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MagusRogue
Posted: Feb 3 2004, 10:06 PM
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Hehe, just kidding. Now that i got your attention though, got a round-table question. I'm wanting to involve my characters in a huge battle. I'm not going to say what, just that it happens near a big hill, and that there's ton's of 2,000 year old channelers running about blowing stuff up. Oh and a headache's worth of saidin and saidar in the area. If you can't figure it out, it's either that you haven't been current in books, or you're as forgetful as i am. Maybe worse.

Anyhow, I was wanting to do a huge battle around this... Now, the problem is that the only real fighting was Asha'man and Aes Sedai verses Old Fogies. I want some ideas in how the players can participate in this historic battle. And i wanna make my peeps cry, just like Manty did in his dragonlance battle (See Blademaster Duels to know what the hell i'm talking bout here).

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Posted: Feb 3 2004, 10:21 PM
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i'm sure there was the odd Aiel running about, plus the Younglings. isn't that enough?



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Posted: Feb 3 2004, 10:23 PM
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weren't the younglings after Dumai's Wells? or did the tower split before then, it's beena while since i've read the books.


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Posted: Feb 3 2004, 10:26 PM
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you'd best get busy then Blaeric, the younglings were at Dumai's wells to protect Galina Sedai as she brought Rand back to the tower.


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Posted: Feb 3 2004, 10:30 PM
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Looks like I gotta get those books back from my girlfriend then.


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Posted: Feb 4 2004, 01:32 AM
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Not quite sure how I would do that... as a rule, I prefer to avoid putting PCs in scenes from book/movies/comics or other such material because I feel it limits me and takes the spotlight off them. It's one of the other reasons I dislike PotD. However, if you and your enjoy it: great!

I guess the question becomes: why are they there?

Are they part of the Asha'man/Aes Sedai group? If so, they should participate like any other member.

Did they just happen to wander by? If so... well, they should probably run away very very fast. smile.gif

Some other reason? (no clue) smile.gif

Regardless, I think the key thing is that, by having them there, the scene ceases to be a scene from the novels and become your own. You can really have them participate in any way you see fit.
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Posted: Feb 4 2004, 02:36 AM
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i haven't worked it out entirely, but i think it's gonna be a service to the Towers... like i said, i like the idea of them being witnesses to great events without actually being in the novel itself.


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Posted: Feb 5 2004, 11:45 PM
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don't forget there are big holes in the timeline so it is entirely possible for the main characters to interact with the Pc's. a male Pc could conceivably have a relationship with one of the super girls before they meet there "love" etc.


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Posted: Feb 5 2004, 11:56 PM
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*pouts at Eosin for tricking me by changing my thread's name*

hrm, i dunno. Ummm... Anyone else remember much bout the battle? As in why wasn't there swarms of shadowspawn or something? Did the forsaken order the rest of the crap back? or what?


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Posted: Feb 6 2004, 03:52 AM
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Just do better than my GM at the Wells. He sent us in unattached and said, "Cross the battlefied." We had NO bearing on the fight, did nothing. Just rolled a die to see what level Aiel we were fighting, killed him, washed rinsed repeat. Even the GM got bored and ended the battle with us halfway across. wheee.
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Posted: Feb 6 2004, 04:54 AM
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I may get some rocks thrown at me here, but when I've had the chance to do a large scale battle in my own games, I've thrown the dice out the window and gone for a more free roleplaying approach. It worked really well, in my case.

I described in colorful detail several of the NPC Party member actions and also the general flow of the soldiers under their command. The players enjoyed a chance to have their characters do whatever they wanted them to, within reason.

This only worked because I had in mind the result of the battle and had no intentions of killing any PCs in the battle. If these two facts aren't true then this method probably isn't for you.

Incedentally, this battle is one of the most talked about for those players. It was a memorable moment for them.


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