d20 Power Shifts

As factions butt heads in ongoing campaigns, it can be tempting to treat their conflicts as something that never resolves, or that resolves like a sliding scale, where each major event affecting them ticks towards one side winning out and away from another side.This is fine, especially if the interplay of factions is a remote consideration from what the PCs are doing. But if they do get involved in large-scale conflicts, it can be fun to take a page from the unstable and stupid wyrds of real-life wars, political struggles, and professional quests. You might roll on this table every so often to keep things from going stale or solved.d20 Power Shifts1. Leader of winning faction suddenly dies. Power struggle ensues2. Important figure from previous conflict suddenly rockets to prominence again, perhaps someone exiled, disgraced, or once thought dead3. Subordinates to head of a unified faction squabble for promotion or to be made an heir4. Factions in conflict make surprising agreement,…

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town