Vedast

This is a one-shot adventure with pre-generated 3rd level characters using the Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy. A rescue mission mounted by some northern reavers looking for a beloved and respected friend.

You were evil, without a doubt. When you died your soul was sent for judgement in the courts of the Lady of Graves. You expected the worst, to be sent to one of the lower planes perhaps to be raised up in time as a devil or a demon but more likely to be used as currency among the powers there or tortured just for their amusement. What you were not expecting was to languish in the Boneyard for years, awaiting your soul being weighed. Perhaps you hadn't realised just how badly you'd messed up your life but the prospect of having your wicked deeds read out to you was what you had to dwell on. Then you find yourselves back in your old bodies though they are weak and rotted, animated by dark magic. A familiar face looks down at you, "Welcome back."

A magic school like no other! The oldest and most prestigious magic academy in the world is the Magaambya, an ancient institution founded by the greatest wizard the world has ever known. This wizard vanished long ago, but his sinister enemies plot against his school and those who attend it. Over their long academic career, the heroes rise from humble students to become teachers, and they ultimately hold the fate of the Magaambya magic academy in their hands. Graduates of the Magaambya are among the greatest wardens of the world, but if the heroes can't marshal the strength of thousands who have come before them, the venerable Magaambya might fall!

Korvosa has long stood as the first bastion of civilization on the wild frontier of Varisia. Yet tragedy seems to haunt the city’s royal bloodline. Few of her rulers rule for long, and none have lived to a ripe old age, dying instead well before their time. Heirs to the throne are few and far between—in its 300-year history, no king of Korvosa has directly inherited the Crimson Throne from his father. This is the source of much gossip and tale-spinning among the city’s citizens, who speak in hushed tones of what they have come to call the Curse of the Crimson Throne. In the shadow of an ailing king, a new ruler gathers power, sending shockwaves through a populace already plagued by unrest and pushing the largest city in Varisia to the brink of disaster. In the face of anarchy, an unlikely few gather at the call of a mysterious patron. Strange magic and mysterious prophesies set them on the trail of a common foe—a path that draws them into a struggle to save the city from ruin. Amid the intrigues of kings and generals, heroes and thieves, it's up to these new staunch few to decide whether the rule of a new monarch will usher in a new age of glory or a reign of chaos.