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Gary Dallison
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
    
Australia
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Posted - 16 Aug 2016 : 08:43:53
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You should read a few of the short stories in "Realms of the Arcane".
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Gary Dallison
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Brix
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Posted - 17 Aug 2016 : 21:34:44
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With regards to your AP I had a similar idea: Start with level 1 PCs and go all the way up to H1, H2, H3, H4. Of course the pre-H campaign should be Orcus/Zhengy/Red Wizards/Bloodstone/Damara/Vaasa - themed. But level 1 to H1 is a long way. So I used a couple of Necromancer Games modules, and everything I could find in Dungeons/Dragons magazines. But your AP is even better to set the stage for the H-events.
Anyone share your ideas for a pre-H campaign in the spirit of dazzlerdal's AP and earn a bunch of karma points :)
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Gary Dallison
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Wrigley
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Czech Republic
605 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2016 : 14:12:28
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what changed your mind if I may ask? |
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Gary Dallison
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Wrigley
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Czech Republic
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Posted - 11 Dec 2016 : 20:01:26
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So Damara and Vaasa it is then. That is still in my area of interest so keep going :-) I would like to ask you to give some more flavour to Damara in your take. For me it is now only a goody good country with more wild than Implitur. Baronies squabbles have been played too many times and father of assasins is dead... Not much left but I think that it might be nice to rise up some legacies of old Narfell. |
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Gary Dallison
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United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
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United Kingdom
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Wrigley
Senior Scribe
  
Czech Republic
605 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2016 : 18:17:57
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Total reinvention...seems almost like a 5e 14th century :-D
Your mix of cultures sounds nice, I am looking forward to reading it. |
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Gary Dallison
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Wrigley
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Czech Republic
605 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2016 : 22:40:10
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BTW just the idea I have been playing in my mind about Great Glacier - it has moved several times through ages in cycles (hint, hint) so there is great opportunity that there will be previously unaccesible ruins from different era.
(I was just kidding with 5e likeness) |
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Gary Dallison
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Gary Dallison
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VikingLegion
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USA
480 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2016 : 06:53:04
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Interesting thread. It's fun to see alternate takes on lands and histories, so here's a truly off-the-wall one I came up with:
[Disclaimer: My FR knowledge ends somewhere around the year 2000, so I know nothing of 4th/5th edition, the Sundering, or the Spellplague other than in the vaguest of concepts. So I apologize if anything I mention here has already come to pass]
I envision a Realms where the elven decline continues to such a drastic degree they are forced completely off the mainland. Furthermore, they are so weakened as a people they can no longer maintain the island defenses that keep Evermeet inviolate. To alleviate their crippling poverty, the Council has opened up Evermeet to outsiders as some kind of "Paradise on Toril" resort island (blasphemy!!!) Curious humans from Waterdeep, bored nobles from Sembia, even jaded officials from far off Kara-Tur have purchased seasonal vacation homes on the island, enjoying elverquisst toasts while receiving deep tissue massages from the oh-so dexterous hands of elven servants.
These often boorish human "guests" think nothing of throwing wild parties, trashing the resorts, overhunting the forest glens, and generally making a mess of everything. But their gold is good, so while the locals may seethe inwardly at the invasion of their once sacred isle, they are forced to put on smiles of obsequiousness as they wait hand and foot on their only viable means of income.
A younger generation of hotheads tries to re-establish elven pride and form small terrorist cells that ambush the resort towns and injure/kill the humans to discourage their visitation. Some of these elves are true adherents of the old ways and seek to return to past glory, but many are simply hooligans who join gangs for no other reason than to give vent to their pent-up rage, doing damage to their own peoples just as often as to the outsiders. Regardless of cell type or motivation, all of them are hunted ruthlessly by the Council, who realize the human tourists, distasteful as it may seem, represent the last gasp chance to revitalize a dying people. |
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Gary Dallison
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United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
    
United Kingdom
5385 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
    
United Kingdom
5385 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
    
United Kingdom
5385 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
    
United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
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United Kingdom
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Zeromaru X
Master of Realmslore
   
Colombia
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Posted - 10 Jan 2018 : 23:33:57
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Dazzler, I'm wondering if you don't mind if I use your Laerakond stuff from the older Alternate Dimensions Issues. I'm planning to tweak some stuff, as I like Laerakond being in Abeir before the Spellplague, but most of it is really useful for an idea I have. |
Long ago, in the distant past, they fell into decay. The philosopher’s path... The river of glory... Even the saints resting in the darkness rise up without response and block the way... |
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Gary Dallison
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United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
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