So I will be starting campaign soon in slightly adjusted Midgard setting by Kobold Press.
The cast of characters is :
Diabolus sorcerer from Demiplane of Nightmares
Gearforged artificer with amnesia
Orc wizard necromancer (wants to draw powers from Negative Energy plane and raise dead too)
Wild magic Tiefling
Phantom Rogue who stepped into plane of undeath for a mere moment
The main idea I had with this campaign was darker fairy tale lovecraftian fantasy filled with slavic/norse mythology (which Midgard already has thats why I chose it as my setting),the other thing I planned thinking how almost every character is connected to some plane of existance or something similiar it would be multi-planar adventure.
One BBGE I had in mind was Nightmare Man (from the book "Codex of the Infinite Planes" by Dave Coulson)
In the book Nightmare Man is described as the most influential figure in Plane of Shadows and Nightmare Lands. He can take whatever shape he wants,but his favorite one is that of an incredibly tall ,lanky human,with a finely tailored suit and an enormous top hat.His skin is albino and his nose is much longer than it should be,with a jutting chin to match.
What he wants and what he is capable of doing are complete mysteries,as his actions often contradict themselves.He is most powerful in Nightmare Land in his true form,elsewhere he can be charming if somewhat off putting conversationalist. He knows more than he should.
One thing that attracted me to Nightmare Man was that he has a cabal of powerful underlings at his disposal that he calls his Shadow Court . This can tie in perfectly with already pre established Shadow Fey court in Shadow Realm in Midgard setting.
Now what Im asking you is how would you tie all of this together? If I go with Nightmare Man what would be his end goal , spread the influence of Nightmare Land to Midgard itself so he can be powerful even there?
How to connect Gearforged? I was thinking of doing something with Ravatet, Plane of Rusty Gears (almost the same as Mechanus ) but how would that connect to other stuff, maybe the Plane of Gears found out about Nightmare Mans plan to spread his influence all over the place so theyre going to stop him.
And one more question, does anyone know of any prewritten modules,adventures that are similar to this so I can take some ideas from them.
Id be interested in examples of this concept done well and ideas you guys might have.
Well, Kobold Press has oodles of adventures set in Midgard, so you’d do good to check out a couple of those. You could definitely tie the void into nightmare man, methinks.
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So I will be starting campaign soon in slightly adjusted Midgard setting by Kobold Press.
The cast of characters is :
Diabolus sorcerer from Demiplane of Nightmares
Gearforged artificer with amnesia
Orc wizard necromancer (wants to draw powers from Negative Energy plane and raise dead too)
Wild magic Tiefling
Phantom Rogue who stepped into plane of undeath for a mere moment
The main idea I had with this campaign was darker fairy tale lovecraftian fantasy filled with slavic/norse mythology (which Midgard already has thats why I chose it as my setting),the other thing I planned thinking how almost every character is connected to some plane of existance or something similiar it would be multi-planar adventure.
One BBGE I had in mind was Nightmare Man (from the book "Codex of the Infinite Planes" by Dave Coulson)
In the book Nightmare Man is described as the most influential figure in Plane of Shadows and Nightmare Lands. He can take whatever shape he wants,but his favorite one is that of an incredibly tall ,lanky human,with a finely tailored suit and an enormous top hat.His skin is albino and his nose is much longer than it should be,with a jutting chin to match.
What he wants and what he is capable of doing are complete mysteries,as his actions often contradict themselves.He is most powerful in Nightmare Land in his true form,elsewhere he can be charming if somewhat off putting conversationalist. He knows more than he should.
One thing that attracted me to Nightmare Man was that he has a cabal of powerful underlings at his disposal that he calls his Shadow Court . This can tie in perfectly with already pre established Shadow Fey court in Shadow Realm in Midgard setting.
Now what Im asking you is how would you tie all of this together? If I go with Nightmare Man what would be his end goal , spread the influence of Nightmare Land to Midgard itself so he can be powerful even there?
How to connect Gearforged? I was thinking of doing something with Ravatet, Plane of Rusty Gears (almost the same as Mechanus ) but how would that connect to other stuff, maybe the Plane of Gears found out about Nightmare Mans plan to spread his influence all over the place so theyre going to stop him.
And one more question, does anyone know of any prewritten modules,adventures that are similar to this so I can take some ideas from them.
Id be interested in examples of this concept done well and ideas you guys might have.
Thank you and I appreciate your time.
Well, Kobold Press has oodles of adventures set in Midgard, so you’d do good to check out a couple of those. You could definitely tie the void into nightmare man, methinks.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."