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Reading Materials 1

So I am reading the Free Council book for Mage: the Awakening . Its nice read for one of White Wolf's splat books. I admit it: I'm addicted to such splat books. Organization and political books fascinate me in RPGs. The Mage order books are fairly inspirational. But the Free Council book is awesome in its Character inspirations and ideas for Chronicles. Several ideas come pounding at after reading it. Great book. Glad I bought it.

The BARONY: An Odd Change of Pace

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So. A odd occurrence happened. I just recently have been 'installed' as a GM in a Pathfinder game. My opinions on d20 aside, I decided to take a different tack with this game. I steered the game as far as I could in very MEDIEVAL direction. A attempt to put the realism first in a fantasy game. In other words, I was certain it wouldn't work with my players. So I'm going to just share what I did, what the setting looks like and, well, show what I think made the character creation successful. Character Creation I went gone ahead designed the group template : "You've hit the big time. The Baroness has knighted you, making you minor nobles and members of the Order of the Emerald Stallion. Now, you're working directly for Baroness Lady Sotira Greenhall. As her vassals, you obey the word of Marshal Yahma and help keep the peace. "The large Barony of Greenhall can grant rewards to its loyal servants, from land to titles to households with servant...