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In the Fantasy AGE Companion, there's an additional playable ancestry called the Oreans, which are basically sentient fantasy robots.
I've been adapting their description for Blue Rose. I don't even know whether I'll end up using them, but here's what I've got.
I don't think it's a stretch to add them to Aldea, since even the introductory adventure included in the corebook mentions functioning clockwork creatures.
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Oreans are living beings made of metal, stone and wood, in different proportions depending on the individual, but all of them powered by a single shas crystal deeply embedded in their internal anatomy. The ancient arcane science that makes their existence possible has so far proven impossible to replicate.
They are humanoid in shape and stand from five to seven feet tall. Individual oreans vary in appearance, depending on the design principles chosen by their forgotten creator; one orean may be made of finely sculpted blocks of marble with an uncanny human golden faceplate with many mobile components; another might have a kind of translucent glassy frame filled with shiny components refracting the light of their inner shas crystal; and another could look like a wood mannequin, inlaid with precious metals, who loves to drape themselves in long fabrics of clashing colors.
Through extensive examination by highly-skilled adepts, two crucial facts have been ascertained about oreans: each one harbors a living soul from the Eternal Dance, and they don’t inherently register as sorcerous. As such, they are recognised as being part of the natural order - unlike the abhorrent undead.
About three years ago, an increasing number of reports came in from all over the continent of strange mechanical beings wandering at the edge of civilisation. In Jarzon, a tragic number of them were summarily murdered as soldiers were sent to deal with what they saw as a new sorcerous threat. In Kern, the lucky ones were killed ; others were captured to be studied, never to be seen again. Only in places like Aldis and Rezea were these new people approached in a peaceful -if cautious- manner. They became known as Oreans and, to this day, their exact origin is still a mystery. Who created them? Who hid them in those pods, and to what ancient, unfathomable purpose? And why did they all start waking up around the time Queen Jaellin finally put an end to the Lich-King Jarek?
Their beginnings are always the same: somewhere in a remote area, an orean wakes up from a sarcophagus, alone or, more rarely, in a small group. They have no recollection of anything before that point but they know how to walk, how to talk (though rarely a language anyone still speaks, so they have to learn the languages that people are willing to teach them), and possess instinctual knowledge of various skills and talents. Some will claw their way to the surface through centuries of soil; others will awaken in the crumbled remains of an ancient facility deep in some mountain, and roam the forgotten -and if they're lucky, empty- halls until they find themselves outside.
Like the Vata'sha and Night People before them, Oreans have been more successful finding a home in Aldis than anywhere else (except maybe, for those not made of heavy materials, in Rezea, where they’ve taken to riding with the best of them). Like any other people, they can express a variety of personalities, from outgoing to reclusive, from moody to joyous. Oreans can't reproduce, but it hasn't prevented them from forming meaningful and loving relationship with others, be they human, vata, seafolk, rhydan, or orean like themselves.
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In the Fantasy AGE Companion, there's an additional playable ancestry called the Oreans, which are basically sentient fantasy robots.
I've been adapting their description for Blue Rose. I don't even know whether I'll end up using them, but here's what I've got.
I don't think it's a stretch to add them to Aldea, since even the introductory adventure included in the corebook mentions functioning clockwork creatures.
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Oreans are living beings made of metal, stone and wood, in different proportions depending on the individual, but all of them powered by a single shas crystal deeply embedded in their internal anatomy. The ancient arcane science that makes their existence possible has so far proven impossible to replicate.
They are humanoid in shape and stand from five to seven feet tall. Individual oreans vary in appearance, depending on the design principles chosen by their forgotten creator; one orean may be made of finely sculpted blocks of marble with an uncanny human golden faceplate with many mobile components; another might have a kind of translucent glassy frame filled with shiny components refracting the light of their inner shas crystal; and another could look like a wood mannequin, inlaid with precious metals, who loves to drape themselves in long fabrics of clashing colors.
Through extensive examination by highly-skilled adepts, two crucial facts have been ascertained about oreans: each one harbors a living soul from the Eternal Dance, and they don’t inherently register as sorcerous. As such, they are recognised as being part of the natural order - unlike the abhorrent undead.
About three years ago, an increasing number of reports came in from all over the continent of strange mechanical beings wandering at the edge of civilisation. In Jarzon, a tragic number of them were summarily murdered as soldiers were sent to deal with what they saw as a new sorcerous threat. In Kern, the lucky ones were killed ; others were captured to be studied, never to be seen again. Only in places like Aldis and Rezea were these new people approached in a peaceful -if cautious- manner. They became known as Oreans and, to this day, their exact origin is still a mystery. Who created them? Who hid them in those pods, and to what ancient, unfathomable purpose? And why did they all start waking up around the time Queen Jaellin finally put an end to the Lich-King Jarek?
Their beginnings are always the same: somewhere in a remote area, an orean wakes up from a sarcophagus, alone or, more rarely, in a small group. They have no recollection of anything before that point but they know how to walk, how to talk (though rarely a language anyone still speaks, so they have to learn the languages that people are willing to teach them), and possess instinctual knowledge of various skills and talents. Some will claw their way to the surface through centuries of soil; others will awaken in the crumbled remains of an ancient facility deep in some mountain, and roam the forgotten -and if they're lucky, empty- halls until they find themselves outside.
Like the Vata'sha and Night People before them, Oreans have been more successful finding a home in Aldis than anywhere else (except maybe, for those not made of heavy materials, in Rezea, where they’ve taken to riding with the best of them). Like any other people, they can express a variety of personalities, from outgoing to reclusive, from moody to joyous. Oreans can't reproduce, but it hasn't prevented them from forming meaningful and loving relationship with others, be they human, vata, seafolk, rhydan, or orean like themselves.
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Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update Vacation Edition: 10/18/2025
Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 10/18/2025 Cyberpunk Red: Single Player Mode Phantasy Star Tabletop Roleplaying Daggerheart Corebook Household Volume II Marvel Multiverse RPG Avengers Expansion Top News Stories The Cannibal Halflings are on […] -
Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update Vacation Edition: 10/18/2025
Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 10/18/2025 Cyberpunk Red: Single Player Mode Phantasy Star Tabletop Roleplaying Daggerheart Corebook Household Volume II Marvel Multiverse RPG Avengers Expansion Top News Stories The Cannibal Halflings are on […] -
Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update Vacation Edition: 10/18/2025
Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 10/18/2025 Cyberpunk Red: Single Player Mode Phantasy Star Tabletop Roleplaying Daggerheart Corebook Household Volume II Marvel Multiverse RPG Avengers Expansion Top News Stories The Cannibal Halflings are on […] -
CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review – Part 2: An AMD Ryzen 5 6600H-powered, mid-range laptop tested with Windows 11 Pro
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Le Chuwi Corebook X pris en flagrant délit de falsification processeur
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/chuwi-corebook-x-triche-processeur-139875Le site #Notebookcheck a eu une mauvaise surprise en ouvrant un #Chuwi #Corebook X1. L’engin est vendu avec un Ryzen 5 74030U. Une puce lancée en 2023 par AMD. Seulement, après ouverture du châssis et examen complet de la puce, sa référence mène plutôt à un Ryzen 5 5500U. Un processeur lancé en 2021, moins performant.
Il semble qu’il y ait eu volonté de triche de la part de Chuwi. Le Corebook X présente tous les signes d’un maquillage logiciel dans le BIOS. Il faut ouvrir et débarrasser la puce de radiateur pour voir la référence de la puce…
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Le Chuwi Corebook X pris en flagrant délit de falsification processeur
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/chuwi-corebook-x-triche-processeur-139875Le site #Notebookcheck a eu une mauvaise surprise en ouvrant un #Chuwi #Corebook X1. L’engin est vendu avec un Ryzen 5 74030U. Une puce lancée en 2023 par AMD. Seulement, après ouverture du châssis et examen complet de la puce, sa référence mène plutôt à un Ryzen 5 5500U. Un processeur lancé en 2021, moins performant.
Il semble qu’il y ait eu volonté de triche de la part de Chuwi. Le Corebook X présente tous les signes d’un maquillage logiciel dans le BIOS. Il faut ouvrir et débarrasser la puce de radiateur pour voir la référence de la puce…
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Le Chuwi Corebook X pris en flagrant délit de falsification processeur
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/chuwi-corebook-x-triche-processeur-139875Le site #Notebookcheck a eu une mauvaise surprise en ouvrant un #Chuwi #Corebook X1. L’engin est vendu avec un Ryzen 5 74030U. Une puce lancée en 2023 par AMD. Seulement, après ouverture du châssis et examen complet de la puce, sa référence mène plutôt à un Ryzen 5 5500U. Un processeur lancé en 2021, moins performant.
Il semble qu’il y ait eu volonté de triche de la part de Chuwi. Le Corebook X présente tous les signes d’un maquillage logiciel dans le BIOS. Il faut ouvrir et débarrasser la puce de radiateur pour voir la référence de la puce…
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Now that we're through the corebook, it's time to get supplementary. We're joined this week by author Christine Beard to talk about her work, Yours to Keep (a jumpstart for Changeling: the Dreaming 20th), as well as the line's Ready-Made Characters book. This pair of books can help new and veteran players alike launch their first chronicle; we discuss how, and whether, and why. 🌱
The deets: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-85-yours-to-keep-and-ready-made-characters/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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Now that we're through the corebook, it's time to get supplementary. We're joined this week by author Christine Beard to talk about her work, Yours to Keep (a jumpstart for Changeling: the Dreaming 20th), as well as the line's Ready-Made Characters book. This pair of books can help new and veteran players alike launch their first chronicle; we discuss how, and whether, and why. 🌱
The deets: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-85-yours-to-keep-and-ready-made-characters/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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Now that we're through the corebook, it's time to get supplementary. We're joined this week by author Christine Beard to talk about her work, Yours to Keep (a jumpstart for Changeling: the Dreaming 20th), as well as the line's Ready-Made Characters book. This pair of books can help new and veteran players alike launch their first chronicle; we discuss how, and whether, and why. 🌱
The deets: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-85-yours-to-keep-and-ready-made-characters/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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Now that we're through the corebook, it's time to get supplementary. We're joined this week by author Christine Beard to talk about her work, Yours to Keep (a jumpstart for Changeling: the Dreaming 20th), as well as the line's Ready-Made Characters book. This pair of books can help new and veteran players alike launch their first chronicle; we discuss how, and whether, and why. 🌱
The deets: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-85-yours-to-keep-and-ready-made-characters/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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As our trilogy on the Changeling 20 corebook concludes, we hope that these episodes have been comprehensive and thoro', for new and veteran players alike! This time, we're talking talk about C20's changes—big ones, that is, because there are umpteen little tweaks to be found in the pages. Some we liked, others we did NOT, but we tried to keep our salt to a minimum. 🥨
As things stand: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-84-changeling-20-the-changes/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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As our trilogy on the Changeling 20 corebook concludes, we hope that these episodes have been comprehensive and thoro', for new and veteran players alike! This time, we're talking talk about C20's changes—big ones, that is, because there are umpteen little tweaks to be found in the pages. Some we liked, others we did NOT, but we tried to keep our salt to a minimum. 🥨
As things stand: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-84-changeling-20-the-changes/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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At last...! We have arrived at our trilogy of episodes considering the C20 corebook in all its tatterdemalion glory. To kick things off: a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough and overview of the game. If you're a new player, we hope this will be helpful! If you're a vet, then we hope you'll nod along in grumpish agreement. To be continued... 🦋
The journey begins at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-82-changeling-20-walkthrough/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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At last...! We have arrived at our trilogy of episodes considering the C20 corebook in all its tatterdemalion glory. To kick things off: a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough and overview of the game. If you're a new player, we hope this will be helpful! If you're a vet, then we hope you'll nod along in grumpish agreement. To be continued... 🦋
The journey begins at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-82-changeling-20-walkthrough/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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At last...! We have arrived at our trilogy of episodes considering the C20 corebook in all its tatterdemalion glory. To kick things off: a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough and overview of the game. If you're a new player, we hope this will be helpful! If you're a vet, then we hope you'll nod along in grumpish agreement. To be continued... 🦋
The journey begins at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-82-changeling-20-walkthrough/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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At last...! We have arrived at our trilogy of episodes considering the C20 corebook in all its tatterdemalion glory. To kick things off: a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough and overview of the game. If you're a new player, we hope this will be helpful! If you're a vet, then we hope you'll nod along in grumpish agreement. To be continued... 🦋
The journey begins at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-82-changeling-20-walkthrough/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #C20 #Changeling20 #ctd #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
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I am a tired Owlbear. I can't think of anything clever to add to that, so imma just give my game recommendation and pop off to sleep.
I mentioned Lancer the #ttrpg when I was recommending a tactical rpg computer game based on it. Seems fitting enough to recommend the game itself.
Lancer is a game about Mecha pilots and crews. It's got a great, kinda gritty setting, modular mech design rules, tactical combat, *and* systems that support narrative development and character forward storytelling. The game's kinda got it all, and I'm impressed.
Does it do everything perfectly? Of course not. But it does everything it sets out to do well, and it gets my highest recommendation.
Now if only I could find someone to run it for me…
Heh. Owlbear problems, I guess. Anyway, goodnight all! Take care of each other, be kind, and be courageous.
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I am a tired Owlbear. I can't think of anything clever to add to that, so imma just give my game recommendation and pop off to sleep.
I mentioned Lancer the #ttrpg when I was recommending a tactical rpg computer game based on it. Seems fitting enough to recommend the game itself.
Lancer is a game about Mecha pilots and crews. It's got a great, kinda gritty setting, modular mech design rules, tactical combat, *and* systems that support narrative development and character forward storytelling. The game's kinda got it all, and I'm impressed.
Does it do everything perfectly? Of course not. But it does everything it sets out to do well, and it gets my highest recommendation.
Now if only I could find someone to run it for me…
Heh. Owlbear problems, I guess. Anyway, goodnight all! Take care of each other, be kind, and be courageous.