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#1

knarfenstein

Jan 10, 2010 10:54:07		So I am getting back into D&D and am setting up for my own Homebrew campaign.

This is what I have thus far for material:

  1. H1 Keep on the Shadowfell

  2. H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth

  3. H3 Pyramid of Shadows

  4. Dungeon Delve

  5. Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead

I used the TSR settings back in 2E and while they were fun I want to try doing Homebrew for 4E.

My Plan was to start the PC's in the Nentir Vale using the DMG Fallcrest setting as a basis for my overall world.

I was going to start my campain Arc as follows:

  1. Dungeon Delve (DD) 1 - "Coppernight Hold"

  2. DMG "Kobold Hall"

  3. DD#2 - "The Broken Tower"

  4. H1 - "Keep on the Shadowfell"

  5. DD#3 - "Orc Stronghold"

  6. DD#4 - "The Raider's Hideout"

  7. H2 - "Thunderspire Labyrinth"

  8. DD#5 - "Tomb of the Tiefling Empress"

  9. DD#6 - "The Temple of the Zealots"

  10. H3 - "Pyramid of Shadows"

  11. DD#7 - "The Catacombs of Koptila"

  12. DD#8 - "Poisoned Shadows"

Now as far as House Rules are concerned I'll admit, I'm not sold on the new races for 4E.

I plan to exclude the Dragonborn, Tieflings, Eladrin (I'll rename these back to High Elves), Goliath, Shifter and Diva. Call me a purist if you will but I prefer the classical fantasy races from 1st and 2nd Ed.

I plan to have my campaign story to be centered around the following:

The Nerath Empire fell because the Emperor wanted to attain immortality, which of course he achieves but at a steep price. He becomes undead (Lich perhaps) and unleashes a Zombie Plague across the land. (The players will have seeds planted throughout the published adventures I am going to run that will start off the grander campaign once we finish my above Arc, using the Open Grave book for flavor.)

To the North the Bloodspear Tribe is gaining a new taste for blood, this of course includes the Nentir Vale.

I would like to try to tie the Bloodspear Tribe in with the people of the Nentir Vale in an effort to overcome the Zombie Plague that's sweeping the lands from the southern Nerath Empire. (Kind of an uneasy alliance)

I was thinking about a giant rift in the planes that turns large portions of land into ash or "dead zones"  in which magic is useless (Kind of a preserver / defiler  type scenario)

I am just in the fledgling stages of putting this into motion.  I would love any and all input / ideas / feedback I can get from you guys. Cheers!
#2

therion666

Jan 25, 2010 18:30:13

With the Keep on the Shadowfell you could include a power struggle between Orcus and the followers of Vecna. Could be interesting to drop this in as an overall campaign backdrop as the emporer is a follower of Vecna.


Maybe the emporer being undead could be hidden early in the campaign and become evident later.


I started my campaign in the same place but with a different backdrop to the empire of Nerath.