What do you think of this? [Archive] - Wizards Community

What do you think of this? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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serrated_soldier
12-26-07, 07:57 PM This is my first time running a campaign and i was just perusing my local gaming store and ran into heroes of battle. i thought it was amazingly cool how it incorporated the war into the small scale and the other way around. i thought that i could draw a map with different areas of a kingdom, and choose what races/classes could be from each area. the players would then choose which area they were from, with the king of the area sending out a calling for an elite force, one person per city. they would then fight for the king like a strike force. its still kinda in a rough construction, but what do you think. any criticism or suggestions is welcomed. thanks

the soldier
GoriceXII
12-27-07, 10:08 AM You could even provide a sort of political basis for that, have the king intending to use this force to demonstrate the unity of the kingdom. I don't know if you've seen the BBC series "Sharpe" (which is about the Napoleonic Wars) but it does a good job of presenting scenarios in which a small group of soldiers act as an elite force alongside major campaigns or battles.
coconut_ddd
12-28-07, 05:48 PM I think it would be cool if such races did not get along with eachother for some reason. and fought within their race only. However this "Shock Force" is now forced into getting along and working together.
serrated_soldier
01-03-08, 01:05 PM that is a really good idea. is anyone really interested in helping me try to pull this whole campaign together, especially because some people want to do psionics and i have never used one.
bravo052492
01-03-08, 08:01 PM I'll help, if needed. Just PM me with things you need advice on.

Anyway, the whole strike force idea has some good ideas, but needs development. If he wanted an elite force, he would take the best soldiers from anywhere, even if it meant two from the same region. There has to be a reason for a strike force that's drawn from all over. Think Lord of the Rings. Each of the races at the Council of Elrond (that's probably wrong, sorry) is represented in the fellowship, showing good's determination to destroy the ring. Like GoriceXII said, maybe this is a political gimmick to show unity. Possibly, however, you could give each kingdom a really unique trait that is needed in the task force, so that maybe Region 1 has rogues, but Region 2 has the best divine spell casters. That way, each person in the party is unique and has a reason to be there.
bushi
01-04-08, 03:18 PM You could use all of these ideas and what you've read about in Heroes of Battle with Ebberon. It's a great world and there are 5 nations and several races to apose one another.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
serrated_soldier 12-26-07, 07:57 PM	This is my first time running a campaign and i was just perusing my local gaming store and ran into heroes of battle. i thought it was amazingly cool how it incorporated the war into the small scale and the other way around. i thought that i could draw a map with different areas of a kingdom, and choose what races/classes could be from each area. the players would then choose which area they were from, with the king of the area sending out a calling for an elite force, one person per city. they would then fight for the king like a strike force. its still kinda in a rough construction, but what do you think. any criticism or suggestions is welcomed. thanks the soldier
GoriceXII 12-27-07, 10:08 AM	You could even provide a sort of political basis for that, have the king intending to use this force to demonstrate the unity of the kingdom. I don't know if you've seen the BBC series "Sharpe" (which is about the Napoleonic Wars) but it does a good job of presenting scenarios in which a small group of soldiers act as an elite force alongside major campaigns or battles.
coconut_ddd 12-28-07, 05:48 PM	I think it would be cool if such races did not get along with eachother for some reason. and fought within their race only. However this "Shock Force" is now forced into getting along and working together.
serrated_soldier 01-03-08, 01:05 PM	that is a really good idea. is anyone really interested in helping me try to pull this whole campaign together, especially because some people want to do psionics and i have never used one.
bravo052492 01-03-08, 08:01 PM	I'll help, if needed. Just PM me with things you need advice on. Anyway, the whole strike force idea has some good ideas, but needs development. If he wanted an elite force, he would take the best soldiers from anywhere, even if it meant two from the same region. There has to be a reason for a strike force that's drawn from all over. Think Lord of the Rings. Each of the races at the Council of Elrond (that's probably wrong, sorry) is represented in the fellowship, showing good's determination to destroy the ring. Like GoriceXII said, maybe this is a political gimmick to show unity. Possibly, however, you could give each kingdom a really unique trait that is needed in the task force, so that maybe Region 1 has rogues, but Region 2 has the best divine spell casters. That way, each person in the party is unique and has a reason to be there.
bushi 01-04-08, 03:18 PM	You could use all of these ideas and what you've read about in Heroes of Battle with Ebberon. It's a great world and there are 5 nations and several races to apose one another.