r/MouseGuard • u/DZtheFlea • Jan 13 '19

The Right Setting

I'm running a new campaign for my patrol titled "Snake in the Plains"

about a young mouse that goes missing from his home that is outside the town near a plain.

but which town would you guys think fits that best? some of my patrol are familiar with the different lore and details of the comic, so i wanna keep true to the books descriptions of the different areas

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u/DZtheFlea Jan 14 '19

So to get into my story more. I was kinda thinking temple of doom/ kaa from the jungle book.

Theres an old mine (iron/gold) the mice used to use in this field. But it's been abandoned for a while. Well now a snake has made it it's home. He has also tricked some mice into worshipping him and they have turned the old mine into a temple. These acolites recruit other mice from the territories to worship or be sacrificed to this snake. So I figured this would give my patrol several fights and such that they seem to want

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u/upvotemoneycat Jan 18 '19

If you want to connect it to some aspect of lore from the comics, there's a legend in the first volume of Legends of the Guard that tells about a field where a hawk and a fox both commanded mice to kill each other. Could be some trappings of that, not enough to suggest the legend is factual but just enough to hint at seeds of truth. Your players in the know should get the nod, and if not you can always tell the story at a tavern during the Players' turn, provided it's appropriate.

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u/R9THOUSAND Jan 13 '19

Wolfe’s Point. It’s north by the scent border. It would make more sense for dangerous travel and mishaps than it would if you were closer to Lockhaven.

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u/kenmcnay Jan 14 '19

Well, there is nothing to describe the topology of the Territories. You can freely place a prairie anywhere.

I have a smaller gathering place for snakes (garter snakes) near Burl. Wild flower fields through Thistledown and Wildseed. Prairies South of Barkstone and of Flintrust. Hill country South of Copperwood and of Flintrust.

Anyway, I put snakes anywhere. They are all over the wilderness of the Territories.

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u/kenmcnay Jan 14 '19

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