Jan 31, 2021 5:52 pm
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LyricTimeless
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January 31, 2021 11:21 am
https://gamersplane.com/games/2686/
Echo looks cool. Go for it. Look at the Jaguar Oath on page 51-52 of the campaign guide
Your text to link here...
This link is also on the reference forum as well as free on DMGuild
You may take both echo and jaguar oath as far as I am concerned. Its overpowered, but more for color and would balance you with magic items that the other party members already have.
At 7th level, you already get jaguar shapeshifting.
Re: Maztica
from ancient.astronaut.64 on January 31, 2021 10:26 am
to LyricTimeless
Sounds awesome!
Yes, I was hoping to play either a variant human or a tabaxi (because jaguar, right?)
Would you accept an Echo Knight?
If not, then perhaps an Eldritch Knight?
If you give me a link to the game I'm eager to apply.
Thanks!
Re: Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 31, 2021 9:34 am
to ancient.astronaut.64
Yes, this is 5e. There is very little lore on Maztica, but I am freely exploring a twist of the story that even the fandom revisionist haven't explored.
There is too much to catch up on, but important aspects for figuring out your character may be include this:
The Faerunian god of protection, Helm, and his Silver Knights (think conquistadors) have "discovered" Maztica and have made it to the Capitol of Maztica, Nexal, where he has waged war on the hoard of orc and jagres that were once the mighty army of Jaguar Knights devoted to the god of war, Zaltec. Some believe, the God of justice and peace, Qotal has summoned the Silver Order to save them, but the motives of the Silver Order are unclear.
Some Knights have even been corrupted by the First Man, a legendary vampire and enemy of Zaltec.
A few Jaguar Knights have escaped the viperhand transformation by Loliath and they lose themselves in the surrounding countryside, becoming a guerilla resistance movement. The country folk around Nexal have fled to the safety of the walls of the cities of Nexal to escape the outpouring from the Underdark led by the Spider Queen Loliath, and the Silver Order impose martial law to protect them, though it may seem like imprisoning them. The Maztica people resent the foreigners and lead a rebellion against them. The Jaguar knights still defend Zaltec and wish to restore Nexal to his former glory. They use the power of Maztica's predators to weave Zaltec's hisha magic, even transforming into the jaguar itself.
A party of heroes have confronted corrupted Silver Knights in Baya, far to the south, and they have rescued a baby and her dying mother's tiloni (think soul) from the First Man who intended to take the tiloni as his next bride and mother to make more spawn. To fend off the First Man, the party released Eha, the Goddess of wind and first breath and summoned Coatlicue, the grandmother goddess of death to protect the tiloni from the vampire. They came to Nexal to assist the newly anointed High Priestess of Zaltec (and prematurely try to claim the throne) and ended up defending Zaltec's Temple against a combined attack by Silver Order who want the control of the temple and a group of fanatics in a newly formed church to Uhti, both of whom came together to release a newly spawned vampire with devastating effect on to the temple defenses. It was a massive battle (that lasted a month and a half through the holidays).
Now, the party is on quest again (from the initial storyline) to seek out the Pyramid of the Gods, right it and restore order to the pantheon, and take a map from the vampire Elena Lampbright who in turn lies in ambush to take the map's codex key that the party has. This adventure is the final step to discovering the First Man's hidden temple where they want to steal and use the chalice of the gods. (thus ending Act 1)
A jaguar knight is most likely a human variant, though there are tabaxi and foreign converts from the green people (elves), half orc, and only rarely from the desert dwarves. Assimar from Lopango and other stranger races sometimes take the rites. The Jaguar Knight class is defined in the Maztica Campaign guide by Mazitca Alive and is free on DM Guild. There is a link in the reference forum. It is a paladin, though I will entertain a ranger, monk, fighter, barbarian, rogue or any half-caster. There is a Fox Knight paladin NPC in the party sworn to Kiltzi, as well as a high level Eagle Knight paladin NPC sworn to Qotal and stationed in Nexal that comes and goes.
You are free to use standard spell arrays, though I would encourage you to use the Hishna magic spells and copy them onto your sheet spell notes because, they are wicked cool for role play, especially for martial players. The fox knight has just learned his own transformation skill.
BTW, I have expanded the magic circles beyond the Maztica Hishna and Pluma. I also color my magic with sea magic as expanded by Mazitca Alive and propose Tumqua magic for stone, Yahweh magic for jungle trees, Nahda for necromancy, and others. Don't think you have to learn it all. I hardly know it myself, lol.
The point of my campaign is to weave a story written by the players based on their own motivations. I do have an Asperger player that is completely befuddled by my open approach, but we have come to understand that that's fun too. I have the overarching villain's plot, but that is completely adaptable.
Re: Maztica
from ancient.astronaut.64 on January 31, 2021 7:49 am
to LyricTimeless
Hi!
I must confess I am unfamiliar with the setting, having never heard of it. I have always been fascinated by mesoamerica but I am no expert on the subject.
A jaguar knight would be great! This is D&D 5e, right? Which races & classes are you allowing?
Re: Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 30, 2021 10:37 pm
to ancient.astronaut.64
Oh, if I misconstrued and by martial, you meant fighter, then I do have a gap in the story for a Zaltec jaguar knight with hishna magic. Are you familiar with that variant?
Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 30, 2021 10:30 pm
to ancient.astronaut.64
Cualici. Your gamer's tag suggest you know something about mesoamerica?
Are you suggesting a monk? That intrigues me. I have a vision of a God Man traveling Maztica taking pictures of wild landscapes with Tunqua magic and being spiritual. I also have a spelljammer backstory to Maztica.
What do you have in mind?
LyricTimeless
WHEN
January 31, 2021 11:21 am
https://gamersplane.com/games/2686/
Echo looks cool. Go for it. Look at the Jaguar Oath on page 51-52 of the campaign guide
Your text to link here...
This link is also on the reference forum as well as free on DMGuild
You may take both echo and jaguar oath as far as I am concerned. Its overpowered, but more for color and would balance you with magic items that the other party members already have.
At 7th level, you already get jaguar shapeshifting.
Re: Maztica
from ancient.astronaut.64 on January 31, 2021 10:26 am
to LyricTimeless
Sounds awesome!
Yes, I was hoping to play either a variant human or a tabaxi (because jaguar, right?)
Would you accept an Echo Knight?
If not, then perhaps an Eldritch Knight?
If you give me a link to the game I'm eager to apply.
Thanks!
Re: Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 31, 2021 9:34 am
to ancient.astronaut.64
Yes, this is 5e. There is very little lore on Maztica, but I am freely exploring a twist of the story that even the fandom revisionist haven't explored.
There is too much to catch up on, but important aspects for figuring out your character may be include this:
The Faerunian god of protection, Helm, and his Silver Knights (think conquistadors) have "discovered" Maztica and have made it to the Capitol of Maztica, Nexal, where he has waged war on the hoard of orc and jagres that were once the mighty army of Jaguar Knights devoted to the god of war, Zaltec. Some believe, the God of justice and peace, Qotal has summoned the Silver Order to save them, but the motives of the Silver Order are unclear.
Some Knights have even been corrupted by the First Man, a legendary vampire and enemy of Zaltec.
A few Jaguar Knights have escaped the viperhand transformation by Loliath and they lose themselves in the surrounding countryside, becoming a guerilla resistance movement. The country folk around Nexal have fled to the safety of the walls of the cities of Nexal to escape the outpouring from the Underdark led by the Spider Queen Loliath, and the Silver Order impose martial law to protect them, though it may seem like imprisoning them. The Maztica people resent the foreigners and lead a rebellion against them. The Jaguar knights still defend Zaltec and wish to restore Nexal to his former glory. They use the power of Maztica's predators to weave Zaltec's hisha magic, even transforming into the jaguar itself.
A party of heroes have confronted corrupted Silver Knights in Baya, far to the south, and they have rescued a baby and her dying mother's tiloni (think soul) from the First Man who intended to take the tiloni as his next bride and mother to make more spawn. To fend off the First Man, the party released Eha, the Goddess of wind and first breath and summoned Coatlicue, the grandmother goddess of death to protect the tiloni from the vampire. They came to Nexal to assist the newly anointed High Priestess of Zaltec (and prematurely try to claim the throne) and ended up defending Zaltec's Temple against a combined attack by Silver Order who want the control of the temple and a group of fanatics in a newly formed church to Uhti, both of whom came together to release a newly spawned vampire with devastating effect on to the temple defenses. It was a massive battle (that lasted a month and a half through the holidays).
Now, the party is on quest again (from the initial storyline) to seek out the Pyramid of the Gods, right it and restore order to the pantheon, and take a map from the vampire Elena Lampbright who in turn lies in ambush to take the map's codex key that the party has. This adventure is the final step to discovering the First Man's hidden temple where they want to steal and use the chalice of the gods. (thus ending Act 1)
A jaguar knight is most likely a human variant, though there are tabaxi and foreign converts from the green people (elves), half orc, and only rarely from the desert dwarves. Assimar from Lopango and other stranger races sometimes take the rites. The Jaguar Knight class is defined in the Maztica Campaign guide by Mazitca Alive and is free on DM Guild. There is a link in the reference forum. It is a paladin, though I will entertain a ranger, monk, fighter, barbarian, rogue or any half-caster. There is a Fox Knight paladin NPC in the party sworn to Kiltzi, as well as a high level Eagle Knight paladin NPC sworn to Qotal and stationed in Nexal that comes and goes.
You are free to use standard spell arrays, though I would encourage you to use the Hishna magic spells and copy them onto your sheet spell notes because, they are wicked cool for role play, especially for martial players. The fox knight has just learned his own transformation skill.
BTW, I have expanded the magic circles beyond the Maztica Hishna and Pluma. I also color my magic with sea magic as expanded by Mazitca Alive and propose Tumqua magic for stone, Yahweh magic for jungle trees, Nahda for necromancy, and others. Don't think you have to learn it all. I hardly know it myself, lol.
The point of my campaign is to weave a story written by the players based on their own motivations. I do have an Asperger player that is completely befuddled by my open approach, but we have come to understand that that's fun too. I have the overarching villain's plot, but that is completely adaptable.
Re: Maztica
from ancient.astronaut.64 on January 31, 2021 7:49 am
to LyricTimeless
Hi!
I must confess I am unfamiliar with the setting, having never heard of it. I have always been fascinated by mesoamerica but I am no expert on the subject.
A jaguar knight would be great! This is D&D 5e, right? Which races & classes are you allowing?
Re: Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 30, 2021 10:37 pm
to ancient.astronaut.64
Oh, if I misconstrued and by martial, you meant fighter, then I do have a gap in the story for a Zaltec jaguar knight with hishna magic. Are you familiar with that variant?
Maztica
from LyricTimeless on January 30, 2021 10:30 pm
to ancient.astronaut.64
Cualici. Your gamer's tag suggest you know something about mesoamerica?
Are you suggesting a monk? That intrigues me. I have a vision of a God Man traveling Maztica taking pictures of wild landscapes with Tunqua magic and being spiritual. I also have a spelljammer backstory to Maztica.
What do you have in mind?
