I saw this posted over on the DF classic forum and thought it was a really cool campaign idea. I just wish I had thought of it. :)
I can't wait to see the STAP. From what I have read so far, maybe this could be used as a side-trek of sorts.
--Ray.
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I had my nephews each choose a barbarian kit from the Complete Barbarians Handbook and had them be clansmen from the island village, Tanaroa.
Unbeknownst to the villagers, Blackheart the mummy, a lich-like mummy that kept his life-force hidden in a comet that visited the Known World every 350 years, and his plane-shifting pyramid had taken up residence on Taboo Island atop the plateau. Blackheart had cast a powerful summon undead spell and all of the occupants of the village's graveyards had dug their way out of their graves and trudged off into the jungle.
At first the villagers are too frightened and too shocked to respond. Several days go by before the village elders and the Zombie Master/Shamen decide to send off the adventurers to find and destroy whatever evil thing has stolen their ancestors.
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Here's the URL to the classic forum thread.....
http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17968