I'm not sure it would be. It would mean that the player KNOWS him... but you could have the mentorship be strained or Aravashnial suspicious someone he "knows" is there right with the demon attack and start getting all paranoid. ;) In any event, if he goes hostile on the party then have him try to urge his mentored student into leaving with him.
with the exception of the character trait that describes "your parents are dead" or the fact that his personal history doesn't really allow for it unless you are willing to cut out the parts that were so important for his personal development into what he's become.
There is also the obvious issue of age here, Its explained that the events that led him to the crusade started shortly after the end of his apprenticeship (the extra starting age for a wizard) and after that only the journey there and 2 years of activity.
His interest in the crusades came from the demon incursions in the world, his journey to the crusades had his heart broken, the crusades rejected most of his idea's and the demons robbed him (albeit indirectly) from his eyesight. and its these rather rapidly following events that gave him his sunny disposition.
Obviously, A GM can just make something up and fit his version in anywhere. however, you are going to rewrite this guys entire character :) gl
And that's been handwaved as "for elves or other long-lived races, it can be a brother or uncle or the like"
And that's been handwaved as "for elves or other long-lived races, it can be a brother or uncle or the like"
The handwaving you mention is for the trait "child of the crusade" the Riftwarden orphan relies on the fact that your parents are in fact the riftwardens. You might argue that aravashnial brother/sister was also a riftwarden, however this would cut into his own story of how he discovered them and his familiarity with them and his parents reactions to him during his studies, something that once again, would change his entire character.
Obviously, A GM can just make something up and fit his version in anywhere. however, you are going to rewrite this guys entire character :)
however no hand waving has ever been that easy
If you have read in other threads you would know that the writers of the AP have stated that in the case of long-lived races such as elves, that a brother or uncle or the like could be the relative in question.
If you have read in other threads you would know that the writers of the AP have stated that in the case of long-lived races such as elves, that a brother or uncle or the like could be the relative in question.
first, Either link it trough, or don't claim others words at all. second, I already explained what would be wrong with the brother proposition
Dude, I have better things to do with my time than to search a thread for a comment; though I believe it was the Stickied thread on the Worldwound section. The game designers did not intend to discriminate against specific races for this trait. In addition, the START of this conflict depends on the GM. It does not necessarily take place at the same time as Reign of Winter (which is one of the few APs which does have a set start date). It has been stated elsewhere (and no, I'm not going to look it up and link for you) that APs can be run whenever the GM wants them to be. Thus this AP could be a hundred years from now if the GM decides it will be and elves might have to be 200 years old in order to have been around when the Worldwound first opened. It doesn't matter!
And before you say it does, please note that the developers have REFUSED to create an official timeline for Golarion in regards to "Runelords happened on this date and Jade Regent happened on that date and this is the end-result of these APs" because they don't want to constrain the GMs. They don't want GMs to feel "I can't run this AP because it already happened and it happened like that and I don't want to run something that's not officially Golarion."
Dude, I have better things to do with my time than to search a thread for a comment; though I believe it was the Stickied thread on the Worldwound section. The game designers did not intend to discriminate against specific races for this trait. In addition, the START of this conflict depends on the GM. It does not necessarily take place at the same time as Reign of Winter (which is one of the few APs which does have a set start date). It has been stated elsewhere (and no, I'm not going to look it up and link for you) that APs can be run whenever the GM wants them to be. Thus this AP could be a hundred years from now if the GM decides it will be and elves might have to be 200 years old in order to have been around when the Worldwound first opened. It doesn't matter!
And before you say it does, please note that the developers have REFUSED to create an official timeline for Golarion in regards to "Runelords happened on this date and Jade Regent happened on that date and this is the end-result of these APs" because they don't want to constrain the GMs. They don't want GMs to feel "I can't run this AP because it already happened and it happened like that and I don't want to run something that's not officially Golarion."
They may have refused to give a timeline, yet they have deigned to set certain events at a set distance from each other. This adventure path for example takes place +/- a 100 years after Arodens death. An event that caused a lot of the events in the adventure path to be set in motion. So while you might say that the developers did not want such things to happen, they actually did and still do. So no, the way the adventure path is written, and the chain of events described as they are. It is not a simple question of handwaving
In your game, sure. But officially, and for anyone who isn't going to be completely antsy about this, it doesn't matter.
Actually, we do have a fixed date when this AP starts, which is the holiday of Armasse. :)
You realize that elves mature at a slower rate than humans, right? And 60-80 years is a long time to forget much about one's parents, especially when the parents don't talk to you about their work. What is wrong with just having him be a little older when they disappeared? These are GUIDELINES, they are not set in stone. You guys are GMs! You are SUPPOSED to modify things to make the game more enjoyable, not to go Blue Screen of Death on them and say "Does Not Compute" or "You Can't Do That, Dave."
In another thread, a GM plans on modifying Tsuto to be seeking redemption and wanting the party's help in saving his sister in a Runelords campaign. Are you going to insist that is wrong and he can't do that? And what about GMs who have players who previously went through a campaign? They may have a mixture of new and old players... and thus change things to make the game enjoyable for the old guard as well as the new.
Here's something I challenge you to do. Rather than say "you can't do this" why don't you look at ways that the player CAN do this. This is a useful skill to have, especially in the business world. Practice it here and now. ;)
Or you could go one better: your elf was the FATHER (or mother) of an elf, but due to a disagreement with your partner, she or he left with your child before you got to know them. After your partner died due to some intrigue (or vanished) you decided to seek your child... and found the child had married someone and the two of them vanished in the Worldwound. Rather than a child of a Riftwarden... you're the parent looking for the child you never knew.