Forlorn Hope

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Description

The "forlorn hope" is a military term used by some League Free Companies to refer to a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. Some mercenary units have one or two of these rods crafted intentionally for use by hired magicians, paying the additional costs to bond their wielders and supplying them with as many useful potions or pieces of crytallised mana as they can afford. Such magicians are usually quite well paid.

There is rarely opportunity to provide more economical magical healing in such situations, and it is in the midst of battle that the swift heal spell comes into it's own. In the Marches a forlorn hope is sometimes called a pressman's needle, while in Dawn, Highguard and Wintermark it is more commonly known as a vanguard's succour.

Rules

• Form: Rod.
• Effect: You can cast the swift heal spell as if you knew it.
• Materials: Crafting a forlorn hope requires seven ingots of weltsilver. It takes one month to make one of these items.

"Keep him on his feet! Keep him on his feet! If those things get in here, we're all going to die, and he's the only thing keeping them out!".