#also i think the inscribed ward thing is a neat explanation for why there is no strength requirement

[rain-after-thunder]

Disabled Aelwyn who uses crutches.

Aelwyn who can’t go back to school to finish her wizzard studies, who starts researching different ways to bend magic to her will.

Aelwyn, who has always had a knack for creating new spells, starting to tinker at her own crutches, weaving wards into the framework.

Aelwyn, for who good is not good enough, caves and asks Gorgug for help. Who finds a way to make her crutches extend, bend and move to support her arms, elbows, shoulders. Makes them connect to her back, her hips, down her legs .

They no longer look much like crutches anymore, it’s a thin, light framework that supports her entire body, that moves her exactly the way she wants, that allows her to stand with her back straight for more than 5 minutes for the first time in two years. The exoskeleton glows with abjurative runes and the outline of a powerfull ward is visible over her body, deflecting blows like steel armor.

New spells rest in her memory, mechanical and precise if nature in a way that the arcane inks in her spelbook can’t articulate. Spare the Dying, Resistance, Cure Wounds, Sanctuary.

Her joints still ache, she tires fast and even after all this time it is still hard to control the venom in her words, still hard to accept help and kindness without it feeling like a wool blanket on freshly flayed skin. But she has found something that is wholly hers, found something to be proud of that isn’t tinged with approval from her parents.

Aelwyn still can’t walk without support, but the frame folding her up is crafted by her own hands. Maybe everything will be allright.

#to I had some ideas for a artificer multiclass for Aelwyn #she has the armorer specialty #the rules say the arcane armor can replace any missing limbs and circumvents any strength requirement #so i feel like making it function as a mobility aid is not much of a stretch #also i think the inscribed ward thing is a neat explanation for why there is no strength requirement #while still giving the mechanical bonus of armor #can you tell i thought about this a lot #feel absolutely free to use sny part of this idea in any fic you may write #please reblog with the link so i can go insane over it #aelwyn abernant #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high sophomore year #disabled Aelwyn abernant #multiclass #dnd #also please share your thoughts on disabled Aelwyn