Stopping Ragnarok. Fighting evil (or good, depends on alignment) gods.
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My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
Slaying Fafnir is a pretty classic story, its likely what the hobbit is based on.
Basically a Loki steals gold from a powerful dwarf to pay a blood price to a Dwarven king but the dwarf cursed the gold he gave to Loki making it cause the Dwarven kings son to go mad and kill his father. The Dwarven prince then flees to the mountains with the cursed gold to take the form of a dragon. This treasure contains the cursed ring Andvaranaut which brings bad luck to any who posses it when Fafnir dies the ring is taken as treasure leading to misfortune. Also part of the story is Sigfried who killed the dragon and from it became indestructible except for a spot in his back. He is ultimately killed by betrayal
As a campaign you could have a kingdom where the king has gone mad with power and is defended by an immortal warrior. There is speculation that his sickness and madness is the result of a curse from a dragon that they went to kill years ago. The players can choose to try to find a way to kill the king and hence deal with the immortal warrior or seek out the lair of the dragon to try to stop the curse. If they go to the dragons lair they can find the secret of the curse which is the loki back story but will probably ultimately need to challenge the king who can become some kind of monster as a result of the ring .
Side note, never ask loki for things. He will do it but always in the worst way.
You could do something that takes place during the war of the gods. When the Aesir and Vanir tribes. In myth nobody won, and it ended in a truce, but what if one side did win. And with the help of a mortal at that.
Unlike Greek myth, Norse myth gods really could not care less about humans. They rarely come down to earth and when they do its either to kill a giant, get caught by a giant, or just trick some human or mythical creature. Basically, they're not the best gods in my opinion. Keep that in mind while planning things for your campaign. And if players ever run into Odin, 1: Make him be in a disguise and pretending not to be Odin, now overuse that. 2: Make him slightly lead characters to their inevitable demise. Odin wants people to die and go to Valhalla to help with Ragnorock.
Some other gods traits, Thor: A person obsessed with killing giants for basically no reason. Loki: A trickster yes, but that's his title what did you expect to happen. Baldur: Dead.
Idk if this is off topic but I hope it helps with your campaign!
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Tarrasque's have a magical regeneration and are able to reflect spells back at its enemies
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You could do something that takes place during the war of the gods. When the Aesir and Vanir tribes. In myth nobody won, and it ended in a truce, but what if one side did win. And with the help of a mortal at that.
Unlike Greek myth, Norse myth gods really could not care less about humans. They rarely come down to earth and when they do its either to kill a giant, get caught by a giant, or just trick some human or mythical creature. Basically, they're not the best gods in my opinion. Keep that in mind while planning things for your campaign. And if players ever run into Odin, 1: Make him be in a disguise and pretending not to be Odin, now overuse that. 2: Make him slightly lead characters to their inevitable demise. Odin wants people to die and go to Valhalla to help with Ragnorock.
Some other gods traits, Thor: A person obsessed with killing giants for basically no reason. Loki: A trickster yes, but that's his title what did you expect to happen. Baldur: Dead.
Idk if this is off topic but I hope it helps with your campaign!
The Norse deities honestly treated humans much better than the Greek deities did. Because they mostly left them alone instead of getting of trying to seduce the married ones, randomly cursing people because they felt mildly annoyed, or all the other petty and cruel things that the Greek gods got up to because they didn't have to worry about dying or being threatened by external forces.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
You could do something that takes place during the war of the gods. When the Aesir and Vanir tribes. In myth nobody won, and it ended in a truce, but what if one side did win. And with the help of a mortal at that.
Unlike Greek myth, Norse myth gods really could not care less about humans. They rarely come down to earth and when they do its either to kill a giant, get caught by a giant, or just trick some human or mythical creature. Basically, they're not the best gods in my opinion. Keep that in mind while planning things for your campaign. And if players ever run into Odin, 1: Make him be in a disguise and pretending not to be Odin, now overuse that. 2: Make him slightly lead characters to their inevitable demise. Odin wants people to die and go to Valhalla to help with Ragnorock.
Some other gods traits, Thor: A person obsessed with killing giants for basically no reason. Loki: A trickster yes, but that's his title what did you expect to happen. Baldur: Dead.
Idk if this is off topic but I hope it helps with your campaign!
The Norse deities honestly treated humans much better than the Greek deities did. Because they mostly left them alone instead of getting of trying to seduce the married ones, randomly cursing people because they felt mildly annoyed, or all the other petty and cruel things that the Greek gods got up to because they didn't have to worry about dying or being threatened by external forces.
Although it’s just as gross. Some of those stories are really disgusting… those gods have interesting imaginations.
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My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
Most mythologies are fairly disgusting. One or two thousand years ago, most societies weren't as hung up about blood and guts and bodily functions as we are today. And a story about where the Minotaur came from was like the height of comedy.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Most mythologies are fairly disgusting. One or two thousand years ago, most societies weren't as hung up about blood and guts and bodily functions as we are today. And a story about where the Minotaur came from was like the height of comedy.
Fun.
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My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
Lots of monsters can be re-skinned into monsters for mythologies. For example, wuth a bit if tweaking, you could use a dragon turtle as a world serpant.
Also, the giants seem to be closely based off norse legends.
Most mythologies are fairly disgusting. One or two thousand years ago, most societies weren't as hung up about blood and guts and bodily functions as we are today. And a story about where the Minotaur came from was like the height of comedy.
Fun.
Yeah, pretty much anything to do with the Minotaur is going to be pretty messed-up.
Surprisingly, when I was a young child, the story of the Minotaur used to be one of my favorite greek legends.
talking about norse flavors - raiders guide and saga of seasons by grim hollow have some maybe those 2 books can bring some useful ideas for your campaign
And a story about where the Minotaur came from was like the height of comedy.
It's still pretty funny. Posieden basically makes a "that's what she said" joke along the lines of " you like that beef, huh? so did your wife last night" and his wife pilots a cow puppet to seduce the bull before telling the king that this was his fault.
Pasiphae and Asterius (the minotaur) were also worshiped at shrines so the whole story may be a dig at a religion after the mycanaens invaded an occupied Crete. Like how the isrealites came up with the name Ba'alzebub as an insult for the cananite god Ba'al which basically just means ba'al the poopy, specifically lord of the flies because flies hang around dung.
talking about norse flavors - raiders guide and saga of seasons by grim hollow have some maybe those 2 books can bring some useful ideas for your campaign
I’ll look into that, thanks :)
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As the title says, just looking for some ideas for a Norse themed campaign.
It’ll have Vikings and giants and the Norse gods and stuff. Little bit of game of thrones and Skyrim.
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What sort of ideas are you looking for?
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Any, just need some ideas.
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There already was a Ragnorok Tavern ran by Awe but it died.
What's life without a little war to spice things up? Anyone who worries about the little things should notice the bigger picture.
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Its a cmpaign for my players not a rp thing
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Well in that case an exploring the world after Ragnorok would be cool. Searching for artifacts of dead gods and stuff.
What's life without a little war to spice things up? Anyone who worries about the little things should notice the bigger picture.
I am (As drummerboy stated) The master of many faces, The unseen puppeteer, The illumination, & The unnoticed influence.
Favorite games series: Dark Souls. Shirtless Solaire. Best best game series of all time: Paper Mario. Fight me about it.
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Stopping Ragnarok. Fighting evil (or good, depends on alignment) gods.
My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
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Good idea
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Slaying Fafnir is a pretty classic story, its likely what the hobbit is based on.
Basically a Loki steals gold from a powerful dwarf to pay a blood price to a Dwarven king but the dwarf cursed the gold he gave to Loki making it cause the Dwarven kings son to go mad and kill his father. The Dwarven prince then flees to the mountains with the cursed gold to take the form of a dragon. This treasure contains the cursed ring Andvaranaut which brings bad luck to any who posses it when Fafnir dies the ring is taken as treasure leading to misfortune. Also part of the story is Sigfried who killed the dragon and from it became indestructible except for a spot in his back. He is ultimately killed by betrayal
As a campaign you could have a kingdom where the king has gone mad with power and is defended by an immortal warrior. There is speculation that his sickness and madness is the result of a curse from a dragon that they went to kill years ago. The players can choose to try to find a way to kill the king and hence deal with the immortal warrior or seek out the lair of the dragon to try to stop the curse. If they go to the dragons lair they can find the secret of the curse which is the loki back story but will probably ultimately need to challenge the king who can become some kind of monster as a result of the ring .
Side note, never ask loki for things. He will do it but always in the worst way.
You could do something that takes place during the war of the gods. When the Aesir and Vanir tribes. In myth nobody won, and it ended in a truce, but what if one side did win. And with the help of a mortal at that.
Unlike Greek myth, Norse myth gods really could not care less about humans. They rarely come down to earth and when they do its either to kill a giant, get caught by a giant, or just trick some human or mythical creature. Basically, they're not the best gods in my opinion. Keep that in mind while planning things for your campaign. And if players ever run into Odin, 1: Make him be in a disguise and pretending not to be Odin, now overuse that. 2: Make him slightly lead characters to their inevitable demise. Odin wants people to die and go to Valhalla to help with Ragnorock.
Some other gods traits, Thor: A person obsessed with killing giants for basically no reason. Loki: A trickster yes, but that's his title what did you expect to happen. Baldur: Dead.
Idk if this is off topic but I hope it helps with your campaign!
Monster Fact of the Day: Tarrasque
Tarrasque's have a magical regeneration and are able to reflect spells back at its enemies
Praise Jeff with Your Hole Heart and Soul with the Sign of
DoomJOY to Come!!!!!You might find a copy of the 2e 'Vikings Campaign Sourcebook' for inspiration and options that can be converted to 5e without much trouble.
The 2e sourcebooks were a great way to dive deeply into a single topic. They are of varying quality, but I think this could help.
The Norse deities honestly treated humans much better than the Greek deities did. Because they mostly left them alone instead of getting of trying to seduce the married ones, randomly cursing people because they felt mildly annoyed, or all the other petty and cruel things that the Greek gods got up to because they didn't have to worry about dying or being threatened by external forces.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Although it’s just as gross. Some of those stories are really disgusting… those gods have interesting imaginations.
My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
Extended Signature!
Most mythologies are fairly disgusting. One or two thousand years ago, most societies weren't as hung up about blood and guts and bodily functions as we are today. And a story about where the Minotaur came from was like the height of comedy.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Fun.
My wings were clipped, my heart in a chain, I suffered then, I walked through pain, but even now I know my strength, and I know I'll go any length to save the ones I love.
My least favorite person is me, but my favorite people are y'all.
Extended Signature!
Lots of monsters can be re-skinned into monsters for mythologies. For example, wuth a bit if tweaking, you could use a dragon turtle as a world serpant.
Also, the giants seem to be closely based off norse legends.
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Yeah, pretty much anything to do with the Minotaur is going to be pretty messed-up.
Surprisingly, when I was a young child, the story of the Minotaur used to be one of my favorite greek legends.
(He/Him), Pansexual dude. 🏳️🌈
I love cats, coffee and Dnd. Check out my tavern: THE PLATINUM KINGFISHER
Don't be a monday. Nobody likes mondays.
Of all the Dnd settings, Dragonlance is my absolute favourite.
talking about norse flavors - raiders guide and saga of seasons by grim hollow have some maybe those 2 books can bring some useful ideas for your campaign
It's still pretty funny. Posieden basically makes a "that's what she said" joke along the lines of " you like that beef, huh? so did your wife last night" and his wife pilots a cow puppet to seduce the bull before telling the king that this was his fault.
Pasiphae and Asterius (the minotaur) were also worshiped at shrines so the whole story may be a dig at a religion after the mycanaens invaded an occupied Crete. Like how the isrealites came up with the name Ba'alzebub as an insult for the cananite god Ba'al which basically just means ba'al the poopy, specifically lord of the flies because flies hang around dung.
I’ll look into that, thanks :)
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