Mystara

Kragar McCronin

Powerful and determined, Kragar McCronin was a loyal warrior, without fear.

He would have sacrificed himself in defense of his family and friends, and on many occasions, very nearly did.

What became of Kragar?

You know that he was in search of many things, some of which he found.

He found friendship and camaraderie with a group of like-minded adventurers. He found new challenges to overcome, and to thereby grow as a person, and come to know himself.

His journey diverged from yours many years ago, when he was drawn to explore a new path, to better understand who he was.

Kragar's ultimate goal was to find love and acceptance. Rumour has it that he found it. Was it Celeste, the Ierendian girl that he pursued for so long?

It's hard to conceive that he failed in his mission, such was his passion and commitment.

Yet Kragar's fate remains unknown to you.

Perhaps he lives on a remote Ierendian island, now at peace, secure in the love, and the memories, of the companions that he has supported throughout his journey. The sun shines, mostly, and the rain refreshes. The fruit falls easily from the trees. The waves sing a soft chorus to start each new day.

What do you remember of Kragar McCronin? Where do you think he ended up?

Perhaps there is another adventure ahead of you, to discover what became of Kragar McCronin.

BattleSystem - Troop Losses

The problem:

You spend your life in pursuit of that elusive "stronghold plus level" requirement in order to finally make a roll on the followers table.

You spend time getting to know each and every one of your followers.

You get caught up in a war, and some quirky BattleSystem rules wipe out your followers on the basis of a few unlucky d10's.

The solution:

Use some d10 rolls to mitigate those losses, using the infamous, "Killed, body lost" table for PC casualties in a BattleSystem game.

The details:

Failing that armor check, thereby reducing Hits to 0 for a counter in a BattleSystem tabletop does not have to mean that every one of the 10 soldiers it represents is irrevocably deceased.

Meaningful characters in a campaign should never really live or die on a handful of cheap rolls that could go either way. There should be a number of ways to avoid the roll, mitigate the fallout, or post-death options for resurrection or rebirth.

There also should not be such a risk to the special troops that you just don't want to ever use them in battle, or in a war.

The first rule to mitigate would be that, for every troop represented by a counter loss, a roll on the "Killed, body lost" (KBL) table can be made.

1 Killed; body is lost

2-3 Killed; body lies on field

4-7 Badly wounded (1d6 hp left)

8-10 Unwounded, but unconscious for 10 rounds or (in the scenario) game turns

This means that only 10% of your losses are likely to be permanent.

Although 20% are still "killed", there should also be mitigating factors for this.

The second rule will be that having healers on the field will allow them to quickly respond to the fallen, and grant a re-roll for all of those in the KBoF category, with 1 - 3 being that the fallen companion is not revivable with cure spells.

The third rule will be that, rather than having followers "never to be replaced", followers can indeed by recruited. The assumption would be that, so long as the character continues adventuring, their reknown continues to grow, and more followers will be in the wings.

However, to take advantage of this, the campaigning followers, and the PC leader, must return to a stronghold within their dominion. For "normal" followers, they will fill the ranks with the passage of time alone. For special troops, some further time in training, and some commitment in terms of gold may be required to get them battle ready.