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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9550210" data-attributes="member: 59816">On the subject of &quot;Donnell's Team&quot;:There's always, in this game, been a question of &quot;who has authority&quot;. Faldur requested the aid of Adventurers because he was unwilling to lose more men than he'd lost on his initial foray Against the Giants. BUT. It was always &quot;officially&quot; his assignment from the King (if we're going with 2024 DMG Greyhawk, then we're talking about King Kimbertos Skotti of the Kingdom of Keoland).It's unclear if the King sent Caine, or if it was someone else, but Caine came &quot;in support&quot; of Faldur, arriving a few days after the Adventurers. Caine &quot;scored&quot; a pretty solid victory in your game, but the &quot;party&quot; had already done much of the work, including presenting Faldur with Chief Nosnra's head. On top of that, they were instrumental in the final victory. In particular, the Adventurers had a particularly strong showing when it came to casualties and diplomacy. Generally they added to their forces over time, while Caine had lost forty men. Two-thirds of his company.Donnell is &quot;part of the system&quot; while the other Adventurers are not - sure, it's true that the Colonel holds military rank, but it's unclear from where, and I'm pretty sure he's &quot;retired&quot; (at least commission-wise). Gimlak is a Prince, and has special privileges from that, but he's a &quot;foreigner&quot; (in that he's from the nearby dwarf kingdom). I think Kahru is something of a noble where he comes from, too - but that is far away.In a lot of ways, this operation against the giants is an &quot;official&quot; one. And that makes Donnell in charge, even if he doesn't see it that way (which makes sense, as his personal relationship with the party was built as the opposite, he was the student).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9550210, member: 59816"] On the subject of "Donnell's Team": There's always, in this game, been a question of "who has authority". Faldur requested the aid of Adventurers because he was unwilling to lose more men than he'd lost on his initial foray Against the Giants. BUT. It was always "officially" his assignment from the King (if we're going with 2024 DMG Greyhawk, then we're talking about King Kimbertos Skotti of the Kingdom of Keoland). It's unclear if the King sent Caine, or if it was someone else, but Caine came "in support" of Faldur, arriving a few days after the Adventurers. Caine "scored" a pretty solid victory in your game, but the "party" had already done much of the work, including presenting Faldur with Chief Nosnra's head. On top of that, they were instrumental in the final victory. In particular, the Adventurers had a particularly strong showing when it came to casualties and diplomacy. Generally they added to their forces over time, while Caine had lost forty men. Two-thirds of his company. Donnell is "part of the system" while the other Adventurers are not - sure, it's true that the Colonel holds military rank, but it's unclear from where, and I'm pretty sure he's "retired" (at least commission-wise). Gimlak is a Prince, and has special privileges from that, but he's a "foreigner" (in that he's from the nearby dwarf kingdom). I think Kahru is something of a noble where he comes from, too - but that is far away. In a lot of ways, this operation against the giants is an "official" one. And that makes Donnell in charge, even if he doesn't see it that way (which makes sense, as his personal relationship with the party was built as the opposite, he was the student). [/QUOTE]

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