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Suleiman. 2 Contents ocuous Umbra hapter II Class Features . 58 A Fable of Characters of Rackets. 60 Fighter. 62 the Lost Citadel 6 the Lost Citadel 33 N C A City of Cudgels and Blades. 62 Class Features . 62 THE RACES OF REDOUBT 34 Martial Archetypes. 63 hapter I Paladin, Zileskan. 65 The Ascension What’s In, What’s Out. 34 To Light a Candle.... 65 of Death C 19 The Meliae. 34 The Warrior’s Way. 66 Dwarf. 35 Creating a Paladin. 66 Children of Stone . 35 Class Features . 66 THE FIRST ASCENSION 20 Bloodied but Unbowed. 35 Sacred Oaths. 68 From the Eternal Sea. 20 Freeholds and Feuds. 36 Penitent. 72 The God of the Mountain. 20 Dwarf Names. 36 To Stand Against the Darkness . 72 Out of the Steppes. 21 Dwarf Traits. 36 A Lonely Quest. 73 Elf. 38 Creating a Penitent. 73 THE SECOND ASCENSION 22 A People of Autumn . 38 Class Features . 74 Ibaria: Empire of the Art. 22 The Weight of Sorrow. 39 Roads of Atonement. 78 The Menhada Dynasties. 22 Scrabbling in the Corners. 39 Ranger, Zileskan. 80 The Angat Republic. 22 Elf Names. 40 Bound to a Broken Land. 80 The Venmiran Guard . 23 Elf Traits. 40 Fearless is Free. 81 Akritopa Province Ghûl. 42 Creating a Ranger. 81 and the Ouazi. 23 Strong and Furred. 42 Class Features . 82 The Dwarven Ellikrall. 23 Silent and Fearless. 42 Ranger Archetypes . 84 Venmah . 24 Septs and Initiations . 42 Rogue . 87 The Meliae Strongholds. 24 Ghûl Names. 43 Necessity Knows No Law . 87 Ghûl Traits. 43 The Surinzan . 25 Class Features . 87 Redwalker. 45 Roguish Archetypes . 87 THE FALL 25 Human. 46 Sage. 89 The Omens . 25 Angat . 46 Keepers of Secret Knowledge. 89 The Turning of the Art. 26 Menhada . 47 Sacrifice is Key. 89 Ouazi . 49 The Second Godless Plague. 26 Creating a Sage . 90 Surinzan . 50 Class Features . 90 Fire’s Failure and Venmir. 51 Mystical Studies. 93 Unquiet Graves . 26 Human Traits. 52 Warlock, Zileskan. 98 Ibaria’s End and Saratsa’s Folly. 26 Pledged, Body and Soul. 98 The Madness of the Meliae. 27 CLASSES OF THE LOST CITADEL 54 Fear and Suspicion. 99 The Defiling of Venmah Creating a Warlock. 99 and the Last Redoubt. 28 What’s In, What’s Out. 54 Class Features . 100 THE AGE OF REDOUBT 28 Pneuma . 54 Otherworldly Patrons. 104 Barbarian. 55 New Invocations. 107 The Silent Siege. 28 The Mean Streets. 55 Warrior Monk. 108 Labor and Death. 29 Class Features . 55 The Purified: The Accord . 29 Primal Paths. 55 The First Warrior Monks. 108 The Order of Things. 30 Beguiler. 57 Arts of Strife. 108 Roots of Deception . 57 Creating a Warrior Monk. 109 Beguilers in Redoubt . 57 Class Features . 110 SampleCreating a Beguiler. 57 Martialfile Secrets. 112 3 FEATS 115 hapter III The Foresters. 167 Drink, For You Know the Bastion of Purity. 115 Life in Redoubt Manner of Your Death . 168 Ghûl’s Mending Tongue. 115 147 C Wages. 168 Herbalist’s Touch . 115 The Ash Farm. 169 Life Among the Dead. 115 The Census. 171 Martial Arts Training. 115 LIFE AMONG THE DEAD 148 Organization. 171 Mystic Purity . 116 Food. 148 Hidden Motives?. 171 Ouazi Girga Eye. 116 Fruits and Vegetables. 148 Surinzan Sleaghar Dance . 116 The Church. 172 Protein. 148 Well-Connected. 116 The Five Arms. 172 Drinking. 149 Ritualist. 116 The Academy of Voices. 174 Jobs and Guilds. 149 The Crown of Blood. 175 BACKGROUNDS 117 Government Work. 149 The Red Trade . 175 Guild Work. 149 Beast-Keeper. 118 The Ludi, the Pits, Free Labor. 150 Death Worker. 119 and their Lords. 176 Destitute . 120 Wealth. 150 The Forerunners. 177 Herbalist. 122 Coinage . 150 Forerunner Life. 177 Laborer. 123 Bartering. 150 The House of Mercy. 179 Martial Scholar . 124 Slavery. 151 House of Mercy Hierarchy. 179 Mystic. 126 “Voluntary” Slavery. 151 Holy Relics . 180 Scout. 128 Punitive Indenture. 152 Herb Network. 180 Scrapper . 129 Slavery by Birth. 152 Political Involvement. 180 Slave. 130 Illegal Slavery. 152 Charity. 181 Entertainment. 153 The Iron Moon. 181 MARTIAL SCHOOLS 133 Taverns . 153 Reputation and Perception. 181 Martial Schools in Redoubt. 133 The Gladiatorial Arenas. 153 Methods and Operations. 181 Martial Opportunity Points. 134 Street Performers . 154 Iron Moon Hierarchy . 182 Armor and Martial Theater. 154 The Militia. 184 Opportunity Points. 134 The Undertakers. 155 Every Available Adult. 184 Martial Ways and Exploits. 135 Rendering. 155 Militia Organization. 184 Universal. 135 The Black Market . 156 Calling Out the Militia. 184 Brilliant Sphere (Grappling) . 136 Fissures . 156 Interactions with Courtier’s Claw Other Groups. 185 (Light Melee Weapon). 137 THE ECONOMY The Undertaking. 186 Deathbreaker (Against Undead). 137 OF REDOUBT 157 A Never-Ending Cycle. 186 Iron Gate (Long Blades). 139 Lifestyle Expenses. 157 The Organization. 187 Shatterbone (Blunt). 140 Food, Drink, and Lodging. 157 The Watch. 189 Storm’s Eye (Staff, Spear, Self-Sufficiency. 157 Watch Organization . 189 and Pole Arm). 140 Services. 158 The Watch and Strikehand (Unarmed). 141 Availability of Goods and Services 158 the Magisterium. 191 Woodfell (Axes) . 141 Connections. 159 The Watch and the People. 191 Of the Eleven Gardens. 143 Business Connections. 159 The Watch Gatehouses. 192 Beggar’s Crook. 143 Social Connections. 160 Watch Story Hooks . 192 Brand Against Damnation. 143 Losing Connections. 160 RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 193 Coilhand . 144 Claiming a Title. 160 Jeweled Cannon. 144 New Weapons and Equipment . 161 The Faith. 193 League of Honor. 145 Weapon Properties. 162 In the Beginning . 193 Followers. 193 GOVERNING AT Since the Fall. 193 THE WORLD’S END: The Angat Church of Man. 194 THE MAGISTERIUM 163 The History of the Church. 194 Sitting in Judgment. 164 The Church Hierarchy. 194 The Magisters. 164 The Church and the City. 194 Tribunals and Magistrates . 165 Growth and Practices of The Long Arm of the Church . 194 the Magisterium. 166 The Church of SampleExquisite fileMemory. 195 4 Tribes of Two Moons. 196 THE OUTER CITY 232 A World of Woe. 255 Aurib. 196 Monsters of Woe. 255 Newtown West. 232 Milijun. 196 Domains of Woe. 256 The Wall and the Farms. 232 Rituals and Practices. 196 The Curse of Magic. 257 The Neighborhoods. 232 Cults of Idolatry . 198 The Well of Woe. 258 Mud Magisterium . 234 Hafod, the Father of Heroes. 198 Marks of Woe . 258 The Downs. 235 Jirhal, the Obsidian Queen. 198 The Dead Rise. 260 Empty Promises. 235 Amarset the Relentless. 199 Kingdom of the Nail. 235 Bilquir, the Pestilent Father. 199 WIELDING MAGIC 261 Potter’s Row . 236 Moti, Vadan, and Shairya: Zileska Rituals. 261 Saltyard. 237 Whispering Echoes. 199 Tidewater. 237 Spell List . 262 Ancestor Worship. 200 Beguiler, Siren. 262 The Farms. 238 Adherents. 200 Sage. 262 The Livery Collective. 238 Practices . 201 Sage, Ascetic. 262 Milijun’s Dune. 238 Schismatics. 202 Sage, Priest. 262 The Kolobus River. 239 Aurib-Naa, House Sage, Witch. 262 The Outer Wall. 239 of the Moon God. 202 Warlock . 263 Veridilith, the Ash Farm . 240 The Elldimun..