OOC Deus Ex Machina

[stonegod]

See, this is why I would really like Keith to write a book or trilogy about some Thranish nationals, so that all of this stuff about them being one dimensional crazies can be put to rest. Seriously. Thrane is mighty old as the target for every frakkin' war themed campaign under the sun...

Filthy Flamist and their propoganda! They want to be destroying our way of life! Our love of our Host! They must pay!

(See, Hosters can be just as bad. And, for the record, I feel (like Master Baker) that it was the Aundarian influence that sparked the 'fundamentalist' Flamist movement, not the mainstream Thranes)

Karrnath, or hell, Breland, would be a much better target... Remember, the only one of the other four nations Cyre more or less got along with was Aundair.

Depending on the timeline, "accidental" incursions into that rabble-rousing Valendar territory would work.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Karrnath would be cool, I mean, undead, 'nuff said. But hey, what would warforged start to think when confronted with Breland's "democracy, individuality, and who are you freaking metal guys?" It wasn't until a little later in the war when Breland got smart and said it would recognize warforged citizens once they won the war. Perhaps our group would be on the cusp of that? Possibly switching sides or something? (I mean, everyone else was doing that to Cyre so it sort of became a trend...)

 

[Redclaw]

I actually really like the shifter idea, and was thinking about it as soon as I read the initial post. What about a unit of shifters during the intial separation of the Eldeen Reaches from Aundair. There was a heck of a lot of fascinating activity at that point, driving the Brelish out of the area, declaring themselves autonomous, etc. Think of all of the cool missions a strong, elite unit of shifters could undertake.

 

[Mellubb]

It wasn't even until the King of Breland befriended a Warforged who was serving under him asked him to that he did recognize their sentience.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

True dat, but maybe Three wasn't the only one, ya know?

 

[Eryndur]

Remember that the party doesn't need to be all one race, although I'm fine with that. All I require is that you hail from the same nation or faction. Taking Redclaw's suggestion, for instance, if some people didn't want to play a shifter, we could still play a group of mixed Eldeen nationalists fighting against Aundair and Breland.

Judging from the relatively small number of responses, I can tell that either my parameters for the game or the idea of a Last War campaign in general isn't doing it for a lot of people. I'm going to stick to my guns, though.

So, I'll take submissions for another 48 hours, then I'll tally the vote, and anyone who's still interested can then start submitting character concepts.

 

[ethandrew]

You have lurkers. I would try to think of something to suggest but everything else is real good. You will have more interest once you state that open recruitment I'm sure.

 

[Eryndur]

You have lurkers. I would try to think of something to suggest but everything else is real good. You will have more interest once you state that open recruitment I'm sure.

Yeah, you're probably right. Thanks.

 

[Redclaw]

In fact, a mixed-race party might add some really interesting role-playing challenges. A mixed warforged and human unit from Cyre would spice up the warforged quest for recognition, and a mixed shifter and non-shifter Eldeen party could add a twist or two in terms of racial politics and the extremity of the separtist mindset.

 

[Zurai]

A mixed party would indeed help to highlight tensions and differences between the races. I still would prefer a warforged-centered campaign, but I would certainly have no objections to either of the other proposed ideas.