Tultipet

How do you identify what people are the descendants from that old Living Arcanis Module? I know a few of us are deliberately playing descendants from the first campaign but I think most of us are not. Personally I think it would be frustrating never meeting the targets of your goals … or not being able to do anything about it do to PvP violence rules. Persoanlly I don’t really think the sins of the father are passed on directly to their offspring either, though a character could certainly think differently …

Okay. Some of these issues that you mention have come up in the Crusader Arc. I won’t drop potentially significant spoilers … but we’ve already faced a really bitter Tultipetan Dwarf villian out for revenge. I assume you have met that NPC. That encounter and the secrets uncovered in the Valley of Nis should both (in my opinion) inform how you play a Tultipetan dwarf.

Some of my thoughts on the “big questions” I think a Tulipetan character needs to figure out:

1) How do you cast the events from the last arc? Yes *we* know the last arc was about preventing Manetas from leading civilization into a dead end where entropy consumes Arcanis and a few val’Assante flee to serve as Manetas’ toys in some other world. Does your character have that big view? Or something smaller? You might reasonably decide your enclave was sacrificed to save the Coryani Empire (perhaps a good trade … or perhaps not). I think the bigger view leads to more acceptance and honest grieving. I think the later view leads to more acrimony and enduring hatred. What do you want to play?

2) How do you view Prognostication? The Tultipetan dwarves were never able to see their own future. Now they are destroyed. Do you still see the ability to see futures one of the pillars of who you are? Or do you think it was a waste of time that ultimately did nothing to advance or protect your enclave? Maybe you want to be out doing, and screw what people think fate has in mind. Or maybe you think the enclave was complacent and if it had really been on the ball some diviners would have foreseen Smaug coming.

3)There is also the related issue of how you see Larissa and the Pantheon of Man. All the other enclaves have had a divine “intervention” of some sort. For the Solani it’s all about earning Illiir’s forgiveness. For the Encali, there is Sarish’s bargain. For the Tir Betoqi, they have a Legend that Hurrian has promised to intervene on their behalf if they do a good enough job at protecting humanity. The Nol Dappans have their experience with the Blade of Nier. Presumably Tultipet has some encounter with Larissa in its collective past. Do you still believe the Goddess has plans for you? Or do you believe you’ve been abandoned? How do you feel about the human gods as a whole?

4) There were certain events that happened in the Valley of Nis. Do you know about them? Are you interested in finding another *spoilerspoilerspoiler*

5) How interested are you in the events of the past versus the events of the future? If you are looking more to the past then you are probably more rigid and events here and now are relatively less important. If you are focused on future events then you are probably more flexible in your responses but you have goals you are potentially desperate to achieve.

6) How much time do you think you have? All dwarves have to bath in the light of the Elder’s heartstone every few decades or they wither and die. More than any other racial group your life as a Tutipetan dwarf is on a ticking clock.

I give you questions instead of answers, but hope you find them interesting to muse.

This is aimed at Henry. Good sir, Eric (and to be truthful it was on my mind as well) raised the heartstone issue. How is it 40+ years later there are any Tultipetans left? The text says “every few decades” which to my mind is less than 4. Is there something else going on behind the scenes that are keeping them alive? Personally I think that would make for a cool mystery to solve/investigate. Perhaps a motivating factor for these dwarves to continue to protect humanity rather than turn into a bunch of kamikazes with nothing to lose. Just some thoughts here. I look forward to your wisdom good sir.

P.S. While we missed out on the KS opening (and Beth was bummed out she can’t play a psionic Ss’Ressen), we are planning to pledge some money before the window closes. I just have to save up some money, since I’m not as flush as I used to be.

it was not simply a majority of of players that chose to free the dragon but all but one table, add that majority included some tultipetans. if I recall correctly, the precise outcome was not known at the time of releasing the dragon. but the dragon was angry for a reason, so even for npcs, actions have consequences.

arcanis is comprised of morally grey choices, and most people belived they we choosing to save the world rather than sacrificing an enclave (that was both cursed, and heavily infiltrated by the silence)

Actually, there were at least 2 tables at the appropriate Origins which didn’t free the Dragon, as a friend of mine was GMing those two tables

By the way Cody who was your GM friend?

Henry, Eric brought up a good point with this item below. Can you shed any light on the relationship between Larissa and the Tultipetans? It would give us insight into how to play these particular Dwarves. Thanks in advance for any tidbits of wisdom.

3)There is also the related issue of how you see Larissa and the Pantheon of Man. All the other enclaves have had a divine “intervention” of some sort. For the Solani it’s all about earning Illiir’s forgiveness. For the Encali, there is Sarish’s bargain. For the Tir Betoqi, they have a Legend that Hurrian has promised to intervene on their behalf if they do a good enough job at protecting humanity. The Nol Dappans have their experience with the Blade of Nier. Presumably Tultipet has some encounter with Larissa in its collective past. Do you still believe the Goddess has plans for you? Or do you believe you’ve been abandoned? How do you feel about the human gods as a whole?

I should get someone to run me through the last campaign sometime. I got into it near the end of its lifespan and decided to stay away for the new one.