Summer 2021 Pitches: In the Shadow of Giants

 

In the Shadow of Giants

Protect your people in a post apocalyptic lost world.

Using their mastery of rune magic, the Giants built wonders across the jungles, mountains and swamps of this land. They raised up the ageless elves and put the tunnelfolk (dwarves, gnomes and halflings) to work. They forged towers taller than mountains, travel machines as fast of lightning, lava forges and cloud cities. Then something went wrong.

The disaster laid their civilization low, killing giant and small folk alike. Now the giants live in savagery like the rest of us. Nature and the dinosaurs have reclaimed mastery of the world. But within the towering ruins lay wonders of an earlier age: steel, rune forged tools, crystal codices and more. Those who dare the dangers within can secure their tribe's survival in this dangerous land.

Setting: A jungle clad land of fierce dinosaurs, giants and savage tribes. Metal working and other advanced technologies are uncommon. People worship the elements and the divine dinosaurs. Warlocks and Sorcerers greatly outnumber Wizards who must hunt for spells in the Giant ruins. 

System: D&D 5th edition with some house rules into available race and class options as well as restricted starting gear.

Story Possibilities:

• Stealing Fire: The giants left wonders in their spire cities and sky castles. The brave and resourceful can find food, tools and knowledge to make their people masters of this world. Beware however of the old inhabitants and the traps they left behind.
• The Great Migration: The tribe has lived for generations in the shadow of Red Mountain growing food in its rich volcanic soils. But the ashfalls grow heavier day by day. Soonit will bruy everything. The tribe must move on and they need you to find the way through this savage land.
• A New Order: As the cataclysm continues to ripple through the land, new creatures seek to fill the gap left by the Giants. Tribe against tribe, apex predator against apex predator. Will the dinosaurs drive the mammals to extinction or will they too pass on? Or will the giants yet reclaim their lost throne?