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Peter Hodge
06-02-1998, 12:25 AM
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I think its the same problem I mentioned in my original post - that when =
all the PC regents are allied or friendly with each other you =
effectively have one huge country. They individual regents don't move =
against each other and often even help each other. This is especially a =
problem if the countries border each other. I would suggest that you =
have the other Anuirean regents work very hard at breaking up the =
alliance - not by banding together themselves as this would only make =
the problem worse (plus can you really see Ghoere working with anyone, =
regardless of the reason!). No, instead I would have some of the more =
"evil" regents use things like espionage actions to stir the allied =
regents up - frame one of them for the destruction of a village and =
similar underhanded acts. If the players are playing their regents =
properly, it shouldn't take too much to sow some serious discord among =
them - at least to the point where they may stop helping each other.

Peter "Dragon" Hodge
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Website: Dragon's Lair (http://www.uq.net.au/~zzphodge)
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- -----Original Message-----
From: Shade [SMTP:lordshade@geocities.com]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 6:10 PM
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Trade Routes (long winded - sorry)



Actually I'm glad that you brought this up. I'm new to DMing and playing
Birthright (except in PBeM) and my campaign is now on the fifth domain =
turn
(5.1, 552 MR). The players are Roesone, Medoere, Ilien, El-Hadid, HMA, =
and
a custom law/guild domain on Caelcorwynn island. The 2 guilders (EH and
Caelcorwynn) bring in well over 20 GB a turn primarily because of their
trade routes (Caelcorwynn just built 3, about 15 GB and EH has 3). EH is =
so
wealthy that he just spent 60 GB on his birthday party and invited =
regents
from all over Cerilia to attend. Now, do the rest of you think this is =
too
much money? Roesone is paying 15 GB maintenance and that's all he brings =
in
every turn! What's to stop these two guys from raising a huge army and
trampling Roesone or any other landed regent?

This really isn't an issue because all the players are on good terms =
with
each other and are about to sign an alliance, except Medoere who the =
rest
don't like. But then what is to stop them from gradually taking =
everything
over? At the last gaming session they were looking at the map and trying =
to
decide how they should divide up Mieres once they invade it.

And I knew how destructive trade routes could be so I put very stringent
restrictions on TRs. First I require a diplomacy action, then I allow =
the
construction of a SINGLE trade route (can't create TRs as a realm action =
in
my campaign). And I have the guild level determine how much money the TR
brings in (to prevent Ilien from making a 0level guild in order to build =
3
trade routes).
And on top of this I have all the restrctions in the Rulebook.

Tell me, what am I doing wrong?
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