In fact, I'd love to see a compilation of fully fleshed out Houses that could be lifted and dropped into campaigns to save the narrator the burden of building dozens of houses for game prep. I also would have liked to see at least a few examples of houses that laid out not only the base stats but also holdings, armies, and significant NPCs. I probably would have included the stats with the descriptions and avoided an unnecessary table. They did make the curious choice to describe all the NPC houses and then list all the stats for them in a table at the end. What is more interesting to me is that the setting presents about 20 houses, several of which are examples of using the house rules for something other than a noble house such as a mercenary company and a religious order.
It's a bit too much stock high fantasy for my tastes but for people coming from the D&D tradition it might feel like a comfortable landing point. It's basically a post-high magic world that has recently emerged from a state of relative isolation following the collapse of "the Wall." There are humans and four fantasy races: dwarves, elves, ogres, and an original quadrupedal race called the Kurgulan. The new setting is called "The Shattered World" and, to be honest, other than a first read, I've not given it much scrutiny.
With those caveats, it was a great campaign, but definitely not one you want to tackle unless you are willing to do a lot of studying of the book before you start, and are able to improvise on the fly when the players go off the rails of the plot (which they absolutely, definitely will). But I ended up running it with the Savage Worlds ruleset instead of Green Ronin's unworkable mess of rules and I had to change entire swathes of the story to make it work. I did run this entire campaign for my group from beginning to end, and it was great. Now I like elaborate plots as much as the next man, but this book contains so much unrealistic shoehorning of stuff into it, while simultaneously missing out on some really obvious ways of making it even more interesting. There's also loads of entirely unnecessary background details about them that doesn't add anything to the plot, but just pads out the book and drags the whole thing down.īut worse than that is the over-complication of the plot. There are dozens of important NPCs and the background, stats, and plots that feature them are spread over several different sections. In common with most of Green Ronin's GoT material, this book suffers from rampant over-complexity. However there are also a bunch of negatives. It takes the players over quite a bit of Westeros, with an amusing and fascinating trip to Braavos and beyond, so it's an excellent way of getting the players out and about in the wider world. You could easily keep a regular gaming group going for several months with just what's in this book.
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before the events in the novels / TV series.įirst the positives: the basic plot is very clever, with lots of possibilities for intrigue as well as combat, and there's a LOT of it. It takes the players over quite a bit of Westeros, with an amusing and fascinating trip to Braavos and beyond, so it's an excellent way This is a multi-episodic campaign set in Green Ronin's Game of Thrones world i.e. First the positives: the basic plot is very clever, with lots of possibilities for intrigue as well as combat, and there's a LOT of it. before the events in the novels / TV series. This is a multi-episodic campaign set in Green Ronin's Game of Thrones world i.e. So now, I at least feel qualified to review what in effect, is the game’s second edition, updated and. In the end will it be riches.or ruin? Dragon's Hoard is an epic adventure for A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying able to fuel your chronicle for months of game play.more In this last week or so, I have however engaged in a marathon one-day viewing of A Game of Thrones, Season One and finished reading through A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying: A Game of Thrones Edition released by Green Ronin Publishing. When a band of ruffians bound for the Wall seek shelter for the night, one of them reveals a secret that sparks a quest across Westeros and even the Narrow Sea to Braavos, seeking the clues to reveal the location of untold riches: part of the Targaryen treasury, spirited away in the final days of Robert's Rebellion! But our heroes are not the only ones seeking the lost dragon's hoard, and their rivals will stop at nothing to beat them to it and claim it for themselves.
When a band of ruffians bound for the Wall seek shelter for the night, one of them reveals a secret that sparks a quest across Westeros and even the Narrow Sea to Braavos, seeking the clues to reveal the location of untold riches: part of the Targaryen treasury, spirited away in the final days of Even years after the fall of House Targaryen, their legacy is not forgotten.
Even years after the fall of House Targaryen, their legacy is not forgotten.
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