Apotheosis | Swords and Sandals | Epic Fantasy

About the adventure

Up in the heavens, those born to rule sit removed from the churning wheels of strife. While mortals die and toil in the muck, the gods play at games of petty grudges and base desires. Every few generations, some dare to oppose the gods. To topple the old regime. To shake the ground and shatter the sky, and bring those up on their thrones down in the dirt with rest of us. You are an auspicious young adventurer. Something powerful has always surrounded you, but never fully understood. Shrouded by mystery, a portent to glory or ill omen, you are destined for great things. That comes with danger. Mortals, monsters, the divine and powers beyond know this, and they want it. To take it from you. To you use you. What will you do when burdened with power of destiny? Inspired by the Percy Jackson novels, the Hades video games, the myths that inspired them, and in particular the 1981 Clash of the Titans, this campaign is my take on a common fantasy trope of mortals ascending into godhood and the cycle of warring divines revolving in and out of the pantheon. But don't feel limited to just the ancient Greek for inspiration. Fans of other world mythologies, the Baldur's Gate video game series, Critical Role's Exandria, or the Simarillion feel free to beg, borrow, and steal from your favorite ideas and tropes. Bring what you want out of the game in, and we'll workshop it into something really fun for the whole table. Mechanically players should expect to be ... very strong. For mythic/epic level fantasy, players should be in my opinion. Accordingly this has a fair amount of homebrew in terms of the way I will run combat, and will require a session 0. Tonally this will lean slightly gritty, but not dark for dark's sake. Humor from campy to pulp action is absolutely essential in my opinion to keep the energy flowing for those emotionally heavier moments, and get them to really sing.