Summer Camp 2022

I pledge to attempt all 31 prompts over the course of Summer Camp 2022, focusing on developing my D&D 5e setting of Chardovil, focused primarily on Chardovil West Pre-Cataclysm. I plan on developing these articles into a format that makes them easy for other Dungeon Masters to adapt into their own stories.

Goals

Creative Goals

This summer camp, I plan on further developing Chardovil specifically, Chardovil West and potentially Altraxia into a dynamic, living world that will allow me to think faster on my feet and improvize smoother during the sessions themselves. I'm hoping to continue doing while while developing the articles for the plot of Ascension and maintaining the Campaign Hub for my current players.

Motivation

My motivation for this primarily stems from a burning desire to create a story and world that is true to the original, improvised story, Portals & Paranoia, but further refined to make further campaign development smoother in the future.
Portals & Paranoia is probably my greatest adventure as a DM, and my players have told me that they loved going for the wild ride, but the original campaign was 80% improvised and the story developed based on my deciding what would be interesting. I want to do justice to the recurring themes of power and authority, but without quite so many dropped plot threads and panicked loredumping.

Where to follow my progress?

Anyone looking to follow my progress, say hi, or just wants to follow the campaign itself can check out the following locations:
Worldbuilding: This Article. I will be updating the prompt trackers in the sidebar as I complete articles. Each level has its own table and lists a brief summary of the prompt, the relevant article, and the date I completed the prompt.
Say Hi: World Anvil Discord Server. I'm a lurker most of the year, but come Summer Camp and WorldEmber, I tend to pop up in the official World Anvil discord server, usually in the event chat or the chat for the Seven Tomes chapter. My name in the server is "Ynix", sometimes with the world I'm working on or my article count afterwards.
Campaign: Vaguely Competent's Discord Server or the Vaguely Competent Ascension Hub. I update the hub with digital copies of my session notes, new characters, maps, and quests, as they appear in the sessions themselves.

A Note About the Discord Server:
The Vaguely Competent's Discord Server is private and by invitation only. If you are looking to be a spectator for our sessions, you must message me on discord first, and we handle all new spectators on a case-by-case basis. If you are denied access to the server, it's nothing personal, we are simply extremely cautious about player privacy and agency within the server.

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Updates

11 July

10:00/10a Local Time
I've really been able to pick up the pace these past couple of days, thankfully. I've had to play catchup since I wasn't able to write for the first week of July, but now I'm doing between 2-3 prompts per day! I'm one prompt away from Copper as of writing this, but I've written some of my favorite articles for Chardovil recently.

Warning: Major Spoilers!

Ghost Sailors

I've also made some awesome cover art for my articles, which I'm super excited to see come together. By far the most techncial one to make was this one:

Astral War Cover by Ynix

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18:00/6p Local Time
I got the copper badge today! Completed my third prompt of the day, eight total, with the prompt: "a title that commands respect from those in the know". Introducing, the subjects of the campaign by the same name: Godslayers - Spoilers Ahead!

18 July

12:30/12:30p Local Time
I haven't done any writing lately, so today is catch up day. So far I've gotten 2 prompts done and achieved the silver badge! Had a minor scare where I accidentally submitted the Arcane Academy of Physiology to the wrong prompt, but it was an easy fix, thankfully.

Here's the prompts I've completed today!

Minor Spoilers!

And a new region or organization means new cover art! The Province of Obonjon now has a crest and a banner for relevant articles, which is visible below or on the Arcane Academy of Physiology article!

Obonjon Cover by Ynix

25 July

So, it's been a busy few days. Between the 19th and 21st alone, I managed to complete all of the gold prompts (exception being the Mount Vesciner prompt, done on the 18th). Those were difficult, but I had fun working on a lot of them, though most discuss Post-Cataclysm Chardovil West, so they don't apply to the Ascension campaign and contain pretty heavy spoilers.

And after a very long, caffeine-fueled night of work, I managed to finish all the diamond prompts at once. God help me, but I'm super proud of myself. I'm not going to list all of the articles here, because this article would be ten miles long, but you can find the prompts and linked articles on the right sidebar, as usual.

Probably my favorite article so far of the Diamond batch has been the Astral Dragon, a mythical creature only rumored to have been seen, and can actually be wrapped into the Godslayer campaign as a fun adventure within the Astral Plane. The Seal of Souls is another twisted bit of magic and science that has caused quite a bit of trouble for such a small item.

Every article below contains Major Spoilers, so proceed with caution, while the Seal of Souls and Voidwalker articles contain descriptions of violence, blood, and gore that some readers may find disturbing. Dragons are just cool and fun to write about in the context of a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired universe.

So What's Next?

Next, I think I will continue building and developing the campaigns themselves, including new monsters, locations, and an additional class. I'm hoping to eventually get to the point where I can publish PDFs of my worldbuilding, including a "Sourcebook" and two campaigns. We'll see where the wind takes us though.

"Do you actually know where you're going?"
"Of course-- wherever the wind takes us!"
"We're on the Astral Sea. There's no wind."
"Shut up."

— Caeda Yvrey speaking with Captain Arien Evan, on the Astral Sea

Updates

11 July
18 July
25 July

Prompt Tracker

Copper - Finished!

Silver - Finished!

Gold - Finished!

Diamond - Finished!

Bonus Articles

PDFs? Tell me More!
Yes! I am hoping to publish around 3 digital books detailing the world of Chardovil as a whole, and both the Ascension and Godslayer campaigns. There's no information on them yet beyond working titles as I am playtesting both campaigns with 2 separate groups in order to refine the content before sitting down to write.
The books are currently called:
Gethra's Guide to Chardovil
Chardovil Saga: Ascension
Chardovil Saga: Godslayer

I really like your work! Where can I find more?
First of all, thank you! I'm glad you enjoy what I've made! If you're looking for more content, you can find my socials below, including my Twitch (though I don't stream often), Twitter, and if you want to support me, consider my Ko-Fi, which also contains unpublished art, WIP pieces for backers, and sneak peaks at what I'm working on in the future.

You can also find me as Ynix on the World Anvil Discord Server, usually with whatever project I'm working on after my name. As of writing this, my name is "Ynix | Chardovil | 31/31" for Summer Camp, though I will remove the counter until WorldEmber, upon which, it will return with my next goal.