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Welcome to Chronicles of Shadow [DnD5e/Midnight/AiME] - On Hiatus

00:49, 29th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Chronicles of Shadow [DnD5e/Midnight/AiME] - On Hiatus

One hundred years have passed since the Shadow fell. The elder races — those of good heart and fey ancestry who have battled the Dark One for millennia — are being systematically hunted down and exterminated. The great forest of Erethor has become an island of light in a darkening world, its elven keepers fighting a never-ending battle against besieging hordes of orcs, giants, and goblinoids. The surviving dwarven clans have locked themselves in their mountain holdfasts, and the streets of once-proud subterranean cities have become meat grinders for the orcs who are sent in to root them out.

The lands of men are ruled with an iron fist by the minions of the Dark One. Cities lie in ruins, and the commoners in isolated towns lock the gates against the darkness each night. Literacy, magic, and weapons are illegal, and ignorance spreads across the land like a terrible plague.

In this world, evil rules and the last, brave heroes strive against unbeatable odds. The lands of men have been crushed under the iron heels of the Night Kings and their minions and the lands of the fey are besieged on all sides by the dark hordes of the Dark One. Those who would resist the dominion of the dark god must often do so from the shadows, fighting a secret war that most people believe was lost a hundred years ago.

In this world, the rewards of heroism are not fortune and fame. In this age of shadow, your hero fights only to guard the last lights in a darkening world and to preserve the glimmer of hope that the long night will, eventually, pass.

This is the legacy the heroes of this world have inherited and must survive. They aree the few brave and defiant souls who dare to oppose the tyranny of the Night Kings. They struggle to stem the tide of darkness and restore hope to a despairing world. Pursued by the Night Kings’ foul minions and the secretive legates of the Order of Shadow, these heroes will never receive parades and victory feasts as the reward for the their noble efforts. Their greatest foes are often the suspicion, resentment, and fear of the very people they strive to champion and protect.




Chronicles of Shadow is a dark, gritty game set in the Midnight campaign setting using adapted D&D 5th edition rules, specifically the Adventures in Middle-Earth set as well as Unearthed Arcana and DMs Guild material. We'll be starting at 5th level.

https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_RPG_Campaigns:_Main_Page
http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/adventures-in-middle-earth/

I'm open to DM's Guild material, Unearthed Arcana, or possibly other non-standard stuff. I believe a solid character concept ought to have the rules wrap around it instead of the other way around. Hit me up, I'll likely say 'Yes'! This will be a narrative game about building characters and their interactions with a world where evil has won the final victory.

This game is Mature for Violence and Oppressive overtones. It is NOT ADULT, and Adult scenes or situations as well as Modern-day Foul Language, will not be a part of this game. You know what I'm talking about.