NaCaCrMo

I started with this… So this will likely be my final post in the National Campaign Creation Month (NaCaCrMo) series. I’ve gone from a quick map and a couple of notes on a piece of paper to a campaign setting Read More

As noted previously, one thing I want to use to differentiate Artanian magic from the more standard type used by the colonists from Hanar-across-the-sea is its basis in blood sacrifice. This is thematically similar to Defiler magic in the Dark Read More

Now that the local area where the PCs are starting has been filled in a little more, I’d like to pull back out and take a look at some of the more macro bits of detail. Specifically, I’d like to Read More

In the previous post in the series, I sketched out the small area the PCs will be operating in at the start of the campaign. Now I’d like to add a little more detail by laying out some encounters, both Read More

In the previous installment of this series, I laid out the starting scenario for the PCs. They will be starting in the area indicated by the box on the map below: For me, the maps are where things really come Read More

Part of the conceits of the Lost Artanis campaign setting is the idea that it so easily fits the “classic” campaign set-up, as a consciously inherent aspect of its design. That is, the PCs can literally enter the setting fresh Read More