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Traykon is a world where magic has run amok for far too long and the consequences nearly wiped out all life. Mages became all powerful and ruled whole continents. Wars between mage guilds transformed the land and the creatures into twisted shells of their former selves. It was at this time that an insane deity stepped into the fray and sundered the world. For centuries, wielders of arcane magic have been locked away behind a veil of divine magic. Now arcane magic is returning. Can mages survive in a world that has come to both deify and diabolize them? When Wizards of the Coast moved Dungeons and Dragons into a new edition with D&D 3E, they brought a well loved and long revered product to a new evolution. The changes and additions to the game created a scalable role playing game that allowed players to customize their characters to fit their own fantasy ideals. Many rules and classes were "fixed" in version 3.5 of Dungeons and Dragons. Although there were a lot of people who saw this as a marketing ploy by Wizards, the new version was superior since it took some of the problems discovered in 3.0 and combined the fixes into a centralized document instead of releasing them as various eratta.. As Wizards of the Coast moved forward with 4th edition D&D, the fans of role playing games saw this new direction to be a tabletop version of a Warcraft style computer game. The inflexability of the character progression as well as the simplified abilities removed any appeal for the true role players but gained them the new demographic of those without role playing desire. For many fans, 4th edition signaled the end of D&D evolution as they ignored the new edition in favor of building upon the older material. Companies began to fill this void created by the new direction of Dungeons and Dragons with their own product brands. The most popular at this time seems to be the Pathfinder gaming system. To draw the attention of the role players and dissafected D&D players, Pathfinder released an interactive site so fans could contribute to the direction of the game. With cooperation between the fan base and other companies, the Role Playing version of Dungeons and Dragons continues to grow strong. Here at The Oblivion Dungeons and Dragons Archive we will host the Traykon Campaign setting. I will also be attempting to utilize the various Open Gaming Content to make available Downloads, Programs, DM Aids, Player Aids, Campaign Helpers, Reference Sheets, Alignment Information, Additional Skill Usage, Feats, Equipment, and an expansive Class and Prestige Class section. This site is maintained by Bryan Rutherford and is part of the Oblivion Webgroup.
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