| Aurae |
| The Aurai (or Aurae) were the nymphs of the breezes. The
Aurae were a combination of the daughters of Boreas and the daughters of
Okeanos and Tethys. They were named as daughters of the earth-encircling
river Okeanos or the north-wind Boreas. They are, unlike many Nymphs, not
specifically tied to a location, but rather are bound to the skies in
general. Their skin is tanned, and their hair is green or blue. Their eyes
lack a pupil. Element of air. |
| Crinaeae |
| Nature spirits who inhabit fountains. Crinaeae look like
pale blue elves, with hair of spouting water. Their eyes are deep, deep
cerulean. Element of fresh water. |
| Dryad |
| These female nature spirits inhabit
trees and forests, and are especially fond of oak trees. They appear as
wondrous woodland Fae. Their delicate features are those of an elf, their
flesh like a bark, or fine wood, and their hair is like a canopy of leaves,
that changes colour with the seasons. Element
of tree. |
| Eleionomae |
| The Eleionomae are marsh Nymphs and often
mislead travellers with their illusions which constitute images of a loved one. These nymphs also lure young, virgin boys and
seduce them with their beauty. They protect the animals that live there, and
guide unknowing travellers through safely, fending off Will-o-the-Wisps and
boggarts. They have green skin that matches the color of their swamp, and
their hair is a dirty brown. Their eyes are a pure, clean blue.Element of marsh water. |
| Helead |
| Nature spirits who inhabit shrubs. They look exactly like
Dryads, but they tend to be thinner and lither, and the leaves that form
their hair are long. They are also exceptionally beautiful. Element of plant. |
| Lampade |
| The Lampades or Lampads are the torch-bearing Khthonian
Nymphs of the underworld, companions of Hekate the Greek titan goddess of
witchcraft and crossroads, they were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty in the Titanomachy. They were associated with the Eleusinian celebrants who carried torches
during the nocturnal Mystery rites of Demetre. The Lampads' Roman name is Nymphae Avernales.
Their skin is like granite, grey, with silver streaks running through. Their
hair is green, or white. Element of rock. |
| Leimakid |
| Leimakids or Leimoniads are nymphs of meadows. They only form their bodies when their flowers are in bloom,
thus they appear in the start of spring, and remain until the
last flower withers in autumn. When the
meadow blooms again the following spring it develops a new Limoniad, with no
memories of a previous existence. Thus a Limoniad is eternally innocent
being born, living, and dying as part of their meadow's natural cycle. Limoniads
can control any non-sentient creature born in their meadow, and can
magically sense events that occur there. Their hair is light flax brown, and
their skin is creamy golden. Their eyes are usually brown or golden. Element
of plant. |
| Limnade |
| The Limnades or Leimenides live in freshwater lakes. Limnades prefer seclusion but only become hostile if
threatened. A Limnade will avoid harming people or animals that visit her
lake unless they are obviously hostile. She might rescue someone who is
drowning and may be worshipped as part of a local animist tradition.
A Limnade may change over time if her lake loses its inflow, is choked with
weeds and silt or becomes tainted with saltwater. As her home water changes
into marsh the Limnade's personality becomes progressively darker, until
she becomes a Vough. Limnade protect their lake from pollutants and those
who would seek to harm it. They are beautiful humanoid looking creatures,
whose hair ranges from brown to sapphire blue. Their eyes are a mischievous
blue. Element of fresh water. |
| Naiad |
| The Naiads or Naiades are nymphs of fountains, wells, springs, streams, and
brooks and distinct from other nymphs who inhabit the still waters of
marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes.
The essence of a Naiad is bound to her spring, so if a Naiad's body of
water dries, she dies.
They were often the object of archaic local cults, worshipped as essential
to humans. Boys and girls at coming-of-age ceremonies dedicated their
childish locks to the local naiad of the spring. In places like Lerna their
waters' ritual cleansings were credited with magical medical properties.
Animals were ritually drowned there. Oracles might be situated by ancient
springs.
Naiads are also known to exhibit jealous
tendencies. Element of fresh water. |
| Napaeae |
| The Napaeae are a type
of shy but mirthful nymph that live in wooded valleys, glens or grottoes.
They are feminine animalistic spirits of the valleys, in Greco-Roman period,
personalized and assigned the guardianship of fertile green valleys by the
great gods. Usually they were invoked locally at small shrines. They
are associated with Artemis and often accompany her. They look like Dryads,
but their skin is usually a dark brown, and the leaves that function as hair
are shaped like those of an oak tree. Their eyes are usually blue or green. Element
of plant. |
| Nephelae |
| Nephelae are cloud nymphs. Because of their youth many of
the Nephelae are in the retinue of Artemis. They are the Fae of clouds, of
high up and far away bringers of rain and destruction, life and death.
Nephelae appear to be almost made out of sky and clouds. Their hair is light
brown or blonde, and their eyes are a shade of blue. Element of air. |
| Nereid |
| The Nereids are sea nymphs, the
fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. They often accompany Poseidon and are
always friendly and helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms. They
are particularly associated with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their
father in the depths within a silvery cave. Element of sea water. |
| Oread |
| An Oread or Orestiad are a type of nymph that lives in
mountains, valleys, and ravines. They differ from each other according to their
dwelling: the Idae were from Mount Ida, Peliades from Mount Pelia, etc. They
were associated with Artemis since the goddess when she went out hunting
preferred mounts and rocky precipices. They have long, flowing black hair,
and extremely pale skin. Their eyes are dark.Element of rock. |
| Pegaeae |
| Nature spirits who inhabit springs, and aquafers. They bask
and play in the extremely hot waters, and find comfort in the warmth. They
have long, flowing hair, and their skin is usually either orange or pink. Element
of fresh water. |
| Potomeide |
| Nature spirits who inhabit rivers, wild and strong. They
protect the animals that live there, and fight off intruders who try to
defile the river. Potameides look like wild Naiads, their hair full of
sticks and leaves and mud, which shines in the water, and their skin grey
and cold. Their eyes shine with a strange fire. Element of fresh water. |
| Vough |
| Vough take the form of blue, green, or black faced
old women with metal claws and dripping wet robes (formed from their
bodies). In exceptionally large swamps each Vough might inhabit a
particular pool of fetid water. Otherwise they inhabit the whole body of
water and wax and wane with its fortunes.
A Vough is malevolent towards all land dwellers and will usually lure to
his doom a mortal who trespasses on her domain. Vough usually refrain from
attacking those that hurl her a sacrifice (usually a goat or pig but a human
makes a nice treat). Some Vough mate with captured mortals or less savoury
entities, and spawn shapeless, slimy swamp creatures.
Element of marsh water. |
| Step 1: Age |
| Determine your character's starting year.
If older than 100 you need to determine which years you have been present
in. |
| 01-20 |
100 xD10 years |
| 21-40 |
100 x2D10 years |
| 41-60 |
100 x4D10 years |
| 61-75 |
100 x6D10 years |
| 76-90 |
100 x8D10 years |
| 91-00 |
100 x10D10 years |
| Next decide what you have
been doing. Were you involved in any
famous historical incidents? In the present day where does your character
live or is he a wanderer, moving around continuously? |
| Step 2:
Attributes |
| Roll attributes
as normal but only 2D6 for STR and 4D6 for CHA. Mana =
INT + WIS x4. Mana is recovered at a rate of 10 per hour if remain active
(but not using magic) and 20 per hour if asleep.
Mana can however be permanently traded for HPs at a rate of 1 for 1.
+10 Mana at levels 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,
16, 18 and 20.
Hit points = CON +6, +6 per level. |
| Step 3: Skills |
Choose
skills in the normal manner according to the character's class.
Then for every 100 years alive select 1 additional skill. |
| Step 4: Abilities |
Nymphs gain all
the following free;
Element Body -
Nymphs can change into the element they were born into such as a tree for
forest, rock for mountains, water for streams and lakes, etc. This is
identical to the equivalent
Metamorph power.
Natural Beauty - 10% chance
per point that own CHA is greater than the victims’ of seducing them. 1
victim per 4 CHA will be paralysed with lust, +1 per level.
Additionally Nymphs start
with 35 Points to spend on any of the following abilities. As they earns
more experience they may buy or rebuy more abilities. |
| Ability |
Cost |
Notes |
| Animal Empathy |
5 |
Nymphs can establish telepathic
communication with any normal or giant animal within line of sight if she
does nothing else in the round. The animal must have a minimum INT of 1. This
has the following benefits:
She can communicate to the creature that he desires its friendship. If the
offer is sincere (and the animal will be able to sense if it isn't), the
creature can be calmed and will not attack or flee unless it is attacked.
Further she can then recruit this animal as an ally.
Once she does so he permanently psionically links
with the animal turning it into a familiar. At any point she may see through the familiar's eyes,
smell through its nose, hear with its ears, taste with its mouth or link
with any of its other senses (including supernatural ones). The two are
always in constant telepathic contact. |
| Element Chameleon |
5 |
Using this ability the Nymph can blend
into and render herself nearly invisible when in contact with her element. When
hiding she can conceal herself from attackers and eavesdrop on her
enemies. She can hide near a well travelled road and secretly observe passersby, or conceal
herself near an enemy campsite waiting for an
opportune moment to steal their supplies.
She may also move with a minimum of sound, almost as
if she's walking on air. Even creatures with the sharpest ears are no more
likely to detect her presence than they are to hear a feather drop. |
| Element Heal |
5 |
A Nymph may use her element for healing. Whenever
in contact with her element she can heal
at phenomenal rates. She must concentrate for 1 minute uninterrupted to
perform the following healing; restore 1 HP per INT, +1 per level per 10
minutes; reduce the damage and duration of drugs, toxins and poisons by 4%
per INT, +1% per level and gives +1 to save per 4 INT; negate all pain for 1
minute per INT, +1 minute per level; or stabilize her condition (stops
bleeding, binds wounds, etc.) for 15 minutes per level. |
| Fortitude |
10 |
+1 Sanity save per 5 WIS, +1 at levels 2, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 17. |
| Linguistic |
5 |
The character can speak and understand
the language of whoever she is currently talking to. |
| Magic Resistance |
10 |
+1 save vs Spell per 5 WIS, +1 at levels 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18. |
| Nightsight |
10 |
The character can see in absolute darkness at a
distance equal to her normal sight. |
| Spellcast |
10 |
The cost is for each sphere of magic
she wishes to learn.
She starts with
one spell per INT point over 9, he can learn an equal amount per level.
Thus INT 13 = 3 spells +3 per level.
The spells can only come from Faerie or any of the Elementals and in any
combination.
See Nymph Attributes for how much mana she has. Other spheres may only be
learnt if she takes a Mage class which gives her that training. |
| Will |
10 |
This ability gives the
character +1 per 4 WIS to save vs any Possession, Mind Control,
Paralysis, Sleep and Charm based attacks. And an additional +1 every 3
levels. |
| Witch Sight |
5 |
The character
can see the true image of any person or object regardless of any form of
concealment, disguise, illusion or invisibility. This also includes the
ability to detect whether it is magical, and whether it is harmful or
helpful. |
|
Step 5: Classes |
| Any but Mages are preferred over Fighters. |
