Against a war-torn backdrop of kingdoms in conflict, explore the mysterious Palace of the Silver Princess. This is the unexpurgated, controversial first printing recalled by TSR for art and content deemed too racy for its day.
War rages around you, the earth shakes, skies blaze, Chaos struggles to destroy the Cosmic Balance. You’ll serve on the side of Law as adventurers on a mission to recover a strange artifact in the palace. When you least expect it, a second party of adventurers will be introduced for the opposing side of the war (player recruitment done at that point, not now.) The two sides will collide in a battle of wits, weapons and magic.
Then surviving players will command armies in the final battles using Swords and Sorcery (TSR, 1976) wargame rules, the “grand son of Chainmail.”
Rules: AD&D 1e, including Unearthed Arcana. For those who don’t have those books, OSRIC (free PDF at http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/d ... /OSRIC.pdf) can serve as a close-enough guide, though AD&D 1e charts, etc. will apply. And I’m available of course for any rules questions. House rules are minimal.
Players: 5-6 for now
Character creation: See Character Creation thread in the Campaign Forum for more details, but the basics:
- Stats: 4d6, pick the best three, assign to desired ability, no modification. Include U.S. Dice Roller links.
- All races and classes open.
- Third level character. XP will be minimum necessary for third level.
- Max HP for first level, roll for second and third level.
- One magical item each will be given, you decide the type (e.g. sword, ring, etc.), I’ll give the specific detail.
Posting Pace: I’d like to keep it fast paced, so once a day is preferable, but I understand schedules so if not daily then every 1-2 days.
The Campaign Milieu: A fantasy world mash-up inspired by Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, HP Lovecraft, and other writers of Appendix N, AD&D 1e DMG
“In those days there were oceans of light and cities in the sky and wild flying beasts of bronze. There were herds of crimson cattle that roared and were taller than castles. There were shrill, viridian things that haunted bleak rivers. It was a time of gods, manifesting themselves upon our world in all her aspects; a time of giants who walked on water; of mindless sprites and misshapen creatures who could be summoned by an ill-considered thought but driven away only on pain of some fearful sacrifice; of magics, phantasms, unstable nature, impossible events, insane paradoxes, dreams come true, dreams gone awry, of nightmares assuming reality.” (Michael Moorcock, The Knight of Swords)
It was a rich time and a dark time. Across the vast realms of this world stride heroes true and false, honest and villainous, humble and vain. Wielders of steel or sorcery, faith or fallacy, grasping at dreams but often falling into nightmares. Against them are monsters of mind and body, often human, and the forces of Chaos. Join the battle.
