TEXT: DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
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  Pandemonium attracts not only the downtrodden, desperate for
  any opportunity to better themselves, but also the powerful, seeking
  more power in its wreckage. The characters may come from either of
  these groups, but their main encounters during “Diplomatic Immu-
  nity” come from both. While they serve a powerful Hazat noble and
  interact with Pandemonium’s leading families, they also get to see the
  lives of some of the planet’s most wretched inhabitants.
  Don Marchenko Catilla Arronto Justus, a Hazat count, has just
  arrived on Pandemonium (perhaps on the same spaceship the charac-
  ters were on) as a representative of his house. His position is only
  temporary; however, for his main role is to assess what threat (and
  opportunities) the newly discovered planet of Iver represents. To this
  end, he intends to meet with those who have gone to Iver and perhaps
  sponsor some expeditions of his own.
  Unfortunately, more than a few people prefer that he never get
  the chance to do this. The characters encounter some of these people
  immediately after Don Marchenko disembarks, and get to meet more
  and more as the week continues. Someone wants Marchenko dead —
  perhaps more than one person. Some people merely dislike him, while
  others wish that he were dead. The players have the fun task of both
  finding out who the latter are and protecting Marchenko from them.
  Do not expect this drama to detail every way to handle what the
  players want their characters to do. The only thing you can expect
  from players is that they will not do what you expect them to. “Diplo-
  matic Immunity” details a series of events occurring over a period of
  days.  Characters might persuade Marchenko to do different things,
  but he is strong-willed and unlikely to change his plans without good
  reason. As long as the characters work for him, they need to follow
  his orders.
  Riot
  Sometimes Pandemonium gets hot. Okay, Pandemonium is usu-
  ally hot. Fine, have it your way — Pandemonium sweats like it was
  sitting in the middle of the holy flame itself. The small space liner
  Ryko’s Trust landed during one of these swelteringly hot days, one
  of many oppressively warm days in a long string of such days. The
  heat has helped aggravate conditions on this overcrowded planet,
  and tempers have risen as high as the temperature.
  This is especially true in the spaceport, where the various guilds
  have begun bitterly clashing over issues of territory and employees.
  The Muster and the Scravers have butted heads repeatedly, with
  both groups wanting greater control over the loading and unload-
  ing of spaceships. While the Reeves and Charioteers could usually
  bring such tensions under control, outside forces now prevent that.
  Unloading Ryko’s Trust just became the center of this dispute,
  and things do not look good. A small crew of Scraver stevedores
  shows up and begins unloading the ship, only to have a Muster
  crew show up, waving papers to prove the ship’s owner hired them
  in advance. As the ship’s passengers watch, both sides of the argu-
  ment begin attracting supporters, and tempers flare.
  It does not really matter who throws the first punch, only that it
  does get thrown. Within seconds, the entire docking area erupts in
  violence, with 100 guild members fighting, running and causing as
  much havoc as possible. The characters might just want to get them-
  selves into cover. They each have the chance to make one Dexterity
  check (DC 15) to get to safety behind crates and other cargo. Any
  who succeed are immediately safe. Any who fail are embroiled in
  combat. This is a chaotic melee where 100 people run around hit-
  ting whoever appears before them; see the Thug stats at the end of
  the chapter.
  Of course, the tumult of the riot is not the only danger. The
  characters also get a Spot check (DC 15) to see five Muster toughs
  heading straight for Don Marchenko’s back. If none of them make
  the check, then the first they know of it is when the Hazat ambassa-
  dor screams as a club comes down on his skull.
  Stopping this attack should not prove especially difficult, but
  finding out who planned it is. The five thugs believe Don Marchenko
  is the ship’s owner (he is not) who double-crossed them by first
  hiring them and then allowing Scravers to do the work. This belief
  stems from a video conference held nine days ago, in which a figure
  bearing striking similarities to Don Marchenko did hire the Muster
  to unload the ship. This was, in fact, the assassin using video
  compositing to make it appear that Don Marchenko was behind ev-
  erything. Of course, Don Marchenko was on Ryko’s Trust, in the Ram-
  part solar system, at that time, and could not have made any such
  call. The assassin also set up a high quality squawker near the dock-
  ing area. When the Muster bearers appeared, she insulted the
  Scravers viciously, egging the bearers on to violence. The incident
  embarrasses the Muster severely, but they still have their suspicions.
  Diplomatic
  Immunity
  A
  Adventure for Beginning Characters
  DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
  
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  Don Marchenko’s Plans
  Don Marchenko intends to make his moves slowly and surely.
  His primary responsibility is to ensure that Iver’s House Chauki can
  in no way threaten the Hazat. He intends to discredit any claims it
  might have to being the original House Chauki, or, failing that, find
  some way to neutralize it. This can mean violence, getting the Church
  to excommunicate it, or, if possible, shutting down the jumpgate yet
  again.
  He intends to begin his trip to Pandemonium with the social
  necessities — visiting Count Enis Sharn, undertaking a pilgrimage
  to the Cathedral and making the acquaintance of the planet’s lead-
  ing figures. Then he hopes to start tracking down those individuals
  who have had any contact with Iver. This list includes Enis Sharn’s
  agents, the few Church missionaries who have traveled to Iver, smug-
  glers who have managed to start small trade routes between there
  and Pandemonium, and the technicians who first reactivated the
  jump route.
  The day after the riot, he intends to visit Count Sharn in the
  early afternoon to gather information on Iver. Count Sharn will not
  tell him much, but will direct him toward several Hub merchants
  who traffic in Iver relics. Don Marchenko hopes to visit them the
  following day to get the names of smugglers who trade goods out
  in the badlands.
  His unspoken hope is that he can prove that the rulers of Iver
  usurped the real House Chauki on their planet, thereby giving the
  Hazat some claim to their world. He would like to visit Iver himself,
  but knows that in his condition, such a trip would pose innumerable
  difficulties. Perhaps a team of intrepid explorers could do it for him.
  Fanaticism
  After a relaxing night at Don Marchenko’s Pandemonium villa,
  Don Marchenko and his new friends prepare to visit Count Enis
  Sharn. The stable master outfits enough horses for everyone as this
  is Marchenko’s preferred mode of travel. Even characters without
  the ride skill can travel this way — as long as nothing happens to
  upset the animals. The first half of the one-hour ride is pleasant
  enough, but then the characters get Spot checks (DC 13) to hear a
  commotion from around the corner.
  Any characters who make the check have one round to prepare
  before Friar Mizraim Reuss and his devoted followers turn that cor-
  ner. These are 50 anti-tech fanatics in the harshest sense, carrying
  clubs, torches and rocks with which to destroy any technology they
  may encounter. These vigilantes do not have to target the charac-
  ters. Don Marchenko carries no obvious tech objects, and they will
  leave him alone. The characters, on the other hand…
  Anyone who has any obvious items (and any aliens) finds him-
  self on the receiving end of a volley of rocks (five per turn, each with
  a base attack bonus of +1, 1d3 damage). Anyone with obvious cy-
  bernetics gets picked out for special attention, and five club-wield-
  ing nuts come after her (see the Thug stats at the end of this chap-
  ter). These guys should not prove too difficult to disperse, but they
  should add to the characters’ paranoia. The assassins have nothing
  to do with Friar Mizraim and his followers, but the characters have
  no way to know this. This red herring should keep them quite wor-
  ried.
  Sniper
  When the characters and Don Marchenko finally get to Enis
  Sharn’s manor, the planet’s owner will actually greet them himself.
  He has long hoped to talk to this famed warrior, and will put up with
  whatever bizarre entourage he brings with him. He also apologizes
  for the commotion that Don Marchenko has encountered (the space-
  port riot, the religious fanatics), but stresses that Pandemonium is
  going through uncertain times.
  After a pleasant afternoon with the Count (during which time
  enterprising characters can learn much about the planet), the horses
  get saddled and again the team rides off. It’s another hour getting
  back to the villa through the dusky streets of the Hub. The group is
  only 15 minutes from home when Marchenko’s horse rears as if shot
  and begins bucking wildly. A sniper, knowing that a noble would
  have a shield, shot a crossbow dart into his horse. The dart, coated
  with a painful (though not lethal) poison, has driven the beast into a
  frenzy. Though Marchenko is a skilled rider, he has little hope of
  maintaining his seating against this fury. The characters have two
  rounds to resolve the situation before the beast pitches Marchenko
  to the ground. While the actual unseating will probably not get
  through his energy shield (1d6 damage), the resulting trampling from
  his maddened horse will. This trampling does 2d6 damage every round
  until characters rein the beast in.
  Characters who want to control the horse at any point need to
  make Handle Animal checks (DC 15). If they want to drive it off, they
  need to achieve a DC 20. Marchenko would prefer that they brought
  it under control one way or another and absolutely detests seeing
  animals harmed. Characters should have to decide between track-
  ing down the sniper (located in a four-story building just off the main
  road to the villa) and protecting Marchenko and the horse. The sniper
  has set up his ambush spot well, ensuring rapid access to the roof
  Getting the Players
  Involved
  Gamemasters should have little trouble finding ways to work
  the characters into this drama. Pandemonium’s spaceport is one
  of the planet’s busiest areas, and everyone has reason to be here.
  All the guilds conduct heavy business on its premises, the noble
  houses oversee their investments, and priests come out to minis-
  ter to space crews, bless ships and watch cargo for signs of he-
  retical material — or choose the best for themselves.
  If the characters do not have permanent ties to Pandemo-
  nium, they might very well arrive on Ryko’s Trust themselves.
  Perhaps they work for the ship or Don Marchenko hired them
  before arriving on the planet. If they have no such ties, then Don
  Marchenko will seek to hire them if they play any role in fighting
  off the Muster thugs. He offers housing in a nice villa (a serious
  luxury on Pandemonium) as well as standard salaries. Even if
  the characters refuse to accept this position, the assassins have
  seen them associating with Don Marchenko and may target them
  as well.
  
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  from which he hops from building to building until he reaches a
  dark ladder several blocks away. Once there he clambers to the
  ground and rushes to join his cronies at a nearby barber shop.
  The Physick
  The episode shakes Marchenko up badly, and once back at the
  villa he sends the houseboy for a local physick. While the local physick
  has served his community for most of his life, cutting hair and am-
  putating limbs, he is not the gentleman who appears in response to
  Marchenko’s summons. The physick and his family are currently
  bound and gagged in their own house, watched over by several
  thugs. In his place comes Bitash the sniper, dressed in the physick’s
  robes. He tends Marchenko as best he can, and he may well con-
  vince any characters who monitor his work of his legitimacy. If they
  ask any of the villa’s servants about the physick, they all assert to
  never having seen him before, though he looks like the old physick.
  If questioned, he says that the local physick was away on a call when
  the houseboy showed up requiring aid.
  Before leaving, he gives Marchenko a drink of a warm herbal
  tea to help him sleep. He has already prepared the herbs with a
  slow-acting poison — one that should not take effect until well into
  the night. Barring character intervention, he takes a one firebird fee
  and heads back to the barbershop to gather his band and disappear
  into the Hub.
  Don Marchenko goes to sleep within 30 minutes of drinking the
  tea, and the poison begins working shortly thereafter. By the time
  he wakes, fiery pain tearing through his belly, he has less than an
  hour to live. Healing him requires accumulating 30 points on Heal
  checks (DC 20, each result over the DC is tallied). Each roll takes 10
  minutes, so characters can take six rolls over the next hour to save
  him. If they seek out the local physick, they find him at home with a
  police guard. If the characters convince the guards to let them talk
  to the physick (5 firebird bribe), then they immediately notice that
  this is not the one who worked on Marchenko. The real physick tells
  of being held captive, though he does not know why or by whom.
  He will rush to help Marchenko, but will only have thirty minutes
  (three rolls), and his Heal modifier is 15 (12 ranks + 3 Wis).
  Theurgy can help Don Marchenko as well. While Revive will
  not rid his body of the poison, each successful use allows him to
  live another 30 minutes and reduces his agonizing pain. Rejuvena-
  tion can completely rid Marchenko of the poison (DC 20) and makes
  him feel better than he has in years.
  The Assault
  If the characters manage to save Marchenko, then Bitash (the
  sniper and fake physick) is getting frustrated. He will make one more
  attempt the next night. He takes his time approaching the villa. He
  has hired a dozen thugs to charge the front door as a distraction.
  When the thugs begin mixing it up with the characters, he intends
  to sneak in the villa and kill Marchenko himself. He hopes to sneak
  up on Marchenko (who will still be bed bound following his recov-
  ery from the poison) and slit his throat with a vibrating dagger, which
  Bitash has coated with poison just in case.
  Normally Marchenko could handle the assassin alone, but bar-
  ring some miraculous healing, the poison has left him with a Con-
  stitution score of 2. Characters who are vigilant for danger from any
  source besides the thugs can make Spot checks opposed against
  Bitash’s Move Silently to notice him. Of course, if anyone is waiting
  in Marchenko’s bedroom, they automatically see Bitash, who comes
  through the door (or window, if there is a guard at the door).
  This is Bitash’s final attempt on Marchenko. If he fails this time,
  he will try to seek out his patron for further instructions, only to
  discover that he cannot find her. If he succeeds, then he disappears
  for a while, staying on the outskirts of the Hub for a year. If he gets
  caught, he has no intention of being killed (or killing himself), and
  will trade money (up to 400 firebirds) and information for his free-
  dom.
  So Who Did It?
  This drama tends to assume that the Kurgan spy Zulaykha
  Turakina (see the GAMEMASTERING chapter in Fading Suns: d20) is
  the main force behind the assassination attempts. The courtesan
  has begun assembling a decent ring of informants and operatives
  through Hazat space, and word of Don Marchenko’s quest did not
  take long to reach her. She feared that the Hazat might end up with
  another world whose resources could turn against the caliphate, and
  took steps to neutralize this threat. Zulaykha Turakina flees the planet
  before characters figure out who was behind everything, and may
  well reappear to haunt them again later (or hire them — who knows
  which way loyalties might change?).
  However, this is not the only possibility. The Iver Chauki’s would
  want to hinder his mission if they knew about it. Early in Don
  Marchenko’s career, he became involved in a number of serious
  atrocities on Byzantium Secundus, and those families affected by
  his actions may want revenge. Psychics upset at Don Marchenko’s
  harsh role in shutting down the dervishes later in his career might
  also target him for retribution. The opposite side of this is the fact
  that religious fanatics might see his association with psychic as a
  high sin and target him as a lesson to others. Additionally, his own
  servants might want to kill him since the Don has a notorious his-
  tory of seducing their spouses. Finally, the assassins might not even
  have a grudge against Don Marchenko. Instead, they may hope kill-
  ing him serves as an embarrassment to Count Sharn and helps prove
  to Decados leaders that he cannot control the planet. The
  gamemaster can take whatever approach most fits his style.
  What Next?
  If the characters seek out the lady who hired Bitash, they should
  have very little luck. He has no idea how she found him, but she
  proved herself well informed, cultivated and wealthy. She did not
  speak, instead communicating with him via an old, hand-held think
  machine when they met at Hazred’s Tavern (a notorious bar cater-
  ing to the underworld). Unless the gamemaster wants them to en-
  counter her, she has left the planet — probably to crop up later to
  bedevil the characters.
  Marchenko is not overly concerned. He knows many people
  want him dead, and stopping one will not end all the threats against
  him. If the gamemaster likes, Marchenko can offer the characters
  permanent positions as his entourage, give them jobs gathering in-
  formation on other worlds, or thank them for their help and send
  
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  them on their way. If they continue working for him, they may have
  to escort him through the Badlands as he gets involved in politics at
  the Cathedral, make contacts with the Hub’s criminal element (per-
  haps meeting Graaf himself), or help keep other houses from mak-
  ing deals with Iver.
  Don Marchenko
  Born into the wealthy Justus branch of the Hazat, Don Marchenko
  Catilla Arronto Justus proved that a privileged childhood did not ex-
  clude one from the sacrifices of war. He commanded house legions
  while still young, and helped lead the Hazat invasion of Byzantium
  Secundus early in the Emperor Wars. He helped form the Hazat der-
  vishes, their psychic commandos who proved so effective. When the
  Emperor Wars ended, the Church brought a great deal of pressure to
  bear to disband these units, and the task fell to Don Marchenko. More
  than a few dervishes bitterly objected to being discarded after having
  risked their lives repeatedly. The objections turned violent, and Don
  Marchenko found himself forced to battle several of his own former
  companions. He lost his left arm during their fights, and spends the
  next year recuperating. He still suffers nightmares from this time and
  has trouble sleeping.
  He has finally decided he is too old to take personal action, and
  hopes to serve his house as a diplomat. He has helped push the Church
  to call a Crusade against the Kurgans and now is in charge of Hazat
  relations with Iver. His traits represent his age — he used to be a lot
  more physically capable.
  Race: Human
  Quote: “I do believe we can work things out.”
  Description: His 5’8” frame stands ramrod straight, and his mili-
  tary bearing screams out at anyone who sees him. His white hair is
  cut close to his head and his mustache is well trimmed. He wears
  elegant clothes, but not especially gaudy ones. He does nothing to
  hide the fact that he has one arm and does not intend to replace it with
  a cybernetic one.
  Age: Late 60s (he has stopped taking rejuvenation drugs but
  still looks 10 years younger)
  Entourage: Don Marchenko has left his old servants behind on
  Vera Cruz, intending to recruit locals. If the characters do not stay on
  with him, he will hire others. His villa has five servants: a head butler,
  a cook, a maid, a stable master and a serving boy. The stable master
  also takes care of landscaping what little land the villa has.
  Male Human Nob10/Psi4; Medium-sized humanoid; Hit Dice 10d8+10
  plus 4d6+4; hp 67; Init +2; Spd 30; AC 16 (touch 16, flat-footed 14);
  Atk +14/+9/+4 melee (1d6+2/15-20, masterwork rapier); SQ House
  Affiliation (Hazat); AL LN; SV Fort +9 Ref +6 Will +14; Str 15, Dex 15,
  Con 12, Int 18, Wis 16, Cha 18.
  Skills and Feats: Concentration +11, Diplomacy +17 (+21), Handle
  Animal +14, Intimidate +17, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (his-
  tory) +10, Knowledge (military) +15, Knowledge (nobility) +15, Lit-
  eracy, Occultcraft +10, Ride +15, Wilderness Lore +14; Assets: Rich
  (x4), Leadership, Noble Title: Earl (Hazat) (x4), Parry, Riposte.
  Special Qualities: House Affiliation (Hazat): +2 to Intimidate those
  of lower rank.
  Psychic Powers: (Wryd 25) Bedlam — War Dance +12, Confuse
  Others (resist DC 19) +17, Prana Burst (resist DC 20) +20, Nerve Strike
  (resist DC 15) +7.
  Possessions: Dueling shield, masterwork rapier, excellent cloth-
  ing, wrist squawker, enough money to buy anything else he wants.
  Bitash the Sniper
  One of Pandemonium’s better assassins, Bitash can use guns or
  poisons equally well. He was hired by a cloaked woman who gave
  him 500 firebirds, a photograph of Marchenko, and a schedule of his
  planned activities. He knows nothing beyond that and has no idea
  how the woman found out about him. Bitash understands the conse-
  quences of his actions and knows that Count Enis Sharn will have
  him killed if he gets turned over to the authorities. He will do every-
  thing he can to keep that from happening, cooperating with anyone
  who captures him to the best of his abilities. He knows very little
  about who hired him, and does not even realize she has already left
  the planet.
  Quote: “I don’t know anything!”
  Age: Early 30s
  Male Human Knv5; Medium-sized humanoid; Hit Dice 5d8+5; hp 29;
  Init +3; Spd 30; AC 16 (touch 14, flat-footed 16); Atk +5 melee (1d4+1/
  19-20, masterwork vibrating dagger) or +7 ranged (1d10/x3, master-
  work hvy crossbow w/10x scope); SA Sneak Attack +3d6; SQ Chemi-
  cal Use, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge; AL NE; SV Fort +2 Ref +7 Will +2;
  Str 12, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 10.
  Skills and Feats: Bluff +8, Climb +9, Disguise +8, Gather Informa-
  tion +8, Hide +11, Jump +9, Listen +12, Move Silently +11, Search
  +9, Spot +12, Tumble +11; Alertness, Point Blank Shot, Streetwise.
  Special Qualities: Uncanny Dodge: keep Dex bonus to AC when
  flat-footed.
  Possessions: Leather armor, standard shield, MW heavy crossbow
  w/10x scope, MW vibrating dagger, hvy revolver, hand grenade (x3),
  speed loader (x2), 10 bolts.
  Thugs
  A number of rather common street thugs appear in this drama,
  ranging from Muster bearers to religious fanatics to common ruffi-
  ans.  These are not the bravest of individuals, and will usually try to
  break off a fight if they take four or more points of damage. The
  following traits can work for all of them.
  Race: Human
  Quote: “Get ‘em”
  Description: Local toughs. Poorly dressed and educated.
  Male or Female Human Yeo3; Medium-sized humanoid; Hit Dice
  3d6+3; hp 15; Init +0, Spd 30; AC 13 (touch 11, flat-footed 13); Atk +2
  melee (1d6/x2, clubs); AL N; SV Fort +1 Ref +1 Will +4; Str 10, Dex 10,
  Con 10, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10.
  Skills and Feats: Listen +6, Spot +6; Toughness.
  Possessions: Leather armor, club.
  
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  Experience
  This mission can be broken into the following stages.
  Stage
  CR
  Encounter or Task
  1
  1
  Avoid the riot (Dexterity checks or combat).
  2
  3
  Stop Muster thugs from assaulting Marchenko.
  3
  1
  Find out why the Muster thugs attacked (Diplomacy
  of Intimidation checks).
  4
  3
  Disperse mob of anti-tech fanatics (Diplomacy or In-
  timidation checks, or combat).
  5
  2
  Prevent poisoned horse from trampling Marchenko
  and calm it or drive it off (Handle Animal check or
  combat). Bonus CR +1 to notice the poison dart and
  realize a sniper is at work — Spot DC 30.
  6
  2
  Keep Marchenko from dying of poison (Heal checks).
  Bonus CR +1 if false physick is revealed.
  7
  5
  Foil Bitash’s assassination attempt.
  8
  1
  Discover Turakina’s role as sponsor of the assassina-
  tion attempts (Diplomacy, Gather Information and In-
  timidation checks).
  9
  3
  Earn Marchenko’s thanks: mission goal.
  Notes:
  
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  Credits
  Writing: Andrew Greenberg
  Development, layout and d20 text conversion: Bill Bridges
  d20 character stats: Andy Harmon
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  acters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, incidents, language, artwork,
  symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, concepts, themes and graphic,
  photographic and other visual or audio representations; names and descriptions of charac-
  ters, spells, enchantments, personalities, teams, personas, likenesses and special abilities;
  places, locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or supernatural abilities or
  effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs; and any other trademark or registered trade-
  mark clearly identified as Product identity by the owner of the Product Identity, and which
  specifically excludes the Open Game Content; (f) “Trademark” means the logos, names,
  mark, sign, motto, designs that are used by a Contributor to identify itself or its products or
  the associated products contributed to the Open Game License by the Contributor (g) “Use”,
  “Used” or “Using” means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format, modify, translate and other-
  wise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content. (h) “You” or “Your” means the lic-
  ensee in terms of this agreement.
  2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice
  indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of this License.
  You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use. No terms may be
  added to or subtracted from this License except as described by the License itself. No other
  terms or conditions may be applied to any Open Game Content distributed using this Li-
  cense.
  3.Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your accep-
  tance of the terms of this License.
  4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, the Con-
  tributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license with the ex-
  act terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content.
  5.Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are contributing original material as
  Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are Your original creation and/or
  You have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.
  6.Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of
  this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content
  You are copying, modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, the copyright date, and
  the copyright holder’s name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any original Open Game Content
  you Distribute.
  7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including as an
  indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agree-
  ment with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. You agree not to indicate
  compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark or Registered Trademark in conjunction
  with a work containing Open Game Content except as expressly licensed in another, inde-
  pendent Agreement with the owner of such Trademark or Registered Trademark. The use of
  any Product Identity in Open Game Content does not constitute a challenge to the ownership
  of that Product Identity. The owner of any Product Identity used in Open Game Content shall
  retain all rights, title and interest in and to that Product Identity.
  8. Identification: If you distribute Open Game Content You must clearly indicate which
  portions of the work that you are distributing are Open Game Content.
  9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated ver-
  sions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and
  distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.
  10 Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every copy of
  the Open Game Content You Distribute.
  11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game Con-
  tent using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission from the Con-
  tributor to do so.
  12 Inability to Comply: If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
  License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content due to statute, judicial order,
  or governmental regulation then You may not Use any Open Game Material so affected.
  13 Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with all
  terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the breach.
  All sublicenses shall survive the termination of this License.
  14 Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such pro-
  vision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
  15 COPYRIGHT NOTICE
  Open Game License v 1.0 Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
  System Reference Document: Copyright 2001, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
  “Diplomatic Immunity” and Fading Suns: d20, and all related Product Identity
  trademarks defined above, are Copyright 2001, Holistic Design, Inc.
  
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