Kal Sunrider
Mongoose
I'm currently putting together a Lone Wolf RPG game; one with the aim of a long term campaign. I'm considering taking the group along a storyline loosely based around a mix of the original Lone Wolf gamebooks and the Wolf of Lone Wolf (e.g. Grey Star) gamebooks. There's some stuff I'm still trying to wrap my head around though and would greatly value some advice from those who have played or even better run this game already:
In the course of the gamebooks; Lone Wolf gains the Sommerswerd in the second book, "Fire on the Water"...but reading the description of the weapon in the main rulebook, it kind of seems that allowing the Kai Lord in my game to gain that powerful a weapon so early into the game would tremendously unbalance it; any ideas? I was actually considering something along the lines of the Darklords finding some way to "dampen" the powers of the Sommerswerd, and part of the campaign being the Kai Lord's quest to re-imbue it with power; basically it would grow with him as he levels up. If I were to do this, I would probably re-enact the scene at the end of FOTW where Darklord Zagarna is taken out, but perhaps have some form of "backlash" from the Darklord's death (perhaps caused by the use of the Sommerswerd by an inexperienced Kai Lord) that dampens the abilities of the Sommerswerd; that way while the Kai Lord is attempting to regain the full powers of the sword, the Darklands will be in chaos as the Darklords fight over control of Helegad, conveniently resolving their conflict when the group is high enough level to be taking them on (and high enough where the Sommerswerd does not unbalance the game).
I was also considering allowing one of the players to play a Shianti Sorcerer (from Magic of Magnamund); has anyone allowed one in their game? Did it drastically unbalance things? There would not be an Elder Magi in the game to be compared to the Shianti, so I'm mainly concerned with overall game balance here.
Last question; one of the players is considering playing a Wytch Childe. In the book it mentions that they commonly masquerade as something other then what they truly are...so what exactly would she claim to the rest of the party that she is? Suggestions are appreciated.
For those curious, the overall party looks to be shaping up thusly:
Kai Lord
Knight of Sommerlund
Wytch Child
Shianti Sorcerer
Thanks!
In the course of the gamebooks; Lone Wolf gains the Sommerswerd in the second book, "Fire on the Water"...but reading the description of the weapon in the main rulebook, it kind of seems that allowing the Kai Lord in my game to gain that powerful a weapon so early into the game would tremendously unbalance it; any ideas? I was actually considering something along the lines of the Darklords finding some way to "dampen" the powers of the Sommerswerd, and part of the campaign being the Kai Lord's quest to re-imbue it with power; basically it would grow with him as he levels up. If I were to do this, I would probably re-enact the scene at the end of FOTW where Darklord Zagarna is taken out, but perhaps have some form of "backlash" from the Darklord's death (perhaps caused by the use of the Sommerswerd by an inexperienced Kai Lord) that dampens the abilities of the Sommerswerd; that way while the Kai Lord is attempting to regain the full powers of the sword, the Darklands will be in chaos as the Darklords fight over control of Helegad, conveniently resolving their conflict when the group is high enough level to be taking them on (and high enough where the Sommerswerd does not unbalance the game).
I was also considering allowing one of the players to play a Shianti Sorcerer (from Magic of Magnamund); has anyone allowed one in their game? Did it drastically unbalance things? There would not be an Elder Magi in the game to be compared to the Shianti, so I'm mainly concerned with overall game balance here.
Last question; one of the players is considering playing a Wytch Childe. In the book it mentions that they commonly masquerade as something other then what they truly are...so what exactly would she claim to the rest of the party that she is? Suggestions are appreciated.
For those curious, the overall party looks to be shaping up thusly:
Kai Lord
Knight of Sommerlund
Wytch Child
Shianti Sorcerer
Thanks!