MelfalcDM
2013-01-16, 06:31 PM
So I am running my first ever campaign for d&d 4e and was hoping to get some opinions and ideas for the storyline of it. I have a basic idea in my head of what I want to do but I could use your suggestions and critiques to help smooth it all out. We have already had the first session so here is a short recap of what has happened so far:
The four PCs are summoned by the King of the city that they live in to go and investigate what has happened to his daughter who was an ambassador in an elven nation to the north at the time. They are promised gold and riches if they can discover what happened to her and bring her back safely. They traveled to the elven nation and after some investigating they learned that a cult had kidnapped her with the hopes of resurrecting their old leader who had been killed by the Human king (princess's father). They are told that the cult resides in a large natural rock formation in the middle of a desert called the hellspire. The PCs traveled there and fought there way to the top where they found two wizards channeling magic into the unconscous princess. They killed the wizards and the princess wakes up. That is where last week's game ended and they will be continuing on from that point this week.
(sorry its so long)
TLDR: PCs are hired to save a princess who was kidnapped by a cult to resurrect their leader.
My plan for the rest of the campaign is to originally have the princess act like normal but after the king dies a mysterious death and the princess becomes the Queen of the land, it becomes clear that the evil lord of the cult was indeed resurrected and is in the princesses body. As the pcs realize what has happened they will be encased in ice by the cult lord and frozen for a number of years. The characters then awake to a changed world where the cult leader has become the supreme ruler of the entire continent and they must forge a rebellion to take down the empire and defeat him.
My biggest question is what are some interesting ways that they can fight the empire at large? I was considering having them go around in secret to various places around the kingdom collecting some secret magic items to help them defeat the empire.
Any critiques, suggestions, and ideas are welcome sorry it was so long.
The four PCs are summoned by the King of the city that they live in to go and investigate what has happened to his daughter who was an ambassador in an elven nation to the north at the time. They are promised gold and riches if they can discover what happened to her and bring her back safely. They traveled to the elven nation and after some investigating they learned that a cult had kidnapped her with the hopes of resurrecting their old leader who had been killed by the Human king (princess's father). They are told that the cult resides in a large natural rock formation in the middle of a desert called the hellspire. The PCs traveled there and fought there way to the top where they found two wizards channeling magic into the unconscous princess. They killed the wizards and the princess wakes up. That is where last week's game ended and they will be continuing on from that point this week.
(sorry its so long)
TLDR: PCs are hired to save a princess who was kidnapped by a cult to resurrect their leader.
My plan for the rest of the campaign is to originally have the princess act like normal but after the king dies a mysterious death and the princess becomes the Queen of the land, it becomes clear that the evil lord of the cult was indeed resurrected and is in the princesses body. As the pcs realize what has happened they will be encased in ice by the cult lord and frozen for a number of years. The characters then awake to a changed world where the cult leader has become the supreme ruler of the entire continent and they must forge a rebellion to take down the empire and defeat him.
My biggest question is what are some interesting ways that they can fight the empire at large? I was considering having them go around in secret to various places around the kingdom collecting some secret magic items to help them defeat the empire.
Any critiques, suggestions, and ideas are welcome sorry it was so long.