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Monday, October 13, 2008

The Sward and the Stone 

Paul Baldowski, contributor to the PARANOIA rulebook and many fine supplements, and designer of The Underplex, has now produced an engaging new .PDF adventure for the medieval RPG Maelstrom.

The Sward [sic] and the Stone is set in Wales, AD 1446. As Paul explains on his superior PARANOIA fan blog Omega Complex, Wales at that time was "perched on the precipice, faced with the prospect of a new rebellion by restless natives":
Complacent English nobles, entrusted with expansive domains, stretch themselves all too thin, leaving stewards to run much of their lands and properties. In many instances, these stewards come from the local population, swayed by misplaced loyalties and the corrupting influence of power.

In the midst of this, a simple merchant requests the assistance of travellers in Swansea to drive, and provide escort to, a cartload of goods bound for Pembroke. It seems a simple enough task, providing payment and transport for a couple of days on the road. However, how often do games present "simple" tasks that stay simple? Mixing legendary stones, agents of the Crown, bandits and stray sheep, The Sward and The Stone is a new adventure for the classic Maelstrom roleplaying system [...] A 27-page adventure plus two maps, the booklet provides background, NPCs and a gazetteer of the character’s route through the craggy, troubled landscape of south Wales in the mid-15th Century.

Now available for download from DriveThruRPG. Commendation point, Paul!

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