CASTLES & CRUSADES
CASTLES & CRUSADES is a new OGL roleplaying game from Troll Lord Games. It has managed to simplify the monstrous D&D 3.x/D20 Fantasy rules down to a concise, practical set of rules with a strong first edition feel. As my rapidly maturing players (some of my nieces and nephews and my brother) are now seeking some sophistication in their rules, the move from Basic/Expert D&D is necessary.
Resources available here include a character sheet and a preliminary set of house rules. Much of these rules are from other sources, primarily from the Dragonsfoot Castles & Crusades forum.
To download the above files, right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As...'.
Party Location: Level 2 of the old copper mine, in the southern Bramblewood Forest
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THE LANDS OF AVALON
Overview
Welcome traveler, to the lands of Avalon! A world where good and evil contest, not as some mere moral abstraction, but on the mortal plane with the lives and life of people like you and me. The gods - though they prefer to exist most of the time as purely spiritual entities - do not make their home on some far off alternate dimension, they are here; as are their demonic foes. All the races, old and new alike, have tasted the treachery of the Fallen as well as the wrath of the Virtues, though some have paid a greater price than others.
Are you ready to face the adventure of such a world, where the scheming villain behind any nefarious plot might just turn out to be a vile, undying demon, older than the world itself? Where monsters, brought forth by the Master of the Abyss' corrupting but unconscious influence upon the world, seek your flesh and blood to slake their insatiable hungers?
If so brave adventurer, continue on...
Background
Below are several pages that cover the history and cultures of the World of Avalon.
- A Brief History of Avalon, detailed accounting of events concerning Avalon from the Fall of Apollyon's rebels to the beginning of the campaign.
- The Sacred and the Profane, an incomplete - as there are far too many to actually detail - listing of the Deities and Fiends of the Lands of Avalon campaign.
- The Races of Avalon, from the sphinxes, bullywugs and troglodytes who populated Avalon before the Fall to the new creations of the Virtures' including the elves, dwarfs and humans.
Maps
Here are some maps of the Campaign area. Please be patient, these links are large images and may take some time to load properly.
- Avalon, this rough draft shows the entire continent, lines of greatest elevation and water flow.
- Bramblewood Point, a small hamlet located on the southern shore of Mysty Lake, is the campaign's starting base-of-operations.
Cast of Characters
'Dark Beaux'
Sent on a simple errand to retrieve some herbs from the Bramblewood Forest for his Master, this mysterious apprentice wizard has found himself caught up in the travails of Bramblewood Point and his fortunes tied up with these others...
'Dusk'
An unruly and unrestrained rogue from the city of Culan's Bay, where his grandfather - the infamous Shadowglove - is a lieutenant of the Black Guild. Dusk left the capital city of humanity to escape the tyrannical control over his life sought by the Guild. Of course, the Guild is looking for their wayward agent...
Grumbum
A half-ogre infant saved by Gwyneth the Trueheart during her adventuring days and raised as her son in the teachings of the Church of the Virtues. Grumbum now serves Seraphial the Defender as a Paladin of the Virtues. Is evil a matter of nature or nurture? Many will be watching the exploits of this unusual figure for the answer to that question, including the Fallen...
Jadrek
Duped and betrayed by his evil half-brother, who is the pawn of slavers, and now an outcast from his tribe, this young barbarian has travelled far to the south seeking the source of the slavers' influence, which has fallen over his now-distant people...
Mackensie Massacre
A Cleric of the Virtues devoted to Seraphial the Defender, this young woman from Culan's Bay has been posted to the remote outpost of Bramblewood Point to continue her training. It is here that she hopes to prove her worth to her god and to test herself against the enemies of Creation...
Episodes
Knockers in the Old Mine
The party is hired by the good cleric Gwyneth the Trueheart to scout out a local, unworked copper mine abandoned since the War of Ages, with an eye towards reopening the operation. . .