[Dead Monky]

And I'll throw in a "non-functional" grenade for free.   

[FastJack]

Harlequinn is the old campaign book that starts it all, giving you the idea that H is a baad mutha- "SHUT YO' MOUTH!"

Just talkin' 'bout Harlequinn...

After that, try to get a copy of Harlequinn's Back that details his history with the Horrors. He also pops up in Worlds Without End, House of the Sun, and Beyond the Pale.

ANNNNNND...

They just released a PDF of Harlequinn's Back.

Plus, Mission #12: Elevator Ride to Hell has been released.

[Longshot23]

Harlequinn is the old campaign book that starts it all, giving you the idea that H is a baad mutha- "SHUT YO' MOUTH!"

Just talkin' 'bout Harlequinn...

After that, try to get a copy of Harlequinn's Back that details his history with the Horrors. He also pops up in Worlds Without End, House of the Sun, and Beyond the Pale.

ANNNNNND...

They just released a PDF of Harlequinn's Back.

Plus, Mission #12: Elevator Ride to Hell has been released.

Finally . . . Pity Harlequin's Back is pretty much fixed in time (as is Harlequin, for that matter) - both supposed to take place in the 2050s.

[FastJack]

Doesn't mean you can't use 4E rules to have your runner's go through them. Hell, you could then have them as older runners (or even their kids) running through Dawn of the Artifacts.

[Longshot23]

Doesn't mean you can't use 4E rules to have your runner's go through them. Hell, you could then have them as older runners (or even their kids) running through Dawn of the Artifacts.

Harlequin The Next Generation? 

Waaaaaaiiiiiiit a minute . . . .

[Nomad Zophiel]

Doesn't mean you can't use 4E rules to have your runner's go through them. Hell, you could then have them as older runners (or even their kids) running through Dawn of the Artifacts.

Or just have a party of elves. The difference between 20 and 40 years old doesn't mean much. Regular Elves can live for centuries. Immortal Elves aren't necessarily different from a game system perspective. I gather there's a difference between elves and Immortal Elves but being unfamiliar with ED I don't know the specifics. No need for Frosty to be the only IE born in the Sixth Age.

[Kot]

No need for Frosty to be the only IE born in the Sixth Age.

Fifth? I think she was born before the Awakening.

[FastJack]

Frosty was born in the 30's, since she was only in her twenties when she apprenticed to Caimbueul Har’lea’quinn at the end of the original Harlequin campaign.

Also, Lady Brane Deigh is also a "new" immortal elf in the sixth age, having come by her immortality by the rites of the Elven Queen.

[Nomad Zophiel]

OK, Jack, so aside from the fact that IE's never age, is there any difference between them and normal elves? And how can they tell, anyway? Do they all get the "spot other immortal" skill?

[Longshot23]

OK, Jack, so aside from the fact that IE's never age, is there any difference between them and normal elves? And how can they tell, anyway? Do they all get the "spot other immortal" skill?

(throwing in my 2c worth before FJ)

There may actually be a test.  In the Aztlan S/B pg 64, when Ding Ramos was profiled, Wordsmyth (Ehran the Scribe) said he didn't believe the right evaluations had ever been carried out.  I don't think he was talking whether or not Ramos was Awakened, since that test is relatively well-known.

[Critias]

OK, Jack, so aside from the fact that IE's never age, is there any difference between them and normal elves? And how can they tell, anyway? Do they all get the "spot other immortal" skill?

I think they've all officially got Immunity (Aging) and Immunity (Disease), as far as game stats go. 

More importantly, most of them recognize each other -- the "big name" Immortal Elves, at least -- because they've been sniping at each other, flirting with each other, fighting alongside each other, dueling against each other, working together with each other, working against each other, and generally bickering and bantering, for thousands of years. 

And they all know Frosty (now) because of her affiliations, who's mentoring her, and that sort of thing.  The Immortal Elves that exist, just like the Dragons that exist, are in a pretty exclusive club together, and while there might also be an Assensing aspect to it (where they recognize the magical potential someone's got, or can just tell there's something "off" about their aura)...I think they mostly spot each other just by knowing each other so very, very, well.

[FastJack]

I think it also shows up on an assensing test, but you have to know what you're looking for. And those that know aren't a sharing group...

[Kot]

Big D was, but there's that Immortal Elves vs Dragons thing, and i'm sure as hell he didn't want to antagonize them, as he was probably the most open to peace offerings. I still think that whole deal was as close to a 'borrowed lawnmover feud' as possible. And their egos didn't help...

[Bradd]

And they all know Frosty (now) because of her affiliations, who's mentoring her, and that sort of thing.

If you believe Ghostwalker and Malcolm Carella, he's not just "mentoring" her.

Talking to Carella was fun, because it's the first time the PCs have seen anybody seriously bad-mouth Jane or her allies. For the most part, I've played up Jane as a helpful role model with a bit of a temper. The players like that she helps out, stays out of their way, and occasionally flips out and kills bad guys.

[Kot]

I was thiking, and decided to put some kind of Harlequin-inspired plot element, as my players will have a campaign with Earthdawn ties and challenges on their hands. No Harlequin himself, but maybe a post or two, from the Jester.