d20 Tabletop Adventures Shards of the Heart.pdf

Shards of the Heart

A Bit of Character

Writers: Daniel Brakhage, Vicki

Potter, Elizabeth Brakhage, Mark

Potter, Mary Hanover, Nicholas

Brakhage, Nathan Mangion

Cover Art by

Brenna Alyn Walters

Interior Art by Rob Hughes

“The Wolf in the Woods” by

Darren Pearce

Original Character Art:

Gillian Pearce, Marina Badani,

Daniel Brakhage

Border Art by Daniel Brakhage

Published by Tabletop Adventures, LLC

www.tabletopadventures.com

Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons, Third Edition Core Books,

published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

This product utilizes updated material from the v.3.5 revision.

Table of Contents

Introduction:

Character Profiles:

Name

Page

Name

Page

Aliana

Lightning

Aminea

Lyria Astara

Anja El Rith

Manolete

Bartimaeus

Meade

Blossom

Morinesse

Erikka and Annika

Mystery Man

Garth

Nicolette

Gregga

Rafael

Isobel

Silya

Jean Claude

Stefen Smyth

Kelvaran

Turthalion Sunstar

Short Fiction 66

The Wolf in the Woods

by Darren Pierce

Bonus Characters:

Ellian

Tay’Anvar

Introduction

to provide “color” or add a little excitement

to what might otherwise be a dull spot.

Shards are longer and more elaborate, meant

to be selected rather than added randomly.

In our previous products, we applied that

term to descriptions of places or things.

Now we have broadened it to include

descriptions of people as well.

Harried Game Masters

Have you ever lamented not having the time

you want to spend on your game? Have you

had friends call up when you didn't have

anything ready and say, "Hey, let's play

tonight. I had a rough day and I want to kill

something"? Welcome to Tabletop

Adventures’ line of products for the Harried

Game Master. Designed to be something

that you can buy today and play tonight, we

have taken care to make them flexible so

they can be used in virtually any campaign.

They are to help you, the Game Master,

make the maximum use of the limited time

you have available.

What do you do when the adventurers get to

town and say, "So, what's the barmaid

like…any cute prospects here?" You can

turn to Shards of the Heart and read, “As

you make your way to a table, you notice

one of the barmaids watching your

group. She is a half-elf, with dark wavy

hair, worn short, and dark eyes that are

darting from one person to another as

though she can’t decide at whom to look

first. The woman is wearing a dress that

shows off her nice shoulders and

curvaceous figure. When you are all

seated at the table, she is there

immediately, practically elbowing

another server out of the way in her

hurry.”

A Word About Shards of the Heart

If you are familiar with our Bits of

Darkness™ products, you will find Shards

of the Heart to be of the same high quality

and flexibility. However, rather than small

bits of description, Shards of the Heart is

chock full of useful NPCs. In keeping with a

release date just before Valentine's Day, we

have developed a group of characters who

are suitable for romantic diversions or

liaisons. Romantic diversions? Whoa! What

is this, "As the Dungeon Turns"?

Admittedly this is a different concept, but it

has arisen out of years of playing in a group

that had substantial numbers of female

gamers who desired more relational depth

for their characters. I noticed that several of

my players of both genders were able to

develop their characters in more depth when

they had an NPC to interact with on a basis

deeper than, "Here, you run up and keep

them busy and I will sneak around and try to

backstab." The NPCs provided here are

given descriptions and goals that will help

you, the GM, play them as three-

dimensional people. This will offer you a

chance to provide your players with

numerous role-playing possibilities. Should

you have an adventurer who is looking for a

little romance, now you have a resource to

help you get started.

Tender moments are not the only use for

So, What Are Shards and Bits?

Shards and Bits should be viewed as small

pieces of an adventure. Think of the

archeologist, collecting little pieces of

pottery and then fitting them together into a

fascinating whole. Bits are tiny pieces of

description that can be thrown in anywhere

character fits better into your existing plot

or campaign, then just do it! These

descriptions need not be followed verbatim.

The GM should feel free to adapt them

however he or she needs in order to use

them to greatest effect. If you just want a

character to use to add a little color and

move on, we have that for you. If you want

to use a character as a springboard to an

entire story plot, you can find someone

suitable for that as well.

As always we have taken care that the

descriptions can be used to enhance most

settings and fit into your existing campaign

or situation as easily as possible. The 3.5

Edition statistics are offered for your

convenience, but the characters are well-

enough developed that you could use them

in other game systems, because they don't

depend on their stats to be interesting. These

characters and encounters are made for you,

to ease the lives of Harried Game Masters

everywhere.

If you have any comments or suggestions

please send them to me an e-mail at

overlord@tabletopadventures.com

Enjoy, have fun, and create fun for others!

these NPCs. In Shards of the Heart you will

find everything from short humorous

encounters to fully-detailed characters that

can be used as anything from bit players to

members of an adventuring party to major

personages in your campaign.

Shards of the Heart also includes a short

story with two bonus character write-ups.

This can be read purely for entertainment,

but it is an example of how the character

descriptions could be translated into a

gaming session.

How to Use this Resource

We have gone to some effort to try to

standardize these descriptions, to make them

as easy to use as possible. With so many

creative people working on this, though, we

just couldn’t force them all into uniformity,

and so some variations remain.

Most characters include scenario

suggestions, an introductory narrative that

can be read out loud if desired, and plot

hooks for ways to use them in your game.

Also provided are statistics, and

modifications for one or two additional

levels, so that you have flexibility in using

these NPCs in your adventures.

In addition to the descriptions and stat

blocks, we have included completed

character sheets. If you want to use any of

these characters on an ongoing basis, they

are available to you without having to copy

them down by hand.

One thing to remember in the use of this

product is that we try to provide you

products that will add a bit of drama to your

game. Therefore, delivery is important. The

way you choose to deliver the Narratives

that are provided can have a tremendous

effect on the subsequent playability of the

situation or character provided.

This product is for you. If you want to

change something on a description so the

The Evil Overlord, and the good

people at Tabletop Adventures

Visit us on the web at

www.tabletopadventures.com

Upcoming Products from TTA

Be watching for the next product from Tabletop

Adventures: “Bits of the Boulevard,” which

answers the question, “So what do we see as we

walk down the street?” Additional products

describing forest and swamp terrains will be

coming to you in the spring of 2005.

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