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01-24-2008, 01:12 AM #11
I hope you won't be disappointed. The text is part of a larger text on different cultures for my campaign. I also wrote up descriptions for the Anuireans, the dwarves, a heavily modified version of the Rjurik and the Vistani (imported into my campaign from Ravenloft). The earliest parts of the document are at least ten years hold. My intention was to get a better grip on the different cultures and to give my players something they could use to portray their characters. The text therefore provides a basic overview for each race and provides a few snippets of information and a few quirks I found interesting and helpful for portraying characters, but it's not a comprehensive description.
Also, as I said in previous posts, while I use BR as a basis for my campaign, I also changed a lot of details. Well, basically I wanted to create the ultimate campaign world, using the best things of a number of published campaign worlds and tying it together in a credible way. For the elves, I originally wanted to include three different cultures, a very civilized and highly organized culture and a a tribal society patterned after Dragonlance's Kagonesti, with the Sidhelien occupying the middle ground. I never got around to write up the other two, though.
The text is also heavily influenced by what I had available and read at that time, mainly FR material and it also owes a lot to Tolkien and Tad Williams. I hope that doesn't sound to defensive - in general, I'm quite proud of my write-up -, but I want to make it clear that the text shouldn't be read as a description of the canon Sidhelien. Otherwise, you'd be pointing out a lot of things where I got the Sidhelien wrong in no time.
The achievements of each house determine its rank and its the duty of the Taelinri to evaluate each house. A Taelinir visits the Taeghyrion for a period of at least a year and determines its standing by a complicated system which takes into account its size, e.g. how many members it has, and its economic, cultural, military, and magical might. Using this system, a good poet can improve the rank of his house as well as or even more than a mighty warrior or a crafty artisan or mage.
I envy you. For me, being a detail-obsessed know-it-all has proven to be more of a bane than a boon
Well, I might get around to doing a translation, but RL is quite hectic at the moment, as I'm currently a bit occupied with finding a new job, suing my old employer and finding a suitable kindergarten for my son. Perhaps, when things have settled down a bit...
which would make the Taelinri into a high-level second stage prestige class - though I'm not too sure that it even makes sense to develop them as a prestige class, given that they can come from all walks of life.
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01-24-2008, 09:21 PM #12
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01-24-2008, 09:30 PM #13
The Taelinri are based on real-world bards to some extent, actually.
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