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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monkey King" data-source="post: 7708180" data-attributes="member: 22474">Great question. Midgard is a dark fantasy RPG setting for D&D, Pathfinder, and a handful of other games. It's inspired by the myths and folklore of Central and Eastern Europe, and replaces a lot of the standard fantasy gaming races with more interesting player options like minotaurs, kobolds, trollkin, and elfmarked. It's fairly lethal; heroic heroes *can* go through big hordes of foes, but it's just as likely that an elder thing will suck a hero's soul and inhabit his skin. It's not a "always balanced against the party" sort of world; there are great powers at work, and opposing them requires both heroic courage AND some clever plans.The dark fantasy is not low-magic, like Thule. Ley line magic is a key part of the setting, as are shadow roads and other portals connecting various regions for those willing to walk those dark and magical roads. In addition, the setting features hidden/masked gods who take a fairly active role in some regions, and there are several non-human kingdoms with a large influence on the setting (the dragon empire is really mostly kobolds, but also dragonborn and true dragons--you can imagine they are all about conquest and plunder). The stock adventure varies depending on the region you choose to play in, though it is fair to say Midgard does more with wilderness and urban adventuring than some settings. The Northlands, the Grand Duchy, Seven Cities, and Crossroads are heroic and human-centric. The Western Wastes are alien and horrific badlands full of twisted reality. So there's a range of environments to allow for more than one type of adventure. That said... Well, here's two examples. The Raven's Call is a classic "save the village" scenario for new heroes against trollkin raiders; very Norse in tone. The intro-level Cat & Mouse is an urban exploration with some dark combat encounters in the undercity; it's more Arabian Nights-ish. Most adventures are attempts to stave off some truly vile plot from winning over the light side. Heroes do it all the time, but it isn't easy, and there's sometimes a price to be paid in blood, corruption, or sanity.</blockquote>

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