Dark Paths and Wandered Roads: Grand Duchy of Adventure

Welcome to the Grand Duchy of Adventure...

Garrett "Griffin" Constantine

This is the home of my GURPS campaign that features the Known World of Mystara, the default setting of the old BECMI Dungeons and Dragons game. The campaign started out as a low-powered (150 points) and gritty game set to invoke the feelings of old school gaming.

The campaign takes place in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos and is being played using GURPS rules. Beginning characters were limited in certain ways to give them the feel of "1st Level" characters and progression will be monitored.

The campaign will split time as a play by post style campaign utilizing Google Drive and shared documents and a Roll20 campaign.

Marcel Maas

Cast

The current campaign consists of 3 players (with 2 on NPC status) and their characters:
+Arne Jamtgaard plays Garrett "Griffin" Constantine, a Thyatian rogue of a gambler from Penhaligon looking for adventure.

+Jason Packer plays Draven Rickart, Acolyte of the Church of Karameikos. Currently growing a hand back after having it unceremoniously hacked early in the campaign.

+Patrick Kelly has breathed new life into Remar Umerus, an Alphatian battle mage that escaped forced service in the Thyatian army. Originally created by +Ben Lipe, then onto NPC status, then picked up by Alex, then back to NPC status. Remar really gets around.

Draven Rickart

+Stephanie Kelly is now playing Iris Varda, a proud Thyatian lady searching for adventure, history and possibly something more. Originally created by +Alex Safatli, Iris went on and off hiatus several times with him before becoming available for Stephanie to take over.

+Patrick Burke has joined the pack with Kasiex, a Hutaakan Wildsteward of the Lost Valley. This young pup is hoping to learn a thing or two from the old dogs of the Grey Company.

+Christian Blouin used to play Marcel Maas, a homely but sincere wielder of spears aspiring to cooking greatness. Now on NPC status.

Remar Umerus

Story

To begin with, each of the players has their own separate story line, though I envision that they will very soon cross and combine into one single story. Griffin's stories are marked with an A (for Arne). Remar's stories are marked with a B (for Ben) and Marcel's stories are marked with a C (for Christian.) Draven's introduction is marked with a J, though Jason joined the campaign just as it was beginning and we did not have much time to properly explore Draven's back story before beginning.

Alex came to the campaign after it was already started. He played Remar for a while and then brought in his own character, Iris, when the time was right. Eventually, Alex left again and Christian also had to leave. Patrick, Stephanie and Patrick then entered the picture. Patrick K. took over Remar and completely breathed new life into a dying character. Patrick B. took over Draven when Jason unexpectedly took a hiatus from the game. Stephanie took over Iris and rejuvenated another failing character. Shortly thereafter, Jason rejoined the game, taking Draven back over and allowing Patrick B. to create his own unique character and join the story.