Elethay Witchcraft Set 33 Talk

The role-playing aspects of being an Elethayist is something that players will have to consider for their characters. Obviously no Dragon Storm player would take these cards for a character who believes in mayhem and murder. The characters who take these will need to exhibit a streak of compassion. They will try to avoid killing, within reason.

These cards will stretch a players role-playing skills, and the GM should reward players who do well with bonus role-playing points.

You can download the full PDF here.

Elethay Spells and Abilities are a sub set of Witchcraft. To be able to use them one needs a crude understanding of Witchcraft and a deep belief in Elethay. This results in some people who can use Elethay cards through training without really comprehending the fundamentals. Witches who become Elethayists have both the understanding and the faith.

It also needs to be pointed out that due to the nature of Elethay's enemies in the Stormlands that they have developed Abilities so that they may operate in enemy territory with reduced chances of discovery. Players will want to help their GM by letting her know the character is using an Ability rather than a spell.

As we worked on these cards we have also been working on the Jikadell Cult. Since this is a primary enemy of Elethay we wanted to show the differences between the two so the GM can use them in games. Jikadell spells are based in Wizardry rather than Witchcraft. This helps create a bright line between the two. The Jikadell GM set will be along In a few days and will also be at Pentacon.

Some questions have also arisen concerning Temple Speakers. These people are Shamans first. They do not understand Witchcraft, but they may use Elethay cards if they have shown enough devotion to Elethay. Therefore a Temple Speaker needs the Elethay Acolyte to use Elethay cards.

We have taken the step of adding the Worshipper, Acolyte and Priestess card images to the bottom of the PDF. They are not being printed with this set, but they will be needed for the set to work properly. With Proxies being accepted players can add these to characters as needed. It should be noted that we brought these cards up to 1.1 so they fit in. At one CP the Worshipper is a very inexpensive add on, but we did include +2 HP for the CP.

Some of the choices we made with this set were caused by prior cards and information. These cards should have had their own three letter code to avoid confusion. That code should have been ELE, but that is the code for Elementalism, so we compromised. We made Elethay a piece of Witchcraft. To distinguish them the card type line says WIT, Elethay.

This set will be available at Pentacon.


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