First Game Session Recap

Zallen, Allys, Jet, and Alton
Allys and Jet, a pair of Ferrens, (weasel and raccoon respectively) had been crossing the Great Ameron Desert for several days without much incident. Having passed through a strange dust storm they found themselves traveling through the Great Dunes. About half way through they encounter Alton, a halfling, riding a wolf. After passing the two ferrens Alton comes out to a clearing to see a Bhuka fighting a gnoll and a hyena. About this time Zallen arrived at the top of the dunes. Just as the group approached the gnoll strikes a final blow to the bhuka rendering it unconscious. After a brief battle the gnoll is also knocked unconscious and the hyena flees.
Zallen recognizes the young bhuka as the son of the great bhuka leader. The group is able to stabilize the bhuka and the gnoll and begin hauling them north towards the lands of the bhuka. Just as they reach the final hill to the bhuka encampment, a band of 6 gnolls and 6 hyena attack the party and accuse them of slaying their brother. Luckily a group of bhuka emerges from the sand and scare away the gnolls with some help from Allys.
The bhuka camp is set up on the backs of giant beetles that slowly move across the desert from place to place.
The bhuka matriarch Burana welcomes the group, gives them a meal, short bows, 5 days rations, 30 gp each.
The group makes its way to a structure known as the sundial to investigate why the gnolls have become so aggressive.

The Great Sand Dial

Amidst the drifting dunes of the Ameron Desert is a huge structure known as the great Sand Dial.  Huge slabs of rock are standing upright in a great circle.  There is a towering spire in the center of the circle.  At one time there were a total of twelve slabs.  Seen from a distance and above it is clear that these form a great sun dial.  It is not known whether some ancient race constructed this or if they were sent back from a distant future.  The slabs are polished stone and covered with complex runes that are etched into the surface with great detail.  Several of the slabs are now missing, some have been broken up and hauled away.  There are also newer scrawls on stone in some feral primitive language as well as reddish brown stains.  The slabs are refreshingly cool and seem not to absorb heat from the sun despite their dark gray color.  Spending much time around them gives one a sense of dread and seems to drain ones energy.

Desert Ruins

The young woman regains consciousness with the sun already climbing into the sky.  The desert sands are already soaking up the heat.  In the distance she notices an anomaly.  A great broad slab of stone pointing into the sky.  It casts a long shadow across the dunes.  The shade it provides could be a life saver in this vast desert.  She starts making her way towards the stone.  It does not seem to be a natural structure.  It is shaped by intelligence and placed with care.  As she approaches she notices a second slab in the distance, then another.  Some have  fallen down or are broken.  In some cases there is only a hole where a slab used to be.  They form a circle, twelve great slabs in a huge circle.  In the center is a huge spire.  She suddenly recognizes what this structure imagining looking at it from a great distance.  It is a sun dial.

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In the distant past, around 1000 years ago, an alien spaceship attempted to make a jump through hyperspace near an earth-like planet.  A catastrophic failure caused the ship's engine to explode.  This particular type of hyper-drive relied on altering space and time, so when the ship exploded it wreaked havoc on the nearby planet's timeline.

Robots and high technology can be found alongside elven wizards and hobgoblin barbarians.  Ever since the great Time Catastrophe the planet has attempted to rebuild.  Advanced computer and robotic technologies were not able to restore themselves after the catastrophe because too much technology was lost.  Instead technology based on magic infused steam has become dominant.

Robots and high technology can be found alongside elven wizards and goblin sorcerers.  Incongruous timelines occur on occasion.  Ever since the great Time Catastrophe the planet has attempted to rebuild.  The most dominant culture is similar to that of steam age Europe but other cultures have established foot -holds throughout the world.

1000 years ago an alien interstellar time ship was passing by the planet when it had a terrible accident causing the ship to be destroyed and opening time portals on the nearby planet. After the accident the planet's time stream became fixed again with cultures from different time eras merged into this new time stream. So elves, dwarves, goblins, and trolls found themselves interacting with scientists, technicians, robots, etc.

Over the centuries they became merged into a new more complex culture. Many of the more futuristic technologies devolved and some of the primitive races adopted more advanced technology.
Fragments of the time ship may still be found occasionally as artifacts.

The original time ship was of alien design that used time shifting to travel interstellar distances. The explosion resulted in the time catastrophe and the destruction of the alien vessel.

Of course after the time disaster many of the scientists and technologists from the more advanced regions tried to reactivate the portals to return to their own time stream but without success (or if they succeeded they did not return). Over the years those that remain have formed something of a cult that blindly follows the doctrine to undo the time disaster not really understanding what the consequences might be.

Other scientists and engineers accepted their fate in the new time stream and recognized magic as a potent energy source that had died out in their future time stream. They become interested in adopting the magic energy sources to their technology.
The elves mostly shunned the technology, isolating themselves in their sheltered realms. Most gnomes, with their fascination for complex apparatus, readily adopted the advanced technology.
The alien home world may have sent out scouts to find out what happened to the destroyed ship.