Braving the Wasteland

'Civilization' or 'The City' is what everyone calls Karthuzol and it's surrounding towns and hamlets. It's the cornerstone of human life on this mostly unknown continent. Humans were transported here less than 400 years ago and immediately began to flourish, exploiting the abundant natural resources on the Thuzol peninsula, where humans first set foot. How they got here is a tightly held secret, or perhaps everyone has simply forgotten. The commoners are not even aware that they are not native to this world. How could they be? Why does it really matter? They are here and trying to scratch out any living they can.

In 200 years, the 400 square mile peninsula was exterminated of indigenous life and populated totally by humans. A majority of the trees were razed for building materials, farms and fire wood. Expansion to the west didn't take long. Nor did it take long to mine the southern mountains on Thuzol peninsula to dangerous depths. The enormous Viviane River is the main artery of the continent and humans don't stray far from it. Parts of the river you can not see across to the other side it is so wide. It looks like a vast ocean. North of the enormous delta is barren wasteland which proceeds North to the Icy dead tundra. West of that are great planes, where tornado's are said to last for days on end. Building permanent homes on the planes is a risky endeavor. You could spend months building and have all of your work blown away in a matter of seconds. The plains are fertile however. Large herds of buffalo makes existence easier. Nomadic life is mandatory on the plains. Humans have a hard time living there. The ones that do, have become nomadic. Indigenous races thrive on the planes, peaceful and malicious alike.

The Humans traversed the Viviane river and met stiff resistance from barbarous and extremely war-like orc. It took over 50 years and thousands of lives to drive them back into the only forested region known on the continent. Those resources are vital to the existence and further expansion of the human race and their allies. The orc wars continue on, allowing the humans to mend old wounds and make alliances with many of the indigenous species and tribes along the river. Elves are the most common and the most cooperative towards humans. Dwarves stick to the mountains and don't spend a whole lot of time socializing with humans. Many dwarf tribes have made peace however. The same can be said of many other races as well. The gnomes, halflings, goliaths, raptorans, catfolk, bhukas and asheratis are only a few of the species that have forged alliances with humans. Of course there are always tribes of any race who feel that humans are more dangerous than orc and refuse to cooperate. It seems that new species and tribes are being discovered every day out on the fringes of human existence. Humans often recruit the indigenous tribes people to explore new lands, offering them treasure, weapons and land as it is seized from the inherently 'evil', war-like and destructive races.

This is where you come in.

Level 5

Stats: 7m4d6v1 drop lowest, drop rolls with bonus less than 6 or greater than 11
Hit Points: Take full HP at lvl 1 and roll the rest. If less than half, take half.
Alignment: Any
Bonus Feat: Heat Endurance - you'll need it
Gold: 8000, 2000gp limit on any one item

Ranks of ride wouldn't hurt since there will be camel caravans involved and possibly some mounted battle.

No Planetouched or Krynn Races please. I will allow nearly any other 3.0 books, but it should be geared towards a harsh existence in the wasteland. The characters should be able to coexist in or at least tolerate a group of adventurers of nearly any alignment. I'm not opposed to a LG human character who want's to exterminate a tribe based on manifest destiny. That character could be considered evil by some standards - let's just say I have an open mind when it comes to alignment. I'm a big fan of relativity. Was Andrew Jackson LG or LE?

Sandstorm will be used religiously, so if you don't have it, know what's in it. There are only a few books that I won't allow, such as planar handbook and savage species (though monster class rules are in effect for some species). I've never used psionics, so if you build a psionicist, expect to continuously inform me (I have the books).

Books that I will use religiously for this campaign are PHB, DMG, sandstorm, rules compendium, magic item compendium, arms and equipment guide and all completes. I encourage all the races books including Faerun ones. I will allow some home brew classes as long as they make sense. This is going to be a highly eclectic campaign racially speaking. Just remember that Humans are the only civilized species. All other species are native to the continent and were tribal and uncivilized and still are if they haven't lived in or near human settlements.

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