Chronicles of Prydain - Has anyone ever based a campaign on it?

[DrunkonDuty]

Wrote up a campaign years ago inspired by Prydain, but also inspired by the original Welsh myths that inspired Prydain, so it wasn't really very Prydain in the end. ANd I never did get around to running it. It was intended to use that Dragon Mag adventure as one of the episodes.

On the stat bonus thing: I agree there should be some sort of addiction like effect for it. It just would be addicitve, this sudden rush of power or insight or a heightened sense of self. Exactly like drugs. But maybe this is for another thread.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

This would be awesome ... as would any other campaign setting with a firm grounding in Welsh mythology.

 

[aledt]

This would be awesome ... as would any other campaign setting with a firm grounding in Welsh mythology.

If anyone's thinking doing this, there are a couple of books I'd recommend, in order:

The Mabinogion - (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion) Preferably in the Welsh if you can, though some of the translations will work too. Be careful of Lady Guest's translation, it's an over-romanticised translation with large chunks cut out due to Victorian sensibilities.

All six of Lloyd Alexander's books on Prydain.

Any book containing lists of Welsh place names (or a roadmap or similar).

Any book containing Welsh names of people.

A translation of "The Black Book of Carmarthen"

 

[Dioltach]

I used Huntsmen in a game once. It was long ago, when 3e first came out, so I'm a bit hazy on the details, but I think I started with a group of 6 Huntsmen as 2nd level Rangers, who gained 1HD (or maybe 2, I'm not sure) every time one of the group was killed, with appropriate improvements in hitpoints, BAB and saves.

The players hacked their way through the first couple pretty easily, but then the tables turned .... Hehehehe ...

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Taran could kick Harry Potter's butt.

 

[an_idol_mind]

Th Chronicles of Prydain remains my favorite fantasy series, bar none. While I've never run a game set in Prydain, I have taken the series as inspiration for some of my campaign setting.

In terms of its influence on D&D, I was always pretty certain that the 2nd edition bard was very much inspired by Fflewddur Fflam, even though Fflewddur obviously didn't meet the Intelligence or Charisma requirements of the class.

 

[Aus_Snow]

In terms of its influence on D&D, I was always pretty certain that the 2nd edition bard was very much inspired by Fflewddur Fflam, even though Fflewddur obviously didn't meet the Intelligence or Charisma requirements of the class.

Heh. Too true.

It's been an age since I read them - or it feels like it - but they've been a strong influence for me too, at times. Great books.

Judicious application of necromancy, I might add.