Currently making a homebrew campaign, anyone have any tips

📜 Campaign Title: Swords of the Shattered Thrones

🎭 Tone & Theme: What is the price of peace?

🌍 Setting Overview A world fractured into five major nations, and is always involved in some conflict.

• The Wind Empire: an expansionist and militaristic empire. The emperor has a dream to unite all the nations under him
• The lightning kingdom: once the most powerful nation, a series of horrible events brought down its power and economy. It is now the weakest nation and seeks to regain its former might.
• The water republic: a peaceful kingdom that rules most of the islands. They are masters of trade and have the strongest navy. They also are ruled by a congress
• The flame league: ruled by the flame generals and the fire lord. It is a country that is very passionate and is also falling into civil war every century or so when it comes time to decide who the next fire lord will be.
• The earth triumvirate: the biggest nation. This nation is ruled by 3 powerful warlords and is constantly in conflict with the wind empire

⚔️ Party’s Role

• Align with a nation
• Form their own faction (mercenary company, rogue state)
• Pursue personal goals (e.g., wealth, glory, restoring a ruined city)

🔥 Core Conflict paths

1. The Great Conquest: The Wind Empire launches a full-scale war to unify the world.
2. The Secret War: The Water Republic funds assassins and black-ops units to keep balance.
3. The Lightning Gambit: Lightning Kingdom unleashes an unstable magical experiment to regain power.
4. Succession Crisis: The Flame League's civil war creates instability — sparking wider conflict.
5. Triumvirate Collapse: If any of the Earth leaders dies, civil war fractures the nation, inviting invasion

👥 Key NPCs

• fire lord: Mishal the 2nd
• Lightning king: barak the 3rd
• Kirin: Exiled Lightning prince, trying to reclaim his throne.
• Water president: Neri
• Wind emperor: Abel the 7th
• Earth triumvirate: Gaia, Bumi, Jade the 5th

🎲 Unique Mechanics / Ideas Reputation/Standing System: Players’ decisions impact relations with each nation.

• Save civilians
• seize resources
• chase military advantage War Progress Meter: Track which nations are rising or falling.
• TBD Faction Perks: Aligning with a nation grants unique abilities or resources.
• Wind empire
• Lightning kingdom
• Water republic
• flame league
• earth triumvirate