CoryaniRebel wrote:
To expand on this question slightly, do any of these racial elements trigger the Hunted by Ymandragore trait (hereafter HbY)?
Encali Dwarves specifically have "Arcane" Training. Val'Mehan cast Wizard rituals and Wizard/Warlock cantrips. Kelekene cast Fire Bolt (an Arcane cantrip). Are all these races HbY based on race even if they otherwise mundane?
If taking Magic Initiate or Ritual Caster for Wizard locks you into the Arcane side of the Arcanum, does it also trigger the HbY trait too?
What about classes that don't mention the trait, are not traditional spellcasters, but get spells like Totem Barbarian or Monk of the Four Elements? Totem Barbarian would probably be Primal anyway, but MotFE certainly uses their Ki to manifest otherwise Arcane spells. Are any of these classes HbY despite not having the Spellcasting class feature?
That has a lot of points in it. I'm no one official. So I can't answer that. But I can tell you that Harvester can go after anyone they want. Just because you
don't have Hunted by Ymandragore doesn't mean you are safe.
In the past, Harvesters captured many things.
1) an entire Enclave of Dwarves (some were experimented on, some worked using their gifts for making wondrous items, and some became Harvesters themselves.)
2) Dwarf soul shards belonging to strong Arcane users
3) Val Psionists
4) Elorii (for study of their immortality and elemental nature)
5) arcane magical creatures, divine beings, and infernals have all been captured or in service before.
Basically any magic in any form, a person, an item, or an exotic active spell, could be of interest to them.
To me Harvesters and Ymandragore has always been the boogeyman that everyone knows about. They come at any time and take what they want, you don't get told why. Sure there have been some push back against them, some quite spectacular, but no one nation or race can be said to be a threat
to Ymandragore, so everyone (including heroes) lives in fear of them.
Hunted by Ymandragore means
you know you have a target on your back.
It doesn't help that there is so many factors, so you don't know if you are dealing with a rogue Harvester, or if this is a sanctioned incursion onto the main land.