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<blockquote data-quote="CM" data-source="post: 6980142" data-attributes="member: 18340"><p>The above reminds me: in the same campaign as in my OP, the players were indirectly responsible for the warforged appearing as a race.</p><p></p><p>They were exploring Neverwinter's ruined temple of Gond, where they found a small clockwork humanoid stashed away in a locked drawer. Along with it was a detailed journal by its creator, a priest named Alcaeus, documenting its construction and its initial activation. The inventor kept it hidden while teaching it how to speak and behave. Apparently it didn't go well, and the construct had to be deactivated. Modifications were made, and Alcaeus was about ready to try again after erasing its memory, but then the volcano north of Neverwinter erupted, destroying most of the city and killing him in the process.</p><p></p><p>After determining that it could be powered up by placing residuum crystals in a receptacle, they activated it. This time it was able to socialize properly, and after clearing the temple ruins, priests of Gond arrived to rebuild the temple and the party gave custody of the being to them. The church called a conclave to determine the fate of the being, as some saw it as a valuable tool while others argued that it should be recognized as an independent life. The party ultimately persuaded the Grand Artificer to declare it a free and independent being, and "he" immediately named himself Alcaeus (after his "father") and set about constructing a new, adult-sized body to assume. Any warforged in that campaign will be known as Alcaeans and will have been created by him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CM, post: 6980142, member: 18340"] The above reminds me: in the same campaign as in my OP, the players were indirectly responsible for the warforged appearing as a race. They were exploring Neverwinter's ruined temple of Gond, where they found a small clockwork humanoid stashed away in a locked drawer. Along with it was a detailed journal by its creator, a priest named Alcaeus, documenting its construction and its initial activation. The inventor kept it hidden while teaching it how to speak and behave. Apparently it didn't go well, and the construct had to be deactivated. Modifications were made, and Alcaeus was about ready to try again after erasing its memory, but then the volcano north of Neverwinter erupted, destroying most of the city and killing him in the process. After determining that it could be powered up by placing residuum crystals in a receptacle, they activated it. This time it was able to socialize properly, and after clearing the temple ruins, priests of Gond arrived to rebuild the temple and the party gave custody of the being to them. The church called a conclave to determine the fate of the being, as some saw it as a valuable tool while others argued that it should be recognized as an independent life. The party ultimately persuaded the Grand Artificer to declare it a free and independent being, and "he" immediately named himself Alcaeus (after his "father") and set about constructing a new, adult-sized body to assume. Any warforged in that campaign will be known as Alcaeans and will have been created by him. [/QUOTE]
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