Let's Talk About Verbomod

Well, I was basically just disagreeing with everything that had been suggested :blush: eg:

- another tavern!

- another brothel!

- another trader!

- HB in a warehouse!

If I had to add something, i would say an organisation of some sort. A LAWFUL one, of the sort that would be openly found in Verbobonc. Bardic Guild, Wizards, Alchemists, Bounty Hunters (the edge of Lawful), some group headquarters or other. Local chapter, not 'whole of Flaeness' headquarters.

Gimme a couple hours and I will trawl my books and make more specific sugestions.

You can already sell her to Mona :shrug:

 

A pet store or a hat-and-boot store (the town cobbler, indeed) are doable and not yet in the game.

Otherwise, here's some schools, guilds, organisations, academies etc. These are thrown up as ideas (not necessarily doable).

Alcheminary
Herbalist
Religious Organisations (Martial Orders etc)

(From Paths of Magic) Magic Academies and Guilds:

The Storm Weavers (weather specialists)
Arcane Marauders (arcane pirates)
Galvanar Spellmasters (political intrigue)
Telwar Pyros (blowers-up of things, muchly)
Celestial Chorus (bards)
Snakebrines School for Witches and Warlocks (Alan Rickman must be rolling in his grave :no: )
Carharte Timekeepers (Chronomasters)
Royal Society of Singers (More bards)
The Sanguine Society (sorcerers)
The School of the Unbroken Circle (Peak body of Conjuration and Summoning)
The Benevolent Order (Trickery - arcane jesters)
The Bringers (sorcerers only!)
Companions of the Penetrating Gaze (enchanting dancers!)
Garju and Daughters (summoners for profit)
Ring Mages (Mages with rings)

A Mage's Tower (each room adds various bonuses to spells cast there, depending on type, but of course you have to overcome the powerful Mage and make the Tower your own first)

(From Complete Arcane) Magic Societies:

The Arcane Order (College of Wizardry)
Seekers of the Song (bards)
The Wayfarers Union (union of Teleporters)

(From Complete Adventurer) Adventuring Guilds:

Blacklock Loreseekers (adventurers seeking knowledge, for proift)
The Bloodhounds (bounty hunters)
College of Concrescent Lore (Uptight Bardic college of academics)
Daggerspell Guardians (magic-using dual-dagger-weilding purveyors of swift justice)
Eyes of the Overking (Mossad)
Grayhaunt Investigators (Sherlock Holmes)
League of Boot and Trail (travellers, guides and scouts)
Nightsong Guild (shadowy, dodgy, ancient and respected guild)
Order of Illumination (everyone is guilty until proven insane!)
Shadowmind Guild (rogue-psions. Never mind...)
Talespinners League (cheerful Bardic college of storytellers)

(From Complete Scoundrel) 'Scoundrel' Societies:

The Free League (non-evil)
Seven Raven's Clan (non-evil)
The Blind Tower (criminal)

(From Sword and Fist) Martial Organisations:

The Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom (Chivalry)
The Knights of the Watch (Defenders)
Warrior Monks of Shao Lin (didn't save Tibet...)

(From Song and Silence) Bardic Colleges:

College of Arcanobiological Studies (they study monsters. And sing)
Lamenters’ Order (they study death. And sing dirges)
Watchers for the Coming Sunset (Apocalypticists. The end is nigh!)
Conservatory of the Ineffable Chord (bards who just study music. Well I never...)

(From Tome and Blood) Arcane Organisations:

The Arcane Order (Academics)
Beastchasers (creature lore)
Bleak Academy (necromancers)
Broken Wands (arcane assassins)
Escriers (they have palantir brooches!)
League of Diviners (diviners. Really)
The Queendom (Small island nation. Scryler would like it)
Savants of the Flame (more blowers-up of things).
Spellswords (elven fighter/magic-users. And non-elven).

(From Defenders of the Faith) Church Organisations:

The Solarium (Temple of Pelor)
The Mausoleum Hall (Temple of Wee Jas)
The Cup of Blood (Temple of Erythnul)
Justice Blade (Vigilante Paladins)
The House of Death (Undead-fighting morticians)
Council of Blades (Duelists)
Laughing Knives (Chaotic clerics who fight tyrants)
Order of the Chalice (Noble demon-fighters)
Stargazers (the Jesuits)

If any of this sounds at all interesting, Gaear, say so and I will post more specific info

 

It would indeed be cool to do an entire city like Baldur's Gate, BUT: it would take us 10 years to complete; we only have the one cross street/corner map graphic anyway. So we're stuck with a small part of Verbobonc.

I've given this some consideration, and I think we're just going to do a regular trader shop and a three-level city watch post with jail. The Ted/Scryler ideas sound good, but frankly the attendant workload sounds prohibitive - more than I really wanted to take on with this.

And yes there should be more people around, but I have no plans to give them any quests at this time.

Thanks for the inpuit, all.

 

Question: is Rastor within the viscounty of Verbocono? If not, what exactly are its borders?

 

Okay, thanks Basil. Would it be safe to say that Larneystoe is within the viscounty? I need a small town that would be considered to bear allegiance to Verbobonc, much the way Hommlet apparently does.

 

Okay ... what would be a small village generally near Verbobonc that would be considered to fall under its authority?