"A century has passed since the God-King Othedias betrayed the Pantheon, provoking divine punishment and abandonment by the gods that left the realm of the Halcyon Domain shattered, desolate, and eternally cursed. Throughout this shadow-choked land of decaying fortresses and dreadful monstrosities, surviving communities cling to hope in the face of lightless oblivion. In an Age of Umbra campaign, you’ll play heroic survivors who protect their community from the terrors beyond their walls, venture out into the unknown to hunt the nightmares that twist and grow with each fallen soul, seek answers to the curses that corrupt this world, and perhaps even discover a way to change its fate."

From Daggerheart's rulebook,

Tone & Feel
Ancient, Daunting, Epic, Grim, Ominous, Terrifying, Tragic

Themes
Apocalypse, Corruption, Darkness vs Light, Hope, Redemption, Survival

This is a campaign frame heavily inspired by the Dark Souls series! It's a dark world where all living things are cursed with a "soul blight", doomed to eventually become an umbral touched-monstrosity when they meet their natural or unnatural end. Dwelled in by the few remaining living beings known as the Enduring, band together to shed light on the root of this curse upon the realm of Halcyon, or succumb to the Umbra..

This game will have character sheets hosted on Demiplane, while maps are hosted on Owlbear Rodeo, an easy to use VTT that works very well with mobile too! This setup ensures that no matter what your setup is, you get the full experience!

This game has room for 5 players, and we'll begin with 3!

Sign up here: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmpe6m5rd0006jx04ao3qkbbi

There is also a timeslot for Fridays @ 8PM ET if that works better for your schedule: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmoc1gezc0058jr048lllszf0

DISCLAIMER: All of the content in this campaign is prepared and ran from official material, 3rd party supplements, & homebrewed creations. No GenAI was used in any of the process, and will not be used. This table will be focused on human creativity.

From the Core Book:

"The Drylands were a place that put the old stories aside. While superstitious miners have long said that the crystals growing wild in this desert are made from the very life-essence of Forgotten Gods, the folk around here had real work to do, and actual deities were left for campfire stories. That is, until a massive colossus answered the call of something ancient and apocalyptic, rising from the earth and devastating the lands. The bold prospectors, tired laborers, and born-again worshippers in the dusty town of Wyllin’s Gulch were thrown from their routine of industry and exploitation, forced to raise scattered armies and watch them die to the behemoth’s strength. And this is only the first of many titanic beasts poised to terrorize the land. In a Colossus of the Drylands campaign, you’ll play a heroic posse of mavericks who must save their home from a legion of colossi and a primordial god seeking vengeance."

-Tone & Feel
Awe-Inspiring, Dusty, Eerie, Gritty, Larger than Life, Terrifying

-Themes
Breaking Cycles, The Burden of Heroism, Faith vs. Doubt, Greed, Ordinary People Accomplishing the Extraordinary

-Touchstones
Shadow of the Colossus, Red Dead Redemption, Deadlands, On the Shoulders of Colossus

In the Drylands, create your own fantasy gunslinger, and tag along with your posse to put an end to this threat from Godfell Mountain. Power up your abilities and gear as you take on massive colossus kaiju-style fights!

This campaign will be hosted in Talespire, with a large amount of maps for settlements made by me! Here are some images of my work if this interests you. https://imgur.com/a/lbMfU7F

Seeking 2 more players for this campaign. If you're interested, sign up here

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmn5qr4lj00uijo049j6igz55

All of the content in this campaign is prepared and ran from official material, 3rd party supplements, & homebrewed creations. No GenAI was used in any of the process, and will not be used. This table will be focused on human creativity.

A homebrewed Talespire encounter based on location on the Drylands map

My players are getting ready to scout/potentially fight Ikeri next session, so this is the map I've built for the fight! Even built the Colossus out of map assets to give him a sense of scale.

They play on Friday, wish them luck \o/

The map is on Talestaverns if you'd like to use/edit for your own game: https://talestavern.com/slab/wyllins-quarry-colossus-of-the-drylands-arena-map/?cred_referrer_form_id=100

A regional map of Wyllin's Gulch I made based on the sketch art from the Core rulebook. Sources are listed in the Talestavern link:

https://talestavern.com/slab/colossus-of-the-drylands-wyllins-gulch/