Rodes on Plains of Sedia - D20 Documentary

Protection

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Protection#

Anyone can hit back. The job is to be standing where the blow was going to land.

Captain Drogan, master of protection

The rode of those who stand between a blow and whoever it was meant for. Every physical hit you take does less damage, which makes it the first choice for anyone whose work is to be hit.

Rank 1+2 Rank 2+4 Rank 3+6 Rank 4+8 Rank 5+10 GivesPhysical resistance

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Physical resistance. Every bash, pierce, slash, fist or exotic hit you take does that much less damage, to a minimum of 1. +2 at rank 1, up to +10 at rank 5. Rodes of war has the rest of its kind.

Agility

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Agility#

The one who moves avoids the blow. The one who moves first doesn't have to.

Lilian Gom, master of agility

The rode of speed and footwork. It raises your dexterity, and with it every skill that leans on quick hands and quicker feet.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesDEX

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Each rank adds to your dexterity: +1 DEX at rank 1, up to +5 DEX at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Avoidance

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Avoidance#

Why let a blade touch you at all? Strength is knowing where it won't be.

Horas Daquer, master of avoidance

The rode of not being there. It raises your armor class, so attacks have to roll higher to hit you, armor or no armor.

Rank 1+2 Rank 2+4 Rank 3+6 Rank 4+8 Rank 5+10 GivesArmor class

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Armor class. Add it to your armor class, armor or no armor, so attacks have to roll higher to hit you. +2 at rank 1, up to +10 at rank 5. Rodes of war has the rest of its kind.

Destruction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Destruction#

Power over others is easily had with force. Everything else is a slower way of saying so.

Damied Ankari, master of destruction

The rode of hitting harder. Every attack that lands does more damage, and nothing about it pretends to be anything else.

Rank 1+2 Rank 2+4 Rank 3+6 Rank 4+8 Rank 5+10 GivesDamage

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Damage. Add it to the damage of every attack that hits, weapon or unarmed. +2 at rank 1, up to +10 at rank 5. Rodes of war has the rest of its kind.

Elements

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Elements#

Fire, ice, lightning and earth run through all of Urd like threads. Learn to pull them and you'll learn what you are in it.

Magister Ilsabet Varr, master of elements

The rode of anyone who casts. Every elemental spell or effect you cast does more damage.

Rank 1+2 Rank 2+4 Rank 3+6 Rank 4+8 Rank 5+10 GivesElemental damage

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Elemental damage. Add it to the damage of every elemental spell or effect you cast: fire, ice, lightning, earth, poison, pulse and darkness. +2 at rank 1, up to +10 at rank 5. Rodes of war has the rest of its kind.

Influence

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Influence#

Power is in the eye of whoever's watching. Learn what they see, and you'll never need to raise your voice.

Gregory Simmons, master of influence

The rode of being listened to. It raises your charisma, and with it every bargain, plea and threat you make.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesCHA

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Each rank adds to your charisma: +1 CHA at rank 1, up to +5 CHA at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Purity

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purity#

There's the pure self, and the self that fights to go on existing. The second one is the one that gets sick.

Thomas Moar, master of purity

The rode of a body that holds. It raises your constitution, and with it your health and how well you shrug off poison and disease.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesCON

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Each rank adds to your constitution: +1 CON at rank 1, up to +5 CON at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Knowledge

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Knowledge#

Without knowing, you live blind to whoever does. All making and all unmaking start with understanding.

Yendor Valkez, master of knowledge

The rode of the studied mind. It raises your intelligence, and with it your spells and your eye for what an item is and what a task needs.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesINT

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Each rank adds to your intelligence: +1 INT at rank 1, up to +5 INT at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Wisdom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wisdom#

Wisdom is the spark behind knowing. The wise need be neither clever nor strong. They see what is, and what will be.

Euphrates Crill, master of wisdom

The rode of judgment and calm. It raises your wisdom, and with it your willpower and your sense of what's coming.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesWIS

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Each rank adds to your wisdom: +1 WIS at rank 1, up to +5 WIS at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Power

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Power#

Power is life and weakness is death. The first rule of power is to have it.

Nile Fin, master of power

The rode of raw strength. It raises your strength, and with it every blow you land and every load you carry.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesSTR

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Each rank adds to your strength: +1 STR at rank 1, up to +5 STR at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Chance

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chance#

Nothing is certain, and anything can be. Only by chance does anything exist at all.

Phinius Garland, master of chance

The rode of luck. It raises your luck, and with it all the small things that go your way when they had no reason to.

Rank 1+1 Rank 2+2 Rank 3+3 Rank 4+4 Rank 5+5 GivesLUC

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Each rank adds to your luck: +1 LUC at rank 1, up to +5 LUC at rank 5. The bonus sits on top of your score and isn’t held to the maximum training can reach. Rodes of the self has the rest of its kind.

Faith

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Faith#

Faith binds what you're afraid of and makes you strong. It opens your eyes to your own existence and gives it a reason.

Prophet Qora, master of faith

The rode of belief. It restores your health on its own, a little every turn, for as long as you keep fighting.

Rank 11d4 Rank 21d6+2 Rank 31d8+4 Rank 41d12+6 Rank 51d20+10 GivesHealth

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Health. Restores health. 1d4 at rank 1, up to 1d20+10 at rank 5. Rodes of renewal has the rest of its kind.

Cognition

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cognition#

Without thought there's no knowledge, no will, no wisdom, not even power. The body is a shell for the mind.

Hin Vin, master of cognition

The rode of the mind that drives the body. It restores your willpower on its own, a little every turn, so a caster can keep casting.

Rank 11d4 Rank 21d6+2 Rank 31d8+4 Rank 41d12+6 Rank 51d20+10 GivesWillpower

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Willpower. Restores willpower, the reserve every spell is cast from. 1d4 at rank 1, up to 1d20+10 at rank 5. Rodes of renewal has the rest of its kind.

Endurance

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Endurance#

When you fall, get up. You're only beaten when you don't.

Sinthos, master of endurance

The rode of the ones who keep going. It restores your stamina on its own, a little every turn, so you can fight on long after you'd have stopped.

Rank 11d4 Rank 21d6+2 Rank 31d8+4 Rank 41d12+6 Rank 51d20+10 GivesStamina

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Stamina. Restores stamina, the reserve every skill is used from. 1d4 at rank 1, up to 1d20+10 at rank 5. Rodes of renewal has the rest of its kind.