Conan 2D20 In Brigandry Hetman Ruins Yithian Artifact

System / Setting: modiphius’ 2d20 Conan In An Age Undreamed Of

Adventure Series: As the title implicitly states, exploring the life of a brigand living in and around the steppes between Khauran, Turan and the Vilayet Sea is the story.

Tone: Gory Gritty Pulp, with detail.

We will be exploring the lives of player characters who are part of a Kozaki band of brigands in all of their gory glory.

You are all members of the KOZAKI:
Of all the brigands west of the Vilayet, none are as well-known or feared as the kozaki. A relatively new appearance tainting the political winds of Ahgrapur, the kozaki are known as wastrels, from whence comes their name. They share no blood but rather circumstance. Deserters, murderers, thieves, former slaves, and all manner of other scum comprise the ranks of the kozaki. They follow no flag nor a single leader, but are arrayed across desert and steppe in small bands.
They strike with the ferocity of desperation and the cruelty of rogues forged on the savage anvil of the earth. They retreat as quickly as they attack and are notoriously hard to pursue. The kozaki know their limitations, though their greed sometimes overreaches their ability. Still, they are rarely foolhardy in the targets they select, and, to date, have not banded under a single hetman.
Like the Hyrkanian nomads, the kozaki are quick to move and always mounted. They sleep in tents which are collapsible and easily moved. Few kozaki bands live in an area for very long. They sell their goods through fences in varying towns or through the less scrupulous traders with whom they forge alliances. For an enterprising merchant, it is a great bargain to buy kozaki loot rather than fall victim to them as their caravan marches across kozaki territory. Of course, merchants who bargain with the kozaki may find themselves betrayed, for these dogs have little in the way of honor and live only by the law of the blade.