The very first gaming session was in some respects the least interesting, even though we covered two rounds of progress. I say this not because the concept wasn't good, and I don't mean to suggest that the Players weren't keen to sink their teeth into such an unusual concept. I merely mean that none of us had any idea what to expect from a campaign of this kind — its scope, its magnitude, its complexity. We didn't know what kind of consequences we might face. I didn't have a good notion how even to prepare such a campaign, because as far as I knew, nobody had ever tried anything like it.
Since we had to cover two rounds of the game in one night, it meant I had to prepare Round 1, Year Zero with a limited palette of consequences. I imagined various cultural forces which might come into conflict, such as curiosity, mysticism, tradition, medicine, discipline, fear of the unknown, and pit them against each other in what I hoped were relative binary ways. Either mysticism would win, I expected, or rationality would. I was prepared for either contingency, with a string of if-then statements woven into my preparatory materials. If the players chose to do X, I would follow up with Scenario B, and so on.
I hadn't anticipated the dedication to which my apparently Taoist campaigners consistently sought the Middle Path.
Players
Joe: the host of our gaming nights, my best friend for 25 years, and the Leader of the triumvirate.
Dave: a friend of several years, whom I met while doing a play for a local theater company. He would play the Artisan.
Connor: a friend and co-worker of Dave's who had been incorporated into our gaming group; his role was the Mystic.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering
The Dar tribe loses their leader and their medicine man as a result of an earthquake which destroys their cave. The survivors seek answers, blaming a deformed six-fingered child of Uman, but the Great Spirits deny them justice. In fact, the Great Spirits insist that the Dar offer up one of their women to Uman's deformed child as a bride when he comes of age. A Dar midwife, their only remaining healer, attacks Uman in her rage and despair and is killed.
The six-fingered son of the Uman tribe is allowed to live despite his obvious mutation, and no special mystical significance is attributed to the earthquake. The Uman boy is prophesied to become a great leader and wizard, and is promised a bride of the Dar people when he comes of age.
The curiosity of the Pagh toward the reason for the earthquake leads them on a quest into the mountains, to learn why the earth moves. Perhaps the Earth has rising and falling cycles, as do the Sea and the River.
The Kufu are encouraged to add a medicine man to their tribe, and take on Tor the Sage of the Pagh. They return to their ancestral lands with a renewed appreciation for the value of strong medicine.
The Brun warn that although the sign of the earthquake is meaningless, the sign of the lunar eclipse is worse. Their fears are ignored. The Brun return to their cold northern lands, unsatisfied.
Year 30,000: Hominid Migration
The Drim Acquire A Telepath. The tradition of bridal exchange is interrupted when the Drim suspect a young healer to be possessed by evil spirits. The Great Spirits demonstrate that her telepathy is actually beneficial, for young Temu is the equal of old Ral the Raven in a contest of skills.
The Mannut Discover Mining. The Mannut tribe discovers a copper deposit when an avalanche destroys their cave. Nobody is harmed, but the Great Spirits warn that any further investigation into the stones of the earth would require the presence of a skilled shaman.
The Abequa Enter The Great Valley. After wandering for millennia in the high mountain passes where food is scarce, the migrating Abequa reach a valley where flora is lush and fauna is unimaginably plentiful. The sudden surplus almost crumbles the discipline within the tribe, and there is a crisis of leadership. Only Jebba the Healer can bring back the mighty huaca alive. Reluctantly, she accepts that it is her Quest to lead her people, for among all of the Eagle tribe, she is best suited for the task.
The Ayuté Have Two Toolmakers. When Noves, toolmaker of the Ayuté, is killed by a tiger, the tribe looks to his son Novan to fill the role of craftsman, though he has not the skill of his father. There is a challenge from Faya, even younger than he but no less adept at making weapons in her own particular style. When the two types of weapons are put to the test, the women of the tribe are far more successful catching fish than are the men, and the balance of power in the tribe begins to shift.
The Cleansing Ritual Of Oparron. A tribe is being pushed farther out onto a rain-lashed peninsula, where food is scarce and tempers are frayed. Discipline can no longer be maintained, and some hungry tribesmen secretly hunt for crabs on the seashore, without bothering to share their bounty. After three people die from shellfish allergy, a phenomenon the Oparron are not equipped to understand, the Great Spirits are there to help. The eating of crab meat is a rite of passage all must undergo, to determine if one is strong enough to suit the needs of the tribe. A grisly pyrophiliac cleansing ritual is invented as a purifying rite for the bodies of those slain. Soon after this, the Oparron advance out across the lowlands and onto the island chain that spans the North Ocean.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Brun Clans
A Timeline of Events in the History of the Brun Clans
Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Brun warn that although the sign of the earthquake is meaningless, the sign of the lunar eclipse is worse. Their fears are ignored. The Brun return to their cold northern lands, unsatisfied.
Year 30,000: The Cleansing Ritual Of Oparron. A tribe is being pushed farther out onto a rain-lashed peninsula, where food is scarce and tempers are frayed. Discipline can no longer be maintained, and some hungry tribesmen secretly hunt for crabs on the seashore, without bothering to share their bounty. After three people die from shellfish allergy, a phenomenon the Oparron are not equipped to understand, the Great Spirits are there to help. The eating of crab meat is a rite of passage all must undergo, to determine if one is strong enough to suit the needs of the tribe. A grisly pyrophiliac cleansing ritual is invented as a purifying rite for the bodies of those slain. Soon after this, the Oparron advance out across the lowlands and onto the island chain that spans the North Ocean.
Year 50,000: The Bellaron Sacrifice Chamandra. When a hotheaded youth arises in the Bellaron tribes, claiming to be immortal and promising his people have nothing to fear from the rising oceans, the tribes are tempted to remain behind and not migrate to the mainland. Chamandra is sacrificed to the gods in the cleansing ritual.
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Brun warn that although the sign of the earthquake is meaningless, the sign of the lunar eclipse is worse. Their fears are ignored. The Brun return to their cold northern lands, unsatisfied.
Year 30,000: The Cleansing Ritual Of Oparron. A tribe is being pushed farther out onto a rain-lashed peninsula, where food is scarce and tempers are frayed. Discipline can no longer be maintained, and some hungry tribesmen secretly hunt for crabs on the seashore, without bothering to share their bounty. After three people die from shellfish allergy, a phenomenon the Oparron are not equipped to understand, the Great Spirits are there to help. The eating of crab meat is a rite of passage all must undergo, to determine if one is strong enough to suit the needs of the tribe. A grisly pyrophiliac cleansing ritual is invented as a purifying rite for the bodies of those slain. Soon after this, the Oparron advance out across the lowlands and onto the island chain that spans the North Ocean.
Year 50,000: The Bellaron Sacrifice Chamandra. When a hotheaded youth arises in the Bellaron tribes, claiming to be immortal and promising his people have nothing to fear from the rising oceans, the tribes are tempted to remain behind and not migrate to the mainland. Chamandra is sacrificed to the gods in the cleansing ritual.
The Kufu Clans
A Timeline of Events in the History of the Kufu Clans
Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Kufu are encouraged to add a medicine man to their tribe, and take on Tor the Sage of the Pagh. They return to their ancestral lands with a renewed appreciation for the value of strong medicine.
Year 30,000: The Ayuté Have Two Toolmakers. When Noves, toolmaker of the Ayuté, is killed by a tiger, the tribe looks to his son Novan to fill the role of craftsman, though he has not the skill of his father. There is a challenge from Faya, even younger than he but no less adept at making weapons in her own particular style. When the two types of weapons are put to the test, the women of the tribe are far more successful catching fish than are the men, and the balance of power in the tribe begins to shift.
The Teyo Nami And The Moon Tiger. When the moon tiger confronts the people of Teyo Nami, separating their souls and frightening the people, the players are called in to destroy it. The question of placing the souls back into their rightful bodies, however, they leave up to the tribe.
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Kufu are encouraged to add a medicine man to their tribe, and take on Tor the Sage of the Pagh. They return to their ancestral lands with a renewed appreciation for the value of strong medicine.
Year 30,000: The Ayuté Have Two Toolmakers. When Noves, toolmaker of the Ayuté, is killed by a tiger, the tribe looks to his son Novan to fill the role of craftsman, though he has not the skill of his father. There is a challenge from Faya, even younger than he but no less adept at making weapons in her own particular style. When the two types of weapons are put to the test, the women of the tribe are far more successful catching fish than are the men, and the balance of power in the tribe begins to shift.
The Teyo Nami And The Moon Tiger. When the moon tiger confronts the people of Teyo Nami, separating their souls and frightening the people, the players are called in to destroy it. The question of placing the souls back into their rightful bodies, however, they leave up to the tribe.
Note: the intervening years will be filled in as I have time. Watch this space!
Year 105,748: The Haesonian Dialogue. As the Conqueror invades Zefar, society is beginning to splinter. General Drurich is sent to recruit the Haesonian soldiers to the imperial cause — or destroy them if they refuse. The Pagh Clans
A Timeline of Events in the History of the Pagh Clans
Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The curiosity of the Pagh toward the reason for the earthquake leads them on a quest into the mountains, to learn why the earth moves. Perhaps the Earth has rising and falling cycles, as do the Sea and the River.
Year 30,000: The Abequa Enter The Great Valley. After wandering for millennia in the high mountain passes where food is scarce, the migrating Abequa reach a valley where flora is lush and fauna is unimaginably plentiful. The sudden surplus almost crumbles the discipline within the tribe, and there is a crisis of leadership. Only Jebba the Healer can bring back the mighty huaca alive. Reluctantly, she accepts that it is her Quest to lead her people, for among all of the Eagle tribe, she is best suited for the task.
Year 50,000: The Hybesh Valley Is Burning. Two distinct tribes of the Abequa have evolved: the Ascenders, who are strong climbers, and the Leapers, who appear to be developing the capacity for gliding between the treetops. The two tribes disagree how to handle the raging forest fires that are consuming their valley — is it their quest to stay and guard the trees, or to follow the herds? The players elect to send the tribes in both directions at once.
Note: the intervening years will be filled in as I have time. Watch this space!
Year 105,618: The Pharaoh Takes A Bride. The female Matriarch of the Alvian was the first Pharaoh of the Dynasty of Sathad-Zin. Since the people of Sathad weren't accustomed to being ruled by a woman, she had taken on the illusory appearance of a winged male instead, because that was the custom of the Sathad. When it came time to produce an heir, she found herself in a pickle: she would not marry her brother, in the Sathadi style, and she could not marry the brides that the Sathadi families were offering in their custom of bridal exchange. Alvatheu elected instead to have the child herself.
Year 106,129: The Aquiline Republic Is Founded. The four races of the Great Valley build a government based on the model of the Bronze Empire.
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The curiosity of the Pagh toward the reason for the earthquake leads them on a quest into the mountains, to learn why the earth moves. Perhaps the Earth has rising and falling cycles, as do the Sea and the River.
Year 30,000: The Abequa Enter The Great Valley. After wandering for millennia in the high mountain passes where food is scarce, the migrating Abequa reach a valley where flora is lush and fauna is unimaginably plentiful. The sudden surplus almost crumbles the discipline within the tribe, and there is a crisis of leadership. Only Jebba the Healer can bring back the mighty huaca alive. Reluctantly, she accepts that it is her Quest to lead her people, for among all of the Eagle tribe, she is best suited for the task.
Year 50,000: The Hybesh Valley Is Burning. Two distinct tribes of the Abequa have evolved: the Ascenders, who are strong climbers, and the Leapers, who appear to be developing the capacity for gliding between the treetops. The two tribes disagree how to handle the raging forest fires that are consuming their valley — is it their quest to stay and guard the trees, or to follow the herds? The players elect to send the tribes in both directions at once.
Note: the intervening years will be filled in as I have time. Watch this space!
Year 105,618: The Pharaoh Takes A Bride. The female Matriarch of the Alvian was the first Pharaoh of the Dynasty of Sathad-Zin. Since the people of Sathad weren't accustomed to being ruled by a woman, she had taken on the illusory appearance of a winged male instead, because that was the custom of the Sathad. When it came time to produce an heir, she found herself in a pickle: she would not marry her brother, in the Sathadi style, and she could not marry the brides that the Sathadi families were offering in their custom of bridal exchange. Alvatheu elected instead to have the child herself.
Year 106,129: The Aquiline Republic Is Founded. The four races of the Great Valley build a government based on the model of the Bronze Empire.
The Uman Clans
A Timeline of Events in the History of the Uman Clans
Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The six-fingered son of the Uman tribe is allowed to live despite his obvious mutation, and no special mystical significance is attributed to the earthquake. The Uman boy is prophesied to become a great leader and wizard, and is promised a bride of the Dar people when he comes of age.
Year 30,000: The Mannut Discover Mining. The tribe discovers a copper deposit when an avalanche destroys their cave. Nobody is harmed, but the Great Spirits warn that any further investigation into the stones of the earth would require the presence of a skilled shaman.
Year 50,000: Exile Of The Swift Hand tribe. When the Swift Hand tribe breaks the rule against mining without the supervision of a shaman, they are exiled into the Caverns of the Silver Serpent. It is not an inviting place, so their tribesmen are generous and give them rock goats to keep them company.
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The six-fingered son of the Uman tribe is allowed to live despite his obvious mutation, and no special mystical significance is attributed to the earthquake. The Uman boy is prophesied to become a great leader and wizard, and is promised a bride of the Dar people when he comes of age.
Year 30,000: The Mannut Discover Mining. The tribe discovers a copper deposit when an avalanche destroys their cave. Nobody is harmed, but the Great Spirits warn that any further investigation into the stones of the earth would require the presence of a skilled shaman.
Year 50,000: Exile Of The Swift Hand tribe. When the Swift Hand tribe breaks the rule against mining without the supervision of a shaman, they are exiled into the Caverns of the Silver Serpent. It is not an inviting place, so their tribesmen are generous and give them rock goats to keep them company.
The Dar Clans
A Timeline of Events in the History of the Dar Clans
Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Dar tribe loses their leader and their medicine man as a result of an earthquake which destroys their cave. The survivors seek answers, blaming a deformed six-fingered child of Uman, but the Great Spirits deny them justice. In fact, the Great Spirits insist that the Dar offer up one of their women to Uman's deformed child as a bride when he comes of age. A Dar midwife, their only remaining healer, attacks Uman in her rage and despair and is killed.
Year 30,000: The Drim Acquire A Telepath. The tradition of bridal exchange is interrupted when the Drim suspect a young healer to be possessed by evil spirits. The Great Spirits demonstrate that her telepathy is actually beneficial, for young Temu is the equal of old Ral the Raven in a contest of skills.
Year 50,000: The Thrian Telepath Chooses. Bonna, the telepath of the Blue Water tribe, is told by the Four Heroes to use her best judgment. She decides that her people of the Blue Water should not slaughter and kill the half-breed aguen people of Cold Cave. Instead, her tribe slaughters the herds of the Big River.
Note: The intervening years will be filled in as I have time. Watch this space!
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.
Year Zero: The Earth Gathering. The Dar tribe loses their leader and their medicine man as a result of an earthquake which destroys their cave. The survivors seek answers, blaming a deformed six-fingered child of Uman, but the Great Spirits deny them justice. In fact, the Great Spirits insist that the Dar offer up one of their women to Uman's deformed child as a bride when he comes of age. A Dar midwife, their only remaining healer, attacks Uman in her rage and despair and is killed.
Year 30,000: The Drim Acquire A Telepath. The tradition of bridal exchange is interrupted when the Drim suspect a young healer to be possessed by evil spirits. The Great Spirits demonstrate that her telepathy is actually beneficial, for young Temu is the equal of old Ral the Raven in a contest of skills.
Year 50,000: The Thrian Telepath Chooses. Bonna, the telepath of the Blue Water tribe, is told by the Four Heroes to use her best judgment. She decides that her people of the Blue Water should not slaughter and kill the half-breed aguen people of Cold Cave. Instead, her tribe slaughters the herds of the Big River.
Note: The intervening years will be filled in as I have time. Watch this space!
Year 105,618: The Pharaoh Takes A Bride. The female Pharaoh, first of the dynasty of Sathad-Zin, cannot take a bride; instead, she becomes one. Volunteered as the father to produce an heir for the Sathad-Zin is Dave, the Fire God.
Year 105,710: A Conqueror is born. The trial of Dytoclanes elevates his philosophical teachings on Truth and Goodness to the status of art. His student, Attades, takes this a step further and declares that in order to do good, one must do harm. The most prolific student of Attades is Celestrones the Conqueror.
Year 105,739: The Celestrian Code of Laws. Celestrones destroys the Great Temple and all but five of the statues of the gods. In its place he builds a courthouse.
Year 105,743: The Conqueror Turns East. Before the Conqueror left for his invasion of Zefar, he had to decide how to handle the Sathad-Zin giants at his back.
Year 105,742: War Between Celestria and Zefar. The bronze-clad armies of Zefar are unprepared to meet the iron of the Conqueror. A change of tactics is desperately called for, lest the Zefari be buried by the Celestrians.
Year 105,743: The Conqueror Turns East. Before the Conqueror left for his invasion of Zefar, he had to decide how to handle the Sathad-Zin giants at his back.
Year 105,742: War Between Celestria and Zefar. The bronze-clad armies of Zefar are unprepared to meet the iron of the Conqueror. A change of tactics is desperately called for, lest the Zefari be buried by the Celestrians.
Year 106,072: The Abbadar Found Boladine. In order to quell the fears of their Oracles, the Boladine leader's son Rolojer marries both of the twins, rather than just one.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Year 0: The Earth Gathering (Dar, Uman, Pagh, Kufu, Brun)
Welcome to the Paleolithic Era. As you can see, we're in the middle of an Ice Age; some of the continents are being encroached upon by massive sheets of polar ice. The map above is an elevation map; it doesn't depict forests, deserts, plains, or other environmental features, because after all, a hundred thousand years is quite a long time. I didn't feel up to the task of redrawing the map, re-coursing every river, or rearranging every landform feature throughout the Paleolithic, so we'll just use this single elevation map as a shorthand. I'll describe the features of the environment as we go, if they're essential to the plot.
When we begin the game, the tribes of proto-humans aren't very numerous yet, nor have they spread very far (see the red shaded area on the western edge of the central ocean. They're all in one convenient place so they can all share distant elements of a common mythology, however fragmented it might be.
The hominid tribes are having their Earth Gathering. All the tribes are gathered together to share lore and medicine. The Players are present as four wandering tribeless hunters, who have been invited into the Gathering to participate and share in the hunts and feasts and stories. As yet, the Players are not yet Great Spirits or demigods.
During the festivities, there is a massive earthquake and the cave of the host tribe collapses. They have nowhere to live, and both their leader and medicine man has died. Now the tribes are lost and confused. What caused the earth to shake? What have the tribes done? How can they atone? There is some understandable concern among the primitive people.
The mood is worsened after only a day of mourning, for there is a terrible omen: the moon is swallowed up in darkness. It is a partial lunar eclipse.
The Dar Tribe. Formerly led by Dar (M), who is now dead, and Shan the Medicine Man (M), who is also dead. The Dar tribe once was the largest, with about 48 members, and now they are third at about 37. The Clan of the Serpent believes firmly that the earthquake and moon are bad omens. As the host tribe, they were punished for the misdeeds of one of the visitors, and they demand to know which tribe caused it. Mala (F), the tribal midwife (and the late Shan’s widow) thinks it was because of the deformed child of the Uman, who came from the mountains to the northwest. She wants to see the Uman clan punished.
The Uman Tribe. Led by Uman the Hunter and Nib the Medicine Woman. The Uman were and are the smallest tribe at 20 people. The Clan of the Fox has seen the earth move before in the mountains, which causes avalanches of rocks and snow. They do not believe this earthquake is because of Uman’s deformed son (who has six fingers and toes). The reassurance of the Uman does not allay the fears of the Dar, who see it as a sign that the Uman brought the earthquake with them. But the Uman respond that the earthquake was sent to punish Dar and Shan: everyone saw that Shan did not follow the Old Ways in the Earth Ceremony, and Shan has paid! They also see this as a warning to the Kufu tribe, who have no medicine man to guide them. Uman and Nib strongly believe somebody should punish the Kufu for having no medicine man, but they are not large enough to do it, and the Pagh, who are, will not.
The Pagh Tribe. Led by Pagh the Warrior (M), who has both Zifa the Medicine Woman (F) and Tor the Sage (M, wizard). They were the second-largest tribe at 44 people, and now they are the largest. The Clan of the Eagle believe there is no sign. The Pagh come from the southeast, and have watched the rivers and the tides. Sometimes the rivers go up, and sometimes the tides go out, but they always come back. Perhaps the Earth rises and falls, too. The Pagh see this instead as a quest, which the tribes must take up: we must go to the mountains to see why the Earth shakes. The Uman and Brun say this is foolish, because there isn’t enough food for everyone in the mountains.
The Kufu Tribe. Led by Kufu the Toolmaker (M), who has at his side Gom the Skinner (M). They were the third-largest tribe, with 39 people, and now they are second, but they have many who are sick and injured, with scars from hunting. The Clan of the Tiger comes from the south. They believe the earthquake is a sign that the People can no longer meet here, and must go their ways to atone. They are all equally to blame.
The Brun Tribe. Led by Brun the Shaman (M), who is backed up by Hon the Strong (M). They are the second-smallest tribe, with only 28 members. The Clan of the Mammoth come from the north, and they watch the stars and the moon. They dismiss the earthquake but they are troubled by the eclipse of the moon, which tells them that there will be a terrible winter. The Kufu object because they don’t really know seasons, as they come from tropical lands.
Usually, at a time like this, all the medicine men would gather and discuss it, but because Shan is dead, and the Kufu have none, they have not enough shamen to perform their rituals. Instead, they turn instead to the Players to solve their problems.
"Why did the earthquake destroy the cave of Dar, mighty Spirits?" they ask. "Are the Uman to blame, for bringing the deformed child here to this place? Shall they be punished for their offense?"
Others say, "Mighty Spirits, should we punish the clan of Kufu for not having a medicine man? They are not following the old rituals."
The Pagh tribe says, "We are going on a quest into the mountains to see why the earth moves. What shall we tell the Earth Spirit that it will appease her?"
And the Brun, of course, are worried about the upcoming winter, which they fear will be terrible. How will they survive?
What The Players Decided
Unsurprisingly, they first decided that the six-fingered child of Uman should survive. Their twenty-first century knowledge told them that six fingers on a child is a harmless birth defect. Convincing a bunch of 100th-millennium-BC tribesmen of this took some doing, however. Connor the Mystic (who was in charge of religion, philosophy, medicine, and so on) invented a phony-baloney ceremony for the purpose of "driving away evil spirits," he told them, and assured the medicine men of the clans that the Old Ways were nothing special. Go ahead, use your power, improvise! he exhorted them. At the end of his make-up ritual, he pretended to read the fortune of the six-fingered child, and pronounced that the boy would become a mighty leader and a wizard, to seal his survival.
They also pooh-poohed any mystical significance to the collapse of the cave and the earthquake. Even when pressed they refused to concede there was any Sign to be read. Dave the Artisan (our Mr Spock hard-sciences character) simply advised the toolmakers of the tribes how to reinforce the insides of caves with some stout trees. He then crafted toys for the children. ("Putting trees indoors, and giving toys to children. What are you, Santa Claus?" asked the Joe the Leader.)
Last, Joe the Leader arranged a bridal exchange between the tribes of Uman and Dar — Dar's clan would send the six-fingered child a woman to be his bride, when he was of age. This, Joe the Leader hoped, would smooth over any animosity between the clans about the strange child they had saved.
Results
I decided that since the players had saved the child and emphasized the importance of saving lives, it would show the Kufu clan the importance of medicine.
Also, the players had terribly snubbed the clan of Dar: first, they did not avenge the death of Dar or his shaman Shan; second, they had had the affront to declare that the Old Ways were nonsense; third, they had forced the bridal exchange upon them. Because of all this, and the outright dismissal of the mystic significance of the earthquake, Mala the Dar midwife snapped and attacked Nib of the Uman. Uman was forced to kill Mala, leaving Dar without any medicine woman.
Since Connor the Mystic had suggested that the Old Ways weren't important, I ruled that Brun would step down and hand the clan's leadership over to his warrior Hon the Strong. But they'd also strongly recommended that the Kufu have a medicine man, which influences Pagh to turn control of his tribe over to Zifa, his second.
Not that it would much matter whether one individual or another would lead the clan in the short term. I wanted to see which direction each clan might be pushed, which developments would be emphasized for the foreseeable future, because this would be the last time all five tribes would be in the same place for a while.
After the Earth Meeting, the clans all went their separate ways.
Results
I decided that since the players had saved the child and emphasized the importance of saving lives, it would show the Kufu clan the importance of medicine.
Also, the players had terribly snubbed the clan of Dar: first, they did not avenge the death of Dar or his shaman Shan; second, they had had the affront to declare that the Old Ways were nonsense; third, they had forced the bridal exchange upon them. Because of all this, and the outright dismissal of the mystic significance of the earthquake, Mala the Dar midwife snapped and attacked Nib of the Uman. Uman was forced to kill Mala, leaving Dar without any medicine woman.
Since Connor the Mystic had suggested that the Old Ways weren't important, I ruled that Brun would step down and hand the clan's leadership over to his warrior Hon the Strong. But they'd also strongly recommended that the Kufu have a medicine man, which influences Pagh to turn control of his tribe over to Zifa, his second.
Not that it would much matter whether one individual or another would lead the clan in the short term. I wanted to see which direction each clan might be pushed, which developments would be emphasized for the foreseeable future, because this would be the last time all five tribes would be in the same place for a while.
After the Earth Meeting, the clans all went their separate ways.
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