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Random idea
So I'm reading the default setting material in the D&D 4e corebooks as well as this article, a setting their loosely calling "points of light." One thing that jumps out at me is the description of isolated "settlements afflicted by troubles [that] can only hope for a band of heroes to arrive and set things right." Although there are some stark differences, that bit there reminds me strongly of the default setting in Dogs in the Vineyard.
So my random idea is to run a 4e campaign stitching together Points of Light, DitV and using the Broken Places template Levi cooked up. Now the only question is, do I have all the players play paladins? ;)
I'll have to give this some thought ...
So my random idea is to run a 4e campaign stitching together Points of Light, DitV and using the Broken Places template Levi cooked up. Now the only question is, do I have all the players play paladins? ;)
I'll have to give this some thought ...
...I gives you a Bonus Stupid Idea. May not be applicable.
If you take a look at The Far Towers, goofy as it is, it has this very Dogsy-type bit about "Heroes of the Realm". It's not really fleshed out significantly, but here was the thought:
Imagine if "Hero of the Realm" was a legal status thing. Like being a Dog; you're an official wandering judge. Unlike Dogs, imagine if that many heroes were explicity unsuitable, but the legal status remained the same anyway.
"Look, if we refuse to save the princess, the magistrate will have us on a platter. It's right here in the Writ of Heroship: Saving Nobility From Peril. And ever since we burned down the bar, he's had it in for us. So let's get this over with."
This might be too goofy for your game; it's very much a philisophical strangler kind of humor bit.