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Just thought of the using the Caravan Rules that have been introduced in The Jade Regent (Players Guide) for the Crooked Kin Travel to Lepidstadt.
The original TotB states:
The entire show travels in a caravan of nine covered Varisian wagons pulled by nags. ... Each wagon has a front and back door opening onto cramped living accommodations inside.
I don’t think that’s really working so I changed it a bit more to look like a traveling Circus. Meaning I removed Wagons (max 5) and added a Supply wagon. From the description we are looking here at Fortune-Tellers Wagons, not Covered Wagons, but they wouldnt fit all the people needed into 5 Wagons, so I setteld for Covered Wagons. Also of the 13 People traveling (12 after encounter + Heros) I guess only a couple of them are actually able to drive a wagon.
As far as I can see the Caravan would have the following Stats:
(using the Caravan Sheet from Page 28 of above)
Name:The Crooked Kin— Ustalav’s Greatest Traveling Cabinet of Curiosities!
Level: 1
Max Wagon: 5
Offence: 1
Defence: 1
Mobility: 2
Moral: 3
HP: 120
Speed: 26 miles per day (Nag's)
unrest: 1 (when encountered first)
Consumption: 5
Attack: 5=1+(+4 HEROs!!!)
AC: 1=1
Security: 6=2+(+4 HEROs!!!)
Resolve: 12=3+5(all are entertainers)+(+4 HEROs!!!)
Feats: Lucky Caravan
Wagons [type (occupants), Driver]:
- Covered Wagon (Lidia Gerod,Prince Zar,Hap Tarvin ),Hap Tarvin
- Fortune-Teller’s Wagon (S’jeer, Kaleb Hesse ), Kaleb Hesse
- Covered Wagon (Pinheads,The Wolf Child), Lettie
- Covered Wagon (Swarm of Clowns), Josef
- Supply Wagon (Trollblood), Trollblood
Travelers:
- Hap Tarvin (the Flea Man), Driver
- Kaleb Hesse (the Ringmaster), Driver
- Lidia Gerod (the Bearded Lady), Cook
[*Aleece (Pinheads), Driver
- Lettie (Pinheads), Passanger
- Poppy (Pinheads), Passenger
- Prince Zar (the Human Caterpillar), Passenger
- S’jeer (the Vudrani Princess), Fortune Teller
- Gerik (Swarm of Clowns), Passenger
- Josef (Swarm of Clowns), Driver
- Tam (Swarm of Clowns), Passenger
- Trollblood (the Giant Man), Driver
- The Wolf Child, Passenger
Roleplaying Ideas
- Aleece was a driver, leaving the caravn one driver short...PC to drive wagon.
- Squezing the PC's in the Kin's wagons for accomodation can lead to interesting roleplay
Problem is, the way I see it - in Jade Regent, PCs travel, for what 2-3 chapters in a caravan until they reach Tian Xia and caravan has a significant use there. PCs of Carrion Crown need 3 days to reach Lepidstadt and they meet The Crooked Kin on their second day. And it's not even the PCs' caravan, it's Crooked Kin's. My point is, I'm not sure it's worth the effort (whether yours or PC's) to get to know rules which they'll use for... 2 in game days.
...My point is, I'm not sure it's worth the effort (whether yours or PC's) to get to know rules which they'll use for... 2 in game days.
Yeah I hear you and you're quite right, however I just itching to give the rules a go and ATM we cant find time to run Jade Regent...anyway...
Well then, talk to your players. I know I wouldn't be thrilled if my DM wanted to implement AP specific rules from another AP. But the main reason is that those rules should be used for more than a 2 days worth of random encounters. It would be same if you used Trial of the Beast rules if the PCs were accused of public loitering in some other AP. :D
I ended up not using them...so much for all the work I put in. On teh otehr hand it gave me some good ideas for interactive roleplay with the Kin.
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This actually has a lot of potential... IF your PC's need some XP to hit 4th level (probably because they didn't achieve enough Trust points) the Crooked Kin are a great filler between HoH and TotB.
I'm thinking that the PC's could run into the Kin near Clover's Crossing. The missing pinhead Aleece could have easily been dragged off by ghouls instead of the Feaster in Watery Shadows. Once they help the Kin they must travel through Tamrivena, where the Kin are definitely going to get flak from the Wallguard and their hateful Captain. There's another good RP foeshadow for the PC's defending freaks from a bigoted populace.
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