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| Eilserus |
Posted - 10 Jan 2015 : 07:24:20
Hi all,
Quick question, what all do we have for lore on Amn from 4E on? Is it just the section in the 4E campaign guide? How about the monster kingdom of Muranndin?
Thanks! |
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| xaeyruudh |
Posted - 10 Jan 2015 : 18:28:57
From what I can tell, Chessenta (a major source of potential mercenary armies) got walloped by the Spellplague.
I haven't read LoI in detail, so this economic angle might be in there. Mercenary lords aren't all dumb; some of them will have eyes in Amn which will inform them of the nuances of the situation there, leading to the Chessentan commanders having a lot of leverage in negotiations and potentially holding out for a big payout, which Amnian families/whoever would be ill-prepared to pay because of the uncertainty of what will happen next. Rich people get that way by investing in things that have a return, not by blowing all their money on mercenaries, especially in cases where the investments have already been lost (like the towns which seceded and joined Tethyr), so that could also help explain the impracticality of a mercenary solution. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 10 Jan 2015 : 17:59:00
The brilliant Lands of Intrigue product covered the issues with that, and those points still stand a century later.
Amn could have handled the monster army eventually, but it had Tethyr grabbing-up its property in the east, and it couldn't fight a war on two fronts, even with all its money (and eastern and western Amn have different mercantile interests, which wouldn't agree on which threat needed to be dealt with). If it moved the majority of its forces in either direction, it risked losing even more in the other. Thus, we wind up with a stalemate situation, in which Amn just reinforces its new borders and licks its wounds.
Don't forget it also suffered another major economic blow when it lost its lucrative Maztica holdings during the Spellplague. The problem was really that they didn't know which way to turn when everything started to go to poop. I would say that by the time of the 4e/5e setting date(s), Amn would finally be ready to make some major moves again. |
| Eilserus |
Posted - 10 Jan 2015 : 16:58:25
And I could be wrong here, but Amn has some very rich families out there. The question is why haven't some of them hired a massive army of mercenaries from the South and East to crush Muranndin? The Council of Five has seemingly regressed to what the country was before the Six took power. I could see this state of affairs degenerating until a rich group of "traditionalists" decide it's time to try to restore the old ways and days of "golden profits".
What say you? |
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