Fluff/ Background Questions

Praetorian

Mongoose
Have enjoyed the background material. I was going to try to make a few Dardarrian troopers for fun.

What sort of star is a "Dardarrian Star" 4 pointed? 5,6,7,8?

Why isn't it Dardarrickian? (laughing)

Also are Tomar and Tomarsson human? (It never mentions their race) On page 46 it says 125 years of theocratic rule came to an end. I would assume Tomar was at least middle aged when he took over, and even if he had a child in his 80s (Thank you magick of Viagra) Tomarrson would have to be venerable now. Or is their logevity part of the mystery?

It also mentions Dardarrians using magic for mundane tasks such as lighting candles and doing laundry. Does this mean that even commoners have access to minor magical powers? Or do young mages run around doing this? Just wondering if Dardarrian citizen wraiths would have such minor "cantrip" powers as well?

Dragonborn in Dardarrick. Are they all descended fromteh mercs brought by Tomar? I see there are new naval conscripts. How long does one have to reside in Dardarrick to gain citizenship?

Are all the warforged the remnants of the 100 built by Tomar? Are new WF being built anywhere? Are the Warforged suspect do tot eh fact their "programing" was crafted by followers of Praxius?

My reading of the faith of Praxious makes me wonder about it's "evil" allignement. It depsises undead, not such a bad thing. Says the strong should rule the weak, also a tenent of many modern governments that are not really evil. Heck "Might makes Righ" was King Aurthur's rallying cry!
"Force others to help themselves," Charity is bad- well that sounds like most of the Conservatives in OUR political system (I guess one might argue they are evil too!!! Wink) If Lawful Neutral still existed I'd put them there, except their main tenent is freedom, which leans towards the personal freedom mindset of chaos. Yet if the strong rule over the weak, who gets freedom then? Seems like he is a conflicted deity (But aren't they all in some ways?)

What manner of afterlife is there in this world? Does each deity have their own afterlife? Is their punishment for wickedness, or do the evil gods reward their followers for adhering to their tenents?

Maybe I read the section on Lorn too quickly, but are they basically "godless"? They seemed to have turned their back on the All Father and Matriarias, do they have Clerics and Paladins and if so who do they worship? If one met a Lornish patrol would they have any divine practitioners?

Do the demi humans of this world have their own pantheon or do they worship the main deities as well?

Could a secret follower of Praxious ever make it into the wraiths or is their screening process strenuous enough to ferret that out through divination and other methods?

I know this is a lot of stuff, but I fell asleep reading this last night and this si the stuff that percolated through my dreams!
 
Praetorian said:
What sort of star is a "Dardarrian Star" 4 pointed? 5,6,7,8?

5 points, largest point pointing downward, elongated slightly

Also are Tomar and Tomarsson human? (It never mentions their race)

Eladrin; page 45. :)

It also mentions Dardarrians using magic for mundane tasks such as lighting candles and doing laundry. Does this mean that even commoners have access to minor magical powers? Or do young mages run around doing this? Just wondering if Dardarrian citizen wraiths would have such minor "cantrip" powers as well?

Those with arcane backgrounds, yes. It just means that learning wizardry in Dardarrick is easy and widespread, not that the kingdom has any special link to magic or anything.

Dragonborn in Dardarrick. Are they all descended fromteh mercs brought by Tomar? I see there are new naval conscripts. How long does one have to reside in Dardarrick to gain citizenship?

No, most are likely descendants from Parennax. Perhaps the children of pirates that gave up the trade comint to Rardarri. As far as citizenship, it probably only takes an Oath of Loyalty to the local representative of the crown, but new faces rarely go unwatched. :)

Are all the warforged the remnants of the 100 built by Tomar? Are new WF being built anywhere? Are the Warforged suspect do tot eh fact their "programing" was crafted by followers of Praxius?

I would say that MOST of the Warforged in WraitH Recon are related somehow to the Brazen Legion, but definitely not all. The rituals and methods to build them are rare - but not completely secret. The Legion was a long time ago, and most Dardarrians are not likely to hold a grudge against the warforged, but you might have an elf or two that remember...

My reading of the faith of Praxious makes me wonder about it's "evil" allignement. It depsises undead, not such a bad thing. Says the strong should rule the weak, also a tenent of many modern governments that are not really evil. Heck "Might makes Righ" was King Aurthur's rallying cry!
"Force others to help themselves," Charity is bad- well that sounds like most of the Conservatives in OUR political system (I guess one might argue they are evil too!!! Wink) If Lawful Neutral still existed I'd put them there, except their main tenent is freedom, which leans towards the personal freedom mindset of chaos. Yet if the strong rule over the weak, who gets freedom then? Seems like he is a conflicted deity (But aren't they all in some ways?)

Heh heh...these are all good questions and points. The 4E alignment system is too limited for me to do what I would LIKE to with the deity alignments, but Praxious falls into the Evil category for one major point - complete selfishness in goals. "Force others to help themselves" is not nearly as kind as it could be, and a Brazen worshipper sees no issue letting thousands starve if they cannot feed themselves. Get it?

What manner of afterlife is there in this world? Does each deity have their own afterlife? Is their punishment for wickedness, or do the evil gods reward their followers for adhering to their tenents?

That is a VERY good question. Each god likely has its own ideas, but the truth of the matter is that no one really knows.

Maybe I read the section on Lorn too quickly, but are they basically "godless"? They seemed to have turned their back on the All Father and Matriarias, do they have Clerics and Paladins and if so who do they worship? If one met a Lornish patrol would they have any divine practitioners?

They are not as religiously driven as the rest of the continent, taht is for sure. They do have some Clerics and Pallies, some of which of gods that are not exactly popular. Don't forget that characters can also choose from the host of normal 4E gods, too. They may not be the major movers and shakers in Nuera, but they are not forgotten, either.

Do the demi humans of this world have their own pantheon or do they worship the main deities as well?

Most worship a Nueran god, but many (like the orcs, with Gruumsh) have their own racial entity too.

Could a secret follower of Praxious ever make it into the wraiths or is their screening process strenuous enough to ferret that out through divination and other methods?

In theory they could, but since the Wraiths live a pretty monitored life they would not be very devout about it - it is very hard to attend secret cult meetings when SpellCom is always keeping tabs on you! :)

I know this is a lot of stuff, but I fell asleep reading this last night and this si the stuff that percolated through my dreams!

Glad you are liking it! :) Spread the word!

-Bry
 
While just perusing through the book so far, how deeply into the setting are Dragonborn and Tieflings, and how would it affect the 'setting' to just remove them and just ignore them in 4th ed Wraith Recon campaign?
 
well one of the continents (Parennax) is mainly populated by dragonborn. they also are seen at sea alot. tieflings seem to be more a Lorn race. no reason you cant keep them out of your campaign but I would say they are both quite deep in the WR world.

dardarricks capital - 5% dragonborn
dardarricks port - 15% dragonborn
dardarrick town on edge of wildlands - 15% tiefling
dardarrick gold town - 30% dragonborn
capital of lorn - 15% tiefling population
lorns main port - 20% dragonborn population
wildlands port - 15% dragon born

and obviously thats just the places on the main continent so quite alot of dragonborn/tieflings around but as I said if you're running the campaign dont have to include any.
 
Thanks for the info but damm... take them and give me back gnomes and half-orks and we'll be just fine.

I definately want to run some WR, but I'm gonna have to make some adjustments until PHB2 comes out.
 
Hmmm the King of Lorn is a Teifling. here I thought he had found a magic ring and somehow called those death knights to him!


I am not looking forward to the first mission where I run into one of the Immortal 12 or whatever they would be called. (The Undying Dozen? The Circle of Unpleasant Fellows, the League of Life Challenged Gentlebeings?)

Les
 
While a I enjoy the idea of the “Wraith Recon” it could do with some paragon level class (which you no doubt come up with) and I be play test this weekend a skill/ability package base on the multiclassing rules to give my character some type of military background.

However I finding the background very weak it putting Dardarrian up against too many enemies and no allies and no way out.

Also it feels like it almost calling out for a more steam or spell punk background.

Anyway while I keep buy the books, I will be redoing the maps and some other changes (always a good idea is stop players from think that they known all of what going on) I also going have a go to set the hold thing up in Civ 4 sit back with a neutral power and see what happens.

PS: I do not think Dardarrian has chance in hell of wining, the first thing they are most likely to lose is port city and north coast.
 
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