(5e) Men of Bree now a subculture ?
Posted: Wed 22 Nov 2023, 16:39
Reading through the new Ruins of Eriador (5e) Book, I found the box on p31 called "Men of Eriador". It describes 3 new variations on the original Men of Bree culture from the Core Book (Men of Tharbad, Marsh-Folk of Swanfleet, and Fisher-Folk of the Shore). Specifically it says the rules are offered to create a Man from a different part of Eriador and they are based on the Men of Bree culture from p40 of the Core Book.
It seems to me, to incorporate this new rule variant, I should now treat the "Culture" as being Men of Eriador having 4 subcultures, the first one being Men of Bree and the other 3 as listed above.
Obviously, this would be optional, but it feels a lot like the High Elf alternative subculture described on p10 of the Rivendell (5e) supplement that comes with the LM screen; whereby Elven heroes can now be rolled up as either an Elf of Lindon or a High Elf subculture. It gives more variety to players desiring to roll up a new hero from scratch. Plus I like the idea of having additional hooks to take a company back to the homeland of a hero and/or sidekick npc in the group to a different part of Middle-Earth described elsewhere in the Ruins of Eriador book.
thoughts?
It seems to me, to incorporate this new rule variant, I should now treat the "Culture" as being Men of Eriador having 4 subcultures, the first one being Men of Bree and the other 3 as listed above.
Obviously, this would be optional, but it feels a lot like the High Elf alternative subculture described on p10 of the Rivendell (5e) supplement that comes with the LM screen; whereby Elven heroes can now be rolled up as either an Elf of Lindon or a High Elf subculture. It gives more variety to players desiring to roll up a new hero from scratch. Plus I like the idea of having additional hooks to take a company back to the homeland of a hero and/or sidekick npc in the group to a different part of Middle-Earth described elsewhere in the Ruins of Eriador book.
thoughts?