In the game itself, your goal is simple expand, survive, and thrive. The game centers around the usual assortment of resources, simplified into 4 categories of food, industry, science, and lastly- Dust. Dust is the wonder resource of the setting, and the mysterious substance is what allows 'magic' to proliferate and spread on Auriga. Dust can create life, as well consume it in its entirety. The Broken Lords, put simply are a remnant of a race from the long past of Auriga. They were a kingdom of knights and chivalric ideas, long since devolved into magically animated armour sustained by Dust. They must absorb Dust one way or another, or die (more in the homebrew itself).Īn awesome intro to them by Amplitude for the Lords themselves in game ( ). The challenge in this, I found is to translate the Lord's intrinsic and very close tie to Dust, both as a resource and as a way to define the race itself within the context of 5th Edition's settings, races, classes and mechanics. So far I settled on a few things, namely: I wanted to find a way to distinguish the race from the other options present both in the Handbook, Xanathar, and Unearthed Arcana to create something interesting (especially the warforged, who is aesthetically similar to the Lords in-game and conceptually to a degree). Their dependence and sustenance on Dust, which is fueled by life or other means. Their animated alloy and metal construct, which in turn defines how they play in the 4X game and something that I feel cannot be ignored in the process of translating it to 5e. In that light, tldr from the homebrew itself I decided on the following traits.įrom their animated alloy and metal construct, as well as their symbiotic ties with Dust:Ībility Score Increase. Due to their hardened and metallic construction, they are tougher than their flesh and blood contemporaries. While this grants them increased ability to deflect damage (increased Constitution score). With their armour being inbuilt to them, their unusual construction, and the need to integrate it with Dust means that the usual assortment of plates, chain mail and the like are redundant as they already have their own set of protection. I interpreted this as them having their own AC in exchange for not being able to don additional armour, which builds up naturally as they grow in power and the Dust strengthening them further in the process.
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