… sometimes, the A-Z Challenge leads to strange titles. I normally wouldn’t use ‘invent’ in this situation, but here we are. Creating a patron is not so difficult, and gets easier the more entities you have defined in your campaign. If I don’t have a particular patron in mind, I’ll …
This post was originally titled ‘Hopes of a Patron’, but that really doesn’t go far enough. Patrons don’t just have a preference for certain events or outcomes. Patrons are driven to achieve their goals, to the point of being defined in part by their objectives. Each patron has three goals, …
Nothing for nothing, of course… so just how do you gain a patron’s favor? The short answer is “help advance the patron’s goals”. This is grand adventure fodder. The patron has goals and objectives, and needs agents to help achieve them. If you want to curry favor with a patron, …
There are two reasons a character might choose to take a patron. The character could of course choose a patron because the character shares the patron’s goals and objectives, and wants to help achieve them. More likely, though, they’re into it for the power that comes from taking a patron: …
Important figures in a setting should have a name, of course. Even more, many should have an epithet, a descriptive word or phrase that illustrates some element of the figure. When an epithet is distinctive enough and specific enough, it can take the place of the name itself in common …
Having a patron can give a character benefits and abilities otherwise not available. Having a patron also has drawbacks. First, all patrons have goals and objectives. A vassal is expected to work toward these goals and objectives; working against them can reduce a patron’s favor and lead to other problems. …
Chalekan is the slow heartbeat of the earth itself, lost in her own mind as it wanders the world. When summoned, the ground under her sigil collapses in a sinkhole and her voice echoes from below. This summoning can be done anywhere, but is done with advantage if on natural, …
Barakhareesh is the ocean storm, capricious and unpredictable. When summoned, his sigil shimmers and tosses like waves in a tempest, and his lean, serpentine form appears above his sigil, twisting and tossing as a ribbon in extreme winds. His voice is the howl of the gale. This summoning can be …
Engineer, musician, warrior… Aelliena became all of these not through inherent talent, but sheer stubborn will to succeed. She is the patroness of all who refuse to give in to failure. She is driven by the need to improve herself, to find elegance (the combination of beauty and utility together), …
Anyone can attempt a ritual, but knowing how to do it properly really helps. The Ritual Caster unique ability allows a character to cast spells as rituals, typically paying a spell slot as the cost and increasing the casting time three steps in exchange for benefit. This is most often used …
