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Cap'n Fatty !!Y2qppliwqnZ Fri 28 Nov 2008 19:58:00 No.3077253 View View Reply Original Report

Sup /tg/?

Today is my first day DMing for a noob group. I have everything set up, except for one thing, and that's what I need to ask you:

What do you use for town guard? Is there a "monster" for it or do you just slap fighter levels on NPC humans?

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 20:01:00 No.3077263 Report

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It depends on the town. :|

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 20:02:00 No.3077268 Report

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3.5 I guess...
fighter levels, I use level 3 for normal guards and higher for elite.
But my town-game is a ankh-morpork-esque so...

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 20:09:00 No.3077280 Report

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This is how /tg/ reminds me to rage.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 20:09:00 No.3077281 Report

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>>3077253
Which system is this for? If 3.5 D&D, level 1 human soldiers (NPC class, fighter without feats).

If 4th Edition, should be something under "human" in the Monster Manual.

If something else...well, you'll have to specify what.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:32:00 No.3077387 Report

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If its 3.5, what kind of town? Is it a Vatican-esque city where divine casters are prominent and numerous? Is it a shitty dump town full of thugs and/or gangs? A capitol city of a wealthy kingdom?

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:39:00 No.3077407 Report

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Level 1 warrior I generally use for heroic games. If you want the guards to be more of a threat then a highish level fighter.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:49:00 No.3077447 Report

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You are playing with a newbie group.
Don't use City Guards as living creatures.
When they start being retarded (and they will), just go "City Watch saw you and you go to jail. You come out after 2 years, without any money or equipment, and 1 experience level shorter.".

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/ !/////m/ShI Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:52:00 No.3077458 Report

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LAST I HEAR THEY GOT A SHE-WEREWOLF AND A ZOMBIE AND A VAMPIRE AND TROLLS AND A GOLEM...

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:53:00 No.3077463 Report

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>>3077447

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/ !/////m/ShI Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:54:00 No.3077468 Report

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>>3077458
OH AND CAN'T FORGET THE SHE-DWARF. SEEN THAT ONE IN SEQUINS BEFORE.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:02:00 No.3077491 Report

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Thorp Guard: A Halfling that offered up 'protection' for the people of the thorp in exchange for a bit of free food and a place to sleep. She wasn't expecting to have to act on her end of the bargain as the thorp doesn't appear to have much of value.
Villiage Guard: The villiage has a single sheriff to serve as the peace keeper (deputy optional), the people of the villiage affectionatly refer to him as 'lawman'. He's their only defender, but he's experienced enough to do a good job at it.
Town Guard: The town has a volunteer watch with a sheriff as its head organizer. Quite a few of the villiagers have weapons to defend the town with and they put on a tabard to patrol with once per day, but not many are formally trained. This results in some unpleasant surprises for robbers who learn that the baker has a sword behind the counter and knows how to use it.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:12:00 No.3077517 Report

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>>3077491
City Guard: The city has a trained and organized watch, with ranks for the more experienced guards to rise up in. As a result of its organization, certain parts of the city have a tendancy to attract corrupt officers, commiting a crime there costs a bribe rather than time in prison or letting a sword cut through your jugular.
Metropolis Guard: In addition to the system seen in the metropolis you see a seperately opperated group of Spell-Blades. Ostensibly this is to prevent a certain amount of corruption by both forming a rivalry between the two groups and constantly having the left hand looking at what the right is doing.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:15:00 No.3077527 Report

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>>3077491
>This results in some unpleasant surprises for robbers who learn that the baker has a sword behind the counter and knows how to use it.

Who the fuck robs a bakery?

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:16:00 No.3077531 Report

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>>3077527
Your delicious loaves are mine!

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:16:00 No.3077532 Report

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>>3077527
The PCs, mostly.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:16:00 No.3077535 Report

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>>3077447
That's harsh man. Harsh.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:24:00 No.3077561 Report

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>>3077527
The greatest Intellect the world has ever known.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:25:00 No.3077569 Report

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>>3077527

Everybody loves bread so any skilled baker is likely to have gold. Plus, you can steal the bread and that means you have to spend less of the gold on food.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:29:00 No.3077584 Report

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>>3077569
>Everybody loves bread so any skilled baker is likely to have some copper and maybe a few silver pieces. Plus, you can steal the bread and that means you have to spend less of the chump change on food.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:33:00 No.3077594 Report

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>>3077527
I gave my sweetroll to some bully.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:34:00 No.3077602 Report

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>>3077584
Everybody loves magical bread so any baker with the craft wondrous item feat is likely to have platinum. Plus, you can steal the bread and that means you have to spend less of the platinum on wondrous items.

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:38:00 No.3077609 Report

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:39:00 No.3077619 Report

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What SYSTEM is it? Depending on size of town, it would be the Warrior NPC class for most mooks, with maybe the leader, lieutenants, or elite guard being a PC class.

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