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Old 07-28-2022, 03:21 PM   #46
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Default Re: New Fantasy Setting Seeds.

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Originally Posted by PTTG View Post
Kens are a powerful magical ability and a limited resource. A tribe might only have a dozen who posses the ken, and it is passed on, not learned. In order for the PCs to gain it, another must lose it.
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I think this is the gem in this seed - it can be ported almost any magic system to radically change its feel, or to any setting to add an interesting additional social/power dynamic.
Yeah, there is a lot you can do with that.

What happens if the possessor of the ken dies? Is it lost? Can their murder take it from them?
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