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IC: End Times campaign (SWADE)

Posted by Yaztromo
Yaztromo
supporter, 540 posts
Fri 1 Sep 2023
at 22:51
  • msg #1

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE)

I recently picked up this campaign from Arion Games for an almost-classic fantasy campaign and I found it very interesting, starting with classic fantasy tons and then turning progressively almost lovecraftian.

quote:
The End Times are upon us.


What seems like a routine first assignment for the newest recruits to the Adventurers Guild takes an unexpected turn.  Who could know that a simple mission to clear some rats from a cellar could be the first step to saving the world?

This Campaign takes a party of newly created Novice characters, and through twenty full adventures, turns them into Legendary characters capable of facing down an eternal threat.

The Campaign is set in a generic fantasy world, and can easily be tweaked for an existing published or home created setting, or can just be run without any further work as it is.

Ideal for those new to Savage Worlds or those with years of experience, the campaign includes maps for all encounters and the local setting, statistics for new creatures, treasures, NPC’s and indeed everything you need to run the Campaign straight out of the book.

Can your characters rise to the challenge of the End Times and save the world that they know?


I would like to set this campaign in a suitably tweaked version of Blackmoor (the first fantasy campaign!) that I know quite well. Every roleplayer should have at least one go with this super-classic campaign!

I was originally thinking about converting this campaign to Advanced Fighting Fantasy (the quick and simple d6 ruleset that I have used most during the recent years), but, if there is enough interest, I'll buy the core SWADE ruleset so that it will be possible playing the campaign as originally written. It will be a little challenge for me, but I have some knowledge of Savage Worlds Deluxe and that will hopefully help me enough to pick up SWADE without too many problems.

Like other campaigns that I run recently, I would like to allow changes in the playing team at the end of each of the twenty adventures that are part of the campaign, so that you can try it, play one adventure, and then decide what you want to do in the future. Maybe after some time you want to stay out for an adventure, or something like that.

Any interest for this campaign? AFF or SWADE? Any other comment?
This message was last edited by the user at 22:53, Sat 02 Sept 2023.
Gatecrasher
member, 97 posts
Sat 2 Sep 2023
at 01:04
  • msg #2

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE or maybe AFF?)

I think this would be very interesting as a SWADE game. With the Fantasy and Horror Companions being available too I think it will have everything you would need for it.

I would love to get in on this kind of a game.
Nu_Fenix
member, 226 posts
Sat 2 Sep 2023
at 14:29
  • msg #3

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE or maybe AFF?)

If you go with SWADE, I would definitely be up for this!!
Elfy
member, 77 posts
Sat 2 Sep 2023
at 15:11
  • msg #4

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE or maybe AFF?)

It sounds cool and all, but it would literally take years to play though the whole campaign in PbP and practically no PbP game lasts anywhere near that long.

Maybe play a single adventure with the goal of completing it and then, after finishing it, see if everyone is up for the next adventure (also a good place to recruit new players for any that dropped out or characters that were killed in that previous adventure before moving on to the next adventure).

Also, SWADE with latest Fantasy and Horror Companions =)
Yaztromo
supporter, 541 posts
Sat 2 Sep 2023
at 16:33
  • msg #5

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE or maybe AFF?)

OK, sounds like the ruleset will be SWADE, then... early next week I'll set up the campaign, I'll need at least four players to start, but better six or eight.

In reply to Elfy (msg # 4):

Have a look at the other campaigns that I'm running on RPoL: you'll see that I had the patience of running campaigns for several years and the good luck of finding dedicated players :)
Yaztromo
supporter, 543 posts
Sat 2 Sep 2023
at 22:33
  • msg #6

IC: End Times campaign (SWADE or maybe AFF?)

I'm now working on the campaign preparations :)
As on the first of October it will be the Dave Arneson's Day, and he's the "father" of Blackmoor, that could be a good time to start the campaign :)

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