I have decided to begin a blog on Gaming that will be hosted on EN World. The blog will be called Tome and Tomb and will detail my thoughts, and the thoughts of others, on all aspects of gaming, wargaming, simulations, design, Transferable Skill Simulations, coding, and any other related subject that I consider relevant to these issues.
Over time I will post entries on Game Design, Role Playing Games, Alternative and Parallel Role Playing Games, Wargaming, Video and Computer Games, Virtual Reality Games and Virtual Reality Environments, Technology, Vadding, and popular culture. I will also include posts and articles on theory and design, as well as some of my other related writings. In time I also intend to post on the development of my own games, and game milieus.
I may also post on other subject matters, as the fancy strikes me, such as history, politics, religion, science, writing, music, and art.
Over time I will post entries on Game Design, Role Playing Games, Alternative and Parallel Role Playing Games, Wargaming, Video and Computer Games, Virtual Reality Games and Virtual Reality Environments, Technology, Vadding, and popular culture. I will also include posts and articles on theory and design, as well as some of my other related writings. In time I also intend to post on the development of my own games, and game milieus.
I may also post on other subject matters, as the fancy strikes me, such as history, politics, religion, science, writing, music, and art.
Adventure and Gaming Grafts - The Invulnerable Immortals
Posted 21st December 2008 at 03:24 AM by Jack7
D&D/Fantasy Adventure - The Invulnerable Immortals: (I wrote this scenario specifically for my D&D milieu. However with a little adaptation it could work in any background/setting.)
Byzantine spies have discovered that supposedly the Persians have come into possession of a new form of armor, armor that is so strong and tough that it seems to be invulnerable to normal weaponry. Byzantine agents have even seen the armor in demonstration when a twelve-pound ballistae stone, thrown by a captured Roman artillery piece was used against the armor. The force of impact from the projectile killed the wearer, but the stone itself shattered against the armor, and seemed only to very slightly dent it. Arrows fired from the strongest bows merely bounce off the armor and no blade or spear seems able to penetrate it.
If such reports are true then such a development threatens to shift the balance of power in the East, making Roman armies both susceptible to Persian forces and unable to counterattack effectively. Already overstrained by fighting joint wars against the Persians and the Muslims, both the Emperor and the Byzantine War College are in a state of near panic over word of these reports.
However, there is one glimmer of hope. Other Byzantine spies at the Persian court have discovered that the Persians have not built such armor themselves, that instead they are purchasing it at great expense from other, and as yet unknown parties. At present only a small squad of Persian Warriors, ten to be precise, possess such armor. They are ten of the Persian Courts most trusted royal bodyguards, of the Persian Special Force known as the Immortals. But the Persian King intends to buy many more suits of such armor and is dispatching his ten Immortals to Bactria, (shadowed by a secret force of 50 other Immortals) disguised as merchants and with a caravan train of gold, an odd assortment of animals, and other goods with which to purchase the armor.
In Bactria, near the Khyber, the Persians are to make the exchange with their unknown contacts in order to secure an initial shipment of two hundred such suits of armor. The Persian Court thinks the expedition is a secret known only to them, but now that the Byzantine Court is aware of this matter through their spy network they plan countermeasures.
The Thematic War College at Constantinople is readying a raiding force of 300 Cavalry soldiers that will be sent riding to Bactria as soon as they can be assembled, properly briefed, and dispatched. But the Emperor has sent word by fast messenger to the Basilegate Team, already operating in northern Armenia, to proceed with all due dispatch in disguise as Greek traders to intercept the Immortal Caravan and watch them, to report on movements, and to, if possible, learn more of the armor and the exchange situation. If necessary the Basilegate is to engage the Immortal force in delaying and sabotage operation so that the raiders can reach and (hopefully covertly) kill the Persian Shadow Force before the trade is made.
In any case the Basilegate is charged with the mission of following the ten Immortals and trying to discover exactly who they are trading with, to disrupt the transaction, and to then escape alive so that they can report back to the Emperor as to who the Persians are dealing with, and why.
For more Gaming Grafts see previous postings.
Byzantine spies have discovered that supposedly the Persians have come into possession of a new form of armor, armor that is so strong and tough that it seems to be invulnerable to normal weaponry. Byzantine agents have even seen the armor in demonstration when a twelve-pound ballistae stone, thrown by a captured Roman artillery piece was used against the armor. The force of impact from the projectile killed the wearer, but the stone itself shattered against the armor, and seemed only to very slightly dent it. Arrows fired from the strongest bows merely bounce off the armor and no blade or spear seems able to penetrate it.
If such reports are true then such a development threatens to shift the balance of power in the East, making Roman armies both susceptible to Persian forces and unable to counterattack effectively. Already overstrained by fighting joint wars against the Persians and the Muslims, both the Emperor and the Byzantine War College are in a state of near panic over word of these reports.
However, there is one glimmer of hope. Other Byzantine spies at the Persian court have discovered that the Persians have not built such armor themselves, that instead they are purchasing it at great expense from other, and as yet unknown parties. At present only a small squad of Persian Warriors, ten to be precise, possess such armor. They are ten of the Persian Courts most trusted royal bodyguards, of the Persian Special Force known as the Immortals. But the Persian King intends to buy many more suits of such armor and is dispatching his ten Immortals to Bactria, (shadowed by a secret force of 50 other Immortals) disguised as merchants and with a caravan train of gold, an odd assortment of animals, and other goods with which to purchase the armor.
In Bactria, near the Khyber, the Persians are to make the exchange with their unknown contacts in order to secure an initial shipment of two hundred such suits of armor. The Persian Court thinks the expedition is a secret known only to them, but now that the Byzantine Court is aware of this matter through their spy network they plan countermeasures.
The Thematic War College at Constantinople is readying a raiding force of 300 Cavalry soldiers that will be sent riding to Bactria as soon as they can be assembled, properly briefed, and dispatched. But the Emperor has sent word by fast messenger to the Basilegate Team, already operating in northern Armenia, to proceed with all due dispatch in disguise as Greek traders to intercept the Immortal Caravan and watch them, to report on movements, and to, if possible, learn more of the armor and the exchange situation. If necessary the Basilegate is to engage the Immortal force in delaying and sabotage operation so that the raiders can reach and (hopefully covertly) kill the Persian Shadow Force before the trade is made.
In any case the Basilegate is charged with the mission of following the ten Immortals and trying to discover exactly who they are trading with, to disrupt the transaction, and to then escape alive so that they can report back to the Emperor as to who the Persians are dealing with, and why.
For more Gaming Grafts see previous postings.
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