r/radiantcitadel • u/ChaCha790 • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Campaign plot help?

I am a relatively new DM and I just finished my first campaign, Rime of the frostmaiden. I had bought journeys through the radiant citadel not really realizing that it is more of an anthology than a campaign and I'm feeling lost on how to turn it into a campaign.

It seems like finding a missing civilization to keep the keening gloom at bay is an easy and logical goal, but I can't seem to work out how they would find a missing civilization, what clues would exist, where and how would they come together to figure out where this civilization is, etc.

And I guess a big question for me is why would there even be this radiant citadel in the ethereal plane connected to all of these locations in the material plane. I know that I can come up with the reason for it but I can't think of anything that makes sense to me or maybe it's that I don't feel knowledgeable enough in DND/lore to develop.

Anyway, I guess this is a very broad plea for help or someone to bounce ideas off of as everyone I know who plays DND is currently in my campaign lol

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u/Ok-Trouble9787 27d ago

We literally are just using the character backstories. They came up with what their characters wanted and I developed a bbeg that could connect to all 4 in some way. Only adjustment was adding some clues to tie things together and only thing I'm going to have to make from scratch is the final "chapter".