FPQ Online

So, one half of Necromancer Games which will be called Frog God Games, is putting out their opus project Slumbering Tsar (you may have heard me talk about this a few hundred times). This thing has been in the works for 5+ years now, and was supposed to see the light of day in the Rappan Athuk campaign that I ran.

RARely have I been this excited to run a new campaign. I would really love the run the game via Pathfinder, but it could be pared down to v3.5/C&C. This would be an epic campaign to say the least, and will dynamically affect the world of Ayrith which YOU helped create.

I know only a few people look at these forums. So I'll start with the dudes who have at least enough interest to read this part of the message boards. Whaddya think?

Here's the announcement:

OK guys--website will be live in a few days. Greg and I are a go. A few details to still work out---but here is the plan. I have to make it a non-Necro release for various reasons..but Clark has passed me his infernal blessings, so here we go.

The Sleeper Awakes!
At last, after languishing in its crypt for an age, the secrets of the slumbering city of Tsar burst forth in all their macabre glory. Poured forth from the eldritch furnaces and crucibles of the Necromancer and Orcus himself comes Frog God Games bringing you at long last The Slumbering Tsar Saga™.

Something Stirs in the City of Evil
Over the distant northern hills, beyond The Camp, and past the Desolation stand the pitted walls of Tsar. A hundred armies have crushed themselves against this bulwark in futile attempts to breach the city. Even the combined might of the Heavens and Earth were unable to break through in the final battle of Tsar. So why was the city suddenly abandoned on the verge of victory, and what waits for those foolish enough to enter the Temple-City of Orcus?

The Black Gates Await
Only the bravest and most powerful of heroes dare the depths of the Desolation and live to tell of it. But what happens when they penetrate that blasted landscape and look upon the gates of the very center of evil on the earth. Can even heroes of such renown breach the Walls of Death and live?

The Slumbering Tsar Saga™ began its journey years ago as a single mega-adventure for the masters of Third Edition rules and First Edition feel, then became a trilogy of adventures, then a trilogy of mega-adventures, and now finally comes to you as a monthly series culminating in a massive book with over a half million words of pure First Edition-style adventure. Updated to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game to accommodate today’s audience of the classic fantasy roleplaying game, The Slumbering Tsar Saga™ brings you 14 chapters, released monthly in electronic format, each chapter the size of a full adventure in its own right (30-50 pages). Then when the final chapter has been released, the whole will be available in a classic edition, hardcover adventure book.

The Slumbering Tsar Saga™ will begin its run with the release of its first chapter, Slumbering Tsar: The Desolation, Part 1 —The Edge of Oblivion. Then each month will follow a new chapter in the saga:

Slumbering Tsar: The Desolation, Part 2 —The Ghosts of Victory
Slumbering Tsar: The Desolation, Part 3—The Western Front
Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 1 —The Tower of Weeping Sores
Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 2 —The Lower City
Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 3 —The Harrow Lanes
Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 4 —The Crooked Tower
Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 5 —Foundations of Infamy
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 1 —At the Feet of Orcus
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 2 —Echoes of Despair
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 3 —The Throne of the Demon Prince
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 4 —In the Belly of the Beast
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 5 —The Mind of Chaos
Slumbering Tsar: The Hidden Citadel, Part 6 —Caverns of the Barrier

COMING SOON
Coming May 15th to Frog God Games Slumbering Tsar: The Desolation, Part 1 —The Edge of Oblivion in pdf format for the introductory price of $2.00.

Don’t miss out.

You have waited long enough for The Slumbering Tsar Saga™. Now it is waiting for you.

Would this be a continuation of the old game or a new game entirely

New game, using everything that happened in the previous campaign as the foundation.

~O

*brain dancing around ideas*

-OR- Slumbering Tsar could only be a part of a more sandbox style campaign. Perhaps players might be tired of the titular epic stuff that is normally run. Slumbering Tsar is pretty focused, but might work well as just a part of a more normal, fantasy style, modular game.

I was thinking over the past many months that perhaps the FPQ players would not be interested so much in a game that focuses on one, big, over-arching plot? Perhaps they would? Not sure. It my mind it seems that everybody liked those style of games in the past Perhaps this is still so, or not.

One thing that I thinked that worked out well in RARe was even though there was an this massive plot arc, there was a ton of stuff to do that was not tied directly the that plot. And the ideas the PCs gave really turned some sessions into classic side-quests that, while detrated from the main plot, did not collapse it. I thought all of that was pretty cool.

~O

Count me in as a remote player...

So when are we playing this.

Bul Drec is ready to kick some ass

Depending on what level, I probably have a couple different characters at or near ready. Let me know when and I'll be there ready...

Any word on timing, rules (same as RARe?), starting level, etc.? I have a few concepts in mind, but a lot depends on what the rules are...

Currently I have to find a slot to play in for this game. Not sure what time. I don't see starting this until after MARcon, so that's about the 1st week of June, and that's if anybody wants to play.

I need to spread the word of this game, while not stepping on the toes of other games being run.

I would like to use Pathfinder rules if possible.

~O

Anything beyond PF SRD included?

Be careful, that is a 3rd party PF site. Here's some of my explanations of the PR SRD sites:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=27

The problem is I'm not sure what is in the PF SRD anymore. PF included new monsters, items, spells, etc in all of their adventure sourcebooks. I'm not sure if that stuff is included anymore or not.

I would stick to the official link where possible, but otherwise the PF SRD's do let you avoid buying the actual rulebook.

I would be using the following books ONLY!

PATHFINDER CORE-RULEBOOK
PATHFINDER GAME MASTER'S GUIDE
BATHFINDER BESTIARY

Note: There are several books that are released or will soon be released that I'm not so sure that I am going to use (mainly because they are Golarion specific, and I haven't looked at them yet), namely PF's WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT Guide and the ADVANCED PLAYER'S GUIDE.

~O