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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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Campaign: The Night of Horrors saw the city walls fall and the Necromancer's unliving pour within, killing and destroying all that they could find. The great warrior Gojun of Palandrin, forewarned by the Goddess of the tragedy, organized a rear guard that held off the ravaging hordes long enough for a great caravan of refugees to flee. Now, cut off from the Inner Kingdom by the unliving, the exodus of refugees seek to find either a new home or a way to get back to safety, pursued by the hordes and Namouti the Necromancer seeking to add to her Army.

Starting Location (0000): The caravan of refugees includes craftsmen, merchants, city leaders and laborers, all with belongings as well as their own baggage of prejudices, problems and expectations to lay before the feet of Gojun. A governing council attempts to navigate the many differences and needs of the refugees, while growing more desperate for scouts are needed to look ahead for safe paths, scavengers who can find desperately needed supplies, guardians who fight to stave off attacks by the Necromancer's pursuing forces, or adventurers to seek assistance, whether it be artifacts or allies, to help! The refugees have mired themselves in the Dank Fens and the attacks by lizardfolk, alarmed at the perceived invasion of humans, are starting to take their toll, as are the attacks by the skeletons of the Necromancer, led by the Great Black Wraith!

Three Hexes
(Hex scale is 24 miles)

Location 1 (0100): Shrine of the Trident - In ancient times, the The Trident of Skain was buried in these hills and a shrine constructed over it for those who joined the cult which guarded it. This mystical weapon may be strong enough to destroy Namouti the Necromancer if heroes can be found to fulfill the quests to open the Golden Sepulcher. What the cult has forgotten is the terrible price that the Trident exacts from its wielder in exchange for the power that it possesses.

Location 2 (0101): The Ruins of Christop - It is not hard to find the long lost city whose bones jut from the sides of the lightly forested hills, although the goblin and orc tribes that have surrounded it may make it hard to approach. It is a tempting destination for the caravan, as there is enough rubble and wood to build shelter and begin construction anew! The ghosts that inhabit the hills reenact their long forgotten horror on moonless nights, and the surrounding tribes know that those spirits will steal souls of those they find within the city limits.

Location 3 (0102): Foyge - The welcoming village of Foyge, full of dwarfs who mine beneath the huge pines, is a welcome respite for the caravan, providing food, shelter and a rest from the depredations of any of the Necromancer's forces. Clerics and paladins of good will find that their spells and powers are strangely muted, although they can't quite understand why; conversely, those who may follow darker paths will find their abilities slightly increased. The deepest tunnels of the mines harbor a dark secret that will cost the caravan a great deal, for the vampires that control the dwarfs live here and await the fresh blood that has willingly come to their doorstep!

With this setting, I'm doing something different - there is no homebase! Rather, the homebase moves with the PCs.

Now this is obviously inspired by Battlestar Galactica, but I also played a similar scenario in a LARP back in the early 1990s in Indianapolis - it was called M.Y.T.H. (Make Yourself The Hero) and it was great fun! I can honestly say that I've ran a LARP in a real cave system (4 rooms) and it taught me a lot about light sources and the difficulties of combat in such an environment!

This map may feel a bit like a railroad, but remember that the main goal is to get the campaign started and keep the players moving! Of course the refugees want to settle down somewhere, anywhere, but is it safe? Is it possible? As you expand on this campaign, you can present more red herrings or possible solutions - hopefully each with a choice of "is the grass green enough here or should we go there?"

If I keep thinking about this, I'm going to want to run this campaign myself!

"Three Hexes" are simple campaign starters to show that you don't need to do a lot to have interesting settings for people to play in. Feel free to use these in your game, campaign or as ways to spur on your own creativity and imagination!

I've purposefully left a lot of detail out because these are supposed to spur on your imagination! The scale is what I would use in my own world, but if something else suits you better, then go for it. I may have the features moved about on the hexes for clarity, if they don't suit you, move them!

Three Hexes by Michael "Chgowiz" Shorten (chgowiz@gmail.com) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Lovecraft's Untold Stories Will Take Its Nightmares To The Console World

Some months after its debut on Steam, the Action RPG Roguelite from Blini Games, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, reaches all main consoles: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

Lovecraft's Untold Stories combines action and RPG with a roguelite gameplay, in a universe inspired by Lovecraft's works, where you'll find all sorts of Myth monsters and all kinds of challenges that will test your sanity during the game.

Lovecraft's Untold Stories is based on H.P. Lovecraft's stories. You will experience first-hand the cosmic horror created by the genius of Providence. Every character will go through an investigation that will take them through different locations, from the creepy old Victorian mansion to the abandoned hospital where forbidden experiments take place or the jungle where lost tribes celebrate forgotten rituals, just to name a few.
Levels are randomly generated: it will be a different experience every time you play. Also, they vary depending on the character you're playing with. Look for items and clues to unlock secrets and new stories!

5 characters, 5 ways of fighting the Mythos.

You can play as 5 different characters, each with a different playstyle and storyline. A private detective, a witch, a thief, a professor, and even a ghoul—each with different stats, weapons, and combat moves, creating five entirely different gameplay experiences.

The Detective offers a balanced playstyle, with average Health and Stamina. The Professor is a specialist in ranged combat, with less Health and a special shield granted by his weapon, the Tillinghast. The Witch does a lot of damage, has teleport abilities and elemental shields of fire and ice, but also a very low Health. The Thief is a specialist in melée combat that takes advantage of its stealth to maximize her damage. The ghoul does a lot of melée damage, has a high Health and regenerates itself, but can't use medkits at all.

Madness Awaits...

Insanity crawls behind every corner for those who face the Mythos. In your investigations, you will face different situations where you have to choose what to do – make the wrong decision and you will start losing your mind. In order to face the Great Old Ones, you need knowledge, and to find it you have to explore – but the more you explore the more events that shake your sanity you will find… Those who go mad under the influence of the Mythos take their own life to escape the eternal terror they are now looking at. Not all hope is lost, though – there are some ways to recover your sanity…

Main features:

Fight hundreds of different monsters from the Cthulhu Mythos in this intense action roguelite.
Explore Lovecraft's stories: every character has a storyline that crosses randomly generated levels set in different locations from Lovecraft's stories, such as the hospital, the jungle, or the port city just to name a few.
Face the Great Old Ones: Great Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, and Azathoth await you in special levels.
Investigate thoroughly: explore every corner to find secret levels and knowledge about the Great Old Ones
Learn about the Mythos to fight them: to have a chance at fighting the Great Old Ones you need to acquire knowledge about them, or their mere presence will drive you insane.
Madness awaits: in the course of your adventures you will have to make some decisions, and taking the wrong ones will shake your sanity. If it gets too low, you will start losing your mind – and if you go mad you will take your own life to escape the horror.
Pick your hero: Choose between 5 different characters, detective, the thief, the professor, the witch, and the ghoul.
Different playstyles: every investigator has a different combat style and skills, but levels also vary depending on who you're playing them with – so the gameplay experience is totally different.
Collect and improve weapons, items, and artifacts. Each character has a set of weapons and items, and there are hundreds of other items you can find and use!
Look for clues and special items to unlock secrets and new stories.