Running Town Guards Effectively - Around the Hearth 2022

"Narrate their funeral."
~ Levi

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.::Chapters::.
00:00 Welcome and Chat Topic 
00:22 Announcements 
04:57 Levi's Spotlight: JFace Games
07:30 Town guards help set expectations
11:42 Guards, PCs, and Power Scaling
14:51 Guards show, not tell the Worldbuilding
17:43 Guards are not Police
20:22 Retiring as a Guard
23:14 People Surrender...
24:35 Scaling guards in different ways
27:18 Guards are characters too
30:18 Guard strength by location
33:47 Corruption within the Guards
36:33 Consequences for Actions
38:37 Generating Guard Backstories
41:31 Guard involvement in the campaign
43:04 Guard tactics
45:19 Playing as Guards
49:15 Outro
49:33 Bloopers and Outtakes

.::Music::.
Hotel California (Medieval Style) from Grim MeeP YT channel by Cornelius LinkThe
Friendly Arms Inn from Baldur's Gate (PC)
Title from Ishar - Legend of the Fortress (Amiga)
Sword of Kings by Adrian von Zeigler (Album)
Epilogue from Tombs & Treasure (SNES)
Farm Island from Digimon World Dawn/Dusk (DS/3DS)
Tristram from Diablo II (PC)
Rescue Team Base from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team (GBA)
Theology Civilization from Conan the Barbarian (Film)
Auresco, Royal Capital from Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
Waltz for Zizi from Cowboy Bebop (TV)
Atlasdam Seat of Learning from Octopath Traveler (Switch)
Fanfare for the Common Man performed by Aaron Copland (Album)
Infinite Perspective by Kevin Macleod (Album)
Bonus Stage - Gumball by Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
Shop from Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time Rearranged (N64)
Steelbeak's Floating Fortress from Darkwing Duck (NES)
Title from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of Rings - Volume 1 (SNES)
A Winter's Tale from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC)