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...Campaigns:_Main_Page
http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-game...res-in-middle-earth/
http://www.sylvos.com/gaming/midnight/midnight.html
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.
Basic qualifications for players:
- Must be able to post 3-4 times a week and try to move the story forward. (allowing for real-life issues from time to time, of course).
- Must be willing to commit for at least a year or until the end of the storyline, if that happens to be before the end of the year.
- Must be able to write reasonably well--complete sentences, coherent thoughts.
- Should have played some D&D 5th edition--this is not a beginner's game.
- Must be creative and contribute to the story, otherwise known as DO STUFF!
For your RTJ:
- Share your RPG background.
- Tell me about your two favorite RPG campaigns ever.
- Describe your character concept--background first, with race/class/build overview as a footnote. Due to the mashing together of a Setting based on 3.5 and a rules-set for a different setting, each character will be custom built. So just give me an idea, simple, and if it fits we'll go from there.
- Brief Writing Sample: Show me what you've got, be it some dialog, a combat scene, a flashback, or a mix, or something else that will catch my attention about who your character is. Maybe describe for me one of your character's exploits in Resistance to the Shadow. This is where you show off. 3-5 paragraphs is fine, more if you're inclined, but we're all busy so don't go crazy.
If you'd like to Lurk and be on the "waiting list" send me your character concept, rpg experience and a writing sample or character narrative. Impress me and the other players!
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:36, Wed 26 Sept 2018.
