Campaign idea: Immortal Priest-Kings of the ancient world
Greetings, all!
Another campaign idea I'm sharing just for the fun of it. But I'm not even sure GURPS can handle it well at the moment - Fantasy, City Stats and Mass Combat will hopefully do the job, but Social Engineering might be the missing link. Besides, this seems like a campaign where whswhs or RPK would be an ideal GM, not me.
The world is Earthlike, TL 1 to 2, vaguely inspired by Sword-and-Sandal myth. The PCs are immortal (Unkillable 3) priest-kings of the local city-states, (grand-)children of the gods (most of which are dead, weakened or absent by now). They are built on 250-500 points (in addition to their templates), and all start with one city of followers. Some rule through charisma, some through fear, some through wisdom etc., which has an effect on both their traits and their civilization's.
Note that not all local city-states are aligned with a priest-king, and that the PCs are not the only immortals. Also, war isn't ALWAYS the winning strategy.
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