Shadow Over Sojenka - Introduction

 Welcome to Shadow Over Sojenka, an old-school D&D campaign designed to explore the second oldest dungeon of all, Tonisborg!

We will be using the Blueholme rules for the campaign, Rules As Written (for the most part). There will be a few small, cosmetic changes to fit the setting. You can download a free copy of the rules from DriveThru here - Blueholme Prentice.

BLUEHOLME™ Prentice Rules is a table top fantasy roleplaying game that emulates the game play of the original basic rule book, popularly known as the Holmes Edition or simply the Blue Book.

The campaign will be more than just the Tonisborg dungeon. There will be a complete region to explore, with lost tombs, buried treasure, haunted forests, and more.

Filling in the Blanks by Todd Leback will be used for designing the hexcrawl area.

I reserve the right to create new monsters, re-skin old ones, and change things up from time to time to keep things exciting. Expect Cosmic horror, a little Body horror, and lots of counting arrows.

Dungeons and Dragons is based on a miniature wargame, there could very well be some massed combat! If so, we'll use the Chainmail rules.

We'll be playing weekly, using Discord voice. The Campaign will use 1:1 Timekeeping, multiple characters for each player, and other Old-School play techniques.

Philosophy of Old-School Play

As Dungeon Master I will be utilizing all of the classic play methods to establish and reinforce these underlying concepts:

• Alignment as Worldbuilding and Game Mechanic
• Encumbrance
• Morale
• Reaction Rolls
• Time in the Campaign – 1:1 Time
• Level Training
• Spell Research
• Factions
• NPCs ruling Domains
• NPCs in charge of Guilds or Trading Houses
• Tribes of Bandits, Nomads or Humanoids
• Various Religious Cults
• Adventuring Companies
• Powerful Individuals without Domains and 
• Henchmen/Hirelings

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