Harri Kemppainen
11-08-1997, 12:33 PM
On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Adam Theo wrote:
> couple of years, i and my players have been treating bards as a separate
> class from the rogue category, putting them under the "entertainer"
> group with the acrobat and the jester (yes, we made that class). but i
> thought, hey, bards need their own holdings! so, like the other
> non-source holdings, which get better as the province level goes up, i
> present the Entertainment Holding:
> while giulds deal more with the economy and trade, the entertainment
> holding deals with well, entertainment. they work exactly the same as
> others and represent the entertainment influence in the province. so a
> bard with a 5 in a 7 province is constantly bothered by requests to have
> him or his employed performers do some of their special stuff. any
> ideas on what the free action might be for these holdings? maybe
> agitate and diplomacy? or maybe another new action altogether?
> the income would be approx to temples. but what else could be given to
> these holdings to make them appealing to regents?
As entertainers, storytellers, news service etc. bards can affect people,
many people so agitate would be my choice. Diplomacy perhaps if bard
travels around, but agitate seems more fitting.
As a meddler with magic bard could use sources also. Bards are more with
people than nature so they should draw magical energies from people or
masses of people. Source level could be then province level -3 or maybe
- -4. In small provinces there aren't enough people to draw from but in
bigger provinces especially in cities there are. Source itself could be
theatre, fighting pit, cabare or what ever where people go to entertain.
Of course bard should get regency from such establishment too.
Ley lines could be a bit problem. If we continue analogy with people and
nature as source of magical energy then roads or routes which people use
for travel should be basis for ley lines. Costs for leylines should be
much like they are for wizards.
province level -3 gives maximum 7 to source level and
province level -4 gives maximum 6 to source level. Bards just meddle with
magics so it stands to reason that they shouln't have access to as high
sources as wizards. It's up to GM to make final call.
Thanks Theo, it's intresting idea. I hope I gave you some food for
thinking too.
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Harri Kemppainen cshake@kastanja.uta.fi
Java-programmer Attila B288b
Information Studies, University of Tampere +358 3 215 7632
> couple of years, i and my players have been treating bards as a separate
> class from the rogue category, putting them under the "entertainer"
> group with the acrobat and the jester (yes, we made that class). but i
> thought, hey, bards need their own holdings! so, like the other
> non-source holdings, which get better as the province level goes up, i
> present the Entertainment Holding:
> while giulds deal more with the economy and trade, the entertainment
> holding deals with well, entertainment. they work exactly the same as
> others and represent the entertainment influence in the province. so a
> bard with a 5 in a 7 province is constantly bothered by requests to have
> him or his employed performers do some of their special stuff. any
> ideas on what the free action might be for these holdings? maybe
> agitate and diplomacy? or maybe another new action altogether?
> the income would be approx to temples. but what else could be given to
> these holdings to make them appealing to regents?
As entertainers, storytellers, news service etc. bards can affect people,
many people so agitate would be my choice. Diplomacy perhaps if bard
travels around, but agitate seems more fitting.
As a meddler with magic bard could use sources also. Bards are more with
people than nature so they should draw magical energies from people or
masses of people. Source level could be then province level -3 or maybe
- -4. In small provinces there aren't enough people to draw from but in
bigger provinces especially in cities there are. Source itself could be
theatre, fighting pit, cabare or what ever where people go to entertain.
Of course bard should get regency from such establishment too.
Ley lines could be a bit problem. If we continue analogy with people and
nature as source of magical energy then roads or routes which people use
for travel should be basis for ley lines. Costs for leylines should be
much like they are for wizards.
province level -3 gives maximum 7 to source level and
province level -4 gives maximum 6 to source level. Bards just meddle with
magics so it stands to reason that they shouln't have access to as high
sources as wizards. It's up to GM to make final call.
Thanks Theo, it's intresting idea. I hope I gave you some food for
thinking too.
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Harri Kemppainen cshake@kastanja.uta.fi
Java-programmer Attila B288b
Information Studies, University of Tampere +358 3 215 7632