NORSE/VIKING adventures, settings, conan type adventures

[Emirikol]

Just to clarify, I'm considering running my next campaign in Asgard or Vanaheim in Hyboria. It would be one of those rare moments when I may allow a mythic race to come across the bifrost bridge to grace the hands of the players (not that I wouldn't kill it off as fast as a cliche Cimmerian Barbarian..but that's another tale).

Campaign maps attached to post #1.

jh

 

[ssampier]

This might be of some help:

http://www.amazon.com/D-Viking-resources/lm/3I77ZY28DVALE

It's not very well researched (at least from the books I've read). Crucible of Freya is not really Nordic, it just features the Norse deity Freya, but she's a bit different in Necroworld.

 

[Emirikol]

That's the impression I got from that scenario too. It says "freya" on top, but has nothing to do with anything norse.

jh

 

[ssampier]

This may be a little off topic, but since the book title came up, I can mention that Necromancer Games Freya is detailed in the Gods and Demons PDF:

http://www.necromancergames.com/pdf/gods_and_demons.pdf

 

[TarionzCousin]

Thanks dude. That helps.

You're welcome.

There might also be other resources that aren't game-related. Some search terms:

SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)
Norse
Edda
Sagas

Good luck!

 

[00Machado]

I don't have it, but would Slavelords of Cydonia work?

Also, I'm wondering if something like Age of Worms or Savage Tide with the setting flavor tweaked would work well.

 

[ssampier]

Slavelords of Cydonia pits the heroes against tentacled horrors from beyond the stars in a world-spanning struggle to avert a second cataclysmic war.

I am not familiar with that product, but sounds interesting; doesn't sound too Nordic though.

 

[argo]

I don't have it, but would Slavelords of Cydonia work?

Actually... I'm running my Conan group through that right now. I moved the action from Mars (dominated by snake-men) to a vast cavern at the center of the earth (dominated by snake-men) and toned down some of the sci-fi elements. But otherwise the action fits prety well with the pulp swords 'n sorcery of Conan.

But no, no it is not "Nordic" in the least.

 

[Emirikol]

Back on this thread for a moment: we began our most recent campaign in Vanaheim. I modified the "Northern Reaches" in that I simply reversed the map and now I have an entirely detailed kingdom area for Vanaheim of Hyboria.

The scenarios we've played have been:
Valley of the Snails (yes, the one with the Nodwick artwork)
Garden of Fear
Forest of Blood
Irandiel (without the unicorn crap)

I substituted some Frostburn monsters and added the norse themes and it's worked out great.

How is your norse campaign going?

jh

 

[Voadam]

You might want to check out the Iron Heroes modules from Fiery Dragon. They are sort of Conanish in their themes of warrior action and low PC magic but I don't know about the setting of the modules or how hard they would be to adapt to a Norseish setting.