‘At the Shrine of Othrys’ Update #1: A Great Start & a New Preview!
This free publication provides an overview of the Kickstarter campaign for “At the Shrine of Othrys,” a fun, detailed, and compelling 5th Edition D&D adventure designed to take a party of characters from 1st to 4th level! It includes descriptions for nine reward levels, more than two-dozen colorful stretch goals, samples of images by artists Bob Greyvenstein, Art Gowie, and Amanda Kahl that will appear in the final publication, and two new monsters, the Lightning Mephit and Lightning Mephit Stormrider.
This project overall will include a complete dungeon, entries for two-dozen new monsters, maps and encounter tables for the wilderness area around Mount Othrys, a detailed novella-length campaign report, and a complete pregenerated character party. It is also intended to both lay the groundwork for and provide a storyteller with the resources needed to continue the campaign into upper levels.
“At the Shrine of Othrys” begins in the rugged foothills surrounding ominous Mount Othrys, located in a desolate wilderness on the Greek mainland and the legendary headquarters of the Titans during their war with the gods. Characters have learned about the presence of an ancient shrine that has lain untouched and hidden beneath the hills for a century and, even as cultists respond to a call-to-arms and converge on it, set out to explore it. Lost knowledge, treasure, and a chance to strike a blow against chaos and evil await those brave and canny enough to find and breach the cyclopean portals that guard this grim place …
Thanks to everyone who has thus far backed Skirmisher Publishing’s Kickstarter campaign for our “At the Shrine of Othrys” fantasy RPG and fiction project! Just three days in we have 76 terrific backers who have funded this project 62% and brought us a big part of the way toward not just being able to complete it but also to unlocking a series of exciting and colorful stretch goals.
We have also released a free 14-page preview of “At the Shrine of Othrys” at the Skirmisher Shop! In addition to much of the information that appears on the Kickstarter page for this project, it features new images by artists Bob Greyvenstein, Art Gowie, and Amanda Kahl and two of the new monsters that appear in the adventure, the Lightning Mephit and Lightning Mephit Stormrider. Highlights include a one-quarter-sized version of the wilderness map for the area around the Shrine of Othrys and a look at one of portals that guards its approaches.
Thanks again to those of you who have already supported this project! Please help spread the word about it so that no one who might be interested in it will miss out. And if you have not yet backed “At the Shrine of Othrys” please check it out and consider coming on board with this beautiful and ambitious collaboration by our top game developers, writers, and artists!