I’m working on a character for a Sword Coast campaign in the Moonshae Isles. The character was a high-ranking soldier from the elf kingdom of Salifar on Gwynneth who defected to marry a Waelen (homebrew race of fey touched human) on Alaron. I had an idea that the character is a spy for Salifar on Alaron, and in exchange the elves provide him with magic to extend his human husband’s life. His goal is to find a similar magic he can wield himself so he will no longer be beholden to his overlords. Any suggestions for what kind of magic could be used to extend human life like this?
Idea: "Wishmaster" it. Don't use an actual Wish, but rather, have your character make a one-time bargain with someone/thing else that technically gives your character what your character wants but not what your character wholly intended. It falls back to your character to either try to fix the situation (a possible source of storytelling) or end the situation (a journey to a difficult conclusion of personal growth). The character is not beholden to anyone except the problem that came with the solution.
What aspect got wishmastered is up to you.
Perhaps, the Human continues to age without death. Perhaps, the Human lives forward for 10 years and "rewinds" for the next 10 years, gradually losing everything learned in the first 10 years in reverse order while growing younger and then repeating the process forever. Perhaps the person never ages but also never learns anything new - a "10-second Tom". Perhaps, the person slowly leeches the life of everything nearby where a month in one place appears like a blight within a 50mi radius.
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Wouldn't this just make a copy of the person? From the original's perspective, they would still die, there'd be no transfer of consciousness as there is with Clone or even Magic Jar.
I think a means of extending someone's life (which would only work once) is an appropriate thing to gain as a high-level quest reward. There are a number of ways to accomplish it, depending on what your character's alignment is and what sort of acts they're willing to undertake.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Idea: "Wishmaster" it. Don't use an actual Wish, but rather, have your character make a one-time bargain with someone/thing else that technically gives your character what your character wants but not what your character wholly intended.
Speaking of Wish. An Arcana Domain cleric can gain the Wish spell as a domain spell at 17th level, and then use Improved Divine Intervention to have their deity perform the effect of the Wish spell to return them to a younger age. If you have a good-aligned deity, they probably won't twist the wish negatively against you, though they might frown upon such a wish unless you were already negatively effected by an aging effect.
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Idea: "Wishmaster" it. Don't use an actual Wish, but rather, have your character make a one-time bargain with someone/thing else that technically gives your character what your character wants but not what your character wholly intended.
Speaking of Wish. An Arcana Domain cleric can gain the Wish spell as a domain spell at 17th level, and then use Improved Divine Intervention to have their deity perform the effect of the Wish spell to return them to a younger age. If you have a good-aligned deity, they probably won't twist the wish negatively against you, though they might frown upon such a wish unless you were already negatively effected by an aging effect.
Since the character would want to use to effect to help someone else, as well as stay with their love forever, most good aligned deitys would probably not have a problem with that Wish.
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I’m working on a character for a Sword Coast campaign in the Moonshae Isles. The character was a high-ranking soldier from the elf kingdom of Salifar on Gwynneth who defected to marry a Waelen (homebrew race of fey touched human) on Alaron. I had an idea that the character is a spy for Salifar on Alaron, and in exchange the elves provide him with magic to extend his human husband’s life. His goal is to find a similar magic he can wield himself so he will no longer be beholden to his overlords. Any suggestions for what kind of magic could be used to extend human life like this?
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There's always the Clone spell
Simulacrum then true polymorph
Idea: "Wishmaster" it. Don't use an actual Wish, but rather, have your character make a one-time bargain with someone/thing else that technically gives your character what your character wants but not what your character wholly intended. It falls back to your character to either try to fix the situation (a possible source of storytelling) or end the situation (a journey to a difficult conclusion of personal growth). The character is not beholden to anyone except the problem that came with the solution.
What aspect got wishmastered is up to you.
Perhaps, the Human continues to age without death. Perhaps, the Human lives forward for 10 years and "rewinds" for the next 10 years, gradually losing everything learned in the first 10 years in reverse order while growing younger and then repeating the process forever. Perhaps the person never ages but also never learns anything new - a "10-second Tom". Perhaps, the person slowly leeches the life of everything nearby where a month in one place appears like a blight within a 50mi radius.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Wouldn't this just make a copy of the person? From the original's perspective, they would still die, there'd be no transfer of consciousness as there is with Clone or even Magic Jar.
I think a means of extending someone's life (which would only work once) is an appropriate thing to gain as a high-level quest reward. There are a number of ways to accomplish it, depending on what your character's alignment is and what sort of acts they're willing to undertake.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
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ModeratorSpeaking of Wish. An Arcana Domain cleric can gain the Wish spell as a domain spell at 17th level, and then use Improved Divine Intervention to have their deity perform the effect of the Wish spell to return them to a younger age. If you have a good-aligned deity, they probably won't twist the wish negatively against you, though they might frown upon such a wish unless you were already negatively effected by an aging effect.
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Since the character would want to use to effect to help someone else, as well as stay with their love forever, most good aligned deitys would probably not have a problem with that Wish.
A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots.
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Why not a fudged Reincarnate spell? Turn the human husband into an Elf?
Something Horcruxstyle always works.