Thoughts on Starting a Nordlond Campaign

Dalin · 07-18-2022, 09:30 AM

I've run and played in a number of Nordlond games. It's a great setting. My first thought when I read your post was to suggest beginning with The Crypt of Krysuvik. That's a great "low level" scenario for 125-point characters. It provides the flavor of the setting without requiring lots of world-building decisions.

From there, I would head south to the Citadel at Nordvorn for more of a sandbox. If you want to run all of the published adventures, you can jump to any of them from there. In order of difficulty (by recommended character points), you'd probably want to do Hall of Judgment followed by Forest's End and Rosgarth. The latter two can fit together nicely with a bit of work, and they're on the same side of the map.

I usually let player choices define the scope of my setting in terms of character races and backgrounds, but a good default is to allow anything in Nordlondr Folk.

Hand of Asgard is a fabulous book. I've used it with clerics and holy warriors, of course, but I've also used it for inspiration for evil cult abilities and special powers for PCs who are especially devoted to one of the local deities.

Be sure to report back on how it goes!

07-18-2022, 09:30 AM	#3
Dalin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Saint Paul, MN	Re: Thoughts on Starting a Nordlond Campaign I've run and played in a number of Nordlond games. It's a great setting. My first thought when I read your post was to suggest beginning with The Crypt of Krysuvik. That's a great "low level" scenario for 125-point characters. It provides the flavor of the setting without requiring lots of world-building decisions. From there, I would head south to the Citadel at Nordvorn for more of a sandbox. If you want to run all of the published adventures, you can jump to any of them from there. In order of difficulty (by recommended character points), you'd probably want to do Hall of Judgment followed by Forest's End and Rosgarth. The latter two can fit together nicely with a bit of work, and they're on the same side of the map. I usually let player choices define the scope of my setting in terms of character races and backgrounds, but a good default is to allow anything in Nordlondr Folk. Hand of Asgard is a fabulous book. I've used it with clerics and holy warriors, of course, but I've also used it for inspiration for evil cult abilities and special powers for PCs who are especially devoted to one of the local deities. Be sure to report back on how it goes!