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Corim Danex
Warlord
6805 Posts
    
West Valley City, Utah
 | | 08/21/2008 12:52 PM |
| I have a group that is just
starting something I am very excited about. We are doing a Castle Campaign.
We've come up with some house rules to make it work. There are six of us, and
most of us will take turns DMing. We are playing SIXTY player characters as the
army of the castle. Some nights there will be one character each. Sometimes, we
could have two of us get together for a solo adventure. On some occasions, when
the castle gets attacked, for example, all characters might be involved. This
will take extensive record keeping.
RedSkullz is making the castle walls and towers for
me. We have buildings to go inside the castle.
I am very, very excited about it.
The characters will not only get experience towards
character levels, they will also be able to earn what we are calling Valor
Points, which go towards gaining ranks. Someone could go up in levels, and not
get many valor points, and stay at low rank. Or they could somehow climb up
rank more quickly without really gaining many levels. We're going to record
personalities for each and try to roleplay them so that ones with certain
personality traits are more likely to earn valor points.
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AnarionZelle
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1161 Posts
USA
| | 08/23/2008 5:50 PM |
| It sounds very cool. Will you be posting pics of gameplay?
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Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 08/23/2008 5:59 PM |
| | yea dude post some pic! | |
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| Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6805 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 08/24/2008 1:57 PM |
| Right now, we are in planning stages and next time we meet we will be taking turns picking characters.
RedSkullz is in progress on making the castle.
I don't own a digital camera, but will see if there are ways I can arrange for photos when that time comes.
If anyone has any questions about details, feel free to ask. | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
4305 Posts
The Red Light District
| | 08/24/2008 7:36 PM |
| Posted By Corim Danex on 08/24/2008 1:57 PM
Right now, we are in planning stages and next time we meet we will be taking turns picking characters.
RedSkullz is in progress on making the castle.
I don't own a digital camera, but will see if there are ways I can arrange for photos when that time comes.
If anyone has any questions about details, feel free to ask.
I would be very interested in seeing any rules you guys are using for making the large scale combats manageable as wel as the nitty gritty on advancement. Sounds like an awesome concept.
And pics, of course | |
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| Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6805 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 08/24/2008 8:33 PM |
| Ah. Large scale combat. This is one reason I want to do the castle campaign. We are using the same rules that we would for a typical battle. We might consider further details for the initiative, for tie-breakers. When we do have a battle involving 30+ characters, there will be 30+ characters. I really don't like the idea of grouping characters together, or having the battle broken into zones. I really want the overflow and chaos of the big battle.
We will have the bad guys in groups, though, instead of all on one initiative.
We will need to take notes during each player character turn, so that the player can remember what perspective their character had from the previous round. | |
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| Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6805 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 10/01/2008 11:26 PM |
| We have met together four times now for planning on castle campaign. We are in process of finishing the creation process of the 62 characters. 2 of them will be Expert class near NPCs. One will be an innkeeper and the other will be the head chef. Last time we got together, we did most of the archery and melee contests. We developed somewhat complicated but effective rules for the contests. The purpose of the contest is for the characters to show their skills with archery and melee combat. Those who score high can win the chance to have MW weapons. I will be posting the rules and mechanics of the contest in the near future.
Those who participate in contest earn valor points based upon performance. Top 5 scores get bonus points, with bonus 50 valor points going to top contestant in each contest, 25 going to 2nd and 3rd place, 20 for 4th, and 30 for top finisher among the small characters. Valor points also earned for participation (10), for specific score (1 point for every 25 points scored in contest, with additional point for every 100 in melee contest and an additional 2 points for every 100 in archery contest). | |
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| Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6805 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 10/23/2008 3:04 PM |
| | Pictures up in Crafter's Corner for the masonite buildings I will be using inside the castle walls that RedSkullz is making. The thread is called "Masonite Buildings" | |
"Look to God and live." Alma 37:47
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