The section called Avalon is extremely niffty. That could add to the feel of a fairy Brittian.ģ) Have you read 7th Sea? Hated the system, but the spin they gave a fantasy earth was astounding. Suggestions: Alot of the same things that make ME work (IMO) could be applied to the age of Author.Ģ) I liked Lawheads modern revision that included the survivors of lost Atlantis as the lineage of Merlin, Morgan, and others. If you were only a WoT nut, I might believe you to be my long lost twin. He died at the Battle of Camlann and was buried in Glastonbury Isle. His real name was Aurelius Ambrosius Arturius. Speaking of which, did you know there really was an "Arthur?" He was British chieftain who led the armies of Britain in battle at the Battle of Mons Badonicus (Badon Hill), a battle which really happened. With no possible heir, all the petty kings - Lot, Rheged, Leodegrantz, Mark, would have fought for teh kingship anyway, tearing Britain apart. And finally, Arthur and Mordred, who was the only other person with a blood tie to Arthur even if he was a bastard son born of a union between Arthur and his own half-sister, killed each other. Galahad, his named heir, disappeared while questing for the Grail. His Queen Guinivere (or Gwenhwyfar, as in the original versions) was infertile, so no heir apparent. Yeah, sometimes I feel sorry for Arthur.poor sod, he tried to do everything right and ended up doing it all wrong, really suffering for mistakes not of his own doing.Īnyway, realistically, there was no way that Arthurian Britain could have survived past Arthur's death. Or, what if Lancelot had been able to resist acting upon his love for Guinevere (or vice-versa)? Things would have ended up far differently, most likely for the better. Along these lines, I was thinking of having Arthur either choose to do the right thing when he needed to - like thinking of his kingdom first and facing Mordred with reinforcements. For example, Aragorn refused the Ring, which finally righted the mistake make by Isildur when he took the Ring and wore it, instead of destroying it immediately. In a way, this has been inspired by Aragorn from Lord of the Rings - I think of him as the "anti-Arthur" in some ways, since he did everything right. This would necessitate an "alternate universe" where events like the May Babies atrocity and Guinevere's infertility would not have occurred. That is, I've been thinking of ways that Arthurian Britain could have survived beyond Arthur's lifetime. Steinbeck's treatment of the legends is also very good, especially his telling of Lancelot's tale.Īnother thing I've been thinking about is making the setting flexible in regards to time period. They make for good "generic" NPCs (you know, so one could say simply: "The Brown Knight: Use 7th level Knight of Quality stats, with these modifications." Helps making NPCs on the fly go more smoothly.Īll the source material you mention, and stuff like Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History," are great resources. Yes, I'm going to do a conversion of the 1e Deities & Demigods stuff, or at least some of it - the Knights you mention, for example.
0 kommentar(er)
