In Hackmaster, characters have to train for about a month in order to advance an experience level, after they accumulate the requisite experience points. The game has a lot of options and arrangements for receiving formal training. One of them is at a university, which is often a single building in a city, whose core staff are not necessarily lecturers themselves, but each has a network of contacts. A character pays the university staff to get them access to specialized trainers. Universities basically offer most skills and proficiencies, except things that an outdoorsy ranger is supposed to do (observation, sneaking, animal herding, etc).
The GMG says Ardarr-Norr has a university, so here I've taken a whack at some NPC details and possible job leads. The university's existence is sponsored by the local castle, which is Bloody Wolf Keep.
Staff | Academic Agents | Name | Gender | Race | Alignment & God | Subject |
Felvi | f | reanaarean | LG; holy-mother | melee |
Wullar | m | fhokki | CN; storm-lord | archery |
Schar | f | raitho | NG; raiser | farming & botany |
Gysik | m | reanaarean | N; landlord | art |
Zarra | f | fhokki | CG; shimmering-one | prosections, autopsies |
Waiok | m | tharthy | LN; eye-opener | geography, history |
Zazzi | t | reanaarian | NG; silver-linings | math & engineering |
Ralo | m | fhokki | CG; guardian | cooking & brewing |
Kajori | f | tharthy | N; riftmaster | textiles |
Riak | m | reanaarean | LN; eye-opener | sailing |
Plarna | f | fhokki | CN; watcher | magic/divine lore; religion |
Yadder | m | raitho | LG; eternal-lantern | catchall librarian |
Talasa | f | reanaarean | N; fate-scribe | bursar; commerce | Groundskeepers | Name | Gender | Race | Alignment & God | Duties |
Glear | f | fhokki | LN; mule | guide & gopher |
Remric | m | raitho | N; riftmaster | handyman |
Xoova | f | reanaarean | LG; valiant | porter |
A sample of students:
Students | |||
Navigators | |||
Name | Gender | Race | Alignment & God |
Tharva | f | fhokki | CN; storm-lord |
Kakoeshko | m | raitho | LN; powermaster |
Navro | m | reanaarian | CN; laugher |
Engineers | |||
Name | Gender | Race | Alignment & God |
Norto | f | fhokki | LN; mule |
Nagda | m | tharthy | CN; laugher |
Vaosso | f | reanaarian | LN; founder |
Crossbow Enthusiasts | |||
Name | Gender | Race | Alignment & God |
Dugrid | m | fhokki | LN; eye-opener |
Sichi | f | tharthy | LN; old-man |
Riahu | m | reanaarian | CN; risk |
Here are some adventure leads characters might hear about around campus:
There's a fella named Ugada who runs a cabbage farm west of Coral Estate. His farm has been plagued by gigantic bugs and wild pigs and more pests than anyone's farm in history. He's been selling weird meat in town as fishbait. Last week it lured in terrors of the deep who bit a kid's hand off!
Ugada's a former student here, and we can't be looking like we train people to be dangerous assholes. You got to see where all Ugada's pests are coming from, find out if anything worse is coming, and try to minimize the amount of money we'll have to pay out.