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<blockquote data-quote="physicscarp" data-source="post: 710842" data-attributes="member: 7207">No SK's!SteelDraco said If I was to run a DS game today, it'd be set in Raam, during the Age of Heroes. The main antagonist would be one of the former templars, who was trying to resurrect the power of the s-ks by breaking the seals on the Pristine Tower and re-enacting the ritual that Rajaat used to create them in the first place. PCs would have to foil his attempts, all the while dealing with the political unrest, wars, plagues, and other fun stuff that can happen in Raam Ahh, Raam.&nbsp; A delicious slice of hell for any DM to torture their players with.&nbsp; Almost a King's Age ago, I ran an entire campaign based on this city, which covered two individual players and one group.&nbsp;&nbsp; the group worked for House Ianto, a small trading house based in Tyr, and were trying to open the market in Raam.&nbsp; This let the PC's interact with everybody in the city, not to mention trips into the wilderness on caravan runs, seeking rare goods, etc.If your really interested, I even still have a map of the city that was done for GenCon 97.&nbsp; I personally think that campaigns based around the SK's and Rajaat are just over done.&nbsp; It's to similar to basing a DL campaign on the War of the Lance, or Ravenloft on Strahd.&nbsp; Athas is a rich world with a lot going on.&nbsp; Ditch the common villians and come up with some of your own.&nbsp; My players still get nervous whenever I mention the name Sask! Carp</blockquote>

[QUOTE="physicscarp, post: 710842, member: 7207"] [b]No SK's![/b] SteelDraco said [I]If I was to run a DS game today, it'd be set in Raam, during the Age of Heroes. The main antagonist would be one of the former templars, who was trying to resurrect the power of the s-ks by breaking the seals on the Pristine Tower and re-enacting the ritual that Rajaat used to create them in the first place. PCs would have to foil his attempts, all the while dealing with the political unrest, wars, plagues, and other fun stuff that can happen in Raam[/I] Ahh, Raam. A delicious slice of hell for any DM to torture their players with. Almost a King's Age ago, I ran an entire campaign based on this city, which covered two individual players and one group. the group worked for House Ianto, a small trading house based in Tyr, and were trying to open the market in Raam. This let the PC's interact with everybody in the city, not to mention trips into the wilderness on caravan runs, seeking rare goods, etc. If your really interested, I even still have a map of the city that was done for GenCon 97. I personally think that campaigns based around the SK's and Rajaat are just over done. It's to similar to basing a DL campaign on the War of the Lance, or Ravenloft on Strahd. Athas is a rich world with a lot going on. Ditch the common villians and come up with some of your own. My players still get nervous whenever I mention the name Sask! Carp [/QUOTE]

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