tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post41507880394618039..comments2024-03-27T21:18:33.034+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: An unearthed relicDave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-83524539970159520872017-02-02T15:52:28.885+00:002017-02-02T15:52:28.885+00:00What a fantastic plot hook :)What a fantastic plot hook :)Philterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530054261796573426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-20983981282439060302016-12-12T17:24:42.476+00:002016-12-12T17:24:42.476+00:00Brilliant. And so very like how my own players beh...Brilliant. And so very like how my own players behave...Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-54631715529051728742016-12-12T00:28:59.047+00:002016-12-12T00:28:59.047+00:00He he, Tarantino meets Dragon Warriors ? Nice pay ...He he, Tarantino meets Dragon Warriors ? Nice pay off line. John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-52558981956910149972016-12-11T20:16:12.345+00:002016-12-11T20:16:12.345+00:00I love relics in my Dragon Warriors games - most a...I love relics in my Dragon Warriors games - most are of dubious status, a few genuinely seem to have powers that are at least somewhat reliable. In terms of the trade in relics... I run Dragon Warriors games regularly at a couple of Australian conventions, and a few years ago, I ran a game where the player-characters encountered a middle aged Mercanian (Viking type) who was running a Church in northern Albion. He'd come across to Albion as a young man as part of a raiding party that had attacked a monastery (one of the last such attacks in my version of the history) and had had a revelation that turned him to the True Faith during the raid. He had become a genuine saint almost immediately and miraculously and that's why he set out to build his own Church to preach the word. The trouble he was self taught, and while his theology was sound, his observations of some of the rituals of the standard Church were less than perfect. During the game, the player characters were already suspicious (and prejudiced), and when he made an error with the 'sign of the cross', one bloodthirsty and headstrong Knight took this as an immediate sign, he was was a fraud and swung his sword. Critical hit and the saint's head left his body. These PCs were rather mercenary, but the rest were rather horrified at what had happened. Still, not wanting their friend to face execution or wholesale slaughter by the local villagers who loved their priest, they set out persuading the villagers that this saint had, in fact, been an evil man who was perverting his church towards pagan demon worship. The villagers accepted this largely because they were being told it by former crusaders. At that point, the PCs (who were feeling quite a degree of guilt over all this, even while not wanting to face any consequences) found themselves having to prevent the saint being buried at a crossroads, rather than in consecrated ground - they managed to persuade the villagers that even if their priest had fallen, he was 'a good man once' and deserved a decent Godfearing burial. So he was placed in the graveyard of the church he had built with his own hands. And the PCs began to ride out. And then one of them said "Hang on, we've decided that this man was truly a saint?"<br /><br />"Yes."<br /><br />"Aren't the body parts of saints worth money?..."Shaun Hatelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846665421968674683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-36366448302064035562016-12-10T21:15:51.800+00:002016-12-10T21:15:51.800+00:00I'm intrigued by the idea of centring a story ...I'm intrigued by the idea of centring a story or game around the Medieval international (illegal) relic trade, with the main characters as Scarface - esque 'skull dealers' making a killing (or getting killed) by stealing and importing these highly valuable commodities, the earthly remnants of Saints or Gods, and trying to sell them to the highest bidder. Matters could no doubt get complicated when the essences of the dead gods/ demigods start to manifest as ghosts with their own agenda...John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-47499490800045502852016-12-09T14:15:09.435+00:002016-12-09T14:15:09.435+00:00The severed, preserved hand of a suicide and a box...The severed, preserved hand of a suicide and a box of mouldy bones ! That sure beats a pair of socks for Christmas, hope the wrapping didn't take too long ; )John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.com