so im currently preparing a campaign inspired by dragon age origins.
The premise is that an ancient lich has been awakened and it now plans to reestablish its ancient empire through conquest.
The PCs encounter this threat for the first time when a bordertown gets overrun by the living dead. After an Npc sacrifices themselves to teleport the party to safety the whole thing starts.
After warning the local lord, he would retreat to a defensive fortress and task the PCs with searching for the lichs phylactory/ go around gathering allies, with the liches forces arriving at the keep in around 30 days. During the travels the PCs must contend with the machinations of the liches war-council.
Encounter Ideas i had:
Blessing an ancient dragons skeleton so it cant be revived.
A Bandit chief offers the aid of the local brigands if they help him eliminate his rivals.
One of the lich's generals assaults a port city by having his armies walk underwater.
A smaller barony is in the middle of a heredetry dispute after their baron is found murdered.
As the danger grows ever closer, cults start to spring up, worshiping the undead king as a savior.
So any other cool Encounter/Quest Ideas ?
Does anyone have any tips on how to run such an "invasion" campaign ?
Hello Everyone,
so im currently preparing a campaign inspired by dragon age origins.
The premise is that an ancient lich has been awakened and it now plans to reestablish its ancient empire through conquest.
The PCs encounter this threat for the first time when a bordertown gets overrun by the living dead. After an Npc sacrifices themselves to teleport the party to safety the whole thing starts.
After warning the local lord, he would retreat to a defensive fortress and task the PCs with searching for the lichs phylactory/ go around gathering allies, with the liches forces arriving at the keep in around 30 days. During the travels the PCs must contend with the machinations of the liches war-council.
Encounter Ideas i had:
Blessing an ancient dragons skeleton so it cant be revived.
A Bandit chief offers the aid of the local brigands if they help him eliminate his rivals.
One of the lich's generals assaults a port city by having his armies walk underwater.
A smaller barony is in the middle of a heredetry dispute after their baron is found murdered.
As the danger grows ever closer, cults start to spring up, worshiping the undead king as a savior.
So any other cool Encounter/Quest Ideas ?
Does anyone have any tips on how to run such an "invasion" campaign ?
Always having a quest to mythic magic weapons to power up your party is fun