Ero, young bounty hunter from "nobody knows where", water trading half-giant Rezo (who happens to be water cleric as well), Entrok, halfling fighter who is wandering the lands of the tall people and Kallimakos, son of Balican Senator happened to band together into unusual party. Their goal was to track Ssuran raiders who were continuously attacking settlements and caravans on the shore of the Sea of Silt. After 2 short but bloody battles with Tarek slave hunters and Ssuran chieftain they discovered that there is someone else directly involved in troubles in their land. The one Ssurans called Master of Flames. After short debate, party decided to spare life of Ssuran chieftain and took his oath that one day, if their paths will cross again, he will pay the debt of life that they let him keep. While thinking that it was the end of the story and it will be time to come back to Army post to report about their success, accidentally they discovered hidden entrance to ruins older than anything that they ever seen or knew. Disregarding doubts and fear crawling down their necks, they descended into darkness, hoping to find not a cruel death from whatever lurks underneath but treasures of old. Welcome to unforgiving world of scorched sands, cannibals, slavers and misery, ruled by evil tyrants and harsh laws of crippled nature. I'm a Veteran DM with over 20 years of experience in RPG. My goal was to create strong, story focused background and some convincing interactions with NPCs as well as let you to feel harsh, punishing nature of dying world of Athas. So on every 2-3 sessions that will look like standard one (dungeon crawling, exploring map and discovering hidden locations, fighting monsters/NPC opponents, finding treasures) there will be 1 which will be focused on completely different aspects. During this "different session" your challenges and encounters will spin around your survival skill, planning and preparation, traveling, interactions with NPC, tying up clues and hints to unravel clear pictures of world around you, espionage, gathering information, building up relationships and reputation with factions within the game, your role playing and more. Know that every open question mark put on your bio/personality part of character sheet will be taken under consideration and you will find, sooner or later during campaign, things from your "past" coming to live. So if you are looking for some generic "we've got assignment in the tavern to slay the troll in the swamp" kind of experience, where 99% of it is focused on hacking and chopping new waves of bastard creeps, spawned in number and density that would ashamed biggest colonies of shrimps in the ocean, probably you will feel a bit disappointed. But if you are looking for game, that will challenge your killer instinct in the same manner as it's challenging your imagination, creativity and intellect then surely you will spend a good time together with players who are already exploring one of the best (if not the only) campaign settings ever created. It's not for everyone, but surely it is for you. This is not stand alone module. It is a campaign for at least 5 months (don't do dumb stuff, cause as much as I am considering, I am also strict to the harsh and cruel rules of Athas, so death may approach your PC any moment of every day if you don't pay attention to the rules of this unique place) played weekly. Players of all levels of experience in RPG are welcome, but due to specific environment and narration it is not for just anybody (so be at least 20 years old). Currently we have 1 open spot for dedicated player who is willing to delve into the story rich campaign together with the rest of the party and is willing to stay till the end of the story. We are playing weekly on Saturdays, 7pm EST. Here is the listing, apply if you are looking for a story of your RPG life ;) <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/261859/scorched-lands-saga-saturday" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/261859/scorched-lands-saga-saturday</a> If you have any question, feel free to send me PM. This game will require payment to the Game Master at a rate of 10$ paid via Paypal . Roll20 is not responsible for any payment
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