These characters follow all precepts of the guild, but they are more likely to defend truth with the sharp points of their daggers than with the arcane power of their spells. Although members of the guild are primarily spellcasters, some follow more complicated multiclass pathways that include ﬁghter or paladin levels. Drawn to the exotic ﬁghting style and balanced ideas of the Daggerspell Guardian, these individuals enjoy the enigmatic reputation and unorthodox techniques of the guild. The two halves of the organization work together amicably, but they have decidedly different approaches to most problems.Īlmost every daggerspell mage begins his career as a wizard or sorcerer, taking a level or two of rogue after a few successful adventures. Both preserve the work of good folk and balance the concerns of civilized communities against the sanctity of nature, but where a shaper is quiet and calculating, a daggerspell mage is wild and impulsive.

Daggerspell mages do not see morality as an absolute, and their ideals are guided by their sense of what is right and fair.ĭaggerspell mages are closely related to the daggerspell shapers, the other half of the organization known as the Daggerspell Guardians (see page 167). Daggerspell mages, like their colleagues the daggerspell shapers, seek truth and justice, but they deﬁne such concepts in the heat of the moment. These sometimes reclusive ﬁgures remain spellcasters ﬁrst and melee combatants second. but young Jill has no idea what the destiny has in store for her.Daggerspell mages see the quick movements of their deadly daggers as an attendant part of their spellcasting. Their magical presence in her life marks her out as different special. Jill's only friends are the mysterious spirits known as Wildfolk: gnomes, sylphs, sprites and undines. After her mother died when she was young, father and girl took to the road, living from town to town, never settling.

Jill is the daughter of a Silver Dagger, a band of wandering swordsmen who fight for money, not honour. A wait that may soon finally come to an end.

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