paladinofshojo
2011-07-09, 02:08 AM
I have an idea for a campaign that is heavily based on the Greco-Persian War....
it starts with an incredibly powerful elven empire expanding through vast regions of the world, conquering plainsland not unlike Central Asia....their army consists of vast forces of lightly armoured infantry and cavalry, many of whom are conscripted from every corner of their empire.....I want to say that the bulk of their army is made up of gnolls as they seem like they would be found in a region akin to Central Asia and the Middle East and they also seem like a good mook soldier race, serving as spies and footman for their elven overlords. The empire's best soldiers would be Immortals....their armour would be leather and chainmail, the Immortals excel in chariot combat, using war axes, and archery.....The backstory would start out a with a LN emperor of the elves begins liberating and unifying the surrounding nations to solidfy his power, founding an incredibly powerful empire....each conquered region or "sattrap" is allowed to keep its local religion, laws and customs.....this empire enjoys prosperity for 50,000 years
until there is a revolt on a border state similar to the Ionian region of Turkey.....which is a colony of the dragonborn city-state of Athens (the dragonborn will fill as the role of ethnic Greeks, whose city-states fight against eachother just as much as with eachother). The revolt was caused by Athenian spies who aided Aionian rebels in burning the city down to the ground, however a sacred shrine and temple to an important elven goddess also went up in flames along with the city......This insult led the Emperor to start a war with Athens, he then sends a huge army of elves, gnolls, and orcish mercenaries via sea to burn Athens down to the ground. The Athenian Dragonborn being an intellectual race favor magic over conventional warfare and were able to defeat the Elven Empire with their army of Elderitch Knights (rather than being Bronze and Stone Age, the dragonborn would make their weapons and armour out of large, hard crystals concecrated by Bahamat....however, their armour would still be hoplite styled, so think a Spartan with crystalline armour). As his forces were routed the elven empire died from the grief and humiliation of his loss....
His 13 year old True Nuetral son was immediately crowned emperor......for 10 long years the new emperor plotted to gain vengeance on Greece for what it had done to his father.....and so he began to muster large armies of gnolls and orcs to bolster his elven forces.....to prevent magic from being an issue he also began to incorperate mages into his ranks, placing wards on his officers to prevent them from being killed by arcane spells.....With a massive force of 200,000 the new emperor decides to send his army through a narrow strait which is 1 mile long......to do so he constructs a makeshift bridge out of boats anchored in place with boulders and is miraculously able to lead his army across the sea.....
However, as the Emperor is passing through the narrow pass of Thermophylae, he sees a small vanguard of crystal hoplite dragonborn soldiers standing in position......These warriors belong to the city-state of Sparta (known for its harsh militarism and indoctrination, Sparta has two kings, a military king and a political, from age 7 on onward, Spartan dragonborn males are raised to be super soldiers). The Athenian elders had previously begged the Spartan military king for aid....so the king went to a prophet blessed by Bahamat for guidance, the prophet told him that "a king must be sacrified so that the elves are driven back".......This is where the Campaign starts
If you have any ideas and comments to add be my guest.....I just want to see what you guys would say
it starts with an incredibly powerful elven empire expanding through vast regions of the world, conquering plainsland not unlike Central Asia....their army consists of vast forces of lightly armoured infantry and cavalry, many of whom are conscripted from every corner of their empire.....I want to say that the bulk of their army is made up of gnolls as they seem like they would be found in a region akin to Central Asia and the Middle East and they also seem like a good mook soldier race, serving as spies and footman for their elven overlords. The empire's best soldiers would be Immortals....their armour would be leather and chainmail, the Immortals excel in chariot combat, using war axes, and archery.....The backstory would start out a with a LN emperor of the elves begins liberating and unifying the surrounding nations to solidfy his power, founding an incredibly powerful empire....each conquered region or "sattrap" is allowed to keep its local religion, laws and customs.....this empire enjoys prosperity for 50,000 years
until there is a revolt on a border state similar to the Ionian region of Turkey.....which is a colony of the dragonborn city-state of Athens (the dragonborn will fill as the role of ethnic Greeks, whose city-states fight against eachother just as much as with eachother). The revolt was caused by Athenian spies who aided Aionian rebels in burning the city down to the ground, however a sacred shrine and temple to an important elven goddess also went up in flames along with the city......This insult led the Emperor to start a war with Athens, he then sends a huge army of elves, gnolls, and orcish mercenaries via sea to burn Athens down to the ground. The Athenian Dragonborn being an intellectual race favor magic over conventional warfare and were able to defeat the Elven Empire with their army of Elderitch Knights (rather than being Bronze and Stone Age, the dragonborn would make their weapons and armour out of large, hard crystals concecrated by Bahamat....however, their armour would still be hoplite styled, so think a Spartan with crystalline armour). As his forces were routed the elven empire died from the grief and humiliation of his loss....
His 13 year old True Nuetral son was immediately crowned emperor......for 10 long years the new emperor plotted to gain vengeance on Greece for what it had done to his father.....and so he began to muster large armies of gnolls and orcs to bolster his elven forces.....to prevent magic from being an issue he also began to incorperate mages into his ranks, placing wards on his officers to prevent them from being killed by arcane spells.....With a massive force of 200,000 the new emperor decides to send his army through a narrow strait which is 1 mile long......to do so he constructs a makeshift bridge out of boats anchored in place with boulders and is miraculously able to lead his army across the sea.....
However, as the Emperor is passing through the narrow pass of Thermophylae, he sees a small vanguard of crystal hoplite dragonborn soldiers standing in position......These warriors belong to the city-state of Sparta (known for its harsh militarism and indoctrination, Sparta has two kings, a military king and a political, from age 7 on onward, Spartan dragonborn males are raised to be super soldiers). The Athenian elders had previously begged the Spartan military king for aid....so the king went to a prophet blessed by Bahamat for guidance, the prophet told him that "a king must be sacrified so that the elves are driven back".......This is where the Campaign starts
If you have any ideas and comments to add be my guest.....I just want to see what you guys would say