Recently, I just got into Dungeon and Dragons (fifth edition). I guess it was because I wanted to play something with spellcasters and Skyrim isn’t compatible on my Mac. So I gave it a whirl and I now enjoy it.
I mentioned my new found interest over in Discord – asking people if they played it. Chris Giddeon (aka: Polo Field), then mentions about how when he worked in Club Penguin, they did it in a way similar to Dungeons and Dragons. One of it being that all the major and minor mascots have character sheets.
Throughout the past few days, more talks about Dungeons and Dragons and its connection to Club Penguin‘s development. It’s really interesting to know that such an iconic game played some influence on Club Penguin. Soon, there was talk about creating a Club Penguin RPG and I started drafting creating Gamma Gal and Shadow Guy character sheets.
And one day, I woke up with shocking news…
Operation: Restoration
The story we’re playing is based of a modified version of Operation Blackout
It’s been 100 years since Herbert took over the Island. Since then, the climate has changed and things have gone haywire over the island. The wildlife became more hazardous than ever before and it’s one penguin for themselves. The EPF has disbanded and since then, all hope is lost.
The puffles are no longer cute and friendly and will attack anyone they’ll see (even each other), Herbert’s robots are monitoring the island to prevent anyone from ending his tyranny, and penguins can’t trust each other due to them attacking, stealing, and backstabbing each other.
You play as “The Resistance”, a group of penguins who live at the very edge of the wilderness, miles away from the main town area. You’ve managed to escape 1 year after Herbert took over and just hid and train over the years. You are one of the surviving penguins who managed to kept their sanity, and your squad has been planning for years to take back the island. Will you be able to save the island or will Herbert forever reign?
Operation: Restoration is a Club Penguin D&D campaign inspired from this piece of work I’ve made for Chris when I did art request over on Twitter. It’s my belief that Herbert has the potential to fully take over the island, however, is thwarted by his own stubbornness.
½ of the campaign is homebrewed as a lot of the encounters will be custom and due to it being Club Penguin – everyone has to fit around the canon character archetypes.
You need to know – I’m still new to d&d. I just started playing back in March of 2019. I barely, yet slowly learning how to play the game. But nevertheless, I accepted the offer and started working on getting people interested.
Outcome
This campaign got the attention of both Rocketsnail (Lance Priebe – Club Penguin co-founder) and Screenhog (Chris Hendriks – Composer).
We had 1 week to prepare as we got interested from enough people to make a manageable party. As everyone worked on their character sheets, I worked on the story which contains 4 parts (5 chapters each).
…Or at least the main points.
So far, the campaign is going well. With a few regulars and some players who skipped a few parts but are strong enough to at least complete the level.
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