6.07.2007

Antipopes and NPC slaughter

Inspired by the 300, here's a little known fact about my campaigns.

In every game (meaning, every campaign), I'd try to ratchet up the body count. One, because I was always interested in PC morality or lack thereof, and two, because it's fun to mow down a bunch of dudes.

Tony Tanona's half-orc "Mr. Bolar" had the record for a while, taking out 50 villagers by himself in the first Narbohring game.

In my last game, Sarpagal IV, the PCs took out a whole fortress full of guys, numbering probably around 200, including a great fight against twelve 5th level mages. Of course, most of the body count there was from an explosion, so maybe it doesn't count.

In terms of raw dice rolling, though, Narbohring 9K was the champ of PC murder: four ships of sailors. Something like 75 individual NPCs, butchered.

They all had names too.

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EDIT: Did you know that, right now, there are four antipopes? Honest to god, Catholic Antipopes. Four of 'em. I love wikipedia.

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