Gryph

I think what I really want is for the Players to get some new content in for a few years before diving into the Uther part of the GPC. When we get to 495, I'll "reset" their characters to (probably) more permanent characters, and let them continue to build on their father's achievements. We usually get pretty strong by 495, and that's been with us starting at the "normal" start date of 485. Pretty much every time we've played, we've gotten enough glory in those years to qualify for the Round Table (if it had existed that early), so I'm not too worried if their 2nd characters aren't overly strong at the start of the Anarchy period. My main goal is to have them be famous/powerful enough to play important parts in the Boy King period. Specifically, I'm wanting them to be able to knight Robert and/or Arthur. There's tons of things they can do to gain Glory during the Anarchy period, and at least one of my players is very good about being able to create opportunities out of obstacles (which leads to gaining more Glory). However, we've never really gotten through the whole Anarchy period, and I'm planning on reigning them in on things like marrying heiresses (more on that later) to slow down their Glory gains. If you think there's not usually enough going on from 496-510 for a knight to go from a famous knight's son to being worthy of knighting some of the most important people in his life, then I'm listening. I can either add in a few extra things for them to gain high amounts of Glory from (got suggestions?), or I can take the earlier advice of not killing them during the Doomed Feast. About heiresses; I found the thread that talked about the thread with their information (Heiresses Revised), but the main one is gone. Is that information somewhere still accessible, or is it lost forever? I'd love to read through it, and hopefully I'm just missing something silly, but really can't find it.

So I'm in the planning stages of a new Pendragon campaign. I'm posting about it here for feedback and critiques. If you're one of my players (only two Player Knights in the campaign, White shield with Brown lion headed Sphinx, and a white lion on a green field), please don't read any further. ********** So, to start off, we'll be starting on the year 474 or 475. Player Knights will be given their (first) manor through marriage around the same time they are knighted, and they'll all have sons that year. The reason being is so that when the tragedy of 495 happens, they'll have new characters at the "correct" age to begin their careers during the Anarchy Period. For character creation, I'll be allowing the players to choose which events they like from the Book of Sires for their family history. I've got strong opinions about randomized character creation, and this isn't really a thread about that, but if there's a legitimate reason why I shouldn't let them choose whatever they want, I'll listen. However, even if they pick the "best" history for themselves, that's fine with me. It's very hard to get a game-breaking advantage from choosing the outcomes instead of rolling (if it's possible at all), so I'm not too worried about it. Question: 496 minus 21 years would mean they were born in 475, so we should start in year 474, correct? I'll be using the Book of Sires to figure out what's going on during the years leading up to 480, where I'll switch over to either the Book of Uther, or the Marriage of Count Roderick. Questions: which one (if either) is considered better? Can they be run simultaneously (seems possible, but IDK). One thing I like to do is "cast" the NPC's in my campaigns. Like, I'll take pictures of actors in armor, and say, here's Count Roderick. A pic of Sean Connery as Long Arthur will serve during the later years of the campaign. There's a pic of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, but he's wearing a robe, so he looks more generically medieval, and that'll be my pic for Gawaine through almost the whole campaign. I really like doing this, and it actually helped with something I struggle over with the Arthurian Myth. I *HATE* Lancelot to the core of my being. "bUt CoUrTlY LoVe," is an idiotic response to destroying the greatest civilization the world ever knew just because you couldn't keep it in your pants. Best Knight? Ha! He's only beaten by Mordred for the title of WORST knight (not even going to go into Guinevere using her control over the idea of Courtly Love to give herself a pass). I've always wanted to do something with Lancelot; change him in some way, but never hit up on the right answer. Then I decided to use Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell for casting Lancelot, and hit upon a solution. Lancelot never betrayed his best friend, because, like the knight of flowers, he's not interested in women. To me, it is a near-perfect solution. All the major events can play out the same way, and all the speculation about him and Guinevere can still happen, but none of the idiocy. Question: how have you dealt with, "The Lancelot Problem?" I know most people see the problem as him being so good at everything that he overshadows the PC's, but that's not really a problem for my group. I also expect many people here to not see his and Guinevere's betrayal of everything for Lust to be much of a problem either (don't kid yourselves, it's Lust, capital "L," not love. Love doesn't put itself first before duty, honor, fidelity, or any other virtue). What ways have you tweaked the GPC to give players who knows what's coming unexpected twists? We've tried playing through it several times, and have never gotten to the Boy King Period. We've also never started as early as I am now, usually we start at 485, like "normal." I could do a few of the published adventures. Which ones (if any) are recommended for the GPC? Finally, is there anything I should watch out for while running before Uther's reign? Thanks in advance!