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Title: Adventuring!
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Description: Now in the Cypher System!
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Footer: Numenera, the Cypher System, No Thank You, Evil!, Invisible Sun, and their respective logos are
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trademarks of Monte Cook Games, LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. All Monte Cook Games
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characters and character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks of Monte
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Cook Games, LLC. Content derived from Monte Cook Games publications is © 2013-2022 Monte Cook
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Games, LLC. <a href="/cypher/fan-use-policy">Full Disclaimer</a>.
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# Adventuring!
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Adventuring! is a fantasy campaign run in Yacsra (yet another campaign setting roughly assembled). Previously [a 13th
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Age game](/13th-age/adventuring/), this is a currently speculative-only attempt at creating the vibe in the Cypher
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System.
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## Campaign Synopsis
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* The universe is a wide assortment of planes, including law/chaos, good/evil, and light/dark forces, connected via an
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astral plane.
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* Magic is common but not commonly-practiced, and is nearly limitless in potential (e.g. *wish*, *true resurrection*,
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etc.).
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* Casting magic can be learned, divinely bestowed, or inherent.
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* Civilization ranges from hunter tribes to grand metropolises, points of light with much uncharted territory in
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between.
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* The world is old, many civilizations have risen and fallen.
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* The world itself is magical, and not strictly bound by natural law.
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* Humans, elves, and dwarves are most common among civilized lands, but plenty of other intelligent humanoids show up.
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## Characters
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* [Raistlin Majere-Diamondson](raistlin) is a ? elf sorcerer [adept] who consorts with the dead.
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* [Ramaria](ramaria) is an inquisitive fungoid cleric [speaker] who channels divine blessings.
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* [Sandy Gnorman "Gnorm" Diamondson](gnorm) is a chaotic gnome mage [adept] who uses wild magic.
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* [Ureiden Bremini](ureiden) is a ? halfling barbarian [warrior] who ?.
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## Character Creation
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At their basic level, characters are defined as *NAME is a [adjective] [adjective] [noun] who [verbs]*. Adjectives are
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**descriptors**, and PCs get two; one general descriptor and one racial descriptor (or two general descriptors for
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humans). Nouns are **types**, similar to character classes, and verbs are **foci**.
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Chapter 4 of the *Cypher System Rulebook* details character creation, with description of the mechanical elements, and a
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small sidebar summarizing the steps to take to create a character.
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### Sources
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The majority of the options below are found, and best described, in the *Cypher System Rulebook*, with an open gaming
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version available via the [Cypher SRD](http://www.cyphersrd.com/). Most others come from *Godforsaken*, which will
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eventually be added to the Cypher SRD. Anything homebrew we'll write up and link to here.
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I skipped listing a lot of the core content, because there's no point in repeating that everything in the core book/SRD
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are fair game --- the exception to this are the foci, which are tailored below.
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### Types, or ideas therein
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The four [types (SRD)](http://www.cyphersrd.com/type.php) are all relevant to the game (note: the SRD is currently
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missing some Warrior tables). That resource, and additional information in *Godforsaken*, have suggestions on how to
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build all of the classic classes via the type system. For example, a barbarian would likely be a Warrior that takes the
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Rages ability, but a bard might easily be an Explorer or a Speaker, depending on the concept and desired abilities.
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[Customization (SRD)](http://www.cyphersrd.com/type_customization.php) continues additional ideas, especially Flavors,
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which are not dissimilar to the idea of subclassing. A spellblade may be a Warrior with the Magic flavor, for example.
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*Godforsaken* has the best guidance here, though plenty of ideas are presented in the core book/SRD.
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### Descriptors
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Descriptors are the adjectives for the character, describing how the character goes about their business. All of the
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[Descriptors (SRD)](http://www.cyphersrd.com/descriptor.php) in the core book are fair game, generally speaking, as are
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the [Fantasy Species Descriptors (SRD)](http://www.cyphersrd.com/genres.php). *Godforsaken* also has a couple more, plus
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whatever we might homebrew:
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* *Godforsaken:* Catfolk; Dragonfolk; Gnome; Halfling; Lizardfolk
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### Foci
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Foci are the possible verb-phrases that describe what the character does and is good at, beyond the basics from their
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type. Most but not all foci in the core book are suitable for the campaign. The following is a mostly-vetted list of
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core and *Godforsaken* foci (others are negotiable):
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* *Core:* Abides in Stone; Bears A Halo of Fire; Blazes With Radiance; Builds Robots; Channels Divine Blessings;
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Commands Mental Powers; Consorts With the Dead; Controls Beasts; Crafts Illusions; Crafts Unique Objects; Defends the
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Gate; Defends the Weak; Descends From Nobility; Entertains; Exists In Two Places At Once; Exists Partially Out Of
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Phase; Explores Dark Places; Fights Dirty; Fights With Panache; Focuses Mind Over Matter; Howls At The Moon; Hunts;
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Infiltrates; Keeps A Magic Ally; Leads; Lives in the Wilderness; Looks For Trouble; Masters Defense; Masters Spells;
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Masters the Swarm; Masters Weaponry; Moves Like a Cat; Murders; Needs No Weapon; Never Says Die; Performs Feats of
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Strength; Rages; Rides the Lightning; Sees Beyond; Sailed Beneath the Jolly Roger; Scavenges; Sees Beyond; Separates
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Mind From Body; Shepherds the Community; Shepherds Spirits; Slays Monsters; Speaks For the Land; Stands Like a
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Bastion; Throws With Deadly Accuracy; Thunders; Travels Through Time; Was Foretold; Wears A Sheen of Ice; Wields Two
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Weapons At Once; Works Miracles; Works the Back Alleys
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* *Godforsaken:* Takes Animal Shape; Uses Wild Magic; Walks the Wild Woods; Wields an Enchanted Weapon
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### Abilities
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Types and foci give access to abilities, depending on the character's tier (level, basically). There's no point in
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listing them all, if your choices grant access to the ability, it's in.
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