View Full Version : What do you disklike in the Birthright campaign ?
Azrai
07-25-2002, 10:06 PM
In the previous thread we mentioned what we like in the birthright setting.
is there anything which is disliked ?
Temujin
07-25-2002, 10:35 PM
Sometimes the lack of constancy in the product lines bugged me. The three hundred tighmaevril weapons(a figure of speech before anyone takes me on this), the player's sourcebook which always seemed to contain one or two outrageous elements(Not to mention the Tuarhievel sourcebook with an human on the Thorn Throne, the Endier sourcebook with its famous tighmaevril mine, etc...), the adventures which always ended up containing generic non-birthrightish concepts, etc...
That is the part that bugged me the most in the BR line. Oh, and not to mention the fact someone with a bloodline of 45 could end up with less blood abilities than someone with a bloodline of 20.
Trithemius
07-25-2002, 11:51 PM
Temujin:
> Sometimes the lack of constancy in the product lines bugged
> me. The three hundred tighmaevril weapons(a figure of speech
> before anyone takes me on this), the player`s sourcebook
> which always seemed to contain one or two outrageous
> elements(Not to mention the Tuarhievel sourcebook with an
> human on the Thorn Throne, the Endier sourcebook with its
> famous tighmaevril mine, etc...), the adventures which always
> ended up containing generic non-birthrightish concepts, etc...
>
> That is the part that bugged me the most in the BR line. Oh,
> and not to mention the fact someone with a bloodline of 45
> could end up with less blood abilities than someone with a
> bloodline of 20.
"Worst Editing Ever"
There is not much that can be done about it unfortunately. Except going
through them with a fine-toothed comb and picking oout all the stupid
bits.
Hmm, if anyone is planning on doing that with PS: Medoere or Blood
Enemies I recommend a shovel, instead of a comb.
--
John Machin
(trithemius@paradise.net.nz)
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Peter Lubke
07-26-2002, 01:22 AM
On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 09:40, John Machin wrote:
Temujin:
> Sometimes the lack of constancy in the product lines bugged
> me. The three hundred tighmaevril weapons(a figure of speech
> before anyone takes me on this), the player`s sourcebook
> which always seemed to contain one or two outrageous
> elements(Not to mention the Tuarhievel sourcebook with an
> human on the Thorn Throne, the Endier sourcebook with its
> famous tighmaevril mine, etc...), the adventures which always
> ended up containing generic non-birthrightish concepts, etc...
>
> That is the part that bugged me the most in the BR line. Oh,
> and not to mention the fact someone with a bloodline of 45
> could end up with less blood abilities than someone with a
> bloodline of 20.
"Worst Editing Ever"
There is not much that can be done about it unfortunately. Except going
through them with a fine-toothed comb and picking oout all the stupid
bits.
Hmm, if anyone is planning on doing that with PS: Medoere or Blood
Enemies I recommend a shovel, instead of a comb.
How about a dragline ? There`s one at Mount Isa capable of four-and
one-half cubic acres per scoop, should be able to clear it up in a few
months no probs.
Queenslands Mt Morgan -- the prototype for Mt Deismaar. (Mount Morgan is
- after many years of mining - no longer a mountain, but a
mountain-sized hole in the ground as deep as it once was tall)
--
John Machin
(trithemius@paradise.net.nz)
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Kappenkriaucheran
07-26-2002, 06:45 AM
Iīd have to say the inconsistency between several books. The Gorgon mysteriously losing his mage class but keeping his sources, the low-magic-setting with lots and lots of supposedly unique or extremely rare magic items, the Chamberlain being a fighter/diviner despite the fact that diviners donīt exist in Cerilia (thatīs the magiciansī job), the Brecht wizard/psionicist in Blood Enemies (psionics in Cerilia?), and so on.
A tighmaevril mine in Endier?? Ouch. Well, you canīt find alloys in mines anyway, so Iīd call it a typo. A big one ;) .
And placing the Mhorīs niece on the Thorn Throne wasnīt exactly smart IMO. At least if she survives itīs gonna be a half-elf sitting there soon :) .
300 tighmaevril weapons, thatīs good. Donīt tell the Gorgon about it ;) .
Azrai
07-26-2002, 08:41 AM
Here ist what I dislike:
- the maps; they are not enough detailed, no landmarks, nearly no roads,
instead silly domain-names (which nobody needs at all).
that makes "travel" adventures very hard.
- the pantheon; it's unbalanced, the portfolios seem to be randomly
distributed, only two evil gods
- the placement of the awnsheglien; they seem to be around at which place
they are playable, that is slightly unrealistic (every region has
one good realm, one bad realm, one awnsheglien, one monster realm....)
Ariadne
07-26-2002, 10:51 AM
What I feel sorry for, is the few material to play with. You can count the books with two hands and even a good DM lacks of story sometimes....
The numbers of enemies around a PC realm I dislike (not only awnsheglien). The seems to be always an indifferent and some enemy realms there. Realistic?
With the thing of the cerilian pantheon I agree with Azrai. There should be more gods...
The thing with the domain record sheet. If you want to go on an adventure, to should "plan" this in your domain actions. Are you at court alone? Say to your underlings: This, this and this do until I'm back and finish!
In a message dated 7/25/02 6:15:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG writes:
<< Azrai wrote:
In the previous thread we mentioned what we like in the birthright setting.
is there anything which is disliked ? >>
Inconsistency, inconsistency and inconsistency. When a friend of mine and I
first bought the setting, we immediately picked up Talinie ("hey, this isn`t
bad") and Warlock ("How the *&%# do you run this?! Devas? What are
those?"). The Anuire map has no roads marked on it. The lists of Anuirean
fleets and trade routes in CoS was thoroughly illogical. And so on. Running
this world has been a continual struggle to define and synthesize differing
information-- some of which has been useful, in that it made me think, but
still time-consuming.
Lee.
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Birthright-L
07-26-2002, 02:18 PM
Question -
Not that I want to point out WOC`s problems, but has anyone thought about putting
together a list of "inconsistencies" in the BR game from the published
materials? In that I mean anything that TSR put out from the original box up
until the line was discontinued (not including the 3e conversion manual --
obviously it`s not out yet). We could include the novels and anything published
in the Dragon mag. All of this could be posted on BR.net.
What`s everyone`s thoughts?
Joe
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