Hello everybody Jorphdan here the PH is silent.
Today we’re diverting from the Forgotten Realms to talk about a revised campaign setting
for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
We’re diving into the history and lore of the Scarred Lands.
The setting comes with new backgrounds, feats, spells, magic items, and subclasses.
All specific to the Scarred Lands.
It’s a dark gritty world.
If you’re looking for a new world to play in 5e D&D or if you’re just interested in
a new settings you can steal from, keep watching.
This is a two part video explaining the history of the Scarred Lands and its inhabitants.
The world of the Scarred Lands is known as Scarn, and it is not what it once was.
The setting’s backdrop is the Divine War, or the Titanswar.
When you start playing it has only been 150 years since the Divine War concluded which
means for most humans the war is something to be read in history books.
But, for other races with longer life spans the war is a terrible memory.
Scarn is home to god like beings called the Titans, much like ancient greek mythology
these Titans ruled over Scarn however they pleased.
They ruled the world for over a millennia, and one day on a whim they decided to create
life.
The Titans created the sentient races, but also monsters because… well they could.
Not satisfied with their creations they went further and created the djinn which are beings
of elemental energy and strong magical powers.
Other elementals followed suit and these lesser creatures served the djinn.
The Titans enjoyed these creations but weren’t completely satisfied with themselves yet.
They wanted children, creations that could match them in their own limitless power.
So that’s exactly what they made next, and their children became known as the gods.
The Titans knew they had succeeded, these gods were mighty, strong, and powerful!
But held lesser power than the Titans.
Thus the Titans could keep the balance, their strength kept them as rulers of Scarn.
But their children rebelled, and unfortunately for the Titans they had created their own
downfall.
Titans get their powers from the earth itself, from the land of Scarn.
Their children, the gods, receive power from a connection with the mortal creatures of
Scarn.
The Titans always played fast and loose with the lives of mortals.
They were inconsequential and if the Titans wanted to they could always make more mortals.
So the races of Scarn started worshiping the gods and pleaded for protection and help.
The gods guided and aided the mortal races giving them bits of power in return for their
worship, and protection.
It was through mortal worship that the power of the gods started to rival that of the Titans.
The Titans for the first time had rivals, equals in power.
They had never had to deal with that before.
The Titans quickly discovered that it was the mortals who were feeding this extra power
into the gods.
With each new follower the gods grew stronger.
The Titans were suddenly flooded with a new emotion, jealousy.
They were jealous of their children.
The Titans took to torturing and mocking their children.
They destroyed huge swaths of mortals in the process.
This only pushed the anger of the gods further, and after a few centuries the gods rose up
against their Titan parents.
The first act of rebellion was due to a terrible crime.
Hrinruuk the Hunter, a Titan, grew tired of his regular prey and decided to hunt his own
daughter.
He caught her, raped her, and left her for dead.
But she survived and this terrible act of evil infuriated the gods.
Plotting rebellion the gods knew they couldn’t straight up attack the Titans so they came
up with a plan.
Starting with the weakest Titan Mesos, they led him into a trap and ganged up on him all
at once.
Ensnared the god Vangal hacked him into bits and dispersed his essence across Scarn.
The gods had defeated their first Titan, they now knew it was possible.
The Titans were not prepared, they had never had to deal with an act of betrayal like this
before.
The religious fervor created by this holy war strengthened the gods and gave them an
army of mortals.
The Titans saw this and created their own armies, monstrous and wicked races created
in their own image.
Battles raged across Scarn between Titan and God, Monster and Mortal.
Often the gods would lead their armies personally into battle.
Scarn was scarred forever, the land was broken leaving desolation in the wake of battle.
Thousands perished on both sides and nowhere on Scarn was one safe from this conflict.
The gods did end up proving to be stronger.
One by one they overcame the Titans at the cost of many mortals.
In the end the main pantheon of gods survived.
Many lesser and demigods died though, often at cruel punishment from the Titans.
Once a Titan fell their personal created armies scattered across Scarn.
Hiding in the holes of the world.
With each Titan destroyed the gods became stronger, and after countless years the final
Titan, was defeated.
The gods were victorious but Scarn had paid the real price.
Cosmic conflict had forever changed the world.
Nations were ruined, and the monsters created by the Titans now roamed freely across Scarn.
Generally though they stayed in more desolate areas, hiding in fear from the gods.
Although defeated, the Titans could never truly die, and potentially could return if
the gods did not remain vigilant.
Mortals suffered the largest price and were left to rebuild these scarred lands.
The gods formed a peace among themselves and their followers.
An alliance to stop in fighting.
But alliances are tricky things and conflicts between different gods and their followers
have sprung up in the past 150 years since the Titan War.
The Titan Denev, the Earth Mother, is the only one to survive the Titan War.
She made the decision to turn away from her fellow titans and to aid the divine cause.
Many believe she did not want to see her precious world destroyed by the Titans.
Almost worshiped as a deity by druids and other nature loving creatures some find this
Titan worship to be troublesome.
That’s where we’ll end today, but next week I’ll be back with another Scarred Lands
video detailing the races and the nation of Ghelspad; where your campaign in the Scarred
Lands can begin.
If you’re interested in this campaign setting there are some links in the description below.
I recommend the Scarred Lands Player’s Guide full of information on the world with character
options.
There is also a kickstarter going on right now for their Creature Collection.
A Scarred Lands monster manual for 5e D&D.
A great resource if you’re looking for some new and interesting monsters for your campaign.
Thanks so much for watching everyone I’ll see you next week with another video.