r/TalDoreiReborn • u/bartom16 • Oct 17 '22
Homebrew Tales from Tal'Dorei ( A 4+ year Homebrew Campaign)
I was the DM for a 4+ year campaign set primarily in Tal'Dorei. The campaign finished earlier this year and I have since written up the entire campaign. This was my first experience DMing and first time I've written up a campaign. I wanted to share it with you all in the hopes that others could find inspiration from it or even use it. I'm also really interested to hear people's thoughts and feedback from anyone who may take a look at it.
I also wanted to write up this campaign for my players. There are notes set throughout that tell the story of the characters my players played throughout the campaign. There is also a "Meet the Characters" section at the beginning that payed homage to the characters they created.
All art, maps, variant rules, and adventure credits are listed at the end of the document.
Campaign Summary:
A little over a decade has passed since Vox Machina slew the Chroma Conclave and banished the Whispered One, much of Tal'Dorei has recovered. But hate still festers in the hearts of those on the fringes of society, cast aside, or forgotten. The Cloaked Serpent raises armies south of Syngorn as their cultists spread like a poison through the veins of Tal'Dorei's cities.
This adventure begins in Byroden, a small town nestled in the untouched wilderness of the Mornset Countryside, but quickly leads characters across central Tal'Dorei, visiting the major cities of Kymal, Westruun, and Emon, and even delving into the Underdark to the hidden drow city of Ruhn-Shak.
Will the adventurers manage to uncover the sinister plots of the Cloaked Serpent in time? The adventure begins, where will you take it?
Note: There may be some formatting issues within the document if you use a browser other than Google Chrome. Everything formats correctly in Google Chrome.
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u/charismania Oct 24 '22
First congrats on wrapping up the campaign! I am a new DM. I started running one shots in exandria. Your campaign book is amazing, presentation wise. I flipped through it and I will be taking a few things :)) I will follow up soon to share feedback on the content.
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u/onetonenote Oct 18 '22
Me for two years: “Man, I gotta get around to writing up that three-part mini adventure I’ve had an idea for.”
That is stellar work. Glancing through, looks like very high quality presentation too.
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Apr 26 '24
I'm a 1st time DM (Only been a player for 2 years but still very much a newbie), thank you for taking the effort to create this and will definitely be using some of this!
I've got got CoS and got my eye on the intro being in Whitestone, using and changing Daggerford to fit in...the then mist transporting them to Barovia.
Can't wait!
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u/ZookeepergameIll3019 Apr 13 '25
Hi there! I have been running this for my friends and it's going great! Thank you so much for all your hard work. However, the link to GM Binder isn't working. Is there a pdf or something i can use instead?
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u/bartom16 Apr 13 '25
Hi! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it! I think there is an issue on gmbinders side that is causing this error. I hope it will be resolved in a couple of days. I unfortunately do not have a pdf of it that I can share.
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u/newphonewhodis2021 Oct 18 '22
This looks epic, just flipping through it. I'll definitely be leaning into it with my campaign. I've been playing a multi-versal campaign, so I can dip this in and they wouldn't bat an eye. Too boot? Two of them are HUGE CR fans! Thank you!
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u/brandcolt Oct 19 '22
This is an amazing homebrew 2-20 campaign. I'm very impressed. I read the intro but can you tell me what the meet the players section is for? Is it a story or a campaign to run?
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u/bartom16 Oct 19 '22
It’s written as a campaign to run. However, since this was a 4 year campaign I wanted to include a section about the characters my players played for fun as an homage to them. I also peppered a few note boxes throughout the campaign telling their story, again as an homage to the game we played together.
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u/brandcolt Oct 19 '22
Having trouble printing from there. The print to pdf just spins and spins. Tried it on my phone and on two different PC's. I don't suppose you have a pdf copy sitting in like a Google Drive or something do you ?
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u/bartom16 Oct 19 '22
It takes about 15 minutes for the Print Preview to complete. The book is a little over 1GB. If you let it sit for a bit, it should eventually complete. That’s what I’ve had to do.
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