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<blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 7890728" data-attributes="member: 8243"><p>This will be a fairly loose analogue of Ancient Greece. If you have seen Troy and the Clash of the Titan movies, you would have enough to get by.</p><p></p><p>I will put a little Setting Info shortly. Most of it is cribbed directly from Sean K Reynolds's The New Argonauts, in particular Chapter 4: Culture. You can get it for free at DriveThruRPG: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1557/The-New-Argonauts" target="_blank">The New Argonauts</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is an option: a story of three polis.</p><p></p><p><em>Alpha - A polis whose power and influence have been on the decline. Current home of the characters.</em></p><p><em>Beta - A rival polis whose fortunes have been on the rise. Militarily aggressive.</em></p><p><em>Gamma - a traditional ally of Alpha with many close family ties. Now an ally of Beta.</em></p><p><em>Delta - a small polis sharing boarders with Alpha and Beta. Nominally an ally of Alpha.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Alpha and Gamma recently lost a war against Beta (and her allies). There was a betrayal (on the battlefield? an ally that turns? back at Gamma? both?) Gamma supporters of alliance with Alpha were slaughtered leaving Gamma supporters of alliance with Beta free to seize power. Gamma allied with Beta. The families of the those loyal to Alpha were disposed (in suitable horrible ways, killed, sold to slavery, disappeared)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A few warriors from Gamma loyal to Alpha survived. Most now reside in Alpha.</em></p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Brief: The City State (polis)"]During the Archaic Age there were over 1,500 city-states of various sizes all over the peninsula and on the shores of the Aegean. City-states have a simple democratic government led by a member of the aristocracy (usually a king) who is the face of the empowered citizens rather than an autocrat with full control. They have a strong military presence whose main purpose is protecting the state from attack by foreigners and rival city-states. People from other city-states are tolerated if allies and attacked if enemies. Alliances can change quickly and old grudges tend to linger. Travel for citizens is open and mercenaries are not uncommon. Each city-state tends to honor one god above the others, but all gods are to be respected lest they become angry. [/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>NAME could originally be from Gamma, a member of a family that supported alliance with Alpha, part of the phalanx that was slaughtered. His Background vow could be something alone the lines of restore his family to power in Gamma? discover what happened to his family? Get revenge of those who betrayed his family?</p><p></p><p>Feel free to mess around with the ideas if you want, elaborate, adapt. You don't have to use the scenario for your character.</p><p></p><p>I will probably set up a conflict along these lines for the game.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Spear and Shield. Classic Hoplite.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117391[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>thotd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doghead, post: 7890728, member: 8243"] This will be a fairly loose analogue of Ancient Greece. If you have seen Troy and the Clash of the Titan movies, you would have enough to get by. I will put a little Setting Info shortly. Most of it is cribbed directly from Sean K Reynolds's The New Argonauts, in particular Chapter 4: Culture. You can get it for free at DriveThruRPG: [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1557/The-New-Argonauts']The New Argonauts[/URL]. Here is an option: a story of three polis. [I]Alpha - A polis whose power and influence have been on the decline. Current home of the characters. Beta - A rival polis whose fortunes have been on the rise. Militarily aggressive. Gamma - a traditional ally of Alpha with many close family ties. Now an ally of Beta. Delta - a small polis sharing boarders with Alpha and Beta. Nominally an ally of Alpha. Alpha and Gamma recently lost a war against Beta (and her allies). There was a betrayal (on the battlefield? an ally that turns? back at Gamma? both?) Gamma supporters of alliance with Alpha were slaughtered leaving Gamma supporters of alliance with Beta free to seize power. Gamma allied with Beta. The families of the those loyal to Alpha were disposed (in suitable horrible ways, killed, sold to slavery, disappeared) A few warriors from Gamma loyal to Alpha survived. Most now reside in Alpha.[/I] [SPOILER="Brief: The City State (polis)"]During the Archaic Age there were over 1,500 city-states of various sizes all over the peninsula and on the shores of the Aegean. City-states have a simple democratic government led by a member of the aristocracy (usually a king) who is the face of the empowered citizens rather than an autocrat with full control. They have a strong military presence whose main purpose is protecting the state from attack by foreigners and rival city-states. People from other city-states are tolerated if allies and attacked if enemies. Alliances can change quickly and old grudges tend to linger. Travel for citizens is open and mercenaries are not uncommon. Each city-state tends to honor one god above the others, but all gods are to be respected lest they become angry. [/SPOILER] NAME could originally be from Gamma, a member of a family that supported alliance with Alpha, part of the phalanx that was slaughtered. His Background vow could be something alone the lines of restore his family to power in Gamma? discover what happened to his family? Get revenge of those who betrayed his family? Feel free to mess around with the ideas if you want, elaborate, adapt. You don't have to use the scenario for your character. I will probably set up a conflict along these lines for the game. Spear and Shield. Classic Hoplite. [ATTACH type="full" alt="HopliteBattle_Small.jpg"]117391[/ATTACH] thotd [/QUOTE]
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