2009-05-07 Name Level

Yesterday’s post about Übermonsters reminded me of a recent change I instituted in my Alder King D&D 3.5 Sunday game regarding *Name Level*:

Übermonsters

Alder King

• *Name Level**: Characters reach reaching level 9 must build a stronghold or be ready to retire their character when they reach level 10. (Ordinary adventures will take place in the level range from one to nine; higher level adventures may involve mass battles.)

• *Charisma**: There is no Leadership feat. Instead, players build an entourage using roleplay within the limits of their Charisma score. One of their entourage will be a Loyal Follower and a potential replacement character. (Inspired by David Bowman’s Entourage Approach.)

Entourage Approach

The Sunday group has six players. Half the players liked it immediately, one of them saying they’d like to start a warband using their entourage, and two others hired a bard each. I think that’s an excellent start. 😄

Does anybody remember who wrote on their blog that they didn’t mind their player’s using the D&D 3.5 rules as long as they could use simpler rules behind the screen? That’s what I’m trying to do. 😄

Also, nobody minded the level cap because when I started looking for players I told everybody that the campaign would end around level nine to twelve.

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