Welcome to a world where men are mighty, women are voluptuous, kings are cruel, and hidden terror lurks in every brooding ruin! It is an age of splendorous but decadent kingdoms, where armies clash at the whims of depraved nobles, and the bloody sword of an adventurer can topple empires.  An Empty Throne is a campaign rooted in Sword and Sorcery, a genre inspired by the pulp fiction of such great authors as  Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock,
and Charles R. Saunders.

Sword and Sorcery
The worlds of sword and sorcery adventures are quite different from the typical «high fantasy» environment assumed in the core rules of any dnd spinoff. In sword and sorcery, the world is dominated by human races; other races (are typically the remnants of an earlier age). Or are supernatural monsters which exist only in hidden or lost enclaves far from human civilization. Combat is bloody and brutal, and magical healing does not exist or is very limited. The use of real magic or sorcery is uncommon, and when used it always comes at a dire price.

Sorcerers who use magic without reservation are almost always villains, tainted by cosmic evil.
And, permanent magical items are extremely rare, and never EVER ...for sale.

This page will go on to list some of the major differences between RAW and the assumptions of this campaign.

This is the end of Alignment,     |   Monsters ARE Monstrous,     |    Magic Is Mysterious   |   
Combat is Deadly,   |    Wounds Heal Quickly,   |    Treasure is more than Money    |    The Tale ...is its own Reward



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