mrdabakkle
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Re: Men of Bree

Sun 24 Jul 2022, 22:10

Bardlings come from the same culture as the Master of Lake-town, who was great at talking (and taking, and stealing), but not so great at fighting.

A combat-oriented Cultural Virtue doesn't mean that everyone in the culture has it - it's an option for exceptional individuals. Bard was an exceptional individual. So was Bullroarer Took, who came from a culture that doesn't even have a military. The entire law enforcement of the Shire is twelve volunteer Sheriffs spread out among the Four Farthings. The Men of Bree should also have combat options for exceptional individuals.
This thread has me thinking so I created a list of two replacement virtues to replaced the current Desperate Courage and Strange as News from Bree as well as beef up the Bree-Blood blessing. These changes I think keep the Men of Bree as a less martial culture but they allow them to rise to the occasion just as easily as others without getting drowned in shadow.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OmN ... D4Epg/edit
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