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 ====== Notes ======
-Images are 720x960
+==== Arcane Colleges ====
+**Abjuration**---The art of shielding and negating, turning aside spells, forces, and unwanted intrusions.\\
+//"Nothing touches me but by my leave."//
+**Conjuration**---The calling of creatures and the creation of objects from nothing or elsewhere.\\
+//"From emptiness, abundance; from elsewhere, allies."//
+**Dissolution**---The unmaking of form and order, eroding matter, magic, and structure into nothingness.\\
+//"All things fall apart, and I hasten their end."//
+**Divination**---The uncovering of hidden truths, from distant sights to secret knowledge.\\
+//"No veil can hide the truth from my sight."//
+**Force**---The shaping of raw arcane pressure into walls, weapons, or kinetic power.\\
+//"Will given weight is the hand that shapes the world."//
+**Gates**---The mastery of thresholds, opening paths across distance, time, and worlds.
+//"Every barrier is but a door awaiting my key."//
+**Transformation**---The alteration of bodies and substances, reshaping them into new forms.\\
+//"What is, can be otherwise---I make it so."//
+**Wards**---The anchoring of standing spells, barriers, and bindings to guard and contain.\\
+//"I bind, I bar, I endure."//
+==== Occult Studies ====
+**Bloodcraft**--Manipulation of life’s essence through ritual, sacrifice, and the cipher of blood; healing, binding, and lethal exchange.\\
+//"In each drop, a world entire."//
+**Charms**---Subtle enchantments that nudge emotion and will, from friendly persuasions to compulsions that stop just short of mind-control.\\
+//"I move the soul with but a whisper."//
+**Covenants**---Calling, bargaining with, binding, and dismissing spirits, familiars, and other unseen agents.\\
+//"Every bargain is a chain, for master and servant alike."//
+**Glamerie**---The crafting of illusions and glamours that reshape perception, memory, and sensory truth.\\
+//"What the eye believes, the heart accepts."//
+**Jinxes**---Hexes and manipulations of luck and circumstance that sour fortunes and invite mishap.\\
+//"A stumble at the wrong moment is death enough."//
+**Knowledge**---The pursuit and application of hidden lore, forbidden facts, and occult insight that change how the world is read.\\
+//"The world is a book that bleeds when read."//
+**Necromancy**---Communion with and command of the dead: shades, memories, revenants, and the politics of undeath.\\
+//"The living forget; the dead remember."//
+**Umbra**---Mastery of shadow and light as forces of concealment and revelation—veiling, revealing, blinding, and stepping through gloom.\\
+//"In shadow, truth hides; in light, truth blinds."//
+==== Primal Paths ====
+**Air**---Mastery over wind, currents, and the breath of the world; shaping the invisible flows that sweep the land.\\
+//"The wind whispers and I answer."//
+**Animal**---Communion with, command of, and understanding of beasts and their instincts; empathy and kinship with all creatures.\\
+//"In fur, feather, and claw, I see the world."//
+**Earth**---Control over stone, soil, and mineral life; shaping the land and drawing strength from its stability.\\
+//"What is rooted may endure forever."//
+**Fire**---Harnessing flame and heat, from the spark of life to the consuming blaze; creation and destruction in equal measure.\\
+//"From spark to inferno, power burns through me."//
+**Plant**---The growth, movement, and subtle intelligence of vegetation; life, shelter, and slow persistence of nature.\\
+//"In every leaf, a story takes root."//
+**Spirits**---Interaction with the unseen life forces of the world; guidance, blessing, and the power of ancestral or natural spirits.\\
+//"The unseen walks beside me."//
+**Storms**---The fury and rhythm of weather, lightning, and tempests; commanding chaos and sudden change.\\
+//"Thunder speaks, and I heed its voice."//
+**Water**---Mastery over rivers, seas, and the currents of life; fluidity, reflection, and the shaping of the world through motion.\\
+//"I flow where the world allows, carving paths unseen."//
+----
+Rebalancing backgrounds in my Legacy RPG.  Every background gets the following for free:
+  * 10 points of stamina;
+  * 2d4 recovery dice;
+  * 2 training ranks in defences (Fortitude, Reflex, Will);
+  * 100 silver coins;
+  * 20 "customization points" (which must all be spent at design time).
+Customization points may be spent as follows:
+  * 1 point for +2.5 stamina (rounded to convenient values);
+  * 2 points to increase die size of all recovery dice;
+  * 3 points to add an additional recovery die;
+  * 2 points for +1 training rank in defences;
+  * 1 point for a training rank in skills, but -1 point if two or more skills are assigned, rather than chosen;
+  * 3 points for an assigned trait;
+  * 4 points for a trait chosen from a list;
+  * 1 point for +25 silver coins.
+Images are 720x960\\
+Longbow max range is 120m.
 Tactician – A battlefield strategist who analyzes foes and strikes with calculated precision.  Gets the Investigator trick and the Thaumaturge trick.
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 "Epic Fantasy" and "Gritty Realism" would be mutually exclusive, as would "Chunky Salsa" and "Light Fantasy".  It's almost like an Alignment system for RPG settings!
-Archer
+===== Design Notes =====
-Artificer
-Bard
-Berserker
-Bounty Hunter
-Charlatan
-Guardsman
-Hermit
-Hunter
-Investigator
-Magician
-Mercenary
-Noble
-Outlander
-Priest
-Sage
-Scion
-Scout
-Sharpshooter
-Swashbuckler
-Thief
-Thrall
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 Base speed 5m, a turn is 10s long, but a character gets to make 6s worth of choices across that time.
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 Run (2 × Speed m, 2s, Unguarded, Counterattack with Favour) → Fastest movement but makes you easy to punish.
+===== XP Handouts =====
-====== Backgrounds ======
+^  Level  ^     Minion  ^    Regular  ^      Elite  ^       Solo  ^
+|     -2  |         12  |         60  |        120  |        300  |
+|     -1  |         16  |         80  |        160  |        400  |
+|      0  |         20  |        100  |        200  |        500  |
+|      1  |         24  |        120  |        240  |        600  |
+|      2  |         32  |        160  |        320  |        800  |
+|      3  |         40  |        200  |        400  |      1,000  |
+|      4  |         48  |        240  |        480  |      1,200  |
+|      5  |         64  |        320  |        640  |      1,600  |
+|      6  |         80  |        400  |        800  |      2,000  |
+|      7  |         96  |        480  |        960  |      2,400  |
+|      8  |        128  |        640  |      1,280  |      3,200  |
+|      9  |        160  |        800  |      1,600  |      4,000  |
+|     10  |        192  |        960  |      1,920  |      4,800  |
+|     11  |        256  |      1,280  |      2,560  |      6,400  |
+|     12  |        320  |      1,600  |      3,200  |      8,000  |
+|     13  |        384  |      1,920  |      3,840  |      9,600  |
+|     14  |        512  |      2,560  |      5,120  |     12,800  |
+|     15  |        640  |      3,200  |      6,400  |     16,000  |
+|     16  |        768  |      3,840  |      7,680  |     19,200  |
+|     17  |      1,024  |      5,120  |     10,240  |     25,600  |
+|     18  |      1,280  |      6,400  |     12,800  |     32,000  |
+|     19  |      1,536  |      7,680  |     15,360  |     38,400  |
+|     20  |      2,048  |     10,240  |     20,480  |     51,200  |
+|     21  |      2,560  |     12,800  |     25,600  |     64,000  |
+|     22  |      3,072  |     15,360  |     30,720  |     76,800  |
+|     23  |      4,096  |     20,480  |     40,960  |    102,400  |
+|     24  |      5,120  |     25,600  |     51,200  |    128,000  |
+|     25  |      6,144  |     30,720  |     61,440  |    153,600  |
+|     26  |      8,192  |     40,960  |     81,920  |    204,800  |
+|     27  |     10,240  |     51,200  |    102,400  |    256,000  |
+|     28  |     12,288  |     61,440  |    122,880  |    307,200  |
+|     29  |     16,384  |     81,920  |    163,840  |    409,600  |
+|     30  |     20,480  |    102,400  |    204,800  |    512,000  |
+|     31  |     24,576  |    122,880  |    245,760  |    614,400  |
+|     32  |     32,768  |    163,840  |    327,680  |    819,200  |
+|     33  |     40,960  |    204,800  |    409,600  |  1,024,000  |
+|     34  |     49,152  |    245,760  |    491,520  |  1,228,800  |
+|     35  |     65,536  |    327,680  |    655,360  |  1,638,400  |
-Archer\\
-Artificer\\
-Bard\\
-Berserker\\
-Charlatan\\
-Hermit\\
-Hunter\\
-Investigator\\
-Magician\\
-Mercenary\\
-Noble\\
-Outlander\\
-Priest\\
-Sage\\
-Scion\\
-Scout\\
-Sharpshooter\\
-Swashbuckler\\
-Templar\\
-Thief\\
-Thrall\\