Reign of Winter: a story of unintended consequences


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I'm not really sure which forum to post this in, as it isn't a Campaign Journal or anything. I just wanted to brag about RoW campaign I've been GMing on these forums for the past year. The RPG gods have smiled upon me by bringing me the greatest group of PCs I've ever met - in real life or otherwise. It's been a genuine privilege to game with them.

A little background: as stated above, I began this campaign approximately one year ago. Open recruitment, brief tavern roleplay, you know the drill. The tavern roleplay was amazing, and many of the prospective candidates really seemed to hit it off. I ended up deciding to run two instances of the AP so I could select everyone I liked. After a few months, multiple people dropped out almost simultaneously, and due to popular request, I merged both groups to form a mega-sized party. Here's the cast of characters:

Allie Silvershaper: Gnome pyromancer with Disassociative Idendity Disorder
Percy Silvershaper: her twin sister - a chaos mage
Silence: Catfolk Samurai with an awesome horse - the only Lawful PC
Neverhome: Human-looking Barbarian with extreme depression - begininning to unlock his Linnorm heritage
Sigrun: Human Barbarian - a redheaded beatstick who's almost invulnerable to damage
Vashti Amela: Human Pharasman Cleric - group's mother figure, loves muffins, and is NOT old
Hobbes Bitterleaf: Halfling archery Ranger - sexy shoeless god of war
Zsestrian: Human amnesiac with weird flashbacks - for some reason, enemies fight worse when he laughs
Eredhaias: Elven Magus - owns a weird talking sword
Crow: Zsestrian's creepy talking raven
Mule: Silence's loyal horse
Ghost Goat Gruff: it's a long story
Charger: Silence's pack mule
Juicyfruit, Pineapple, Mr. Whiskers, El Horso del Guapo: four horses that pull the slaygon
The Slaygon: a combination sleigh+wagon that is utterly amazing

Yeah... that's a lot of names. The PCs alone form a party that's almost triple the intended size for this AP. I'm clearly insane.

Anyway, I just wanted to put this out here because it's by far the best campaign I've ever been a part of. This group is constantly testing my GM abilities, and I've really grown because of it. Even better, the inter-party RP is among the best I've ever seen, and it's taken the story in directions I couldn't have imagined at the beginning of the campaign. I mean, there's been solid daily posting for over a year, and we still haven't completed Book One!

Most recently, the party attempted a complex ritual involving unleashing the full power of the First World - and direct deific intervention from Imprex - in hopes of resurrecting a goat who almost killed a PC. They're strange like that. Other highlights have involved evil ice statues, a Christmas demiplane, lots of inter-party romance, and a ZombieKing.

We'd love for you to hop on over and peruse the Gameplay. It's not a campaign journal, but (in my very biased opinion) it's still an extremely entertaining read. DISCLAIMER: If you're looking for a dark, heavy, Game-of-Thrones campaign, stay away. If you're wondering what Guardians of the Galaxy would look like if set in Golarion, this just might be your cup of tea. Enjoy!

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Mamushka approves as well!


Absolutely!


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The elf and his crazy talking sword agree and wholeheartedly endorse this!


Sexy shoeless endorsement!


yes yes!


Toss my +1 up there. If it breaks anything's back, I claim victory. :P


Awwwww <3


Me too!

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