**Campaign setting**

This campaign setting will take place in the embercore. You're a person that has lived in this horrible place as long as you can remember.

You might have once supported the ideals of the empire or you were always against it. 

Maybe you finally had enough or something is forcing you to flee. Maybe some of the ideals still linger in your mind and you have a hard time leaving them behind. Either way somehow you find yourself in a search for something that can change your current situation. You're looking for the resistance. A group that only seems to exist in the hopes and dreams of the people struggling to stay alive. But you've found some clues that it's not just talk amongst the poor. You found out there might actually be a group hiding on the Lost isle. An island that once was alive until the empire cut it off completely. 

You gathered your courage and left your life behind in search for the resistance.

Spoilers for Baldurs Gate 1 below:

Mulahey and Tazak have proven to be nothing more than puppets. The true master of this unfolding mystery continues to elude you. One thing is certain, someone has taken a very personal interest in seeking your dead. But why, you are not sure. Your search for answers continues, and the forboding cloackwood forest is your next target.

This adventure is a 5e conversion of the video game Baldur's Gate 1.

This table is beginner friendly. If you don't know how to create a DnD 5e character, pm me here or on discord (letabot#3490)

Character creation:

- Only races from the Player's handbook (Human, half-elf, dwarf, tiefling, halfling, gnome, dragonborn, half-orc, wood elf, high elf, dark elf)

- Point buy, average (fixed) hp on level up

- Except for the race options, all the official content is allowed.

It has been ages since the Kingdom of the Fire Giants last faced a true threat. A long era of peace and prosperity brought stability to the land. But, like a fire that must inevitably burn out, peace has come to an end.

Your towns and villages have been under relentless attack—raided, plundered, and ransacked by the persistent dwarves from the mountains. They desire your metals, your strength, and every other possession you hold dear. Despite the Fire King’s attempts to negotiate, and his efforts to restrain his people, the dwarves have only intensified their assaults.

But enough is enough. The Fire King has now gathered his troops and intends to send a message—a warning to these dwarves and to any other enemies who dare think they can challenge the might of your kingdom.

If you want to fight fire with fire your going to need a stronger flame.

For this adventure you will be playing a group of fire Giants with a mission to ransack plunder and destroy. Your stats will be chosen at the session itself so you dont have to bring any!  Just make sure you bring some dice with you and something to write in if that’s something you prefer doing. This table is beginner friendly.

We've played as bards (twice), birds, bearded people, bastards and biohazardous avatars of gods. And also took a trip to some boneyards and played things backwards (the reverse heist).

That can only mean one thing: it's time for "Oops! All backwards! - It's about time 🕰️"

"Time is relative; its only worth depends on what we do as it is passing."

<You received a message from the Council of Timewardens>

Dear adventurers,

It has been the best of times, it has been the worst of times. 

Uncle Emit, a relative of Father Time, has been working on his greatest achievement: the Chrono Reverto. ⚙️⏳
We don't know what it is, or what it is used for. But we sure know what effects it currently has on us all!

For weeks now, time has been slowing down. Every day a bit more. Not everyone is affected by it with the same amount at the same time. That is how we all can notice it so clearly. 🕰️
On good days, time only moves a little bit slower, but still smoothly. On bad days time moves like a rollercoaster with quite a few unexpected slow patches of time and a few unexpected fast bursts of time. 🏃💨
There are even rare reports of time going backwards! 💫

Needless to say reversing time on a grander scale would be a terrible thing. Imagine your adventures being reversed and you get poorer and poorer, your adventurers party unmeeting and unforming, everyone including you getting unbirthed and stop existing entirely and eventually the world unforming. 🌍😱 

I hope you can still follow this explanation. It can come across as a bit timey-whimey perhaps. 🤔⌛
In any case, it is bad and should be stopped!

We, the Council of Timewardens, have come to you adventurers to stop Uncle Emit from finishing the Chrono Reverto.
Your group of adventurers is well known and well established. You have adventured together for many years now. Let's hope that will continue to be the case. You never know what time will bring... or reverse... 🫴

The following is applicable when making a character:

• Level 4.
• Use Legacy / 2014 rules.
• All official content is allowed.
• No homebrew & No Unearth Arcana.
• For ability scores use Standard Array or Point Buy.
• For HP use average.
• Custom Lineage / Races etc. from Tasha's are allowed.

Side notes:

• Most important is having fun.
• If you have a question, don't hesitate to send me a message on Discord (@Savanc (Sander)).

A second session to solve the mystery in Atlantis

Once upon a time, in a land far away a group of glorious heros was tasked to find the lost city of Atlantis. That was not you guys. The fabled city of Atlantis was rediscovered by brave adventurers, sparking a new age of wonder beneath the waves. However, the glory of Atlantis was short-lived. Now, the once-thriving metropolis lies in ruin, its shimmering towers crumbling and its people scattered. A mysterious calamity has gripped the city, and the proud merfolk who call it home are desperate for help.

You are a group of ragtag adventurers living in the city spending the last of your money from the previous quest and have been summoned by one of the last surviving Atlantean nobles. Now you are tasked with uncovering the source of the city's downfall. Dark magic, ancient rivalries, and forgotten gods stir beneath the ocean’s depths. The answers lie in the city's broken streets and flooded temples - but so too do dangers that threaten to consume not just Atlantis, but the entire oceanic world.

What you can expect:
Roleplay - 5/10
Exploration - 8/10
Combat - 7/10
Puzzle solving - 5/10

The following is applied for the oneshot:
• This is an adventure for Level 4 characters 
• When making your own characters please use Standard Array or Point Buy, and Average HP.
• All published 5e rulebooks from before 2024 for character creation are allowed, including Tasha's lineages and optional class features.
• Unearthed Arcana, Homebrew and 2024 content is not allowed.
• Ready to play, simplified 4th level character sheets will be available upon request. Please message me ahead of time here or on Discord [SkyeistheLimit#7998]

Closed campaign for call of Cthulhu, session 17

Intrested in joining or do you have quesions?

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 https://discord.com/channels/697040809102409810/761584427473043457