Looks like we should be good for an October 6 start to the campaign.
Players will be Shadani, karvon, vanya mia, Mirgalen, Topato, Smart Alec, and Gulfwulf. Felrisen will be shifting to the co-DM chair this time around.
Looking forward to the campaign. I'll post a link to my custom hak soon.
Heroes of the Peloponnese Game Thread
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Missed a hak, Bloodmonkey's Rocky Mountains 1.02. I've added it to the list in the first post, but most of you should have it (I've been using it in my mods for a while).
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I've uploaded the custom top-level hak (24mb) here: https://www.box.com/s/rlcqj6l2na9hr9jty5b6. Let me know if you have any trouble accessing it.
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Costas Appolodorus was a short and friendly fisherman who equally loved his wife Danae and son Andreas, the sea and a good meal. When Andreas was five or six springs, he went fishing during a rough night. Having given proper offerings to Poseidon he took his boat to sea under the full moon. That night there was a violent summer storm and in the morning only his boat was found on the shore. A few month later, Danae who never accepted her husband passing left the village one morning heading for the mountains. Since that day Andreas has been under the care of old Pedaeus. Over the years he studied and trained to be an athlete hoping that one day he could win the games and somehow please the Gods. He was now a tall and strong young man, able to lift heavy weight and run faster than most. If he had been any good with a javelin he would have made Pedaeus happy. For now life was not too harsh on the young man. After all, he had food, a roof under his head, friends and a great future or so it seemed...
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Hi folks! Been a while. 
Might aim for an Odysseus-like Rogue/Fighter here - studying under Militades, but not exactly a favoured student...
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There's just something not right with the lad, we've all seen it. He's a proper wanderer, skipping from one thing to the next, never settling, a true son of Hermes in his thought. His parents were farmers, but that wasn't enough for him. His father's brother was a hunter, but it wasn't what he wanted. His heart's not in the village, and settling isn't in his blood.
They've all tried to be patient with him, but he's faithful only in his inconstancy. He thought highly of magic, and studied with Aristarchus when just a boy, long enough to learn how to think - but not long enough to grasp the secrets or the mysteries. He was taken by stories then, and sat at the foot of Androcles to listen to his words and tales, long enough to know how to talk but not long enough to know how to sing or learn the epics. And he's turned to Miltiades to learn how to fight, but the lad's too wiry to stand well in the phalanx and he understands little of honour. Fonder of the sling than the spear, he wants to learn how to win, but not to win fame.
He trains there still, though, in between the chores he can be pushed into doing. But no-one seems to know what to make of him, even now. An honest face, but sly words. A heavy arm, but a light footfall. Strong shoulders and a head held high, but cautious pose and furtive eyes. He's earned his name, it must be said - and it must have been a seer that saw the boy upon his birth and called him Polytropos - a boy of many ways. A man of twists and turns.
Might aim for an Odysseus-like Rogue/Fighter here - studying under Militades, but not exactly a favoured student...***
There's just something not right with the lad, we've all seen it. He's a proper wanderer, skipping from one thing to the next, never settling, a true son of Hermes in his thought. His parents were farmers, but that wasn't enough for him. His father's brother was a hunter, but it wasn't what he wanted. His heart's not in the village, and settling isn't in his blood.
They've all tried to be patient with him, but he's faithful only in his inconstancy. He thought highly of magic, and studied with Aristarchus when just a boy, long enough to learn how to think - but not long enough to grasp the secrets or the mysteries. He was taken by stories then, and sat at the foot of Androcles to listen to his words and tales, long enough to know how to talk but not long enough to know how to sing or learn the epics. And he's turned to Miltiades to learn how to fight, but the lad's too wiry to stand well in the phalanx and he understands little of honour. Fonder of the sling than the spear, he wants to learn how to win, but not to win fame.
He trains there still, though, in between the chores he can be pushed into doing. But no-one seems to know what to make of him, even now. An honest face, but sly words. A heavy arm, but a light footfall. Strong shoulders and a head held high, but cautious pose and furtive eyes. He's earned his name, it must be said - and it must have been a seer that saw the boy upon his birth and called him Polytropos - a boy of many ways. A man of twists and turns.
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As an aside, would it be appropriate for us to choose patron gods? I remember enjoying playing through the Cretan Chronicles, and if there's one thing I learned from that, it's that budding Greek heroes damn well take on patron gods in the hopes of divine favour.
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I'd planned to! But am still wondering which.....
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Choosing a patron deity is perfectly acceptable regardless of whether you are playing a cleric. Mantineia has a sort of generic temple that honors all of the Twelve Olympians, with a particular emphasis on Aphrodite. Some of the other gods will play an important part in the campaign, but I'm not saying which at this point. 
If you want to broaden your focus beyond the Twelve, you can read this Web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gr ... al_figures. I used Wiki references a lot in preparing this campaign as it has been a long time since I last taught ancient history.
If you want to broaden your focus beyond the Twelve, you can read this Web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gr ... al_figures. I used Wiki references a lot in preparing this campaign as it has been a long time since I last taught ancient history.
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So I've indecisively been kicking ideas back and forth inside my head as I am wont to. Was just wondering which characters were already set, so as to help me cut the Gordian Knot.
-Mirgalen as an Athlete
-Karvon as Rogue
-Topato as Fighter
-SA as Rogue/Fighter
-VM, Gulwulf and Myself as undecided/undeclared.
Is that about right?
-Mirgalen as an Athlete
-Karvon as Rogue
-Topato as Fighter
-SA as Rogue/Fighter
-VM, Gulwulf and Myself as undecided/undeclared.
Is that about right?
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I'm taking a cleric unless you or VM want it. If so, I'll be a ranger.