New Battles <DungeonWorld Stuff>

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

A quick disclaimer
The following message is probably of
interest only to players or potential
players of DungeonWorld.

Mark the Third, King of Bereny and Sovereign
of all the known lands of Myriad bids thee welcome,
adventurer, to this special gazette.  His Highness
has commanded me, Laurence DeVille, royal scribe,
to produce and circulate this missive, that each of
you shall know the news of conflicts in which our
Kingdom is currently involved.

Trouble In The Glacier

Recent disturbances in the Southern Glacier
have escalated rather substantially and the
Barbarians of the region have gathered in a
surprisingly large force along the Glacier's edge.
These armed encampments have begun attacking
villages and hamlets on the edge of the Glacier,
leaving little but death and destruction in their wake.
Attempts by the King to establish diplomacy have
resulted in several dead messengers, their heads
sent back with eyes gouged out.

Last night the King received the first official
missive from the Barbarians.  It was a simple
declaration of war, with a footnote that no discussion
would be entered into until the Kingdom was
destroyed.  This has left the King no choice but
to rush troops South to meet any potential invasion,
for the protection of the Kingdom and its people.
In another odd turn of events, the barbarians are
even attacking their own kind.  Several Barbarian
emcampments, full of these Southern people who
refuse to join the uprising, have been razed to the
ground, the barbarian bodies left for the giant
Wyrms of the region.

The Battle For Poldoon Pass

After the Kingdom's heroic victory in the Poldoon
Pass conflict, the King has decided to take the
offensive, making a push into Kyr with a force of
our own in an attempt to take and hold the province
of Kyr closest to the Kingdom, known as Reve.
The Emperor of Kyr, currently residing in and
protected by the Kingdom,  has welcomed this
move to reclaim some of his people's lands.

GMs Message

Following the success of the experiment
with the Poldoon Pass Battle, we will be allowing
players to control soldiers in *two* battles
starting next turn.  The first is the "Glacier
Border Conflict" and the second is "Project: Reve".

This time each player will control *five* soldiers,
instead of only 1.

Players who already have soldiers active and
left alive from Poldoon Pass can include *them*
in their new force of soldiers.  We welcome all
players who do not currently have soldiers as
part of this exciting new part of the DungeonWorld game.

Soldiers *are not* adventurers and cannot be
taken on to adventure after battle.  However,
if they survive (and it can get very bloody out there!)
we do plan to allow continual advancement through
future battles (as we are doing here.)

If you want to take a group of soldiers on, simply
write a note on your turnsheet saying "Soldiers
Please" in big letters.  If you already have a soldier
please make a note that you want them to continue
as well.  Soldiers are part of your regular turn (so no
new position or base turn fee is needed) and they
do not count towards your 'max characters' limit.)

PLEASE NOTE: You cannot choose to which
battle you are assigned.  It is up to the King and
his advisors who is posted where.  Wait and see!

If you haven't tried a soldier before, or if you tried
it and enjoyed it, we strongly advise you give this a
go!  These two battles are going to be important in
Berenian history and its a chance to make a
permanent mark on the world in which your
soldiers live!