Scandiaca - The Continent

Scandiaca consists of one, large continent, and a small number of islands in the immediate area. All land area covers 4,587,200 square kilometers (1,791,875 square miles); the main continent of Scandiaca accounts for over 80% of that land area. The other major islands surrounding Scandiaca include: Ildez Island (340,800 sq. km); Aruvyn Island (304,000 sq. km); Fonnis Island (137,600 sq. km); the Naerscova Islands (35,200 sq. km); and Kothrin Island (20,800 sq. km).

Auvyn island is around 75 kilometers off the northeast shore and is a mix of mountains and thick forests. Fonnis island has a few peaks, but is mostly low-lying grassland and is directly west of the continent.  Kothrin island is a small, rocky island 150 kilometers to the east. The Naerscova Islands are a grouping of islands to the south and west while the jungle-covered island of Ildez is far to the southeast of Scandiaca.

The center of the continent is Crown Lake, the largest inland body of water in Scandiaca. It is bordered on the north by a mountain range reaching west to east. It is bordered on the east by another mountain range stretching south to north. The convergence of those two mountain ranges occurs on the northeastern corner and forms the tallest peaks on the continent.

The northern half of the Scandiaca is dominated by rough, hilly terrain covered in forests. The largest forest stretches over 300 kilometers in the north central portion of the continent. The furthest reaches to the northwest is forests mixed with marshland.

The southern half of the continent is mostly flat, low-lying area dominated by river ways and flatland. This represents the most arable land in the realm. The only mountainous region is the extreme southwestern area, while the area to the southeast gets the most rainfall.

Much of the realm is a temperate climate and all of it gets heavy rainfall throughout most of the year. The further out from shore, the stronger the winds; this makes oceanic travel hazardous and serves to isolate Scandiaca from other large land masses on Epos-Goth.

The World of Epos-Goth

Scandiaca exists on the mega-planet called Epos-Goth. It is a shared world with multiple campaign settings (using different game systems as well). Scandiaca is a relatively isolated land mass far from any other major land mass on the planet.

Although each campaign setting on Epos-Goth has its own cultures, calendars, and people, having a shared world means there are some aspects of the setting which are constant. For example, a year on Epos-Goth lasts 400 days (it orbits a single, yellow star). The Scandiaca calendar splits this into ten, 40-day months. Epos-Goth also has three moons. In Scandiaca, they are called Liijay (LEE-jay), Nirahha (neer-AH-ha), and the largest one is called Aburis (ah-BOO-ris). Aburis completes one lunar cycle every 40 days. The other two complete a lunar phase every 10 (Nirahha) and 7 (Liijay) days.

The vast majority of Epos-Goth's surface is ocean. It is much larger than Earth, and has over 90% of its surface covered in water. This makes travel between the large land masses difficult, if not impossible. Because of this, each separated land mass on Epos-Goth has vastly different cultures, backgrounds, and people.

Epos-Goth exists in what is known as the prime material plane. Other planes of existence can be reached by traveling through what is known as the "Rift". Beyond that lies the Astral plane, which connects all other planes together. Two planes in particular seem to be distinctly tied to Epos-Goth (there may be more) because one does not have to travel through the Astral plane to get to them. They also exist in the Rift. They are called "Heathandrus" (otherwise known as the "Golden Sky") and "Stygia" (otherwise known as the "Plane of Madness") in Scandiaca (other campaign settings may have different names for them).

Scandiaca - The Storm World

I am a long time game master of table top RPGs; mostly 2nd edition D&D although I'm now fully invested in the Pathfinder game system. Although I enjoy playing those games, I really love game mastering them even more. My favorite thing to do as a GM is creating a world to go and adventure. I've created a few worlds in my time as a GM, but my favorite is Scandiaca.

Scandiaca is a game world I created more than fifteen years ago as an online game world for a turn-based game which I created myself. It lasted about eight years before the effort to maintain the game exceeded my time (which was occupied more and more by my kids). However, over that time I did create a rather detailed world with more depth than anything else I've ever written. Sometime during those eight years I did run a 2nd edition D&D campaign in this game world, though that campaign ended sooner than I had intended.

Since I now have more time available, and a new group of players to challenge again, I thought about creating a new campaign for my old, favorite setting. I thought it would be nice to organize the details of this world online, as well as report on the status of the adventure. I hope you enjoy the content.