They say that someone whose name is still spoken is not dead, and you aim to achieve immortality by that road. The great driving force in your life is a desire to create something that outlasts you, that marks the world for many years after you have left it—and perhaps even changes its destiny forever.
Source of Inspiration: Building Blocks. You draw inspiration from progressing toward some great overarching goal or by building up a body of work that can outlast you.
Have some work recognized as exceptional in your lifetime, convince a large number of people to support a cause you believe in, discover or invent something with wide-ranging implications, undermine long-standing physical or social structures.
Inspiration Feature: Dogged Persistence. Those who give up rarely change the world. You may spend inspiration to do one of the following (no action required):
You fulfill your destiny of Legacy when you create something that will last far beyond your time.
Invent something that changes daily life for a whole society or a whole world, create a great work that will be presented as a masterpiece for centuries to come, change the structure of a society, change the relationship between two societies dramatically, cure or introduce a widespread affliction.
Fulfillment Feature: Changed the World. You are known far and wide. Your prestige rating improves by 4. If your prestige rating is ever 7 or lower, it is instead treated as 8.
Table: Legacy Destiny
| 1d6 | Legacy Motivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Artistry: You will create a great work, and future creators will revere your genius. |
| 2 | Innovation: You’re going to change life for everyone with your work |
| 3 | Greater Good: The status quo is awful, and you mean to change it for the better. |
| 4 | Pride: You will ensure the world never forgets your magnificence. |
| 5 | Faith: The current understandings of the divine are all wrong, but you have the answers. |
| 6 | Ruin: You’re going to burn it all down and throw the ashes into the sea. |