This is the perfect setting for a game of thrones like campaign. And it has something for every class. There is the kingdoms, but also temples and guilds that are important. And then there is the magic resource and ley likes for domain spells. I thought for a while GOT would make this setting popular again. I wish they would just reprint the books and not alter any text except updating mechanics to 5E. It was a fantastic setting. I haven’t played it in over 20 years.
D&D 5E () What would you want for 5e Birthright?
- Thread starter CapnZapp
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Faolyn
(she/her)
The problem is that many people use milestone/story-based leveling, so any sort of bloodline stealing would have to take that into consideration.
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
I think army units could have use a normal statblock, with their Moral and Loyalty rating somewhere in there.
Obviously Units creatures would use another scale than unique PCs. Say a 5 x 5 ft square is 50 x 50 yards instead. So a Medium Unit would occupy a normal square, with the greater unit sizes occupying their proportionate number of squares.
So in an ''overland'' mass battle, the Regent might control all of its unit using the same action economy like if each one of them was a single creature, using HP, AC, etc
Obviously Units creatures would use another scale than unique PCs. Say a 5 x 5 ft square is 50 x 50 yards instead. So a Medium Unit would occupy a normal square, with the greater unit sizes occupying their proportionate number of squares.
So in an ''overland'' mass battle, the Regent might control all of its unit using the same action economy like if each one of them was a single creature, using HP, AC, etc
CapnZapp
Legend
Defeat the Spider, reach milestone. Problem solved
They may defeat others, but they will never out wit the Spider.Defeat the Spider, reach milestone. Problem solved
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
Oh, another thing:
There's should be a way to have creatures with Regional Effects have some kind of impact on the Domains' performance if they are in an occupied domain.
Like having an Aboleth create a lair in your sea-side Domain would decrease its HP every X turn or make it impossible for the Regent to gain Regency as long as the Regional Effect isnt shutdown.
There's should be a way to have creatures with Regional Effects have some kind of impact on the Domains' performance if they are in an occupied domain.
Like having an Aboleth create a lair in your sea-side Domain would decrease its HP every X turn or make it impossible for the Regent to gain Regency as long as the Regional Effect isnt shutdown.
Laurefindel
Legend
Like a lair action/effect dialled up to 11?
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
Could be, yes.
But I was more referring to things like the Mummy Lord's regional effect:
| Regional Effects |
A mummy lord's temple or tomb is warped in any of the following ways by the creature's dark presence:
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These effect could be spread to the whole domain of a Monster Regent.
CapnZapp
Legend
That's what I meant when I said Birthright was a bit naff.
The core ideas are super interesting, it's just that the existing Cerilia just wasn't exciting and fantastical enough.
Good for fans of "HarnWorld, but with AD&D ruleset". But not something I think could engage today's gamers.
So yes, more... overt... "lair effects"!
(and less "here's ten indistinguishably interchangeable countries because that felt realistic")
The core ideas are super interesting, it's just that the existing Cerilia just wasn't exciting and fantastical enough.
Good for fans of "HarnWorld, but with AD&D ruleset". But not something I think could engage today's gamers.
So yes, more... overt... "lair effects"!
(and less "here's ten indistinguishably interchangeable countries because that felt realistic")
delazar_fb
Villager
Rules-wise:
bloodlines = a mix of lineages from Tasha and dragonmarked subraces from Eberron for level 1, then additional powers based on Theros piety rules. when you steal bloodlines your piety raises, eventually giving you more blood abilities.
mass battles & domains = someone suggested Dragon Age rules, which I support wholeheartedly. Just the right amount of crunch to get a sense of what’s going on, and keep the focus on the PCs.
fluff-wise:
I kinda liked Cerilia as a fake-real-world, it was its charm. And changing it would make it TOO different from the original. Maybe some update to keep it original and modern, but keep fake-france/england, fake-scandinavia, fake-russia, etc.
impossible wish but a man can dream:
an adventure book that brings the party from level 1 to 10, from heirs of an usurped kingdom, to reclaiming what’s theirs by birthright
bloodlines = a mix of lineages from Tasha and dragonmarked subraces from Eberron for level 1, then additional powers based on Theros piety rules. when you steal bloodlines your piety raises, eventually giving you more blood abilities.
mass battles & domains = someone suggested Dragon Age rules, which I support wholeheartedly. Just the right amount of crunch to get a sense of what’s going on, and keep the focus on the PCs.
fluff-wise:
I kinda liked Cerilia as a fake-real-world, it was its charm. And changing it would make it TOO different from the original. Maybe some update to keep it original and modern, but keep fake-france/england, fake-scandinavia, fake-russia, etc.
impossible wish but a man can dream:
an adventure book that brings the party from level 1 to 10, from heirs of an usurped kingdom, to reclaiming what’s theirs by birthright
