In my scheming for a future campaign I wish to run, there is a plotline centered around a tournament, in which various groups of adventurers are pitted against each other, each one with a "gimmick".
These gimmicks give these mercenary bands notoriety, and make them memorable...for instance, the "Hellish Rebukes" are entirely comprised of tieflings. Likewise, the "Vicious Mockeries" are a literal mercenary "band" consisting entirely of bards.
There is a key group of adventurers that will serve as the main group, however, that guides the players and serves as both their rivals and temporary companions.
Their "gimmick" is that they are essentially small races (or near enough): a kobold (bard), a goblin (ranger), a halfling (paladin), a dwarf (fighter), a grung (monk), a gnome (rogue), and a kenku (cleric).
Led by their dwarf leader (a former character of mine), they are treated with suspicion for their more "monstrous" companions, and seen as little more than a joke by the other adventures. But their optimistic and overly-enthusiastic leader thinks they are due for some success.
My question is...what to call them?
Initially, I wanted to work in the possibility of using "Squat" in the name somehow (for the "Squat Nimbleness" feat), so something along the lines of "Squat Brigade"...
...but I'm not married to the idea.
So I thought I'd enlist some help.
What would you all call a group of adventurers who are (mostly) small races?
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"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
Greetings all,
In my scheming for a future campaign I wish to run, there is a plotline centered around a tournament, in which various groups of adventurers are pitted against each other, each one with a "gimmick".
These gimmicks give these mercenary bands notoriety, and make them memorable...for instance, the "Hellish Rebukes" are entirely comprised of tieflings. Likewise, the "Vicious Mockeries" are a literal mercenary "band" consisting entirely of bards.
There is a key group of adventurers that will serve as the main group, however, that guides the players and serves as both their rivals and temporary companions.
Their "gimmick" is that they are essentially small races (or near enough): a kobold (bard), a goblin (ranger), a halfling (paladin), a dwarf (fighter), a grung (monk), a gnome (rogue), and a kenku (cleric).
Led by their dwarf leader (a former character of mine), they are treated with suspicion for their more "monstrous" companions, and seen as little more than a joke by the other adventures. But their optimistic and overly-enthusiastic leader thinks they are due for some success.
My question is...what to call them?
Initially, I wanted to work in the possibility of using "Squat" in the name somehow (for the "Squat Nimbleness" feat), so something along the lines of "Squat Brigade"...
...but I'm not married to the idea.
So I thought I'd enlist some help.
What would you all call a group of adventurers who are (mostly) small races?
Squat squad, lollipop guild, munchkin lads...
Uhh, I think that is all I've got right now.
Tiny Terrors for something on the nose, but I like the idea of Big Trouble.
Think small characters would prefer being called big.
The Minis.
Pun on using minis in combat. >.>
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The Campaign for Equal Heights.
DCI: 3319125026
The Mighty Mites
Modest Mice. Or Immodest Mice, if they're a bunch of egomaniacs. Or back to modest Mice if they're a bunch of egomaniacs who enjoy situational irony.
The Three-Foot Giants.
Wizard (Gandalf) of the Tolkien Club
Small but deadly.
You never know, They Might Be Giants.
Tall Order
Ooh...perhaps "Short Order"?
Which is how fast they might finish a job...
I. Love. This.
They're probably on a mission from Glod.
Low Blows, Crotch Crushers, Smol and Scary, Walking Amongst Giants, Kneecappers, Toe Smashers, Downtrodden Troopers
"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
The Under the Hill Gang!
They are not "Over the Hill" and it is a nod to the LOTR.
Short Order also sounded good, and I even liked Tall Order.
How about Short Bows or Short Swords?
I even thought "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles!" might be a good intro.
Seems like fertile ground for a name in there somewhere.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
The Unseen, Half Heroes, Top Shelf Haters, The Reach, Underfoot, Underappreciated, Below the Belt, The Belters, Star Takers (I dunno someone short could be reaching for the stars), Hole Explores (or whole).
"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
Team Funsize!
Little Trouble. They are little, bring trouble, and see all problems as small.
Also known as CrafterB and DankMemer.
Here, have some homebrew classes! Subclasses to? Why not races. Feats, feats as well. I have a lot of magic items. Lastly I got monsters, fun, fun times.
LOL!