Player Notes: Stag: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:28, 10 June 2009

Some names from your past that might come up today:

Mnemon is one of the Scarlet Empress' daughters, born about 400 years ago, and founder of one of the Empire's noble houses. She is probably the most personally powerful of the house leaders, and possibly even smarter than her mother. You've never met her in person, but know her reputation as someone both crafty and ruthless.

Ithak Miras was your sidereal trainer and sifu (martial arts instructor). While you were stationed at the Imperial Palace, he was having an affair with Mnemon. He didn't like your romantic life. After being disturbed by a meeting with Mnemon, he ordered you to put an end to it. When you refused, he was going to transfer you, but "Flowing Pen" resigned from the Immaculate Order and became official consort instead. Miras vanished a week later.

Flowing Pen was your name when you were at the Palace.

Mnemon Torbun was the terrestrial who told you about the Broken-Winged Crane and how he was pretty sure it had corrupted the Empress. He not only knew about sidereals, he knew you were one of them. Not long after he contacted you, he was found ripped limb from limb.

Oliran Drell was, like you, a sidereal (of Secrets) undercover at the Palace. He was the one who kicked your ass and imprisoned you. You suspect he had been corrupted like the Empress was.

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-Things to note on Stag's sheet:
+Some names from your past that might come up today:
-* Front
-** Your Essence has increased
-** Your Dexterity has increased
-** You now have a dot in the College of the Key
-* Back
-** Artifacts claimed from last few sessions now on sheet
-** I ran out of room for some of your artifacts and so swapped some off of your sheet into your room in the [[Forgotten Manse]]. These are: Starmetal Hearthstone Amulet (your new artifact "Feathers to the Stars" also contains a starmetal amulet with a hearthstone mount), Saram Saru's Oracular Hookah, Undisturbed Bath of Conscience (the magic staff that you never really used).
-** I changed around which artifacts were attuned. For example, now that you are not in the Wyld, you don't need to be attuned to Anchor in Order.
-** You have brand new gossamer robes, brought back from your stay in the Wyld.
-** You have an additional hearthstone, called Opal of the Hunted Wood. This is actually used to power the regeneration artifact in the new Resplendent Satchel of Healing (medicine bag) you have.
-** You have a new astrological effect on you: Artless Prodigy Blessing of the Key.
+'''Mnemon''' is one of the Scarlet Empress' daughters, born about 400 years ago, and founder of one of the Empire's noble houses. She is probably the most personally powerful of the house leaders, and possibly even smarter than her mother. You've never met her in person, but know her reputation as someone both crafty and ruthless.
-Stag no longer remembers the visions he got from those sapphires, but he remembers the order of the visions he told to the others:
+'''Ithak Miras''' was your sidereal trainer and sifu (martial arts instructor). While you were stationed at the Imperial Palace, he was having an affair with Mnemon. He didn't like your romantic life. After being disturbed by a meeting with Mnemon, he ordered you to put an end to it. When you refused, he was going to transfer you, but "Flowing Pen" resigned from the Immaculate Order and became official consort instead. Miras vanished a week later.
-# Guen
+'''Flowing Pen''' was your name when you were at the Palace.
-# Gutts
-# Adrios
-# Jorias
-# Varden
+'''Mnemon Torbun''' was the terrestrial who told you about the ''Broken-Winged Crane'' and how he was pretty sure it had corrupted the Empress. He not only knew about sidereals, he knew you were one of them. Not long after he contacted you, he was found ripped limb from limb.
+'''Oliran Drell''' was, like you, a sidereal (of Secrets) undercover at the Palace. He was the one who kicked your ass and imprisoned you. You suspect he had been corrupted like the Empress was.
-When the door shuts, you can feel your hearthstone go dead, no longer providing you with essence.
-You also feel something else, even stranger. During your initial sidereal training, you occasionally heard people mention that it was possible to be "outside Fate", but you've never actually felt it, until now. This whole place and all its native inhabitants (but not you or the rest of the group) are now walking outside fate. You have been told that most sidereal magic, such as charms and astrology, don't work as well on those outside Fate. In particular, targets outside fate are immune to following effects from your charms:
-* Any loss or gain of Willpower, including effects that make them spend it.
-* Effects that alter behavior instead of dice effects.
-* Transportation effects.
-* Any charm based on using a prayer strips.
-* Astrology, including effects of resplendent destinies. People here will not even "see" your resplendent destinies, but rather see the real you. Further, they will not not forget you.
-Note that the above does not apply to sidereal martial arts charms.
-[[Category:Player Handout]] [[campaign::Forgotten Suns| ]]