Summary: Our group is attempting a
complete run of the Great Pendragon Campaign
using 5th edition rules. Players are Matt, Mark, and Lilith.
I am the GM.
Year 502
The seventh
year in the Anarchy Period, there is no king in Britain.
Our current
roster of characters:
·
Sir Safrax, played by Lilith.
·
Sir Quintus, played by Matt.
·
Sir Aeddan of Pitton, played by Mark.
Lots of
politicking this year as Silchester approaches the Mercian alliance that the
player knights set up, asking to join, but not formally. Word has come that
raids are aimed at London and Duke Ulfias of Silchester wants to stop them.
With the advice of the player knights, Countess Ellen is on board. The military
alliance the player knights have set up is pretty strong right now, no match
against all the Saxons unified, but luckily they are not unified.
The Saxons
and Angles are fighting each other this year, and King Cwichelm, such a threat
last year, loses in this little battle. It also keeps all the invaders off the
Britons’ backs.
Thoughts: Again, the players’ efforts
in unification pay off. Without all their work on the alliance, they and
everyone else would be in a much more precarious position. This year’s
“adventure” is basically nothing, something that happens a lot in the Anarchy
period. There are a number of years where there are big political maneuvers,
but nothing concrete provided for the players to do. Of course, what I do in
these situations is find an adventure for them to go on, usually one that ties
into the bigger events, but sometimes just a knightly adventure. My notes are
bad for this year and I don’t remember what I had them do. Interestingly, the
Anarchy period seems to be about the only one with this issue in the campaign.
After Anarchy ends, almost every year has two wars or adventures, but at least
one at the minimum. Anarchy calls on you to do a lot of stuff as the GM to keep
the players entertained.
Special Note: Something important
happened in 497 that I failed to mention in the writeup! Robert, the son of the
Earl, is in his minority during the Anarchy period, and his mother, Countess
Ellen, is running the county. I am keeping track of important families, and one
of the events that can happen to such families is that someone dies, especially
kids. Well, young Earl Robert died in 497, leaving his sister, Ishild, as the
heir to the county. She has been growing up in the intervening years, and is
now 15, getting close to the age where she could take over administration of
the county.
