He and his woman had a baby.Brock Marsh Runoff wrote:TONY NOOOOO!
So that begs the question...hey Rob, what's your excuse?
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RocEter wrote:He and his woman had a baby.Brock Marsh Runoff wrote:TONY NOOOOO!
So that begs the question...hey Rob, what's your excuse?
Wellll I guess that'll do.
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ewancummins wrote:Brock Marsh Runoff wrote:So...are there any other PC epilogues? I'm not trying to seem impatient, but I am very curious to see what's next for these guys.
Well, nobody has to do one. But I'll leave it open for a while, in case anybody else wants to post one.
After everyone has posted, or indicated a lack of interest in posting an epilogue, I'll do my very last post, which will seal the thread.
I would have liked to do an epilogue for both Torthur and Dominica but ewan told me I can only do one so I'll just skip. Was nice playing with you lads and lasses while it lasted.
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Was fun Tarlyn
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WOO! Thanks again for a great campaign, Ewan! You have a real knack for writing epilogues that leave me longing to finish off some villain who went tragically unmurdered.
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Cool Epilogue Ewan! Any chance for a sequel?
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VAN wrote:Cool Epilogue Ewan! Any chance for a sequel?
Yes, although it may have to be put on hold for some time.
Reasons for that:
Rob (JMatyr) has a new baby at home and thus less free time.
Tony (Skybolt) has not replaced his busted computer.
I am not so busy with school that I can't run, but I might be a wee bit too busy to run something as complex as the BR game, with multiple character types, a very large group, crunchy rules, domain accounting, and so on. If I take a summer break, that could change the equation. I definitely want to do a sequel at some point.
As far as games I am interested in running sooner, rather than later:
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Brock Marsh Runoff wrote:WOO! Thanks again for a great campaign, Ewan! You have a real knack for writing epilogues that leave me longing to finish off some villain who went tragically unmurdered.
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It seems an interesting setting Pendragon. A knight has to be LG or any alignment? The game will consist to the various adventures every year and the winter phases our knight has to do or we have to build our reputation, get land, a castle etc?
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VAN wrote:It seems an interesting setting Pendragon. A knight has to be LG or any alignment? The game will consist to the various adventures every year and the winter phases our knight has to do or we have to build our reputation, get land, a castle etc?
There is no alignment system. A knight can strive for the Christian chivalric ideal, but he certainly does not have to. Even many knights of the Round Table are not what D&D calls paladins.
Some are, though.
Instead, every character has personality traits, passions, and a religion.
Here's a character sheet:
http://www.gspendragon.com/images/knigh ... rsheet.pdf
Personality traits come in opposed pairs. As one half rises, the other half lowers. A typical guy might have 10/10 for Valorous/Cowardly, but a brave knight would have, say, 16 in Valorous and thus 4 in cowardly. The pair adds up to 20, with rare exceptions.
In play you be asked to roll a D20 against a trait in appropriate situations. Match or roll less than the trait equals a success (skills are the same way). Sometimes you will earn a check on a trait, which might increase it in the Winter Phase (success at skills can increase those in a similar fashion).
NPCs have Traits, too.
You only have to roll if I require a roll. The system supports roleplaying. It does not remove your choices; it tends to reinforce them.
Passions are things your character feels strongly about. Loyalty to his liege lord, love for his lady, hatred for an enemy or group of enemies, and so on. Sometimes a Passion roll can inspire him to great deeds. Knights with deep loyalty to a lord may go through hellfire to aid him.
Notice that PCs all start off with at least a few points in four Passions:
- Loyalty to a Lord
Love for Family
Honor
Hospitality
Honor is mostly expected of knights and nobles, Christian or not. If people don't think you will keep your word, you are diminished in their eyes.
As Stafford, the designer, notes, losing Honor requires not only that you do something dishonorable but that people learn about it.
Passions can increase or decrease based on your choices in play.
Religion does not have to be strong personal faith. It's part of the culture, a background element. It provides minor tweaks to starting Traits.
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I've played Pendragon a long while ago, and I was a bit wary of the traits and passions system. It did rather seem as if my character was roleplayed by the system. I got to fill the details in, but the structure was set out for me.
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I had similar reservations until I ran a short campaign, tabletop. I found that it all worked well and there were no complaints. This may be because I'm the right kind of GM for that sort of system. I'm not going to club the players over the head with it.kintire wrote:I've played Pendragon a long while ago, and I was a bit wary of the traits and passions system. It did rather seem as if my character was roleplayed by the system. I got to fill the details in, but the structure was set out for me.
Now that I think of it, D&D has alignment rules and class-related limitations on choices in play. It's not as if it is freeform, either.
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True, but you pick your alignments whereas we had to roll our traits! Also, and alignment is not a straitjacket, its a handy character summary, and follows your behaviour, it doesn't force it.
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Ah, the GM had you roll your traits?kintire wrote:True, but you pick your alignments whereas we had to roll our traits! Also, and alignment is not a straitjacket, its a handy character summary, and follows your behaviour, it doesn't force it.
I won't do it that way, except by request.
I much prefer the default system of:
- start with 10/10 in all traits
modify by culture and religion
assign one trait pair at 16/4 IF YOU SO CHOOSE
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