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Luna Guardian

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  1. I actually did away with the Usurper brothers entirely in favor of other antagonists (Syagrius, a traitorous mercenary captain and a third one) that I wanted to get rid of and that the players already had history with (made the mistake of introducing too many plotlines and characters early on in the campaign, regretting it for a while as I've been trying to cut off all these loose ends my players keep bringing up ). But the principle idea is the same, usurpers have history with the PKs, at least indirectly (since only one is an OG PK from the start of the game, but the rest are some form of kinsman). The idea @Voord 99 came up with is actually something I'll go with! I'm thinking about splitting the campaign in three adventures, first one seeing the PKs deal with one of the baddies in a less spectacular manner (catching him out hunting, requiring some Recognize rolls) and thus establishing a foothold for the Countess to gather some of her scattered forces for an open battle (second adventure) which will see the second baddie killed, leading to Syagrius retreating to his stronghold in Oxford, where his daughter betrays him to his death. Provided that the dice cooperate and the players don't decide to do something creative
  2. Hey hey! I'm planning on running the Rydychan Usurpers the next year (499) in our campaign, since it's a year that not a lot happens. However, since it's the first "military campaign" the PKs will be heading, I'm hoping for some help. A series of battles and sieges seems like a rather boring mini-campaign (sieges being the absolute worst at the best of times), and in any case Salisbury alone can't muster an army to take Rydychan, even if Rydychan is split between the Usurpers and the countess. How have you run this, or do you have any recommendations on how to restore the countess to her rightful throne? The three Usurpers in my campaign are all old antagonists of the PKs, headed by Cyagrius, if that helps?
  3. I'll hijack this thread for a more general virtual tabletop discussion. Besides Roll20, has anyone had success with running Pendragon over the internet with other solutions? Foundry Virtual Tabletop seems interesting and doesn't have a monthly subscription, but apparently a lot of stuff needs to be imported manually?
  4. Hey hey! With the 6th edition around the corner (hopefully) and the quickstart rules and starter adventure already out, I got to thinking about how will the rather notable amount of previous material be compatible with the new stuff. Primarily stuff like Book of Feasts, Book of the Estate, and Book of Warlords. The change in naming conventions caused no end of headaches in our group, I understand that the "modern" naming has become standard once again? The most interesting part to me actually pertains to the new GPC, as the original has started to fall apart under the layers of new additions, primarily the new economic system introduced in the BoE (Tribute and all that). So, are there any news in how the latest and greatest edition will tie all of these together yet? Or do we just need to wait and see? If so, how long? I hope it's all out before my birthday in the spring
  5. So, your players have refused to pay the Saxons tribute, and the sea wolves are annoyed. You decide (as a GM) that they're going to raid Salisbury. How do you explain that all the manors in Salisbury are raided? Wessex (and Port, later on) are the only Saxon kingdoms close by to send raiding parties, Sussex can make it through Silchester due to their alliance, but how about the rest? Also, how would Wessex make it to the northern parts? Sailing the Avon would mean that they'd be spotted. Sure, they could send hundreds of Saxon warriors running all over Salisbury, but wouldn't they be caught and taken out piece meal if they need to hit every manor? The easy option is to say that only the border manors are raided, which while unfair to those players with manors on the border, is realistic. So I guess I am interested, how have you solved this in your campaigns? :)
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