The Eve of War | 🎲 A DND 5e (2024) Campaign | FREE Session 0

About the adventure

"Get up at once! The beasts have found us! There's no time! Why won't the gods protect us from the scaled monsters? Grab what you can and run to the woods, we cannot stay here!" This cry was a common one, many years ago. For most of this land's recorded history, Dragons and their fetid kin ruled over everything. Settlements rarely grew to more than a few dozen families before the draconic devils took notice and razed everything to the ground. That was just the way things were back then. People led nomadic lifestyles, living in constant fear that the smoke from their fire was seen by something patrolling the skies, or that they would not have enough food to last the winter, or that the creatures stalking the forests had noticed them... Life was nasty, brutish, and violent. People prayed to the gods of that time, but their efforts seemed to fall on deaf ears. All people knew for certain was how to take care of themselves and to run when the scent of sulfur was in the air. Nothing would save you if a Dragon spotted you after all. This was how the world was, many years ago. Until, finally, the Famed Heroes began to push the monsters back. Finally it seemed the gods had found their chosen champions, ones with the will and strength to hold their own. Never in this land's history was there a group of adventurers strong enough to fight a dragon and live, and these heroes were slaying dragons one at a time, allowing the world to flourish at long last. These heroes fought to drive the Dragons back so that peace could grow in their wake. They built settlements and forged alliances before their passing. Those settlements became towns and then cities, each with their own unique cultures and goals. Guilds began to form and people began to work together for the first time in ages... Our game takes place in the world after long Dragons have been hunted to extinction. Well, at least that's what world believes to be the case... Your characters will be from the western continent, preparing to journey east to the main guildhall of the famous Goldenbrand Guild, the top adventuring guild in the lands, hoping to prove your worth and achieve something more than what you could do on your own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This campaign will be heavily focused on roleplay. Combat will be present, but we may go 2-3 sessions without it, and plenty of combat encounters may be resolved without needing to draw your sword or cast a spell, if you so wish. We will work together to come up with a few goals for your character to pursue over the course of the campaign. The only aspect of these goals I will control is that they should be something that would make your character want to join the guild to achieve. I want you to have real motivation for pursing the guild. Thanks for reading all that! -Will