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The Dwarven Focus: examples you've seen

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#1
eric_anondson
May 04, 2005 12:19:52 One of more troublesome parts of Athas to adjudicate is the dwarven focus, and making sure it is not pointless to gameplay versus excessively broad and overuseful.

Would anyone care to list examples of what various Dwarven Focuses (Foci?) have been for PC dwarves? Maybe NPC dwarves as well, and we can discuss whether NPC focus would be equally or unequally valuable to PCs.

So, what have been the Dwarven Foci you've seen?

Regards,
Eric Anondson
#2
Kamelion
May 04, 2005 12:28:31 We have only had a couple of dwarven foci feature in our games - they haven't been anything out of the ordinary so far though. One dwarf was the proprietor of an inn that had been in his family for generations. His focus (and that of his fathers before him) was to keep the inn open. This came into play when a fatally injured cloud ray crashed into it, demolishing most of the building. Another dwarf (Kollus from A Little Knowledge) had the focus of keeping a friend of his (Marista) alive. She had cared for him after he escaped Kalak's iron mines and he felt that he owed her a life debt.
#3
Sysane
May 04, 2005 12:46:26 The NPC Pask from CbtSS tasked himself with destorying the Caller in the Darkness. Yikes!!!
#4
pringles
May 04, 2005 12:50:27 Korsum, a dwarf fire cleric in my game. His focus was to avenge his family by killing the dwarf who slaughtered his family. He search for this dwarf for nearly 5 month of playing when he finaly found were that dwarf was; in Leopoldus North. Since he have no way to get there, Korsum is now in Leopoldus South helping the other dwarf building the bridge across the estuary. The player who play that character is actually away and he is not sure if he will be able to play in the near futur. But when he will come back, the bridge will be finished and it will be killing time. But I plan to have the dwarf he want to kill move town and go in a city state or another town before the bridge is finished.
I'M an evil sadic Dm
#5
Torack
May 04, 2005 13:49:58 The dwarf that supposedly wrote Slave Tribes had the focus of recording all the villages, cities, settlements and tribes on Athas IIRC
#6
pringles
May 04, 2005 15:51:38 I had in my campaign an old mine from the last King age that a Urik noble had made thinking he would find copper there. The mine was haunted by the banshee of the dwarf slave that worked there in the past. The noble had told them they will be free if they found the copper vein. They never found it and died there when the noble abandonned them. 60 year later (year of the priest defiance), a noble from Balic (actually a defiler) explored the mine but never came back. Only his slave knew where he had been. So the PC tried to fight the Banshee in the mine and discover the corpse for his spell book, but the banshee were too tought for them so they had to withdraw. They never make it, but one way to deal with the banshee was to dig in one of the tunnel and evantualy, you find a small copper vein, accomplishing the focus of the banshee.
#7
Band2
May 04, 2005 16:59:58 Here are a few:

to defeat a raiding tribe of gith.

to get revenge on a templar that was responsible for the dwarf's enslavement. The revenge included a few of the templar's cronies.

to defend a ex-slave village from attack from slavers. The dwarf had been adopted into the village and saw it as his new home.

I am sure there were more but those are the only ones I can remember right now.
#8
pringles
May 04, 2005 17:05:33 As anyone have put other Intelligent undead like Meorty, Dhaot and such?
#9
terminus_vortexa
May 04, 2005 21:11:25 A Dwarf from RAFOADK named Enver had a life-focus of serving Hamanu, as did his father.
#10
murkaf
May 05, 2005 6:55:23
A Dwarf from RAFOADK named Enver had a life-focus of serving Hamanu, as did his father.

Agis had a dwarven slave who had focused on serving the Asticles family.

One of my players had chosen as his focus to start his own Merchant House.
#11
bengeldorn
May 05, 2005 7:36:53 One of my players had once a dwarven gladiator, who had been separated from his parents since his childhood. His focus was to find them and he finally managed to escape from his owner, a tyrian templar, and was looking for them. Unfortunately we stopped this campaign, but he had found his mother....dead...if had escaped five days earlier, he could have saved her...
#12
zombiegleemax
May 05, 2005 15:19:34 This one is truly first-rate: a dwarven necromancer trying to resurrect her family from the Grey: http://athasreborn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=609

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 eric_anondson May 04, 2005 12:19:52	One of more troublesome parts of Athas to adjudicate is the dwarven focus, and making sure it is not pointless to gameplay versus excessively broad and overuseful. Would anyone care to list examples of what various Dwarven Focuses (Foci?) have been for PC dwarves? Maybe NPC dwarves as well, and we can discuss whether NPC focus would be equally or unequally valuable to PCs. So, what have been the Dwarven Foci you've seen? Regards, Eric Anondson
#2 Kamelion May 04, 2005 12:28:31	We have only had a couple of dwarven foci feature in our games - they haven't been anything out of the ordinary so far though. One dwarf was the proprietor of an inn that had been in his family for generations. His focus (and that of his fathers before him) was to keep the inn open. This came into play when a fatally injured cloud ray crashed into it, demolishing most of the building. Another dwarf (Kollus from A Little Knowledge) had the focus of keeping a friend of his (Marista) alive. She had cared for him after he escaped Kalak's iron mines and he felt that he owed her a life debt.
#3 Sysane May 04, 2005 12:46:26	The NPC Pask from CbtSS tasked himself with destorying the Caller in the Darkness. Yikes!!!
#4 pringles May 04, 2005 12:50:27	Korsum, a dwarf fire cleric in my game. His focus was to avenge his family by killing the dwarf who slaughtered his family. He search for this dwarf for nearly 5 month of playing when he finaly found were that dwarf was; in Leopoldus North. Since he have no way to get there, Korsum is now in Leopoldus South helping the other dwarf building the bridge across the estuary. The player who play that character is actually away and he is not sure if he will be able to play in the near futur. But when he will come back, the bridge will be finished and it will be killing time. But I plan to have the dwarf he want to kill move town and go in a city state or another town before the bridge is finished. I'M an evil sadic Dm
#5 Torack May 04, 2005 13:49:58	The dwarf that supposedly wrote Slave Tribes had the focus of recording all the villages, cities, settlements and tribes on Athas IIRC
#6 pringles May 04, 2005 15:51:38	I had in my campaign an old mine from the last King age that a Urik noble had made thinking he would find copper there. The mine was haunted by the banshee of the dwarf slave that worked there in the past. The noble had told them they will be free if they found the copper vein. They never found it and died there when the noble abandonned them. 60 year later (year of the priest defiance), a noble from Balic (actually a defiler) explored the mine but never came back. Only his slave knew where he had been. So the PC tried to fight the Banshee in the mine and discover the corpse for his spell book, but the banshee were too tought for them so they had to withdraw. They never make it, but one way to deal with the banshee was to dig in one of the tunnel and evantualy, you find a small copper vein, accomplishing the focus of the banshee.
#7 Band2 May 04, 2005 16:59:58	Here are a few: to defeat a raiding tribe of gith. to get revenge on a templar that was responsible for the dwarf's enslavement. The revenge included a few of the templar's cronies. to defend a ex-slave village from attack from slavers. The dwarf had been adopted into the village and saw it as his new home. I am sure there were more but those are the only ones I can remember right now.
#8 pringles May 04, 2005 17:05:33	As anyone have put other Intelligent undead like Meorty, Dhaot and such?
#9 terminus_vortexa May 04, 2005 21:11:25	A Dwarf from RAFOADK named Enver had a life-focus of serving Hamanu, as did his father.
#10 murkaf May 05, 2005 6:55:23	A Dwarf from RAFOADK named Enver had a life-focus of serving Hamanu, as did his father. Agis had a dwarven slave who had focused on serving the Asticles family. One of my players had chosen as his focus to start his own Merchant House.
#11 bengeldorn May 05, 2005 7:36:53	One of my players had once a dwarven gladiator, who had been separated from his parents since his childhood. His focus was to find them and he finally managed to escape from his owner, a tyrian templar, and was looking for them. Unfortunately we stopped this campaign, but he had found his mother....dead...if had escaped five days earlier, he could have saved her...
#12 zombiegleemax May 05, 2005 15:19:34	This one is truly first-rate: a dwarven necromancer trying to resurrect her family from the Grey: http://athasreborn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=609