Dude I said it like 30 times and finally just gave up. Then later in the full video I got it right. This video will by far get the most views because of that and the auto captions being so bad I left them.
I tend to humanize my humanoid enemies, and looking through the lens of history, this is pretty much what pre-18th century armies have done. I find it weird that I haven't already thought of this idea, so good job and thanks. 🙏 Definitely going to try to expand on this idea for my orc and other humanoid baddies. Also who gives af about the oopsie of the pronunciation of war band. But hear me out. A culture of orcs that brand themselves for every battle they've taken part in. Or, an orc version of the elven Moonblade magic item called a Warbrand, which has an orcish rune on it for every battle won by the wielder.
It would probably also be a good idea to have some sort of banner that the war band uses. Along with some sort of mark on their weapons and armor. That way, the party can easily decipher whether or not an orc is part of this war band or not. And that would be another interesting idea to consider. How would the party react to or that aren’t part of the war band? Would they be able to recognize that aspect?
Gm: you see from your vantage point on this hill a warband orc encampment stopping for the night. Filled with hundreds or orcs as far as the eye can see. The nearest settlement is the town you were just in only a few hours ago. Players: we can handle this army of orcs. Gm: being nice trying to think of ways not resulting tpk due to the party beingbonly level 3 and only wanted to provide the players the bbeg has an army
I really liked in the Goblin comics where the goblin "Warband" was just meant as a distraction from their village. They established a seperate warcamp as a threat so that adventurers would attack the warriors rather than their homes where the women and children lived. Just a nice idea for anyone who still wants to add a moral dilema to the situation.
I don't think I've ever heard someone mispronounce the word BAND before. Impressive.
Dude I said it like 30 times and finally just gave up. Then later in the full video I got it right.
This video will by far get the most views because of that and the auto captions being so bad I left them.
I tend to humanize my humanoid enemies, and looking through the lens of history, this is pretty much what pre-18th century armies have done. I find it weird that I haven't already thought of this idea, so good job and thanks. 🙏 Definitely going to try to expand on this idea for my orc and other humanoid baddies.
Also who gives af about the oopsie of the pronunciation of war band. But hear me out. A culture of orcs that brand themselves for every battle they've taken part in. Or, an orc version of the elven Moonblade magic item called a Warbrand, which has an orcish rune on it for every battle won by the wielder.
I like that idea of War branding. Didn't think about that.
It would probably also be a good idea to have some sort of banner that the war band uses.
Along with some sort of mark on their weapons and armor.
That way, the party can easily decipher whether or not an orc is part of this war band or not.
And that would be another interesting idea to consider.
How would the party react to or that aren’t part of the war band?
Would they be able to recognize that aspect?
Love this
Gm: you see from your vantage point on this hill a warband orc encampment stopping for the night. Filled with hundreds or orcs as far as the eye can see. The nearest settlement is the town you were just in only a few hours ago.
Players: we can handle this army of orcs.
Gm: being nice trying to think of ways not resulting tpk due to the party beingbonly level 3 and only wanted to provide the players the bbeg has an army
You will die if you do that, and you know it. That's my response.
I have been there before
I really liked in the Goblin comics where the goblin "Warband" was just meant as a distraction from their village. They established a seperate warcamp as a threat so that adventurers would attack the warriors rather than their homes where the women and children lived. Just a nice idea for anyone who still wants to add a moral dilema to the situation.
I really like that idea; that's a really interesting survival tactic that.