tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post4726714494518763752..comments2024-02-28T10:22:08.660+00:00Comments on Daddy Grognard: Mentors, Meatshields and Mary SuesDaddy Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05559857164172090739noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-39561812438391046472011-06-12T06:45:42.503+01:002011-06-12T06:45:42.503+01:00Very nice. I've had the beginnings of thoughts...Very nice. I've had the beginnings of thoughts about mentors, especially for Magic Users to be apprenticed to, for a few weeks now, but this post has convinced me that mentors of some sort need to be features of any new campaigns I begin, period. Thanks!Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988517412357391012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-73900078765949020912010-03-24T02:45:28.314+00:002010-03-24T02:45:28.314+00:00Fun post! I've had a few long term mentors in...Fun post! I've had a few long term mentors in the game that I would just take out of circulation when I felt the party turned to them to fix too many things. Aldmir the Insane often got lost in dimensional travels and might never return. He would be around if a new group started and would offer his regrets about the other young adventurers who died too soon. Never used too many meatshields,Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722958681098483324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-26415284409175330852010-03-23T15:55:38.510+00:002010-03-23T15:55:38.510+00:00@Leopardi - Gandalf in my pocket - hehehehe...
@B...@Leopardi - Gandalf in my pocket - hehehehe...<br /><br />@BigFella - authority figures do have to be handled carefully and they do have the potential to be game-wreckers. That's why I advise killing them a while into the campaign. In fact, if the PCs decide, through resentment or whatever, to do the killing themselves, their justification (to the shocked DM) might be "Just doing you a Daddy Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559857164172090739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-62012672357607267322010-03-23T14:28:10.798+00:002010-03-23T14:28:10.798+00:00I think the reason "wise old masters" do...I think the reason "wise old masters" don't pop up as often is an intrinsic problem I've seen players having with any kind of authority figure present who could potentially diminish their agency. This also extends to stuff like religious hierarchies and military structures and the like. Short form: the fear that someone who in the story "outranks" you is gonna tell youBigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-74076167938156702022010-03-22T21:54:32.169+00:002010-03-22T21:54:32.169+00:00My DM used to use Mary Sues in droves as party opp...My DM used to use Mary Sues in droves as party <i>opponents</i>. They would die just when he decided the plot was good for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-40361391821791503522010-03-22T20:55:39.648+00:002010-03-22T20:55:39.648+00:00The bit about mentors especially resonates, someon...The bit about mentors especially resonates, someone should have told Ed Greenwood this back in the day! Sagelike mentor = cool, Gandalf in my pocket = shoiteLeopardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498290619991560357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902725340164986341.post-59567187937647430932010-03-22T17:16:51.172+00:002010-03-22T17:16:51.172+00:00new player? exciting stuff. nice post BTW, just ho...new player? exciting stuff. nice post BTW, just hope the DM doesn't read it!<br /><br />These remind me of the adult actors that helped the kid adventurers in 'Knightmare'Fran Terminiellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506269178716477521noreply@blogger.com