Datadog wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:48 pm
Then you can post notices on the board and let junior adventurers run out to do odd jobs for you. Not main or side-quests, but simple things like if you run out of a common item, but don't want to waste time running across the map to get another one. It'll cost extra, but it can grant extra EXP to the townsfolk which could pay off in the long run.
Hmm... this sounds like it could easily be manipulated by the hero. "Verily, fetch me a pint of beer!"
Um, as for Tawm's post - sorry to be a pain in the asp, but there are a couple of things here that need changing:
- The Republic of Romeria seems to point to the Roman Republic. This region already has a name - Nova Roma. Magnum Opus is from there.
Towards its end, the Roman Republic was definitely corrupt and riddled with crime. Some of the elected officials, who
did try to reform the system to help the poor, were murdered. So there's a very sound historical basis for all this.
Maybe someone could try to assassinate the hero, too.
- Sirens, Harpies, Satyrs, and Chimerae are all Greek monsters, not Roman ones... although I may be nitpicking here - but I wonder if we can find something specifically Roman, or else you'd have QfG fans saying "We've seen Greek things in QfG5!"

Then again, the Lemures (ghosts in QfG5) are Roman, not Greek. So perhaps we can have some leeway here. Still, here's a (very brief) list of
Roman legendary creatures, which are different than the Greek ones. The Basilisk is definitely Roman, not Greek - maybe we can use it!
- A bit of nitpicking, but Medusa is
not a monster (and neither is Gordon!)

I think you're thinking of a Gorgon, Tawm. The Gorgons were three sisters who were cursed by Athena, because Poseidon had his wicked way with them in one of Athena's temples. Of the Gorgons, Medusa is the best-known (but "Medusa" is her name, not a description). I re-wrote the legend of Perseus and Medusa a couple of years ago, so I know it extremely well.
- Satyrs are well-known for being drunk and lustful. How faithful one of them would be as a sidekick, I don't know. I would guess that the Satyr would constantly be arrested as a bloody nuisance, and the hero would have to bail him out of jail.
It may be that the
Greek Satyrs was later affiliated with, and overtaken by, the
Roman legend of the
Fauns.
Finally, the
Strix occurs both in Greek and Roman mythology, and may be the inspiration for later blood-sucking or flesh-eating creatures like vampires and ghouls. It may be worth thinking about.
