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Consul Vido
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posted January 29, 2003 12:52 PM
I know that
little has been written about the people of Shara, but I found
what little we know interesting, so I have been messing around
with ideas on a Sharaman (I believe that's what Rhuarc called
them) background and am thinking about trying to make an Ayyad
prestige class for the channelers. Of course, most of this
will eventually probably be proven wrong, but here's what I've
been thinking so far:
Sharaman
background
Background Feats Cosmopolitan, Mercantile
Background, Silver Palm, Smooth Talk, Street
Smart
Background Skills Appraise, Bluff, Diplomacy,
Sense Motive
Home Language Common
(Shara)
Bonus Language Choices Common (Aiel), Common
(Atha’an Miere), Common (Carhienin), and perhaps Old
Tongue?
I chose the feats and skills based on their
reputation as a shrewd and sneaky people. I'm unsure of the
Old Tongue as a bonus language, because only the Ogier and the
Seanchan have it, but Shara claims it has remained peaceful
and somewhat untouched by the chaos around it, so I thought
perhaps more knowledge from the Age of Legends and before the
Trolloc Wars might have survived there.
For the Ayyad,
I was thinking of modifying one of the other channeler
prestige classes some. Has anything been written anywhere
about their abilities? I don't recall anything so far (I just
started Path of Daggers).
For Ayyad organization, I was
thinking that Family ties might be part of deciding who's in
charge, meaning the oldest woman of each family might speak
for all of her descendents.
Which reminds me, I was
discussing the matter with my brother, and we came across an
idea. According to him, the Oath Rod is what makes the Aes
Sedai live somewhat shorter than the other channeling
traditions. So the Ayyad should live longer than they do, and
since they "breed" channelers, it would be possible to have
several generations living all at once.
For example,
the oldest channeler I know of in the books is around four
hundred years old, so I'll use that for the age of the oldest
living relative. And if you assume that every member of the
family had a child when they were thirty, you could have
thirteen generations all alive at once. And I have no idea if
400 is anywhere near the peak of ages for channelers, since
that woman didn't seem as though she was very old for a
channeler, since they said she only looked forty or
fifty.
Anyway, if you have any ideas about Shara or the
Ayyad, from the books or from your own imagination, or
anywhere else for that matter, let me know. I'm completely
open on this, since it's all conjecture anyway.
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The Great Gray
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posted January 29, 2003 12:55 PM
I'm
guessing you haven't finished reading all the books yet? There
are spoilers aplenty around these parts, so you might want to
steer clear if you mind
that.
-------------------- Evan "Skwid"
Langlinais The Humblest Mollusk on the Net http://www.thehumblest.net/ Ask me for
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Freya
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posted January 29, 2003 01:19 PM
We've used
the Ayyad in our game, in the past. I believe there is some
info on them, and Shara, in the BBoBA (Big Book of Bad Art).
From what I recall, all female channelers are
required to join the Ayyad. They are tattooed to
identify them as Ayyad. (I forget if on face or hands) They
channel only with the express permission of the Shabotay
(king). Male channelers are kept only as breeding stock until
their 21st(?) birthday, then are put down. Members of the
Ayyad can only breed with the male channeler stock.
For
a prestige class, I'd throw in some good combat casting
bonuses, like the Ashaman. (In our game, they were very good
at offensive weaves, but sorely lacking in defensive weaves
like shielding or wards.)
As for Shara itself, I don't
remember what I read from the books and what I remember from
our game. But, I seem to recall that they were highly
structured into a caste system. Everyone-in-their-place type
of thinking.
But yes, Shara is ripe with possibilities
for roleplaying. Have fun with it. ![[Big Grin]](Wizards_Com Boards Brainstorming Shara and the Ayyad_fichiers/biggrin.gif)
-------------------- felicia AKA Freya
Culadin
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JosephKell
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posted January 29, 2003 02:55 PM
The woman
was over 600 actually, and have always treated the oath rod as
making the slow aging effect count as one forth level once on
the Oath Rod. The Agelessness is more a factor of a very
experianced woman in a more youthful body.
The Ayyad
are tattooed on the face (so that they are very obvious) Most
of this information is in the Main book in the chapter
following encounters.
Poor male
channelers...
The ruling monarch is in power for two
years, except it works like this: The King B is married to
the Queen C, Two years before the King B was married to Queen
A. Before the corination of King B, Queen A is killed. Thus a
person is King or Queen for 4 years, the first two they are
the one married to power, the second two they are the
Power.
It is this way to prevent people from be coming
spoiled by power. (Imagine if we did that to our leader...
What was that G.W.? You want to undo your
election?)
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AvaronGansdell
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posted January 29, 2003 09:46 PM
Umm theres
also Signs that the oath rod was one of the Nine rods of
dominion and that it was used to punsh and mark channelers who
had abused there powers. infact moghiden at one point was
given the choice swear on the oathrod or be severed (stilled)
because of her love of inflicting pain. they where going to
have her swear to never inflict pain.
the shorter life
spand, the ageless look all where punishment for your crimes.
you had your life cut drasticly shorter and where permanantly
marked as a criminal as well as haveing sworn an oath that you
could never break.
It makes sense to me.
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Merclaar
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posted January 30, 2003 01:27 AM
The oath
rod is not one of the nine rods of dominion. http://www.arkane.demon.co.uk/WOTFAQ/
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The Great Gray
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posted January 30, 2003 07:26 AM
Furthermore, it was Semirhage who thinks to herself
that she could swear an oath to be denied her pleasures and
see the end of her life draw
near.
-------------------- Evan "Skwid"
Langlinais The Humblest Mollusk on the Net http://www.thehumblest.net/ Ask me for
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Consul Vido
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posted February 07, 2003 03:41 PM
Thanks for
the info, everyone. But now I have a few more things I wonder
about. Mostly nitpicky stuff.
Does anyone have an
opinion on whether or not they should be given Old Tongue as a
bonus language?
Anyone have any ideas of what is
tattooed on their faces? I was thinking maybe the symbol used
to represent the One Power or Aes Sedai. Any other ideas? And
where on the face exactly? I would think forehead or cheeks,
with forehead being my first choice.
Also, does anyone
have any ideas on how the Ayyad would have been formed? By
wilders joining together? By renegade Aes Sedai? Were they
originally "forced into servitude" somehow by the Shaboam or
Shabotay?
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