History TabletopGame / OdysseyOfTheDragonlords

* DoomedProtagonist: The "Doomed One" Epic Path is based around this concept. The player character was born during a "fell astrological sign", meaning they are doomed to suffer horribly before being inevitably killed by someone. As a result, the Doomed One is plagued with bad luck and ostracized by society as a whole, with the only hope being if they become strong enough to kill their future killer.

''Odyssey of the Dragonlords'' is an adventure module for [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition the fifth edition]] of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', released in early 2020. It is published by Creator/ModiphiusEntertainment and written by Arcanum Worlds, a team composed of many former Creator/BioWare employees who worked on games like ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Inspired by Myth/ClassicalMythology, the campaign involves heroes fighting the Gods, and more, as they explore a rich setting.

The module is set in the world of Thylea, a world once ravaged by a great war between the Titans, and the Dragonlords; mortal champions who came to Thylea and warred with the Titans to defend the mortla races. In the end, peace was attained when five Gods appeared and swore an Oath of Peace with the Titans, but such an oath is never meant to always last, and so war looms as the Oath reaches the expiration date. To protect the land, the Oracle has foreseen champions who will walk the path of heroes to stop the Titans, even as trouble brews and the Titans prepare for their war.

* BigBadDuumvirate: As opposed to there being one central antagonist like most modules, the module's primary antagonists are Sydon, the Lord of Storms, and Lutheria, Lady of Dreams. They can be encountered at various points, but even if they somehow are defeated before the Oath of Peace ends, they'll come back after.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Sydon and Lutheria are siblings, but are also lovers, both even having titles such as Sister-Wife.

* ClassicalCyclops: Cyclops are a major part of the setting, being descended from ancient Gods. They lost their real goal for some reason, and thus try to find something new to do. They come in several different kinds, such as the Jancan, who have extra fingers and toes on top of being some of the best smiths in the world, and Gygans, who are more civilized, and have one eye and six arms.

* CreateYourOwnHero: Though destined by the Oracle to become heroes, Sydon and Lutheria end up making the play characters heroes thanks to their actions, such as sending a giant Boar that ends up being killed by the heroes. Some of the Epic Paths take a more direct point of this by having one of the Titans be directly responsible for the play characters past, helping walk them on the path to defeating them.

* DoesNotLikeMen: The Amazons of Themis. Blaming Men for a loss to Sydon, they treat men as slaves for breeding, and only recent events have allowed some to wander the island. Fittingly, going to the island with male player characters usually results in the Amazons trying to capture the heroes without any mercy.

* FullBoarAction: The first combat encounter in the module involves hunting down a giant boar (clearly inspired by the Calydonian Boar) said to have been sent by the Titans as a warning. The boar itself is weakened from prior battles, as at full health it likely would one-shot a group of level one adventures.

* LadyLand: The Amazon's of Themis are a warrior culture of all women, taking heavy inspiration from the Greek Amazonian depictions over more recent interpretations of the idea. They view men as weak due to having lost a past conflict with Sydon, the Lord of Storms. The only men allowed on the island are younger men whose sole purpose is for breeding, though recent events have seen more evil aligned men allowed more freedom.

* {{Medusa}}: Fittingly for a Greece inspired setting, Medusae are a race of humanoid like creatures that are created typically after being cursed for failing to follow an Oath. Player characters can play one, or become one. There exists a rarer variant called the "Euryale", which are ancient Medusa who shed almost all their humanoid features for the more traditional Medusa like look, and gain more power by using Pacts or Oaths for power.

* ReligionOfEvil: The Cults of Sydon and Lutheria. They don't want to outright destroy the world, but they do want to wipe out not only the Five Gods and their followers, but all mortals they find who either won't obey, or get in their way. Sydon's followers are more militaristic and rigid, while Lutheria's Cult are more hedonistic and practice child sacrifices.
* SacredHospitality: Guest friendship is a concept of great importance in Thylea. It requires all hosts to show generosity and courtesy to guests who are far from home, no matter what disputes may divide the two parties. The bond is established as soon as the guest has shared a meal with the host, and ends when the guest has departed with the host's blessing. After that, the two may become enemies once more. Violating this is considered one of the largest sins possible, usually earning a trip to the Island of Oathbreakers by the Erinyes as punishment .

* SlaveRace: Minotaur's are commonly treated as this by most of society. This is often because they get tricked into signing away their freedom without knowing it due to being poorly educated, or not smart enough to know until it is too late.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Stygians are the Thylean equivalent of Tieflings, on account of the traditional Tiefling origin story not really being able to work due to the lack of the major Fiends in the setting.

* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: DownplayedTrope. Magic works the same in Thylea as it does in most other settings, but Clerics and Paladins are cut off from their Gods should they either be outsiders who arrived in Thylea, or somehow made contact with one. It is possible to contact them, and they can use their spells with no issue, but thanks to Thylea being cut off from most of any larger setting, the connection one would have to their God is weakened.

* DivineParentage: Befitting the inspiration, many characters can trace their lineage to either one of the Five Gods, or the Titans. The Demi-God Epic Path even has this as a core part of one of the player characters.

* EverybodyHatesHades: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Most of the mortal races worships Sydon out of fear or caution, but Lutheria is prayed to because, publicly, she comes across as a lot less evil and cruel compared to Sydon. While people do have suspicions that the Cult of Lutheria is bad (all of which usually are true), she's still popular because, despite being the settings version of Hades, she's also a LoveGoddess who has just enough TheAntiNihilist views that make her seem appealing.

* SacredHospitality: Guest friendship is a concept of great import in Thylea. It requires all hosts to show generosity and courtesy to guests who are far from home, no matter what disputes may divide the two parties. The bond is established as soon as the guest has shared a meal with the host, and ends when the guest has departed with the host's blessing. After that, the two may become enemies once more.

* GhostShip: The ''Ultros'', a ship made for the Dragonlords back during their fight with the Titans. It was helmed by Estor Arklander, and was the greatest of the vessels made for the Dragonlords. A major plotpoint of the module is the heroes getting the boat and using it as their primary means of transportation as Sydon would sink almost all boats made if sacrifices are not made, and since the boat was made long ago, it is not at risk of being sunk. The players have to deal with Estor's ghost who haunts the ship though.

* GreaterScopeParagon: Of the Five Gods, Mytros is held up as this InUnverse for her role in the battle against the Titans. She seemingly ascended to the Celestial Realm and is a protector of the mortal races, all of which revere her in some way, unless they oppose the Five Gods.

* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: The big reveal of the Amazon plotline is this. The queen was actually killed nearly fifteen years before the start of the module, and was replaced by Thesilea and her sisters, who were turned into Medusa's.]]

* CircleOfStandingStones: Deep within the Oldwood is a druid grove ringed by monolithic stones.

** The Godss are all based on famous Greek heroes, with some taking aspects of their legend or referencing parts of it. For example: Pythor is based on Hercules in appearance, and having a Rage ability not unlike Hercules, and Kyrah is based on Atalanta due to her refusing to marry unless beaten in a footrace. Sydon and Lutheria

''Odyssey of the Dragonlords'' is an adventure module for [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition the fifth edition]] of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', released in early 2020. Instead of being produced by Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, it was written by Creator/ModiphiusEntertainment, a team composed of many former Creator/BioWare employees who worked on games like ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Inspired by Myth/ClassicalMythology, the campaign involves heroes fighting the Gods, and more, as they explore a rich setting.

The module is set in the world of Thylea, a world once ravaged by a great war between the Titans, and the Dragonlords; mortal champions who came to Thylea and warred with the Titans to defend the mortla races. In the end, peace was attained when five Gods appeared and swore an Oath of Peace with the Titans, but such an oath is never meant to always last, and so war looms as the Oath reaches the expiration date. To protect the land, the Oracle has foreseen champions who will walk the path of heroes to stop the Titans, even as trouble brews and the Titans prepare for their war..

* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: DownplayedTrope. Magic works the same in Thylea as it does in most other settings, but Clerics and Paladins are cut off from their Gods should they either be outsiders who arrived in Thylea, or somehow made contact with one. It is possible to contact them, and they can use their spells with no issue, but thanks to Thylea being cut off from most of any larger setting, the connection one would have to their God is weakened.

* GhostShip: The ''Ultros'', a ship made for the Dragonlords back during their fight with the Titans. It was helmed by Estor Arklander, and was the greatest of the vessels made for the Dragonlords. A major plotpoint of the module is the heroes getting the boat and using it as their primary means of transportation, while dealing with Estor's ghost who haunts the ship.

* {{Expy}}: The Epic Paths are outright stated to be purposely based on famous tales of Greek heroes, with each one providing a direct comparison in terms of inspiration. For example: the Doomed One is inspired by Achilles, while the Vanished One takes after Odysseus.

* TheWarSequence: The main finale of the module involves a major battle against the Titans and their forces, in which the player characters must (mostly) fight back the Titans through their collected power and resources. They attack the city of Mytros specifically due to being essentially the sea of the Gods power.

* GhostShip: The ''Ultros'', a ship made for the Dragonlords back during their fight with the Titans. It was helmed by Estor Arklander, and was the greatest of the vessels made for the Dragonlords. A major plotpoint of the module is the heroes getting the boat and using it as their primary means of transportation.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Stygians are the Thylean equivalent of Tieflings, on account of the traditional Tiefling origin story not really being able to work due to the lack of the major Fiends in the setting.

* DragonsAreDivine: [[spoiler: The Five Gods are revealed to have been normal-ish Dragons who ascended to God status through the actions of the Dragonlords, who infused stolen parts of Sydon and Lutheria into them. Through worship and the Oath of Peace, they became full-fledged Gods, but sadly lose their divinity once the Oath of Peace had worn off]].

* GodsHandsAreTied: The Five Gods are unable to directly help mortals because of the Oath of Peace made to stop the war between the Titans and the mortal races. If they were to in theory do so, they'd risk more problems, and so they help mortals by offering guidance or suggestion. [[spoiler: When they are able to directly help, it's after the Oath of Peace has ended, and they lose their divinity as part of it]].

* MagicallyBindingContract: Oaths function as this. They act as basically a semi-legally binding contract that all involved parties must obeyed by or suffer horrific consequences for failing to do so. For example: the Oath of Peace was made that made it where none of the Gods or Titans could directly fight each other for 500 years. Players are allowed to make Oaths if they want, but failure to follow them will result in curses of various afflictions.

* {{Expy}}: The Epic Paths are outright stated to be purposely based on famous tales of Greek heroes, with each one providing a direct comparison in terms of inspiration. For example:

The module is set in the world of Thylea, a world once ravaged by a great war between the Titans, and the Dragonlords; mortal champions who came to Thylea. In the end, peace was attained when five Gods appeared and swore an Oath of Peace with the Titans, but such an oath is never meant to always last, and so war looms as the Oath reaches the expiration date. To protect the land, the Oracle has foreseen champions who will walk the path of heroes to stop the Titans, even as trouble brews and the Titans prepare for their war..

* SlaveRace: Minotaur's are commonly treated as this by most of society. This is often because they get tricked into signing away their freedom without knowing it due to being poorly educated, or not smart enough to know until it is too late..
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Stygians are the Thylean equivalent of Tieflings, on account of the traditional Tiefling origin story not being really possible due to the lack of the common origin story (and Fiends) to make them possible.

* FullBoarAction: The first combat encounter in the module involved hunting down a giant boar (clearly inspired by the Calydonian Boar) said to have been sent by the Titans as a warning. The boar itself is weakened from prior battles, as at full health it likely would one-shot a group of level one adventures.

The module is set in the world of Thylea, a world once ravaged by a great war between the Titans, and the Dragonlords; mortal champions who came to Thylea. In the end, peace was attained when five Gods appeared and swore an Oath of Peace between with the Titans, but such an oath is never meant to always last, and so war looms as the Oath reaches the expiration date. To protect the land, the Oracle has foreseen champions who will walk the path of heroes to stop the Titans, even as trouble brews and the Titans prepare for their war..

* Gotterdammerung: Fittingly titled "Apokalypsis", the grand finale of the module is based around the idea of the end of days, in which the [[spoiler: Forgotten Gods seek vengeance upon the heroes for becoming powerful, and send forth various BeastOfTheApocalypse like monsters before battling the heroes]]. In the end, the heroes can emerge as the new Gods if they chose to, but regardless, it is treated as the EndOfAnAge.

* MagicallyBindingContract: Oaths function as this. They act as basically a semi-legally binding contract that all involved parties must obeyed by or suffer horrific consequences for failing to do so. For example: the Oath of Peace was made that made it where none of the Gods or Titans could directly fight each other for 500 years. Players are allowed to make Oaths if they want, but failure to follow them will result in curses of various afflictions.

* TheChosenOne: InUniverse the play characters are described as such by Versi, the Oracle. Each one has been foreseen by her as being a major player in the coming battle, and thus she has gone out of her way to call them as such. Since Versi did see them in a vision, the module more or less treats them as this trope.

* GodsHandsAreTied: The Five Gods are unable to directly help mortals because of the Oath of Peace made to stop the war between the Titans and the mortal races. If they were to in theory do so, they'd risk more problems, and so they help mortals by offering guidance or suggestion. [[spoilers:When they are able to directly help, it's after the Oath of Peace has ended, and they lose their divinity as part of it]].

* GodsHandsAreTied: The InUniverse explanation for why the Gods are not able to just fight the Titans, or solve the problems the heroes have to deal with. Thanks to the Oaths they swore to protect the mortal races, they can't directly step in and fight or else the Oath of Peace would end, and things would be worse off. At best they can watch over the heroes and try to help with knowledge or even blessings, but direct combat is not an option.

* LadyLand: The Amazon's of Themis are a warrior culture of all women, taking heavy inspiration from the Greek Amazonian depictions over more recent interpretations of the idea. They view men as weak due to having lost a past conflict with Sydon, the Lord of Storms. The only men allowed on the island are younger men whose sole purpose is for breeding, though recent times have allowed certain men to roam it, though only if they follow the queen's cult like practices.
* MagicallyBindingContract: InUniverse Oaths are this. They act as basically a semi-legally binding contract that all involved parties must obeyed by or suffer horrific consequences for failing to do so. For example: the Oath of Peace was made that made it where none of the Gods or Titans could directly fight each other for 500 years. Players are allowed to make Oaths if they want, but they are not to be messed with.

The module is set in the world of Thylea, a world once ravaged by a great war between the Titans, and the Dragonlords; mortal champions who came to Thylea. In the end, peace was attained when five Gods appeared and swore an Oath of Peace between with the Titans, but such an oath is never meant to always last, and so war looms as the Oath reaches the expiration date. The new champions are the only hope left for the mortal races, even if they are yet aware of it...