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Criterion Affiliation Score Modifier Fighting ability +1 per 2 base attack bonus Combat feats +1 per 2 feats on the fighter’s bonus feat list Dragonblood subtype or any draconic feat –5 5 or more ranks in Gather Information, Knowledge (arcana), or Survival +1 per 5 ranks in each skill Immune to fear +2 Able to fly +1 Slays a dragon +2, +1 per additional dragon Aids a dragon –2 per dragon aided Involved in a successful Harrower raid +1 per raid Involved in a failed Harrower raid –1 per raid CHAPTER 5 DRACONIC CAMPAIGNS Affiliation Score Title: Benefits and Duties 3 or lower Not affiliated or junior member with no benefits. 4–10 Initiate: Considered a potential ally in the war on dragonkind. 11–16 Militant: Gain a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against creatures of the dragon type. 17–22 Knight: Gain a +2 bonus on saving throws against spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities from creatures of the dragon type. 23–29 Marshal: Gain a +2 bonus on weapon attack rolls against creatures of the dragon type. 30 or higher Grand Marshal: Once per year, you can borrow (for 1 day/level) any Harrower magic weapon or armor with a value of up to 5,000 gp × your character level. While you have the item, the group takes a –1 penalty to its capital. If you lose the item, you must replace it before you can borrow anything again. You must spend three weeks per year training young Harrowers in the art of war. Illus. by D. Biircham 144 Type: Fighting Company. Scale: 11 Multiregional (Duchy). Affiliation Score Criteria: The Harrowers do not accept dragons as members, and characters with draconic influence can join only if they prove their mistrust of true dragons and a talent for dispatching them. In addition, a potential recruit must convince an existing member of Militant rank or higher (see the accompanying table) that he is willing and able to aid in the fight against dragonkind. A character who works with a draconic ally, such as a dragonfire adept, is rarely accepted into the group. At high affiliation scores, a member is considered a warleader, trusted with the group’s resources but expected to gather warbands to support its goals. Titles, Benefits, and Duties: As you advance through the Harrower ranks, you learn more about your draconic foes and how to oppose them. Executive Powers: Crusade, raid, war. The Shadow’s Fangs Heraldry: A black fang set against a red background. Background, Goals, and Dreams: The original Shadow’s Fangs were sorcerer/rogues who traded their services to an adult red dragon known as Vaeratrux in return for dragonpact magic, access to arcane secrets, and protection from their enemies. As the dragon’s might grew, so did its need for covert agents, and the Shadow’s Fangs had to recruit new members just to have enough resources to carry out their assigned missions, which included spying, defense, and assassination. Unwilling to share the rewards Vaeratrux had promised them, group leaders hid the truth about their dragon master from the new members. As the Shadow’s Fangs learned from Vaeratrux and grew wealthy under his patronage, they came to see the dragon as their lord, from whom all things of value
flowed. This attitude grew as the original Fangs died and were replaced by more fanatical underlings, who likewise chose to keep the secret of their ruler from lower-ranking members. A mythology developed within the cabal that associated blind service with success and power. Senior members only hinted at the organization’s true purpose, portraying the Shadow’s Fangs as the humanoid agents of a mysterious faction of dragons. Indeed, as Vaeratrux gained allies and draconic servants, he loaned groups of Fangs to other dragons as a reward for loyalty. Thus, the secretive Shadow’s Fangs became known as an order dedicated to the service of dragonkind. Today, the organization exists to serve Vaeratrux and his dragon allies, and to make its senior members rich and powerful. These ultimate truths are kept from the rank and file, who simply learn that the Fangs serve various dragons in exchange for access to rare draconic lore and abilities. Enemies and Allies: The Shadow’s Fangs attempts to keep its very existence hidden whenever possible, and its size and goals secret at all times. This behavior allows its members to maintain cover stories of vague connections with unknown dragons that need mortal agents. In this way, the Shadow’s Fangs builds alliances with many other organizations. Often, it courts opposing groups, telling each side that it is a true ally, and that its dealings with their foes is a ruse. Because of this heavy veil of secrecy, few organizations trust the Fangs, but similarly few consider them outright foes, either. There are exceptions to this state of affairs. Many individual nobles, good-aligned dragons, and churches see the Shadow’s Fangs as thugs or liars who deal with anyone that can give them a momentary advantage. In addition, the Harrowers have seen the Shadow’s Fangs conspire with evil dragons far too often to consider them anything but villains. The Fangs happily return the favor; the groups are implacable enemies. Members: The Shadow’s Fangs recruit members of all classes; they never know what expertise a mission might require. However, since much of the work calls on agents to be stealthy, clever, and possibly subtle, most members of the Shadow’s Fangs have at least a few levels of rogue, ranger, or bard. Sorcerers are also common, lured into the ranks easily with the promise of new and better draconic powers. Once recruits have been accepted into the Shadow’s Fangs, they’re never allowed to leave. The group depends on a cloak of mystery to function, and quitters might reveal its secrets. What’s more, the Fangs don’t want new members to think they can simply walk out after receiving whatever benefit prompted them to join in the first place. Thus, if the cabal suspects that a member might try to leave—or worse, if a member announces his intention to do just that—it silences him, permanently. The same punishment befalls members who fail to carry out their tasks one too many times. Secrets: The pyramid of Fangs membership is built on the promise of secrets. Upon joining, a new recruit learns only that the group serves unknown dragons as their agents in humanoid society. With each ascension in rank, he is told a little more of the truth and led to believe that he’ll learn everything after gaining just one more rank. All the while, he grows more and more comfortable with carrying out darker and darker tasks. A Lesser Fang is told that the organization’s work is extremely important, and that valued members will earn great rewards. But his superiors hold back specific details, claiming that they cannot reveal more until he has proven his loyalty. A Bloody Fang is trusted to undertake illegal missions and told that he now answers to a higher law. A spellcaster might be granted access to one new spell or feat, with the promise that unimaginable mystic powers lie just ahead. Again, his superiors withhold greater truths, this time until he has broken numerous laws. A Dark Fang learns of the existence of the Master Dragon, but not its name, color, or agenda. The Master is described merely as a godlike (or at least supernaturally powerful) creature with many important goals. A Dread Fang is told that while most of the group’s Emblem of the Shadow’s Fangs missions directly serve the needs of the Master, some tasks are carried out simply to train new recruits, fill the organization’s coffers, or personally enrich the highestranking members. When a Dread Fang is deemed ready, he is told the whole truth and brought before Vaeratrux to cut a deal with the red dragon. Now a Lord of the Fangs, he is trusted to remain silent out of self-interest, and few Lords want to risk their hard-won place at the table of luxury and power. Type: Cabal. Scale: 9 Regional (Barony). Affiliation Score Criteria: The Shadow’s Fangs trust no one until they have proven loyal and able. Gaining any affiliation with the group requires a willingness to accept orders without demanding explanations and to respect what few truths are doled out. If anyone is caught sharing Fang secrets with nonmembers, his affiliation score immediately and irrevocably drops to 0. Depending on the nature of the secret revealed, the culprit is also harassed, banished, or—most likely—killed. Illus. by M. Schley CHAPTER 5 DRACONIC CAMPAIGNS 145
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Contents Introduction. . . . . . .
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CHAPTER 1 DRAGONBOUND HEROES —Dee
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DRACONIC CLASS FEATURES Often, drag
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Class: Hexblade (see Complete Warri
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Special: If you are of the dragonbl
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Table 1-1: New Feats (cont.) Dracon
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INITIATE OF HLAL [INITIATE] Fueled
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Table 2-1: The Dragonfire Adept Hit
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Greater Invocations Aura of Flame:
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which dragonfire adepts are common
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Table 2-3: The Diamond Dragon Hit D
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ence between the manifesting classe
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ecome immune to fear and gain a +1
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DRAGON DESCENDANTS IN THE WORLD “
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Entry Requirements Base Attack Bonu
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Combat If you can win a battle with
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HAND OF THE WINGED MASTERS “By th
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Resources If you absolutely must ha
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Table 2-7: The Pact-Bound Adept Hit
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CHAPTER 2 DRAGON ASPIRANTS people
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Table 2-8: The Swift Wing Hit Die:
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to seek out her own allies. She kno
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WYRM WIZARD “Every dragon is like
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Wyrm wizards choose living creature
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of writing in some manner (even a p
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Primal Instinct: Gain a +5 bonus on
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You create a burst of icy energy th
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to your attackers. While this spell
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PATH OF FROST Transmutation [Cold]
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DRAGONFIRE ADEPT BREATH EFFECTS The
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INSTILL VULNERABILITY Dark; 7th You
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format and rules for soulmelds, wit
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Energy: This aura grants you a bonu
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dead party returns to life within t
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8th 9th ray of enfeeblement 3/day,
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