The Scale (3.5e Campaign Setting)

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Races

This section will go over the races found in the players handbook (PH), the Races of Fâurun (ROF), some Monster Manual races (MM) and some homebrewed (HB) races and explain their places in the scale.
Most races of the scale are fairly standard fantasy fare, though please don't come with too many assumptions based on that. While aelves are graceful vegans with long lives, that is (hopefully) where similarities should end. Especially on how their cultures are, don't assume you will know how things work because you are versed on fantasy tropes.

The races of the scale have a highly sympathetic relationship with the land on which they wake; innate magical forces affect populations from slight visual changed to complete physiological changes. (certain theologians & and cosmologists believe that all of the sentient bipedal races (humans, aelves, dwarves, etc.) are derived from one true creation of the dragon and populations splitting over thousands of millenia have led to different races. This is not the same as evolution, mind, as these aren't necessarily useful in any regard but more just the energies and nature of a place affecting the races in a strictly magical sense; there is no evolutionary reason as to why the dwarves of Mikhrandir have iris' made of crystal that can change type depending on affiliation, but it makes sense in context of the place they live and the structure of their society.)
While this section goes over only most races from 'The Races of Faerûn' and the players handbook, that is not to say you should feel limited to just these races: there is many a secret passage that doesn't quite make physical sense and unexplored place for any race to exist technically on the scale, let alone the countless potential races that inhabit the other scales that serve as other material planes. The races listed below are merely the ones that are accounted for in the setting of the scale.

Note: the concept of race within scalic societies is slightly different to that of Earth; Within most of the scalic societies, you are considered what you are mostly. for example, if your character was born of a half-aelf and an aelf they are considered a full elf, both in regards to stats and socially (feel free to use half-breed stats if you prefer). Notable outliers include the 'touched' races (tieflings, genasi, etc.) where as a result from their highly segregated & oppressed societies, any drop of blood is enough to be considered one of these races. Ethnicities are also very fluid to most inhabitants of the scale: humans have ceased to even keep track of ethnicities anymore (mainly due to those who benefit from racial divide being either deposed through the war of assimilation or have moved to more obvious divides; goblinoids in dast are a much easier scapegoat than other humans, etc). & the aelvish ethnicities are mainly as a result of travel difficulties across the scale; nearly every person is free to move around from a legal standpoint and scalic societies will generally accept those with open arms, though the difficulty of travel is only really alleviated by either money or magical prowess. The main driver of conflict between the different groups are not of ethnicities or race but of ideology, class or cultural norms (the war of assimilation was initially sparked by the new human population farming animals for food, and not because they were some weird other, though the rhetoric of 'the other' was used to rile up the general population).

Stats

The stats for each of these races are in either the player's handbook, Races of Faerun or are homebrewed. If they are from book, use the 'Racial Traits' section for the stats, disregarding the 'automatic languages' part as they are derived from the culture rather than inherent to a race. Any differences other than that will be stated.
Homebrewed races will have a subsection in their article.

Common

Aelves ^PH,ROF

The aelves of the scale are as numerous as they are varied, with their one through-line throughout being their natural grace. their faces tend to be thin and angular, with sharp jawlines. however, their proliferation throughout the scale has led to this being their only true visual trough-line; even their distinctive ears have notable regional types.
Note: These are general ethnicities and do not necessarily show the complete picture of the aelves of any region; while most peasants do not have the means to emigrate anywhere, those with the means (nobles, ex-adventurers, etc.) will sometimes do so and are more often than not accepted into whatever group they join if they follow local tradition.

Mjarlbuk'ni

The most common ethnicity of aelf on the scale, Mjarlbuk'ni share the most blood with the other races within The Great Plains. As such, they generally have fairer skin than other aelves, tending to reach a light caramel tone at the lightest, and are generally more stockier in build, though they are still obviously aelvish in nature. Mjarlbuk'ni tend to be on the extremes of aelven height, with some only growing to the lower end of 4 feet tall while some can end up at 6 feet tall by the end of their first century.
The hair of a Mjarlbuk'ni is generally straight to slightly wavy with a ruddy blonde coloration; it will usually end up sun-bleached in the summer. Unlike the other ethnicities of aelf, both facial and body hair grows not dissimilar to a human rate, though the general stereotype of hairless aelves leads to many, though not all, shaving this hair away (waxing is more common with those who have the means to do so).
Their ears are fairly standard aelven fare, though somewhat smaller than other aelven ethnicities; they are usually 3-4 inches from lobe to tip.

Ghamid'ni

Ghamad'ni are the primary aelven ethnicity of the ashlands. usually standing at roughly 5 feet, their most notable attribute is their black as pitch skin. While dark skin is the norm for aelves, the skin of a Ghamad'ni is said to have an almost purple or blue tint to it, as if they've had their warmth drained from them. They are generally slightly more weighty than other aelves as the extra few inches of insulation has saved the lives of many a Ghamad'ni.
Their ears are comparable to that of the Endrath'ni, tilting both outwards and slightly downward; they are usually between 5-6 inches from lobe to tip.
As with their skin, the hair of the Ghamad'ni has been sucked of color and warmth; it is generally thin & lacking in volume, usually ending up frayed and knotted without any proper maintenance. As such, most Ghamad'ni usually keep their hair short and opt to wrap up warm. Their hair coloration is usually on the greyscale; dark grey is the most common, though the ruling class usually prefers to enforce hair on the extremes for their servants (either pitch black or pure white) which has led to dyed hair becoming common. Outsider groups have recently started to use these hair dyes for non-standard colours (maroon & purple being common) as an act of small rebellion.

Et'aelf

The original race of aelf that populated the mainland of the scale. the Gara'ni aelves are the closest to the et'ealf both culturally and physically. dead race

Dwarves ^PH,HB

Crystal Dwarves

The crystal dwarves are a recent subrace of dwarf that have grown to dominate the Dwarves of Mikhrandir, less due to evolution and more due to high magic levels sparking weird stuff in them. The defining feature of these dwarves is the beautiful crystalline iris' that glow softly in the dark. the type of crystal of the iris is a good way to see what family the dwarf belongs to. (family is more a social term in Mikhrandir rather than one of blood) and is known to shift upon adoption or marriage (which are effectively the same thing due to the relationship structures of Mikhrandir)
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Uncommon

Orcs ^{PH needs redoing}

Originally a savage and brutal race of roving warbands, the orcs of the scale are a mostly nomadic people who populate the non forested areas of the wildlands. Orcs have a relatively short history compared to the other native peoples of the scale: they were created by the god of slaughter and pain (they called them "hin'roth") roughly at 500 PC and fulfilled their purpose, that being destruction, up until 25 A.
During that time, a group of orcs led by thol Shortjaw (surname translated) started to preach a life of pacifism and living off the land. As their god (who actively pushed their brain towards chaotic evil in order to breed violence on the scale) had recently abandoned them, many were open to the idea. Naturally, this preaching of non-violence led to multiple wars over the course of 20 years. The Graaa (a group who thought that they needed to partake in more violence to win their gods favour back) enacted multiple raids on thol's camps in the night.
Thankfully for his group, thol was an excellent tactition. He outlined what is now known as 'the goblins way'; in which they stole all of the Graa's food and then tricked their leaders that there was large mammoths up further north that they could hunt. Now the land up north of the wildlands Is mostly just tallgrass fields with no animals larger than a sparrow (dastian farmlands are found on the other side of the peninsula. Whats left of the Graaa merged with the dastian empire long ago when they started getting hungry
Nowadays, the orcs of the wildlands live in small tent villages and move frequently so they dont completely use up the areas resources hunting for a hundred orcs. Each village is lead by a matriarch and a patriarch, called mother and father respectively. Every 5 cycles on springs turn, one of the tribes leaders goes to a meeting to discuss the last 5 cycles with the other tribe leaders. They usually go over areas that the tribes have used so they dont kill the land, sharing tales of their exploits and making predictions for the next 5 cycles. After roughly half a tenday, the tribe leaders all leave to return to their tribe. Tired, but fulfilled.

Touched

Tieflings ^ROF

The tieflings of the scale are much more numerious than those of other well known settings, mostly due to them being a native race for the most part. Along with the standard but less common 'newblood' tieflings, 'racial' tieflings are deeply ingrained the culture of the scale.

Racial tieflings:

tieflings who can trace their lineage back to the tieflings of summermarble rather than a specific fiend. These tieflings often have heavily diluted blood and, as such, their appearance only really hints at their fiendish ancestry. They have roughly the same skin tone, height and build as their parents, though their tongues are commonly slightly forked and have sharpened teeth. Less common are horns and tails, which rarely appear as stubs.
This is inverted by the racial tieflings of summermarble: their insular communities ensure that their fiendish blood isnt diluted often and their ritual horn fights and mating rituals have made their horn often larger than even newbloods for the most part. Their skin varies from a dark ashey tone to deep reds with flecks of white and they are usually more lithe due ritual fasting being a feature of blood queen worship.

Newblood tieflings:

A Newblood tiefling is one with the relatively new addition of fiendish blood, after the tieflings of summermarble became established (this name is somewhat archaic as the scales contact with other planes becomes further into the past) . They generally have more noticeable fiendish features, with bulky tails, crimson to blue skin, large horns and cloven hooves being very common. Culturally, their only defining feature is their lack thereof due to their rarity. Sometimes, they are adopted into racial tribes but they mostly live as outcasts to whatever society they're born into as adoption is exceedingly rare.

Tanin ^MM

The Tanin of the scale are exceedingly rare, with their numbers likely being below 500. This is due mainly to their circumstances of birth: the Tanin of the scale are not born of other Tanin but rather of two parents and a freak influx of magical energy during the gestation period. The children, if born under the Gara'ni (and their proxy states) are immediately taken at birth to be moved to secluded training halls, where they won't return till fully trained as guards or court mages for high ranking Gara'ni administrators. This training process incurs a heavy does of propaganda for the young Tanin; after all, a person born after the image of the great dragon would provide a great threat to the religious and political status quo of the Gara'ni culture if they decided to break off from the church.
Tanin born into areas free of Gara'ni jurisdiction usually end up living relatively free lives or as outcasts due to their "freakish" visage. Unfortunately, even those born free can't bring the race into any prominence as all Tanin are born without sexual characteristics. While a Tanin will usually end up fitting into standard gender norms socially as they are brought up in heavily gendered societies, it is not uncommon (roughly 40%) for Tanin to forgo being referred either way.
The Tanin stand between roughly 5'10 - 7' feet tall, with tall frames and wide shoulders. They have large digitigrade feet with thick scales and clawed hands. Their hands, feet & chest are covered in thick, armour-like, scales which have a metallic sheen and skin having a somewhat leathery quality to them. The colouration of these scales & skin relate to their type (see table below)

Tanarukk ^ROF

As Hin'roth abandoned the orcs, his whims went further into violence. He took his most fervent of followers from his first creation, the orcs, & twisted them further till they were a violent caricature of even the original orcs. These "Kaa,Žah'roth" would stand up to 7 feet tall were they not terribly twisted & hunched, usually preferring to walk on their fours. With this posture they stand roughly as tall as a dwarf, roughly 4 feet tall. They are as stout as a dwarf, too, with thick layers of muscle & fat coating their bodies. Their hands & feet are large, being large enough to enclose themselves around a human head & strong enough to crush said head outright.
Their faces, as with the rest of them, are hideous contortions of that of an orc, twisted through the lens of a hog & anger. They have many rows of thick fangs that grow constantly throughout their life (tanarukk do not die of old age but rather have their fangs grow slowly into their skull, killing them. though it is considered a social taboo to do so, some tanarukk cut their fangs as to avoid death. they are subsequently clubbed to death by a disgusted tribe). They don't seem to have any nose or ears with the holes left with their absence being covered by skin flaps & have large orange eyes that glow sharply in the dark which they like to dwell. A Thick head of black matted fur covers their heads.

stats

The stats for the Tanarukk starts on page 124 of the races of faerun.

Half-breeds ^PH,ROF,HB

While the concept of half-x is alien to the aelves of the scale, the idea was natural (& ingrained into their pre-coalescence societies) to the humans. As such, the concept of half breeds has become, while not accepted by the aelves completely, a not unnatural way of viewing those born of mixed lineages. As perception & belief are some of their core tenets of how magic affects the worlds (see section on magic for more detail), those born to mixed parents started to become somewhere in-between. These half breeds are most common in regions with high human populations, such as the Dastian Empire and the Free Plains of Mjarlbuk, for the most part due to the reason stated above, but also the higher sex drive of the human population in comparison to other races.

Half-Aelves ^PH,ROF

Half-Aelf

This covers all half-Aelf ethnicities (bar the two below). That being: Gara'ni, Endrath'ni and Mjarlbuk'ni; as the concept of half races is a human invention, in addition to the mainly human perception of aelves as a singular force, these half-aelves exhibit their aelvish in a very generically aelvish way, regardless of their aelvish parent's lineage. The most common form of Half-aelves is that of a human and an aelf, though there are exeptions of half aelf, half halfling/ Dwarf. these are oddities rather than a major portion of the half-aelf population. Regardless, their stats remain the
same.
Usually, a half-aelf will look just like that, half an aelf. They are generally slightly taller and slightly wider than an aelf, with a generally darker skin tone than most humans. their faces are usually more resembling that of a human, though their ears and eyes will betray their aelvish lineage. As stated earlier, sometimes the other half of a half-aelf isn't human but of something else. In that case, they will share certain traits (height, natural weight, etc.) with the other race of your choosing.

Stats

A half-aelves stats are the same as the half elf stats in the players handbook (pg. 18)

Mutts ^HB

A Mutt has a bit of everything in them, being born of many different racial lineages. Their skin tone, height, hair colour, ear shape and even tooth form is completely inconsistent with others of their kind. Although they've existed to a lesser extent on the scale for as long as there have been sentient races, Mutts have seen a large growth in their population with the coalescence and the relentless lust of humans for anything that moves. As the Dastian empire started to introduce various races into their working population, the humans within those groups started to intermingle. After a few hundred cycles, a good portion of the working class had the blood of so many different racial lineages within them that the nobles of Dast ceased to see them as a form of human, like how half orcs are principle seen as orcish rather than human.
Due to their mainly poor upbringing, Mutts are often hardy folk who revel in the grime that nobles look down upon them for; you wouldn't be suprised to find one messing with engines or tinkering with discarded toys.

homebrew to be added later

Geography

Overview

I've split each area into three subsection. that being:

• Topography is the general lay of the land. this will give an overview of the geographic features of a land.
• Regions will go into each individual region of the larger land, this goes over the general climate as well as the description of the land.
• Settlements goes over each individual settlements placement and relationship to the land. it will also describe its placement in the land. these are only brief descriptions so see the settlements, see the settlement section for further details.

summermarble^{needs redoing}

Settlements

<sub>Summermarble is a relatively small island situated roughly halfway between the western tip of the mikhrandiri peaks and the pirate isles. It is characterized by expansive deserts, ancient cliff-faces and deep caverns that span all the way down to the where the ground turns red from proximity to the dragons scale (one of the entrances to the underdark)
Originally, what is now summermarble was populated exclusively by various touched races (which is interesting because it means some form of humans could've existed on this scale pre coalescence before their blood became mixed with various other extra-scalar races), most commonly tieflings, genasi and kenku. Due to how extra-scalar races work, there never were any half tieflings or anything. This culture of touched races had a long oral history that detailed their history all the way back to their creation up till their present day.
When the Gara'ni ælves came to summermarble in 300'915 PC, they saw demon people who worshipped something from deep below the ground so, naturally in their religious zeal, struck many down where they stood. The native population lost the majority of their oral history that day alone. Since then, native culture became the backdrop what is now the religious center for scalic society.
Since its official formation in 300'912 PC by a religious sect of the Gara'ni ælves, Summermarble (Suno'ko) has been the center for the cult of the great dragon and its affiliated power. Summermarble enjoyed a long peace (internationally at least. The native peoples didn't enjoy that they'd been invaded and regular raids continued for a few centuries) until the Coalescence where religious tensions were high: the newly introduced human and dwarven peoples didn't follow the religious doctrine that constituted life for most major cultures Before Coalescence.
The wars that raged on summermarble, like the rest of the scale, were long and bloody through the human lens. But, through the eyes of the elvish, they were swift and surgical, lasting a mere 60 years. (See the war of assimilation).
Post Assimilation, roughly half the human population (the Free Peoples of Mjarlbuk) and a small sect of Dwarves (who assimilated into wider Scalic society) officially joined the cult of the infinite dragon and its intertwined systems. By present day (800 PA), its not uncommon to see both humans and dwarves within the bureaucratic structures of the cult of the infinite dragon.

The name, summermarble, is actually a translation error that so many people used it became common in speech. It came about by a dwarf trying to translate the island's elven name (suno'ko) to common; he was apprenticed to Dagnal Iphulker, who didn't know the humans tongue at the time. Suno was translated to summer (somewhat rightly, though it misses its most obvious element, being a place of fire) and the ko element was translated to marble. While ko (most directly meaning holy place) was translated to marble due the translator: as a native dwarf speaker, he viewed the relation between holyness and marble as a natural connection that happened automatically to him.</sub>

Khazukon

Khazukon was once a large empire that spanned almost half the scale, with its borders spanning all the way around from the heartland of Khazukon (still marked as khazukon on modern maps as it hasn't been recolonized to a significant degree) to what is now the Ashlands. Nowadays, a good third of their empire is now the forest of dreams, another third is the ashlands and what remains is a cold and frozen over wasteland.

Topography

Most of Khazukon is on a slow slope, with its highest altitudes being on the south portion of the region. This altitude slowly lowers, with some artificial plateaus carved out where the vertical cities once were. it is hard to say where the coast is as there is a good mile after the coast where the sea is frozen over with the same uniform snow covering it completely.
most of the region is covered in a deep shadow due to the tall mountain range to the far south. unlike the rest of the mountains that encase the south edge of the scale, these peaks are almost completely stone. In the hey-day of Khazukon, stone was extracted from there to make the massive vertical cities whos ruins now pepper the wastes of the ashlands and khazukon. As a result of this massive amount of mining, the mountains are structurally unsound and are mostly held up by thick veins of ice that act as a glue for cracks in the mountains.

Regions

Kubiri

The far eastern edge of Khazukon, Kubiri is an isthmus between the main area of Khazukon & the mainland, leading to the forest of dreams. It starts with similar terrain to the rest of Khazukon before grass starts to grow, though trees continue to be sparse throughout the region. There is a frozen over sea to the south of Kubiri which has a small crack to the far south of it. On the celestial plane, there is a waterfall derived from this crack. The fish that once populated this sea were a delicacy for the Khazukon Empire. The northern peninsula of Kubiri has the ruins of a vertical city near the coast.

Vouno

the south bit w/ mountains

Akti

were the coast ends and theres a mile of ice

Megoro Komakti

mainland

Xibu

the far west area where some Mikhrandiri have settled

Settlements

While this area is almost completely uninhabited, the ruins of the cities still stand tall in the snow, as well as some minor settlements under the control of Mikhrandir spouting up in recent years.

Cultures

Minor

Alive

Vampire Covens

The vampire covens of the scale are both widespread and highly secretive. The first vampires started to leave their native land of summermarble as stowaways on Gara'ni ships as supply ships came and went to fuel the war effort; they didn't stay hidden on these ships for long due to their hunger. Oddly enough, this vampiric expansion is one of the main reasons that the Gara'ni forces destruction of summermarble's natives wasn't complete. Since then, vampires have proliferated themselves throughout the scale, indiscriminate of race. Nowadays, vampires form small covens that situate themselves within the high ranking roles of the society they're in or, alternatively, seek complete isolation from wider society, mostly the former due to their lust for power, and blood.

Dastian vampires have situated themselves in silent positions within the landed gentry. They will usually stalk the night in search for the 'sweetest' prey, though they will often be forced to settle for working class folk due to a mix of their insatable hunger a reluctance to draw ire with other nobles if they are found stalking any 'fair maidens'. This coven is widely a group of land/ factory owners just in case they need to feed low for a while. These vampires are all male presenting, though not all cis.

Summermarble's vampires still often fulfill their original role as matriarchs and religious servants to the blood queen within their tribes, who now guard the last of their holy places with their lives. The strength and age of these few vampires ( with only 5 currently known to be in summermarble as a whole) has led to these places being resolute through time and scalic domain. These vampires are all female presenting, often with cherry red skin, tall, jagged horns, hooved legs and snaking tails, displaying their very old tiefling blood that has been diluted by the mortal tieflings for over 200'000 cycles.

Upon the free plains, most vampire covens have been driven to the point of extinction by the vampire wars that occurred 500 cycles ago, with many groups being reduced to one or two vampires by Wells half-eyed, the grand inquisitor of the Hanali Kingship. As such, these groups steer clear of the wider populations of the different monarchies and empires that form the free plains of Mjarlbuk, making their home in abandoned homesteads and castles of long dead kingships, only feeding every decade or so on the odd adventurer or wanderer. These vampires will cling to any resemblances of the luxurious life they once led, as they also cling to the anachronisms of their times. (These groups are the most similar to the traditional gothic portrayal of vampires)

Religions

The Cult of the Great Dragon

This is the most common religious family on the scale. There is a lot of shared elements between the separate religions so I'll keep them within this shared section. While every practitioner of these religions worships Oamacas as a rule, most practitioners also have taken to worshipping certain celestials as lesser deities. these celestials usually only work as regional deities, with the exception of their patronage of adventurers

Unsahalia

Mostly practiced by the Gara'ni aelves. this religion worships Oamacas exclusively as a single true deity. Within this religion, Gara was the first landmass of the scale and all others, including other races, arrived by coalescence-like events

Dieties

The Great Dragon

Names

• The Great Dragon
• Oamacas

The Opposer

Festivals

While not celebrated as a deity, there are a few dates where Festivals are in Sugaor's name, made to ward him away from the scale.

Names

• The Opposer
• Sugaor D'qiarcia

Holy books

All the religions that worship Oamacas have a lot of shared elements. one of these shared elements is their holy books. While they are not unique

Narcarothi Neutralism

A form of pantheism native to the island of Narcaroth

Mikhrandiri religion

a drastically different cosmological view of the universe that is common to the Mikhrandiri dwarves. it views the material plane as a plateau on a mountain that is slowly growing to the edge of existence. The coalescence was two peaks colliding and bringing the two worlds together.

Magic & alternate systems

Regardless of type or school, magic within the cosmology of the scale is based principally on force of will & belief. the driving force of magic is the will of practitioners and less any specific spells; spells are merely incredibly specific exertions of will. Belief is the driving force of reality: the only reason the cosmology of the scale is a physical dragon is because the largest & oldest religion on the scale truly believed it for so long that it became real. As a general rule of thumb, things only work on the scale because enough people believe it will work. By this logic, if a great enough upheaval of social norms was to occur that, say, the Dwarf-kin of Mikhrandir & their religion where to become the dominant & most populous force on the scale, reality would shift to suit their cosmology (see section on the Mikhrandiri religion). Gara'ni religious heads are completely aware of this and this is why the Gara'ni aelves are so strict with their doctrine, or work to incorporate new aspects (such as celestial worship) into their doctrine as to not upset the status quo.

These forces aren't exclusive to practitioners of magic; see the section on folk magic & also the introduction to the races section for more details on this.

Standard D&D Systems and Circles

For many sentient peoples, the desire to categorize and order all that is is nigh on inherent. This is also the case for magic. Many mages throughout the years have tried to organize magic in various ways but in recent years the need for strict subjects with the rise of learning halls for the arcane has led to a uniform set of 'schools', each named after the 8 specialist academies dotted throughout the scale. All forms of standard D&D magic fall to some degree into these schools. Quick note: The schools say nothing on the magic's source but are artificial categories made by human & aelvish minds.

The Schools

Schools are universal to all magic sources (and are a social construct in a sense), and are a way of categorizing all the specific exertions of will that constitute the D&D spell list.

Arcane

The Arcane source is one derived completely from will, rather than belief. This form requires a strong mind and iron will. practitioners of this source include wizards & sorcerers.

Divine

The Divine source is derived from fervent belief, usually projected into deity worship, who they belief casts the spells on their behalf. Though Druids & paladins don't necessarily project their worship onto deities, the core tenet of belief is still there. Practitioners of this source include Clerics & Paladins.

Inherent

The inherent source of magic is the flow of magic within a being. This acts as the source for spells you might get as part of your racial traits and magical parts of the landscape. In a sense, this is technically a form of the divine source as it is rooted in belief rather than will (tieflings can only cast darkness because common belief says so) but common interpretations and arcane academies separate it out. While technically arcane casters, the root source of a sorcerers magic is of the inherent source.

Soft & Folk Magics

As stated in the introduction to this section, levelled characters (wizards, clerics, etc.) aren't the only practitioners of magic on the scale. As a projection of will, a large enough group of fervent believers can concentrate enough willpower to enact physical change on the scale.

Books used

• player's handbook
• Monster Manual
• Dungeon Master's Guide
• Races of Faerun

Home rules

This setting is built to as compatible with the rules as possible, however, some things that are a part of 3.5e don't quite work with the Scale as a setting. the list below documents the changes I've made to the rules and the reason[s] as to why. Its up to the DM to implement this if they want (playing vanilla won't break the setting, these are mere recommendations)

• I've opted to scrap the preferred class system as it can lead characters down a pigeonhole into archetypes. As this will effect how fast the party progresses, consider giving the party more XP to compensate this.

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