Much like the Miskatonic Repository for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition and the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, The Companions of Arthur is a curated platform for user-made content, but for material set in Greg Stafford’s masterpiece of Arthurian legend and romance, Pendragon. It enables creators to sell their own original content for use with Pendragon, Sixth Edition. This can be original scenarios, background material, alternate Arthurian settings, and more, but none of this content should be considered to be ‘canon’, but rather fall under ‘Your Pendragon Will Vary’. This means that there is still scope for the authors to create interesting and useful content that others can bring to their Pendragon campaigns.
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The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is an adventure supplement for use with Pendragon, Sixth Edition.
It is a full colour, seven page, 743.81 KB PDF.
The layout is a little untidy and it is not illustrated.
Where is the Quest Set?
Where is the Quest Set?
The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is suitable to run with any campaign for Pendragon, Sixth Edition. It begins at court, whether that is Camelot or Salisbury, and its three mini-quests can be set anywhere to suit the Game Master’s campaign.
Who should go on this Quest?
The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is suitable for knights of all types. It may not appeal to Player-knights who possess a mercenary streak.
What does the Quest require?
The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies requires the Pendragon, Sixth Edition rules or the Pendragon Starter Set.
Where will the Quest take the Knights?
The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies begins when three bearded ladies attend the court seeking aid in lifting the curse that caused their affliction. Calling upon valorous knights, they explain that they have fallen afoul of the sorcery of an evil wizard called Abramelin. To lift this curse, they must wash their beards in the sweat of the holiest stone in Britain, write magic tattoos on the palms of their hands with the magic needle of the sleeping giant Mambrinus, and make the ink for the tattoos with the burnt remains of the Sorrowful Knight’s beard. Each of these involves a mini-quest.
All three mini-quests are nicely detailed and involve a good mix of skills and traits. The first involves riding out into a swamp to talk to a hermit who refuses to leave his treehouse, the second wading into a river to wake up a giant, and the third locating a crotchety old knight and persuading him to shave his beard. Depending upon the actions of the Player-knights, all three of the mini-quests can be completed without any combat, although the old knight will want to prove his Jousting skill. Once done, the Player-knights can return to court and the three ladies will be able to lift the effects of the curse they are under.
The scenario is short and should take no more than a session to play through. Mechanically, The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is more sophisticated than the author’s previous scenario, The Adventure of the Secret Admirer, though it is not as charming. What it does not do is explore how and why Abramelin cursed the three ladies and nor does it name the three of them.
The scenario is short and should take no more than a session to play through. Mechanically, The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is more sophisticated than the author’s previous scenario, The Adventure of the Secret Admirer, though it is not as charming. What it does not do is explore how and why Abramelin cursed the three ladies and nor does it name the three of them.
Should the Knights ride out on this Quest?
The Adventure of the Bearded Ladies is a short, straightforward adventure. It is easy to prepare and run, but it does leave a few questions from its background unanswered.
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