Prison break campaign start idea... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Prison break campaign start idea... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Dreamender
10-26-07, 04:06 AM Brainstorming for a new campaign I'll be starting soon, and I wanted to bounce a few ideas around with other DM's...

I was thinking about starting a campaign in a huge underground prison, doing sort of a reverse dungeon crawl to escape it. Afterwards the PC's are hounded and cased by the law enforcement, and then having it then hopefully unfold into a epic saga where the "bad guy" PC's turn out to be heros saving the masses.

Had this idea after reading David Gemmels book: Knights of Dark Renown.

Thoughts?
bloodtalon
10-26-07, 06:02 AM might also wanna add into it that they have to prove they are innocent.
they were framed for an assassination and now the ones who did kill whoever plans on taking over the kingdom
Smerg
10-26-07, 11:14 AM The old Slave Lord series often featured the players starting in 'prison' and having to start with no equipment and trying to escape.

The low level adventure was being prisoner of goblins and the players could first pick up bones, small stones, and use their breach cloths to make slings.

Higher level adventures required more work and thinking to escape.
GoriceXII
10-26-07, 07:40 PM I liked that book too btw.

A few elements you might use from it could be thus:

1. The pcs discover that evil things were being done in the prison. They might find victims who have been vampirized or some such thing. This might bear similarity to things happening on the surface.

2. They might fall in with or encounter a group of outlaws and exiles who might be able to help them.

3. They might as taradusis suggested start out with almost nothing but find certain magical items of legend as the adventure progresses.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Dreamender 10-26-07, 04:06 AM	Brainstorming for a new campaign I'll be starting soon, and I wanted to bounce a few ideas around with other DM's... I was thinking about starting a campaign in a huge underground prison, doing sort of a reverse dungeon crawl to escape it. Afterwards the PC's are hounded and cased by the law enforcement, and then having it then hopefully unfold into a epic saga where the "bad guy" PC's turn out to be heros saving the masses. Had this idea after reading David Gemmels book: Knights of Dark Renown. Thoughts?
bloodtalon 10-26-07, 06:02 AM	might also wanna add into it that they have to prove they are innocent. they were framed for an assassination and now the ones who did kill whoever plans on taking over the kingdom
Smerg 10-26-07, 11:14 AM	The old Slave Lord series often featured the players starting in 'prison' and having to start with no equipment and trying to escape. The low level adventure was being prisoner of goblins and the players could first pick up bones, small stones, and use their breach cloths to make slings. Higher level adventures required more work and thinking to escape.
GoriceXII 10-26-07, 07:40 PM	I liked that book too btw. A few elements you might use from it could be thus: 1. The pcs discover that evil things were being done in the prison. They might find victims who have been vampirized or some such thing. This might bear similarity to things happening on the surface. 2. They might fall in with or encounter a group of outlaws and exiles who might be able to help them. 3. They might as taradusis suggested start out with almost nothing but find certain magical items of legend as the adventure progresses.