Rugult
On Call GM
Having already posted briefly about this on my blog, I figured I would open up the floodgates to the ENworld forums. 
I've started work on my next Pathfinder campaign well in advance, having gone so far as to create the framework for both a Players/Game Masters guide. Much like ENworld's own War of the Burning Sky, and Paizo's Pathfinder Adventure Paths, I've taken the idea of giving out the player's a booklet beforehand so they get a feel for the adventure beginnings. The Game Master's guide is more of a booklet for overview information, but there are some new feats/spells hidden in there as well.
Right now both books are really unfinished, a rough draft of campaign documentation I've assembled so far, but I really would like feedback on it thus far.
To describe the actual campaign setting as a whole I’ll paraphrase my roomate’s thoughts.
“The world has had its great apocalypse. The people survived, and now it’s about picking up the pieces.”
A very simple description, but one I thought quite apt. Essentially the campaign takes place about a thousand years after the major races (humans, elves, dwarves, etc) overthrew four dark evils; the Protoviles. Following their war with the Protoviles, several heroes of the war ascended and became the first gods for the world. So it has only been about a thousand years since gods were first ‘created’ and in the intervening years the world has slowly started the process of recovering from the deadly war.
Twin Empires revolves around (believe it or not), two Empires who once fought together against the Protoviles, but are now on rather terse terms. The magical nation of Lamore, is a rigid magocracy in which a council of high magisters (each representing a school of magic) presides over all major decisions. The Valaheim Republic is a grouping of several smaller nations, brought together for fear of Lamore expansion. With Lamore’s powerful magics, and Valaheim’s strong industrial and technological base, it is only a matter of time before conflict erupts between these Twin Empires.
The players come from the island of Tyra, located near the center of a long archipelago that bridges Lamore and Valaheim; the Chain of Tears. Tyra can basically be described as a ‘near perfect’ tropical island, with one small central village and bustling port activity. It exists as a separate entity from the twin empires but most citizens realize that their time of independence may be running short. Even with this sad realization, trade continues on the island, nominally headed by the local church of Xemen; god of merchants and trade.
When the campaign begins, the players are thrust into the middle of the political arena as Lamore comes ashore in search of something lost to them. This item becomes the crux of the campaign; leading the players on a quest that takes them to all of the nearby kingdoms in an effort to stop the war between Lamore & Valaheim.
I've started work on my next Pathfinder campaign well in advance, having gone so far as to create the framework for both a Players/Game Masters guide. Much like ENworld's own War of the Burning Sky, and Paizo's Pathfinder Adventure Paths, I've taken the idea of giving out the player's a booklet beforehand so they get a feel for the adventure beginnings. The Game Master's guide is more of a booklet for overview information, but there are some new feats/spells hidden in there as well.
Right now both books are really unfinished, a rough draft of campaign documentation I've assembled so far, but I really would like feedback on it thus far.
To describe the actual campaign setting as a whole I’ll paraphrase my roomate’s thoughts.
“The world has had its great apocalypse. The people survived, and now it’s about picking up the pieces.”
A very simple description, but one I thought quite apt. Essentially the campaign takes place about a thousand years after the major races (humans, elves, dwarves, etc) overthrew four dark evils; the Protoviles. Following their war with the Protoviles, several heroes of the war ascended and became the first gods for the world. So it has only been about a thousand years since gods were first ‘created’ and in the intervening years the world has slowly started the process of recovering from the deadly war.
Twin Empires revolves around (believe it or not), two Empires who once fought together against the Protoviles, but are now on rather terse terms. The magical nation of Lamore, is a rigid magocracy in which a council of high magisters (each representing a school of magic) presides over all major decisions. The Valaheim Republic is a grouping of several smaller nations, brought together for fear of Lamore expansion. With Lamore’s powerful magics, and Valaheim’s strong industrial and technological base, it is only a matter of time before conflict erupts between these Twin Empires.
The players come from the island of Tyra, located near the center of a long archipelago that bridges Lamore and Valaheim; the Chain of Tears. Tyra can basically be described as a ‘near perfect’ tropical island, with one small central village and bustling port activity. It exists as a separate entity from the twin empires but most citizens realize that their time of independence may be running short. Even with this sad realization, trade continues on the island, nominally headed by the local church of Xemen; god of merchants and trade.
When the campaign begins, the players are thrust into the middle of the political arena as Lamore comes ashore in search of something lost to them. This item becomes the crux of the campaign; leading the players on a quest that takes them to all of the nearby kingdoms in an effort to stop the war between Lamore & Valaheim.
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