Oathbound - my players love it

[Ghostwind]

Despite having a significant hand in the creation and upkeep of the Oathbound campaign setting through the years, I've never run it until tonight. My group at the store found themselves drawn into Israfel's grip and thrust into Penance. They are currently going through the "Dark Welcomes" adventure in the Oathbound: Domains of the Forge core book. Now that they have had a small taste they are completely hooked and loving it. Just wait until they find out about the Prestige Races.

 

[Neil Bishop]

My players loved it, too, in the two campaigns I ran. I am thinking, though, that it would be much easier to prep for using 4E. I was just looking at my Oathbound books the other day thinking it might be time to bring them out again.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

It is a GREAT setting.

If you are running Oathbound, consider looking into the (now sort of wavering, but in its heyday, quite impressive) Yahoo group:

Living Planar (also named LP talk).

It has a lot of great ideas that are very directly transferable to Oathbound.

It also has a whole BUNCH of adventures in a strange planar location.

Enjoy!

 

[Crothian]

It was a great read but I never got to run it. I kept all the books though and have them in a box somewhere. I'll hopefully rediscover then in 20 years and get to do something.

 

[Ghostwind]

I thought I would never get the opportunity to run an Oathbound campaign (too many other worlds) but I just decided this week to give it a go since the group was at a point where they could make the jump to the Forge. It worked like a dream. They really like the stark contrasts of the world right down to its twin suns and weekly seasons.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Played in a demo once, found it to be a great and strange game.



Wish the DM had made it a monthly event.

 

[Treebore]

I have always been impressed by Oathbound, which is why I have most, maybe all, of the books for it.

Now that this thread has me thinking about it, maybe pulling my current group to the Forge would work perfectly for the finishing phases of my high level campaign... and I too would finally get to actually use the setting!

I think I better go pull my books of the shelves and see if I can make it work.

 

[DaveMage]

I ran the intro adventure for my group and had a blast too.

It's a great setting - I wish all the domains had been detailed in their own supplements, though.

 

[Brutorz Bill]

Oathbound is a great setting!
I got to take my group into it years ago, we all had a blast! I loved that I could work in all kinds of stuff!

 

[Nylanfs]

Yea Oathbound! And yes I'm disapointed that the meta-plot was never continued.

I got my main DM and some friends to play a couple of sessions with me as the DM, and he was really, really impressed with the world. And he's hard to impress. Of course ths was before the player's guide was released so I told him which chapters in the book off limits for him to read. It's a shame that the rest of the group fell apart and we couldn't continue the game.

BTW Steve, there maybe a chance I'm moving to your area to get a job (got laid off a month and a half ago) and the only jobs I can find seem to be in that area.