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[Traveller d20] The Traveller Adventure:Memoirs from the Crew (updated 1/12!)
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<blockquote data-quote="wsclark" data-source="post: 716704" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>The absolute best place to start for Traveller resources would be <a href="http://www.downport.com" target="_blank">The Traveller Web Portal</a>. You can find the Freelance Traveller Pages from there as well as a wealth of other sites.</p><p></p><p>As for my story hour, I am way, way behind. I was writing them up at lunch time at work, but work got so busy that it fell to the wayside. The group is still playing and we are on the verge of finishing the trilogy of adventures. Actually, the group is at the point where they are going to confront the evil wizard Daresh to destroy the Coin of Power she has.</p><p></p><p>The only problem is she has taken over a castle and all the lands belong to the owner. She is in the process of conquering the adjacent lands using gnolls, hobgoblins and flying hobgoblins (she created). The castle that need to assault lies about a half mile from a large woods, which is where the group is. It is also on a plateau, covering the entire 200 x 300 feet of the top. The plateau is 550 x 450 feet in size and rises up to 75 feet to the flat area covered by the castle. The is a camp to the east of the main gate that has an estimate of 400 gnolls. There is a shanty town to the south that has hobgoblins in it (they don't know there are 200 women and children there). There are 12 guards at all times patroling the ramparts between the 8 towers. They have seen 2 patrols of 10 gnolls each come from the west gate (opposite the woods where they are and the only other gate into the place) about every hour or two.</p><p></p><p>What they don't know is each tower contains another 10 gnolls and there are a total of 200 gnolls inside the castle walls (including the towers). They are at the point (the 6 of them) of planning what they are going to do. We have been playing on Thursday evenings for about 3 hours each session. I have arranged with everyone to perform this climatic battle on Sunday March 2nd. We will be starting about 10AM and going to the finish (probably around 5 or 6PM)</p><p></p><p>I am planning on this being a really special event. We usually play in our dining room on the table there. I am not going to allow them into the room when everyone arrives because I'm am building the castle to scale from paper models from worldworks (which I found mentioned in the General forum). The castle itself will be as wide as the table (42") and almost as long (62"). Also, the keep itself inside the castle walls will be built from my collection of Master Maze dungeon pieces, all four floors as well as the roof and dungeon below. This will all be sitting on top of a green flock mat from geohex as the base. I have 36 pre-painted minis of orcs from Dwarven Forge that I'm using as gnolls for the setup as well. All of this will be in battle scale, 1" = 5'.</p><p></p><p>Now, as I mentioned, I'm not letting them see this at first. I want to surprise them. When they first arrive, they need to finalize their plans. So, in addition to the above setup, I am making another scale model of the entire area around the castle, including the castle on a 36" round table in my den. This is where they will plan their assault. I will have the plateau shown as well as the castle, the shanty town, the gnoll camp and trees. I'm going to use my kids lego bricks to build the castle. The scale will be 1" = 32'.</p><p></p><p>I'm really looking forward to doing this, I just hope I can finish it in time. I will get back to the writeups soon as work has finally calmed down and I'll have time again to write them up.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I'm looking forward to more of this adventure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wsclark, post: 716704, member: 97"] The absolute best place to start for Traveller resources would be [URL=http://www.downport.com]The Traveller Web Portal[/URL]. You can find the Freelance Traveller Pages from there as well as a wealth of other sites. As for my story hour, I am way, way behind. I was writing them up at lunch time at work, but work got so busy that it fell to the wayside. The group is still playing and we are on the verge of finishing the trilogy of adventures. Actually, the group is at the point where they are going to confront the evil wizard Daresh to destroy the Coin of Power she has. The only problem is she has taken over a castle and all the lands belong to the owner. She is in the process of conquering the adjacent lands using gnolls, hobgoblins and flying hobgoblins (she created). The castle that need to assault lies about a half mile from a large woods, which is where the group is. It is also on a plateau, covering the entire 200 x 300 feet of the top. The plateau is 550 x 450 feet in size and rises up to 75 feet to the flat area covered by the castle. The is a camp to the east of the main gate that has an estimate of 400 gnolls. There is a shanty town to the south that has hobgoblins in it (they don't know there are 200 women and children there). There are 12 guards at all times patroling the ramparts between the 8 towers. They have seen 2 patrols of 10 gnolls each come from the west gate (opposite the woods where they are and the only other gate into the place) about every hour or two. What they don't know is each tower contains another 10 gnolls and there are a total of 200 gnolls inside the castle walls (including the towers). They are at the point (the 6 of them) of planning what they are going to do. We have been playing on Thursday evenings for about 3 hours each session. I have arranged with everyone to perform this climatic battle on Sunday March 2nd. We will be starting about 10AM and going to the finish (probably around 5 or 6PM) I am planning on this being a really special event. We usually play in our dining room on the table there. I am not going to allow them into the room when everyone arrives because I'm am building the castle to scale from paper models from worldworks (which I found mentioned in the General forum). The castle itself will be as wide as the table (42") and almost as long (62"). Also, the keep itself inside the castle walls will be built from my collection of Master Maze dungeon pieces, all four floors as well as the roof and dungeon below. This will all be sitting on top of a green flock mat from geohex as the base. I have 36 pre-painted minis of orcs from Dwarven Forge that I'm using as gnolls for the setup as well. All of this will be in battle scale, 1" = 5'. Now, as I mentioned, I'm not letting them see this at first. I want to surprise them. When they first arrive, they need to finalize their plans. So, in addition to the above setup, I am making another scale model of the entire area around the castle, including the castle on a 36" round table in my den. This is where they will plan their assault. I will have the plateau shown as well as the castle, the shanty town, the gnoll camp and trees. I'm going to use my kids lego bricks to build the castle. The scale will be 1" = 32'. I'm really looking forward to doing this, I just hope I can finish it in time. I will get back to the writeups soon as work has finally calmed down and I'll have time again to write them up. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to more of this adventure. [/QUOTE]
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