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<blockquote data-quote="gambler1650" data-source="post: 2791061" data-attributes="member: 11033"><p>One more quick extra bit of information before going to sleep. Someone mentioned literacy being forbidden. The following are major crimes under The Shadow's rule:</p><p></p><p>1. Literacy</p><p>2. Carrying weapons</p><p>3. Using magic</p><p>4. Being a Fey (specifically Elves, Halflings and Dwarves - Gnomes have something of an 'exemption' due to providing a service that the orcs can't, being afraid of water).</p><p></p><p>Note specifically #4. Izrador may have outlawed literacy, carrying weapons and using magic, but the Elves and Dwarves don't give a damn since they still control their own (shrinking) domains (the forest of Erethor and the mountains of Kaladrun). Characters who grow up there (even of other races that for some reason find themselves there) have much easier access to writing, magic and weapons than in the central plains in which humans, gnomes and halflings live. And those that live in the plains or central villages or cities still have options (out of the way of the main invasion, taught magic in secret, parents were insurgents and bequeathed hidden weapons to them, etc).</p><p></p><p>So don't worry about choosing a race/profession concept that seems 'difficult' due to the crimes listed above... The insurgency has ways around it, even if the character isn't an Elf or Dwarf. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gambler1650, post: 2791061, member: 11033"] One more quick extra bit of information before going to sleep. Someone mentioned literacy being forbidden. The following are major crimes under The Shadow's rule: 1. Literacy 2. Carrying weapons 3. Using magic 4. Being a Fey (specifically Elves, Halflings and Dwarves - Gnomes have something of an 'exemption' due to providing a service that the orcs can't, being afraid of water). Note specifically #4. Izrador may have outlawed literacy, carrying weapons and using magic, but the Elves and Dwarves don't give a damn since they still control their own (shrinking) domains (the forest of Erethor and the mountains of Kaladrun). Characters who grow up there (even of other races that for some reason find themselves there) have much easier access to writing, magic and weapons than in the central plains in which humans, gnomes and halflings live. And those that live in the plains or central villages or cities still have options (out of the way of the main invasion, taught magic in secret, parents were insurgents and bequeathed hidden weapons to them, etc). So don't worry about choosing a race/profession concept that seems 'difficult' due to the crimes listed above... The insurgency has ways around it, even if the character isn't an Elf or Dwarf. :) [/QUOTE]
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