Xabal’s Workshop

In our Age of Myths campaign the party acquired a keep. Though the party is many days travel by airship away from the keep, their former leader Artok (originally played by John) now runs the keep.

Each of us gets a Special Feature for what is now our group Bastion. At this time Artok has a Sanctuary. We’ll want to get him a Barracks and Armory soon, because we aren’t around to defend the Bastion very often.

Xabal Gaitee Quarter-Flagged Optigraph Balaneer nox Free Tink and non-Commissioned Officer of the Sadijh (on leave in absence), my goblin artillerist artificer, established a Workshop. He’s also interested in the Arcane Study, but first a workshop.

Xabal and Crag took over the two store rooms in the keep. Xabal’s is on the left.

What I like about the concept of Bastions/Strongholds/etc is that it gives players the opportunity for some ‘lonely fun.’ With a chill weekend at home I spent time thinking about D&D, but not actually playing the game.

Using watabou’s Dwellings creator I found something as close as possible to the space on the DM’s map of the keep. Then I added a bit of lore around the minor change (there’s an aviary so it isn’t a pure rectangle).

And then I discovered the steps and main door should be on the right rather than left. That error will go down as a function of Xabal’s quite-distracted memory and the difficulty of communicating over long distances

One thing that Xabal trusted Artok to do was hire three artisans to help in the workshop. He hasn’t yet met them, but Flasfur and Chofs started working already.

Hirelings

Below the three current hirelings are described including their “stats” for social encounters and their short-form personalities.

Flasfur Wreltor with Blackbirds

A goliath with a flock of blackbirds that stay in the newly added aviary. He’s a cobbler and leather worker. The blackbirds help Flasfur with fine work required of those professions.

Nearly eight feet tall, Flasfur was the one said he wouldn’t join the workshop without a small improvement, the aviary for his small flock of blackbirds.

He’s from a small town in the hills between Mihrstone, Sheljar and Artok’s Keep.

Strength, constitution	Goliath (2014)
Negative dexterity	Cobbler, leatherworker Investigative
Heavy leather apron	Sheljar
Small awl (dagger)	large aviary for the birds
Modest lifestyle	Open, respectful, fatalistic, absent minded

Chofs Chupmolea badged al-Chems

A goblin who is insistent in studying the corruption. She’s a jeweler and glassblower.

Chofs recently travelled through the area scouting out a new source of gems not from her hometown. From Bel’an’faire in the south of Sheljar lands, she works with jewels and glass to create art and rarely implements of war.

She also does etching and some other things that border on chemistry or alchemy.

Dexterity, Intelligence	Goblin
Negative charisma, strength, constitution	Jeweler and fine arts, perceptive
Lightweight, close fitting dresses	Bel’an’faire
Caltrops to aid her escape	Use the corruption to power art
Modest lifestyle	Brilliant, excitable, religious

Bolnis Abica nox Qawaha

Where Chofs is a common goblin in their structured society Bolnis is a wanderer similar to Xabal. She’s potter and tinker who travelled through the land with simple coffee gear.

Bolnis doesn’t like tea, but has some with her. Most of her time is in the hills and coast between Sheljar and Mira, if people insist on discovering where she’s from it’s Ooshar. She considers her hometown a backwater.

There’s a chance that Bolnis invents fancy coffee gear, but right now it’s simple. Her passion is to discover new ways to use tek to create new foods, tisanes, poultices, and more.

Intelligence, Charisma	Goblin
Negative strength, constitution	Potter, tinker, coffee gear Insight
Lightweight travelling pants	Ooshar
Mug (club)	An espresso machine
Comfortable lifestyle, though paid at modest	Generous, meticulous, sensual

I’m already thinking about how Xabal will interact with these hirelings and what knives they give the DM. Chofs offers someone that could be corrupted through those who study it. Bolnis clearly has twice the income of the others. How is she getting that money? Flasfur’s blackbirds could distract him from running the shop.