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4 May 2009 - Session 2

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:21:00 GMT

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Episode 2 - Monkeyboned

Rocketing out of the escape tunnel, the Hurrican shot into the skies beneath the island. Wasting little time, Kael piloted the ship away from the island with as much speed as the ship's crystal drives could muster, leaving the Commonwealth fleet far behind.

After running the ship flat out for nearly an hour, the ship started to show the strain. With a splutter, the port crystal drive lost power drastically reducing their speed and manoeuvrability. Worried about what would if the starboard drive also malfunctioned, they decided to make an emergency landing as soon as possible. The Hurricane limped to the nearest island but at their reduced speed it took several hours to reach it.

The island was several miles across and densely forested, circling it they could see no sign of any habitation and eventually found an area near the edge where they could set down. Using some ropes and tools they found in the hold, the kids managed to secure the ship to the ground and bend several trees over so that their combined canopy hid the Hurricane from the air. It was getting late and they were all exhausted from the days events so they bedded down for the night, Maddie claimed the ship's only hammock. No one wanted to argue with broad with huge sword.

As they doused the lights, they were unaware of the red eyes watching them from the darkness of the forest.

<OPENING CREDITS>>
When morning came around, the kids discovered that although they had plenty of food, the water barrels in the hold were virtually empty. Not knowing how long the repairs would take, or even if they could repair the malfunctioning crystal drive, they neded search the island for a source of fresh water. Kenichi, along with Maddie and Vicky, went in to the forest while Daedalus and Kael worked on the ship.

Opening up the crystal drive, Daedalus and Kael discovered something interesting. Every crystal drive that Kael had come across before was formed by a solid piece of Etherium. Runes carved on its surface allow the crystal to create a jet of magical force which is used to propel the craft forward. This drive, however, was more like a hollow cylinder and had a series of smaller crystals arranged on four concentric rings and pointing inwards. Each crystal was the size of a small child's fist and there were five crystal on each ring. The rings rotated freely and after comparing the port engine with the working starboard one, they discovered that the first and third rings rotated clockwise while the second and fourth rings rotated counter clockwise. All four acting in concert to suck air in the front and thrust it out the back (Yes, a magical version of a jet engine). Because of its highly unusual design, they were stumped when it came to diagnosing the problem.

Meanwhile, Kenichi and the girls had made a breakthrough. Kenichi's pet hawk had found something towards the centre of the island and was circling it, calling out like she had been trained to. Trudging through the heavy forest, they reached the rim of a large bowl-like depression. In the centre of the depression they could see the stunted remains of a tower poking above the trees. A stone wall surrounded it, partially collapsed in places but still enclosing a courtyard in which they could just make out a fountain.

Eagerly, the approached the ruined wall. As the did so, one by one they became aware of a number of shapes along the top of the wall that weren't pieces of rubble. Walking closer, the shapes reared up and revealed themselves to be four barnacle apes. The apes began screeching, throwing lumps of rock at the three of them.With rocks raining down on them, Vicky threw a dagger at the apes as she dove behind cover. Maddie skilfully swatted the rocks out of the air with her sword; a display of swordsmanship that showed did more than just make swords. Flicking the glaive in his wrist, he extended its blades and sent it spinning
More to come, still being written up

Episode Loot	200gp plus Thief's Jerkin, Elder Goggles, Duelist's Blade, Flash Pellets, Magical Map and Cloak of the Dragonscales
Enemies Defeated	8 Barnacle Apes, 1 Corrupted Barnacle Ape, 1 Grisly Puppeteer
XP Earned	3

Session 2 Plan

Adapted from the intro adventure from Sundered Skies, this is what I actually had planned

Ship has landed on island for repairs, the port crystal drive was malfunctioning. Furthermore, they have no water on board.

The island is uninhabited but hidden in the dense forest, there is a cluster of ruins surrounding a fountain.

There are Barnacle Apes on the island but they have steered clear of the ship, nesting around the fountain. If any of the character's approach the fountain 4 apes attack in order to chase them off.
If the player's retreat, then surviving apes plus 3 reinforcements attack the ship within the hour.
As soon as 2 apes are killed in the initial attack, they retreat to their lair behind the fountain.
In the lair is a Corrupted Barnacle Ape along with any surviving apes (there are 7 apes in the tribe initially). Assuming the player's fight the apes, the killing blow throws the corrupted ape against the wall revealing a hidden passageway.

The passageway leads down into a chamber. The barnacle apes have been dragging their victims down here for centuries, ever since the Grisly Puppeteer took over the island. The Puppeteer can raise 6 skeletons in total

Loot from Adventure - 100gp plus Flash Pellets, Magical Map and Cloak of the Dragonscales

Kael

Wed, 06 May 2009 02:12:00 GMT

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Kael

16 year old Skyboarder

Traits

Agility - d8 Smarts - d6 Spirit - d6 Strength - d4 Vigour - d6

Secondary Traits

Pace - 8 Parry - 4 Charisma - 2 Toughness - 5

Skills

Fighting d4, Guts d6, Notice d6, Persuasion d6, Piloting d8, Repair d6, Shooting d4, Taunt d6

Weird Science d4 - Flight (Skyboard)
Exemplar (Possibly Air or Water) d6

Hindrances

Overconfident (major), Enemy (Minor), Loyal (Minor)

Edges

Arcane Background (Wild science), Attractive, Fleet Footed, Ace

Gear

Normal Clothing (camos), Backpack, Bedroll, Lighters, Dagger, Grappling Gun, Toolkit

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Background

Kael is into extreme sports, the more extreme the better. Always has been. Which is why, from a young age, he got into Stormboarding, an extreme version of the popular sport Skyboarding (see below). His skill and attitude has gotten him a fair amount of attention, and it's believed that he may end up going far. He's competed in a number of junior events, and taken more than his share of awards. His fellow competitors think he's insane, as he never wears protective gear (lightning-resistant suit, emergency parachute, foot-straps and so forth). One especially, Sorn, has it out to get him.

Kael spends his time 'boarding – for fun, profit, practice or just to do something. His mother is both proud and worried; though she's happy he found something he's good at, Stormboarding is considered the most dangerous sport around. She's always found him difficult to control. She'd be devastated if she found out he was sneaking out to take part in unsanctioned jumps. His father – the village carpenter – died years ago.

Stormboarding & Skyboarding

Skyboarding is basically an obstacle course race in the air. Players ride on Skyboards – flying surfboards powered by crystals. Designed for sport, they have limited amounts of power. Players race along the set course, and the first to finish wins. There are, of course, variations. There are commercially available boards, but they lack the full power of the personal models. Most serious competitors have a Crystal-master to build and maintain a board for them; people like Kael who build their own are a rare sort.

Stormboarding is similar in principle, but always takes place in storms. There are two main types: freefall and cross-cutting. In freefall, the players start on an island above a storm (hurricanes and tornadoes are especially dangerous but a real crowd pleaser). They all leap down into the storm. A special crystal is attached to their board that registers when they activate it. The point is to use the board as little as possible – extra points are earned for being the last to activate your board, doing special tricks, and so forth. Cross-cutting is when the players start at one end of a storm and have to ride through it to the other, in a more traditional race.

Stormboarding has only become a proper competitive sport recently. A “street” version of Skyboarding created by thrill-junkies, it gained popularity rapidly. The international tournament is only in it's sixth year. Kael and Sorn are both pegged to be taking part in the big ten-year anniversary – and pegged to win. Stormboarders are part motorcyclists, part surfers, park sky-divers and all thrill-junkies.

Sorn

Sorn is the sun of legendary Skyboarder Eldren. Kitted out with the best kit money could buy – and then some – he's Kael's only serious competition. He got into Stormboarding because the market for regular Skyboarding is stagnating. A professional, serious sportsman, he is everything Kael is not. Though he's not stupid enough to try to kill Kael (that would get him banned from competitions) he's not above using his dad's money and contacts to hire a hitman. The one thing he refuses to do is sabotage Kael during a game – he'll beat that “jumped-up, shock-case farmer's son” on his own.

Kael's Board

Home-made, custom Skyboard with added power, second-generation ruby-whites and a scratch-build, x3 turbo-stabiliser. Double-life power crystals with a stripped buffer allow near-continuous running at low power levels with no cost to high-end performance. Despite what the groundwalkers think, base-form gives the best balance of control and aerodynamics. He's constantly tinkering with it, perfecting the stabilisation or aerodynamics or power-usage or whatever.

Relationship with the Other PCs:

If there's a loud cry from above and a blurry figure comes speeding past, you'll know it's Kael. If there's a huge storm and some idiot is out there, you'll know it's Kael. He spends a lot of time travelling on tournaments, but is around as much as he can be. He's never far from his board, and many people joke that he hasn't walked in years. He's an intense, charming, overconfident adrenaline junkie who spends most of his time risking his neck for kicks. Still, those who can look past that will see another side of him – the money he earns goes strait to his mother and siblings, helping them survive now that his father is dead. He's honest, fair and always treats people right, and while he may be rebellious he's not a criminal.

Slang Terms invented so far

Boarder - someone who does Skyboarding or Stormboarding.
Jumping / Jumps – boarding in an unsanctioned event with no safeties (high casualty rate); suicidal (as in “You jumping? Never pick a fight with him – he's a killer.”).
Jumper – someone who takes part in Jumps; someone with a death-wish.
Groundwalker – a non-boarder, often used a derogative term for a poor or inexperienced boarder.
Wind-whispers – rumours, water-cooler talk.
Shock – hit by lightning (“He got shocked”); moment of insanity ("He's shocked if he thinks I'm going to let him win"); thrill ("Now THAT was a real shock").
Shock-case – someone who's insane; from people who have been hit by lightning too much (in protective gear) often loosing it; a thrill-seeker who takes things too far.
Crystal – cool [or “shiny” for those who enjoy Firefly] (“Hey, calm down – it's all crystal”).

Gear

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Technology Notes

Armour

Weapons

Equipment

Magic Items

Magic & Religion

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The World is awash with magic and Gods, arcane power flows through every mote of existence.

Religion

Sorcery

Exemplar

A mysterious ability, unheard of until now, where the character shows an affinity for one of the five elements.
For each power currently being maintained, the character suffers a -1 to future Sorcery tests.

Air

Fire

Metal

Water

Wood

Crystalology

GM Stuff

Wed, 06 May 2009 02:09:00 GMT

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The information in this section refers to the home game I'm running. I'm not going to ask my players to keep their grubby little noses out since we're all responsible adults (except Steve and possibly Paul). Just try not to read the future plot section too much (when there's stuff there).

Things to do for next session

Print Item card for Magical Map
More mooks
Harder Bosses

GM Screen Tables

Click

NPCs

Holy Warden
Soldiers

Creatures & Monsters

Barnacle Ape
Grisly Puppeteer
Skeleton

Plot

Kill Tally
Session Write Ups
Future Plot Ideas

Magic Items

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Flash Pellets

Flash pellets are small glass balls containing a dim light of magical origin. They can be thrown to a range of 6/12/24 or fired from a sling. If the user misses his target, the stone deviates as a launched projectile (see Savage Worlds).
On impact, they produce an intense burst of light 2 yards in radius. All creatures in the area of effectmay make an Agility roll at –2 to avert their gaze. Those who fail are blinded for one round. Blinded victims suffer –6 to all trait rolls and have their Parry reduced to 2. (Alchemy, blinding flash)

Magical Map

This piece of vellum unfolds to an area roughly three feet to a side and is faintly etched with grid lines spaced a quarter of an inch apart. It automatically maps the layout of terrain and buildings with 100 feet. The centre of the map always shows its present location.
The vellum can be written on with chalk, ink, or even blood. If the user makes a mistake, he can simply rub out the error. Erasing the map requires conscious effort, it cannot be erased by mistake or by immersion in water (unless that is how the user intends to clean the surface).

Cloak of Dragonscales

Few cloaks of this type are truly made from dragon scales, the name refers to the power not the material. The wearer is immune to damage from background sources of heat, no matter how extreme. He can walk through lava flow, or leap into a burning house without worry.
Direct fire attacks, such as a fiery blast, inflict damage as normal, however. (Improved Enchant, environmental protection with heat limitation)

Thief's Jerkin

Reputedly created to order for a thieves’ guild, these suits of leather armour have a chameleonic effect, granting the wearer a +2 bonus to Stealth rolls (Artificer, +2 Stealth.)

Elder Goggles

These thick, green lenses are joined by a metal frame and tied around the head with a leather strap. When the lens are lowered over the eyes, the wearer ignores penalties for poor lighting except in pitch darkness. (Improved Artificer, Low Light Vision.)

Duelist's Blade

This ornately worked rapier is very popular with duelists. It grants +2 to Fighting, +1 damage, and increases the wielder’s Parry by +2. (Artificer, Improved Artificer, +2 Fighting, +1 damage, Block, Improved Block.)

Vicky

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Kenichi

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Maddie

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27 April 2009 - Session 1

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:22:00 GMT

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Episode 1 - Pilot

Game started off early on a weekend morning and the character's got to describe their morning routine. Maddie went down in to the village to open her father's smithy, Kenichi went hunting down in the small woods that ran along the side of the island. Daedalus (who is Kenichi's cousin) got breakfast. Vicky went off in pursuit of Maddie and Kael went for a morning "run" on his board.

<OPENING CREDITS>
About 11 o'clock they all met up at the smithy for one reason or another. Daedalus looking for some scrap to tinker with, Kael was after a new bracket for one of his board's lifter crystals, Vicky and Kenichi just to hang. Maddie's father came down and took over the shop (throwing Vicky out at the same time). They decide to go down to the wooded plateau where Kenichi goes hunting in order to explore some of the old crystal mines. At this point, Daedalus casually mentions that Jenny heard that Kenichi likes Vicky. As in "likes likes." Oh the teen drama.

At this point, I was asking them to make periodic notice checks whenever they got near the edge of the island. A small craft was "orbiting" the island from within a cloud bank. However, no one seemed able to roll above a three (except of couse for Kenichi's pet hawk which unfortunately couldn't speak to tell anyone).

They get to a likely looking cave and light their various light sources and enter. As they explore, they find lots of little crystals left embedded in the walls and ceiling, the mines haven't totally played out but are still disused. Vicky notices that the wooden supports don't seem exactly strong just as Daedalus sees a really cool looking crystal in the ceiling. Before he can be stopped he reaches up and yanks on it. The roof rumbles, the supports groan and the cave begins to collapse. AGILITY rolls are made to see who gets out. Everyone but Kael and Daedalus makes it. Maddie gets a raise so I rule that she was able to grab D and pull him out of the way in time. It takes several seconds for anyone to realise that their group of 5 has become 4. Just as K walks THROUGH the collapsed mine entrance coughing and spluttering. Kael had just manifested his first elemental power, Intangibility.

At this point, it should be mentioned that although the PLAYERS knew about their elemental powers, the character's didn't. At the start of the session I told them that after two weeks of trying to come up with a way for them to manifest their powers spontaneously, I had given up. It was up to them to figure it out.

After some humourous stone throwing, and skydiving into the ground, he rematerialised. K couldn't wait to show this new power off at the next Stormjumping competition (an extreme sports version of skyboarding). Realising they were all covered in dirt and dust, they retired to a nearby pool for a bit of swimming. Cue some spirit rolls from the three teenage boys as their female friends got wet and splashed each other in a perfect fanservice moment (Kenichi failed and promptly got a nosebleed).

It was at that someone noticed (finally!) the ship circling the island. It was a few miles off and was generating great gouts of steam. This must mean that it was a Commonwealth ship (Common Knowledge rolls for the win) as they were the only country that uses Alchemical Turbines as a power source. Curious as to what a Commonwealth ship was doing so far from its home territory (and so close to their mortal enemy, the Empire) they decided to try and find out what type of ship it was. Daedalus remembered that there was a ship recognition guide in the school library and so the plan was made, for the first time in history a bunch of teens would break into school on a weekend to do some studying.

This was Vicky's time to shine, easily picking the lock on the door to the small village school. The book was found easily and they identified the ship as a Kestral Class - Command and Control ship used by the Commonwealth to rely instructions to other ships engaged in fleet actions. An impressive feat of mental arithmetic from Deadalus showed that that the ship was circling the island once per hour and if his calculations were correct, they should be able to see it from the school by now. Grabbing the school's one and only telescope they climbed up onto the rough and located the ship. It seemed to be signalling something using semaphore and flashing lights. None of the group can understand the signals so they decided to find someone who can. Naturally, this means breaking into the harbourmaster's house to steal his book on semaphore signals which he obviously has.

As they cross the village, a small tyke runs up to Daedalus and tells him that their mum's want them all home. Ignoring this they continue to the harbourmaster's house. While Kael provided a distraction by showing off his Skyboarding in the market square, they break in. A quick search found the book but clumsly Daedalus struck again, knocking over a vase and smashing it in an almighty crash. The group fled the house.

Meanwhile, Kael was in the square showing off. On one of his more aerobatic manoeuvres, he spotted several shadowy shapes hidden in the clouds just below the island. Curious, he dived into the cloud narrowly missing crashing into the armoured hull of a skyship. As he frantically dodged out of the way, he peered through an open gun port and saw ranks of men readying their weapons and armour. There were at least 6 Commonwealth warships hidden in the clouds, each with over 50 armoured soldiers preparing for battle. In panic, he rocketed up out of the cloud and streaked through the market square screaming "The Commonwealth is coming!" Behind him, as one, the ships rose up out of the cloud and opened fire on the village.

Seeing the normally over confident Kael running away, and with cannon fire exploding around them, the rest of the group decided to "screw this for a game of soldiers" and ran too, jumping onto a horse and cart and fleeing. Sadly, no one had either the Drive or Ride skill so it was a short journey. After narrowly missing plowing through panicked villagers, the cart struck a low wall and flipped over several times, sending the group flying. They each took damage (a single wound), except for Maddie. As she flew through the air, liquid metal engulfed her body creating a protective layer (manifesting the Armour power). D's leg was broken (although only taking one wound, a severe injury was good flavour for what happened next) with the bone sticking out the side. Clutching the wound, his hands glowed and he manifested the Healing power, completely healing the broken bone. He was able to repeat this feat on the gash to the head that Kenichi had suffered. However, despite repeated attempts he was unable to heal Vicky's fractured rib. Behind them, one of the ships had landed at the docks and was unloading troops.

Kael, having calmed down, came back at this point and the reunited group heading down onto the wooded plateau where they hoped the tree's would provide some cover. They plan was to follow the plateau along the side of the island, climbing up at the other end next to the farm compound where they all lived. Unfourtunatly, the cliff path down into the plateau was in full view of one of the attacking ships which opened fire. The cannon balls struck all around them, showering them with rock chips but causing no injuries. However, one of the cannonballs struck the cliff just below the path and just below Kenichi. The explosion threw Kenichi off the path and off the side of the island, he plunged into the clouds. Kael dived off the path after him but lost him in the clouds. Fearing that they had just lost their friend, they were surprised when a hawk flew out of the cloud, landed on the path and turned into Kenichi. He had just manifested the Shapechange power.

They hurried down the path, across the plataeu and climbed back up to the farm compound.

It was deserted, there was no sign of their parents, the horses were gone. A note tacked to the back of the front door told Vicky to gather his friends and head to the old barn. Look under the straw. Kael found a small leather pouch containing a crystal with a hexagonal cross section and strange runes etched on it. A note said that he might need this and "not to wait for us if we're not back in time." They headed to the old barn and looked under the strawpile. They found a trapdoor that led to a curving stone staircase. The staircase opened up into a large chamber beneath the barn, the roof of which was made up of the wooden floorboards of the barn above.

Inside the chamber they found a small skyship, no sails, no steam vents, no gas bag, only a pair of slender crystal turbines on outriders. An imperial design. The nameplate along the side read "HMS Hurricane" and Kael remembered that a ship called the Hurricane had been stolen from the Imperial Fleetyards 14 years ago and never recovered. If he remembered correctly, it was a prototype for a fast courier ship. The front and back loading ramps were down and by the rear one were several bags waiting to be loaded the contained clothing and a few possession. On the ship itself was a few crates of food. Apart from that this ship was empty and unfurnished. There was no sign of their parents. Looking around the chamber they say that machinery was connected to the roof and it looked like it opened or retracted. Along one wall was a heavy metal door. On the bridge of the ship was a hexagonal slot just next to the controls. The crystal that Kael had found looked like a key.

They heard voices above, and the sounds of people moving around. Keeping quiet, they realised that it was Commonwealth soldiers and they were looking for THEM. Kael put the crystal in the slot and the ship started to power up. Displays lit up and one of them reported that an unknown ship was blocking the drydock exit. It asked him if he wanted to use the "Emergency Egress System". Without hesitation he clicked on yes. The metal door groaned open revealing a darkened tunnel going down at a 45 degree angle. The cradle the ship was resting on started to tilt upwards, lining the ship up with the tunnel. As the crystal turbines reached full power, the clamps were released and the ship began to accelerate down the pitch black tunnel.

<End Credits>

Future Plot Ideas

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Kill Tally

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The Running Kill Counts

Kills per Character
Kael	0
Daedlaus	1 ( 1 Grisly Puppeteer)
Maddie	4 (6 Barnacle Apes)
Kenichi	2 (2 Barnacle Ape)
Vicky	2 (1 Barnacle Ape, 1 Corrupted Barnacle Ape)

Episode 1: No combat, no kills
Episode 2: 8 Barnacle Apes, 1 Corrupted Ape, 1 Grisly Puppeteer

Total Kills by the Party
Barnacle Apes	8
Corrupted Barnacle Ape	1
Grisly Puppeteer	1

Sessions

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Introduction

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Table of Contents
Characters	Gear	Magic & Religion	Setting Rules	The World	GM Stuff

Long ago, when the world was still whole, the land and the heavens were wracked by a titanic conflict called the Godswar. A war between the Gods and Titans who fought to control the future destiny of creation

In the final stages of the war, as they neared defeat, the Titan's took revenge on the world they believed had betrayed them. They directed all of their power at the world, all of the hatred and anger, and the world itself was shattered by the force of the magic unleashed. The world broke into a thousand pieces, each drifting through the skies. Scattered across them were the survivors of the Godswar. Slowly, the mortal races began to rebuild under the guidance of the Gods.

Two thousand years have passed since then and war once again threatens the world. A prophecy has arisen; five young individuals will join forces to reunite the shattered pieces of the world. But there are those willing to go to war to prevent any change to the status quo.

Characters

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To Do List
Making Characters	Hindrances	Edges

Unlike the heroes of myth and legend, starting characters are not noble knights, hardbitten mercenaries, powerful sorcerers or holy champions. One day maybe but not right now, they've still got a bit of growing up to do. Characters in Legends are between the ages of 13 and 16, barely out of childhood.

This doesn't mean that you're stuck playing snot-nosed kids that run at the first sign of a sky shark. All those great heroes started somewhere and they were all kids themselves once. Perhaps you're an apprentice in the Ranger's Guild only a few months away from your proficiency exam. Maybe you spent you've spent the last few years dabbling with Sorcery, learning your first spells out of a single old book you found in your grandfather's chest. Think about what sort of hero you want to be and think about where they first started down that path. That's who your character is at this moment in time.

Making Characters

Once you have decided on what sort of character to create, the process is similar to that of any Savage Worlds™ game.

Deviations from SWEX

All character's in Lot2a are human and start at Novice Rank. While there are non-human sentient races out there, they are not available to players. Consequently, all character's get two Edges at character creation.One for Novice Rank and one for being Human, one of these two edges can ignore any Rank Requirement (except for Legendary Rank). The character must still fulfil all other requirements.

Woodsman
This Edge denotes membership of the Ranger's Guild. Character's under the age of 16 are apprentices still training for their admittance exam. Character's aged 16 are either waiting to take their exam or have recently taken it but have yet to become full members (it is assumed that they have passed the exam, they are just waiting for confirmation)

Dissallowed Edges and Hindrances
Arcane Background (Miracles) - Due to their character's inner nature, they are bared from taking this Edge or any Edge which lists it as a requirement.

Example Characters

Kael - 16 year old skyboarder
Daedalus - 14 year old rookie mage
Maddie - 15 year old blacksmith's daughter
Kenichi - 15 year old trainee ranger
Vicky - 15 year old n'er do well

About Me

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Suspect is a caucasian male approximatly 5ft 7. Brown hair with blue-grey eyes. Last known place of residence is Manchester.

WARNING: Suspect is to be considered armed and dangerous as he is in possesion of a number of swords, knives, firearms, armour and other weaponry.

Current Age: 29
Current Residence: Manchester, UK
Interests: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Anime + Manga, Movies, TV, Rolepaying, Larping
Favourite movies: Hot Fuzz, Steamboy, Transformers
Favourite band or musician: Amber Pacific, Steve Jablonsky
Favourite genre of music: Apparently punk according to iTunes and Last.FM
Favourite style of art: manga or comic style
Operating System: Windows XP Home
MP3 player of choice: 8gig iPod Nano + iTunes
Shell of choice: GNOME (on Ubuntu)
Wallpaper of choice: Summer Snowboarding by Krhainos
Favourite game: Final Fantasy 12, Bully (Canis Canem Edit), GTAIV
Favourite gaming platform: Xbox 360, PSP, PS2/3
Favourite cartoon character: Naruto, Ben Tennyson, Steam Boy
Personal Quote: Even the weakest of lights will banish the darkness.
Tools of the Trade: Office 2007, Indesign CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Advent 4211 Netbook
Other Websites: DeviantArt, My Blog ABCtales

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Block Elements

Headings

!Heading 1
!!Heading 2
!!!Heading 3
!!!!Heading 4
!!!!!Heading 5

Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 5

Lists

* unordered list, level 1
** unordered list, level 2
*** unordered list, level 3

# ordered list, level 1
## ordered list, level 2
### unordered list, level 3

; definition list, term
: definition list, description

unordered list, level 1
unordered list, level 2
unordered list, level 3

ordered list, level 1
ordered list, level 2
unordered list, level 3

definition list, term
definition list, description

Blockquotes

> blockquote, level 1
>> blockquote, level 2
>>> blockquote, level 3

<<<
blockquote
<<<

blockquote, level 1
blockquote, level 2
blockquote, level 3

blockquote

Preformatted Text

{{{
preformatted (e.g. code)
}}}

preformatted (e.g. code)

Tables

See Advanced Tables for more help with formatting tables.

|CssClass|k
|!heading column 1|!heading column 2|
|row 1, column 1|row 1, column 2|
|row 2, column 1|row 2, column 2|
|>|COLSPAN|
|ROWSPAN| … |
|~| … |
|CssProperty:value;…| … |
|caption|c

Annotation:

The > marker creates a "colspan", causing the current cell to merge with the one to the right.
The ~ marker creates a "rowspan", causing the current cell to merge with the one above.

caption
heading column 1 heading column 2
row 1, column 1 row 1, column 2
row 2, column 1 row 2, column 2
COLSPAN
ROWSPAN …
…
… …

caption
heading column 1	heading column 2
row 1, column 1	row 1, column 2
row 2, column 1	row 2, column 2
COLSPAN
ROWSPAN	…
…
…	…

Images

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Hyperlinks

WikiWords are automatically transformed to hyperlinks to the respective tiddler
- the automatic transformation can be suppressed by preceding the respective WikiWord with a tilde (~): ~WikiWord
PrettyLinks are enclosed in square brackets and contain the desired tiddler name: [[tiddler name]]
- optionally, a custom title or description can be added, separated by a pipe character (|): [[title|target]]
  'N.B.:' In this case, the target can also be any website (i.e. URL).

Custom Styling

@@CssProperty:value;CssProperty:value;…@@
N.B.: CSS color definitions should use lowercase letters to prevent the inadvertent creation of WikiWords.
{{customCssClass{…}}}
raw HTML can be inserted by enclosing the respective code in HTML tags: <html> … </html>

Special Markers

<br> forces a manual line break
---- creates a horizontal ruler
HTML entities
<<macroName>> calls the respective macro
To hide text within a tiddler so that it is not displayed, it can be wrapped in /% and %/.
This can be a useful trick for hiding drafts or annotating complex markup.
To prevent wiki markup from taking effect for a particular section, that section can be enclosed in three double quotes: e.g. """WikiWord""".

Advanced Tables

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Formatting Codes

Basic Syntax

Table columns are delimited by pipe characters (|), while table rows are separated with a simple line break:

|!column heading 1|!column heading 2|!column heading 3|h
|row 1, column 1|row 1, column 2|row 1, column 3|
|row 2, column 1|row 2, column 2|row 2, column 3|
|row 3, column 1|row 3, column 2|row 3, column 3|
|!column footer 1|!column footer 2|!column footer 3|f
|caption|c

Note that the trailing |h at the end of the first line defines the table header, which is semantically different from the column heading.
Usually, however, the table header will contain the column headings.

Text Alignment

As the following example shows, spaces before and after a cell's content control the alignment:

|default alignment|
|left-aligned cell content |
| right-aligned cell content|
| centered cell content |

Column Spans

A carets (>) in a table cell creates a so-called "colspan", spreading the cell across several columns.

Example:

|>|>| cell #3 |

Here the first two cells are omitted so that the third cell spreads across all three columns.

Row Spans

A tilde (~) spreads a table cell across several rows, creating a so-called "rowspan".

Example:

|cell #1|cell #2|
|~|cell #4|
|~|cell #6|

Here the first cell spreads across three rows.

Simple Lists

TiddlyWiki tables do not easily permit numbered and bulleted lists with formatting.
Using <br> for manual line breaks allows the creation of a modest ("fake") list within a cell.

Example:

|* List item 1<br>* List item 2<br>* list item 3<br><br>* List item with double-spacing|

Bullet points can be used in a table cells only with the help of transclusion (as described in Multi-Line Contents).

Styling

Inline Styles

Custom CSS code can be applied to table cells by adding the CSS ruleset at the beginning of the respective table cell:

|property:value;cell contents|

There is also an alternative syntax, which deviates slightly from the CSS standard:

|property(value);cell contents|

Custom CSS Classes

A table can be assigned a Styles by adding the following code to the beginning or end of the table:

|foo|k

(where "foo" is the name of the custom CSS class)

Alternating Rows

TiddlyWiki automatically assigns the classes oddRow and evenRow to table rows.

These can then be styled via the StyleSheet - for example:

.viewer tr.oddRow { background-color: #FFF; }
.viewer tr.evenRow { background-color: #FFE; }

Examples

the following code makes the second cell's contents appear in bold red:

|cell #1|font-weight:bold;color:#f00;cell #2|cell #3|

this code changes the first cell's background color to light blue:

|bgcolor(#eef):cell #1|cell #2|

Centering Tables

StyleSheet

<pre style="margin-left: 1em;">
.viewer div.centeredTable {
	text-align: center;
}

.viewer div.centeredTable table {
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: left;
}

tiddler contents

<pre style="margin-left: 1em;">
{{centeredTable{
|test1|test2|test3|
|test4|test5|test6|

}}}

Borderless Tables

StyleSheet

<pre style="margin-left: 1em;">
.viewer table.borderless,
.viewer table.borderless * {
	border: 0;
}

tiddler contents

<pre style="margin-left: 1em;">
|borderless|k
|!foo|bar|

HTML Code

Raw HTML code can also be used by wrapping it in tags. This can be useful for setting custom row or cell attributes.

Barnacle Ape

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Barnacle Ape

Barnacle apes are named for their ability to cling to the hull of a skyship. The size of a baboon, they are fantastic climbers and leapers. They are usually shy and generally peaceful, generally only attacking when they are threatened.

Traits: Agility d10, Smarts d6 (A), Spirit d6, Strength d8, Vigor d6

Derived Traits: Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 4

Skills: Climbing d12+2, Fighting d6, Guts d4, Notice d6, Stealth d8, Throwing d6

Gear: Thrown Rocks (3/6/12, Str+d4)

Special Abilities:

Bite/Claws: Str+d4
Dodge: Attackers subtract 1 from Shooting or Throwing rolls
Leap: Barnacle apes can leap great distances, with +2 fighting and damage
Size-1: Apes are the size of small dogs

Corrupted Barnacle Ape

This ape has fed on demon flesh and has become corrupted. Its eyes burn with a hellish light and its hands have mutated into vicious talons.
Traits: Agility d8, Smarts d6, Spirit d6, Strength d8, Vigor d6

Derived Traits: Pace: 6; Parry: 7; Toughness: 6(1)

Skills: Climbing d12, Fighting d8, Guts d6, Intimidation d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Throwing d6

Edges: Acrobat, Dodge

Gear: Thrown Rocks (3/6/12, Str+d4)

Special Abilities:

Armour +1: Matted thick fur
Bite/Claws: Str+d6
Leap: Barnacle apes can leap great distances, with +2 fighting and damage