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Title: Spheres of Influence
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# Spheres of Influence
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As it turns out, every one of my games ends up reinterpreting icon relationship
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dice as instead relationships to the forces the icons represent, somewhat
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filing the icons themselves off of the mechanic and pushing them and their
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direct agents a bit further off-stage.
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In light of this, I am attempting here to codify a replacement. It borrows
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heavily from **13th Age Glorantha**'s runes.
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## Aether
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The universe is a swirling aether of forces from which all reality has taken
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shape. Creation has been influenced by these forces — broken out into
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prominent spheres of influence — and their interplay as they ebb and
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flow. Whether the distant gods have created the spheres or are beholden to
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them is uncertain.
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The vast majority of living things are not consciously aware of the one or
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more spheres that guide their being, and even the average sentient creature
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may only be able to generally observe the influence of the spheres on their
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life.
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Prominent characters, including the PCs, are different, however. They are
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able to attune to the aethereal spheres, drawing on their power and using it
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to consciously and unconsciously shape the world. The most powerful of these
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beings may appear as avatars of the gods, or perfect champions of one sphere,
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or simply master manipulators of certain forces that make up the world.
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## Spheres
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Below is a list of the twenty primary spheres active in the game, and possible
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manifestations or examples of their influence on the world.
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*Note:* use this table for rolling a random sphere, as per rune rules.
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d20 | Sphere | Examples
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--- | --------- | --------
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1 | Air | Wind, the skies, disruption, rebellion, storms, wandering
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2 | Animal | Ferocity, instincts, might, speed
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3 | Chaos | Disorder, individual freedom, insanity, capriciousness
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4 | Darkness | Shadows, the underground, caves, concealment, mystery
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5 | Death | Death, separation, finality, loss
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6 | Earth | The terrestrial world, agriculture, solidity, strength, gems
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7 | Evil | Demons, devils, the abyssal planes
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8 | Fire | Flame, purgation, stars, passion
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9 | Good | Angels, archons, the celestial planes
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10 | Knowledge | Study, lore, secrets, seekers, writing
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11 | Law | Order, community, promises, oaths, punishment
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12 | Life | Growth, birth, plenty, love, food, spring
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13 | Luck | Randomness, fortune and misfortune, chance, omens
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14 | Magic | Magical effects, divinations, aberrations
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15 | Moon | Cycles, balance, winter, evening
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16 | Plant | Plant life, wild growth, forests, herbalists, autumn
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17 | Sun | Morning, light, summer, clarity
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18 | Trickery | Theft, subterfuge, deception, illusions
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19 | War | Battle, destruction, conquest, victory
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20 | Water | The sea, purity, healing, drowning, flooding
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