Odysseys & Overlords: The Redoubt of Chandra
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A Gritty OSR Fantasy Setting by Travis Legge
The mortal lands are divided. A dozen kingdoms lie scattered across the world¸ separated by dangerous wilds filled with bandits and monsters. The bravest mortals act as adventurers¸ guiding travelers between the kingdoms¸ killing monsters to thin their numbers¸ and plundering ruins in search of the lost treasures of the golden age. This is the world of Odysseys & Overlords !
AN ADVENTURE by Denis McCarthy
FOR Odysseys & Overlords
SUITABLE FOR 4-6 CHARACTERS OF 3RD - 4TH LEVEL
Located about a week's ride East of the Northeastern border of Estria and the Untamed Gauntlet¸ Northport is a once thriving free trading city that has managed to remain inhabited for thousands of years. Below Northport is an ancient undercity.
Forty years ago¸ plague ravaged the area¸ and drastically reduced the number of inhabitants. A number of edicts were issued to help rebuild the population; the Church of Chandra is distributing deeds to abandoned properties to adventurers who help them weed out some of the more evil cults that have sprung up. Secondly¸ as many of the newcomers are male¸ strict laws ensuring the respect of women of all types have been enacted¸ and refugees from throughout the gauntlet are welcome.
Because of the huge number of dead that had to be disposed of quickly during plague times¸ they were frequently interred in mass graves within the chambers of the undercity. As there was not time to perform proper funeral rites¸ many of the city's former populace became undead. Entrance to the undercity was forbidden¸ and unfortunately¸ only the outlawed cults were to be found on the upper levels.
With the rise of the cults¸ and the recent mass murder of an entire neighborhood¸ the Church of Chandra has been issuing writs of pursuit and salvage to hunt down these malefactors¸ opening the undercity to exploration.