Shards of the Broken Sky (13th Age Campaign set in Primeval Thule)

13th Age on Fantasy Grounds

About the adventure

Before the great glaciers covered the northern world for the last time, there was an age of legends now forgotten in the modern world. Cities of barbaric splendor and brooding ruins from prehuman times were scattered across the great isles of the north. This was the land of Thule, savage and spectacular, a world of wonders and terrors. And it lives now only in the darkest depths of prehistory and half-remembered glimmers of myth. Thule is an alternate Earth, a world in which legendary places and creatures once existed and magic, dark and mysterious, held power over young and superstitious humankind. Its civilizations arose in a warm and lush northern world, but were erased from history by the ten-thousand year reign of the vast ice sheets. This is the age of Atlantis and Lemuria, of serpentmen and savage beasts, of star-demons and sorcery. When an ancient eldritch flying realm crashes to earth, a long-kept secret is revealed: it was the control point for magical wards that kept a dozen ancient evils in check. The icons have offered you rival opportunities for glory, plunder, and/or heroic sacrifice in Vantage. Will you rescue its survivors? Restore its magical wards? Or loot everything that isn't nailed down while trying to stay one step ahead of the apocalypse?

Additional Details

How to prepare

Players will require a decent mic and a relatively quiet environment for Discord but no camera needed. They will also require at least the Demo (i.e. free) version of Fantasy Grounds Unity installed and have a SmiteWorks forum ID so as to log in.

What I provide

a bundle of holdings worth of material from SmiteWorks, Syrinscape, and many other resources...

Gameplay details

Session Zero will primarily be for character creation and reviewing Campaign themes.

Content warnings

Alcohol Use
Animal Cruelty
Animal Death
Blood
Body Horror
Death
Drowning
Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)
Extreme Violence
Fire
Gore
Hostages
Illness
Insects
Kidnapping
Language/Cursing
Mind alteration
Mind Control
Murder
Mutilation
Paralyzation
Scars
Snakes
Spiders
Suffocation
Torture
Violence
Warfare

Safety tools used

Breaks
Debriefing
Open Door
Session 0

How will character creation work

We will have a Session Zero for character creation and reviewing Campaign themes. We will use the resources within the VTT software to create a character as a group experience.

Players can expect

• Find a game to join solo or search for a professional game master for you and your friends/coworkers/family.
• Book your session and wait for the Game Master to approve you.
• If you don't have a blast with your first game, your next game is on us.