes slowly. Most
- 19. 9 other races mistrust and fear them for their apparent mockery and resemblance to Rawna’s sacred ravens. They do not speak of the Ikari illness, only of the need to lift a powerful curse. Kenku have an inherent inferiority complex because of their origin, not helped by the Ikari viewing them as kind but misshapen demi-faerie to be pitied like handicapped cousins for their lack of colour and flight. Thus they are obsessed with making their relatives proud by helping and protecting them like ailing, honoured parents. Ending the curse is the gift all Kenku wish to give. Kenku are as fiercely loyal and protective as one another as they are the Ikari, tending toward secrecy and reserve around other races. Outlook Kenku are sharp of mind and senses, wary in their dealing and bold in action. Curious yet cautious they learn to conceal their origins, the locations of the homes, the Ikari curse, rarely trusting anyone other than Kenku and Ikari. They prefer to move and work in the shadows since their appearance often generates discomfort or fascination in other races. Loyal allies, they generally seek out individuals among other races than they trust to act as their agents with those races, keep their dealings mediated and private. Kenku have a love for shiny metals and jewelry, using their collections of goodies to attract mates the way Ikari use their songs. Society Dwelling in villages often composed of rounded structures made of woven branches, small trees, and the like, Kenku live near and protect the gateways to Ikari holds. The peasants of their combined society, they serve the Ikari and act as their agents in the world while trying to find a cure for the Ikari curse. Their social organization is based on skill and experience with the most travelled, most skilled the most respected. They don’t collect wealth except for practical and mating purposes. Practical and stoic, Kenku are the merchants, miners, the farmers, the infantry, the craftspeople, and the labourers for the Ikari. Minos Minos Traits Ability Score Increase. Strength +3; Constitution +1 Alignment. Chaotic Neutral Longevity Rating. 6, but require Huge-size sustenance Hardened Skin: Natural +4 to AC Massive: Large size, Equipment costs double, weapons do +1d4 extra damage. Minosi get 2 times the normal starting hit points at 1 st level for their class plus constitution and +1HD for healing purposes. Strength weight limit 1.5 times standard. Restricted by Armor In addition to normal armor penalties, you get disadvantage on Acrobatics and Athletics checks. Speed drops by 10 in light armor, 20 in medium, and 30 heavy. Speed. 40 Minos Background: unable to choose a background option, Minosi have the universal traits of aggressive stubbornness, ideals of strength and courage, bonds of family and loyalty to allies, and flaws of brashness and insatiable hunger. They get proficiency in Animal Handling and Great Axe and start with one of the weapons as well as a pouch of 10gp and a trophy from a defeated opponent (typically a Minosi tooth or horn). They are proficient in Intimidation and get the Outlander feature of Wanderer. Limited Options: Can only be fighters of the Champion or Battle Master Archetypes or mystics of the Elemental (Fire) Key Monstrous Reputation: Initial interactions with races not possessing a monstrous reputation are automatically hostile. Gore 2d8 piercing, 5’ reach Bonus Feats. Great Weapons Master, Keen Mind and Charger Expertise. Survival and Perception. Cultural Talents. +1 Stealth, +1 Survival Languages. Minos, Faerie Faerie Magic. Faerie Fire at will when 1st level Produce Flame and Control Flames at will when 3rd level Conjure Minor Elementals (Fire) when 5th level recharged by long rest Fireball when 7th level once reset by a short rest Conjure Elemental (Fire)when 9th level recharged by long rest Aquaphobia causes Minosi to be unable to relax in wet conditions such as at sea, swamps, sea coasts, and beaches, as well as in the rain or snow making them require twice the normal minimum time for short and long rests while in such conditions. Reckless. At start of its turn can gain advantage on all melee attacks during that turn but attack rolls against it also have advantage until start of next turn Description Eyes: red, gold, silver, brown, black, grey, orange, silver, or black; Hair: fur covers entire body like a bovine in dark shades of blue, purple, violet, indigo, red, yellow, green, orange, or black; Skin: same as fur. Digits: 5; Facial Hair: fur; Base Height: 6’10”; Height Modifier: +3d12; Base Weight: 260lb; X (1d10)lb Minos are able to wield large weapons with deft talent and track almost anything while never getting lost, their stubborn brashness causes them to charge into things and rarely consider discretion. They have a linear way of thinking that carried them straight through problems without subtlety. Minos respect strength and ferocity, dealing with most disagreements and choosing leaders through combat or contests of strength. Males and females gather personal harems, holding them as long as they are able, with a Herd Master leading the collective harems that is typically male but can be female. Leadership changes frequently, most challenges being nonlethal. Outlook Minosi are known for bravery, stubbornness, volatility, and slow wits. They tend to punch first and think later. They have little patience for intellectual pursuits and no tolerance for physical weakness using their size and strength to jockey continually for position within their herds. Order bores them. They prefer the excitement of a forest fire or a battle and have a reputation for stirring up unnecessary trouble. Easily provoked, most other races
- 20. 10 avoid them unless looking for a fight. They fiercely protect their ranges and rarely back down from a fight. Constantly hungry, they spend most of their time hunting, brawling, mating, or building their strength. They make little that isn’t a weapon or armour. Drawn by challenges, Minosi rarely back down and never pick on the weak seeing no challenge in it. Their sole law is to protect the herd, otherwise might makes right although fights are rarely deadly. Society The most primitive of the faerie races, internal strife is a near constant with fights and intimidation the norm. The strongest rule and the weak are shoved aside. They live in ever shifting herds without pair bonds, the children are raised communally. Due to the hostile environments in which their Holds are located, a Minos hold is ¾ filled with solid earth and stone through which run miles of labyrinthine tunnels roamed continually by the herd. The upper ¼ is a flat grassy plain where the Minos gather herd animals that they allow to roam freely and hunt at leisure. When necessary they conduct raids on other races to replenish their herds. Sahuagin Sahuagin Traits Ability Score Increase. Strength +2, Constitution +2 Alignment. Neutral Evil Longevity Rating. 3 Shark Skin: Natural +2 to AC Restricted by Armor: In addition to normal armor penalties, you get disadvantage on Acrobatics and Athletics checks. Speed drops by 10 in light armor, 20 in medium, and 30 heavy. Hardy: get 1.5 times the normal starting hit points at 1 st level for their class plus constitution and +1HD for healing purposes. Speed. 25 Swim 40 Claws. 1d4 slashing as bonus action Bite. 1d6 piercing as bonus action Bonus Feats. Tough and Durable Expertise. Survival and Perception. Cultural Talents. +1 Stealth, +1 Survival Languages. Triton, Faerie Sahuagin Background. Can only be Outlander tribal marauder Shark Senses. Blindsight 30’ and Scent with range up to 1 mile underwater Infravision 60’ Limited Options: They can only be fighters of the Champion or Battle Master Archetypes or mystics of the Elemental (Water) Key Monstrous Reputation: Initial interactions with races not possessing a monstrous reputation are automatically hostile. Blood Frenzy. Advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points Shark Telepathy. Can command any shark within 120’ using limited telepathy Description. Eyes: black. Hair: none; Skin: grey with white and ridges that feel like sandpaper; Digits: 5; Facial Hair: none; Base Height: 5’; Height Modifier: +2d12; Base Weight: 140 lb; x (1d4) lb; Female Base Adjustment: -2” and -30 lb Faerie Magic: Speak with Animals (fish) at will when 1 st level Animal Friendship (fish) at will when 3 rd level Beast Sense (fish) once recharged by a short rest when 5 th level Conjure Animals (fish) once recharged by a long rest when 7 th level Conjure Animals (fish) rises to 5 th level effective slot when 9 th level Sahuagin are tough, durable predators who never stop, their lives are consumed by survival their keen senses alert for all opportunity and danger. They take advantage of any weakness but have no lust for territory or wealth. Just food, fighting, and tasty infants especially if they are Tritons. Mutated by the 2nd Chaos Wave, sahuagin were once Tritons, the two races form and splitting during the Age of the Fallen. Their hatred for each other burning strong still, sahuagin consider triton infants delicacies. Sahuagin are raiders following the cetaceans they love to hunt between attacks on tritons, ships and coastal settlements and only returning to the Hold to breed when called by the Longing. Swim, fight, feed, and mate, is their life. They are often led by mystical shamans who worship Chaugnar Faugn, the Feeder. Triton Triton Traits Alignment. Neutral Ability Score Increase. Dexterity +2; Constitution +1; Charisma +1 Speed. 25, Swim 40 Infravision 60’ Longevity Rating 7