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This weekend I'm kicking off The Stolen Lands with a small group. I'll be using the Warpath rules to enhance the storyline a bit.
The first scenario will actually feature Oleg from quite a few years ago. He was originally a private in the Brevoy army (Restov Regulars). The battle takes place at an outpost on near the southern edge of Rostland (not suprisingly the same location that Oleg returns to years later to make his trading post).
There I will introduce them to some Iobarian barbarians who are searching for something (a precursor to a later encounter).
I'm thinking that the fort will house approximately 40 regulars with a small force of 10 mounted calvalry vs. 20 barbarian warriors, 10 war dogs, and a druid.
Oleg will survive as a plot device to later return as he either:
1) Remembers with fondness the time that the Regulars defended the borders from barbarians (but also the friends that he lost) or,
2) Returns to the place that so many of his friends died and in their honor opens this trading post in their memory.
Having the players run both sides I'll include background information on each of the goals and hopefully get the group more involved in the whole storyline.
I'll post stat cards later as I crunch through the Warpath rules.
That sounds really interesting- I really like where you are going with Oleg's backstory; You may want to make the fort a bit bigger though. Its barracks currently only seems to hold about 6-12 people.
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Oh yes - I've already redone the "map" using my 8'x6' battleboard that I use for mini gaming and will be making use my old Mageknight castles sets for the fort.
As part of the destruction the Trading Post will be rebuilt to it's present day status and size.
That sounds really interesting- I really like where you are going with Oleg's backstory; You may want to make the fort a bit bigger though. Its barracks currently only seems to hold about 6-12 people.
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As for Oleg's background - I'm using The Deed of Paksenarrion as a strong basis for the military structure of Brevoy - although not using as many Roman derivatives like cohort and some of the fighting styles.
The characters that my players have made will fit somewhat nicely into this type of setting -
A human Ranger 1/Inquistor 1 of Abadar and a human Fighter 1/ Cavalier 1 of the Order of the Star who also serves Abadar (note that the Abadarian Church in Rostland is financially backing some of the expansion as well in my variant storyline) who were also privates in the current incarnation of Restov Regular's and were converted by the company's cleric.
Their split class reflects their service and also that they were a cut above the rest as they progressed from Warrior to Ranger or Fighter and then to their chosen class.
The third player will be playing a human Druid 2 who has grown up on the edges of Rostland as the son of a farmer who instead of killing the wolf that was trying to filtch their sheep befriended it (ala Animal Companion). He's been pressed into service to help save the family farm whose deed is held by...tada...the Church of Abadar.
With a party like this - who knows the adventure may take a turn and we'll be off the rails:)
This weekend I'm kicking off The Stolen Lands with a small group. I'll be using the Warpath rules to enhance the storyline a bit.
Nice, can't wait to hear how it goes!
Also, as I linked to in the other thread, take a look at the Ultimate Add-Ons by Legendary Games (you can also buy the PDFs on Paizo.com).
I didn't use them as I found out about them too late but they look promising if your group really likes the mass combat system.
NOTE: I've never looked at Warpath so I don't have a way of comparing one system against the other.