It’s a common trope among fantasy adventures, and among video games, for equipment to be enchanted with specific skills and effects – such as a sword that shoots fireballs, or has a healing scabbard. While Reclaim the Wild features Enchanting as a crafting discipline, you can’t tie Feats, Spells, and Techniques to specific equipment – until now.
Everyone loves a ninja. In the many Zelda worlds, few characters encompass that allure more than Sheik, the mysterious stranger skilled in the lost arts of the Sheikah. Who is he? What are his goals? These questions drew players into the story of Ocarina of Time, and Sheik’s allure has continued even long after his mysteries have been resolved.
Today, we present some Techniques based on Sheik’s exploits, so that you might also be as cool and powerful as this enigmatic warrior. These Techniques are ideal for Heroes who want to move and strike quickly, and keep opponents from knowing exactly who or where they are.
The Hookshot and its variants have been a recurring part in the Zelda franchise since A Link to the Past. The Core Rulebook includes the Hookshot as a Magical Tool, allowing GMs to award it to Heroes as a dungeon’s special treasure or the like. However, Magical Tools do not interact with the Crafting system that is central to Reclaim the Wild, nor do they allow the player to customize the Tool to really make it their own. As an alternative, we present the Hookshot as a Personalized Tool.
Today, we have a new item from one of our community members and moderators, Nintaku! This is an item I never thought would really “work” in a tabletop environment, but I’m glad he’s proven me wrong. We’re happy to present his write-up of the Stone of Agony, straight from the N64 era, below.
Secrets abound in the world. Whether put there deliberately or simply created by pure chance, the sheer amount of things hidden from the casual glance can give even the most ardent explorer a lifetime’s worth of nooks and crannies to peer into, always finding something new. What if you had a way to find these things easier? A dowsing rod for the hidden things? Some might want to exploit such a gift, but even gifts can be double-edged.
The Stone of Agony is a hand-sized rock, carved into the shape of a rectangular block with the symbol of the Triforce as a cameo on its surface. Normally it does nothing, but under certain circumstances, it can reveal that which is hidden with a low rumble. The Stone needs life energy to fuel it, however, so using such a thing can be a curse if one relies on it too heavily.