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  1. #31
    rad smith
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    Starting out.

    > > A friend warned me away from
    > > Roesone citing Ghoere, The Spider and Diemed as enemies I'd have to
    > > be watching out for all the time. Diemed looked safer with only the
    > > Spider to fear.
    >
    > And Avanil, and the evil rampaging Medoerans :)

    i'm not sure you could describe her as rampaging.. although EM
    could be described as ramp/ant/ ;-)

    seriously, though; avanil's quite a threat. he's the prime contender to
    the iron throne, and his borders are secure enough that he could annex
    diemed if it was sufficiently weakened by conflict with medoere/rosoene.
    beware also the machinations of endier. it may be a small country, but it
    has sufficient cash to rasie quite a significant army.

    - --
    rad

    don't you wave those bloody spears at me.

  2. #32
    T E Brightwell
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    Starting out.

    Randax wrote:
    > Wow. You might want to reconsider your campaign set-up. It's highly unlikely
    > that a Great Bloodline of Azrai has survived since Diesmaar and:
    >
    > 1) not been corrupted into an Awnshegh
    > 2) isn't in charge of some big kingdom
    > 3) isn't infamous- or famous if the DM is kind
    > 4) would be trusted by anyone
    > 5) produced a paladin of haelyn

    1,2,3,4 - I think these are all going to happen in the campaign.
    As to 5,
    Laurence's (this paladin) mother had the bloodline. As with anyone of
    Azraiian blood, she er, had her evil tendencies. In fact, she was an
    enemy of Diemed. A powerful fiend/wizard in the Spider's army.
    Something like that.
    His father was a paladin of Haelyn - minor bloodline of Anduiras. He
    was a man of some importance in Diemed's army. As happens in many a
    classic fable, he fell for her. Realising that they could never live
    together, (both sides considered them traitors) they went
    extraplanar, leaving a child, Laurence, in the care of a friend of
    the fathers. That's the last Laurence ever saw of them. His history
    explains how he gets the throne of Diemed. He is largely unaware of
    his parents actions.
    Any suggestions/refinements to this story would be welcome.
    I think the parents have been set up by the DM as future characters.
    It's going to be fun to see Laurence trying to keep his paladin
    status without being corrupted.
    Laurence should be able to cope as ruler of Diemed for sometime
    without others becoming aware of his status.
    His main worry (not that he knows it) would be the return of the
    Diemsword.
    In addition, he has Bloodmark - as he progresses, his appearance is
    going to change.
    nice parallels between this and the creation of Dark Lord's in
    Ravenloft I think.
    Ravenloft...Diemed vanishes into the mists...

    From,
    Thomas Brightwell

  3. #33
    prtr02@scorpion.nspco.co
    Guest

    Starting out.

    > From teb2@leicester.ac.uk Wed Feb 25 14:12:10 1998
    > X-Authentication-Warning: phaser.Showcase.MPGN.COM: majordom set sender to owner-birthright@lists.MPGN.COM using -f
    > From: T E Brightwell
    > To: birthright@MPGN.COM
    > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:03:01 +0100 (BST)
    > >
    > > Why doesn't your paladin use the Diemsword ? (The Sword of the House Diem ,
    > > > given to the first Diem by Roele)
    >
    > This is a very nice sword but unfortunately my paladin has a Great
    > Bloodline dating back to Azrai. As such, this fine weapon might prove
    > a little too painful for him to wield.
    >
    Wow. You might want to reconsider your campaign set-up. It's highly unlikely
    that a Great Bloodline of Azrai has survived since Diesmaar and:

    1) not been corrupted into an Awnshegh
    2) isn't in charge of some big kingdom
    3) isn't infamous- or famous if the DM is kind
    4) would be trusted by anyone
    5) produced a paladin of healyn

    I'm not trying to hammer your set-up, just point it's inconsistent with the
    BR setting as it's presented. A Great bloodline of Azrai would spring from a
    legendary champion of the evil one- The Lost, the Emperor of Anduria or a major
    awnshegh. Parents such as this would be hard pressed to raise a normal child.

    Randax

  4. #34
    James Ruhland
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    Starting out.

    > Randax wrote:
    >
    > to give them a Norman culture. This seems to fit well. Aggressive,
    (Normans-
    > the Waffen SS of the early middle ages!) good at fighting, decent rulers.
    >
    That's such an apt description; remind me not to forget it! (oh, and I
    assume you mean "decent" to equal "efficient" rulers.)

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