Lands of the Sun

The region known as the Dragon's Wing is dominated by the coastal Sultanate of Asasor and the Lokoran Desert of the interior. Asasor is a subtropical nation of dark-skinned humans and halflings, ruled by the priests of the sun and moon gods. The sultan claims the borders of the Lokoran, and this frontier serves as a buffer between his realm and the sun-adapted orcs of that desert.

The Dragonspire Mountains, beyond the Lokoran, were once home to the evil hobgoblin empire of Rizagarn, but that nation's power was broken by the alliance of northern nations who founded the Shield. The hobgoblins' territory once extended as far as Asasor's borders, and the surviving eastern tribes remain a thorn in the sultanate's side. Fortunately, the hobgoblins and orcs hate each other as much as they do humans and halflings, which keeps their numbers from growing too great. But one of Asasor's greatest fears is that a charismatic warlord will arise among one of those races and undo the precarious balance along the frontier. 

The priests of Asasor are also vigilant against the cult of Asmolon, the evil god of darkness and undead. This cult was responsible for the destruction of the halflings' ancestral homeland across the southern sea, and the sun god's champions try to prevent another such catastrophe by finding and destroying any evil they can uncover. They are also wary of the Cult of the Tarrasque, which has numerous adherents among the orcs, who zealously guard sacred sites in the desert where the beast has appeared in the past.

"Lands of the Sun" will initially focus on the hills and deserts of the frontier, with the heroes dealing with threats from orcs, hobgoblins, and death cults. Most adventurers here are humans, halflings, or half-orcs, but the other core races do visit and live within the sultanate in small numbers.

Characters

Character-building options for "Lands of the Sun."

Character Creation (and other house rules)

Races

Classes

Traits

Spells

Heroes of Lands of the Sun (the player characters)

Background

Information on the people, places, and gods of "Lands of the Sun." 

Geography

Sultanate of Asasor

The Kobaran Frontier 

Gods and Religions

Funeral Customs [at "Studded Plate" blog]

History

Calendar 

Campaign

Lands of the Sun: The Sessions (2017-present)

Rules and Resources

The following Pathfinder books and resources are available for use by players in this campaign. See the Character Creation page for more specific details on available sources, and please check with the GM before using any material not found in the Core Rulebook.

• Core Rulebook

• Advanced Player's Guide

• Advanced Race Guide

• Bestiary [reference for animals and summoned creatures]

• Pathfinder Player Companion: Adventurer's Armory

• Pathfinder Player Companion: Animal Archive

• Pathfinder Player Companion: Familiar Folio

• Ultimate Campaign

(See "Time of the Tarrasque: Sources Used" on my Studded Plate blog for more discussion about the sourcebooks for this campaign.)

The Pathfinder Reference Document and d20 Pathfinder System Reference Document are very useful references for players, but please be aware that this campaign does not use all sources compiled into the PRD/SRD.

The Rules Review page highlights a few areas of the standard rules that may need clarification.

See the Inspiration page for a collection of non-rules material chosen to help convey the intended look and feel of the "Lands of the Sun" campaign. This page also lists all installments of the my "Studded Plate" blog that provided new material for "Time of the Tarrasque."