As part of the programming for the Armadillocon 2025 game room, I GMed a short 2-hour adventure demoing Jess Nevins’s Fury of the Northmen. Like everything he does, this is an exceptionally dense and thoroughly researched project. Although it builds off the DnD Fifth Edition platform, it’s two hefty tomes with quite a lot of material in it. There’s a lot here about the Vikings and England of the 860s, and then on top of that there’s a lot of magic and mythical creatures and new player classes. I was happy to be a Kickstarter supporter of the original project and even more happy to see the finished product and get a chance to play it.
Since this is a fairly new game, it doesn’t have the same sort of online commentary and resources as other RPGs. So let’s get that started! I’m posting the resources I put together for this game. There’s a game outline which can be played in around two hours. I also have four downloadable character sheets which will give you a headstart on getting a flavor of The Fury of the Northmen.
Download the Battle of York 867, two hour adventure path. This uses the historical battle as a backdrop for our PCs running an errand for Ivarr the Boneless.
Download the Troll Cunning Woman Level 1 character sheet. Feel free to pick different spells. The troll class in this system is spelled with a different ‘o’ character than I have here, to highlight how they’re more like the trolls of Norse legend who are shapeshifters.
Download the Weredyr Squirrel Rogue Level 1 character sheet. Even at level one this character was startlingly powerful. The weredyr archetype (again I’m missing a critical character in this spelling) is not like a werewolf in that it’s a human turning into an animal, but rather an animal who turns into what looks like a human.
Download the Human Greenman Level 1 character sheet. The greenman character class is a little like the green knight from Arthurian legend mixed with Swamp Thing.
Download the Fifelcynn Empty Hand Fighter Level 1 character sheet. This is pretty much Grendel from the Beowulf saga. Please allow me that much fanservice.
Hope these give you a leg up if you’re planning your own game, and if I’ve made errors on the sheets, let me know in the comments! I definitely imagine there’s some.