Faust News

Since Dean is frequently adding/revealing new information for PCs, I thought that a list of new developments might be easier for people to keep track of than checking all the pages individually.

NEWS ADDITIONS ARE IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. NEW AT THE TOP!

• Faust

Setting developments

• Posted Faust#People of interest
• Humanity is also unwilling to step on the soil of the earth, it being believed to cause attacks by the Green.
• Humanity is afraid of all plant life. Beyond just the Green's attacks, we are also afraid of domesticated plantlife, which prevents even gardening.
• Languages available:
  • Common
  • Old Lyrian
  • Lyrian
  • Sarchan
  • Jombie (Street language)
  • Spirit language (Death Dealers only)
  • Fey
  • Dead languages:
    • Elven
    • Orc
    • Draconic
    • Dwarven
• You can't take the Survival skill unless you are an undead and have talked to Dean. Those who previously had the skill may take Urban Survival.
• There is a new skill available called Use Technology. It follows similar rules to use magic but is based on items that follow technology instead of magic. This skill is in-class for Nomad, Thief, Rogue and Bard, as well as any other class who has UMD. (Use Tech uses the INT attribute.)
• The forest is off limits for character concept. It is a scary place that no one goes to. It is considered suicide to go into the forest and no one has ever returned other than undead harvesters.
• All races get the human racial bonus for skills. (You can thank matt Dean not reading everything we type for this
• Humans get an additional feat, Spritually Strong: Your character has a strong will. (This will have an effect on your character in certain situations and add hidden rules to the game for your character.)
• Nobility can see both the cursed and uncursed appearance of other nobles, but to fully take in the uncursed appearance, concentration is required.
• Nobility gain Knowledge: Local for their city only in-class.
• Citizens of Mirth DO get a slam attack, do NOT heal normally, heal 1/2 from healing. Frankenstein'd has a +1 max DEX. Kiss of Un-Life must be performed within 2 days of death.
• Tunnel Runners and Rock Breakers are the same thing.
• (Nobility only) Nobility from Morbid take after bats, wolves or jackals.
• Morbid is not an option for PC's as a city of origin.
• The Death Dealers are a semi-secret faction.

Game developments

• Game start is projected for sometime in May, but startup solo and small group scenes are expected toward the end of April and early May in the run-up to Jodie's wedding so that when Heather is finally free from school we can begin in earnest!

Wiki updates

• Citizens of Mirth cleaned up.
• The Destroyers cleaned up.
• The Armoured Core added and cleaned up.
• The Destroyers added, needs cleaning.
• The Death Dealers cleaned up.
• The Nobility of Faust cleaned up.
• Faustand The Fey'd already cleaned up, and Citizens of Mirth tidy but needing more.