Campaign guide plight of the tuatha (1) 15

Campaign Guide the god’s will, but this is very rare Arcane spellcasters are a rare class due to the legal status of the practice of arcane magic as well as the stigma and superstition that surround the use of such magic Practitioners are still found, but they tend to live hidden lives as being discovered would likely lead to their death The culture of the peninsula is highly suspicious of any education that does not originate from its local temple and, therefore, most classes that rely on formal education are a rarity (such as alchemists) The Issian Peninsula has no strong central government and conflict is very common between the city states that dot the landscape Due to the constant ebb and flow of small-scale conflicts between villages and cities, the most common class is the fighter This unstable political landscape has also favored those who have a quick wit and are adaptable to the constantly shifting social world Rogues are common and fare well in this environment The Rigian Wastes were officially annexed into the Avitian Rigian Wastes Empire in the year 11856 AE at the completion of the War of the Red Stones Since that time the Rigian Wastes, and more precisely the vast ore deposits found in the Ironfold Mountains on the southern edge of the Wastes, have been supporting the Avitian Empire This region is now the main source of metal items such as weapons and armor, as well as a source of architecture and engineering innovation The Rigian Wastes and its largest city of Chandegar are well known as one of the world’s beacons of light in terms of education and innovation The value placed on study and learning is due not only to the inquisitiveness of its citizens but also the region’s being buffered from the conservative influence of the empire’s capital city due to desert’s and badlands Many come to the cities in the south-west of the region to study as apprentices in the many guilds and academies found in the land 14 People from the Rigian Wastes are a moderately religious citizenry; it is common to see clerics and oracle classes in the cities and wandering the badlands There are the occasional inquisitors in the region, but they tend to come from other regions of the empire Classes that rely on advanced inventions, such as the alchemist and the gunslinger, can be found in this region Rikstrns Hammer North of the Stadji Mountains and the Slaking Sea is the long peninsula of Rikstrns Hammer This region once contained only small fishing villages surviving by fishing the cold northern waters After annexation by the Avitian Empire and exposure to the Empire’s advanced building and farming techniques combined with the local clan’s long-held knowledge of the sea, the villages quickly grew and prospered Advances made in shipbuilding and the construction of stone buildings have allowed locals to begin to fight off raids by both the Ostmen to the east and the orcs from the mountains to the south Soon cities and stone keeps began to dot the land Beginning in 12165 AE, Emperor Galabadon XXIII started to break treaties with the land’s clans and leaders, ultimately denying them their right for representation to the empire with the dissolution of the senate In the summer of 12168 AE, the clans tired of the Emperor’s deviousness, united under Jarl Retrivr, and rebelled The people of Rikstrns Hammer are in a precarious position Only the Avitian Empires’s greater concern over the Ceravosian Republic, as well as minor rebellions happening across the Rigian Waste, has kept the region from gaining the Empire’s full attention and the legions of troops that would soon follow Additional Class Details Alchemists: Alchemists have strayed from the tried and true sources of knowledge in order to control the forces of nature Instead of using the power of symbols to guide the magical undercurrent of reality, alchemists engage in