History RolePlay / ANewAge

* UpToEleven: Tiamat one ups the Sky Worm by being ''five colossal dragon heads.'' Being a goddess, this comes as no surprise, but her stat block simply lists her as a huge creature and Ren responded [[DefiedTrope by going "lolNOPE" and completely redoing her size.]]

%%* VendorTrash: We sell a ''lot'' of random treasure and gems.

* AGodAmI: Arcus. He actually becomes Tiamat. But that's fine, as he atones and, unlike the previous Tiamat, was very much not interested in going on a world-wide rampage.

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->''[[PreviouslyOn When last we left our stalwart band...]]''
--> -- '''Ren'''

A series of what used to be one-shot TableTopGame/{{Pathfinder}} adventures that have [[CerebusSyndrome slowly come together in a plot.]] Hosted by {{@/Renagade}}. A New Age is a Pathfinder campaign set in a world [[AlternateUniverse Parallel to Golarion]] named Catheridge. Specifically on the continental islands known as Palagaia.

The campaign has since come to a happy close and conclusion. Having had a 33 session run.

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!This Work contains examples of…

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The Desna's Gate Sewers.
* AdventureGuild: Where the party used to operate.

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The Master Clock.
* AnAdventurerIsYou: More or less the point of the Adventurer's Guild is to enforce this.

--> '''Vincent:''' We have magical gear, equipment, items, an alchemist to make potions, including some to make sure our horses don't die out there, an oracle to heal anyone who gets injured, a few other spellcasters for additional protection and safety, I can play a mean violin and provide entertainment along the way, and I also have a flaming sword.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: The entire first half of Setting Sail is a laundry list of total impulsive stupidity. It didn't help that most to all of the party was dropping-down drunk.
* BackToBackBadasses: Likely several moments across the campaign. One particular example stands out with Vincent and King Aldias during the Siege of Imperium, where both characters leaped from the wall to meet the Obsidian Army's advance in person.
* BadassCrew: The party. Particularly when they were on [[CoolShip the Dragon Chaser.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Mickey and Eliza.

* BingeMontage: The first half of Setting Sail.

* BodyCountCompetition: Several across the campaign. The End of Act 1. The Siege of Morden and Imperium. Players were keeping count of how many kills they were making across the campaign.

* BreatherEpisode: Setting Sail had more or less no combat and was just there for the party to have lots of silly antics after the otherwise serious and long End of Act One.
** And since then, there have been quite a few sessions in which the party simply kicks back and relaxes. Notably the episodes ''Firestone Rift'', ''Refuge In Audacity'', and ''The World Tree'' consist of mainly nothing but chat and laid back character development.
* TheBusCameBack: Eliza

* CityOfCanals: Desna's Gate.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Dragons, of course. Also, considering that the big bad is called the Obsidian Army, anyone in black armor is likely not a good guy.
* ColossusClimb: The Sky Worm.
* CoolBoat: The Dragon Chaser. Just look at that name.
* ComedicSociopathy: It's a D&D Party. You were expecting something less?
* CommonTongue
* ConvectionSchmonvection: The party when they visited Firestone Rift. Dwarves must have a very good heat tolerance. And drink ale with low boiling points. And not use paper or flammable clothes. And...

* DeathMountain: Solarreach Mountains. They're aptly named.

* DidntSeeThatComing: The End of Act One. Absolutely ''no one'' was expecting ''three'' dragon riders to come and completely sack the city. Except maybe Lucien.
** Neither did anyone possibly foresee the bomb of Eliza being blood-related to the campaign's BBEG
* DisproportionateRetribution: Mickey planted a dead mouse under Eliza's bed. In return, Eliza ''bolted his bed to the ceiling and put an ash pile on top of it.''
* DistantFinale: The last session had this.

** Iria and Trieze remained in Palagaia, working for the guild and having triplets. Iria would stay and watch them grow, but not before taking a certain test of divinity...
** And Aerlissa [[strike:was Aerlissa.]] followed Vincent to Ambition City and set up shop in an old Mage's Tower, working on ways to extend lifespans and make life easier for the people of the burgeoning metropolis.
* DoomedHometown: Desna's Gate was sacked by 3 dragon riders and a small force of knights. Suffice to say the heroes didn't stay there much longer.
* DragonRider: The custom made Dragoon prestige class, along with the 5 Dragoons of Legend and the Generals of the Obsidian Army. [[strike:More than half of]] More or less the entire party is this trope now also.

* LavaAddsAwesome: Firestone Rift and The Orb Of The Fire Temple. Ren pulled out all the stops with that lava tile.

* InterspeciesRomance: Floats around in the history and campaign in general. At least one of the 5 Dragoons of Legend got busy with their dragon mount. And 3 members of the party are in known romantic relations with their mounts.
* [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Loads And Loads Of PCs:]] 11 of 'em, when they started! It has since then shrunk to a much more manageable 5.
* FantasyWorldMap: [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/279/9/7/palagaia_ilsands_by_renegade_warrior-d307kt4.jpg Have a look!]]
* FoeTossingCharge: The party acquired a magic item in the Fire Temple that essentially allows them to do this. It puts the "Bull" in "Bull Rush."
* GetOnTheBoat: The Dragon Chaser is the party's boat.
* GhibliHills: Crystalmist Forest.
* GondorCallsForAid: What Raus was doing before the aforementioned BigDamnHeroes moment. He went to Aurumspire, where he was raised, to plead with his mentor and surrogate father, Aurexiar, to call a Convocation of Dragons. Such a thing hadn't happened in over 1600 years, and when it did, well, the years are called "Dragon Reckoning" for a reason. Raus absolutely CRUSHED his Diplomacy roll, convincing the old dragon to call the Convocation. The results of which you've already seen.
* GroinAttack: Done with Eliza's face, of all things, to Orpheus. Cue them both insisting that it was NotWhatItLooksLike.
* HopelessBossFight: The party's first fight against Arcus. Even with [[ParentExMachina Lucien and Vanessa Dershire]] there to help.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms
--> '''Vincent:''' So... Iria.
--> '''Vincent:''' How good is Trieze?
--> '''Vincent:''' Is he cocksure?
--> '''Iria:''' ...Huh?
--> '''Raus:''' Damnit Vincent.
--> '''Vincent:''' Does he...
--> '''Vincent:''' Curl your toes? Dwarf your beard? Sheath his Vandal? Breath his fire? Pudding your peach? Float your frigate? Tongue your Mad? Legend your Dragoon? How about "Satisfy a demand of Gorum"? Praise your Desna? Caddis your Katie? Dampen your Divine? Set your Star? How about Gnarl your Fang, or Drunk your Orpheus? That's an old one.
* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Chronosaber
* KarmaHoudini: ''KERNST.'' This man practically orchestrated and was largely responsible for unsealing Tiamat and played the party like a goddamn fiddle. And the most he ever got in retribution was one solid, yet very much survivable, Smite Evil from Raus before teleporting away. He's yet to be seen since.

* '''''[[LudicrousGibs LUDICROUS GIBS!!]]''''': Deal enough [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] damage to an enemy's HP, and this gets announced as what happens to said enemy.
* MadeOfIndestructium: The Orbs of Dragonkind, of course.
* MacGuffin: The Orbs of Dragonkind. They're dormant
* MacGuffinDeliveryService: The party brings the Green orb to Desna's Gate, just to have 3 Dragon Riders come and sack the city and steal it. Bad guys win!
* MillionToOneChance: Mickey threw a grappling hook (improvised weapon) at a dragon in flight (out of thrown range) to attempt to grapple it's tail (combat maneuver). Not only did he roll a natural 20 to automatically succeed. He did this ''twice. On the same dragon.''

* NominalImportance: Ren's pretty good at giving [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] names on the fly, if the characters are willing to ask. Of course, most of the time the character's don't even bother to ask.

* OffscreenBreakup: For the sake of reducing DRAMA LLAMAS, Iria did this to Orpheus in Setting Sail.
* OpeningTheSandbox: Then end of Act One. Prior to the story, the party was limited to Desna's Gate and petitions that took them out of it. Now the party has the entire world map available to them to freely explore at their whim.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Rebecca, having just been... [[UnfortunateImplications well]]... Took a freshly invented Flintlock Rifle and unloaded 5 shots into the already dead Luke's head. The party simply stood, watched, and left the corpses to rot in the snow.
* PutOnABus: Zoq and Eliza.

* RedshirtArmy: The Desna Gate's guards. They were essentially there to die to show how powerful the Generals were.
** Then there was the Morden Army, the Orc Army, the Obsidian Forces, the Imperial Forces... Just... don't join the army in this campaign.
* RefugeInAudacity: The episode aptly named ''Refuge In Audactiy.'' When your players are talking about a ''foursome'' with each other, two of these characters being ''Dragons'' and one a ''Paladin'', you know some lines are being crossed.
** Let's not even start on [[{{OTP}} the SethXVincent fiasco.]]
* TrueCompanions: It took a while, but the party has finally become this.
* RuleOfFunny/[[RuleOfCool Cool]]: This is Ren we're talking about here, his [=DMing=] style thrives on it.
* SealedEvilInACan: Tiamat.

* ShiningCity: Cathedra and Imperium.
* ShipperOnDeck: Anna. ''A Gold Dragon,'' of all things, is the mastermind behind [[{{OTP}} SethXVincent.]]

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: You're damn right it is.
* ThatOneBoss or BestBossEver: Horizon. Opinion is split between the various players. The Sky Worm, however, is largely regarded as the best boss ever.

->'''Zoq''': What big people talking about?
->'''Mickey''': Sex with dragons, Zoq.
->'''Zoq''': ...
-> *Zoq looks at Mickey with a perplexed look.*
-> '''Zoq''': What is sex?

* UpToEleven: Tiamat one ups the Sky Worm]] by being ''five colossal dragon heads.'' Being a goddess, this comes as no surprise but her stat block simply lists her as a huge creature and Ren responded [[DefiedTrope by going "lolNOPE" and completely redoing her size.]]
* VendorTrash: We sell a ''lot'' of random treasure and gems.
* VisibleSilence: OnceAnEpisode
* WeirdTradeUnion: The Adventurer's Guild, Tailor's Guild, Mage's Guild, Thieve's Guild...
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Raus and Tathar sure don't but [[EternalLove Raus wouldn't mind if it meant he could stay with Anna.]]

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'''''AND SO ENDS THE TALE OF A NEW AGE. LAUGHS WERE HAD. TRAILS WERE UNDERGONE. AND THE WORLD WAS PUT IN PERIL, AS IT IS WONT TO BE.\\
BUT IN THE END. GOOD PREVAILED AND EVIL FELL.\\
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I BID YOU FINE GENTLEMEN.\\
A FOND FAREWELL.\\
But before I go...\\
Can I perhaps interest you...\\
In some Fine Leather Coats?'''''

* TheRenaissance: Set during this period. The GM even announced that at some point he'll be introducing flintlock pistols.
** Guns were introduced by the NPC Rebecca Merchant, who showed just how effective they can be by emptying 5 bullets into a recently deceased werewolf's head.
*** And then everyone in the party got one and proceeded to never use them.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Raus.
** TheLancer: Mickey.
** TheBigGuy: Iria.
** TheSmartGuy: Aerlissa.
** TheChick: Vincent.
** SixthRanger: Eliza.
** TeamPet: Mystery