<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=209069.msg10267894#msg10267894">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-07-2014, 12:53:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, until the new information in this forum landed I confess I was looking at a non-human mage, but the campaign structure makes that a combination of an impossible idea with a really bad idea (at least for a PC).</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>It would make it risky, certainly. Corrupting Magic quality isn't quite as bad as it may sound; basically, you just need to be prepared to stop casting if you botch too many saves vs. the Tainted condition. FC mages are plenty capable of picking up some combat or other skills to fall back on if that happens (cf. the iconic mage PC with the Greatsword feat).<br/><br/>What if I also added the Potent Magic campaign quality, which would make the fewer spells you could cast safely more effective? Would that balance things up for your concept?<br/><br/>I was considering allowing some species (and Species-Blooded feats) as 'human variants'; pech as pygmies, orcs as cave-men, ogres as ape-men etc. But I doubt that's what you were looking for.<br/><br/>Hrm... maybe elves/elf-blooded as descendants of an Atlantis equivalent, a subrace of immortal, mystical humans?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">1. Is this to be a predominantly urban or wilderness sort of campaign?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>An equal mix of both, and dungeon/ruin delving.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">2. Is there a place our backgrounds should 'bring us to' or otherwise be for the beginning of the game?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Not in particular. If you want to set it up so that your character is facing the horizon, ready for anything, I can work with that. Or if you want to bake in some flavour/plot hooks and say that your character is 'in debt to the Goldmongers of Pshaar!' or has been 'enslaved by the Brotherhood of the Black Chain slavers, and must escape!' or what have you, it's all good.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">3. Is the Era "Ancient" or "Feudal?" Leaning a bit towards "Ancient," personally. Otherwise there is no riddle to Steel.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Ooop,missed that. Good call. Yes, Ancient<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I am now knocking around the possibility of a sneak-thief sort, either a Burglar (if we're going to be predominantly urban) or a Scout (if we aren't) and rather more of a Subedai than a Conan type, potentially with a Heritage.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Also a good option.  :-)