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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8105700" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>I have really liked the Ptolus setting since <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/520/The-Banewarrens?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">The Banewarrens</a> back in 3.0. The decaying ascended paladin based theocratic empire on the verge of civil war provides a great D&D not-Catholic church to riff off of, with a standard D&D polytheism Old Gods pantheon allowing whatever pantheon you want to incorporate as background. A civil war of succession means government forces are off fighting the war so lots of opportunity for adventuring groups to be needed.</p><p></p><p>Banewarrens was my first 3e game I played in and three of us kept switching off DMing the same group in the world, each building off different elements. One friend built it out as the future of Greyhawk with the Old Gods being the Greyhawk pantheons so there was a temple to St. Cuthbert and Iuz cultists running around. My brother eventually had it as a precursor to Eberron with Lord Canith starting up warforged manufacturing based on stuff from the Banewarrens. I built out the ancient period of Danar Rotansin and the Banewarrens prisoners with other modules like <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28472/Lord-of-the-Iron-Fortress-3e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Lord of the Iron Fortress</a> and <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/519/Demon-Gods-Fane?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Demon God's Fane</a>.</p><p></p><p>Later after joining new groups stuff diverged, my brother incorporated a homebrew cosmology a friend of his made that he like a lot, I went a different direction incorporating stuff from Golarion, <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3171/SpirosBlaak-35?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Spiros Blaak</a>, <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/105276/Midgard-Campaign-Setting?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Midgard,</a> <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222980/Nyambe-African-Adventures-OGL-3E-digital?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Nyambe</a>, some real world pantheons so a bunch of other modules could fit, and other stuff. The Holy Lothian empire has been pretty central as the backdrop though, and it is easy to jump into conceptually for people not familiar with the setting.</p><p></p><p>I too ran a couple games of the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/25605/The-Freeport-Trilogy-Five-Year-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Freeport Trilogy</a> in my version of the Ptolus world, though I went with the Freeport canon of the island city state being independent of the continental empire. I had Drac betray Adares and say the succession was contested so Freeport privateers could be hired by either side of the succession war. The Freeport and Ptolus background history sync up well, particularly the imperial arcane magic inquisition period matching up roughly to the start of the Freeport wizard's guild. Ancient Uraq and Kem from Ptolus are easy to weave in too.</p><p></p><p>My latest 5e campaign I DM'd was a Ptolus world based Carrion Crown adventure path conversion.</p><p></p><p>Lots of ways to go with the Ptolus setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8105700, member: 2209"] I have really liked the Ptolus setting since [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/520/The-Banewarrens?affiliate_id=17596']The Banewarrens[/URL] back in 3.0. The decaying ascended paladin based theocratic empire on the verge of civil war provides a great D&D not-Catholic church to riff off of, with a standard D&D polytheism Old Gods pantheon allowing whatever pantheon you want to incorporate as background. A civil war of succession means government forces are off fighting the war so lots of opportunity for adventuring groups to be needed. Banewarrens was my first 3e game I played in and three of us kept switching off DMing the same group in the world, each building off different elements. One friend built it out as the future of Greyhawk with the Old Gods being the Greyhawk pantheons so there was a temple to St. Cuthbert and Iuz cultists running around. My brother eventually had it as a precursor to Eberron with Lord Canith starting up warforged manufacturing based on stuff from the Banewarrens. I built out the ancient period of Danar Rotansin and the Banewarrens prisoners with other modules like [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28472/Lord-of-the-Iron-Fortress-3e?affiliate_id=17596']Lord of the Iron Fortress[/URL] and [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/519/Demon-Gods-Fane?affiliate_id=17596']Demon God's Fane[/URL]. Later after joining new groups stuff diverged, my brother incorporated a homebrew cosmology a friend of his made that he like a lot, I went a different direction incorporating stuff from Golarion, [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3171/SpirosBlaak-35?affiliate_id=17596']Spiros Blaak[/URL], [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/105276/Midgard-Campaign-Setting?affiliate_id=17596']Midgard,[/URL] [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222980/Nyambe-African-Adventures-OGL-3E-digital?affiliate_id=17596']Nyambe[/URL], some real world pantheons so a bunch of other modules could fit, and other stuff. The Holy Lothian empire has been pretty central as the backdrop though, and it is easy to jump into conceptually for people not familiar with the setting. I too ran a couple games of the [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/25605/The-Freeport-Trilogy-Five-Year-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=17596']Freeport Trilogy[/URL] in my version of the Ptolus world, though I went with the Freeport canon of the island city state being independent of the continental empire. I had Drac betray Adares and say the succession was contested so Freeport privateers could be hired by either side of the succession war. The Freeport and Ptolus background history sync up well, particularly the imperial arcane magic inquisition period matching up roughly to the start of the Freeport wizard's guild. Ancient Uraq and Kem from Ptolus are easy to weave in too. My latest 5e campaign I DM'd was a Ptolus world based Carrion Crown adventure path conversion. Lots of ways to go with the Ptolus setting. [/QUOTE]
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