Gaphior: City of Magic – Fantasy Adventure Setting & Campaign

About the Setting

The City of Gaphior stands as an oasis in a semi-arid region in the center of the realms. The city was created by an ancient wizard the city is named for when his experiments with magic caused the region to bloom with life. Today, the city is a beacon of magic, where people flock to get their hands on magical items, potions, spells, and to learn the ways of magic. The lifestyle of Gaphior’s citizens is entirely based on magic.

About the Adventure

While exploring the city, a magical barrier is cast from the wizards tower, sealing the entire city off from the outside world, and trapping the party inside the city with all of it’s inhabitants. They cannot escape the city without figuring out a way to shut down this magical barrier, and the people inside will only be able to sustain themselves for so long.

The party will have to quest through the city, solving puzzles and figuring out clues in order to obtain the components, and the ritual needed to shut down the barrier and free the city.

We are going to compare this adventure to a city-wide escape room. Where the party will have to uncover clues, which will lead to more clues, and solve puzzles, in order to escape.

We also want to add that this adventure is written to be system agnostic, meaning that it can be played with any fantasy TTRPG system, including 5e, Pathfinder, and others.