Mythras Factions & Mythic Britain: Gwynedd, Now Available

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Two new - and long anticipated - releases, now available!

Mythras Factions
Mythras Factions provides rules for creating and running factions of any size or complexity; from street gangs to international corporations. These can then be used as backdrops within a Mythras campaign, or even used as playable entities in their own right. Fully compatible with the entire Mythras line, including Destined and Classic Fantasy, Mythras Factions provides 15 example factions of varying types and sizes to act as inspiration for your own creations.

20 pages
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Mythic Britain: Gwynedd
This war-torn land has been the target of near-constant conflict for centuries, The native tribes have all but vanished, replaced by successive waves of Roman, Irish, Manx, Silurian, Pict, and Ordovician invaders, all of whom covet its fertile valleys and gold-rich mountains. It has been twenty years since a king ruled a united Gwynedd: eight contenders compete for the Oaken Torc of Gwynedd, divided into two major factions and a handful of minor ones. Only strife rules here, abetted by the interference of foreign powers and secret conspiracies at the heart of its princely courts; and it seems that Gwynedd is not destined for peace.

This campaign book for Mythic Britain describes the clans, cabals, and coteries that fight for Gwynedd's throne, employing the rules detailed in Mythic Factions; along with the history, geography, and motivations that drive the conflicts. The adventure "Quarrelling Princes" adds another chapter to the Mythic Britain campaign, concerning Arthur's attempts to recruit Gwynedd into the Alliance of Britain. Three other adventures are outlined: "The Flooding of Maes Gwyddno" has the characters racing to save a land from the sea; "The Head of Bran the Blessed" sees the adventurers questing for a mystic artifact; and "The Madness of Ynys Mon" explores the cursed heart of druidic power in Britain.

52 pages
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Factions looks awesome!

Open's wallet, moths fly out.

I need to re-order my wish list now, for when I've saved up some money.
 
Lofgeornost said:
It's good so see more being done with Mythic Britain, too.
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It's the one setting for Mythras that I haven't bought into. I'm sure it's great, but I've never connected much with the King Arthur mythos. Not sure why.
But out of curiosity I just started the audiobook for Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, which I saw recommended as an inspiration for Mythic Britain flavored fantasy. It's... OK, but I'm having friction whenever it mentions 'the white Christ' and such. I guess I'm too much of a pagan to really appreciate those aspects of the genre, like all the 'holy grail' questing.
 
Simlasa said:
It's the one setting for Mythras that I haven't bought into. I'm sure it's great, but I've never connected much with the King Arthur mythos. Not sure why.
But out of curiosity I just started the audiobook for Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, which I saw recommended as an inspiration for Mythic Britain flavored fantasy. It's... OK, but I'm having friction whenever it mentions 'the white Christ' and such. I guess I'm too much of a pagan to really appreciate those aspects of the genre, like all the 'holy grail' questing.
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Ironically, mythic Briton actually is pretty pagan as a whole. There are Christian’s to be sure, and even miracles, but Merlin is a Druid, and the tension between Christianity and pagan beliefs is a central part of the story. Much less holy grail than something like Le Morte d’Arthur or Excalibur.
 
Ok instant purchase pdf+print for me as far as I'm concerned
Just the kind of Mythras I'm after !!!
I have been petitioning the RPG Gods for more Mythic Britain, Thennla, and Lyonesse, so this has made my day!

(Now all I want is a form-fillable versions of the most recent Mythras character sheet and most recent Mythras Imperative character sheet)

Looking forward to reading these pdfs later this week
 
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Simlasa said:
It's the one setting for Mythras that I haven't bought into. I'm sure it's great, but I've never connected much with the King Arthur mythos. Not sure why.
But out of curiosity I just started the audiobook for Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, which I saw recommended as an inspiration for Mythic Britain flavored fantasy. It's... OK, but I'm having friction whenever it mentions 'the white Christ' and such. I guess I'm too much of a pagan to really appreciate those aspects of the genre, like all the 'holy grail' questing.
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Mythic Britain is definately not High Arthurian Romance like Pendragon.
It's early Saxon/Celtic Briton, with kingdoms being little more than chiefdoms.
It's much more like Bernard Cornwell's novels, I read it summed up as 'gritty pagan mud and blood', and that feels about right.
 
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Simlasa said:
It's the one setting for Mythras that I haven't bought into. I'm sure it's great, but I've never connected much with the King Arthur mythos. Not sure why.
But out of curiosity I just started the audiobook for Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, which I saw recommended as an inspiration for Mythic Britain flavored fantasy. It's... OK, but I'm having friction whenever it mentions 'the white Christ' and such. I guess I'm too much of a pagan to really appreciate those aspects of the genre, like all the 'holy grail' questing.
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You may have got Mythic Britain mixed up with Pendragon, or got things mixed up somehow else. I can't see Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword" being in any way connected with the kind of campaign Mythic Britain is - The Broken Sword is set in a different time, a different place, about different things, it has nothing to do with Arthurian Britain in any way (as far as I can recall). It is *extremely* fantastical, where MB is very much historically based, and very faithful to the 500 CE period. The initial inspiration for MB was "The Warlord Chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell, which is historical fiction with no supernatural elements at all, and the most villainous characters are the Christian priests, although the pagans, especially Merlin doesn't necessarily come off that well either, but at least Merlin is a sympathetic hero at times, if also a strange and repulsive one as well.

The conflict in MB is largely between the British Celts (most of whom are pagan) and the invading Saxons (all of whom are pagans). The Christians are there, mostly as incidental complications.
 
Bilharzia said:
You may have got Mythic Britain mixed up with Pendragon, or got things mixed up somehow else. I can't see Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword" being in any way connected with the kind of campaign Mythic Britain is - The Broken Sword is set in a different time, a different place, about different things, it has nothing to do with Arthurian Britain in any way (as far as I can recall).
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I wasn't thinking it was full on Pendragon-ish, but thought it had more Arthur than it's sounding like. It was on some forum where I saw the recommendation for 'The Broken Sword'.
I'll look into MB some more and see if I feel I'd have a place for it. Does it have any xtras that might be widely useful for other settings?

Anyway, Factions is definitely something I can make use of.
 
both of them instant buy. factions goes into use right away especially now that my plsyers have arrived at a city after almost ten real time years in the tiny outpost of Grimsand exploring the jungles of Monster Island
 
I was just about to post this for anyone that was interested.

Pipped to the post!
 
Mythic Gwynedd. First pass I notice some…interesting changes to the history I know, glaring enough I assume this was done to create a playable environment. Some minor errors that only a nationalist or a fan of our myths will notice and the pronunciation guide is a bit wonky for example LL is pronounced as a THL sound, not CL, which is generally used by lazy saes.

Overall though I like it, it’ll be a good addition to the MB stable and a good addition to the campaign in the main book. I’m reading backwards so I can’t say what it adds or takes value from the Factions book. My one complaint is it’s a bit light on substance, 50 pages is insufficient to cover a kingdom like Gwynedd.

It’s not a historical treatise so my advise is not to treat it as one but a value for money addition to the MB catalogue. 3.0/5 (lose .5 for avoidable errors and lazy CL )
 
Simlasa said:
I wasn't thinking it was full on Pendragon-ish, but thought it had more Arthur than it's sounding like. It was on some forum where I saw the recommendation for 'The Broken Sword'.
I'll look into MB some more and see if I feel I'd have a place for it. Does it have any xtras that might be widely useful for other settings?

Anyway, Factions is definitely something I can make use of.
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Personally, I get a very strong Broken Sword vibe from Mythic Britain; but it’s in my Appendix N along with Moorcock’s Corum stories. I think the neural link is there for a generation brought up on those books, whenever “Mythic Britain” pops up. God knows what I’d make of them now.
 
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Leon ap Hywel said:
Mythic Gwynedd. First pass I notice some…interesting changes to the history I know, glaring enough I assume this was done to create a playable environment. Some minor errors that only a nationalist or a fan of our myths will notice and the pronunciation guide is a bit wonky for example LL is pronounced as a THL sound, not CL, which is generally used by lazy saes.

Overall though I like it, it’ll be a good addition to the MB stable and a good addition to the campaign in the main book. I’m reading backwards so I can’t say what it adds or takes value from the Factions book. My one complaint is it’s a bit light on substance, 50 pages is insufficient to cover a kingdom like Gwynedd.

It’s not a historical treatise so my advise is not to treat it as one but a value for money addition to the MB catalogue. 3.0/5 (lose .5 for avoidable errors and lazy CL )
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In my experience, "CL" is the best most people can manage when trying to pronounce LL. Though obviously I'm all about the THL, as I was raised by a Welsh-speaking grandfather.
 
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JAMUMU said:
In my experience, "CL" is the best most people can manage when trying to pronounce LL. Though obviously I'm all about the THL, as I was raised by a Welsh-speaking grandfather.
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I can remember “Cl” being regarded a win as a Welsh schoolboy. Poor old DM; they’re never going to win again
 
My welsh tutor hates it, says it’s lazy pandering to those who won’t make an effort.
 
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SJB said:
I can remember “Cl” being regarded a win as a Welsh schoolboy. Poor old DM; they’re never going to win again
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It’s a good product on a first pass, possibly great combined with Factions I’d just have liked a little more oomph!
 
Any other historical inaccuracies that you have noticed?
 
Simlasa said:
I wasn't thinking it was full on Pendragon-ish, but thought it had more Arthur than it's sounding like. It was on some forum where I saw the recommendation for 'The Broken Sword'.
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Just one question, are you sure it was a recommendation for Mythic Britain? I mean, I'd assume it to be more useful for something like Lyonesse...:thumbsup:
But yeah, I like TBS, I like the Mythic series, and yet I wouldn't recommend TBS for Mythic Britain, so count me as another disagreeing voice. (Unless the GM was planning to really up the magic quotient, that is, which is another possibility:grin:!)

Of course, what I'd really recommend for a pagan like you, is Mythic Rome. Nothing's easier than avoiding Christians in Rome, especially in the BC years...:gunslinger:

I'll look into those after payday, myself:shade:.
 
SJB said:
Let’s face it we don’t know what the hell was going on in 6th century Britain! A professor of medieval literature of my acquaintance always says that if a modern writer mentions Arthur as an historical character one should just stop reading.
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Are people still trying to put forth Lucius Artorius Castus or has that fallen out of favor?
 
Raleel said:
Any other historical inaccuracies that you have noticed?
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To be honest history wise they’re probably more gamification than inaccuracies. I need to do a second proper read through and then compare what I ‘know‘ to what’s being written with other sources.

For example I’ve never heard of a civil war between Einion and Ceredig, anything I’ve read has them as fast allies. So I assume that change was for the faction rules.

The only obvious error (other than spelling) that jumped out at me was the bit with Bran bursting the cauldron of rebirth, I’ve never read a translation where it wasn’t his brother Efnisien.

I wouldn’t claim to be anywhere near an expert, I just enjoy my country’s myths and history.

I do like it though, I’ll probably adjust my score when my wife leaves me be long enough to read a bit more thoroughly…hopefully up.
 
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Leon ap Hywel said:
To be honest history wise they’re probably more gamification than inaccuracies. I need to do a second proper read through and then compare what I ‘know‘ to what’s being written with other sources.

For example I’ve never heard of a civil war between Einion and Ceredig, anything I’ve read has them as fast allies. So I assume that change was for the faction rules.

The only obvious error (other than spelling) that jumped out at me was the bit with Bran bursting the cauldron of rebirth, I’ve never read a translation where it wasn’t his brother Efnisien.

I wouldn’t claim to be anywhere near an expert, I just enjoy my country’s myths and history.

I do like it though, I’ll probably adjust my score when my wife leaves me be long enough to read a bit more thoroughly…hopefully up.
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How do Merlin, Morgana, and the Cauldron of Dyrnwch hold up?
 
CRKrueger said:
How do Merlin, Morgana, and the Cauldron of Dyrnwch hold up?
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All historically accurate :tongue:

On a side note this book goes lovely with the Factions book.

Some errors are annoying but probably only to 1/500 Welshman. I’d say most of the ’changes’ are like Mythic Britain made to make a more playable setting and if you like MB I’d definitely pick up this book.
 
I am far from expert on the period but so far as I know there was already a Kingdom of Strathclyde in the 6th century that spoke Cumbric, which was on the Welsh end of Celtic as opposed to the Irish. Anyway I always felt it was an odd omission from MB. Hardly a deal breaker though, great setting.
 
Leon ap Hywel said:
The movie of course
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I'm pretty sure he means the other one... 2004, baby!
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Arcane_Avatar said:
I thought that Factions bore more than passing resemblance to material previously published as Empires II under the Mongoose Publishing banner. I've used Empires in the past as a behind-the-scenes tool for certain campaigns in the past.
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Doesn't surprise me, Loz wrote that book too.

What I really want to see is the stuff Pete wrote for Blood Magic that got cut.
 
Human memory is frail!
 
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SJB said:
There was all kind of weird stuff going on in that film. Mirren was in her mid-thirties and seemed impossibly old. Her son in the film was the young, beautiful Martin Clunes (one needs to be an aficionado of British TV to appreciate how funny that seems). The actor who played Lancelot immediately succumbed to heroin addiction and was never heard of again.
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Up until just now, despite having seen it a few times, I had no clue that was Helen Mirren and Martin Clunes... of course, I wasn't all that aware of either of them back then. And yeah, Martin Clunes role in that does bring a chuckle since I first knew of him from Doc Martin.
 
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