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Deicide is a campaign designed to begin with a party of four to six 1st-level characters, who should advance to 20th level by its conclusion.

The Gods have abandoned Faerûn. Bringing loved ones back from the dead hasn’t been done in centuries, and communion with the deities is a spiritual exercise only. Holy warriors and messengers have lost their powers and have all but completely disappeared. In this bleak world, wars are frequent, crime runs rampant, and hope has faded. Rumours are abound of a mysterious crime lord taking control of the underworld. Monsters roam the lands and every road is increasingly more dangerous. Without guidance, the many civilizations of this world are plagued by greed and corruption. The only way forward is to bring the Gods back, or to take their place in the heavens.

Deicide takes place across two islands, Aurora and Limdorkal. These landmasses are the westernmost islands of the Moonshae Isles, an archipelago located roughly 400 miles west of the region of Amn and to the southwest of the Sword Coast. Surrounding the Sea of Moonshae, these islands feature a wide array of cities, civilizations, climates, terrains, and monsters. Limdorkal is famously a harsher environment, home to exotic races, whereas Aurora is almost entirely dominated by the human kingdom. Elminster Aumar, the famous Old Mage of Faerûn, once visited these islands and claimed it surprising how such diverse environmental systems erupted here, and how varied were the people inhabiting them. While the Sword Coast is part of Faerûn, a continent of Toril in the Forgotten Realms, feel free to adapt these islands to any setting of your choice, such as Ravenloft, Eberron, Ravnica, or even on your homebrew world.

The story told here happens some hundreds of years after the beginning of 5th Edition, and the Overgod Ao is trapped inside an artifact, which limits the workings of gods around Toril. The characters will be able to learn more about the missing Gods, about a mythical folklore artifact known as the Wand of Wonders, which carries the powers of the Gods, and about the crime lord Kaiser Soze. Through their adventures, they will be able to visit other realms, planes, and dimensions, as well as come into contact with different races and civilizations. In the end, it is up to them whether to ally with the Crime Lord, and whether to release the Gods or keep their power for themselves.

The western part of the Moonshae Isles

This campaign can work as a loose set of modular adventures, which can be easily picked separately and played as one-shots of different levels. Even their locations on the map might be moved, and events happening in particular towns can happen on others. The adventures include dungeon crawls, murder mysteries, sandbox urban quests, exploration on land and in the seas, inter-planar travelling, among others.

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jeff W December 09, 2022 1:25 am UTC
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Running this a 2nd time, with a new player group! More "official" maps would be nice, maybe some digital table top "import" sets.
Past that, this is THE BEST 3rd party campaign, anywhere near this length, I have run.
Easily as good as "Tyranny of Dragons"
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David S December 12, 2022 9:54 pm UTC
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Sorry about the maps. As I commented to another person, we used a lot of Theater of Mind at the time, so the maps didn't survive. In any case, I'd love to hear some stories about how the campaign went, if you're up to it. Hit me up by email or on Discord if you have a chance, BlueMoon93#7055 . I hope you and your players enjoy the games!
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Diogo A October 18, 2022 9:12 pm UTC
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Hey! This campaign seems awesome and very very promising, a long and plentiful campaign all the way to lvl 20 is everything my players needed!
But there doesn't seem to be a lot of maps yet, do you have more or are you aware of any artist that did some?
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David S October 18, 2022 9:16 pm UTC
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Hey. I put all the maps I had in the PDF and in the DeicideMaps zip. We used to do a lot of theater of mind, or just randomly drawing on paper, so that might explain the lack of maps, sorry about that. I don't know any artists that have made maps just for this, but I'm sure you can search for maps online for similar scenarios and easily adapt. Hope you and your players enjoy the adventure!
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Nicholas H August 27, 2022 5:28 am UTC
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I was reading the module and I saw a part where I'm instructed to roll on the Wondrous items table, but I don't see it in the module anywhere. Is there a specific table you had in mind for this?
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David S August 27, 2022 8:06 am UTC
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Ah, you're right, I forgot about this. This is referencing "minor-tier magic items of common rarity" from Xanathar's Guide to Everything. I'm not sure that there is an actual table in the book for only these items, though. The idea is that they're quirky low-power items, like a Cloak of Billowing, or a Smouldering Breastplate.

I will re-write this line for the next update, thank you for letting me know! :)
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Nicholas H August 28, 2022 6:38 pm UTC
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Awesome, thank you :)
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jeff W March 04, 2022 12:22 am UTC
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Great Gygax's Ghost! This is EPIC!
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