<2022-04-22T18:45:56.000Z> tengumatingpress: I'm not sure if this is something you'd be into, but I'm planning on starting an AD&D 1e campaign sometime in May
<2022-04-22T18:46:17.000Z> tengumatingpress: more "sandboxy", interested in having people play as NPC factions in a pseudo-wargame thing
<2022-04-22T18:46:23.000Z> tengumatingpress: think you'd be interested?
<2022-04-22T18:46:34.000Z> tengumatingpress: obviously I'd still have PCs and that would be the primary focus on my end
<2022-04-23T06:08:56.000Z> Tactical: sure yeah, I'm a little busy so I'm up for just doing some NPC faction decisions stuff for your game
<2022-04-23T13:43:41.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, rad
<2022-04-23T13:44:05.000Z> tengumatingpress: do you have anything in mind for what you'd like to run as a faction or are you down with being assigned whatever comes up?
<2022-04-23T13:44:28.000Z> tengumatingpress: I don't have any particular setting in mind beyond the post-collapse & vaguely medieval setting implied by the rules, so you can come up with whatever and I can probably make it fit
<2022-04-23T13:45:04.000Z> tengumatingpress: I already have a guy who might be running a cleric faction that's sort of based on dabbing on Keekihime/Takanashi Kiara 
<2022-04-23T13:47:17.000Z> Tactical: I like the idea of post-apocalypse knights a ton
<2022-04-23T13:48:00.000Z> tengumatingpress: paladin-style or more self-interested?
<2022-04-23T13:48:35.000Z> Tactical: little bit of both
<2022-04-23T13:48:44.000Z> Tactical: I just like knights / mounted charges
<2022-04-23T13:48:49.000Z> tengumatingpress: ah
<2022-04-23T13:49:29.000Z> tengumatingpress: that could easily be implemented as a Fighter domain based in a castle of a dead empire if you don't want to be restricted to paladin things
<2022-04-23T13:49:57.000Z> Tactical: yeah that sounds solid
<2022-04-23T13:50:03.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, cool
<2022-04-23T13:50:13.000Z> tengumatingpress: I'll go whip that up and send it to you Soon
<2022-04-23T13:52:40.000Z> tengumatingpress: the way I'm planning on running it is giving you a list of the high-level/leader types the knight faction will have, the men-at-arms in its employ, its monthly income from whatever citizens are under its protection, etc
<2022-04-23T13:52:54.000Z> Tactical: yeah
<2022-04-23T13:52:56.000Z> tengumatingpress: I'll work out whatever you want done with those resources after giving you updates on what could be happening in the game
<2022-04-23T13:53:12.000Z> tengumatingpress: planning on having it run in a chatroom of some kind, after I have all this locked in I'll confirm if it'll be discord or matrix
<2022-04-23T13:53:30.000Z> tengumatingpress: of course I can send you updates in dms if that's too onerous
<2022-04-23T13:53:43.000Z> Tactical: btw what year in the medieval period btw, is this roughly inspired off of?
<2022-04-23T13:54:05.000Z> Tactical: I don't use discord much and I'm usually on /poast/ for my quest
<2022-04-23T13:57:49.000Z> tengumatingpress: not really focusing on medieval so much, just broadly fantasy medieval tech level
<2022-04-23T13:58:03.000Z> Tactical: that's what I figured
<2022-04-23T13:58:08.000Z> tengumatingpress: going RAW with this, though there's enough support for pulp shit you could make anything fit
<2022-04-23T13:58:49.000Z> Tactical: I'll probably flavor-wise go with very early 900s era Frankish lancers, then escalate into the foundation of knighthood / feudalism
<2022-04-23T13:59:11.000Z> tengumatingpress: shit, there are rules in the DMG for integrating stuff from Boot Hill (an old west game) and Gamma World/Metamorphosis Alpha (post-apocalyptic gonzo sci-fi)
<2022-04-23T14:25:26.000Z> Tactical: huh
<2022-04-23T14:25:58.000Z> tengumatingpress: 1e is extremely underrated and imo it's the last version of D&D worth a damn
<2022-04-23T14:26:20.000Z> Tactical: idk I dont do D&D outside of family
<2022-04-23T14:26:31.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah, that's fair
<2022-04-23T14:26:55.000Z> tengumatingpress: my favorite rpgs are OAD&D & Classic Traveller
<2022-04-23T14:27:42.000Z> Tactical: i like gurps cuz its ww2 stuff is solid
<2022-04-23T14:29:25.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah
<2022-04-23T14:29:53.000Z> tengumatingpress: tbh I tried running GURPS once and it fell apart quickly, players couldn't wrap their heads around it, figuring out what to explicitly allow & disallow was a headache
<2022-04-23T14:30:21.000Z> tengumatingpress: prefer games where guys can generate characters quickly, shit can start asap, the core systems are flexible yet undefined enough to insert whatever
<2022-04-23T14:30:28.000Z> Tactical: yeah it's a bit rulekeeping headache most of the time
<2022-04-23T14:31:00.000Z> Tactical: on the other hand now I can force local artfags to draw monstergirls, so worth
<2022-04-23T14:31:26.000Z> tengumatingpress: running a quest and devoting hours to it for the express purpose of suckering people into drawing your waifu
<2022-04-23T14:31:52.000Z> Tactical attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/a8620eabce045a8ef9ce27bfd5d41eba66cc9b5952d82169a379af497a6539c4.jfif
<2022-04-23T14:33:16.000Z> Tactical: monstergirl teutonic knights desperately needed
<2022-04-23T14:37:46.000Z> tengumatingpress: is that a request for the game or just a statement in general
<2022-04-23T14:38:00.000Z> Tactical: yes
<2022-04-23T14:46:19.000Z> tengumatingpress: hm
<2022-04-23T14:46:25.000Z> tengumatingpress: could probably homebrew a race
<2022-04-23T14:46:31.000Z> tengumatingpress: any particular monstergirl in mind?
<2022-04-23T14:47:21.000Z> Tactical: surprise me
<2022-04-23T14:48:25.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, teutonic holstaurs it is
<2022-04-23T14:48:51.000Z> Tactical: chad
<2022-04-23T14:50:41.000Z> tengumatingpress: it's just as well, I was homebrewing some moon rabbit shit as a major faction
<2022-04-23T14:50:43.000Z> tengumatingpress: because Touhou
<2022-04-27T00:07:09.000Z> Tactical: is the game thing still going on btw?
<2022-04-27T00:13:39.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah def is, just been a little busy, working on getting shit together
<2022-04-27T00:13:55.000Z> tengumatingpress: maybe 1st or 2nd saturday of May
<2022-04-27T00:14:20.000Z> Tactical: no problem
<2022-04-27T00:18:10.000Z> tengumatingpress: still wanting to run the cow knight gang?
<2022-04-27T00:18:30.000Z> Tactical: >teutonic cowgirl knights
<2022-04-27T00:18:39.000Z> Tactical: gigachad yes
<2022-04-27T00:18:46.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright
<2022-04-27T00:18:56.000Z> tengumatingpress: assuming you're going for more Lawful Neutral than anything else?
<2022-04-27T00:19:05.000Z> tengumatingpress: planning on alignment being relevant for something
<2022-04-27T00:19:19.000Z> Tactical: idc too much about alignment but I'll probably strive towards good
<2022-04-27T00:30:40.000Z> tengumatingpress: ok, Lawful Good
<2022-04-27T00:31:06.000Z> Tactical: yeeees
<2022-04-27T00:31:11.000Z> tengumatingpress: thinking of maybe having that faction control the PCs' starting city, or at least be a major power there
<2022-04-27T00:31:54.000Z> Tactical: idk how in depth you wanna do it
<2022-04-27T00:34:34.000Z> Tactical: I just like the idea of german teutonc knight cowgirls https://i.poastcdn.org/631fba5997a07a41f6401e87aa20be90622098ec44ad5f470554228d8d53ba0a.png
<2022-04-27T00:47:03.000Z> tengumatingpress: as in-depth as you want, basically I'm planning on generating stats for what kind of forces a group can field, what kind of income they're getting per month to spend on shit, and seeing what the layers do from there
<2022-04-27T00:47:15.000Z> tengumatingpress: basically treating their faction as a PC in itself
<2022-04-27T00:47:56.000Z> Tactical: that sounds solid
<2022-04-27T00:48:30.000Z> tengumatingpress: I'll probably have to figure out pre-existing relationships in case some of the guys decide to turtle up instead of doing shit on th emap
<2022-04-27T00:49:18.000Z> Tactical: against other factions?
<2022-04-27T01:09:38.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah, though I only have 3 guys confirmed to be on the hook for that, counting you
<2022-04-27T01:09:43.000Z> tengumatingpress: which should be more than enough for now
<2022-04-27T01:10:07.000Z> tengumatingpress: btw, there are some posts by one of the first guys to run campaigns like this that might explain what I'm going for better than I ambdubsanddragons.blogspot.com/2021/11/bdubs-essential-guide-to-patron-play.htmlbdubsanddragons.blogspot.com/2021/11/more-thoughts-on-patron-play.html
<2022-04-27T01:14:21.000Z> Tactical: ok, so basically I'm doing this thing where there's characters of a faction, and I'm essentially guiding their response to player shenaigns / world events?
<2022-04-27T01:14:37.000Z> tengumatingpress: yes, or doing shit on your own
<2022-04-27T01:14:58.000Z> Tactical: that's rad
<2022-04-27T01:15:29.000Z> Tactical: yeah just lemme know if you need anything bby
<2022-04-27T01:44:57.000Z> tengumatingpress: nah from here I just need to roll up a few things and slap a basic map together
<2022-04-27T01:45:13.000Z> Tactical: ok
<2022-04-27T17:29:34.000Z> tengumatingpress: rolling up the cowgirl paladin faction head, which weapon do you want me to roll for?
<2022-04-27T17:29:50.000Z> tengumatingpress: not having much luck on the magic items roll, but paladins are limited in that regard anyway so it's just as well
<2022-04-27T17:29:55.000Z> tengumatingpress attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/b599876853ecde86421e1156ee126e8202b1c337e0f1609cc8741243770087ca.png
<2022-04-27T17:31:52.000Z> Tactical: if it's a human faction lead, spear
<2022-04-27T17:32:03.000Z> Tactical: if it's a woman, 2-handed sword (battle axe for game mechanics)
<2022-04-27T17:32:54.000Z> tengumatingpress: battleaxe it is
<2022-04-27T17:42:57.000Z> tengumatingpress: Here's what I've got so far, yet to roll for henchmen but this is all tentative, should be more than info to start doing shit once it begins https://i.poastcdn.org/6d2dc2d6b0a5a3afcc1cea69e7cc10764de21e45793d7d9fee8ebef1e7d43ff5.txt
<2022-04-27T22:48:20.000Z> Tactical: >Milk
<2022-04-27T22:48:23.000Z> Tactical: oh lord
<2022-04-27T23:04:57.000Z> tengumatingpress: yeah idk
<2022-04-27T23:05:17.000Z> tengumatingpress: I'm not sure if they're in charge of the city or if they just get the income from selling milk to the general populace 
<2022-04-27T23:05:57.000Z> tengumatingpress: not sure if I'll allow PCs outside of the PHB, so I'm willing to give them some minotaur shit like the warriors not checking morale 
<2022-04-27T23:28:47.000Z> tengumatingpress: oh, you're fine with using discord right?
<2022-04-28T03:27:15.000Z> Tactical: yes
<2022-04-28T03:29:20.000Z> Tactical attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/e514cf6de3b3a1fbec31609fedc7b4c5596621f45613a34bcf3b47fe8e6880c0.PNG
<2022-04-28T03:30:36.000Z> Tactical: IDK how much control my faction has of the surrounding area, but I'm going to do some reorganization here
<2022-04-28T03:33:46.000Z> Tactical: Heavy Horse: Knights/Rittersbruders (Should ideally be fanatics along the colors of Lawful Neutral, highest equipment priority and training should go to them, fairly standard Teutonic knight stuff, big focus on two-handers)
<2022-04-28T03:35:41.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, sounds good
<2022-04-28T03:37:17.000Z> Tactical: Light Horse: Knechten/Auxillaries (local non-order knights/local auxillaries who serve as scouts / mercenaries. Replace Light Crossbow with javelins or similarly themed throwing weapon, and give a light spear / lance.)
<2022-04-28T03:37:26.000Z> tengumatingpress: though as-written they'd probably be Lawful Good since that's the only alignment paladins are allowed to work with long-term
<2022-04-28T03:37:33.000Z> tengumatingpress: fortunately all that's in the rules re weaponry
<2022-04-28T03:37:57.000Z> Tactical: I'm just visualizing them as essentially the Teutonic Knights, overzealous and prone to charge at a moment's notice
<2022-04-28T03:38:09.000Z> Tactical: with that slight moral gray of germanization
<2022-04-28T03:38:12.000Z> Tactical: up to you though
<2022-04-28T03:38:23.000Z> Tactical: I'm just throwing what I would do as a faction patron for organizing ATM
<2022-04-28T03:38:47.000Z> Tactical: How well trained are the men-at-arms btw/
<2022-04-28T03:41:13.000Z> Tactical: I like the idea of a very early tercio trying to be formed - 1/3 are Halbrudders (knights with halberds, high skill), 1/3rd are handgunners (or if that doesn't exist) crossbowmen, and the last 1/3rd being two-handed sword chads
<2022-04-28T03:41:52.000Z> Tactical: very few shields should be used in general formation unless we've got crossbowmen, pavise shields should be utilized
<2022-04-28T03:42:09.000Z> tengumatingpress: AD&D isn't granular enough for training
<2022-04-28T03:42:18.000Z> Tactical: i'm autistic
<2022-04-28T03:42:22.000Z> tengumatingpress: unclassed characters work as lv0 fighters, which is fine since they aren't really meant for PC actions
<2022-04-28T03:42:48.000Z> tengumatingpress: basically AD&D is pretty abstract about a lot of shit, so it can be however you imagine it and I can work out appropriate dice modifiers
<2022-04-28T03:42:54.000Z> Tactical: Sure sure
<2022-04-28T03:43:11.000Z> Tactical: i got a lot of creative energy so lemme know if there's anything you want while I relax
<2022-04-28T03:45:55.000Z> tengumatingpress: for now this should be good, though if you have any suggestions for faction goals let me know
<2022-04-28T03:46:20.000Z> tengumatingpress: beyond the shit immediately relevant to the early campaign the "world" is still up in the air, so i'd be willing to integrate whatever would be interesting
<2022-04-28T03:46:58.000Z> Tactical: I'm gonna assume it's a "teutonic knight" scenario of this land being recently acquired and the character having just assumed control over the faction
<2022-04-28T03:47:56.000Z> tengumatingpress: ah good, that sort of works with a conceit I wanted with it being very post-collapse frontier, land hasn't been explored yet, weird shit's going on
<2022-04-28T03:48:35.000Z> Tactical: if we have rumors of a demon investigation in the province, we naturally can't trust the newly converted / unassimilated population without incentive, so we'll offer a large reward to investigators for solid proof of demonic presence and collaborators
<2022-04-28T03:49:32.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright, sounds like that'll generate a good amount of hooks for PCs
<2022-04-28T03:51:04.000Z> Tactical: once we know where the demons are, we'll bust down doors and start asking ze questions
<2022-05-02T18:18:36.000Z> tengumatingpress: >the region I rolled up is absurdly full of mountains and hills
<2022-05-02T18:18:40.000Z> tengumatingpress: clearly this was the cowgirl promised land
<2022-05-03T05:05:58.000Z> Tactical: lmao
<2022-05-06T23:21:53.000Z> tengumatingpress: discord.gg/tqdjJ8cu?event=972276138577653800
<2022-05-06T23:21:55.000Z> tengumatingpress: got the server link up
<2022-05-07T00:21:55.000Z> Tactical: I'll be on in an hour or so
<2022-05-07T00:22:03.000Z> Tactical: Do you need me to do anything
<2022-05-07T00:22:15.000Z> tengumatingpress: For now, not much 
<2022-05-07T00:22:35.000Z> tengumatingpress: After the first session I'll give you a briefing on the area and so on, you can start doing shit then 
<2022-05-07T00:23:36.000Z> Tactical: Ooooooaaaaahhh I'm knightmaxxxing :sob:
<2022-05-07T00:26:29.000Z> tengumatingpress: Opening up a megadungeon under ur city
<2022-05-07T00:38:14.000Z> tengumatingpress: Going for a chaos pit opening up under Chuck's Fuck & Suck, not sure if that's a very cow paladin thing to allow 
<2022-05-07T01:14:08.000Z> Tactical: It's just a pub house don't worry about it
<2022-05-07T01:19:27.000Z> tengumatingpress: alright that's the story