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As ages have passed the secrets of ''polymorphing'' have been retained and refined. Sadly, in this day and age, the darker applications of this study have been refined as well. The inoccuous title of ''"physical adept"'' incorporates spies, assassins, infiltrators and impersonators. What was once a mere academic study has practical purposes in an age of war. | As ages have passed the secrets of ''polymorphing'' have been retained and refined. Sadly, in this day and age, the darker applications of this study have been refined as well. The inoccuous title of ''"physical adept"'' incorporates spies, assassins, infiltrators and impersonators. What was once a mere academic study has practical purposes in an age of war. | ||
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| + | Your Dragon has accustomed himself to humanoid tools and weapons, and mastered them to a greater degree than most actual humanoids. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to using humanoid tools and weapons. This includes adding +1 dice when fighting using humanoid weaponry. | ||
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| + | Your Dragon has learnt skills in counter-infiltration and basic security. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to counter-espionage, including spotting false identities, interrogation, detecting lies, detecting forgery, setting up security measures and the like. | ||
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| + | Your Dragon has focused on blending into the animal world, and functioning in animal shapes. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to taking advantage of his animal forms, passing as an animal of his polymorphed type, knowing about and enacting their behaviour, etc. This also gives +1 dice to fighting with an animal form's natural weaponry. | ||
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Revision as of 07:12, 9 June 2008
Age Of Dragons: Main Page -> Age Of Dragons: Lifepaths -> Physical Adept
Contents
Overview
Shaping the Clay
He was Lord Valerius of Arrantis, but he was also Ugruk-Kar of the Orcish Twelve Skull Tribe, Longtooth the Shadow-Wolf and Tika-Maal, the Elfwarden of the Gray Vale. He had also been Chases-the-Sirocco of the Storm Dragons, Light-of-Piety of the Pure Dragons and Phantom-Father of the Ghost Dragons. His real name, if you could call it that, was Shadow-Mask of the Velvet Dragons, and he was a Physical Adept.
He was Lord Valerius at present, and at Imperial council with a cluster of humans oblivious to his true identity. He smiled to himself, happy that the fools around him had no idea who he really was.
Across the chamber, Ambassador Matteus watched him. He was Matteus of the Gold Coast, but he was also Samael the Wise of the Lizardman Kingdoms, Dawnwing the Great Eagle and occasionally Angel's-Descent of the Sable Dragons. His true name was Guardian-Eye of the Solar Dragons, and he had the infiltrator in his sights.
The Solar Dragon knew that he had to eliminate the spy, but that he could not expose him here, as a conflict in the council chambers would both cost human lives and panic the mortals unnecessarily at the thought that their security was so frail.
When Council was over, and Lord Valerius returned to his manor, there would be a reckoning.
The Physical Adept Lifepath
In the first Age draconic students observed how the Mother Goddess and her twelve children were able to shape the clay of the earth into different forms, breathing life from mud and rock with their magics.
Legend says that the Mother Goddess told these first Shapers that their studies could not continue, as to shape earth into Soma was a First Age magic, and had no place in ages to come. To ease their disappointment, she taught them another secret instead - how to shape their own Soma into other shapes. The first Physical Adepts took great joy in this small magic, and soon refined the tricks they had been taught so that they could run the land as wolves, swim the sea as fishes, crawl into small places as insects or walk and talk amongst the mortals as humans.
As ages have passed the secrets of polymorphing have been retained and refined. Sadly, in this day and age, the darker applications of this study have been refined as well. The inoccuous title of "physical adept" incorporates spies, assassins, infiltrators and impersonators. What was once a mere academic study has practical purposes in an age of war.
Milestones
Lifepath Sphere Variations
- Manyface (50 XP)
Your Dragon has practiced at the art of deception, impersonation and false identity. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to false identity and lying, including disguise, mimicry, forgery and other espionage-related skills.
- Tooluser (50 XP)
Your Dragon has accustomed himself to humanoid tools and weapons, and mastered them to a greater degree than most actual humanoids. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to using humanoid tools and weapons. This includes adding +1 dice when fighting using humanoid weaponry.
- Watcher (50 XP)
Your Dragon has learnt skills in counter-infiltration and basic security. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to counter-espionage, including spotting false identities, interrogation, detecting lies, detecting forgery, setting up security measures and the like.
- Wildshaper (50 XP)
Your Dragon has focused on blending into the animal world, and functioning in animal shapes. He gains +1 dice on all tasks relating to taking advantage of his animal forms, passing as an animal of his polymorphed type, knowing about and enacting their behaviour, etc. This also gives +1 dice to fighting with an animal form's natural weaponry.
Talents
- Milestone (3 XP)
Details.
Arcane Lore
- Milestone (10 XP)
Details.
Lifepath-specific Milestones
- Milestone (10 XP)
Details.
Lifepath Resources
- Resource
25 years.
- Resource
50 years.
- Resource
100 years.
