02-05-2023, 04:28 AM | #21 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
Perhaps certain rituals are needed for a person of the right lineage to develop their powers. Think about the Deryni (I know I misspelled that) novels.
You might have a high lineage, but activating the powers is another question.
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02-05-2023, 07:57 AM | #22 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
No, actually, that's how it's spelled.
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02-05-2023, 08:35 AM | #23 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
Yes, that ios how it's spelled but the effect you're thinking of isn't applicable to the Deryni themselves. They grow into their powers even without tutoring. It's the Haldanes who need "activating".
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
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02-05-2023, 04:10 PM | #25 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
Try this idea. Many real world families have claimed descent from supernatural beings including the gods. Even Charles of England, through the Earls of Orkney, has both Odin and Thor in his genealogy.
The numbers of families with a claim to faery ancestors isn't small. My own ancestors claimed some kind of supernatural heritage. My family name means both "child of the poet" and "child of the fawn." My ancestors were claiming descent of Ossian. Who's mother was a member of the Tuatha Dedannan (correct spelling later). Why not limit powers to royals with supernatural ancestors?
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02-05-2023, 05:17 PM | #26 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
Ah . . . anyone with Thor in his genealogy also has Odin in his genealogy. Thor Odinsson, right?
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02-05-2023, 05:42 PM | #27 |
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Re: Campaign idea help: Royals: Masters of War
Thor is supposed to be the father of one ancestor, and Odin the father of another. So Thor and Odin are in the genealogy of the Earls of Orkney independently of each other. There's a whole saga dedicated to the Earls of Orkney. I think it is the Orkneyena saga, or something similar.
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