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Short Campaign Ideas

Started by Tim, December 08, 2010, 09:05:30 PM

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Tim

In the spirit of Benoist's Short Adventure Ideas thread, how about some short campaign concepts?

The Iron Cross

In a nutshell, WWII Eastern Front, but move it into a fantasy setting.

QuoteWarfare on a horrifying scale. Entire armies destroyed in days, as the once grand armies of Men, Elves, and Dwarves retreat in shock. Metropolisissesses reduced to smoking ruins in months-long sieges, as the advance grinds to a halt. Elite veteran soldiers eating their shoes to stay alive in the bitter winter months, killing with jaded efficiency. All at the behest of a mad necromancer (or other form of crazy wizard) who you don't quite believe in, anymore. Not only is the other side out there, but you also have to deal with the equivalent of political officers and the gung-ho slacker bastards in the equivalent of the SS.

Trolls are the STGIIIs of the day, Dragons are the Stukas. The PCs are blue collar heros. Men/Elves/Dwarves or Orcs in the trenches, not fighting for an ideology, but for their homes and their buddy beside them. Ultimately it doesn't really matter if you're fighting for the Necromancer or the allies.

I imagine it as an almost apocalyptic setting, and I'd almost certainly start it out in fantasy Stalingrad. The Iron Cross refers, of course, to the James Colburn movie of the same name. In this context, the once-sacred military decoration would be a low grade magical talisman.