Pathfinders

Career

Qualifications

• Capable of using their camay on a rudimentary level and sensing the siq'i winds
• Special acknowledgment from Yachay Wasi

Payment & Reimbursement

A gift of cloth is given to returning pathfinders from their local headquarters,upon completion of their path finding mission(s).

Other Benefits

Opportunities to travel

Invitations to local parties

Preferential treatment at tampus

Perception

Social Status

Pathfinder are considered, by most, to be the grunts of the knottery professions.

Demographics

Innoit

Anyone can theoretically tie a knot made from animal hair of any thickness, provided they have the proper education to do so.
However, in order to meet the maintenance demands required of the qhapaq ñan, quantity over quality became the Tawantinsuyu policy. Though it is a necessary job, it is so comparatively simple that only the least talented camayoc.

Operations

Tools

Hand Strings

These are featherlight strands of strings attached to the tips of the pathfinder's fingers. Closing their eyes and channeling camay through them would cause the strings to rise and tug in the direction of the siq'i lines.

Ceque Wands

This is a set of two robust, configurative knots tightly wound around a steel rod. It has the additional boon of being able to find other features of interest on the landscape.

Workplace

Qhapaq Ñan

Culuncos

A complex network of roads carved into the jungle’s floor and hidden amidst the vegetation.

Dhani Lines

A basic road network cutting around the salt desert through the Silver Mountains.

Bridges

Finders follow the lines higher and higher until they reach the open sky where a bridge would follow.

Provided Services

Ceque Organization

Certain lineages and social classes, assigned to particular locales, are responsible for the ritual upkeep of huacas and overseeing calendrical festivities believed to be critical undertakings to returning the winds. The pathfinders' role is to give a careful spatial reckoning of the landscape and ritual mapping to the eventual construction of a road.
However, given most road connections that might be considered vital have already been built, pathfinders are relegated to just monitoring the winds for future plans that require knottery devices.

Dangers & Hazards

Rural Heights

While roads like the capac ñan are wide and well travelled, they notably lie on the lowlands. Stronger siq'i lines exist the higher one climbs into the mountains. Not a lot of these places are well treked or populated. Occasionally, a pathfinder team would disappear while working far-enough away from other population centers; either due to rebel elements or simple accidents.

Height Modifier

Modifier	Distance
-40	Very Far
-20	Far
0	Distant
+20	Close
+40	Overhead
+60	Thorough

Geographical Features

Modifier	Geographical Location
-80	No known lines
-60	Several leagues deep underground
-40	More than 100 ft underground
-10	Shallow underground Sankihuasi Trial
+5	Hilltop Small mountain
+5	Deep Canyon
+5	Small river Stream
+10	Towering Cliff
+10	Large Mountain
+10	Forest
+10	Large River Coastline Beach
+15	Lairs: Fairy House
+15	Glaciers
+20	Volcano
+20	Lairs: Demon Cave
+30	Monolith Site

Nearby Huaca Modifier

Modifier	Location
-10	Compromised Air: Silver Mountains Sanka
+5	Huacas

Nearby Lines

1d100	Line Description
< 15	None
16 - 39	Single Thin Line
40 - 74	1d4 Thin lines
75 - 79	Single thick line
80 - 89	Thick line + 1d4 Thin lines
90 - 99	Thick line + 1d10 Thin lines
100 - 110	1d4 Thick lines + 2d8 Thin lines
111 - 114	Single dense line
115 - 119	Nearby dense line + 1d8 thick lines + 2d12 thin lines
120+	Dense line running through + 2d8 Thick lines + 2d20 thin lines branching out

Line Distance

1d20	Distance
1 - 2	1000+ ft
3 - 5	800+ ft
6 - 9	500+ ft
10 - 11	200+ ft
12 - 13	100+ ft
14 - 15	50+ ft
16 - 17	30+ ft 1d20+30
18 - 19	10+ ft 1d20+10
20+	< 5ft

Location Key

1d8	Line location relative to PC
1	North
2	Northeast
3	East
4	Southeast
5	South
6	Southwest
7	West
8	Northwest

The world's main story follows its own series if events where siq'i lines play a role. However, not all the lines are mapped so most adventures are not centered around the lines.
These table are meant to offer guidance summarizing where the siqi' lines may be found and whether or not they may be present for a personalized game.

Alternative Names

Surveyor

Type

Transportation

Demand

Staple

Legality

Pathfinders need to carry a red string of the Sapa to grant them unfettered access through the state roads

Related Locations

• Qhapaq Ñan

Used By

• First Quadrant
• Fourth Quadrant
• Second Quadrant
• Tawantinsuyu

Ranks & Titles

• Camayoc

Related Technologies

• Knottery