Sir Pramalot
03-19-2010, 06:42 PM
My players are fast approaching the invasion of France and the Battle of Bayeux. As has been mentioned in another thread, the GPC states that any players who decide to follow Syagrius from Bayeux to Rouen are considered traitorous dogs and are out of the game. However, I realise the GPC cannot cover all possibilities, leaving me to expand on the material it presents, and in this instance I'm going to give my PCs the chance to carry on the campaign. Madoc and Roderick will still return home, but they will offer the PCs a free choice on whether they do likewise. Partly because, having helped Merlin recover Excalibur, they have been given more say in their own destiny, and partly because, well, I want them to. One of my PCs is a Roman so I know he is going to find it very hard to just up and leave.
If they do decide to stay, their primary PCs will be out of the main campaign for a year. They will stay France, travel to Rouen and then have to survive the winter until returning home (I'm saying no channel crossings in the winter months). They all have younger brothers, so from a game point of view, this will not affect next year's events and it will give their backup characters a run out.
What I'd like some input on is this - what should they face in, or on the way to Rouen? The tidbits in the GPC offer the following; Claudas has never been defeated in battle (so he must be a good commander, or a lucky one), Syagrius loses the battle at Rouen (so it needs to be tough, but not too tough to guarantee a TPK), Claudas pops up later on (so I need to keep him alive), and Syagrius has his army waiting for him in Rouen (Roman troops I would imagine). I have yet to use BoB in open play yet, so what would be a good battle size here, and for enemies should I be using a modified Saxon army? The French army in BoA seems more refined than Frankish barbarians.
If they do decide to stay, their primary PCs will be out of the main campaign for a year. They will stay France, travel to Rouen and then have to survive the winter until returning home (I'm saying no channel crossings in the winter months). They all have younger brothers, so from a game point of view, this will not affect next year's events and it will give their backup characters a run out.
What I'd like some input on is this - what should they face in, or on the way to Rouen? The tidbits in the GPC offer the following; Claudas has never been defeated in battle (so he must be a good commander, or a lucky one), Syagrius loses the battle at Rouen (so it needs to be tough, but not too tough to guarantee a TPK), Claudas pops up later on (so I need to keep him alive), and Syagrius has his army waiting for him in Rouen (Roman troops I would imagine). I have yet to use BoB in open play yet, so what would be a good battle size here, and for enemies should I be using a modified Saxon army? The French army in BoA seems more refined than Frankish barbarians.