2009-05-07 Name Level

Yesterday’s post about Übermonsters reminded me of a recent change I instituted in my Alder King D&D 3.5 Sunday game regarding Name Level:

=> Übermonsters | Alder King

• Name Level*: Characters reach reaching level 9 must build a stronghold or be ready to retire their character when they reach level 10. (Ordinary adventures will take place in the level range from one to nine; higher level adventures may involve mass battles.)

• Charisma*: There is no Leadership feat. Instead, players build an entourage using roleplay within the limits of their Charisma score. One of their entourage will be a Loyal Follower and a potential replacement character. (Inspired by David Bowman’s Entourage Approach.)

=> Entourage Approach

The Sunday group has six players. Half the players liked it immediately, one of them saying they’d like to start a warband using their entourage, and two others hired a bard each. I think that’s an excellent start. 😄

Does anybody remember who wrote on their blog that they didn’t mind their player’s using the D&D 3.5 rules as long as they could use simpler rules behind the screen? That’s what I’m trying to do. 😄

Also, nobody minded the level cap because when I started looking for players I told everybody that the campaign would end around level nine to twelve.

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