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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Justinian" data-source="post: 1168047" data-attributes="member: 6358">Setting Note: This campaign takes place in a world with no gods (as soon as the story begins), meaning there are no clerics or paladins. These changes came about after magic disappeared about one thousand years ago, in the first Erendar campaign. Slowly, magic has returned to some classes, although some has drastically different requirements. Wizardry requires a sacrifice of blood, so wizards are generally feared and hated. To replace these classes, I've included some material from Oriental Adventures, particularly the shaman, shugenja, and sohei classes. Psionics is included, with psionics being the same as magic.  The Beginning: The Disappearance of the Gods------------------------------------------------ It is Midsummer’s Day, and the Festival of the Sun has just begun in the city of Erendar. The people have been gathering since the previous day, and as the sun rises, there is a collective intake of breath as they anticipate the ritual manifestation of the Gods*. But the twin thrones remain empty, and several seconds pass with none able to move in amazement. Never before in the history of Erendar had either of the Gods failed to appear for either of the two great festivals of the year, at Midsummer and Midwinter. Runners are sent to the temples, but the Gods cannot be found. The most accomplished mages scry for them, and are unable to find a hint of their presence. At great cost and no small amount of embarrassment, the great sorcerer Naraji is contacted, but even he cannot discern a trace of the Gods on any known plane. Erendar is in chaos. The Gods had ruled for nearly a millennium, and no one living remembers a time before their reign. After so long with no change in rulers, it takes nearly a day before the nobles begin to fight to fill the power vacuum.------------------------------------------------In the city of Sadir, several days by ship north along the coast, the rumors spread with rapidity. Due to traveling bards and the ubiquity of mages**, magical messages are able to be passed across the continent in hours, and before Midsummer’s Day is past, every major city in the Empire knows about the disappearance of the Gods. Many people immediately embark for the city of Erendar, planning to capitalize in some way on this event, or to investigate it.------------------------------------------------ *Garaihn, the Protector of the City and Pontos, Lord of the Sea.**Mages (psions) are the main users of magic in the world now, and there is a small academy in every major town or city. </blockquote>

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