tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post4253994430085293224..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Urban EncountersJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-81996348835739100372010-03-02T19:07:42.921-06:002010-03-02T19:07:42.921-06:00Personally this really resonates with how I've...Personally this really resonates with how I've been using my 100 NPC encounter table, and now I should make a table of 100 badasses and 100 bands of thugs.<br /><br />I love Evil High Priest as well! I've been using it as the official title for head priests of evil churches.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-63372973468016500292010-03-02T12:47:43.281-06:002010-03-02T12:47:43.281-06:00I just talked to one of my players about this and ...I just talked to one of my players about this and he remembers his first homebrew town as only occupied by the types of people in the encounter table. A player asked him 'well, who makes all the food then ?', his answer 'the bloody clerics, duh !'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-43069045215450647132010-03-02T12:29:55.883-06:002010-03-02T12:29:55.883-06:00hmm... on the other hand... a necromancer kingdom ...hmm... on the other hand... a necromancer kingdom might just have all the people as zombies and other undead anyway. there might be some bias the not-yet-dead even.<br />try to get service in that zombie dry-cleaners without being properly dead first!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-5401865109709348952010-03-02T12:27:20.846-06:002010-03-02T12:27:20.846-06:00having the undead on there might mean another thin...having the undead on there might mean another thing though: the zombie apocalypse is happening in that town. right now!<br />but the other occupants are too busy dealing with all those EHPs and bandits in their streets to notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-77959238737894955122010-03-02T12:25:39.704-06:002010-03-02T12:25:39.704-06:00I think that the undead are often the ones running...I think that the undead are often the ones running the show. Maybe the pawnshop has a human behind the desk, but all the income goes toward purchasing maidens to feed the vampire in the basement. That totally makes sense if you're using <a href="http://redbox.wikidot.com/forum/t-198397/procedural-sandbox-generation" rel="nofollow">Wilderlands tables that can yield 60% of towns being lawful evil</a>.<br />- TavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-68579753866284655702010-03-02T11:27:32.940-06:002010-03-02T11:27:32.940-06:00I love "Evil High Priest" or "EHP&q...I love "Evil High Priest" or "EHP", its one of my favorite OD&D anachronisms. True Sword & Sorcery games should be crawling with these guys!Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-58259583981930259972010-03-02T10:36:57.722-06:002010-03-02T10:36:57.722-06:00It's like a fantasy film where Conan rides int...It's like a fantasy film where Conan rides into town or Frodo goes down the pub, you know their are people about but it's only the important ones or threats that really matter, unless the players decide to involve normal people (which usually ends badly)<br /><br />Also, I like how the undead stick around town, feeding and haunting people rather than jaunting off to wait in places where only dungeoneers tread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com