Shadows of Esteren Book 3.1-Dearg

This book is the first part of Dearg, a Shadows of Esteren campaign.A sprawling, tragic and romantic epic with the Characters at the heart of the story!Part One RootsPart One gathers the game aids concerning the Vale of Dearg, covers the Advanced Character Creation system, and goes over the workings of Focuses.At the start of the campaign, each player defines a Narrative arc for their character, which will be their recurring theme. Love, Ethics, Guilt, and Adoption are the main themes. Dearg also includes everything you need to design your own Narrative arcs, run the campaign with pre-existing characters, and handle the death of a PC.Part Two ResurgencesPart Two introduces four Focuses, each of which deals with one of Dearg’s four main Narrative Arcs Love, Ethics, Adoption, and Guilt.Although the PCs are all involved in the same quest, each member of the party has their own history and motivations, which are expressed through their Narrative arcs.The campaign has 21 scenarios of which 6 are Focuses that will explore each PC's intimate story. These particular scenarios follow a pattern that is different from a regular session only one Player plays their Character (the one whose Narrative arc the Focus is about), while the other Players play as important people in the PC's life, helping the Game Leader steer the story.Part Three ScourgePart Three marks the moment the PCs start playing together after each of them has gone through their own Focus. The scenario “Vestiges” will bring them back to Dearg's daily life while introducing the first key elements of the campaign. Things will then quickly escalate, and the Vale will find itself threatened by an unfathomable danger...50 Game aidsA set of about 50 game aids, to help the Leader prepare and run the campaign including summaries of each scenario and cheat sheets for the NPCs