On Wednesday, July 16, 2025 3:06 PM Stuck Ey via Emerald Flame wrote:
Relationship points (There wasn't a good way to enter it in the sheet, I tried with "---------------------- and ------------------------", so here's the details..
Somehow Murph figured out the magic, if you can see the source of his, that might be the way to do it.
2 points: Threads of Fate is the Crestfall's family and their business (mostly dealing in low cost magic items, specializing in clothing). House Magissa-related sounds fine. Most sold product are dimensional pockets for a modest cost. 1 point: Worked with Gabriella Cendrillion, young woman of a noble family. He awkwardly flirted with her, but nothing became of it, they are friends. The family generally would not remember him. More story telling... The Cendriollion family is in charge of grooming and raising the Talon (elite guards used by noble folk), Dax's family's dimensional pockets which along with Gegren are specially made to create weapons what fold into handkerchiefs for the Talon (as conceal carry) 1 point: Yalan, Elf warden where the Ancient Library of Penstanishuri'a found in ruins located underground in the <<name of woods that falls at least partly under elven control - lacking knowledge of world I just wrote Locke Woods, but probably could be better>> is located - he provides insights to the elf warden who benefits from that
I like the hooks here, but I would expand the scope of Yalan a bit. The idea (which I am absolutely definitely 100% /not/ stealing from 13th Age) is that, by spending your relationship connection point/benny/however-you-think-of-it, you have a way to hook any problem, event, or scene back to your backstory, with the relationship as the avenue to do so, and get a nice little boost from the 1 XP spend. This can be via association with an organization, a momentary glimpse of inspiration, a flashback to relevant information, agents of the organization showing up in an opportune moment, magical spirits guiding your roll, magic stuff in general, etc.. For example, it might not make sense for Yalan, the individual, to be able at any point in time to help you out (unless he is one of the most prominent magical entities in the world, or an exceptional source of inspiration and ability in all things), but if you think he would be a good representative for a new/existing faction (for example, the Burclynth Company, or perhaps an elven court) that would reasonably have its fingers in a lot of pies, then you can use that relationship at any point and back your way into the rationale. House Magissa sounds good for the family business, and perhaps House Cendrillion is a new faction, reaching as far as you said and perhaps even farther across Trezuria.
So for rolling relationship stuff, how do I do that with, some thing with dr_botzo?
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