Make your FACTIONS more DYNAMIC - D&D/OSR

Factions. Now this is a subject we need to discuss. Lets make FACTIONS more interesting and dynamic for our games.

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[LokisLair]

Sorry for the technical issues in the video; I don't think it rendered properly, but it was fine in post-production so..

[TheMightyBattleSquid]

tbh the most fun I had with a "stronghold" was the only one the DM didn't bog down with rules. It was the classic abandoned property from a monster living in it that the party gets for completing the quest to slay it. We did so and got to renovating. I was playing a "mutant blood hunter" so the wizard was trying to clean up the place with prestidigitation but I'd rush in to collect things like cob webs, fur from the monster we killed, etc. to use in my research. Cleric and druid committed themselves to moving out the broken wood, patching up problem areas, and painting. The monk of all people took on cooking duty. Once we were done RPing the clean-up, we just hand-waved how we kept money going here and there between quests with the locals, particularly in the main part of a town that wasn't *too* far away. Stuff like brewing simple potions of a potency your average person could use. All the DM did for their part was use it as a place for NPCs to find us when certain plot threads needed a tugging. We didn't need a map or anything, we just kept it all in the theater of the mind

[TheMightyBattleSquid]

7:31 I actually did something like this based mainly on the Ravnica book's plot hook crafter. They have stuff like a problem, a general idea of how the players need to go about solving it for the quest (siege, protect the fortress, perform a heist, etc.), who the villain is, and a complication. I basically just took all of the parts I wanted, made them vague (like replacing faction names with numbers), and added some additional options to fit the campaign I was planning it for.

[GryphonTruesilver]

Dude, I was laughing at first because I couldn't figure out what was different, then I noticed no beard lol. Rock it, dude, nothing wrong looking younger than you are!

[the_beast_among_sheep]

Hey man. These vids are extremely informative. I've recently returned to the world of RPGs (less than a year ago) & Wargames (only about a month ago) after being away from it for nearly 20 years. I don't use digital tools. I use hex paper, dry eraser hex maps (for travel) & gridded maps (for battles & other high tension situations) & miniatures. Anyway, the new digital age is lost on me. My style of Judging is to have locations & encounters (with randoms occurring anywhere) keyed to hexes & allow the PCs to drive & alter the Campaign World, which I try to make emerge from the PC's actions, over the course of several sessions. Factions, groups, Kingdoms are where to start. It's the only way to play. Good job! I honestly never thought I'd return to this hobby. Dungeon Crawl Classics rekindled a passion inside of me that I previously believed to be long dead.

[cartert]

I like the d100 idea! The players world is supposed to be an ever changing organism. It builds adventure hooks as well as adding realism & excitement. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

[Antinomer]

I think you look great with or without beard, with or without that haircut. Different feel, but you can pull off both.

I think I'm gonna enjoy this topic.

[bierthirty]

I've been playing with faction systems lately and I'm pretty fond of the Mausritter method.

[jean]

6:25 Loki melts (I always call demenses "Desmonds")

[Khaldryn]

Love the video style. Keep up the great content.

[mercilessmage]

Another great video as always. Thank you Loki.

[seanfsmith]

g;ad we started off with some Russ Nicholson gobelins! rip that lad

[Buzzerker_]

Well well well, Loki once again makes a video on a topic I am looking into. Nice

[donrosavelli]

I'm going to just believe you had a goatee trimming error and hope the facial hair comes back. Cheers brother!

[jacobgerhard]

I feel being a hybrid of various ttrpg is really the best way to go. How else will you discover the good the bad and the ugly! I started with 2nd edition went on to 3rd to a extended break dabbled with other games toyed with 5th and then embraced the but a side where has the +2 mustache of wisdom gone!?!?!

[Marcus-kien]

What can be fun for longer time scales are shifting alliances between factions. Imaging being in the middle of a factions territory and suddenly their faction changes alliance and the players find themselves on the wrong side. By the way, can we see you ID please... ; )

[jakehollingworth]

Yes please d100 time skip system please!!!

[gmanbo]

On the dms guild theres a doc callef "domain building"

It has interesting stuff in it but its not that useful.
If your looking for ways to build a faction perhaps.
Very much thr economic side of build your own faction.

If you looking at doing a vid on strong holds.
There essentially the lair of the pc's
So it might be worth it to look at the lair actions some There are some good ones out there.

[thadgray]

How did you get Snape to host your video?