Frostmarrow
First Post
In my Eberron campaign I use Order of The Emerald Claw a lot. Whenever I need some cannonfodder I throw them in. I like them. They are sinister and dumb and have a heavy hierarchy above the foot soldiers. They also have dubious loyalies which means they can act as hitmen for a wide variety of causes.
That's what I like. However it seems to me that most people (anecdotal evidence i know) enjoy different opponents in every fight. Looking at the chaotic mess that is DDM it certainly looks like most DMs do not rely on staple opponents.
The other day I had this idea of The Common Enemy. A box of 8-12 pre painted miniatures (or simply a pick and buy Ebay-raid) of the OoTEC kind. A box of enemies that can be used over and over again.
Of course the first obstacle to this idea is that the customers doesn't wish for this. Most custmomers wants to collect many different models and do not care if there are full squads in the collection.
Still, I kind of like the idea so I got to think about what could make it fly. So here it is: What if you followed the box of minis up with books with fluff (and crunch) to constantly evolve the minis in the box? Books (or pamphlets even) that are aimed to inspire the GMs to use their box of Common Enemies in new and different ways with interesting battlegrounds instead of weirder monsters.
Anyways, I'll start a poll to see what you think.
That's what I like. However it seems to me that most people (anecdotal evidence i know) enjoy different opponents in every fight. Looking at the chaotic mess that is DDM it certainly looks like most DMs do not rely on staple opponents.
The other day I had this idea of The Common Enemy. A box of 8-12 pre painted miniatures (or simply a pick and buy Ebay-raid) of the OoTEC kind. A box of enemies that can be used over and over again.
Of course the first obstacle to this idea is that the customers doesn't wish for this. Most custmomers wants to collect many different models and do not care if there are full squads in the collection.
Still, I kind of like the idea so I got to think about what could make it fly. So here it is: What if you followed the box of minis up with books with fluff (and crunch) to constantly evolve the minis in the box? Books (or pamphlets even) that are aimed to inspire the GMs to use their box of Common Enemies in new and different ways with interesting battlegrounds instead of weirder monsters.
Anyways, I'll start a poll to see what you think.