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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aeolius" data-source="post: 592569" data-attributes="member: 2072">I suppose there is a safety in writing/designing what you are familiar with. With that in mind, I often incorporate NPCs with cerebral palsy, into my games. For example, for my undersea campaign, I devised the Prophet A'nan.   "The Prophet A'nan - Years ago, a child was born to the Tribe Farosh, a small band of humans which live upon a single spire. The child, in his infancy, would not develop as would his peers, for he had shown signs of "the stiffening", a disabling palsy. The elder shaman of the Farosh, claiming to have foreseen the coming of the child in dreams and omens, sacrificed the infant on the night when both moons shone full. Casting the child into the open ocean, the shaman claimed that the boy was A'nan, an undying prophet whose people would suffer a terrible plague. The elder shaman hoped, that by sacrificing the child, he would alter his premonition.    Years later, stories emerged regarding the emergence of the anemoid, a race of diminutive humanoid anemones. Their leader, whom they called A'nan, had been nurtured by a giant anemone. The boy and anemone had bonded, gifting the child with the ability to survive beneath the waves and immunity to the toxins of sea creatures. The anemone flourished, as it partook of the child's remarkable intellect. The anemoid claim that their founding members were born from A'nan himself, having grown from buds which separated from his body. The anemoid have recently counted clerics among their numbers.  Legend has it that the elder shaman died from an unknown ailment. "(from my "Aquan Adventures" notes)</blockquote>

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