Glorius Coryan! (flavor text for a home game being prepared)

And the Boy King? What does Osric think of that? Or Platiro and the Council of Wisdom? The Laerestri?

Are all of your players going to be Coryani?

And the Boy King? What does Osric think of that? Or Platiro and the Council of Wisdom? The Laerestri?

Are all of your players going to be Coryani?

I’m doing a blurb for every nation. The idea of Coryan’s being in the tone of a hysterical, ecstatic crier came spontaneously. Milandir and Altheria will be different.

As for the Elorii I have variously described them as enigmatic and secretive with the divine authorities vaguely questioning the divinity of “Their Goddess.” The Elorii perspective will be generally concealed from any PC who isn’t Elorii though with exceptions noted next.

The question of “what actually is the legal status of an Elorii traveling in another land” has come up as has “is Belisarda’s worship “Heretical?” Does the Mother Church actually forbid it?”

Since table size is apparently elastic due to various RL concerns and commitments I’m working up various npc “quirky weirdos” to fill roles and cultures missing from everyday perspective. My general guideline is that while they can make skill checks for the group, such as Sense Motive for social scenes and Lore tests for History, they can’t make decisions nor offer advice on any choices that come up. So if nobody plays an Elorii there will variously be one around to represent them; same with most of the other nations. There may not be a Hinterlander, for example, or a Cancerese given both groups tendency to be relatively apolitical compared to the usual suspects.

I’m doing a blurb for every nation. The idea of Coryan’s being in the tone of a hysterical, ecstatic crier came spontaneously. Milandir and Altheria will be different.Nice. And interesting…

The question of “what actually is the legal status of an Elorii traveling in another land” has come up as has “is Belisarda’s worship “Heretical?” Does the Mother Church actually forbid it? In a home campaign you can obviously do what you want. In the original campaign it started off “assumed” that the laerestri were welcome to come in peace as traders and travelers in Coryan (and beyond). Many Milandesians were fond of specific elorii. Later in the Original campaign Calcestus made that official within Coryan by decree and even travelled to Seremas to help in a BI there. My personal opinion is that the Mother Church would go nuclear quickly if laerestri started “preaching Belisarda” to the Coryani or tried to build a large public Temple to Belisarda in a Coryani city. In an old LARP set in the first (of three) in King Osric’s Court they earned the right to build a temple to Belisarda in Milandir for the use of the laerestri.

I think they (the Mother Church) generally leave the elorii alone.

The crier’s call for Coryan is an interesting introduction and should snag people’s attention. Given that it sounds like there are 2 different “voices” you could also run it as two warring criers, the trumpeter of Coryani greatness with a naysayer calling out in counterpoint all the doom and despair.

One thing I’m curious about, if the intent is to at least run the hard points for the original Coryani Civil War story arc, you really might want to encourage or limit characters to being from Coryan. I know when we played through it I talked to a number of folks who struggled at times trying to figure out why their characters would care or who felt that their characters should strive for maximum chaos as they opposed the Coryani Empire.

For my occasional home campaign that’s set in the same time period I gave the players a number of options as a common tie that bound them together – national loyalty, secret society, etc. that would give them common cause given the backdrop. In the end as a group we settled on the PCs all being legionnaires. They’re about halfway through Year 1 now.

It’s a great time frame for all sorts of different stories. The PCs could be Emerald Society dodging warring factions to get to precious dig sites or discoveries before they’re potentially destroyed or looted by one side or the other while avoiding being pressed into service in an auxilliary legion, for the good of the empire.

I’m certainly curious to hear what all you have planned for your intrepid adventurers. Please make sure to share your group’s stories. They’ll be fun to read.

With a sweep of his hat,

Paul

I’m not sure if the adventure is in the pack, but having them all be from the Legion of Radiant Glory and start in the Province of Toranesta (modern Abessios) would give them an interesting start.

I think Arcanis from a single perspective would be dull. What’s the point of being complex and morally conflicting if everyone’s not just inclined to agree by shared culture, but, if from a Legion, sworn to loyalty and conformity?

I’m mildly surprised to find veteran players suggesting such. Where’s the fun in that?

Sound like you may not have played that one then.

Lets just say that the Standard wasn’t recovered until 1072 IC.