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<meta charset="UTF-8" />
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
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<title>A Story in Every Item</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="book-page.css" />
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</head>
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<div class="chapter-title">CHAPTER | A STORY IN EVERY ITEM</div>
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<h1>
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When designing a rare item for a natural fantasy campaign, take some time to
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think about the story it tells:
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</h1>
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<p>
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what technique was required? What materials were used? Which places or
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creatures did they come from?
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</p>
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<p>
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One of the core themes of natural fantasy is
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<strong>transformation</strong>, which can also be interpreted as the death
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or sacrifice of something in order for something else to exist. From this
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point of view, a character’s equipment is a collection of stories, taken
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from fragments of other beings’ lives and bodies.
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</p>
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<p>
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The rules for creating rare items from materials (see page 76) offer an
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excellent opportunity to dive deep into this concept over the course of the
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campaign.
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</p>
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<h2>Special Equipment</h2>
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<p>
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Characters with animal or plant-like features are rather common in the
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natural fantasy genre, and it might be interesting to create equipment
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tailor-made for them (perhaps using the custom weapon rules; see page 112),
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or give their pieces of equipment an unusual name and appearance.
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</p>
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<div class="example">
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<strong>Example:</strong> A spider-person using silk flails or elemental
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stingers; a flower fairy dressed in petals; an anthropomorphic cactus whose
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caps and berets are actually custom weapons that determine the profile of
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their needle spray.
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</div>
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<h2>Historical, Folkloric, and Literary References</h2>
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<p>
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If you’re looking for a name for a natural fantasy item but you’re short on
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ideas, you might draw inspiration from items and creatures from folklore and
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literature, especially works tied to spirits, ghosts, or fairies, or you
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could pay homage to famous scholars, warriors, artisans and explorers from
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the real world.
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</p>
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<div class="example">
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<strong>Example Names:</strong> Bai Suzhen, Boggart, Bradamante, Cervantes,
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Csoma, Da Vinci, Earhart, Gentileschi, Grimm, Guðríðr, Gwyllion, Huolong,
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Kaguya, Oberon, Okiku, Qingzhao, Rembrandt, Shahrazād, Shiranui, T omoe,
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Vasilisa, Yoshizawa, Zaratan.
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</div>
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<p>
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As usual, do your best to match each name with an item whose properties
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mirror the historical and cultural inspiration, rather than misrepresent it.
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</p>
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