Summary: Our group is attempting a
complete run of the Great Pendragon Campaign
using 5th edition rules. Players are Matt, Mark, and Lilith.
I am the GM.
Year 490
The sixth
year in the Uther Period, with Uther Pendragon as king of Britain.
Our current
roster of characters:
- Sir Eleanor of Dinton, played by Lilith.
- Sir Conmorl of Winterbourne Gunnet, played by Matt.
- Sir Aeddan of Pitton, played by Mark.
This year
features the Battle of Lyndsey (by way of Geoffrey of Monmouth, apparently).
The Cymric knights go north to fight the Saxons coming down through
Northumberland, and fight them back from their march southward. The two
fearsome Saxon kings Octa and Eosa lead them. The battle is pretty fierce, and
culminates in an opportunity take down King Octa as the Saxons are routing. Sir
Aeddan is the one who breaks through, capturing the Saxon King to win a huge
sum of Glory and potentially a great ransom. After the battle, there is a great
victory feast, and the player knights get their first glance at Ygraine,
apparently super hot, since just laying eyes on her makes you make a Lustful
roll. Even Sir Eleanor makes the roll, as Lilith informs us that Eleanor is
mostly into women. Sure, she’ll marry for heirs, but that’s not where her romantic
inclinations lie.
Further
intrigue follows in winter court with the King. He has released all his lords
back to their own lands, but won’t let Duke Gorlois go and the duke is getting
irritated. The king is besotted with Ygraine and keeping the duke around so she
has to stay too. Gorlois steals away along with his wife in the middle of the
night, witnessed but not stopped by the player knights. The king then claims
that Gorlois has abused his hospitality and prepares once again to make war on
Cornwall. Meanwhile, Earl Roderick of Salisbury, lord of our player characters,
and the king’s bastard son Madoc are far more concerned with a massive landing
of Saxons in the lands they already hold. The Earl leaves many of his men
behind to guard the county while he is off on the king’s war.
Thoughts: More battle! There’s a lot of
that early game in the campaign. This time, a really cool opportunity for the
players to shine and capture the enemy king. I took this event as inspiration
forward and tried to give players the opportunity to make a difference in a
battle, and if they get the result that indicates an enemy general or hero, let
them have a shot at someone important.
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