Posts tagged "fantasy"
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Crown of Legality: A simple white gold band without jewels, this crown has the unusual magical property that anything done while wearing the crown is legal, from petty theft to murder. Characters wearing the crown do not become less lawful in alignment, regardless of the actions they take. In addition, they are treated by other characters as having a lawful alignment while wearing the crown, regardless of their actual alignment. The immunity granted by the crown extends to both criminal and civil matters. Nobody with governmental authority, from a town guardsman to a king, can use the crown. They will find themselves unable to touch it, or even to pick it up with tongs. This item cannot be destroyed, but it can be stolen. Stealing the Crown of Legality is legal, of course.
A/N: Tiny…
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Ostara is a forsaken world, plunged into eternal winter at the murder of its goddess a thousand years ago. Some humans retreated into burrows deep within the ice sheets to survive, clustering in the ice caverns formed by hot springs; others drained dry their innate gift of magic to transform themselves for survival in the killing surface cold. For all mortals, life is an unforgiving struggle against the dark.
The MC is a skinshifter, one of the few of their kind to possess magic, and they’re determined to use their gifts to secure prosperity for their small, impoverished clan—even if it means venturing far from home to attend training school with the deepdwellers. Their teachers and classmates are hostile, from the xenophobic deepdwellers to the skinshifters from other clans playing their…