Open Quest Seeds

Quest seeds are the starting point for campaigns. Think of them like "main quests" in Skyrim or similar. Unlike video games, they do often come with a ticking clock. Success isn't the end of the campaign--merely the end of an arc. And you can choose to abandon the arc at any point and go somewhere else. But remember--Dawn of Hope is a persistent-world setting. The things you do (or don't do) have effects that last and will affect other campaigns in the same setting! While there are other adventurers who may attempt the unchosen quests, their performance and their choices are somewhat random. Choose your quests wisely!

Quest seeds are arranged by area and by starting level. For most parties, especially of new players, I recommend one of the level 1 seeds. Experienced parties can start at the level 3 ones; going higher requires having characters with established reputations as adventurers of note.

Byssia

The nation of Byssia is in transition from an communitarian, decentralized nation of ihmisia and humans, backward and sleepy, into a bustling center of growth and religious fervor. As the only nation with solid access to the Primal Sea, much of its people look to the sea. Off in the distance to the south, across Gap-tooth Bay lies the fabled Island of Beasts, a mountain peak rising high into the sky, supposedly inhabited by unique monsters and hidden treasures.

Island Hopping

Location

Gap-tooth Bay and the Byssian Lowlands

Levels

1+

Description

Normally isolationist and reclusive, the island folk of the bay have sent an emissary to the civilized people of Byssia asking for help with creatures that have been raiding their fishing boats and villages.

Pillars

Social > Combat ~ Exploration

Terrain

sub-tropical islands and shallow aquatic

Adventuring Company

Heart of the Woods

In-universe Time

Summer 250 AC

Old Green Sins

Location

Eastern Byssia and the Blood-thirst Wildlands

Levels

1+

Description

You've been hired to escort a merchant caravan from the Byssian border to Fort Hope. Be warned, there has been significant tension along the Wyrmhold/Byssia/Windwalker Confederacy border zone. And old things, old buried things are stirring in the wildlands not far from the route.

Pillars

Combat ~ Exploration ~ Social

Terrain

Plains, Forests, Jungle

Adventuring Companies

Golden Banner, Nightshade Lily, Heart of the Woods

In-universe Time

Early summer/late spring 250 AC

Fiach Wood

The Fiach Wood is the sea of trees that covers the land north of Lake Coy'in and east of the Nocthian Caldera. Home to orcish tribes and a few puun ihmisi tribes, it houses many untouched ruins.

Do Orcs Mass in the Woods?

Location

Fiach Wood, north east of Wyrmhold

Levels

1+

Description

While seeking news of lost ruins, you hear rumors of an orcish war-horde massing in the forest.

Pillars

Combat ~ Exploration ~ Social

Terrain

Forests

Adventuring Company

Dragonslayers or Bloodstand

In-universe Time

Early summer 250 AC

Uulan Confederacy/Outer Barrier Range

The Uulan Confederacy is a dwarven-dominated nation to the east of the Sea of Grass, mostly in and buried under the Outer Barrier Range. To the south across the mountains are wastelands, eventually leading into Moon's Fall Vengeance, a peninsula of broken glass and arcane magic run wild.

All that Glitters

Location

Outer Barrier Range, mostly underground.

Levels

3+

Description

An iconoclastic dwarf has asked for adventurer assistance in uncovering a fabled dwarven city of centuries past.

Pillars

Combat ~ Exploration > Social

Terrain

Underground, badlands

Adventuring Company

Ironshroud, Guardians of the Forgotten, Selan's Seekers or Imperial Legacy

In-universe Time

Late summer 250 AC or spring 251 AC.