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western_marches [2019/12/05 17:13] – dave | western_marches [2019/12/06 12:01] – [The Marches Map] andrew | ||
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Greater emphasis on creative problem solving rather than fighting | Greater emphasis on creative problem solving rather than fighting | ||
- | Several GMs | + | ===== Several GMs ===== |
Each prepares their own “civilization” starting point - village, city, keep, etc | Each prepares their own “civilization” starting point - village, city, keep, etc | ||
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- | ===== XP Rewards | + | ===== Gameplay |
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+ | Here's a diagram of how the gameplay should go each session. | ||
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+ | ===== XP Rewards ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Good Ideas ==== | ||
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+ | For bringing treasure home from the wilderness **Yes** | ||
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+ | For being the GM **Yes, in traditional LOH fashion** | ||
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+ | ==== Possible Ideas ==== | ||
For just showing up and playing? | For just showing up and playing? | ||
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For writing an in-character log for the session | For writing an in-character log for the session | ||
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- | For bringing up a goal for exploration? | ||
“Leading” an expedition? | “Leading” an expedition? | ||
- | Dividing up loot? Building a charter? **I think for this game, we start them with a charter and let them use that structure until they think of something else** | + | For sponsoring lower level PCs to adventure! |
- | For helping another PC achieve their expedition goal **helping is its own reward** | + | For building a stronghold and ruling? |
- | For finding something while exploring? **need very specific guidelines** | + | NOT COMBAT - The reward shouldn’t be just killing things |
- | For discovering something cool? **probably too many gray areas** | + | ==== Bad Ideas ==== |
- | For bringing treasure home from the wilderness **Yes** | ||
- | For writing content in the wiki | + | For bringing up a goal for exploration? |
- | For being the GM **Yes, in traditional LOH fashion** | + | Dividing up loot? Building a charter? |
- | For sponsoring lower level PCs to adventure! | + | For helping another PC achieve their expedition goal **helping is its own reward** |
- | For building a stronghold and ruling? **With crunchy | + | For finding something while exploring? **need very specific |
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+ | For discovering something cool? **probably too many gray areas** | ||
- | For engaging in a scene with another PC **probably weak sauce, cause for dispute** | ||
- | NOT COMBAT - The reward shouldn’t be just killing things | + | For engaging in a scene with another PC **probably weak sauce, cause for dispute** |
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You kill some goblins, but they are carrying dwarven-crafted weapons carved with symbols of a forgotten clan. Hmm, sounds like there’s an abandoned dwarven lair somewhere in this region. If you deciphered the runes in the depths of the dwarven mines, you could learn that the exiles established another hidden fortress in the valleys to the north. | You kill some goblins, but they are carrying dwarven-crafted weapons carved with symbols of a forgotten clan. Hmm, sounds like there’s an abandoned dwarven lair somewhere in this region. If you deciphered the runes in the depths of the dwarven mines, you could learn that the exiles established another hidden fortress in the valleys to the north. | ||
- | Rumors at town | + | |
+ | ===== Rumors at town ===== | ||
Wanted posters | Wanted posters | ||
There were other kinds of bounties that cropped up in town: the local priesthood is paying gold for water collected from the Opal Caves to treat a spreading fever, or an apothecary who pays for certain herbs growing in the Frog Marches. These weren’t plots, just simple excuses to go out and maybe earn some guaranteed money if you found what you were looking for and made it back. | There were other kinds of bounties that cropped up in town: the local priesthood is paying gold for water collected from the Opal Caves to treat a spreading fever, or an apothecary who pays for certain herbs growing in the Frog Marches. These weren’t plots, just simple excuses to go out and maybe earn some guaranteed money if you found what you were looking for and made it back. | ||
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- | So a lot of the day-to-day organizing is going to be the same. | ||
western_marches.txt · Last modified: 2019/12/11 15:15 by andrew