04-11-2024, 02:22 PM
(03-25-2024, 06:34 AM)aldarron Wrote:(03-21-2024, 11:43 AM)Xylarthen Wrote: I just read a play report of the never-released DA5 module run by Paul Stormberg at ArneCon 2023 (provided by Klintron in another post - https://blackmoor.mystara.net/forums/sho...p?tid=3153 - thanks for that!), and there is again mention of Baron and Lady Jenkins being resident in Blackmoor Castle. While it doesn’t specify that they were the rulers of the castle, it seems to be implied from the context. I understand that Ken Fletcher will be a special guest at DaveCon in April, so hopefully I’ll have a chance to speak with him there and ask him about his map of the castle.
The DA5 material does have Jenkins in charge of the castle as Baron. I think there is some wiggle room (though I don't yet have a copy of the text) for Jenkins possibly being a caretaker baron for someone else, but he is clearly the baron. This goes some way in explaining why the Ungulians, and not the Jenkins are in charge of Glendower. Bascom and Jenkins are not the same person.
May I suggest that this may likely have changed through different drafts of City of Blackmoor? I am only speculating here, but the decision to move the timeline 30 years may have been a late decision after TSR was involved, while Dave was clearly working on a version of the DA series long before that, having considered Mayfair Games and perhaps also others as publishers before TSR agreed to publish the series.
I am only speculating with regards to the time shift, but what you are citing here clearly contradicts the published versions of DA1-4.
-Havard
Currently Running: The Blackmoor Vales Saga
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Currently Playing: Daniel S. Debelfry in the Throne of Star's Campaign