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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 9116411" data-attributes="member: 25619">Yes, war or the threat of it is often a backdrop in my games.&nbsp; I find it helps focus the players and align them with the setting and care about what’s going on.It can be helpful for hooks.&nbsp; I’ve used hooks like:1) Bandit attacks on the North Road.&nbsp; The local militia is off at the front and someone needs to investigate to keep trade lines (and tariff income) open.&nbsp; This was my hook for Return to the Keep on the Borderlands.2) Weapons shipments from the dwarves in the mountains are late and message says it’s because charcoal for steel making - and food - aren’t coming from the human village that supplies them. Hook for the Stone Circle.3) A Baronet refuses to send his troops for muster.&nbsp; Says they are needed at home due to danger at home.&nbsp; Hook for adventure I created with half-Orc and orc lycanthropes.And so on …In 3 adventures, I’ve fought out battles with up to 150 or so combatants, using regular rules.&nbsp; It’s pretty interesting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 9116411, member: 25619"] Yes, war or the threat of it is often a backdrop in my games. I find it helps focus the players and align them with the setting and care about what’s going on. It can be helpful for hooks. I’ve used hooks like: 1) Bandit attacks on the North Road. The local militia is off at the front and someone needs to investigate to keep trade lines (and tariff income) open. This was my hook for Return to the Keep on the Borderlands. 2) Weapons shipments from the dwarves in the mountains are late and message says it’s because charcoal for steel making - and food - aren’t coming from the human village that supplies them. Hook for the Stone Circle. 3) A Baronet refuses to send his troops for muster. Says they are needed at home due to danger at home. Hook for adventure I created with half-Orc and orc lycanthropes. And so on … In 3 adventures, I’ve fought out battles with up to 150 or so combatants, using regular rules. It’s pretty interesting. [/QUOTE]

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