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A Rose In The Wind: A Saga of the Halmae -- Updated June 19, 2014
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<blockquote data-quote="Fajitas" data-source="post: 4738763" data-attributes="member: 377"><p>That's a perfectly good question, now that I think about it. While <em>A Rose on the Wind</em> is a 4th Ed game, certain critical elements of the world of the Halmae, well established in the previous campaign, are no longer present in 4th Ed. </p><p></p><p>Like, say, familiars.</p><p></p><p>There's just no way that Lira's kids ain't gonna have familiars.</p><p></p><p>So arcane casters in the 4th Ed Halmae still have the option of having familiars, tho' they don't provide any in-game benefit. They're just there for role-playing purposes. So what is Phoebe? She's just flying, hyperactive flavor text.</p><p></p><p>Another major change in 4th Ed is the distinction between sorcerers and wizards. This was a major element of the Halmae, which I wasn't gonna change just because the rules changed. </p><p></p><p>The difference between sorcerers and wizards in the Halmae is now no-longer class based, but purely background based. Wizards learn their powers while sorcerers are born to them, and the class a player chooses to represent that distinction with is irrelevant. Thus, while Tavi's class is Swordmage, his background is that he was born with his sorcerous powers. Same would be true if he'd chosen Wizard. Or Warlock. Or, heck, even Fighter, if he'd wanted to push the skinning that far.</p><p></p><p>In fact, as a general rule, I've completely decoupled skin from stats. Thus, Arden uses the Hafling race as her racial stats, even though in game she's fully human. She's merely slight, weak, and lucky. Jan is also human, and a sorcerer to boot, but uses the Dragonborn class to represent this; the Dragonborn breath weapon power is skinned as part of his sorcery.</p><p></p><p>For those who are curious, the party line-up, in approximate order of rank is:</p><p></p><p>Tavi di Raprezzi: PC Swordmage</p><p>Roseanna di Raprezzi: NPC</p><p>Savina di Infusino: PC Cleric </p><p>Dame Filomena: PC Warlord</p><p>Chelesta "Twiggy" Rossi: PC Wizard</p><p>Jan Kormick: PC Ranger</p><p>Arden (aka "Slave"): PC Rogue</p><p></p><p>There is also Marcus, who is, er, well, someone created him as part of the party but, due to that whole grown-up and breeding thing, hasn't actually managed to make it to a game yet. We'll refer to him as Schroedinger's PC. You're not sure if he's there or not unless you try to look at him.</p><p></p><p>Any other questions?</p><p></p><p>Also, thanks so much for all the kind words, everyone; I've been meaning to respond but have been really swamped. It's good to be back.</p><p></p><p><em>(And yes, Rughat, I was going back re-reading the old Story Hour when prepping the new campaign, and came across your prediction. It had already happened by the time I re-discovered it, but I laughed myself silly nonetheless.)</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fajitas, post: 4738763, member: 377"] That's a perfectly good question, now that I think about it. While [i]A Rose on the Wind[/i] is a 4th Ed game, certain critical elements of the world of the Halmae, well established in the previous campaign, are no longer present in 4th Ed. Like, say, familiars. There's just no way that Lira's kids ain't gonna have familiars. So arcane casters in the 4th Ed Halmae still have the option of having familiars, tho' they don't provide any in-game benefit. They're just there for role-playing purposes. So what is Phoebe? She's just flying, hyperactive flavor text. Another major change in 4th Ed is the distinction between sorcerers and wizards. This was a major element of the Halmae, which I wasn't gonna change just because the rules changed. The difference between sorcerers and wizards in the Halmae is now no-longer class based, but purely background based. Wizards learn their powers while sorcerers are born to them, and the class a player chooses to represent that distinction with is irrelevant. Thus, while Tavi's class is Swordmage, his background is that he was born with his sorcerous powers. Same would be true if he'd chosen Wizard. Or Warlock. Or, heck, even Fighter, if he'd wanted to push the skinning that far. In fact, as a general rule, I've completely decoupled skin from stats. Thus, Arden uses the Hafling race as her racial stats, even though in game she's fully human. She's merely slight, weak, and lucky. Jan is also human, and a sorcerer to boot, but uses the Dragonborn class to represent this; the Dragonborn breath weapon power is skinned as part of his sorcery. For those who are curious, the party line-up, in approximate order of rank is: Tavi di Raprezzi: PC Swordmage Roseanna di Raprezzi: NPC Savina di Infusino: PC Cleric Dame Filomena: PC Warlord Chelesta "Twiggy" Rossi: PC Wizard Jan Kormick: PC Ranger Arden (aka "Slave"): PC Rogue There is also Marcus, who is, er, well, someone created him as part of the party but, due to that whole grown-up and breeding thing, hasn't actually managed to make it to a game yet. We'll refer to him as Schroedinger's PC. You're not sure if he's there or not unless you try to look at him. Any other questions? Also, thanks so much for all the kind words, everyone; I've been meaning to respond but have been really swamped. It's good to be back. [i](And yes, Rughat, I was going back re-reading the old Story Hour when prepping the new campaign, and came across your prediction. It had already happened by the time I re-discovered it, but I laughed myself silly nonetheless.)[/i] [/QUOTE]
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