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Asides from the spells that got added with Rise of the Runelords, are there any other spells that were added to the game that are specifically meant to be sin magic based, and/or has anyone home brewed in their own additional Sin spells to the game. Im running RotR right now and I want one of my players who is playing a specialist to feel, well, special, so I thought in keeping with thematic I would give them access to spells only thassilonian specialists could cast, but the only sin spells i've found are from the RotR book itself, and they are general wizard spells anyway.

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Alright I have decided on Barakett, due to Pride being opposed to Greeed, and also because a rapier fits her better than a double edged greatsword. The final question is, Chellan has official stats, but none of the other blades seem to, various websites have similar but different stats, so unless I can find an official source im planning on just taking a little column A and a little column B

Do your players know much about the swords of sin? Probably not. So I would think you could use whichever sword you wanted in whichever form fit the pc (instead of picking the sword of sin because its form fits the pc.) So if you wanted to use Wrath, and the pc's preferred form is rapier - Voila! the Sword of Wrath is a rapier (in your version of Golarion.) For that matter, they are major artifacts - maybe they just assume the form most suitable for their wielder. Which doesn't mean Pride is a bad choice - you just need to explain how it comes to be in the pc's possession...

Thats definitely a good point, but the sword fits them in more than just an aesthetic manner. This person has very ego driven characters, and this one seems no different. I figured giving them a weapon that is going to give them an even bigger head (with potentially fatal results) would be fitting

Alright I have decided on Barakett, due to Pride being opposed to Greeed, and also because a rapier fits her better than a double edged greatsword. The final question is, Chellan has official stats, but none of the other blades seem to, various websites have similar but different stats, so unless I can find an official source im planning on just taking a little column A and a little column B

Just my two cents... Doesn't make a lot of sense for Chellan to serve a pc whose entire career will be defined by opposing and destroying the Runelord it was created to serve. Perhaps Garvok, the Sword of Wrath would be more appropriate. Certainly plenty of antagonism there. The blade could be found in the Cathedral of Wrath or hidden with Malfeshnekor. It might harbor powerful resentment against the Scribbler (a traitor) and behave very erratically in the Halls of Wrath in Runeforge.

I was thinking Chellan because then I can have it trying to push them towards helping Kharzoug throughout the campaign, and even if that doesnt succeed, Kharzoug can use it to learn about the parties and then have one of those 'Ahh, I see you brought me my sword, thank you' moments or whatever. Though stripping the BB of their sword during the final boss fight is perhaps a little cruel, so maybe I should chose the sword of wrath

Starting up RotR AGAIN (third times the charm), and one of the players is playing a black blade. Because it would fit their character, and because I know they are experienced enough to handle it, I thought it would be interesting to throw them Chellen, who can act as a red herrig or a plot driver whenever the party needs a nudge here or there in between the main action moments of each chapter. However obviously just giving a level 1 character Chellen is going to be silly levels of OP, so I want to make Chellen follow the Black Blade progression table(ish). Make it get more powerful as the Black Blade unlocks more of its potential. Does anyone have any good ideas for how to do this?
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