Our first Campaign, an Illustrated Tale


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Our story is rather atypical, but it does its best to depict our foray into the world of Golarion, and Pathfinder as a whole. It starts rather bare-bones, and full of errors, but over time, we've watched it grow into a wonderful story.

Golarion is a fantastic and wondrous place, and we dived in eager to immerse ourselves. We learned lessons, made mistakes, and continue forward, always eager for more.

You may have seen it before, as the pictures have circulated now and then when the internet catches a glimpse. This thread is to give the lovely people of the Paizo Forums a regular thread to check for updates.

The story begins in the remote region of Icemark in the Lands of The Linnorm Kings. A strange phenomenon believed to be the result of a clash between powerful spellcasters has driven out all the wildlife, forcing the native Varki to flee the land or starve. Left barren, the land is believed to be cursed and the remaining Linnorm Kings refuse to claim the land for themselves. The sole structure that breaks the horizon of the cold wastes is a mansion, standing prominently as it defies the environment's attempt to scour its magical blight away. Ulfen traders spread tales of the mansion across Avistan, claiming the building holds the wealth of a sorcerer king, or mastery over the ley lines of the world.

Within a handful of years, strange and foreign powers venture to the land to battle for control of the region and its secrets.

If the story seems hard to follow, and the pictures don't explain enough, that's actually a bit intentional. The players didn't invest in Knowledge skills early on and the GM hid everything behind them. An alternative name for our campaign could be, "Perception High, Knowledge Low: What happens when you don't know what you're looking for."

ACT I: The Enemy Within

1) We begin.

2) Off to a great start.

3) Our first venture into the Mansion, and another Hero joins the team!

4) Who saw this coming?

5) Did we lose someone?

6) The Mansion didn't work out, so lets play the blame game.

7) Oh yeah, the real villain is still out there.

8) We're hiring! And back to being heroic!

9) I think the GM's trying to kill us.

10) This was done without a single argument at the table!

11) Create your own Villain: Just add motivation!"

12) No you can't sell him for gold.

13) Two tragedies in a night.

14) The Undead are here!

15) A Bitter Farewell.

16) Sorry Ameiko, we're full!

17) Lost and without hope?

18) A New Adventure. (Currently being redrawn)

19) What can put fear into the dead?

20) Pathfinders, one and all!

21) Gothic Horror meet Cosmic Horror.

22) The mere mention of Gugs now terrifies our table.

23) NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!

24) Life in Ustalav.

25) Abandoned ruins are never actually abandoned.

26) It's man devouring man my dear!

More to be posted as they're finished, so feel free to check in whenever!

Hope you enjoy them.


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27) The Stars are Wrong, with guest appearances.

All likenesses to offical Pathfinder characters and Paizo staff are purely intentional.


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28) The Stars must be crazy.

The end draws near.


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Well, that was more fun than I had hoped for. The campaign for these characters finally came to a close, and it will need multiple illustrations to cover properly. More to come soon.


Hope to see more of this. Was it a lot of work?


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sunbeam wrote:
Hope to see more of this. Was it a lot of work?

Can't really say. These little illustrations don't feel like much work, but because of my busy schedule they certainly do take some time to finish.

29) Like ships passing in the night.


I was taking another look at this, and was struck by something.

Were you influenced by the relatively recent ... I guess you could call them "campaign posters" by someone they had on the WOTC site?

It was a couple of years ago now, but they used a similar simple stylistic (more Darwin Cook than Greg Land) art style, with character images and lots of text. You know the ones that did Against the Giants, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, that sort of thing?


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I know exactly what pictures you're talking about, I've seen them and enjoyed their stories.

It's about the closest bit of inspiration I had for these pictures. I originally wanted to try my hand at depicting my table's adventures in a comic form, a la Order of the Stick, but I came to the realization that i'd have to take the comic on as a full time job in order to keep up.


Really works well.


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More delays, but it's time for the expected showdown.

30) A Reunion of Sorts


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Nearly finished... with this campaign, and then I have to start on the next one.

31) The Dreamer Awakens

A weakened Hundun is still a terrifying battle.


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Woof, a very busy summer behind me, its time to finish this act so I can move on to the next.

32) A Well Deserved Respite

The Black Butterfly is very mysterious in her ways.


A really interesting read..err...viewing...err both I guess ^^
Loved it. Seems you guys/gals have a lot of fun.

Silver Crusade

Neat!


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Well that was a terribly long unexpected delay. Finally able to continue the story.

33) A Ship Lost is a Ship Found

Now begins the transition into our new adventure, with the old one taking place behind the scenes.

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