[REAL info dump] The Red Company

[Rem-13]

And let me speak to the yet unknowing world
How these things came about: so shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,
Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fall'n on the inventors' heads:
all this can I truly deliver.

William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Where does it begin? In a small town in the Farmers Federation. In a tavern, the womb of all good adventures. In the Red Rose, largest watering hole in Rookfield, and also a Red Company establishment. Time to test your steel.



This campaign is obviously set up for a band of mercenaries, who pick from several contracts of their level. But YOU are still in control. I am placing the hooks out there, its up to you to bite or find some new bait. If you want to say "F the Company" and leave, do it! They wont be happy I'm sure, but life's full of risks. Consequences too. I would be happy, though, to see where it leads.

There's a lot of stuff to be found... will you find it all? No. So don't try. Do as you character would do, and you'll stumble on enough. You're the players! Play it, don't just walk through it. You have the potential to influence the world.

This is not a video game. Never think "The DM must have did this because of this or that, it wouldn't be fair otherwise!" That is called metagaming. Its a no no. If at level three you head into an area I planned to house a party of Ogre Mages summoning a blade demon, then you will meet that. I heavily suggest you run, or get creative quick, and not assume that I wouldn't have you meet that unless you could beat it. You'll die.

Similarly, If you find something weird like a creature not native to this plane, an inconsistency in someone's story, or something similar deal with it in character. I DO make mistakes, but I may just have done that one on purpose, and if not I may blend it into the story.

And, of course, have fun.