Daemonium: Retrospective
Last year I started running a campaign, titled Daemonium. It ended near the start of this summer. Here I will reflect on the campaign. Daemonium was set in the Kingdom of Cashua on the continent of Ambern. This kingdom was in the process of being invaded by the Empire of Aeon, a magitech fueled empire with the major advantages of having firearms and airships. I hadn't run a TTRPG for a while, as most of my irl friends whom I played with had moved away or lost interest. I figured it was time to run a game online! I had played a bit in a friend's 5e game, and decided that I could make online refereeing work for me. My first interest was just to get players. I spoke to my brother and the other prospective players and folk were most interested in 5e so we played that. I had three players initially. A Bard, a Paladin, and a Monk. A Fighter and Druid later joined. THE FIRST PHASE: The campaign was first made up in a linear fashion, and then became an open sandbox. The goal was to va