assault Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 The player characters aren't kings, barons or other army/city/big scale leaders yet but they are involved in complex conflicts which take place at their social level. Does anyone have any experience or good ideas for such a situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Are you talking about events that take place at the level of the Kings like say the Three Musketeers? Ordinary soldiers caught up in high level intrigues? There are a number of stories/instances where the Big Shots draft the little guy into doing the dirty work. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Please let me know if any of the plot seeds on this thread match what you're looking for: Besruhan Intrigues. Most fall within the standard Tjack outlines above, but perhaps you have something else in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Perhaps the character's gather was killed by a six-fingered man.... seriously, though, vendetta crosses all social platforms. Hermit and Chris Goodwin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Perhaps the character's gather was killed by a six-fingered man.... seriously, though, vendetta crosses all social platforms. I hate it when gathers get killed. Leads to all sorts of messiness. Duke Bushido and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 8 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Perhaps the character's gather was killed by a six-fingered man.... seriously, though, vendetta crosses all social platforms. True, The Gaean Reach RPG uses that in an interesting way. A Big Bad doesn't have to be that big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 How about something dealing with the local Miller? Perhaps some one is trying to damn the water? Perhaps he needs something on the wheel fixed but the local carpenter is in cahoots with the dammer? drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said: How about something dealing with the local Miller? Perhaps some one is trying to damn the water? Perhaps he needs something on the wheel fixed but the local carpenter is in cahoots with the dammer? "Damn the water" does sound like a Fantasy villainous plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Damning the water certainly sounds like some kind of sorcery is involved. Perhaps there are water nymphs in the area. Maybe someone is trying to control then. It's certainly not just a petty dispute within a village. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, assault said: Damning the water certainly sounds like some kind of sorcery is involved. Perhaps there are water nymphs in the area. Maybe someone is trying to control then. It's certainly not just a petty dispute within a village. I was just thinking about a regular damming of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 When I ran a Valdorian Age campaign it kind of organically grew into a campaign where the PCs had to organize and plan the defense of the free city of Elweir. At the end of the campaign we played out a pseudo war-game to represent the battle between the two forces and then a separate session to handle the individual PC battles that took place. I tried to set up the final battle so it was like the movie LOTR battles where you see the masses of combatants and then 'zoom' into individual battles as well. The PCs started out just dealing with their individual issues that were tangentially related. They had to create alliances between different political groups, local military and bandits, and religious leaders. In the beginning no one believed them about what was coming. VA doesn't have a lot of 'big flashy' magic and there are a bunch of monsters running around. Also no one in the group had read any of the GoT books or see the TV shows at this point in time. The bad guy's army was almost entirely made up of undead. The PCs were able to capture a few and show them to the populace at the 'arena'. That was when things changed. It took both game years and calendar years to bring about. We played 2 or 3 Sundays a month. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 9:35 AM, Duke Bushido said: Perhaps the character's gather was killed by a six-fingered man.... seriously, though, vendetta crosses all social platforms. Oh the "SOB MUST PAY" motivation has worked for my group many a time. They tend more towards the heroic, but man can they carry grudges in game Duke Bushido and bluesguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 A disagreement between two individuals burst turns into an area wide generational feud? Duke Bushido and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Invert it: it doesn't have to be the PCs carrying the grudge. assault, Scott Ruggels and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: I was just thinking about a regular damming of the water. I know, but the typo added useful weirdness. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Ok, I was just making sure. I mean if you want a supernatural element, go ahead. 😀 Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinfn8 Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 It's like "street level" fantasy. Otherworldly hunter stalking the streets at night. The local law can't seem to stop it. The axe gang are starting to consolidate power near the docks and the organized crime family isn't happy about it. A sickness is starting to spread in the slums that is particularly resilient. Local politicians don't seem to care, maybe the heroes can help... drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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