Avanis - An Immersive Epic Adventure

About the adventure

This level 1-20 adventure is an epic tale that weaves in the backstories and destinies of each of the party members as they forge ahead towards world altering events. Comprised of equal parts RP and Combat, this campaign is perfect for people that enjoy deep role play and unique, challenging combat. Our story begins millennia after the Fuege, a memory shattering event that wiped all recorded history, culture, and written works from all corners of the prime material plane and beyond. Avanis is a diverse landscape of competing cultures and factions. To the far northeast, the human country known as the Colpanian Dominion operates a strict, disciplined society in their frosty mountains and flourishing wetlands within the Silver Valley. Beneath them to the south are the mysterious wood elves of Feynal, interspersed among the dense forests of the Wyld that are home to a wide variety of fey creatures. Further west, the prosperous democracy of Elenan in the center of the continent is home to a harmony of elves, humans, and half elves known as much for their wine as their diplomatic and perceptive prowess. Across the Copper Peaks is the oft-overlooked collection of halflings in what’s known as Grenendel among the Rolling Hills, a society built on a daily cycle of odd behaviors that baffle the few outsiders who come to sample their expert crafts and strong ales. To the north, the mystical Snow Elves of Aluvian, perched in their mountain homes, overlook the vast forests of Synhala where their high elf brethren try to maintain their own isolation behind a magical veil that has kept them safe for centuries. You however, are currently in the western most country of Iona, an empire of laws built on a strict caste system with humans controlling events from the top. The royals and the nobles look down from their wine-soaked halls and mansions, wastefully spending the gold acquired from the merchant class, the products crafted by the serf class, and the exploited the servant class. Here your story begins as you try to escape this land while uncovering its mysteries. Each of these areas and more are covered in the campaign as your personal background contributes to the world. Each player gets two story hooks in this session, one based on their backstory and character notes and another on their main class or subclass that will resolve slowly throughout the campaign. In addition, each class has a custom made subclass based on a country or faction in Avanis. Teleport around the battlefield as a Mistborn Assassin, or control the weather with a Climaturgy Wizard. Use ocular based powers as a Beholder Sorcerer or harness the frosty powers of the Circle of Winter Druid. I use a blend of 5e and 5.5 rules that favor player agency.