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The king sleeps soundly on a mattress made of dead fey
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You are playing, by some distance, the AP best suited to you and your group
... the ruling council speculates about the chances of hiring a treant to be the royal assassin.
... when every npc encountered gets sized up first on their suitability as a potential underling, and where in the kingdom would they be most useful.
When the paladin of Iomedae has a ledger to track all of the bastards of the Duke for the purposes of determining succession in case anything happens to the ruler. ( FYI, the paladin who swore to protect the Duke, a cleric of Erastil, accidentally caused the death of both of them, due to taking a massive critical hit when the cleric was connected to him with a Ring of Friend Shield)
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When the players decide to awaken a man eating tiger to become the warden of the northwest.
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When the cavalier party leader/king talks about getting a back-banner with the motto "Get off my property!"
When you have a multifronted cold war among your party over religious control of the kingdom.
...when the primary export of the local nation is honey, thanks to literally every farm having an apiary attached to it.
...when every wedding is rife with political intrigues, scandals, and if you are lucky, no murder mysteries, because everyone is such a fan of Game of Thrones.
CB out.
Diplomacy is used more than melee, ranged attacks, magic, and every other skill combined.
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... when the halfling druid regrets inviting his extended family to settle a town, because they've become the primary source of unrest in the kingdom.
... when the phrase "The circus is coming!" becomes a widespread PTSD trigger in the capital city. (Our GM added a visit from the Carnival of Tears as a kingdom event.)
...when the primary export of the local nation is honey, thanks to literally every farm having an apiary attached to it.
Seconding this part. The other doesn't apply.
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...when the monthly council meetings hold more suspense, urgency, and drama then exploring new parts of the kingdom.
...those same meetings have more division than a recent session of congress over what to spend BP on next, how big to make the standing army, and how big the kingdom should get.
.... Munguk, the Marshal
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.... Munguk, the Marshal
Munguk the Wangering Marshal?
...when the party Arcanist says "I don't care if the other party members want to go adventuring, I want to study Cyclops History for the next 5 years using all of the artefacts, clay tablets & pottery we just found in Vor Dakai's Lair. Oh, and can we build a university (instead of a museum) with a wing dedicated to those studies?"
This is pretty close to my party's Oracle.
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... when a single bard that presents no combat threat whatsoever remains the most-talked-about foe years after the campaign ends.
When you name a tavern run by an opposing political faction "The Howling Knave" after the charismatic leader of the fledgling kingdom.
Out of curiosity, did anyone else capture Tuskgutter to use as a mount instead of killing him?
Out of curiosity, did anyone else capture Tuskgutter to use as a mount instead of killing him?
Unfortunately not in mine primary Kingmaker campaign, but in mine Kobold-version of the AP the party still doesn't have met with Tuskgutter.
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I think we killed him, then had roast pork while we watched the druid's lion finish off the carcass.
We did name that hex Tuskguttershire though.
My players killed Tuskgutter because he nearly caused the death of half of the party when they choose to split up the party to explore the hex where his lair was located.
They did though bludgeoned Old Crackjaw into unconsciousness and kept him unconscious all the way back to their capital city where they decided to keep him in a cage until they figure out if they will put him in a zoo or use a scroll of awaken on him so they can enlist him as a member of an army made up entirely of exotic beasts.
CB out.
My group hauled the Mad Hermit's puma back to town and stuck in the Fort's owlbear cage. The halfling ranger intended to train it as a mount - a "war puma"! But that character, sadly, died before it could come to pass.
... Old Crackjaw is a moat guardian.
... Munguk runs the most popular brewery in the kingdom. His litmus test is to down a hand keg. If he passes out, the brew passes muster. If not ... well ...
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...when the PCs start giving quests and awards to the NPCs.
...when the PCs complain that things like "the plot" and "adventuring" are cutting down on the time they have available for more important things like crafting.
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...when the players convert a tooth fairy from Chaotic Evil to Neutral, and convince it to set up shop as a dentist rather than stealing teeth from random people around townThis story I gotta hear.
Well if you insist. Spoilered for length.
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AWESOME!
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Your PCs agree to create a Vassal kingdom, the Free State and City of the Halflings, as en enclave (1 hex) of their own kingdom, financing them with 20 BP.
And doing so, a lot of crucial and major halfling servants of the Great Noble House moves away from their former masters to became the leadership of this new state.
The diplomatic attitude towards the PCs' kingdom of all the Great Noble House worsen by one step...
Your city's denizens complain about a string of local attacks on livestock and (most recently) people. Upon determining the culprit is a werewolf and tracking him down to Tatzlford, he knocks out the arcanist and runs away, only to get stuck in a bear trap from an unexplored hex when he tries to flee for brevoy.
When it's less "Player vs Player" and more "Civil War".
When there is a festival EVERY FREAKING WEEKEND!
When there is a half-dozen black markets in every town, and they all pay taxes...
When the country's Executioner is the Druid's old animal companion who got awakened when she switched to a tiger.
When Humans become a minority behind Lizard Men, Kobolds, Trolls, and the Fae.
...when almost the entire party gets TPK'ed, except for the character who is the main ruler of the developing kingdom, and that player declares, "Its ok, I can replace most of you with loyal NPCs."
...the royal assassin is a drunken hill giant named Munguk.
...when they party enters a town, their first thoughts are, "When we take over, we have to build up this quarter..."
Munguk was the kingdom's general in my group