Swapping/changing Factions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Swapping/changing Factions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
The_Jester
07-31-06, 10:31 PM Is this possible? And if not will it be possible sometime?

Obviously the Factionmasters do not want players randomly bouncing between factions or doubling up to play multiple adventures, but is there a system for the occasional change?

In Living Greyhawk you can move to a new region and have your character follow you, so what happens if you move and they're only playing a different faction? Or through character advancement your PC grows and changes alignment or priorities and is better suited for another faction?
Skerrit
07-31-06, 10:52 PM No, once you join a faction its for life. Besides, no secret organization is likely to let you join their faction if you were previously part of another, you'd likely be a spy and even if you weren't, you'll spend the rest of the campaign in an interrogation room.
raalynthslair
08-04-06, 03:09 PM No, once you join a faction its for life. Besides, no secret organization is likely to let you join their faction if you were previously part of another, you'd likely be a spy and even if you weren't, you'll spend the rest of the campaign in an interrogation room.

Hey that can be some fun stuff. Imagine the RP possibilities with that idea? Man you'd never know if what they were sending you to do was real, a trap, or an illusion! *lol* It' be like the D&D version of "The Twilight Zone." ^_^

~ Z o r ~
The_Jester
08-04-06, 10:40 PM All I think of is that poor guy who can't play his main character anymore because he's a Covenant of Light and the new town he's in only plays the Cabal.

Can he fall from grace? Nope. Be corrupted and gain evil actions and still play? Nope. Be manipluated or mind controlled? Nope.
Even in the real world cops go crooked and mobsters go to the DA and snitch.

I can't help but think a special mod (once a year) where you can swap sides wouldn't hurt, at the penalty of alienating your former companions and not being fully trusted by the new.
smerwin29
08-05-06, 09:09 AM I do not see this happening, for a number of reasons too large to list.
raalynthslair
08-05-06, 05:54 PM How's that? Think there will be a fair amount of "non-faction" mods out there?
smerwin29
08-05-06, 06:37 PM Nope. There are faction mods, and then there are expedition mods. In each, you will need to belong to a faction. Even the expedition mods are closely tied in terms of plot and goals to the factions.

Shawn
Crimson Codex Factionmaster Guy

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
The_Jester 07-31-06, 10:31 PM	Is this possible? And if not will it be possible sometime? Obviously the Factionmasters do not want players randomly bouncing between factions or doubling up to play multiple adventures, but is there a system for the occasional change? In Living Greyhawk you can move to a new region and have your character follow you, so what happens if you move and they're only playing a different faction? Or through character advancement your PC grows and changes alignment or priorities and is better suited for another faction?
Skerrit 07-31-06, 10:52 PM	No, once you join a faction its for life. Besides, no secret organization is likely to let you join their faction if you were previously part of another, you'd likely be a spy and even if you weren't, you'll spend the rest of the campaign in an interrogation room.
raalynthslair 08-04-06, 03:09 PM	No, once you join a faction its for life. Besides, no secret organization is likely to let you join their faction if you were previously part of another, you'd likely be a spy and even if you weren't, you'll spend the rest of the campaign in an interrogation room. Hey that can be some fun stuff. Imagine the RP possibilities with that idea? Man you'd never know if what they were sending you to do was real, a trap, or an illusion! lol It' be like the D&D version of "The Twilight Zone." ^_^ ~ Z o r ~
The_Jester 08-04-06, 10:40 PM	All I think of is that poor guy who can't play his main character anymore because he's a Covenant of Light and the new town he's in only plays the Cabal. Can he fall from grace? Nope. Be corrupted and gain evil actions and still play? Nope. Be manipluated or mind controlled? Nope. Even in the real world cops go crooked and mobsters go to the DA and snitch. I can't help but think a special mod (once a year) where you can swap sides wouldn't hurt, at the penalty of alienating your former companions and not being fully trusted by the new.
smerwin29 08-05-06, 09:09 AM	I do not see this happening, for a number of reasons too large to list.
raalynthslair 08-05-06, 05:54 PM	How's that? Think there will be a fair amount of "non-faction" mods out there?
smerwin29 08-05-06, 06:37 PM	Nope. There are faction mods, and then there are expedition mods. In each, you will need to belong to a faction. Even the expedition mods are closely tied in terms of plot and goals to the factions. Shawn Crimson Codex Factionmaster Guy