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TODO: Come up with a better name than "Dale's D&D" for the campaign. TODO: Come up with names for things (such as the primordials, gods, kingdoms, the world).
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Tortured, rough-draft, fantasy-cliche-filled pitch/hook
Centuries ago, the gods watched over the world as the kingdoms of men, orcs, elves, dwarves, and the other races strained against each other for supremacy over each other and for the god's favor.
But now, the gods who aren't dead are greatly diminished, defeated by the primordials, beings much the same as themselves, but more concerned with physical concepts (stone, ice, flames) then meta-physical ones (hope, death, freedom).
The primordials have most of the sentient races enslaved, as cogs in their static, ordered, machine of a world. But there are, of course, some thorns in their side...
The change in the powers is visible in the heavens. The sun (Phaeton) doesn't shine as bright, and moves more slowly through the seasons (a "year" is quite a bit longer now; and while summer doesn't get as hot, winter is long and bitter). The moon (Euryphaessa) is (mostly) gone, in its place, 30 times as large and brighter than Phaeton, is the greatest of the primordials, Thalna. Shrouded in luminous storms, and with the black eye of the abyss itself regularly visible across his face. His brothers and sisters (even the four most prominent, Arrestor, Oris, Tros, and Caucon, are mere pinpricks by comparison) flank him in the sky. The planets, the lights of the gods, are all but invisible.
But the moon is only mostly gone. The story has spread, among the rebellious and the faithful, that the moon will shortly once again be visible in the heavens. Leaders of underground movements from several neighboring provinces will be gathering atop one of the highest mountains, Mt. Venusis, bringing artifacts, to look for her in the sky, celebrate her, and organize the resistance.
PCs
I'm cool with almost every class and race, with a few exceptions. I don't have the Eberron Player's Guide, and even if I did, I'm anti-Changeling. (But Artificers are cool.) A lot of stuff from Dragon magazine and Dragon annual strikes me as questionable on the cheesiness scale, so ask first. Everything else that's been printed gets a thumbs up, but:
I'd like there to be at least a small amount of divine power in the party, even if it's just one person taking nothing more than a multiclass feat. Martial and Arcane classes fit in easily to any fantasy setting. Primal classes, pull power from the primordials, either surreptitiously or directly.
Genasi (Forgotten Realms Player's Guide) are the offspring of the traditional PC races and the elemental creatures associated with the primordials, and are often nobility within the governments of the world. Deva (Player's Handbook II), as divine agents or half-angels or something like that, would be particularly poorly treated (read: hunted) by the primordial's agents. Shardminds (Player's Handbook III), are sentient swarms of crystals, and as such their place in the world should be obvious (?). Which isn't me saying "don't play one of those," but "be aware of these story implications." Other race's place in the world will be defined with the help of whoever plays one.
This will be a four (or maybe five) player game. Roles aren't a straitjacket and filling all four isn't a requirement, but keep them in mind.
Finally, character backgrounds are important (exclamation point!) to me. Here's a little something I wrote years ago on the subject called how to write a character background; the specific examples are more appropriate for Vampire, but the ideas still hold, particularly numbers 1-3 and 10.
"The Boys"
Over-the-Internet game.
Quest Log.
NPCs.
Players:
- Dave: Kothil, a prophicized leader, hidden by The Resistance. (Deva Invoker)
- John: Morthos, seeker, and protector, of lost knowledge. (Tiefling Paladin)
- Tom: Abdul Basir, an emissary from a hidden nomadic cult. (Human Avenger)
- Warren: Thorgrim, a divine servant and fortune-hunter for his family's glory. (Dwarven Cleric)
Team Purple
Face-to-face game starring Team Purple.
