My Skyshadow Isles campaign, after over five years, is finally winding down. The highest-level PC is level 17, they have saved the world from being ended via demonic locust swarm, and they're gearing up now to fight the Last Guardian, the only real remaining supernatural "boss-level" threat. The player kingdoms and domains are growing and they'll persist for as long as I'm alive at least, but the adventurers are looking for fresh pastures in the same world. That's going to be in the Next Campaign(tm), the Shattered Valley. It's in the same world, the world of Coldlight, but literally on the other side. My pitch for this is "more Greek themed overland West Marches", with the map loosely based on the Shenandoah Valley. I thought for a moment about just straight-up using one of the old Avalon Hill Civil War board games for it, but I instead went with hand-drawn again. Still, it's a big ole' hexmap with lots of semi-abandoned poleis and and wildlands, a huge tentpole kilodungeon (The Dawnlight Spire), a ruined chaotic half-nuked megacity, and several bespoke handmade dungeons of decent size (~100 rooms). Lots of domain potential, questing beasts, and of course unlockable new player races and classes if they don't screw the pooch (they will screw the pooch). That's not all needed, though, and I've also already seeded a LOT of adventure sites around for fun and profit. You really don't need to do a lot of work for a long-term campaign. Currently seeded premade Adventure Sites: Labyrinth of the Scarlett Minotaur? Shrine of the Small God Fountain of Bec Vault of Kadish Temple of Hypnos Slug House Tower in the Lake Pit of the Red Wyrm Arena Amilia Calid Cryo-Caves Stables of Zothay Wailing Tower Sausages of the Devil Swine In the Name of the Principle? Isles of the Dead (Sent to me but as of yet unpublished by Scott M.) As you can see, there's already about 50+ sessions of gameplay right there in the seeded dungeons, not even counting hexploration, random encounters, and my own added dungeons. Given I only run 5-6 sessions a month, this is a good year set already. Make your own list, by all means. Use stuff like Adventure Sites I or Adventure Sites II, or a NAP or Delightful Dungeons. These are all free, too. If there's more interest in AARs I can start adding them here, but either way, it's an exciting season. We'll be kicking off the campaign with a gauntlet, that one will get published...
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