BiggusGeekus
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Hey folks! Want to see a great example of constructive criticism?
Murchad does not have and will never have a description. There are two possible motivations for him in chapter 14. I can toss that in the index. Now, this is never expressly addressed in the book. That would only be a couple of sentences and it would probably fit so that can change in an update. But Murchad is your turf for your game. One of the things I wanted to do was to leave DMs to make the campaign their own.
I used the Forgotten Realms in an earlier post so I may as well do it again. The major NPCs in the FR have lots of history. We know about Elminster. We know about Manshoon. That doesn't help a DM, if anything it can get in a DMs way. Murchad is not defined so he can be good, evil, neutral, chaotic, or lawful. He is (probably) in his estate, banished from Launhym. That's it! The current political situation is hinged around this guy so that makes him DM turf. If I ascribe a description to him I lock the DM down or force the DM to come up with something else, which pretty much invalidates the purpose of writing a lengthy book in the first place.
My own personal take on the guy is that he would sacrifice 1,000 people if it meant saving 1,001. What makes him a little ... different ... is that he would do so without a moment's hesitation and he would do it without personal reflection. Murchad, my Murchad, views himself as a patriot of Launhym. However, I know for a fact that there is already a ML game out there with Murchad as a subsitute for Greyhawk's Vecna. I'm not going to publish anything that tells those guys that they are doing it "wrong".
Which brings us to the nation descriptions.
Dude, you are completely and utterly correct.
The last three pages have tables. I'll knock off the trade table (which is duplicated in chapter 14) and replace it with a player's handout. A cliff notes to the rest of the book. I'll tie that in to the Table of Contents.
Thanks for your feedback and happy gaming!
DMH said:
Murchad does not have and will never have a description. There are two possible motivations for him in chapter 14. I can toss that in the index. Now, this is never expressly addressed in the book. That would only be a couple of sentences and it would probably fit so that can change in an update. But Murchad is your turf for your game. One of the things I wanted to do was to leave DMs to make the campaign their own.
I used the Forgotten Realms in an earlier post so I may as well do it again. The major NPCs in the FR have lots of history. We know about Elminster. We know about Manshoon. That doesn't help a DM, if anything it can get in a DMs way. Murchad is not defined so he can be good, evil, neutral, chaotic, or lawful. He is (probably) in his estate, banished from Launhym. That's it! The current political situation is hinged around this guy so that makes him DM turf. If I ascribe a description to him I lock the DM down or force the DM to come up with something else, which pretty much invalidates the purpose of writing a lengthy book in the first place.
My own personal take on the guy is that he would sacrifice 1,000 people if it meant saving 1,001. What makes him a little ... different ... is that he would do so without a moment's hesitation and he would do it without personal reflection. Murchad, my Murchad, views himself as a patriot of Launhym. However, I know for a fact that there is already a ML game out there with Murchad as a subsitute for Greyhawk's Vecna. I'm not going to publish anything that tells those guys that they are doing it "wrong".
Which brings us to the nation descriptions.
Dude, you are completely and utterly correct.
The last three pages have tables. I'll knock off the trade table (which is duplicated in chapter 14) and replace it with a player's handout. A cliff notes to the rest of the book. I'll tie that in to the Table of Contents.
Thanks for your feedback and happy gaming!
