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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8796921" data-attributes="member: 67338"><p>So ( I guess broad spoilers) HotD is the story of how the dynasty implodes into a civil war.</p><p>However it has a lot of bad people, like almost no one to root for.</p><p></p><p>SO I wanted to think about a D&D game (and I am currently using 5e but I had thought of this back in 4e too, and the system is pretty agnostic) with nobles ending up having to deal with a similar but less sexist succession crisis. So I am looking for some feed back.</p><p></p><p>I have a huge combo kingdom (most phb races) and they have had human kings for a few hundred years when an issue came up. The line has most times gone to olderst (1st born child) but in the case of a more worthy (smarter, more charismatic) some times the king will appoint a younger heir. This went great even when a king lived a long time and out lived his own sons and just chose his best grandchild to be heir...</p><p></p><p>The king XXXX the 3rd had a human wife, and a human son. Then his wife died in child birth with twins. By the time the twins were 5 (and older son was a preteen) the king remarried. His new wife is a Elf with draconic blood, and she is 'only' 140 years old... </p><p></p><p>So the king dies at a ripe old age, his 1st born son and his twin daughters all grow old, have children and pass... However he ALSO had 2 half elf children with his second wife, who grow old (much longer) and had children... but the queen was still alive. </p><p></p><p>the Queen lives to be 500+ years old. the pure human line is spread out and thined out with Great, great, great, great, great grandchildren who are adults (2 dozen maybe closer to 5 dozen with bastards) The half elf line while shorter still has Great great grand children who are adults (about half a dozen). and the queen has expected to live at least another 50 years... but she took sick quickly, and is now frail, bedridden and not able to choose... her senishal technically has control until she passes... but when she does who of all of her grandchildren get the thrown?!?! Multi powerful families, some with mystic power, some with riches and some with the power of the military all have claims. Oh, and the queen MIGHT have been poisoned, maybe this ISN'T a natural illness. </p><p></p><p>What kinds of problems can I throw in? what is a good way to get the party of lesser nobles to work together? (I am thinking the Senishal puts them together). Now the PC can be Heirs, but they could just be the children of powerful noble families...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8796921, member: 67338"] So ( I guess broad spoilers) HotD is the story of how the dynasty implodes into a civil war. However it has a lot of bad people, like almost no one to root for. SO I wanted to think about a D&D game (and I am currently using 5e but I had thought of this back in 4e too, and the system is pretty agnostic) with nobles ending up having to deal with a similar but less sexist succession crisis. So I am looking for some feed back. I have a huge combo kingdom (most phb races) and they have had human kings for a few hundred years when an issue came up. The line has most times gone to olderst (1st born child) but in the case of a more worthy (smarter, more charismatic) some times the king will appoint a younger heir. This went great even when a king lived a long time and out lived his own sons and just chose his best grandchild to be heir... The king XXXX the 3rd had a human wife, and a human son. Then his wife died in child birth with twins. By the time the twins were 5 (and older son was a preteen) the king remarried. His new wife is a Elf with draconic blood, and she is 'only' 140 years old... So the king dies at a ripe old age, his 1st born son and his twin daughters all grow old, have children and pass... However he ALSO had 2 half elf children with his second wife, who grow old (much longer) and had children... but the queen was still alive. the Queen lives to be 500+ years old. the pure human line is spread out and thined out with Great, great, great, great, great grandchildren who are adults (2 dozen maybe closer to 5 dozen with bastards) The half elf line while shorter still has Great great grand children who are adults (about half a dozen). and the queen has expected to live at least another 50 years... but she took sick quickly, and is now frail, bedridden and not able to choose... her senishal technically has control until she passes... but when she does who of all of her grandchildren get the thrown?!?! Multi powerful families, some with mystic power, some with riches and some with the power of the military all have claims. Oh, and the queen MIGHT have been poisoned, maybe this ISN'T a natural illness. What kinds of problems can I throw in? what is a good way to get the party of lesser nobles to work together? (I am thinking the Senishal puts them together). Now the PC can be Heirs, but they could just be the children of powerful noble families... [/QUOTE]
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