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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6042631" data-attributes="member: 6669384">As some of you may be aware, our game group runs on a "Round Robin" type DM rotation, and although I just finished a stint at the DM's seat with my Thermopylae recreation, I find myself in line to run again.System is D&D 3.5, setting resembles the real world circa the year 500, with the addition of Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, etc., and a curse that has the world covered in ashen grey clouds that block the sun and are slowly driving the world to starvation.  The gods are currently absent, so divination spells that call for divine guidance, knowledge or insight don't work.  No Teleportation in the game world, and Raise Dead and its relatives don't exist.  There is a nebulous enemy that's manipulating things to bring down civilization, setting empire against empire, city against city and (believe it or not) gods against gods.  They're an Illumian cabal pulling strings from behind the scenes.We're in Greece, just after a (successful) military campaign fending off the Persians.Party consists of:Half Elf Ranger 5/Druid 9 with Tiger as his Animal CompanionHalf Dragon Fighter 12Half Elf Barbarian 3/Wizard 9Human Wizard 5/Cleric 5/Mystic Thurge 3Asimar Rogue 2/Paladin of Freedom 10The Asimar is currently missing, and may be replaced by a Human Rogue/Fighter/Dervish of unknown capacity.There may be an NPC Sorceress/Rogue/Assassin, at my discretion. Current circumstance:We're in clean up mode after an attempted invasion.  The Roman Governor of the province demonstrated an unexpected streak of competence, in that he managed to learn of the invasion in advance, yet kept it from the city at large.  No one knows how he obtained this knowledge.Someone (possibly the Persians) has been sabotaging local food production by Dispelling the Plant Growth spells from the farm fields.There is an Assassin league called the Red Masque that's made several attempts on the party, and is apparently a cat's paw of the Illumians.  One of them might be directly involved.Food is being shipped to Rome from Egypt, which has managed to maintain farm production, though they are being harassed by savage tribes from the south.The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean between Greece and the Middle East) is currently engulfed in unseasonal storms, a byproduct of the various sea gods being at war.  The party owns/has access to a ship, currently trapped in port by this unseasonal weather.One PC (an NPC in this session) has just severed a mystic link to a Necromantic site of power, possibly angering some of the darker forces who had designs on him.  The campaign theme has been Law v Chaos, so oddly Hell has been on the party's side, sort of.  Oh, and it's been about four game years since the last Olympics in Greece.So that's more or less what I have to work with.  Lots of hooks, lots of turmoil.  What I lack is inspiration.  I may or may not be running next weekend, depending on whether or not someone else comes up with something first.</blockquote>

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