This is a campaign idea I have which is that the PCs get hired on the by the Library of the Spheres on the Rock of Bral to collect rare books, manuscripts, and scrolls through the expanse of The Astral Plane.
The Library of the Spheres gives the party an upgradeable Astral Ship that allows them to travel the the Astral Plane. This campaign will be much more designed around the group of characters themselves.
This is a campaign idea I have which is that the PCs get hired to work for the Ravenloft Cartographer's Society a group that is trying to map the many realms of Ravenloft.
The RCS give the party a Mist Compass that allows them to travel the Mists of Ravenloft to traverse the Nightmare Realms therein. This campaign will be much more designed around the group of characters themselves.
Originally published as a Pathfinder campaign I am converting this campaign to 5.5e. From the idyllically peaceful coastal town of Sandpoint to an ancient lost city at the top of the world, Rise of the Runelords takes a party of adventurers from 1st to over 18th level and delves into the mysteries of Varisia's ancient past.
Millennia ago, the powerful empire of Thassilon ruled the land, dominated by despotic runelords who maintained their power through harnessing the power of rune magic. Thought gone forever, the workings of Thassilon are not so far beneath the surface and one of the runelords plans a return to power. Only the brave adventurers stand in his way.
Dare to descend into the Underdark, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen the light of day. It is here that a foul spell meant to ignite a magical energy that suffuses the Underdark and tears open portals to the demonic Abyss.
From that moment on, the insanity that pervades the Underdark escalates and threatens to shake Graywater to its foundations. Stop the madness before it consumes you!
An adventure for characters of levels 1–15!
I LOVE the Underdark so much. I think it often gets a really bad wrap in most 5e setting and is just written off as "everyone there is evil." Well not in Graywater. Don't get me wrong, the Underdark is very dangerous, especially for people who aren't from there, but it is also a place of deep dark beauty and diverse groups of people that rarely go up to the overworld. There's a lot of stuff we've never seen in Graywater before and a lot of things that we have but flipped upside down so as to be unrecognizavle. I have a lot of lore about the Underdark that I am really excited to share with people and reading over this book, it looks sick as hell.
There's some horror in this one that will be different than in a lot of the other games. The Underdark is the equivalent of the Deep Sea with creatures we've never heard of and unlike with Demons, Aberrations, and Devils which may be creepy, but they tend to be from very far away, in this campaign you are often meeting the Monstrous entities of the deep world in their own lairs, surrounded by their allies and on their home turf. I've been wanting to explore the Underdark for a while, so grab your torches and let's go spelunking!
OSE campaign (this won't be 5e). Tomb of the Serpent Kings and Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow Tomb of the Serpent Kings A "Learning" module in an old school style designed to help 5e players and GMs learn the basic elements of classic dungeon crawling and tomb robbing. TOTSK does that thing introductory dungeon crawls should do, but usually don't: put the fear of God, the wonder of the unknown, and the feeling of well-earned accomplishment into the players' hearts. It feels like descending into a dark and odd place where a lot of things will try to kill you if you are not careful, but you will be rich and powerful if you pull it off.
Nightmare over Ragged Hollow is a sandbox adventure centered around a quaint town at the edge of the kingdom. But however quiet life in Ragged Hollow is, the town lies between places where you shouldn’t be traveling alone. Places like Gloam Wood (full of witches), the Bleak Mountains (full of bugbears) and their infamous Mount Mourn (full of cursed Dwarven ruins), not to forget the Wailing Hills (full of bandits). There’s even a haunted house by the river (full of traps). But only when an impenetrable dome of golden light materializes around the Temple of Halcyon (full of innocents) do things really get out of hand. Some selfless heroes (or, failing that, a bunch of greedy ne’er-do-wells) should really get involved.
The important bits:
OSE is intentionally not a balanced system, therefore it is highly mortal to the point that we will be starting out by rolling up (yes we'll be rolling up stats for this one) 3 characters to start. We'll be rolling up stats together during the session zero.
Levels are only gained in OSE based on experience points which means that people will be leveling up at different speeds. This will not be set in Graywater, this will be more of a world building thing and we'll be coming up with the larger setting together.
I am very excited to play OSE with y'all! It will be either monthly or biweekly and will be run online. React if interested in being added to the discussion & planning.
I'm excited to play a game that isn't 5e. I love 5e, but playing in the Old School gaming way is very nostalgic and I'm very excited for a campaign where the combats and scenes are not well balanced and are somewhat more random and dangerous. I'm excited to learn OSE together and find out what makes people choose it over 5e and why it has stood the test of time. Also the multiple campaign books and supplements I have look really weird and sick. This will feel more like going to see a cool indie band play in a basement than watching a popular band in a stadium.