Warforged Schema

A Treatise on the Making of Sentient Constructs

Purpose: To forge a new Warforged, a living construct of magic, wrought to withstand the blight of undeath.

The Forge

Need: A forge of pure weave, unmarred by shadow.

Writ: This hallowed forge must brim with leyline energies to wield the needful craft.

Power Source

Need: Sorcery poured into the forge’s heart.

Toll: Two enchantments of the fifth rank.

Deed: The artificer must loose these spells into the forge’s flame to quicken the schema.

Material Components

Frame of the Body

(choose one as thy purse and purpose allow):

• Timber: 400 gold pieces (light of weight, humble in cost, frail perchance).

• Iron: 5,000 gold pieces (stout, fair-priced, oft found).

• Stone: 1,000 gold pieces (enduring, of good worth, burdensome).

• Steel: 15,000 gold pieces (mighty beyond measure, dear to purse, scarce).

• Bronze: 10,000 gold pieces (stalwart, fair to the eye, costly).

Soul Beacon:

3,000 gold pieces in precious stones.

• Gems: Emerald, Amethyst, Opal, or other jewels of high renown.

• Office: A vessel to bind or cradle the soul’s essence.

Soul Component (Choose One Path)

Path I: Soul Snared

• Need: A soul wrested from its mortal coil by the artificer’s hand.

• Means: Caught by charm or relic (as a soul jar or spell of binding) ere the forging begins.

Path II: The Soul Stone

• Relic: An ancient stone that drinks the Leyline’s vigor from the forge.

• Gift: Bestows a new-wrought soul upon the Warforged, sparing the need for a taken one.

Wit Component

• Relic: The Dianonic Tiara

• Lore: A crown of mystic craft that grants understanding to the Warforged.

• Gift: Lends the construct keen wit and reason’s light.

• Writ: Needful to awaken the mind, whate’er soul path be trod.

Spirit Component

• Relic: The Charis Amulet

• Lore: A talisman of charm that breathes life into the Warforged’s being.

• Gift: Grants traits of heart and singular spirit.

• Writ: Needful to shape the construct’s own nature, whate’er soul path be trod.

Notes for the Artificer

The melding of frame, beacon, soul, wit, and spirit doth decree the Warforged’s final form (as a steel frame with a snared soul and the Charis Amulet might birth a bold and hearty knight).

All must be gathered and hallowed at the Forge of the Sea when the rite is wrought.

Type

Journal, Scientific