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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tia Nadiezja" data-source="post: 6742475" data-attributes="member: 6778763">An iconic character of mine I've been trying to get the story of told since the early days of 3e is a girl named Kaywin Myrdrivar. She is subject to much misfortune, most of it involving campaigns getting cut off two sessions in so her story never really gets started, much less finished.But here's who she is.Kaywin is a human girl, an orphan (in homebrew settings, the last of a civilization wiped out by a plague). She is also subject of a prophecy held by a small but powerful group of elves, who believe she is the herald of some doom for the elvish races.The cult sends a bladesinger to kill her. His name is Sylan Lon, and he is a believer in the prophecy and sworn to do anything necessary to protect the elves. So he goes to hunt down this child, so her fate is never realized.But Sylan is also a person, and when he finds his target he is surprised to realize that what he sees is not a doom but a child. He can't bring himself to kill her, or to abandon her to the next assassin who will surely come.So he kidnaps her. Takes her away with him. He has already violated his oath, and knows his life will be forfeit, so he does the one thing he thinks will give her even a chance to survive - he teaches her. He trains her in the Bladesong, in violation of every rule there is.Eventually, when the girl is a teenager, the cult's assassins do find them. Kaywin and Sylan are separated in the ensuing fighting, and Kaywin is convinced her master and foster father is dead. She disguises herself as a boy, and goes to make her way in the world, always knowing still that she is being hunted.Yes, I love Bladesingers. I preordered the book because I want to read it, but WotC likely could have gotten me to spend the asking price for a one-page pamphlet with the Bladesinger subclass on the front and the word "BLADESING!" in Comic Sans on the back.Lest one think I am consumed utterly by negative feelings... I talk and complain and agitate because I love this game, it has given me more happy memories than any othet hobby or vocation or activity I have ever partaken in, and I want to see it stay great and be a great avenue for others to build memories with too.</blockquote>

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