But before starting the research on World Tree, there is one thing that needs to be solved during this short journey.
Just like Fen gained a follower who fell in love with and killed each other in the past, Lin also gained a little follower behind him, and that was the King of the Elf Kingdom of Pyat Jaime─Ridan III.
Perhaps it was because his previous speech was too presumptuous, and because at that time no one was able to realize the fact that the sunny boy in front of him was the head of a country, so all kinds of speeches and bad ideas did not take into account the status gap between the two parties.
Strictly speaking, someone's behavior is not uncommon in the Mysterious Land. This is also the main reason why the magisters are not welcomed by the nobles and some people who consider themselves to be noble in status and blood.
However, the king who came to the throne too early failed to make a few true friends and seemed to fall into this trap instead.
Originally, according to someone's idea, the young king had some interest in his aunt, Liena Titov. But now the Elf Sword Dancer and Fen are having a passionate relationship, and they don't even hide this.
There is no thought of a higher-level relationship. With jealousy intertwined, how could an adolescent boy not fall into that inexplicable nest of troubles.
The young king is not angry or immersed in sadness and sentimentality. This can be regarded as a very good psychological quality and good self-adjustment. If it is based on someone's personality, even if he does not take a knife to stab the adulterer to the heart
, and he must be hiding far away, out of sight.
Unexpectedly, this person actually changed his target and got entangled with a time-travelling person who believed that his sexual orientation was normal.
Could it be that the elves are all fond of this thing from the bottom of their hearts? People of the opposite sex are only there to carry on the family line, and true love is for people of the same sex.
If he hadn't been a king, he would have seen him once and kicked him away once. Someone thought in his heart.
However, since there was no way to kick the opponent away, unless he wanted to break up with the more than 500 elven troops around him, Lin could only find other ways to divert the king's attention again.
From the conversation, it can be found that Xiao Ridan's focus is on some trivial matters in life, or some low-end adventurous life, which is completely different from Jermaine's focus on new knowledge from the earth.
It would be bad if you always talk about some of your own dark history, and when you say things that you shouldn't talk about. So of course someone has to think of some ways to avoid having to think about things that they have almost forgotten.
To satisfy the young king's thirst for knowledge.
If it is professional knowledge in magic, or methods of running a country, picking up girls, etc., someone would not dare to talk nonsense. But if it is purely to pass the time and shift the focus, the entertainment culture of the earth can be used by people all over the world.
Even if the dragon chases him, he will never be able to catch him.
As the saying goes, "Fullness and warmth make you think, while hunger and cold make you thief." My land is still in the latter stage. In the situation where most people can't even have enough food and clothing, of course they can't develop like the earth.
The entertainment industry is booming. Simply put, there are too few people with enough to eat and leisure to do.
It is not difficult to find one of the many entertainment projects on the earth that can satisfy this young elf king and is something that someone can do at this stage. Just put a whole set of Marvel movies out for people to watch, then
It's too unrealistic. A game of mahjong, poker or something like that is only suitable for the elderly nobles who are hungry and waiting to die every day. It cannot satisfy the young people's desire for adventure.
So to satisfy that adventurous heart, what could be more suitable than an RPG game? Midland also has a magic network that has similar functions to a computer. With the ability to write programs, making a game is not a big problem.
But even a small game is a big project that cannot be completed in a day or two. So Lin chose another easier path, TRPG, which is also very popular on the earth. The preparation is relatively simple and only requires one day.
A rule book, a few character cards, a storyteller, and of course, the most important thing, a dice.
Maybe I am not a die-hard fan of TRPG, but I have played enough RPG games and I have read the relevant rules. Even if I cannot completely reproduce the AD&D rule book, I can still get a rough idea.
It should be enough to think about a few percent to satisfy the king who is like a caged bird.
After a day or two of rough preparation, although most of the time was spent on writing the rules, the more troublesome thing was making the 'fair' twenty-sided die. I didn't want to make too many kinds of dice and just use them by hand.
Making that twenty-sided die will make someone almost vomit blood.
Originally I just found a piece of wood on the roadside and started carving it casually. The thing was quickly completed, and then I tried to roll the dice, and the results always came out three numbers, 2, 4, 20. If I rolled other numbers
, it must have hit some concave and convex place on the table. This kind of dice, which can only be used for cheating, was directly thrown into the fire by someone and burned.
Finally, I took out a piece of magic metal, used magic shaping techniques, and combined with my own three-dimensional design drawing production process, and precisely calculated the slight weight loss after carving the digital grooves, and then adjusted the center of gravity of the metal and revised it several times.
I finally made a usable twenty-sided die.
Everything was ready. On a not-so-cool night, after dinner, Ridan III came to someone's tent to visit. Lin asked two apprentices to invite a few people.
There can't be too many participants in TRPG, so the first TRPG in Midland, the sacrifice chosen by Lin... The participants are the young elf king Ridan III; the future leader of the Silverbeard Dwarves, which will make people feel that this race
Jermaine, who has no hope for the future; the lich who has been resurrected in the world after a thousand years - Finny Tikal; and the adventurer, Elf Sword Dancer - Liena Tikal, who retired from active service not long ago.
Tov.
Because everyone except himself was an inexperienced novice, Lin took some time in advance to create some level 1 characters that he thought were pretty good. Warrior template, thief template, magician template, druid template, and archer template.
, one male and one male, a total of ten initial characters, and make character cards.
These character cards, including rule books, are all stored in the form of forum e-books. And the relevant probability calculation formulas are also made using special calculators using programs to save calculation time. Of course, the formulas are open and transparent
, the calculation results can be verified at any time. Because the main source of probability is not the random number table, but the actual twenty-sided die.
After all, paper, ink, etc. in Lost Land are still luxuries, so don’t waste them if you can. And the forum series magic that uses the power of magic stones can be regarded as almost no consumption in terms of static and simple presentation. Someone created it like this
It’s a deformed product between a TRPG and a computer game. But so what, no one has seen the original version anyway.
So before everyone gathered, Lin next to the bonfire used a green-eyed high-end magic stone as a carrier to use three-dimensional imaging to project a map with a very exquisite real-life terrain. When the invited people and young people King after king came one after another, but one person closed his eyes and said nothing, showing off to the extreme.
"Teacher, everyone is here." Kaya reminded someone who had his eyes closed. This was explained by Lin in advance, so as not to overdo it and get hacked. The lich would not be polite.
The map in front of them was so detailed that you could see the treetops shaking. It still attracted a group of people who had never seen it or didn't see it often. Except for the lich and his two apprentices, everyone else was attracted by this exquisite map. I was attracted by the real scene on the map. In addition, I couldn't figure out what medicine someone was selling in the gourd, and I was making random guesses in my mind.
Opening his eyes and looking at the crowd, Lin spoke in a solemn and low voice: "Adventurers, welcome to my world, the continent of Faerûn. I am the host of this game, and also the continent of Faerûn." The gods of the mainland. And a few selected people among you will participate in it and embark on an adventure."
"Oh, are you a god? Great?"
The smiling lich and the sword dancer clinging to her side looked like they wanted to test someone's strength. Someone quickly stopped them and returned to his normal tone and said: "Don't do it, this is just a role." It's a game of pretending. You are not yourself, but these people." -" At the same time, someone showed the designed character card, "-you who participate in the game are pretending to be these characters and unfolding in this fictional world. Take risks. And I’m mostly a storyteller.”
Except for Ridan III, everyone else has little interest in the so-called games. After all, there are really not many entertainments that can be played in the land. But they can also see that this is to help the young man. It was prepared by the king. So everyone, including Liena, made up their mind and cheered once or twice, and then everyone did their own thing.
After roughly explaining the rules to everyone, this gratifying TRPG adventure is about to begin. The selection of characters is determined by the participants rolling dice after numbering ten character cards prepared in advance. Anyway, no one understands , you can only let someone manipulate it. As for whether you are satisfied with the character card you got, it doesn’t matter.
The two apprentices each had their own tasks. Since there was only one dice, Harumi held a silver plate and rolled it in front of the person who needed it. Moreover, someone also emphasized the way of throwing the dice, holding the dice in his hand at a certain height. Turn your palm down and let the dice fall freely until it stops completely.
I want to emphasize this point because there are many people here. It is really not difficult for them to do some tricks with their hands to make the dice fall to the side they want. Therefore, we must emphasize the use of fair method.
Kaya is responsible for recording everyone's adventure stories. Although the main calculation and judgment is still the DM Lin, someone thought it would be interesting to record these things.
So Lin used that deep voice again to tell a story. An orphan saw an unexplainable sight in his dream. The whole story begins in Candlekeep...
Five minutes later, Jermaine smashed the stone he was sitting on with one hand and cursed: "What kind of shit game is this!"
Although he didn't know when he said this term to the silver-bearded dwarf, but unlike other dumbfounded people, Lin held his head and asked the sky speechlessly. He doubted what exactly he had just hosted.