In my campaign, my main villain is a defected modron that escaped to the material plane and seeks to force every living creature to bow to him using the knowledge he gained from Primus. I'm thinking later in the campaign the players discover that its almost time for a modron march, where all modrons from the plane of law do a "reconnaissance mission". I'm thinking that if the players don't remove the defective modron from their planet, a modron march will result in the destruction of their planet just to kill the defect. But I quickly realized, "reconnaissance mission" is very vague.
Does anyone know what ACTUALLY happens during a Modron March?
Short answer is no one is really sure why they march or what they are really doing. Longer answer:
The Great Modron March, sometimes called the modron parade, is the periodic tour of the seventeen Outer Planes of the Great Wheel cosmology undertaken by thousands of modrons once every 289 years.
“Every 289 years, the entire multiverse goes mad. Like clockwork.” — Kwint Stormbellow, rock gnome adventure
The March occurred every Grand Cycle of Mechanus. A Grand Cycle was the time it took for the largest gear in the plane of Mechanus to turn once and was subdivided into seventeen cycles, each of which took seventeen years. Thus, the March occurred every 289 years. The purpose of the Great Modron March is as of yet unclear: Some speculated that it consisted of a periodic reconnaissance mission to ascertain the state of the Outer Planes and to report them to Primus. However, they never investigate any location, nor do they interact with anyone. They simply march, looking at every new location they visit, and moving on. Others argued that the march was necessary to calibrate the gears of Mechanus, while another group maintained that the purpose of the March was to instill a sense of order in all the planes, even if just temporarily.
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You might take a look at the adventure A Boy and his Modron on DMsGuild.
Implication is after a certain amount of time the Modrons discover where the defect ended up and just come to get him in numbers sufficient to accidentally level an area.
Not exactly a March, but if the rogue is powerful enough they'd just send more and more at it until it's overwhelmed, consequences be damned.
That's the nice thing about the Modron March... physically, what happens is clearly spelled out, but the motivations and lasting effects are entirely up to the DM. It's whatever you want it to be!
In my campaign, my main villain is a defected modron that escaped to the material plane and seeks to force every living creature to bow to him using the knowledge he gained from Primus. I'm thinking later in the campaign the players discover that its almost time for a modron march, where all modrons from the plane of law do a "reconnaissance mission". I'm thinking that if the players don't remove the defective modron from their planet, a modron march will result in the destruction of their planet just to kill the defect. But I quickly realized, "reconnaissance mission" is very vague.
Does anyone know what ACTUALLY happens during a Modron March?
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/17302/The-Great-Modron-March-2e
Short answer is no one is really sure why they march or what they are really doing. Longer answer:
The Great Modron March, sometimes called the modron parade, is the periodic tour of the seventeen Outer Planes of the Great Wheel cosmology undertaken by thousands of modrons once every 289 years.
“Every 289 years, the entire multiverse goes mad. Like clockwork.” — Kwint Stormbellow, rock gnome adventure
The March occurred every Grand Cycle of Mechanus. A Grand Cycle was the time it took for the largest gear in the plane of Mechanus to turn once and was subdivided into seventeen cycles, each of which took seventeen years. Thus, the March occurred every 289 years. The purpose of the Great Modron March is as of yet unclear:
Some speculated that it consisted of a periodic reconnaissance mission to ascertain the state of the Outer Planes and to report them to Primus. However, they never investigate any location, nor do they interact with anyone. They simply march, looking at every new location they visit, and moving on. Others argued that the march was necessary to calibrate the gears of Mechanus, while another group maintained that the purpose of the March was to instill a sense of order in all the planes, even if just temporarily.
Check out my Disabled & Dragons Youtube Channel for 5e Monster and Player Tactics. Helping the Disabled Community and Players and DM’s (both new and experienced) get into D&D. Plus there is a talking Dragon named Quill.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPmyTI0tZ6nM-bzY0IG3ww
You might take a look at the adventure A Boy and his Modron on DMsGuild.
Implication is after a certain amount of time the Modrons discover where the defect ended up and just come to get him in numbers sufficient to accidentally level an area.
Not exactly a March, but if the rogue is powerful enough they'd just send more and more at it until it's overwhelmed, consequences be damned.
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/173611
That's the nice thing about the Modron March... physically, what happens is clearly spelled out, but the motivations and lasting effects are entirely up to the DM. It's whatever you want it to be!
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