Elven Gear Recipes

[Thor Olavsrud]

Hey guys. Since Antiphon Union has been made so much clearer in Revised, I thought I'd offer up some ideas for Elven gear beyond rope, bread, mirror wine and cloaks. Here you go! Feel free to add your own.

Elven War Banners: Weaving Way + Antiphon Union + Anthem of Courage

Elven Steeds: Song of Flocks and Herds + Antiphon Union + Lay of the Horse + Gift of Speed

Elven Ships: Woodcraft + Antiphon Union + Supplication to the Wind

Elven Roads: Song of Paths and Ways + Antiphon Union + Song of Arbors + Threne of Chameleon

Galadriel's Mirror: Stonecraft + Antiphon Union + Strain of Far Sight

Glamdring: Riddle of Steel + Antiphon Union + Evensong (for the glow) + Song of Burning Bright

Stone of Decision: Stonecraft + Antiphon Union + Verse of Decision

[Kublai]

How'd I miss these? Fantastic!

Now give us the Obstacles to make these, pleash?

[Thor Olavsrud]

The Obs are as per the rules for Antiphon Union on page 89 of the Character Burner.

For instance, weaving the War Banner with the Weaving Way would be Ob 5. Once the banner is woven, the elf has one chance to successfully sing the Anthem of Courage into it. Anthem of Courage is Ob 4. Extra successes are the enchantment. So if you rolled 8 successes on the Anthem of Courage, the Elven War Banner would provide +4D to Steel to every friend and ally within 100 paces.

Another example: Elven ships. It is an Ob 10 Woodcraft test to build an elven galley. Supplication to the Wind has a variable Obstacle, which isn't really covered in the description of Antiphon Union. But I'll borrow a concept from Abstractions and set the base Ob at 5. Any successes over the Ob determine the level of Enchantment of the ship. Let's say that I gather a choir of Song Singers to Help me. I get 11 successes. The ship has 6D for casting the Supplication to Wind.

Alternatively, we can just set the Obstacle based on the top effect we want. In that case, our ship would have the ability to summon light and moderate winds and calm light and moderate winds.