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<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Rob Donoghue</cite><br />
Realistically, I'd be shocked if they didn't just make new classes. One of the interesting things about 4e is that because classes are so power driven, it is much easier to create new magical classes than new martial ones, if only because the special effects are much easier to justify. This dovetails really well with the core principal of Earthdawn that all PC's are magic users, even if they're not necessarily spellcasters. (For those unfamiliar with this idea, it means the fighting guy is magically fighty, the sneaky guy is magically sneaky and so on)..</blockquote><br />
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I've talked about these ideas a great deal for Earthdawn between the threads I pitched for translating Earthdawn on RPGnet and talking to some of my players about the idea... we came to a couple of ideas on these things. It's only in our opinions, I could totally be happy if they go another way - these ideas just seem like the most simple or clean way to go.<br />
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I came to the conclusion that overall when translating Earthdawn to D&D4 the most clean thing you could do would be to choose your "battles" or rather pick the points that you think will make the best bang for your buck to design from the ground up. From my perspective there are many things that you can translate into D&D4 terms that donot "shoehorn" but rather fit nicely into the D&D4 scheme without sacrificing any Earthdawn COOL... with that here are my thoughts...<br />
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On making new classes.<br />
While I know classes could be a neat "bang" to create from scratch, I'd suggest that it might be easier for players NEW to Earthdawn to go with using the D&D4 classes straight-away and building "Build Options" into each Class as written in D&D4. For example: looking at the RANGER class, D&D4 lists the Build Options: Archer ranger, two-blade ranger. These are basically suggestions to maximize utility and give new players a hint at building their character. <br />
So rather than make brand new classes for Earthdawn, I'd suggest that you might build the Earthdawn Disciplines as new "Build Options" under the existing classes. We've noted several of these on the RPGnet thread but the perfect example for Earthdawn is RANGER: Build Option: Archer. and so on...<br />
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What about Earthdawn's uniqueness you say?<br />
My thought is that building Disciplines as Build Options keeps the connection to Earthdawn but allows non-Earthdawn folks to immediately understand the options for Player Classes without the learning curve. The uniqueness comes back in full swing with the NEW powers you could build within each class to choose from that stack on top of the standard class options. So rather than building a bunch of brand new classes, you'd just have simple additions that would minimize the learning curve yet still remain true to Earthdawn.<br />
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<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Rob Donoghue</cite><br />
This, in turn, is one of the reasons this is such a great approach for Earthdawn. Because they have such solid IP, they can practically build the game from the ground up, and if they're feeling ambitious they could do it from scratch. That is, they could make a game that is less grid dependent or with different roles than the default for D&D, since those things really emerge from the way the powers are designed. Of course, whether or not that's how they want to approach it is totally up to them.</blockquote><br />
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True regarding the solid IP, but for the target market do you really think the idea is to diverge so much from D&D4's standard approach? I understand that one of the big negatives D&D4-haters note is the reliance on the grid and tactics... but I maintain that this bit of the system does not dictate play style... with the D&D4 rules you can still get a great flavorful role-play from the style of Earthdawn either though you use the excellent tactic systems of D&D4. So I don't think building the game from the ground up is at all necessary.<br />
I doubt RedBrick's point of going with the Age of Legend for D&D4 is to make a new revolutionary "fix" to D&D4, because -frankly- D&D4 isn't broken. I feel that their goal is to expand Earthdawn's appeal into a more mass market of new-comers that are drawn in for the new excitement of D&D4 combined with those that are in the hobby that have never tried Earthdawn but are interested in a new cool setting for D&D combined with those that know Earthdawn and love the new D&D4.<br />
I doubt that RedBrick is looking to make a new game - but rather take a great game and give options that make the flavor sprinkle that is distinctly Earthdawn. Hence my thought on choosing the "bang" points that make up new rule points whole cloth vs. making great new additions on the top of current D&D4 standard rules.<br />
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To me, making new classes for the Disciplines isn't one of those "bang" points. But making new powers to fit the class build options would be. But again - I don't see that it couldn't be. I'd be happy either way.<br />
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<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Rob Donoghue</cite><br />
PS - And yeah, the levelled magic items really point very clearly to how trivial Earthdawn style magic items this would be to implement.</blockquote><br />
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Unlike my thought on creating Disciplines as "Build Options" HERE is where I think new addition Earthdawn rules could really make a BANG. Whereas the core classes might be one of the areas that you'd want to leave "clean" (rather than making all new classes) - since Classes are such a staple of D&D4 core. Magic Items are a COOL point that aren't an "out in front" rule that could be exploited for full on ground up creation of new unique rules for Earthdawn.<br />
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I'd theorized that you could take the existing D&D4 magic item rules and build onto that "level up" idea that they hint at, creating the unique flavor for Earthdawn legends. For Example...<br />
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There are no "Craft" skills in D&D4 anymore. I've noted in another thread point that I don't feel creating a new skill for Crafting is important enough to alter since D&D4 clearly suggests that things that aren't "important" enough for players to worry about should be "hand-waved" until it becomes obvious the game needs to deal with it. That can be seen with this note on encumberance rules:<br />
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"Adventurers carry a lot of gear. When that quantity becomes extreme, it might be enough to slow you down and otherwise hamper your capabilities. The amount you carry should rarely be an issue, and you don’t need to calculate the weight your character is hauling around unless it’s likely to matter." --PHB p.222<br />
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Likewise I'd suppose that Crafting and other skills that have been culled from D&D4 can/should be thoguht of in this way. <br />
For Earthdawn I understand Crafting Skill's importance but I'd suggest that adding a new skill would be a stop-gap that isn't the best solution. In fact SINCE crafting is so very important, I'd suggest that it be treated with the relevance it deserves by using other GREAT rules of D&D4 to caputure the importance and flavor necessary for Earthdawn. It also allows players of D&D4 to consider new interesting ways to USE the standard D&D4 rules they might not have considered before - as opposed just having a new "Craft" skill bypasses that creative solution and short-cuts the problem.<br />
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So... what rules am I talking about for Crafting that is so important in identifying non-Horror tainted folk as well as the "Thread Weaving" for determining the Legends and Names behind magical items?<br />
D&D4's RITUAL and SKILL CHALLENGE rules!<br />
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Both could be used in interesting ways for a combination that would answer both problems uniquely for Earthdawn as well as taking an existing cool point in the D&D4 rules and giving players unfamiliar with Earthdawn a new spin on using D&D4 rules they might not have considered otherwise.<br />
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Skill Challenges would elevate the cool factor of the need for proving that you're not a Horror by doing a crafting project OR on the other side for a PC watching an NPC to see if they are a Horror making it an "encounter" rather than a simple one-roll check... which inherently deflates the drama/excitement of the situation and importance of investigating someone's being able to craft or proving that you can craft - and are NOT Horror tainted.<br />
The Ritual rules could be mixed in as a part of the Skill Challenge by making the Ritual rules into a unique translation of "Craft" rules. <br />
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Okay... since I seem to have gone into a "preachy - here's my idea" point... (unintentionally) I'll wrap up with an example to show what I'm talking about... That'll be next post after I create on... heheh... fun fun.<br />
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I'm always open to ideas though. I'm never one to say "my way" is the right way when/if someone has a better solution. these are just my opinions until "the group" finds a better solution. In this case "the group" being all us fans excited for RedBrick and Earthdawn! This'll also be a NICE help (for me and my group) if we end up trying to play an Earthdawn campaign before RedBrick publishes Earthdawn for D&D4 - unless my group were to be part of the playtest gang! (crossing fingers!) hehheheheh...<br />
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thoughts?<br />
-kev-<br />
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Skill Challenges<br />
A skill challenge is an encounter in which your skills,<br />
rather than your combat abilities, take center stage.<br />
In contrast to an obstacle that requires one successful<br />
skill check, a skill challenge is a complex situation in<br />
which you must make several successful checks, often<br />
using a variety of skills, before you can claim success<br />
in the encounter.<br />
The Dungeon Master’s Guide contains rules for skill<br />
challenges, and each encounter has its own guidelines<br />
and requirements. In one skill challenge, you<br />
might use a Diplomacy check to entreat a duke to<br />
send soldiers into a mountain pass, a History check<br />
to remind him what happened when his ancestors<br />
neglected the pass’s defense, and an Insight check<br />
to realize that having your fighter companion lean<br />
on the duke with an Intimidate check wouldn’t help<br />
your cause. In another skill challenge, you might use<br />
Nature checks and Perception checks to track cultists<br />
through a jungle, a Religion check to predict a likely<br />
spot for their hidden temple, and an Endurance check<br />
to fight off the effects of illness and exhaustion over<br />
the course of days in the jungle.<br />
Whatever the details of a skill challenge, the basic<br />
structure of a skill challenge is straightforward. Your<br />
goal is to accumulate a specific number of victories<br />
(usually in the form of successful skill checks) before<br />
you get too many defeats (failed checks). It’s up to you<br />
to think of ways you can use your skills to meet the<br />
challenges you face.<br />
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Noncombat encounters focus on skills, utility powers,<br />
and your own wits (not your character’s), although<br />
sometimes attack powers can come in handy as well.<br />
Such encounters include dealing with traps and<br />
hazards, solving puzzles, and a broad category of situations<br />
called skill challenges.<br />
A skill challenge occurs when exploration (page<br />
260) or social interaction becomes an encounter, with<br />
serious consequences for success or failure. When<br />
you’re making your way through a dungeon or across<br />
the trackless wilderness, you typically don’t take turns<br />
or make checks. But when you spring a trap or face a<br />
serious obstacle or hazard, you’re in a skill challenge.<br />
When you try to persuade a dragon to help you against<br />
an oncoming orc horde, you’re also in a skill challenge.<br />
In a skill challenge, your goal is to accumulate<br />
a certain number of successful skill checks before<br />
rolling too many failures. Powers you use might give<br />
you bonuses on your checks, make some checks<br />
unnecessary, or otherwise help you through the challenge.<br />
Your DM sets the stage for a skill challenge by<br />
describing the obstacle you face and giving you some<br />
idea of the options you have in the encounter. Then<br />
you describe your actions and make checks until you<br />
either successfully complete the challenge or fail.<br />
Chapter 5 describes the sorts of things you can<br />
attempt with your skills in a skill challenge. You can use<br />
a wide variety of skills, from Acrobatics and Athletics to<br />
Nature and Stealth. You might also use combat powers<br />
and ability checks. The Dungeon Master’s Guide contains<br />
rules for designing and running skill challenges.<br />
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An audience with the duke, a mysterious set of sigils<br />
in a hidden chamber, finding your way through the<br />
Forest of Neverlight—all of these present challenges<br />
that test both the characters and the people who play<br />
them. The difference between a combat challenge and<br />
a skill challenge isn’t the presence or absence of physical<br />
risk, nor the presence or absence of attack rolls and<br />
damage rolls and power use. The difference is in how<br />
the encounter treats PC actions.<br />
Skill challenges can account for all the action in<br />
a particular encounter, or they can be used as part<br />
of a combat encounter to add variety and a sense of<br />
urgency to the proceedings.<br />
The Basics<br />
To deal with a skill challenge, the player characters<br />
make skill checks to accumulate a number of successful<br />
skill uses before they rack up too many failures and<br />
end the encounter.<br />
Example: The PCs seek a temple in dense jungle.<br />
Achieving six successes means they find their way.<br />
Accruing three failures before achieving the successes,<br />
however, indicates that they get themselves hopelessly<br />
lost in the wilderness.<br />
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Rituals are complex ceremonies that create<br />
magic effects. You don’t memorize or prepare a ritual;<br />
a ritual is so long and complex that no one could<br />
ever commit the whole thing to memory. To perform<br />
a ritual, you need to read from a book or a scroll<br />
containing it.<br />
A ritual book contains one or more rituals that you<br />
can use as often and as many times as you like, as<br />
long as you can spare the time and the components to perform the ritual.<br />
A ritual scroll contains a single ritual, and you can perform the ritual from that scroll only once. After that, the magic contained in the scroll is expended, and the scroll turns to dust. Anyone can use a ritual scroll to perform the ritual it contains, as long as the appropriate components are expended.<br />
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Before you can perform a ritual, you need to acquire a ritual book that contains it and master the ritual, or you need to acquire a ritual scroll.<br />
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Owning a ritual book isn’t enough to let you performthe ritual or rituals in it. You must first master a ritual by studying it for 8 uninterrupted hours. (If you gained a ritual by creating its book yourself or by obtaining it as a class feature, you have already mastered it.) You must meet two requirements to master a ritual. You must have the Ritual Caster feat (clerics and wizards get this feat at 1st level), and your level must equal or exceed the ritual’s level. If you meet those requirements and spend 8 hours studying a ritual, you can add it to your list of mastered rituals. As long as you have the ritual’s book handy, you can perform a mastered ritual whenever you want. There’s no limit to the number of rituals you can master.<br />
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To perform a ritual that you have mastered, you spend a certain amount of time (specified in the ritual description) performing various actions appropriate to the ritual. The actions might include reading long passages out of the ritual book, scribing complex diagrams on the ground, burning special incense or sprinkling mystic reagents at appropriate times, or performing a long set of meticulous gestures. The specific activities required aren’t described in most ritual descriptions; they’re left to your imagination.<br />
A ritual requires certain esoteric components, which you purchase before you perform the ritual and which are expended when the ritual is complete. Each ritual specifies the cost of the components you need. If a ritual requires a skill check, the check usually determines the ritual’s effectiveness. Even if the check result is low, a ritual usually succeeds, but if the result is high, you can usually achieve better effects.<br />
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Assisting in a Ritual<br />
Unless a ritual specifies otherwise, up to four of your allies can help you perform a ritual. Everyone assisting you must be within 5 squares of you, and each assistant must actively participate in the ritual for the entire time required to complete it. Your assistants need neither the Ritual Caster feat nor knowledge of the specific ritual.<br />
Your allies can assist you in two ways. First, if the ritual requires spending healing surges or some other resource, willing allies can contribute those resources. (Certain rituals might allow unwilling participants to pay those costs as well, but such rituals involve sacrifices to malevolent gods or demon lords and are not found in the ritual books of most player characters.) Second, your allies can assist with the skill check you make to complete a ritual, using the normal rules for cooperating on another character’s skill check (page 179).<br />
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Key Skill<br />
A ritual’s key skill determines the type of components required to perform the ritual, and if a ritual requires a skill check, the key skill is used for the check. If this entry ends with “(no check),” then the ritual does not require a skill check.<br />
If a ritual has more than one key skill, you choose which skill to use. Your choice determines both the components you use and the skill you use for any checks required by the ritual.<br />
Unless a ritual’s description says otherwise, you make your skill check when you finish performing a ritual. You can’t take 10 on one of these skill checks.<br />
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Brew Potion<br />
Liquids brew and bubble, coalescing the raw substance of magic into a form you can drink.<br />
Level: 5<br />
Category: Creation<br />
Time: 1 hour<br />
Duration: Permanent until consumed<br />
Component Cost: Special<br />
Market Price: 75 gp<br />
Key Skill: Arcana or Religion (no check)<br />
You create a potion or an elixir (see page 255) of your level or lower. The ritual’s component cost is equal to the price of the potion or the elixir you create.<br />
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Discovering Secret Lore<br />
Your knowledge has failed you. Time to research the answer to the mystery before you.<br />
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In this skill challenge, PCs try to learn more about a clue they’ve discovered during their adventures. It involves research in local libraries and attempts to gather information from sages and other scholars. The challenge might take a matter of minutes, hours, or even days for particularly complex or obscure clues.<br />
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Setup: To find the information they need, the PCs must search libraries and consult with loremasters.<br />
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Level: Equal to the level of the party.<br />
Complexity: 3 (requires 8 successes before 4 failures).<br />
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Primary Skills: Arcana, Diplomacy, Religion.<br />
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Arcana (moderate DCs): You visit libraries and sift through vast stacks of lore in search of a useful clue. Success brings the research one step closer to fruition. Failure indicates that this particular line of research ran into a dead end.<br />
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Diplomacy (moderate DCs): You visit a sage or scholar, hoping to curry favor and learn a useful bit of information that will bring you one step closer to discovering the secret lore. This approach requires a character to spend gold pieces equal to the level of the challenge °— 100. You pay the cost, whether the check results in a success or a failure. A success provides a +2 bonus to the next Arcana check or Religion check, as well as counting as a success for completing the challenge. A failure likewise provides a –2 penalty, as well as counting toward the completion of the challenge.<br />
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Religion (moderate DCs): You delve into religious lore or seek omens and the counsel of priests to further your research. Success brings the research one step closer to fruition. Failure indicates that this particular line of research ran into a dead end.<br />
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Success: The PCs solve the riddle or otherwise gain the information they need.<br />
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Failure: The PCs uncover flawed or incomplete information. As they proceed forward, they operate at a disadvantage. Perhaps they find the wrong answer to a riddle, causing a trap to detonate or cutting off the aid they could have gotten from a magic item or ritual. Or they might translate the lore incorrectly, leading to all kinds of mistakes and misadventures as they otherwise work to complete their quest.</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_player_Bill&diff=86203SatCoC player Bill2008-07-07T22:00:34Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div>Physical Qualities<br />
Dwarves average about 4½ feet in height and are very<br />
broad, weighing as much as an adult human. Dwarves<br />
have the same variety of skin, eye, and hair colors as<br />
humans, although dwarf skin is sometimes gray or<br />
sandstone red and red hair is more common among<br />
them. Male dwarves are often bald and braid their<br />
long beards into elaborate patterns. Female dwarves<br />
braid their hair to show clan and ancestry. Dwarven<br />
attire and equipment, including weapons and shields,<br />
are decorated with bold geometric shapes, natural<br />
gems, and ancestral faces.<br />
Although they reach physical maturity at roughly<br />
the same age as humans, dwarves age more slowly and<br />
remain vigorous well past 150 years of age, often living<br />
to see 200.<br />
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Playing a Dwarf<br />
Proudly proclaiming they were made from the earth<br />
itself, dwarves share many qualities with the rock they<br />
love. They are strong, hardy, and dependable. They<br />
value their ancestral traditions, which they preserve<br />
through the ages as fiercely as they defend the carved<br />
structures of their mountain homes.<br />
Dwarves believe in the importance of clan ties and<br />
ancestry. They deeply respect their elders, and they<br />
honor long-dead clan founders and ancestral heroes.<br />
They place great value on wisdom and the experience<br />
of years, and most are polite to elders of any race.<br />
More so than most other races, dwarves seek guidance<br />
and protection from the gods. They look to the<br />
divine for strength, hope, and inspiration, or they<br />
seek to propitiate cruel or destructive gods. Individual<br />
dwarves might be impious or openly heretical, but<br />
temples and shrines of some sort are found in almost<br />
every dwarven community. Dwarves revere Moradin<br />
as their creator, but individual dwarves honor those<br />
deities who hold sway over their vocations; warriors<br />
pray to Bahamut or Kord, architects to Erathis, and<br />
merchants to Avandra—or even to Tiamat, if a dwarf is<br />
consumed by the dwarven taste for wealth.<br />
Dwarves never forget their enemies, either individuals<br />
who have wronged them or entire races of<br />
monsters who have done ill to their kind. Dwarves<br />
harbor a fierce hatred for orcs, which often inhabit<br />
the same mountainous areas that dwarves favor and<br />
which wreak periodic devastation on dwarf communities.<br />
Dwarves also despise giants and titans, because<br />
the dwarf race once labored as the giants’ slaves. They<br />
feel a mixture of pity and disgust toward those corrupted<br />
dwarves who still have not freed themselves<br />
from the giants’ yoke—azers and galeb duhrs among<br />
them.<br />
To a dwarf, it is a gift and a mark of deep respect<br />
to stand beside an ally in battle, and a sign of deepest<br />
loyalty to shield that ally from enemy attack. Dwarven<br />
legends honor many heroes who gave their lives to save<br />
their clans or their friends.<br />
Dwarf Characteristics: Acquisitive, brave, hardworking,<br />
loyal, organized, stern, stubborn, tenacious,<br />
vengeful<br />
Male Names: Adrik, Baern, Berend, Darrak, Eberk,<br />
Fargrim, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik,<br />
Rangrim, Thoradin, Thorfin, Tordek, Travok, Vondal<br />
Female Names: Artin, Bardryn, Diesa, Eldeth,<br />
Falkrunn, Gurdis, Helja, Kathra, Kristryd, Mardred,<br />
Riswynn, Torbera, Vistra<br />
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Dwarf Adventurers<br />
Three sample dwarf adventurers are described below.<br />
Travok is a dwarf paladin committed to the service<br />
of Kord. Wearing shining plate armor crafted and<br />
proudly worn by his great-grandfather, Travok presents<br />
an impenetrable line of defense, defying his enemies<br />
to get past him to reach his allies. True to his god and<br />
the honor of his ancestors, Travok relishes his physical<br />
strength and endurance, vowing that nothing will<br />
move him from his place. He is fiercely loyal to his<br />
friends, and if the need arises, he will lay down his life<br />
to ensure that they live.<br />
Kathra is a dwarf cleric devoted to Moradin, the<br />
Great Carver who formed the dwarves out of stone<br />
and liberated them from their servitude to the giants.<br />
Swinging a warhammer engraved with the hammerand-<br />
anvil symbol of her god, Kathra stands next to<br />
her fighter companion, trusting in divine power, the<br />
chainmail she made herself, and her own natural<br />
resilience to protect her from her enemies. Her dearest<br />
hope is to craft a legacy that will last through the<br />
ages, as beautiful and enduring as the finest dwarven<br />
jewelry—a legacy of peace and justice in this troubled<br />
world.<br />
Tordek is a dwarf fighter, last in a long line of noble<br />
warriors. Three generations ago, his family’s ancestral<br />
fortress was overrun by orcs and laid to waste, leaving<br />
Tordek with nothing but a signet ring and tales of<br />
ancient glory as his birthright. He has sworn that he<br />
will rebuild the fortress one day, and that oath drives<br />
his every action. In the meantime, his adventuring<br />
companions know they can rely on him completely,<br />
and someday he will rely on them to help him reclaim<br />
his kingdom.</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_player_Bill&diff=86200SatCoC player Bill2008-07-07T20:47:35Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div><br />
How it Came to Pass<br />
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Though we must be thankful for the here and the<br />
now, we must always remember what was. Some<br />
things must never be allowed to happen again.<br />
-- King Varulus of Throal, 1438 TR<br />
The following is abridged from a speaking by the<br />
ork troubadour Storymaster Jallo Redbeard to a<br />
group of dwarven scholar students in the great<br />
library of Throal, 1505 TH.<br />
Regardless of what one believes of the Therans,<br />
the story of the lands we now call Barsaive would<br />
not be complete unless we started with them.<br />
Without the Therans Barsaive might have ended up<br />
as nothing more than the scores of warring tribes<br />
and city-states that dotted the land a thousand years<br />
ago. Though the Therans brought us oppression,<br />
deceit, slavery, and inhumanity, they also gave us<br />
culture, politics, commerce, and a glimpse of the<br />
power that unity can bring.<br />
What we know of the origins of the Therans comes<br />
from their mouths and their writings. It is their tale,<br />
their legend, that we recount here. How much is<br />
truth, how much is lie, and how much falls between<br />
may never be known while the halls of Thera still<br />
stand. Despite that, it is a tale worth telling, the<br />
story of the creation of an empire.<br />
THE MARTYR SCHOLAR<br />
The saga of Thera begins nearly one century before the founding of the dwarven<br />
kingdom of Throal.<br />
The elf Elianar<br />
Messias, who will<br />
one day be<br />
revered or cursed<br />
as the Father of<br />
Thera and the<br />
Martyr Scholar, is<br />
an honored<br />
follower of the<br />
elven Spiritual<br />
Path. In addition,<br />
Messias is an<br />
important advisor<br />
to High Queen<br />
Failla of the Elven<br />
Court at Wyrm<br />
Wood, the center<br />
of elven culture.<br />
Messias has a<br />
falling-out with<br />
Failla over the<br />
desire of the elven<br />
nation of Shosara<br />
to loosen the<br />
cultural shackles<br />
that bind it to the<br />
Court. Messias<br />
believes the elves<br />
of Shosara should<br />
be allowed to<br />
develop their<br />
national culture as<br />
they see fit. Failla<br />
disagrees: the<br />
Court is the center<br />
of elven culture<br />
and all elven<br />
nations must<br />
emulate her. Failla<br />
will allow no<br />
exception.<br />
Failla declares Shosara "separated" from the elven Court, an act of such gravity it<br />
threatens to fracture that nation. Messias adamantly opposes Failla and her Declaration of<br />
Separation and is banished for his challenge. Queen Failla casts him from the Court for<br />
one hundred years, and orders that he may return after that period only if he "has learned<br />
the value of heritage and a quiet tongue." Messias never returns.<br />
As part of his banishment, he is dispatched to a small monastery set in the foothills of<br />
what are known today as the Delaris Mountains in southeastern Barsaive. There, along<br />
with a cadre of scholars dedicated to Mynbruje, the Passion of Knowledge, Messias<br />
works to recover, translate, and transcribe volumes of books and scrolls recently<br />
recovered from a nearby mountain cavern. The scholars believe this cache of knowledge<br />
to be thousands upon thousands of years old, dating from early in the time when the<br />
magical aura of our world still lay dormant, before it rose to become the vibrant energy<br />
of our own time. What little learned men had deciphered of the works prior to Messias'<br />
arrival indicated that the documents spoke of an even older time, when the world's aura<br />
was as strong as it is now.<br />
Messias focuses on a group of six books barely kept intact by the magic and climate of<br />
the cavern where they are stored. The six are a set, matched in size and style, even down<br />
to the odd, blood-inscribed rune on each of their covers. Messias can tell just by looking<br />
at them that they contain powerful, probably dangerous, information. He also believes<br />
them to be a warning, though against what he does not know. He devotes his life to<br />
untangling their secrets. In the end those secrets eagerly take the life he has offered.<br />
Late one evening some years later, his fellows discover his body twisted and wracked<br />
with his dying agonies. Messias has torn his eyes from his head and then thrust his<br />
clenched fists and their bloody contents into the fire raging in the hearth of his quarters.<br />
He has also left a brief note nearby. It says:<br />
These are the Books of Harrow.<br />
They are our doom and our salvation.<br />
Learn from them, or we will all perish.<br />
That night, something horrid stalks the corridors of the monastery and six of Messias'<br />
brethren die terribly. The next morning, an elder elven scholar named Kearos Navarim<br />
takes the six Books of Harrow, three of his fellow scholars, and ample provisions, and<br />
sets out on a long journey to the land of his birth far to the south and west of Barsaive. In<br />
that place, in the protection that he knows he can find there, he intends to continue<br />
Messias' work and unlock the secrets of the Books of Harrow. He and the others settle on<br />
an island in the midst of the great Selestrean Sea and found a place of learning called<br />
Nehr'esham, or "center of the mind."<br />
This place marks the beginning of Thera, the beginning of the learning that would reveal<br />
the Horrors to us, and the beginning of the great war of the mind to save us all.<br />
THE ETERNAL LIBRARY<br />
Word of Nehr'esham and of its Great Project to translate the Books of Harrow spreads<br />
quickly throughout the lands of the world. The island soon becomes a gathering point for<br />
magicians, adepts, and scholars of all types and races. Nehr'esham grows rapidly from its<br />
humble beginnings into a small city. Though Navarim nominally leads the burgeoning<br />
city, he keeps around him a tight circle of scholarly and magical advisors who administer<br />
the city's needs. Navarim himself concentrates on unlocking the secrets of the Books of<br />
Harrow.<br />
Realizing that more books like the Books of Harrow must have survived elsewhere,<br />
Navarim sends scholars and adepts out from the island to find these books and bring<br />
them back to Nehr'esham. To hold these tomes and scrolls the city's overseers arrange for<br />
the construction of what will become known as the Eternal Library. Magically protected<br />
and controlled, it will be a place where these and other ancient works can be kept and<br />
studied in safety for both the works and the reader.<br />
Ironically, as the first stones for the Eternal Library are laid, thousands of miles to the<br />
northeast dwarven miners are taking up permanent residence in the giant mines and<br />
caverns that will someday compose Thera's greatest rival: the dwarven kingdom of<br />
Throal. The Throal Calendar, by which Barsaive will one day mark its time, counts<br />
forward from that day.<br />
THE FIRST HORRORS<br />
As the Eternal Library nears completion, one hundred and fifty years after the founding<br />
of Nehr'esham, the first signs of the Horrors begin to appear in the world. In the city of<br />
Majallan, in the human-dominated lands of Landis, dark wraithlike spirits stalk the<br />
streets, driving men to violence against each other. For a year in the city of Draoglin, in<br />
the ancient dwarven kingdom of Scytha, every dwarven child shrivels and dies before<br />
reaching its first month of life, its essence devoured by something unseen. And across the<br />
entire land that will one day be Barsaive, hordes of twisted, insect-like creatures are<br />
found nesting in isolated urban and rural areas. In southern Barsaive their infestation is<br />
so great that sworn enemies find themselves working side by side to destroy the<br />
creatures. This time, known as The Burning, is the closest Barsaive comes to unification<br />
prior to the arrival of the Therans. Hopes of unity collapse, however, in the face of the<br />
tragic famine that grips Barsaive in the following years.<br />
To the aged Navarim and his followers, the dreadful tidings from Majallan, Scytha, and<br />
the city-states of southern Barsaive portend the beginning of something terrible. What<br />
these awful signs warn of becomes frighteningly clear shortly thereafter. Navarim's<br />
brilliant student and assistant, the dwarf Jaron, breaks through to understanding and<br />
completes the translation of the first of the six Books of Harrow. This book, named<br />
simply The First Book of Harrow, speaks of terrible days ahead, of the coming of the<br />
Horrors, their nearly unstoppable power, and the possible ruination of the world.<br />
The Horrors, the book says, are terrible spirits dwelling in the darkest corners of the<br />
netherworlds. When the magical aura of this world reaches a certain strength, the Horrors<br />
will be able to build mystical bridges between this world and the twisted realm where<br />
they dwell. And then the Horrors will come. Terrible and powerful, they are beyond<br />
reason. They seek only to consume. Some desire anything physical:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
THERA IS BORN<br />
Word of the First Book of Harrow spreads quickly. The city around Nehr’esham begins<br />
to swell just as quickly until it covers the entire island. It is soon renamed Thera,<br />
meaning "foundation." In time, the island becomes a center of trade and commerce as<br />
well as the center of learning and thought in the eastern Selestrean Sea.<br />
The growth of Thera does not come without its price, however. Unable to support the<br />
enormous tasks of physical labor required to keep up with the swelling population and<br />
commerce, the Therans must import workers from other lands. Theran slavery begins<br />
with these laborers. The great Theran merchant houses that arrange for the transport of<br />
the workers maintain "control" over the workers they import. Financial arrangements<br />
must be made with the merchant house for the use of the workers. Soon, "control" of<br />
workers becomes commonplace as the powerful and influential arrange to import<br />
workers specifically as servants and minor laborers. Within seventy years from the<br />
arrival of the first work-ship, "control" becomes ownership and true slavery is as<br />
common on Thera as the ocean breeze.<br />
Within a year of the translation of the First Book, Navarim dispatches copies to all the<br />
leaders in all the lands he has ever heard of in an effort to warn them. Few listen.<br />
Meanwhile, work on deciphering the other Books of Harrow continues in the hopes of<br />
finding some way to stop or defend against the Horrors. Early on, Navarim establishes<br />
the School of Shadows as the center for this effort and charges it to find ways of<br />
defeating the Horrors. From that School groups of adepts and magicians travel across the<br />
known world to confront the burgeoning Horrors and learn what they can from those<br />
confrontations.<br />
At the same time, Thera’s leading citizens create a more formal organization to govern<br />
the island. Navarim, named the Elder of Thera, presides over a body of advisors and<br />
administrators known as The Twelve. This body controls and manages the various areas<br />
of Thera and her growing influence. In one of their first acts, The Twelve establish a<br />
military force to defend Thera against increasing bandit and pirate raids.<br />
The research conducted at the School of<br />
Shadows proves to have more uses than at first<br />
expected. Theran scholars and magicians<br />
discover insights and understandings into the<br />
ways and makings of magic that have farreaching<br />
ancillary results. Their research opens<br />
up to the Therans the ability to work the<br />
powerful elemental magic contained in the True<br />
Forms of air, earth, fire, water, and wood. Using<br />
that knowledge, the Therans build their stunning<br />
cities, none of which could exist without the aid<br />
of magic. They also create their airships, vessels<br />
of all kinds that fly through the air. Their<br />
research also gives them knowledge of magical<br />
warding and protection, illusion and healing, the<br />
transformation and manipulation of physical<br />
objects, and insight into the deepest reaches of<br />
the netherworlds. Thera becomes an island, a<br />
nation, and eventually an empire built on magic.<br />
THE THERANS AND BARSAIVE<br />
As Thera grows, the land that will someday become Barsaive exists in ignorance.<br />
Unnamed, the area is home to independent tribes and isolated city-states. Little trade<br />
exists between these powers, the only real contact coming through intermittent attacks on<br />
rich Thera by the poorer city-states. Occasional efforts by the Elven Court at Wyrm<br />
Wood to bring the area under their control fail. Though rulers of a great empire, the elves<br />
of Wyrm Wood do not see enough worth conquering in Barsaive to exert the necessary<br />
political and military pressure. Their failure ultimately leaves Barsaive vulnerable to<br />
Theran domination.<br />
In the Throal year 212 TH, the Therans finally arrive in Barsaive. They first make<br />
contact with the humans of Landis near the city of Vivane and what will someday<br />
become Sky Point. From there, Theran representatives and ambassadors travel across<br />
Barsaive making contact and trade alliances with every group they can find. This land,<br />
they discover, abounds with the natural and magical elements and materials the Therans<br />
covet. The Theran envoys promise a glittering future through trade to Barsaive’s citystates<br />
and tribes; dazzled by the prospect of Theran riches, the local leaders sign<br />
agreements without reading between the lines.<br />
The arrival of the first Theran trading fleet in 216 TH comes as a great surprise to<br />
Barsaive’s local powers. They had signed treaties and agreements with the Theran<br />
envoys, but without any real understanding of the implications. The sight of dozens of<br />
Theran airships drifting slowly through the air over their palaces, castles, and tents is a<br />
literal and symbolic blow to them. A new power has come to Barsaive now, and it is<br />
second to none.<br />
BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE<br />
The Therans enjoy their growing power. The island itself, its central citadel, the Eternal<br />
Library, and other great works of architecture and culture are renowned across the world.<br />
Thera’s position in the heavily traveled Selestrean Sea makes her an ideal port of trade<br />
and commerce. For mystical thought and pure magical power, There has no equal. The<br />
potency of her magicians and the skill of her adepts are envied the world over. She needs<br />
little else to seal her position in the world. Nevertheless, Fate gives it to her.<br />
Nearly four hundred years after the founding of Nehr’esham, in the Throal year 341 TH,<br />
Kearos Navarim dies of old age. His body is sealed in amber and placed in the great<br />
plaza of the citadel at the heart of Thera, next to the cenotaph of his friend Elianar<br />
Messias. Word spreads quickly that Navarim died while putting the finishing touches on<br />
the culmination of the Great Project and the researches of the School of Shadows. The<br />
rumors are correct.<br />
Five years after Navarim’s death, his successor as Elder of Thera, the human Meach<br />
Vara Lingam, announces to the world that though the scholars have found nothing<br />
beyond a keen blade and an iron will to defeat the coming Horrors, they have discovered<br />
something to protect against them. Lingam unveils to the world Kearos Navarim’s<br />
crowning and final work, Rites of Protection and Passage.<br />
RITES OF PROTECTION AND PASSAGE<br />
Despite Lingam’s brave words, the Rites of Protection and Passage does not offer any<br />
truly effective methods of protecting against the Horrors, but it does present the<br />
theoretical means by which that protection can be discovered. In his four-volume work,<br />
Navarim concluded that isolation from the Horrors is the only true means of protection<br />
against them. Because of their individual power and sheer overwhelming numbers, direct<br />
confrontation with the Horrors would ultimately prove suicidal.<br />
To hide from the Horrors, Navarim proposed to construct great underground fortresses.<br />
Dubbed kaers, these dwellings would protect their occupants against the Horrors on the<br />
theory that strong enough walls will keep out even the most physically powerful Horror.<br />
The natural, solid, earthen walls of the kaer would also provide protection against those<br />
Horrors that travel through astral space or by means as yet unguessed. However,<br />
Navarim warned an earthen barrier might not be enough to withstand every Horror.<br />
Navarim’s book also offered other means of protection. Cities could be shielded under<br />
domes woven of True Air. Kaers could be built beneath the sea and protected by True<br />
Water, and so on. Navarim believed that the underground kaer would offer the strongest<br />
defense, though even it might be breached.<br />
To shore up the kaers’ defenses, Navarim offered additional protections to defend against<br />
the Horrors on a primal level. Navarim believed that magicians could learn to create<br />
wards and runes that would "call" to a Horror through magic. Once the Horror examined<br />
the rune, its mind would become caught in the magical web and mathematical maze of<br />
the rune’s construction. Because the Horror comes from a place deep in the mystical<br />
netherworlds, a Horror must always devote some degree of its concentration to keeping<br />
itself in this world. A rune entrapping its mind would break the Horror’s concentration<br />
and force the thing either to retreat or lose its grasp in this world and be flung back to the<br />
pit from whence it came.<br />
Unfortunately for Thera and her sister lands, only the theory for these runes and wards<br />
exists. Navarim believed they could be devised and had charged the School of Shadows<br />
with their creation just prior to his death. In the meantime, he recommended that kaers be<br />
built wherever possible in preparation for the day when the infestation of Horrors would<br />
become so overpowering that they would render the surface of the world all but<br />
uninhabitable. This would occur, Navarim believed, in just over eight hundred years.<br />
The School of Shadows continues to work on mastery of the runes, intending to make<br />
them available to all once their secrets are unlocked. And unlock them they do, but<br />
instead of sharing them, Thera closely guards the secrets of the runes. Soon she will use<br />
them as a bargaining tool to extend the Theran sphere of influence.<br />
The immediate reaction to Navarim’s work is mixed. Many dismiss its conclusions<br />
outright, while others look upon it with almost religious reverence. Most, though, cannot<br />
take seriously a threat eight hundred years in the future. They read Navarim’s words and<br />
vow to prepare, later.<br />
ORICHALCUM WARS<br />
Thera, however, does not wait. The mighty, magic-rich island needs significant and<br />
perhaps extravagant protection against the Horrors. To this end its leaders begin to<br />
collect vast quantities of the magical metal orichalcum. The Therans begin striking<br />
favorable trade agreements in order to obtain large quantities of the rare material. No one<br />
can guess what manner of protection the Therans wish to build that requires so much of<br />
that metal, but as long as they pay well for it, no one much cares.<br />
For those who do not know, orichalcum can only occur from the natural mixing of<br />
certain other earthen materials that combine in the presence of True Earth. Though not a<br />
part of orichalcum, True Earth is always found in the same area as that rare ore.<br />
Orichalcum must usually be mined, but occasionally nodes of it are found close enough<br />
to the surface of the land to be gathered by hand.<br />
Orichalcum trade with Thera proves profitable for the rest of the world, despite the hue<br />
and cry of some deprived local magicians. It is so profitable that shipments become the<br />
target of bandits and raiders. Sixty years after Thera has begun its extensive importation<br />
of orichalcum, the trolls of the Twilight Peaks, called the crystal raiders, lead their<br />
ramshackle airships in a stunning long-distance raid against Shosaran orichalcum stores<br />
being prepared for shipment overland to Thera. Other raids quickly follow suit as the<br />
crystal raiders hone their skill of raiding by air.<br />
Rather than band together for protection against the raiders, the lords and leaders of<br />
various lands take the raid as a signal to start their own plundering. The provinces of<br />
Ustrect and Cara Fahd simultaneously attack Landis; Throal is nearly overrun by<br />
marauding bands of orks known as ork scorchers, the Elven Court in Wyrm Wood fights<br />
Scythan dwarfs and their human allies in a series of terrible battles. The wars last more<br />
than 40 years. Nations switch sides with a shift of the wind, migratory tribes become<br />
little more than mercenaries, and nobility plot against and betray their own kin. Only in<br />
Shosara and Throal are the rightful rulers not at least temporarily deposed. For the first<br />
30 years, orichalcum and elemental mining and gathering operations are declared offlimits<br />
by unspoken agreement; each side needs the mines, and no one would profit from<br />
their destruction.<br />
The ork kingdom of Cara Fahd changes hands when Landis retakes the area around a<br />
lava field ripe with True Fire. In retaliation, the retreating ork commander, Cathon<br />
Grimeye, unleashes every bound or trapped fire elemental present in the field. No ork<br />
survives, most of the vanguard of the Landis army is destroyed, and the mines are<br />
severely damaged. This action sets the stage for the final, brutal years of the war.<br />
THERAN NAVY AND EMPIRE<br />
As long as the flow of orichalcum and other magical elements remains steady, the<br />
Therans care little about the war. As the Orichalcum Wars rage on, more and more<br />
Theran mining vessels sail over Barsaive. These barges rarely touch down, instead<br />
mining and gathering True Air from the clouds around the highest mountain peaks.<br />
Using new techniques known only to them, the Theran miners are very successful. That<br />
success makes them targets.<br />
The crystal raiders, having set off the Orichalcum Wars, sit back and watch them rage.<br />
Because the furious fighting has halted nearly all mining in the area, they make only the<br />
occasional supply raid. The Theran air barges, however, offer them a target they cannot<br />
resist.<br />
The raiders strike quickly and often, plundering<br />
and looting the air barges. Thera warns that<br />
they will not tolerate further interference with<br />
the air mining operations. The Therans begin<br />
protecting the air barges with warships, military<br />
airships. At first these ships are vedettes, air<br />
barges expanded and armored for war. The<br />
raiders thumb their noses at the Theran war<br />
vessels; they continue attacking the convoys,<br />
using their faster, more maneuverable airships<br />
to escape back to the Twilight Peaks with their<br />
booty.<br />
The Therans then begin protecting the mining<br />
convoys with kilas, sleek, stone-hulled vessels<br />
built specifically for war. Despite mounting losses, the raiders step up their attacks. The<br />
final straw for the Therans comes after they lose a massive fleet of air barges, vedettes,<br />
and kilas to the raiders. Sixty days later the Therans reveal their true power.<br />
As morning comes, the clan-moots of the crystal raiders awaken to the sounds of alarm<br />
across the Twilight Peaks. Drifting across the great plain to the southeast of the<br />
mountains, not far from Vivane, is the largest airship anyone has ever conceived of, let<br />
alone seen. Devoid of a true ship’s hull and sail, the vessel is a massive shard of rock<br />
nearly a thousand feet long propelled by raw magic in defiance of the laws of nature. The<br />
Therans call this terrible machine of war a behemoth.<br />
The crystal raiders are astounded by the sight, but swarm to their airships and move to<br />
attack. The Theran airship commander dispatches a messenger spirit to the raiders,<br />
telling them to surrender or be obliterated. Proud and defiant, the raiders destroy the<br />
spirit.<br />
Moving to attack, the raiders encounter a thunderous rain of weapons fire from the<br />
Theran ship. Siege engines, mounted onto the ship’s stone hull and guided by magic,<br />
catapult giant arrows of metal and wood at the attackers. Bolts of mystic energy lash<br />
from the airship as well, as Theran mages focus their powers against the raiders. The<br />
raiders scatter under the onslaught, straight into the waiting guns of kilas hidden in the<br />
clouds overhead.<br />
The battle continues for hours until the Theran behemoth finally reaches the edge of the<br />
Twilight Peaks. Then, it turns its terrible destructive power away from the remaining<br />
raider airships and directs it against their homes. The siege engines pound the moothomes,<br />
magics tear into the raider families who attempt to defend the surface buildings<br />
and caverns, and elementals unleashed from the Theran ship ravage what little defense<br />
remains.<br />
Stunned at the massacre they are witnessing, the raiders surrender. They are taken<br />
prisoner aboard the stone airship, to be brought back to Thera as slaves in chains. The<br />
Theran forces burn their airships, though they do not bother to destroy the few remaining<br />
survivors in the Twilight Peaks. With what will become known as the Battle of Sky<br />
Point, the Therans prove they are a power to be reckoned with. No longer content to<br />
simply conduct trade and commerce subject to the whims of local lords, the Therans use<br />
Sky Point to show the world what awaits those foolish enough to interfere with Theran<br />
desires and aims.<br />
One hundred days later, in the nine hundredth and forty-third year of Throal, the thenhuman<br />
Elder of Thera, Thom Edro, proclaims the Theran Empire. Thera declares the<br />
lands of Barsaive a Theran province, promising all those who swear loyalty to her<br />
protection from the ravages of the Orichalcum Wars, as well as first rights to new<br />
enchantments to defend against the Horrors. To enforce their power, the new Empire<br />
places a permanent Theran military presence at Sky Point and founds the provincial<br />
capital of Parlainth in the northwest corner of the land. Dozens of smaller city-states and<br />
kingdoms quickly submit to Thera. More powerful kingdoms submit more slowly, but<br />
visits from the Theran Navy prove persuasive.<br />
A leading citizen of Thera, the human Kern Fallo, is named the first Overlord of<br />
Barsaive. Though Thera controls the province, Fallo sees the practical value of local<br />
administration and calls upon the dwarfs of nearby Throal to assist him. Throal,<br />
unwillingly allied to Thera out of need for the Theran enchantments against the Horrors,<br />
agrees.<br />
Through this administration, Throal mediates between the Therans and Barsaive. The<br />
dwarfs provide a buffer between the governments of Barsaive and their Theran overlords,<br />
defusing much of the tension between them. Also through this administration, Throal<br />
spreads and promotes the dwarven tongue as the trading language of Barsaive. For the<br />
first time in its history, citizens of various Barsaive regions can communicate with<br />
relative ease.<br />
JARON AND THE SPHINX<br />
When Thom Edro establishes the Theran Empire, he installs himself as its First<br />
Governor. Many know it is only a matter of time before Edro secures the backing to<br />
proclaim himself Emperor.<br />
Other grumblings surface as well, rumors that Edro is using unnatural magics to extend<br />
his life and those of loyal human and ork followers. Of course dwarven adepts had long<br />
ago developed life-extending magics for themselves. . .but this is different.<br />
Magic had extended the life of the dwarven<br />
scholar-magician Jaron as well, though it left<br />
him less energetic than previously. He fears<br />
that Edro s turning Thera into a mockery of<br />
the teaching of Elianar Messias, called the<br />
Martyr Scholar. Each time Jaron voices his<br />
objections, another of his followers<br />
vanishes. He realizes that despite his<br />
deciphering of the First Book of Harrow, the<br />
expanding Theran Empire no longer<br />
considers him an asset.<br />
The night after the disappearance of Jaron’s<br />
closest apprentice, a great working begins in<br />
the open park across the harbor from Thera’s<br />
central citadel. Three Great Form earth<br />
elementals tear rock, stone, and True Earth<br />
up from the very foundations of the island<br />
and begin to sculpt them under Jaron’s<br />
watchful eye. Theran imperial guardsmen<br />
and magicians rush to the area, but a<br />
powerful shield surrounding the park holds<br />
them back. They gape in wonder as a giant stone sphinx takes form. Its head is sculpted<br />
turning downward and seemingly asleep. As the sphinx is completed just before<br />
daybreak, Jaron turns to address the masses gathered in the park. He speaks to them of<br />
the teachings of the Martyr Scholar and the dreams of Kearos Navarim. He also speaks<br />
of the dangers of power and the dark path he fears Thera is beginning to walk. He has<br />
constructed the sphinx, he tells them, to watch over Thera and her governors. It will<br />
remain in the park as the guardian of the beliefs of the past and an eternal reminder to the<br />
future. As Jaron falls silent, the shield protecting the park dissolves. The three earth<br />
elementals gather Jaron within themselves and together the four merge with the sphinx.<br />
The crowds rush forward, and the sphinx slowly opens its stone eyes, which blaze from<br />
within with a blue-white light. The sphinx lifts its head to stare out across the main<br />
harbor directly at the central citadel and the heart of Thera. From that moment on, it<br />
remains in that position.<br />
Theran magicians examine the sphinx’s construction, but its magical weavings baffle<br />
them. None can penetrate it enough to even glimpse the sphinx’s True Pattern, much less<br />
learn enough to gain power over it. Because they cannot predict what may happen, they<br />
fear trying to manipulate or unmake it.<br />
To this day, the great sphinx sits staring out over the harbor of Thera as a reminder to all<br />
who come and to all who rule there. The leader of Thera remains the First Governor.<br />
None has dared call himself Emperor.<br />
THERA AND THE DRAGONS<br />
Thera’s domination of the cultures of the Selestrean basin and neighboring areas is not<br />
total. Kingdoms and peoples continue to search for their own solutions to the problem of<br />
the Horrors because success means greater independence from Thera’s increasingly<br />
oppressive rule. They sponsor eager scholars and brave adventurers to seek out dragons,<br />
for the creatures are known to have survived the last Scourge (as the invasion of the<br />
Horrors has come to be known) remarkably intact. However, many dragons have no<br />
desire to share their secrets, greatly reducing the population of eager scholars. Some<br />
dragons, through bribery or entreaty, share the method of creating the dragon lair, which<br />
scholars believe protected them. A rare few actually contact kingdoms on their own,<br />
offering to help for their own dragon reasons.<br />
The leaders of Thera see the dragon actions as a challenge to their power and position.<br />
Proposed responses spark fierce debate; Edro has no desire to antagonize the dragons at a<br />
time when Thera should be using all its power to prepare for the coming Scourge. But the<br />
factions that profit most from the trade in magical elements mount effective pressure.<br />
The Theran Navy organizes strikes against three powerful and influential great dragons.<br />
The first two succeed in killing the target dragons and destroying their lairs, though the<br />
action costs the Therans one of their mighty stone behemoths for the first time. The third<br />
strike, against the great dragon Icewing, fails. The Therans find only his lair, largely<br />
empty of anything of value and power.<br />
Theran ambassadors pass firmly worded communiqués through discreet channels; they<br />
refuse to tolerate dragon interference in Theran domestic policy. The dragons appear to<br />
retreat; Theran merchants and guild adepts do a booming business as new orders for<br />
Theran protective enchantments flood in.<br />
Then, one sunset, sailors and dock merchants spot a dragon atop the head of the sphinx.<br />
As the Therans hesitate between staring and fleeing, the dragon flies off. The next<br />
morning twelve citizens are found dead. Two are provisioners to the navy, one an earthelement<br />
smith, one a clerk to the treasurer, two guild adepts, one a moneylender, and five<br />
are principal contractors for protective enchantments. Each of the twelve had agitated for<br />
or profited from, the action against the dragons. Over the next two weeks the dragons<br />
strike twice more. Two dozen more leading Therans die. Theran diplomatic channels<br />
convey a second message: Therans are to leave dragons strictly alone. No further Theran<br />
raids will be planned or executed. The dragons apparently take the Therans’ message to<br />
heart and cease to disclose what they know of the Horrors and the coming Scourge.</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=GM_Theory_-_Ideas_to_help_run_RPGs&diff=85816GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs2008-07-02T23:46:12Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div>'''''"Games are just like Life, with all the boring parts cut out. "'''''<br />
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=YES | NO | YES-And... | YES-But...=<br />
::* YES there is a window, AND there is an escalation.<br />
::* YES there is a window, BUT there is a complication.<br />
::* NO there is not a window, AND there is a complication.<br />
::* NO there is not a window, BUT there is an escalation.<br />
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=='Yes, And' vs. 'Yes, But'==<br />
: As a GM I know that I can advance the plot by answering by acknowledging what the players want and either upping the stakes, or by placing something in their path to obstruct them.<br />
:: As an example:<br />
::: Player: "I need to get into the building fast if I'm going to save the Senator. Can I see a window?"<br />
::: A typical 'Yes, And' response might be something like:<br />
:::: "You head round the building looking, and yes there is one. More importantly there’s a rope hanging from it and you can see someone pulling themselves through. ::: They have a rifle."<br />
::: A typical 'Yes, But' response might be something like:<br />
:::: "You head round the building looking, and yes there is one. Its open too, and looks an easy climb but there's a guard patrolling below it"<br />
: Occasionally I'll give a 'No' response but I try to avoid it. Even if it involves changing the plot, or having things mysteriously appear (like windows where there are none on the map) I try to go with Yes Variants if it advances the plot.<br />
: Obviously the 'Yes, And' response leads to afar faster game, with players ripping through plot very fast - but it can lead to tension. The 'Yes, But' response leads to a slower game,but it still moves the game forward, and it introduces challenges.<br />
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: 'Yes,But' definitely works far better if it suggests courses of action. I've heard 'Yes, But' used as a substitute for 'No' far too often.<br />
: The question is what experience have other GMs had with the two 'Yes' responses. I quite like string a few 'Yes, And' together to get some pace, each one either escalating the stakes or suggesting time constraints. It adds more impact to the inevitable 'Yes, But' when they feel things need to happen fast and there is a lot at stake.Suddenly they have a lot vested in overcoming the challenge. However the problem with too many 'Yes, And' answers seems to be a loss of challenge.<br />
: The distinction, as I see it, between "and" and "but" is that "yes,but" is essentially saying "yes you could do that, but here are a few reasons why you shouldn't." Your "yes, and" example is a good one,since it adds complication, but it doesn't need to include the free dangling rope.<br />
: I prefer to think of it as an escalation. i.e. Something which doesn't stop them doing what they hoped to do but raises the stakes. (the 'Yes,And')<br />
: Whilst I view anything which slows them down, or temporarily stops them doing what they planned as a complication. (the 'Yes, But')<br />
: And anything which stops them dead as a block. (the 'No')<br />
: Of course all of these could be phrased differently so as not to use the 'Yes, And' Yes, But and 'No'. For that matter you could use 'No,But' to mean yes.<br />
:: e.g. 'No windows, but you do find an open door round the far side'<br />
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: There's also "no, and" answers: "No, you don't find a window, and furthermore some guards spot you, and start chasing after you!"Obviously, this is a way of escalating, but the interesting thing about this is that "no, and" answers are also a useful way of changing the nature of a conflict -- in this case, it changes from stealth to running. Used badly, they suck, because it's railroading.<br />
: I wouldn't consider this railroading because the players still have a choice. They could fight the guards, they could run. In fact if you left it at "some guards spot you" they still have the chance to try to bluff the guards, bribe them or anything else. In fact its nice because it can be both a twist (changing the nature of play) and an escalation- and used intelligently it doesn't railroad.<br />
: Used well, they are really cool, because they escalate, and at the same time allow shifting the conflict to terms that are more favorable for the characters. Skillful players will often set up questions that demand "No, and" answers, because they heighten the tension and bring the scene closer to resolution at the same time.<br />
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: Maybe one way to think of it is "yes, but" can lead to the reply "oh, never mind" which if done WILL cause a halt or at least a hiccup in the story, negating both the original player's idea AND your idea that followed the but. And for a sufficiently "unreasonable" condition after the but, you have what is in effect a No, and for a sufficiently unobjectionable condition after the but, you have an effective Yes,and. It's the in-between cases that make "yes, but" interesting. You might find the player's idea objectionable, and therefore want a concession from the player, or you have an idea that the player might find objectionable, and you want to propose the idea while giving the man out, or you want to probe how much your player is willing to pay to get what they wanted.<br />
: "negation words". The reason they negate is because as soon as you hear them you hear "ignore everything I said until I said the negation word,because what I really meant was (second half of sentence)".<br />
: You can still set limits with "Yes, and," and by acknowledging their idea even if you don't like it, you make them feel accepted instead of rejected.<br />
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=GM Narration Styles=<br />
: Other ways to do narration that's not the typical "GM describes stuff in the present tense, Players do the same." But that seems to really miss out on the potential. If you are running a game where there's a person called something like a GM with narrative authority, I think we are falling short if that authority is essentially just used to describe the world. Director's have their vision. And yet, like RPGs, they aren't the sole creators (usually), in fact most often they didn't even write the thing, much less act it out. So, if authors and directors can bring in a style and voice, why not GMs? To stick to one method would be like having every novelist write like Stephen King and every director work like Steven Speilburg.<br />
:: Some ideas for styles:<br />
::* '''Arrested Narration''' - unreliable and contradictory to actions and dialog, turning dramatic irony up to 11.<br />
::* '''How Fred Savage Met Your Mother''' - a character narrates from a point of view of experience, long after the events are over, with ample nostalgia, regret, and sentimentality.<br />
::* '''Historical Professor''' (inspired by World War Z) - events are presented as interpretations of uncovered artifacts, documents, or other evidence (academic or theory based bias optional).<br />
::* '''Epic Veda''' - inspired by John Wick talking about the primary sources for the ven in Houses of the Blooded. Homer, Beowolf, Middle English poetry, whatever your style of preference. Lofty language, repeated phrases, and if your good enough a particular cadence or even rhyming.<br />
::* '''The Stan Lee Cameo''' - Describing scenes only as still panels, anything not visual is said as if it were written in a box on the panel. or With Great Power... (and that's inspired partly from the use of thought bubbles and discussion of painting panels from the book). The rest seem pretty easy.<br />
::* '''The Tarantino Method''' - Scenes and events structured to build to a climax, regardless of the chronology (this is sort of an ur-style that could be combined with another, I think).<br />
::* '''Hard Boiled''' - That well known Chandler style of narration now required for every Private Investigator license. Although like any first person narrative, this would be tricky with a PC as the narrator, and might need to be an observing NPC (but who? That's the tricky part).<br />
::* '''The Faulkner-Joyce Gambit''' - Stream of consciousness, poetic, but PCs speak and act concretely. Would this even work? I'd love to try.<br />
::* '''Confessionals is a good one. Does it do it in a Reality TV show emulation? Something where the characters talk directly to the audience about what they are thinking is a great one.<br />
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=MAKING MYSTERIES=<br />
: The biggest problem with these is that GMs too often figure out one thing about their mystery that is, indeed, clever, but not enough to run a whole mystery from (''"It LOOKS like the butler did it, but really it was the cute girl."'') This results in Game Masters who refuse to give out any information because if they tip their hand at all, you'll solve the mystery and solve it all at once. And then you get a bad case of the head scratches as the GM constantly drops deliberately obtuse and cryptic hints, the players have no idea what to do with it, and then the GM starts complaining that the players aren't "figuring it out" even though he really can't give them anything to go with.<br />
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::* Create layers. Several layers. <br />
::* In each layer, have several related mysteries:<br />
:::* Each mystery has several components, so you flesh out those components, and give them some sub components. <br />
::* Approach the creation of layers in reverse: <br />
:::* Start with the big reveal<br />
:::* then work your way back to the smaller mysteries.<br />
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:: Using our one liner above as an example, (''"It LOOKS like the butler did it, but really it was the cute girl."'') two things stand out. <br />
:: First, why would we assume the butler did it? Perhaps he WANTED us to assume he did it. Why? Perhaps he believed his son did it, and wants to protect him. There's a sub mystery right there. But how can we further develop that? Why would he assume his son would do it, and how can we make this less obvious to the players? Perhaps his son doesn't KNOW who his father is. Perhaps he believes the murder victim is. And perhaps the murder victim was going to screw the son over and when the Butler discovered things, he tried to cover it up, and when that didn't work, is trying to frame himself to protect his son (who didn't even do it. Won't he be relieved?)<br />
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:: What else? Well, why would the girl kill the old man? Maybe she was in love with the son and he spurned her. Perhaps she's much more spoiled than she let on, and so she was trying to talk the murder victim into writing the son out of the will (which explains why the Butler was afraid his son would flip out), and when that didn't work, got pissed and killed him, and then tried to frame the son (which further concerned the butler).<br />
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:: This gives us a slew of material to work with, mysteries within the mystery that lead us to greater revelations. First, we try to figure out who killed him: We can afford to give them plenty of clues, several of which will point them to the Butler. But further investigation will suggest the butler is covering up for the young man, and then it turns out that the young man is, in fact, the butler's illegitimate son. Revelations! It was all this adopted heir! And he killed him because he was being written out of the will! Except certain parts of the story don't add up, so before the heroes can wrap it all up, they realize the prim and cute girl was the one trying to persuade the victim to change his will, and that she'd tried to have a relationship with the boy, only to be spurned, and then bam, the final pieces fall into place, and we have a heckuva memorable mystery.<br />
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:: The same premise can apply to anything: What's the secret of the ancient manuscript? Where does the tomb of the final templar lie? Who is really behind the cattle mutilitations of New Mexico?<br />
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=Role-Playing Non-Combat=<br />
: Social roleplaying is a little more complicated. Generally, romance, drama and intrigue come down to hard choices. Whom do you betray? Whom do you commit to? How far are you willing to go? In alot of ways, I think this is the meat of a good RPG in any case, because choice is what RPGs are all about. If you're just fighting an endless stream of monsters, you're not doing anything you couldn't do better on a computer.<br />
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: The core of drama is to make these choices as equally appealing (or unappealing) as you can. The rule of thumb is "Damned if you do, damned if you don't." There should be no "Right" answer (which isn't to say every answer is HORRIBLY wrong, unless you're playing a horror game, but those can be depressing). Every benefit should have a trade off, and if your players stop and see everything spreading before them and really can't decide, agonizing over each choice, you've really done your job well.<br />
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:: My favorite example of this is a spy scenario I dreamed up once: Imagine a soviety spy who has infiltrated an American base. While there, her life is saved a couple of times by an American captain, who falls for her and her for him. She finds herself growing content in her new life, but it cannot remain so forever: one the one hand, the CIA is begining to suspect that there's a spy in their midst, turning up the heat on her. The KGB begins to suspect she's gone to the other side, and sends an agent to "check up" on her. Making matters worse, the American captain is ordered to engage an attack on a soviet special interest, putting her into the final bind: she must decide where her loyalties lie. If she tells the KGB of the attack, her lover will surely die. If she does not, this special interest will fall and she'll be cut off from her country forever. If it seems to obvious, like the player would certainly choose the lover, we ramp up the consequences of that, perhaps putting some of her family in the line of fire if the attack goes off.<br />
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: What matters is that we have a choice, it's a tough choice, and that this choice has consequences that will reveberate through the game.<br />
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: The other half of social play is convincing and interesting NPCs. They need to have a good look, an interesting personality, and be simple enough that the PCs can sum them up pretty quickly if necessary. But they also need their own agendas and a reason to be in the game. All too often I see GMs who introduce love interests whose sole purpose in life is to be loved by the hero, or a rival whose sole purpose in life is to antagonize the hero. These seldom hold attention for long, and tend to feel railroady ("Look, it's a princess. You love her, right?"). So I ensure that all NPCs have a secondary role that ensures that, should a player dismiss them as a love interest or rival, I can shrug and keep them in the game for a completely different reason, clearly signaling that they do, in fact, have a choice in the matter. It also tends to ensure they're multi-dimensional. Perhaps the princess seeks to save her kingdom and has hired the heroes to help her do so. Whether or not the hero falls in love with her after that is immaterial (but interesting). Perhaps the rival seeks an alliance to the kingdom and the princess's hand and, completely paranoid, believes that the hero seeks to steal her away (the fact that she's crushing on the prince doesn't help anything).<br />
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: Tough choices, interesting NPCs who exist for a variety of reasons and have their own desires, and consequences to your actions tend to form the basis, in my opinion, of any social roleplaying situation.<br />
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: It needs a fairly different approach to games I've run in the past. Players need big, up-front goals for their characters that they don't keep secret. We also use a specific scene structure, and hash through the agenda of each scene before I begin narration. That keeps scenes busy if they need to be, relaxed if they need to develop character rather than plot. We also spent the first session developing the background and story arc of the first season, so everyone was on board with the point of it all.<br />
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=SOAP OPERA=<br />
==Introduction==<br />
One of the more difficult things to sustain is a long-term game wherein the characters are able to develop meaningfully as people. The ongoing presentation of challenge after challenge familiarizes the players with only a handful of non-player characters that are necessary only to overcome the obstacles at hand. While it is not uncommon practice for Storytellers to utilize recurring characters to fill these roles, this in its own way only serves to further limit the types of interaction available to the players or to give a simple answer to the problem. In the following paragraphs I will describe a methodology that runs contrary to these techniques and has resulted in multiple lasting games. This methodology may be applied to any game, but seems to work best for the World of Darkness due to its psychodramatic themes.<br />
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===The Soap Opera===<br />
The key to the methodology is the continuous introduction of new characters and story elements. This is similar to daytime television dramas, some of which have been running continuously since the seventies. I would not expect anyone to play the same role-playing game for thirty years, but it does seem to be a model worth emulating if one wishes to have a long-lasting chronicle. <br />
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Each season of a soap opera, a name referring to the original sponsors of daytime dramas, introduces new characters and complications at regular intervals, some of which remain unresolved for years. By emulating this, a role-playing game can be made engaging and challenging indefinitely. Perhaps the most important aspect of this style is that there is never a point at which everything is resolved. By always leaving loose ends, and important loose ends at that, the players' interest is maintained.<br />
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==The Cast==<br />
None of this is possible without a large cast of characters. Again referring to daytime television, the main characters are often related by blood, as in ''All My Children'', or by employment, like ''General Hospital'', they have enormous ancillary casts of characters. Over it's 37 year run, ''All My Children'' has had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All_My_Children_characters 199 lead characters]. The challenge here is to strike a balance between introducing new characters, each of whom must be at least somewhat unique and offer a new opportunity for stories, and building upon existing characters.<br />
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===Lead Characters===<br />
Fortunately the World of Darkness is structured in a way that encourages the creation of this cast. Each game features a social structure that cannot possibly be filled out exclusively by player characters. Ask yourself, what factions are present in the setting? Who is in power? Who opposes them? Just by naming these characters you'll have generated a significant part of the cast and probably a couple story ideas. <br />
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===Supporting Characters===<br />
Filling in the lead characters is easy and no mystery. It's very common for these characters to be named even in a beginning Storyteller's chronicle. Supporting characters are another story. The supporting characters are folks like body guards, accountants, and nannies. Anyone who is close to a lead character can have, but doesn't necessarily need, a name. It's not uncommon for players to name those related to their own characters in this manner, but few Storytellers take the time to name the servant of another named character. This is, in my opinion, a mistake. By naming these characters it gives the players another thing to latch onto. An unnamed goon is unlikely to be remembered, but Hammerfist Hadly, the loyal retainer of the Daeva primogen, might be directly approached. The character might even develop into an important contact. I strongly recommend naming at least two supporting characters for each lead character in a chronicle. <br />
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===Relationships===<br />
Building up the cast can be as simple as writing a list of names. Adding a single line description of that character's relationship to one or more of the other characters will generate a huge number of potential story lines though. Expanding that line to a paragraph can aid the Storyteller in building an impressively deep set of stories.<br />
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===Shaking Things Up===<br />
Soap operas are so successful because they build rapport with the viewer by maintaining a consistent cast for years. However for sweeps week, a period when the Nielson ratings are tabulated for sponsors, it's very common to do something exceptionally dramatic or unexpected to draw in more viewers. Weddings, murders, and the introduction of new characters are common tactics. Since we have no real sponsors, though it could be argued that the players themselves are the sponsors, we have to work out for ourselves when the best time to do this is. <br />
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I recommend hitting the players with a new character any time they venture into a new social milieu or when they have become comfortable with the status quo. That will add a degree of realism and keep them on their toes. <br />
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Murdering a well known character, especially one which the players have come to rely on, can have unexpected consequences. Players will hopefully be shocked, but the Storyteller must also be prepared for them to be angry. It may be perceived as an arbitrary maneuver to weaken their characters. New groups and groups that have had problems with trust especially may react in this manner. If you still want to attempt this tactic with such groups I recommend providing some opportunity to rescue the ally.<br />
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Weddings are a mainstay in soap opera because it puts a nice cap on what has typically been a multi-season love affair. Utilizing this device in a role-playing game can be difficult though because with few exceptions the players will mostly be male. Weddings however can be an excellent backdrop for conspiracies, murders, and other such events.<br />
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==Layering==<br />
A large cast of characters, described in such a fashion that they have conflicting goals, can easily generate enough story lines to sustain a very long campaign even if they are addressed one at a time. However, by dealing with these conflicts as individual problems the game will hit points where everything of importance seems to be resolved. Essentially, the game will find a natural end. Instead, consider layering these conflicts so there are always two or more pressing problems that demand the player characters' attentions. <br />
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===The Order of Disorder===<br />
Throwing out all of the plot hooks at once will most likely result in the players attempting to connect too many disparate elements or worse a complete failure to act. Instead it is advisable to dole out the plots at fairly regular intervals. Every session or two offer up another clue regarding one of the story lines via non-player character interaction. This can take the form of a rumor, an offer to join one conspiracy or another, an unexpected attack, etc.<br />
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Ultimately this should result in a situation where the players must seek and gain allies while making hard decisions regarding the allocation of their resources. If the lead characters have been structured as I describe above gaining allies also results in gaining enemies, which may in turn result in more story lines that can be pointed at the player characters.<br />
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The real point of layering things is to avoid ever having a lull in the action. Try not to completely overwhelm the players with too many story lines, but keep things coming at least as quickly as the stories are resolved. The diagram below is a visual representation of this idea.<br />
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| colspan="3" bgcolor="red" | Story A || || || ||<br />
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| || || || || colspan="3" bgcolor="yellow" | Story C<br />
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===NPC vs. NPC===<br />
As I mention above the non-player characters are in conflict with each other. These conflicts are at the center of the stories that the player characters will find themselves at the beginning of the chronicle. Later, as the player characters have been more thoroughly integrated into the setting, their own conflicts will provide more than enough story lines to keep them occupied. At first though it must be expected that they will become embroiled in the conflicts of others. <br />
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In conventional games these conflicts will not progress, change, or be resolved except by the intervention of the player character protagonists. This is typically done to simplify the Storyteller's job and to make the player characters the center of the story. However, I consider this to be a mistake. Regardless of whether the players choose to involve themselves in the interaction of the non-player characters these story lines should progress for two reasons; verisimilitude and to escalate the conflict.<br />
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Even though this is a game, it makes the pretense of being set in a version of the real world. This makes it important that things progress in a natural fashion and that just like in the real world things go on whether anyone is looking or not. Characters or groups that have a stated animosity towards each other should engage in activities designed to harm their enemy even if the players have chosen to distance themselves from the conflict. Characters that have constructive goals and the power to pursue them should do so, even if the players have chosen not to aid or hinder them. Verisimilitude is not however an excuse for the Storyteller to engage in arbitrary action on the behalf of non-player characters. Everything that occurs must be rational and teleological or the Storyteller risks violating the players' trust.<br />
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By following this strategy, many plot hooks that do not initially attract the attention of the players can be recycled and offered to them again. For example: The players are made aware of a feud between two non-player characters before the game commences as part of the setting brief. They choose to pursue other story lines or perhaps to actively avoid the feud. Regardless of this decision the two characters should continue their private war. This can be brought to the players' attentions by circulating rumors regarding the acts of the two feuding non-player characters and/or by having one of them approach one or more of the players asking for aid. Even if the players refuse to become involved the conflict continues. Other persons are dragged into the fight and the stakes are raised until the players do choose to become involved or it is logical that one of the parties should fail. The failure of one of the parties may in fact be more desirable because it may produce a power vacuum, introducing more characters that the players must then deal with.<br />
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==Conclusion==<br />
By following the strategy I have outlined above a Storyteller rapidly establishes a highly interactive cast of characters that grow and evolve over time. While this represents a significant investment of time before the game begins, each of at least a dozen characters must be defined at this time, this is the most preparation that will need to be performed at any point throughout the run of the game. And this preparation need not be too detailed. As little as a name and a statement of the character's goals is enough to get started. Simply accounting for the characters' actions as they work towards their goals will generate further conflict and from that further story. Additionally, once this work is completed, the cast of characters is easily recycled for other games.<br />
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===Where do the Players Fit?===<br />
While this methodology creates a self sustaining environment it can be difficult to get the players involved without contrivance. All of the non-player characters are bound together by a variety of alliances and animosities, and unless the players are made aware of all of them they might find it difficult to write their characters into the story. <br />
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To preserve the mystery and surprise it may not be desirable to expose everything to the players. I strongly recommend preparing a story brief, a short summary of everything known about the other characters in the story, to overcome this. It should include known feuds, power struggles, and pet projects for all of the non-player characters that will be featured in the game. The players can then be encouraged to take sides and write their place in those conflicts into their characters. <br />
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Another means of getting the players immediately involved can be borrowed from ''Exalted''. Have each player select a motivation for his or her character. This is a simple, single sentence, statement of the character's long-term goals. The character's motivation gives the player something to work towards in every session and the Storyteller a better idea of whether the player characters will work well together.<br />
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Even with a motivation defined it is possible that the characters will drift around for several sessions until the players find their place in the story. This tendency can be frustrating for both the players and the Storyteller. To circumvent it, I recommend having the players each define three to five short term goals for themselves. These may or may not tie into the characters' motivations, but I recommend that all of them require the players to interact with one or more non-player characters.<br />
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==Example==<br />
The following mind map illustrates the lead vampire characters for ''[[Of Blood and Dust]]''.<br />
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The map describes both the covenant and clan/bloodline affiliations of this cast of 20 characters. <br />
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===Conflict===<br />
The characters are arrayed against each other in such a way that builds conflict. At a macro level there exists the standing animosity between the covenents, the simple distaste that the clans have for each other, and the distrust that parent clans have for their bloodlines. There is also the "us against them" mentality of the Bruja in operation at this level. If one reviews the background of the characters numerous personal conflicts are described as well. To summarize them: <br />
*Esperanza is angry at Noble for frenzying on her<br />
*Noble has taken the conflict between the Carthians and the Bruja to a personal level<br />
*Ronnie wants to get back at Consuelo<br />
*Mikos is attempting to keep Consuelo under control, and failing<br />
*Consuelo is angry at the world and looking for any fight she can get<br />
*Rutger is plotting to destroy all of the Kindred in Reno<br />
*Talon Blackwood wants to have sole control of the Circle of the Crone<br />
*Michaela is trying to maintain control over her brood while eying Mikos and the other elders hungrily<br />
*Arnie Welsch wants out of the gang<br />
*Edna wants Donald to love her<br />
*Olga wants to kill Michaela and take over<br />
*Donald wants to get back at Consuelo<br />
*Cosimo is trying to manipulate a spirit court without coming into conflict with the Uratha<br />
*Monica is trying to steal Rutger's secrets<br />
*Paul wants to escape his servitude<br />
*Mother wants to kill Tongue and destroy the Bruja<br />
*Tongue wants to control the city from the shadows<br />
*Markus is controlling the city from the shadows and wants to keep it that way<br />
*Herve wants to understand the messages from God he sees and to destroy those who would harm him (''everyone'')<br />
*Juanita is trying to be normal<br />
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Note that not all of these conflicts are necessarily physical and not all of them are even between two characters. Some are between the character and themselves, some between the character and his or her nature. Any one of these conflicts would make a suitable adventure unto itself and by exploring them one at a time a pretty long running chronicle could be sustained, especially after integrating the player characters and their conflicts into the mix. However, going about it like that would emphasize the resolution of each conflict without necessarily requiring the characters to grow in the process or spawning additional conflicts.<br />
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===Divided Loyalties===<br />
Also notice how, except where there is a childe/sire bond exists, it is very common for members of the same clan to possess antagonistic political agendas. This creates questions of loyalty and whether the characters will go as far to destroy their opponents when they are, after a fashion, family. The Filhos des Bruja are something of an exception to this made specifically for this chronicle. The Bruja are intended to be the default antagonists. They represent a destructive status quo that may be united against. For the sake of verisimilitude a couple weaknesses have been written into the characters that may be exploited by players, but divided loyalties are not among them.<br />
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Divided loyalties are, in my opinion, crucial to include. They help give characters dimension and offer opportunities for dramatic betrayals. This is different from the common bait and switch tactic of having an ally betray the player characters without warning because it allows for foreshadowing and gives a logical reason for the duplicitous action. More importantly, because everyone has divided loyalties, the players will typically not see it coming anyway.<br />
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===Foreground and Background===<br />
By accepting that all of these conflicts exist in the story from the very beginning and introducing them to the players as they encounter the NPCs, being careful not to reveal more than would naturally come out in the course of conversation, it lends all of the scenes a greater sense of realism. It also offers the players more and more things to identify with, exploiting the players' innate sympathy. The job then becomes following up with the ideas that were most interesting for the players; offering them opportunities to become involved if they do not involve themselves. <br />
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Keeping the remainder of the conflicts running in the background can be challenging. However, it is worth it to spend a few minutes between sessions to write a single sentence about what has happened regarding each specific conflict. How has it changed? Who has gained the upper hand? Who else has become involved and how? All of this maintains the sense of realism and builds depth into the game. It also keeps the non-player character interaction fresh. Every time a player encounters the non-player character he or she has new information to give, new problems to talk about, and new events that have transpired.<br />
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=MOOD & THEME=<br />
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'''Mood''' and '''theme''' are vital elements of any story, and therefore an important addition to any role playing game. The mood of a game is the feeling the game as a whole is supposed to engender in the player, be it one of fear, paranoia or lighthearted humor. Theme, by contrast, amounts to the moral of the story being told.<br />
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==Mood==<br />
Mood helps set the emotional stage not only for a [[Chronicle|chronicle]] as a whole, but for each story that makes up that chronicle. Although it can vary from story to story, overall the emotional tone should remain largely consistent throughout. The appropriate mood is set by the [[Storyteller]] of the chronicle and can be easily manipulated using such simple things are background lighting and music. <br />
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===Examples of Mood===<br />
A chronicle in which the predominant mood is ''fear'' typically includes scenes steeped in darkness, with frequent horrors visited upon those in the characters proximity -- or aimed at the character -- to keep players from ever feeling quite comfortable. The Storyteller of such a chronicle might keep lighting dim and have little music save to highlight the unknown.<br />
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''Paranoia'' is a common theme in Storyteller games and encourages the players (and their characters) to be afraid of everything and everyone they encounter. Trust is never an option, and every new piece of information should be suspect. Storytellers encouraging a mood of paranoia might want to give seeming importance to unimportant characters at times, while underrating their villains -- but only sometimes. Better that players never be quite sure whether that well-described Man in the Cloak is their arch-villain or some random street person; likewise, random events should take place that keep the characters in constant fear for their lives. Dark is an excellent setting for this mood, an soft instrumental pieces might ad a nice touch as well.<br />
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Although found only rarely in [[White Wolf]] games, sometimes a Storyteller wants a ''light-hearted'' mood as a way to break the predominant mood of a chronicle. Bright lights and pleasant music tend to be the order of the day, while characters should smile and laugh frequently and obvious sources of danger should be virtually non-existent. Usually a light-hearted mood is best used to break the constant stress of the darker moods more prevelant in Storyteller games.<br />
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==Theme==<br />
The theme of a story should be determined by a Storyteller before a chronicle begins and rarely changes from one story to the next. In many ways the theme of a story is its moral, the idea the Storyteller hopes to teach to the players through the medium of role playing.<br />
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===Examples of Theme===<br />
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''Loss'' is quite possibly the most-used theme in both the [[Old World of Darkness]] and the [[World of Darkness|new World of Darkness]]. From the slow, inexorable loss of sanity in [[Vampire: The Requiem]] to the rapid loss of ignorance -- and innocence -- in [[Hunter: The Reckoning]], loss is an all-encompassing theme that a Storyteller can use to highlight the hardships of the World of Darkness. Storytellers can highlight the theme of loss using reminders both subtle and otherwise. When the characters encounter a child searching for a lost toy it highlights the theme of loss just as well as when a close friend suffers at the hands of an enemy.<br />
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Another theme common to the World of Darkness games is ''pointless violence.'' Whether the characters are [[Uratha]] defending their families and homes against the ceaseless aggression of [[Blood Talons|Blood Talon]] warriors in [[Werewolf: The Forsaken]] or holy men hunted by the Holy Office for the simple crime of being pagan, mindless violence is everywhere in the world. By revealing the pointlessness of conflicts -- a thief murdering a man for a paltry three dollars, for example -- the Storyteller can emphasize this theme without much effort.<br />
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''Loyalty''. It is difficult to maintain neutrality in the World of Darkness, where factions conflict constantly. Clan versus clan; tribe against tribe; Hierarchy and Renegade: how are the characters able to navigate this dangerous world? Will they know when to be loyal to their allies and when to remain neutral? Enemies will try to coerce, and allies will connive, and the difficulty in determining what the best course of action may be can be an important theme in any game. One way to reinforce this theme is through treachery; if a character's allies cannot be trusted, who can? And what about the enemy who suddenly offers an alliance of convenience -- how long will such an alliance last?<br />
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''The End is Nigh!'' and ''inevitability'' are particularly useful themes, particularly in the old World of Darkness. Hunter: The Reckoning, as a game, is based on this very concept, but each of the supernatural entities must face inevitable extinction be it through [[Gehenna (Event)|Gehenna]], [[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'s [[Endless Winter]] or the [[Apocalypse]] of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]] fame. This theme can be emphasized by increasing random encounters with other supernatural creatures, dire warnings about the end of the world and even prophetic advice from normally pragmatic individuals. All other themes can easily be tied into this particular theme because the End is all about loss, meaninglessness and ever-changing loyalties as factions seek to stave off the inevitable.<br />
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=UNFORGETABLE GAMES=<br />
Most of us know how to run a good game, but what makes a game '''unforgettable'''? Here's a list of storytelling elements that will give your players chills.<br />
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*Put discreet elements of something weird going on for the players to discover themselves. Like small pieces of puzzles you give away slowly until they have enough to make sense of the big picture. For example, the location players visit has strange (spy) rats everywhere. Include the presence of rats subtly in every description of the place, until the players discover it on their own. Perhaps there is also an NPC with rat-like features (he sniffs a lot, his body type resembles it too, he smells cheese) but these features are given sparingly. When the players discover the rat presence, they will suddenly worry about this NPC.<br />
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*Use tridimensional characters. Avoid stereotypes and clarify their motivations and drives.<br />
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*Use elaborate descriptions. Read a random descriptive paragraph from a Tolkien book. The attention to details is key and the use of poetic language can turn a boring room into a place full of mysteries. Also, if your players are used to large descriptions, it will be easier to add some key elements of the place in your description that requires their attention, without making it too obvious.<br />
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*Add plots or side plots that involve the players personally. Perhaps the shipping company that was used to send the drugs is owned by a player's family member (his dad?). Maybe a player failed to help an NPC who ran away in a previous game. Now, on a completely unrelated note, the NPC finds himself tied to the main plot, because of the player's behavior.<br />
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=Bluebooking=<br />
: The first real and still best solution was proposed back in 1988. "Bluebooking" was first described by Aaron Allston in the Champions supplement Strike Force. The 'blue book' in question is a standard (in the U.S.) note book used to answer essay questions during college exams. Instead of using it to figure out whether you passed or failed, the blue book was used for a variety of scenes (or even mini adventures) that occured in the downtime (or unplayed gaps) in the main campaign.<br />
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: This "blue booking" allows for roleplaying which is important to the character, but not for the troupe, or the main plot line. Character romance is a common use, because it tends to make people uncomfortable. However, it allows players to run "side adventures" in the "down time" between active runs. These could be personal investigations, interaction with the cast of characters around the character's secret ID (Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Perry White, and Clark's neighbors when dealing with Superman), research activities, or even just introspective roleplaying. All of these things would bogg down a game if the player did them durring a session (in most cases), so by doing them via a bluebook (or scene journal, which is another name for them), allows the player to explore these areas without bogging down the game.<br />
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: The process, in short, is the player writes out a play session of what their character does solo, or with the permission of another player, with other characters. (Sometimes a blue book is passed back and forth between the involved characters.) It should be written in story format, but does not have to be. The GM reads over what is done and either approves it, approves it conditionally (needs changes), or denys that it could happen. Approved blue book entries become part of the campaign's continuity. Most GM's will award experience, luck, or some kind of reward for blue book activities.<br />
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: What comes out is much like what you do in a freeform or play by post roleplay game. You post a scene (or three) up that explains what your character is doing.<br />
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: I have used this technique to good application. It does require a player with storytelling or actor orientations<br />
to be most useful. Story or Character oriented players can produce a huge amount of material to add to the campaign. Players with characters who have deep secrets will also have fertile fodder for scene journals. This allows for them to follow their secrets in safety of IC and OOC knowledge. The other player types will use it only to keep track of their downtime training, studying, and investigations.<br />
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: It can add a great deal to a group campaign, when the characters are supposed to opperate solo most of the time while "off camera". It also frees up the GM's time, as scene journals can be reviewed between game sessions.<br />
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: Some people do journal entries over email. The reason I like scene journals in books over email is that I have a tangible record that I can access at all times, rather than clogging up my email box and files. I have posted a number of scenes journal entries to my campaign notebook (indexed in back) so I can pull up those scenes and thrust appropriate elements into the main campaign line. This is not to say I am against emails. Many of my players have worked scenes out with each other via email, printed it out, and posted it in their scene journal. Others send me vauge outlines of scenes they want to do via email for tennitive approval. It is not the "End All" of game tools, but it is a useful one in your gaming arsenal.<br />
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="How do you support and cultivate your local scene?"=<br />
: I help run NerdNYC. We have around 40 die hard members, run bi-weekly events that attract 20-30 people, quarterly events that attract 80-100 people, and an overall active base of 150 people with many more inactive.<br />
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: If NerdNYC was a boardgame, when it works, it looks like this...<br />
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:* Appoint leaders<br />
:* Distribute responsibilities (so no one is overwhelmed)<br />
:* Create plan (or update)<br />
:* Create brand (or update)<br />
:* Create website (or update)<br />
:* Raise resources (donations or sponsorships)<br />
:* Buy promo materials (cards & shirts)<br />
:* Find nerd events (cons, stores)<br />
:* Promote brand (run booth, seminars, & games)<br />
:* Identify new friendly nerds<br />
:* Direct to website (cards)<br />
:* Maintain new friendly nerds' interest and kill time between events (goof off on website)<br />
:* Find event space<br />
:* Find event organizers<br />
:* Find sponsors<br />
:* Announce events via website<br />
:* Run game events (rpgs, boardgames: play games, make friends)<br />
:* Run social events (picnics, paintball, movies: make friends, play games)<br />
:* Build social network (new friendly nerds form their own sub groups)<br />
:* Maintain social network<br />
:* Debriefing (what can we improve or change)<br />
:* Repeat cycle<br />
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: We've been in a bit of a lag and my life has been in utter turmoil the last 6-7 months. But we are running a 1 day event at the upcoming Big Apple Comic Con, are restructuring our leadership team, revamping the website and more in the coming 4 months.<br />
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: Our biggest problem is that it is easy to find space for 30 or 100 people. Finding space for 150 people becomes very, very hard in nyc. Keeping motivated leaders is a challenge. Running booths at cons becomes hellish after a while. We were IPR at cons for 1-2 years before IPR was formed. And it burned out the people involved. Yet that was one of the best ways to attract more people. Selling shirts was also great in building comradery. But tracking stock was a pain. There are better options now that need to be readdressed. It also becomes very difficult to host a movie night when you have grown past 30 people. Also, the more successful in some ways, the more people break off into their own sub groups. Some people are very excited to form a community when they want to make friends but once they make those friends people tend to settle down. Our age demographics range from 18-60 with the core between 28-36 and many leaders drawn from that core. Another problem is people running out of time having families at that age and working jobs that demand hours between 50-70 hours a week. Definitely a huge challenge. Lots of work for a non profit enterprise (especially in nyc when you can use as much money as possible). But when you see everyone gathered in a room together having fun... it's awesome!<br />
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: I'm hoping in the summer to run 1-shots in public stores for non nerdnyc members to recruit and help people form their own gaming groups. As well as running more seminars at cons such as women in gaming, mature themes in gaming, expanding gaming communities, and more.<br />
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: I just wish I wasn't as busy so I can do more. I work 60 hours a week easily, run several companies, and travel all over the world on a sometimes monthly basis. Plus we're couch surfing while our place is under serious construction. But I need more gaming! Hahahahaha. We have so many amazing people living in NY!<br />
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=Background & 3x3=<br />
:: ''Every section you fill out will award your character 1 extra PP. This must be sent back to me as a file, not as paper, for you to get your points. Please do not write any more than one line. Feel free to fill these out as we go along. A. Once the NPCs are "handed over" they're totally the GM's to develop B. These NPCs are not permanent in their "category", for example if you do something role-playing in-game that makes a Contact dislike you then they might fall OUT of the "contact" and become an enemy. C. These NPCs may or may not show up soon. I go with the note that these NPCs aren't "canon" in-game continuity until I introduce them in campaign. Meaning, I don't want players to say "I'll just go to xxx for help". I'm cool with players asking to go find xxx but not just assuming they'll be there waiting for them.'' <br />
::: 3 x Friends NPCs connected to your PC, someone who would help you because they care about you. From your father, to a loyal fan, to someone willing to die for you. <br />
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::: 3 x Enemies NPCs connected to your PC, someone who dislikes, hates or has a grudge on your character. From a childhood bully, to someone who thought you cheated them in poker, to someone wanting you dead. <br />
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::: 3 x Locations Placed created in/for the setting that is connected to the PC, someplace that is special good or bad to your character. From the place your parents were killed, to your childhood home, to a place you watch the sunrise. <br />
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::: 3 X Contacts NPCs connected to your PC, someone who would help you because you pay or trade favor with them. From the neighborhood bartender, to a police commissioner, to an old friend. <br />
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::: 3 X Organizations A group created for the setting that is connected to the PC, something for which the PC has worked for or against. From a police org, to a secret society, to a big corporate machine, a planet that you have visited and saved, or even an interesting place that you have been. Anything that represents more than one person. <br />
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::: 3 X Secrets These could be mistakes that you have made in your past. Knowledge of your past crimes, or even your families. Anything that you would prefer to not be known by others. <br />
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::: 3 X Goals What is the purpose continuing to do what you are doing, why have you not settled down with a family yet? What would you like to see accomplished by the end of the campaign?<br />
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::: 3 X History What are some of the most important aspects of your history?<br />
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=Another 3x3 Breakdown=<br />
{| align="right" border="1" cellpadding="2" width="300" style="margin-left:2em;"<br />
|- <br />
|align="center" style="background:#efefef"| <big> '''" PC NAME "''' </big><br />
|-<br />
! [[Image:???.gif]]<br />
|-<br />
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{| align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="background:#efefef"<br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''NAME:''' </small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''1st APP:''' </small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''QUOTE:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ''"...???..."'' </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''BORN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''HOMETOWN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''EDUCATION/CAREER:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''RELATIVES/CONNECTIONS:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''US CITIZENSHIP STATUS:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''GROUP AFFILIATIONS:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''KNOWN POWERS/ABILITIES:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|- <br />
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|}<br />
|}<br />
''CIVILIAN IDENTITY'': ''' PC Name ''' <br />
: mini-concept bio... ??? <br />
: ''Code Names, Press Given Names, Clever Nicknames'': ???<br />
: ''Marital Status'': ???<br />
: ''Known Relatives'': ???<br />
: ''Height / Weight'': ???<br />
: ''Archenemy'': ???<br />
: ''Favorite Movie, radio show, fictional character, etc..'': ???<br />
: ''Catch Phrase'': ???<br />
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==BIO Brief==<br />
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==What is your Heroic Motivation?== <br />
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==Complications or Character Flags==<br />
''These complication or flags are things that tell the GM what the PLAYERS are interested in doing with their characters in the game. The advantage here is that the GM can look at these flags and tailor events in the game so folks are getting what they want for their characters. Any Complications on your character sheet are also flags to the GM of things you as a player want your character to confront in the game.''<br />
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==3x5==<br />
===Allies===<br />
Allies are people that care about your character enough to aid them without payment.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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===Contacts===<br />
Contacts are people that would aid your character but require some sort of payment or promise.<br />
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* ''''' Silence makes Victims ''''' [age 45]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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===Enemies===<br />
Enemies are people that dislike your character for any reason, minor as a slight grudge or anything greater.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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* ''''' ??name?? ''''' [age ??]: <br />
::* gender, race, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
::* Brief character description and personality.<br />
::* Short Background, why they know me.<br />
::* Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
::* When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''Locations'''===<br />
''(list 3 locations in the game setting that are important to your character, important can be "good" or "bad"; list name, your relationship, the concept in 1-2 sentences, when last you were there.)''<br />
* ???<br />
* ???<br />
* ???<br />
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==='''Organizations'''===<br />
''(list 3 groups in the game setting that are important to your character, important can be "good" or "bad"; list name, your relationship, the concept in 1-2 sentences, what they may be up to now.)''<br />
* ???<br />
* ???<br />
* ???<br />
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==STAT BUILD==<br />
===''' ??? '''===<br />
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'''ABILITIES''': <br />
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'''SKILLS''': <br />
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'''FEATS''': <br />
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'''POWERS''': <br />
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'''COMBAT''': <br />
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'''SAVES''': <br />
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'''DRAWBACKS''': <br />
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'''COMPLICATIONS''': <br />
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=PC Campaign Questions & RPG Book Ideas=<br />
::* 3 descriptors that a stranger would notice about a character after a minute of interacting with him (I think I stole this one from someone here but can't remember who it was). These can be physical traits, mannerisms, or props. For instance, one of my wife's characters was "tall, willowy, with a big ol' mole on her face."<br />
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::* I found background "questionnaires" not as good a tool as you might expect to provide character hooks, guidance and ideas.<br />
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::* Have the characters describe a dream sequence the morning before they awaken on the first day of the adventure. Give them plenty of time to come up with it in written form and email it around to the group. I'd say the only requirement might be that it have to do with the character's past. It's a nice way to force them to come up with an emotionally pivotal moment in their past the means a lot to the PC. Plus, telling the others will at least set the stage for their PCs to understand each other on an emotional level that comes with close company but that the players might be slower to pick up on... Of course, this does lend itself to players who are more of storytellers, and are more experienced, and you may have trouble really getting newbies hooked with it...<br />
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::* '''Burning Wheel''' Beliefs from Burning Wheel are great -- just boil down the character to 2 or 3 essential beliefs.A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. By listing a character's Beliefs, you get a handle on what the character thinks and feels, how the character is likely to behave, and what he or she cares about. Instincts are things a character always does, something he or she always does. That way, you don't need to check at the beginning of each scene 'ok, who's armed? Who's checked under the bed for assassins, who's..." and so on. You just know what everyone's Instincts are. Instincts can get you into trouble, though, because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "Always Armed," for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct in political games...<br />
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::* '''Cyberpunk 2020'''. The lifepath system in that game makes it easy to make a skeleton of a backstory, in such a way that it's easy to mine for plot ideas. When I play other games, the way I encourage character building is by making the players write little stories. In GURPS, I'd have a player write a little bit about why they have a certain advantage, or a certain disadvantage, or even a certain item... in some cases, it's a bit of flavor and I never use it, in other cases, it takes on a life of its own.<br />
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::* Aspect writing from '''Fate''' 3.0 is a great way to distill background.<br />
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::* '''Theatrix''' is the concept of the "Primary Descriptor" - what does the player see as the character's main role in the game? For example, in a detective game one player might have a Primary Descriptor of "Good Cop Gone Bad." Or in High Fantasy a wizard might be "Kindly Father Figure". In Space Opera, "Wisecracking Ace Pilot".<br />
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::* Going around the table, every player tells the group something brief and introductory about their character and who they are or what they do (or about something they've done recently): career choices, personal history and opinions/prejudices, etc...<br />
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::* Everyone tells us their character's connection to whatever you all just heard from the player sitting to your left. The connection doesn't have to be as straightforward as "I fought in that battle too!" (or even, "I was on the other side of that battle") -- in fact, the more tenuous/remote but nevertheless connected you get, the better. The longer version -- that inspired this -- comes from Spirit of the Century, SOTC's 5-phase background creation approach, since that gives a player a chance to explore their history and get some traction on the character story -- and thus arc -- front. Add to that that the last two phases are "guest star" opportunities for the PC where he shows up in two other PCs' stories, and you've got instant selection of the two PCs who are to be the positive and negative force on the character's arc. It's a nearly seamless join between the two methods.<br />
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::* Write the back-cover blurb for your 1920's adventurer's first pulp novel (and then co-star in two others) as part of character creation: <br />
:::* http://zork.net/~nick/loyhargil/fate...#phase-3-novel<br />
:::* http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=103<br />
::: SOTC randomises which novels you're involved with (shuffle and deal).<br />
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::* Arc Matrix - Submit a two-pronged character arc. This consisted of two opposed possible outcomes for their characters as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::* Frodo Baggins: find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair<br />
:::* Andy Sipocwicz: achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him<br />
::: Once the two-way arcs were established, each player was then to select one PC for whom he served as a good influence, and another he pulled toward the negative outcome. In this latter case, the characters didn’t have to be consciously bringing ruin to their comrades. Rather, by pursuing their agendas, they could be unknowingly inching friends toward their dark destines. expand the arc a bit, and break those outcomes down into objective and outcome (or doom!) a bit more precisely, as in the first character's arc. Something that speaks a bit more to character motivation gives both player and GM a concept to grasp onto and pass back and forth. The other characters' arcs don't have that, I think. Theirs are a good starting point, but what is the objective behind the desired outcome? The resulting matrix looks like this:<br />
[[Image:Arc Matrix.png]]<br />
::: When inserting plot to connect and unify the various killing-them-and-taking-their-stuff sequences, I’ll be looking for ways to hook into these triadic relationships between the characters. Players know which character is an influence on which character. The role-playing will develop one way if the players are conscious of the charted relationships, and quite another if they aren't.<br />
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::* hit them with Bangs -- really interesting situations that force them to make decisions that matter to the characters and to the players. This means understanding character motivations. When we create the characters, I will get the players to write down some relationships they have to NPCs and PCs and the power structures of the world. These will probably be "people who matter" (to the fictional people in the setting), so everything the PCs do will cause ripples or even splashes in the pond of situation in the world.<br />
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=Game Ideas=<br />
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==Henchmen==<br />
: A humorous game centered around "evil" henchmen. The low guys on the totem pole. The rank and file goblins of an evil fantasy army, your basic COBRA soldier, the henchmen from the Venture Brothers, the Extacles from Frisky Dingo. (Yeah, yeah, the Extacles aren't technically evil, but you get my drift.)<br />
: Centered around grumbling about bad pay, bad insurance, and bad training. Oh, yeah, and going on what are essentially suicide missions devised by inept leaders.<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/30/08, end of session IV''==<br />
:: '''3,003 XP''' (3,750 for 4th Level)<br />
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===session #6===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ??? '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, July 5th, 10am-10pm''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...?? (??? Each)...<br />
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===session #5===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ??? '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, July 4th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...?? (??? Each)...<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Skull-Skull! '''''<br />
::: During the slaughter at the Caves of Chaos, these Kobold fiends continued to play... When our heroes entered their playroom they attacked with ferocity! [2 Kobold Sligners 200xp, 4 Kobold Minions 100xp, 2 Gurad Drakes 250xp, 4 Giant Rats 100xp, Kobold Wyrmpriest 150xp. TOTAL: 800xp/3 = 266xp each]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - 5 Heads 1 Answer '''''<br />
::: Finding their way out of the Skull-Skull game pit, our heroes found a secret door leading into a portal to converse with Tiamat - granting them chance of boon or bust with this riddle...<br />
:::: ''Concealed and shielded behind much, difficult to spot. <br> I am like bug and sickness; I am contagious not always wanted, <br> Though I am small, they fear me greatly, for I might leave them haunted. <br> At times I am tough to keep, my master forced to let me free, <br> Then I rupture and soar around and they converse regarding me. <br> I may be friend or foe, servant or teacher, <br> I am like a bird; I want to be free creature. <br> What am I?'' [Skill Challenge Level 3; Complexity 1: 150. TOTAL: 150/3 = 50xp each]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Rat-Wranglin' '''''<br />
::: Following the Rat-Herder Kobold who ran from the Skull-Skull encounter, out heroes find his cages of giant and dire rats and bats. Here Imnar chose one dire rat to take as a pet and potential mount in the future. The others were let loose to foul any traps on the way out of the dungeon... [xp part of encounter 1]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Set in Stone, Statue Room'''''<br />
::: Before leaving the Caves of the Unknown, our heroes had to pass through this opening chamber with a massive 25' ancient statue of Orcus, flanked on all sides and above by heads of Tiamat. The Orcus statue seemed to be some sort of distraction with it's sparkling gem eyes... and not only would it attack any who stepped onto this room's pressure plates, but so too would the dragon heads spewing different Tiamat breaths! Luckily and unknowingly Minsore walked unmolested through this chamber - evil allows evil to pass!! [Trap of Warding, Level 7: 300xp. TOTAL: 300/3 = 100xp each]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - I One-Eye '''''<br />
::: Moving down the hills toward the river, our heroes encountered a massive giant-born man... a Cyclops with orc prisoners in tow. One orc came out alive in this daring rescue. [Orge, adjusted with Cyclops abilities. TOTAL: 350/2 = 175xp each]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - ORCUS (still) IS!'''''<br />
::: Along the King's Road, in the thundering rain our heroes watched a pilrimage move by but stopped to converse when Imnar saw the banners to be of his faith. Sadly, they were not - these "pilgrims" were mascarading to hide their true nature as acolytes of Orcus headed for the Keep on the Shadowfell! [ 1 Vampire Fleshripper 50xp, 3 Human Lackies 225xp, 10 Decrypt Skeletons 250xp, 1 Blazing Skeleton: 300. TOTAL: 825/2 = 412xp each]<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1003xp each)<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! [2 Zombie Rotters: 76xp, 1 Decrepit Skeleton: 25xp, 4 Gravehounds: 600xp, Rotwing Zombie: 175]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap! [Pendulum Trap: 175xp]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")! [Zombie/Escape skill challenge: 375]<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,726 XP Earned + Adam updated xp: 300 = (575 Xp Each) <br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_XP_Rewards_%26_Recaps&diff=85599SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps2008-06-30T19:01:42Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/27/08, end of session III''==<br />
:: '''2,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #6===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ??? '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, July 5th, 10am-10pm''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...?? (??? Each)...<br />
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===session #5===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ??? '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, July 4th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...?? (??? Each)...<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Skull-Skull! '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - 5 Heads 1 Answer '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
:::: ''Concealed and shielded behind much, difficult to spot. <br> I am like bug and sickness; I am contagious not always wanted, <br> Though I am small, they fear me greatly, for I might leave them haunted. <br> At times I am tough to keep, my master forced to let me free, <br> Then I rupture and soar around and they converse regarding me. <br> I may be friend or foe, servant or teacher, <br> I am like a bird; I want to be free creature. <br> What am I?'' [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Rat-Wranglin' '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Set in Stone, Statue Room'''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - I One-Eye '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : 350/5 ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - ORCUS (still) IS!'''''<br />
::: ??? [ 1 Vampire, 3 Human Lackies, 20 Decript Skeletons, 1 Fire Skeleton : 350/3 ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...935 + Skeletons (465 Each)...<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! [2 Zombie Rotters: 76xp, 1 Decrepit Skeleton: 25xp, 4 Gravehounds: 600xp, Rotwing Zombie: 175]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap! [Pendulum Trap: 175xp]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")! [Zombie/Escape skill challenge: 375]<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,726 XP Earned + Adam updated xp: 300 = (575 Xp Each) <br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/27/08, end of session III''==<br />
:: '''2,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Skull-Skull! '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - 5 Heads 1 Answer '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
:::: ''Concealed and shielded behind much, difficult to spot. <br> I am like bug and sickness; I am contagious not always wanted, <br> Though I am small, they fear me greatly, for I might leave them haunted. <br> At times I am tough to keep, my master forced to let me free, <br> Then I rupture and soar around and they converse regarding me. <br> I may be friend or foe, servant or teacher, <br> I am like a bird; I want to be free creature. <br> What am I?'' [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Rat-Wranglin' '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Set in Stone, Statue Room'''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : ??? ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - I One-Eye '''''<br />
::: ??? [ ??? : 350/5 ]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - ORCUS (still) IS!'''''<br />
::: ??? [ 1 Vampire, 3 Human Lackies, 20 Decript Skeletons, 1 Fire Skeleton : 350/3 ]<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...935 + Skeletons (465 Each)...<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! [2 Zombie Rotters: 76xp, 1 Decrepit Skeleton: 25xp, 4 Gravehounds: 600xp, Rotwing Zombie: 175]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap! [Pendulum Trap: 175xp]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")! [Zombie/Escape skill challenge: 375]<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,726 XP Earned + Adam updated xp: 300 = (575 Xp Each) <br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
<br />
Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
<br />
Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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<div>== THE AGE OF CHAOS ==<br />
=== Month of Enuj, AC 2 ''(pre summer)''===<br />
6. "'''End of Spring''", this month is still cool with the dew of winter...<br />
==='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>''' '''''06/30/08 & end of Session 4''''' ===<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +5 '''<br />
:: Into the night, as thunderstorms blackened the sky Imnar scouted the King's Road for which they needed to cross... and unusually (for the weather) he found a small caravan ... but it was not only a caravan it was a pilgrimage of acolytes, seemingly of Erathis! They were of the pink-skins, not of this realms but they held aloft the banners of Imnar's faith. He must investigate! Approaching the road and calling out, at first the caravan guard answered that the high priest would not be able to serve sermon... "move along"... But Imnar would not take no for the answer, and after leaving tithing he watched carefully as Minsore covered him from the wood - leary of this coincidence... And soon our heroes would be surrounded by the hate of Orcus yet again! These "pilgrims" would throw off their robes revealing the undead - apparently on some sort of mission to the Shadowfell in the north... Not ready for the battle, the minions of Orcus fell to the warrior ways of our heroes as the vampiric priest was pushed back into its coffin inside the caravan cart.<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +4 '''<br />
:: Once beyond the Chaotic temple-hall entryway, our heroes took their escape. Tunnels that Minsore had moved through at the behest of his human contact Ratzo, offered this "back door" to the Caves of Chaos. But Sotlag was gone... Imnar quipped that it was the chaotic wand he had used (retrieved from the temple prior) that took his mind, though the truth was unknown. All that was known is the hobgoblin was gone for the moment... Some half-day journey across/beneath the surface our hero's found the sanctuary of '''"Bargle's Caverns"''' (aka. the Caves of the Unknown) when they came on a massive iron planked portculis... Slipping between the bars the goblin toyed with the keys found from the Chaos Temple and sprung the lock - with no traps, to his surprise! <br> While Minsore knew the layout of the cave entrance he hadnot encountered any activity when Ratzo led him through prior... this time would be different. The crack of bone on stone was the first indication of life within these more natural tunnels. Advancing toward the exit the duo found themselves in a "game" of '''SKULL-SKULL''' as they learned that more than a handful of Kobolds had apparently escaped the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos! Their triumph over these dragonoid minions would be complete with the aid of another refugee of the Caves - as Ugruk, bugbear cleric aided in fending off the Kobolds and their drake pets. Chasing the Kobold rat-herder, Imnar slowed the group as he poured over the cavern walls looking for hidden passages for which the little leader might have used to escape - and a portal he would find! As an emmence shadow loomed out of the cavern room behind the hidden portal Ugruk slung his ancestral bone inward! The thump of bone on stone cracked but the magical weapon would not return! Only the crisp biting snaked tongue of five voices came from within - our heroes had stumbled on a hidden shrine to '''Tiamat'''!! <br />
:::: ''Concealed and shielded behind much, difficult to spot. <br> I am like bug and sickness; I am contagious not always wanted, <br> Though I am small, they fear me greatly, for I might leave them haunted. <br> At times I am tough to keep, my master forced to let me free, <br> Then I rupture and soar around and they converse regarding me. <br> I may be friend or foe, servant or teacher, <br> I am like a bird; I want to be free creature. <br> What am I? Answer this and find your wealth in the realm doubled. Answer poorly and find all gone...''<br />
:: The answer came quickly as Imnar stepped forward holding his holy symbol above speaking "Secret", it is a secret... Ugruk would be the first to find the boon of this riddle answer as he and Imnar grew heavy when each of their items duplicated themselves! Sadly Minsore either didnot believe in the answer or was outside the magic's power... a power they guessed to come from the god's plane itself!! <br> After the Shrine closed the squeaks of rats rang louder, and soon Imnar found himself choosing from the Rat-Herder's prize specimens... this dire rat was a baby still but it would make a fine mount some day! <br />
:: Leaving the caverns seemed easy as Minsore walked across the entryway and Ugruk rushed back toward the Caves of Chaos, interested in bringing reinforcements back to our heroes... But it would not be so easy for Imnar, his dedication to his god would be the blight that slowed his advancement! This entryway's statue room showed a massive idol that seemed to be of ancient reference to Orcus, but it was flanked on four sides and from above by the heads of Tiamat! And the heads and statue of Orcus did not want Imnar to leave alive!! But with goblin-grace the little paladin leapt through the challenges and soon joined his gnoll friend outside.<br />
:: Unsure of their next path and now under the light of the sun, the duo moved southward... They guessed that contour lines on one of the Chaos maps of the Realm might promise sanctuary - so south they would go, just beyond the great river to the jutting mountain east of the swamps. By midday the group paused for rest in the mouth of one of the great dragon ruins of the ancient empires. This was their first time for rest and reflection, but it would be interrupted soon as the natural path had other walkers as a massive meaty hand appeared and leapt down the path with its back to our heroes. With three orcs in toe, this brute sang a giant tune on his way to take advantage of the Slaughters at the Caves of Chaos... As his head swung to punish the orcs for not singing along, <br />
:::: ''"Big one I, One big eye. One-eye see, Two-eye die!"'''<br />
:: the goblin and gnoll saw the nature of this monster - a CYCLOPS... obviously looking to recruit minions on his journey southward!! The orcs were of the different warring tribes - two from the cowardly but many '''"Bad Sun"''' orcs and the other of the pig-faced tribe... and she spied our heroes! Imnar, glancing to Minsore rallied and rushed the ankles of the giant while calling out to the orcs to aid in their rescue... soon the orcs were free, one dead by the pig-face for having ran as a coward, another dead when squashed by the cyclops! But a sure-shot from Minsore's bow fell the beast and soon the duo would be three again! <br> After talk over the camp site, and much discussion of why goblins are lesser races, the trio determined that it would be best to continue together for revenge. This pig-faced orc, '''Puugor Giant-tamer''', would be a good addition for now... <br />
: ''' the Slaughter +3 '''<br />
:: From the stairwell descending into the Chaotic Torture Chamber Sister Jadescale beckoned our heroes to move as the chanting of zombified voices echoed evermore down the temple... But within the iron maiden device a muffled voice moaned! Soon '''Sotlag''' a Hobgoblin Warlock would join the monsterous group, after being given freedom by the goblin and gnoll. Marching back into the temple proper, Imnar spied an odd occurance... the floors of the temple hallway seemed to move up ahead - this would be clear when he watched as chaotic zombie acolytes rose from their holding graves beneath the stone tiles, shuffling upward toward the temple opening from calls of the alarm bells of their masters. Reacting to this horror, Imnar sent his magical dagger flying - severing the unlife of one of the beasts!... but they did not react. Only one even turned a head - slowly reminding our heroes that '''"ORCUUUUS IIIIIIISS"''' pointing at them and glancing with glowing eyes back to his grave. <br> The skitter of bone on tile was the first indication of the sentry beasts that would "take care" of this minor menace for the Orcus followers. A pack of gravehounds rounded the corner leaping to attack as arrows from Minsore and eldritch flame bolts from Sotlag to Imnar's flank met the craven dogs! In one of their most harrowing encounters yet our heroes pulled themselves out from the skeletal dogs horrors and advanced behind the zombie horde. Rushing, perhaps uncautious in his excitement Imnar saw his life pass before his eyes in the form of a massive rusty pendulum as the trap left by the pointing zombie sliced into the goblin. <br> The plate trap was foiled with some quick thinking and soon the trio made their way into the upper chamber halls to see the horde arranged. Battle sounds echoed in as they knew the Ironshod Company had arrived at the Chaos Temple of Orcus! This battle would be the perfect distraction to present our hero's escape! Donning the hoods and robes of Orcus, the trio walked slowly among the horde without being molested! And on the far side in a last distraction effort - Imnar tossed a sunrod into the rafters of the temple hall - revealing Ironshod's Tiefling running above back into the temple, perhaps to flank - more likely to look for assassination opportunities!<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +2 '''<br />
:: Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, '''Sotlag''', now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... <br />
::: Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... <br />
:: After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The '''Elf-Killer''' catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio, with '''Imnar''' in the lead, make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interrogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous '''Bargel''') the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> <br> <br />
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: ''' the Slaughter +1.5 '''<br />
:: Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants '''''"ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!"''''' of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess...<br />
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: ''' the Slaughter +1 '''<br />
:: Only a handful of survivors are to become martyrs to their races, having escaped the axes, daggers and boots of the Ironshod Company and the retainers from the Keep on the Borderland.<br />
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: ''' the Slaughter '''<br />
:: On this day their were dozens of denizens among the Caves of Chaos caverns. The Ironshod Company came this day and began the Slaughter without mercy.<br />
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==THE TIME OF YEARS BEGINS==<br />
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==THE AGELESS TIME BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY==<br />
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| align="left" | <small> Chapter 1 - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" </small><br />
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! align="left" | <small> '''QUOTE:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ''"...???..."'' </small><br />
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! align="left" | <small> '''BORN:''' :</small><br />
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==LAST STAND==<br />
In a short description, give an idea of some of the "Last Stand" events that happened in your race's lair when the "Villains" from the Keep on the Borderland began the slaughter.<br />
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==DESCRIPTION==<br />
Note descriptors that a stranger would notice about a character after a minute (1st Impression) of interacting with your PC. These can be physical traits, mannerisms, or props. For example: "tall, willowy, with a big ol' mole on her face."<br />
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==CHARACTER BACKGROUND==<br />
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==RACE/TRIBE BACKGROUND==<br />
Remember, your tribe (and race in the Realms as far as you know) must have had reasons for living at the Caves of Chaos. What were they?<br />
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==HEROIC MOTIVATION== <br />
Playing a monster will be fun but different, what's your Heroic Motivation from your "monster" point of view? How might it be different from a noraml PC?<br />
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==BELIEFS & INSTINCTS==<br />
What are your PC's essential '''Beliefs''' and '''Instincts'''? A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. <br />
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An Instinct is something a character will likely does instinctually. Instincts can get you into trouble because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "always armed" for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct when in a social situation...<br />
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==2 OUTCOMES==<br />
List two opposed possible outcomes for your PC as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::: '''''Frodo Baggins, LotR''': find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair''<br />
:::: '''''Andy Sipocwicz, NYPD Blue''': achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him''<br />
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== 3x3 ==<br />
==='''THE VILLAIN - of "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''===<br />
This enemy is your PC's counterpart from the "Adventuring Party" that came from the Keep on the Borderland to kill you and take your stuff!! Ooo, we hate them!! They must pay...<br />
<br> '''This character is your PC's counterpart - if you are a Fighter, this character should be a Fighter. Their Race should be one of the normal PC races.'''<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LAST FRIEND or CONTACT'''===<br />
The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" was tragedy - all of your Friends or Contacts were killed. This person was lucky like you and survived or is someone outside the Caves, perhaps you can find them...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LOCATION or ORGANIZATION'''===<br />
The Caves of Chaos was your home - its the place you know, most of the groups you know were there. But there is at least one place or one organization that you might be able to seek out later...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Description, details, etc...<br />
:: Brief properties of note.<br />
:: When/Where last visited/scene.<br />
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== GEAR==<br />
===Preferred Weapons===<br />
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===Preferred Armor/Cloths===<br />
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===Normal Travelling Gear===<br />
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== PLAYER QUESTIONS ==<br />
What's your favorite monster or NPCs to fight?!!<br />
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What do you most enjoy about RPGs & D&D? '' (meaning battling monsters, solving puzzles, political roleplaying, etc..?)''<br />
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What very cool things would you add to setting/campaign? What do you hope to see?<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/27/08, end of session III''==<br />
:: '''2,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Skull-Skull! '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - 5 Heads 1 Answer '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
:::: ''Concealed and shielded behind much, difficult to spot. <br> I am like bug and sickness; I am contagious not always wanted, <br> Though I am small, they fear me greatly, for I might leave them haunted. <br> At times I am tough to keep, my master forced to let me free, <br> Then I rupture and soar around and they converse regarding me. <br> I may be friend or foe, servant or teacher, <br> I am like a bird; I want to be free creature. <br> What am I?''<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Rat-Wranglin' '''''<br />
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::: '''''Encounter 4 - Set in Stone, Statue Room'''''<br />
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::: '''''Encounter 5 - I One-Eye '''''<br />
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::: '''''Encounter 6 - ORCUS (still) IS!'''''<br />
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Total XP for this session: ...935 + Skeletons (465 Each)...<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! [2 Zombie Rotters: 76xp, 1 Decrepit Skeleton: 25xp, 4 Gravehounds: 600xp, Rotwing Zombie: 175]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap! [Pendulum Trap: 175xp]<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")! [Zombie/Escape skill challenge: 375]<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,726 XP Earned + Adam updated xp: 300 = (575 Xp Each) <br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/27/08, end of session III''==<br />
:: '''2,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")!<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,725(?) (575 for each player)<br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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<div>== THE AGE OF CHAOS ==<br />
=== Month of Enuj, AC 2 ''(pre summer)''===<br />
6. "'''End of Spring''", this month is still cool with the dew of winter...<br />
==='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>''' '''''06/22/08 & end of Session 2''''' ===<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +2 '''<br />
:: Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, '''Sotlag''', now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... <br />
::: Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... <br />
:: After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The '''Elf-Killer''' catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio, with '''Imnar''' in the lead, make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interrogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous '''Bargel''') the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> <br> <br />
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: ''' the Slaughter +1.5 '''<br />
:: Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants '''''"ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!"''''' of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess...<br />
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: ''' the Slaughter +1 '''<br />
:: Only a handful of survivors are to become martyrs to their races, having escaped the axes, daggers and boots of the Ironshod Company and the retainers from the Keep on the Borderland.<br />
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: ''' the Slaughter '''<br />
:: On this day their were dozens of denizens among the Caves of Chaos caverns. The Ironshod Company came this day and began the Slaughter without mercy.<br />
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==THE TIME OF YEARS BEGINS==<br />
: ??<br />
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==THE AGELESS TIME BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY==<br />
: ??<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/27/08, end of session III''==<br />
:: '''2,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #4===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 10am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Zombies Rising '''''<br />
::: As our heroes climb the stair from the Temple Torture Chamber, the sound of "ORCUS IS!!" still rings in the air... yet now another sound chimes as a deep bell tolls. Beyond the hall they spy from beneath the stone tile temple hall floors undead in acolyte robes crawl out of their hidden places. Though they seem to ignore our heroes one "intelligent-watcher" undead acolyte directs gravehounds to take car of this minor challenge as the horde moves up into the upper temple. The battle with the zombiefied dogs is fierce and as our heroes triumph they see Sister Jadescale rise as one of them - having been torn from the mortal coil by the dog-beasts she rises as a minion of Orcus... a Rotwing Zombie! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - Blade Drop ''''' (Pendulum Trap)<br />
::: Barely escaping the zombie horde, the gravehounds and their former companion Jadescale - our heroes advance but watch as the watcher-zombie closes the temple door. Suspecting the door to be trapped Imnar slowly checks the area, not knowing he'd already stepped into the pressure plates that with one more step would activate swinging blades some 15 feet infront of the dungeon door! Leaping from the trap blood spattered as the goblin fell to the stairs in pain. But with cunning defeats the trap by lodging wooden pews, tables and benches into the pendulums to disarm and break the trap down... circumventing the deathtrap!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - betwixt the Undead Horde ''''' (Skill Challenge)<br />
::: Seeing the light of day, our heroes cautiously move to try to escape but between sweet success and their position are 20-50-100(??!!) undead acolytes! Blocking the temple entrance the priests of Orcus engage in defense of their temple with "Those Pink Bastards" - the Ironshod Company just outside. But with cunning and stealth the three monsters don temple robes and work their way through the horde - not knowing that the robes they wore would completely mask them from detection(!)... Once on the opposite side of the horde (and spying the Tiefling Rogue of the Ironshod rushing into the temple above in the beam rafters) our heroes make their way to the collapsed caverns for which Minsore recognized as having reentered the Caves of Chaos just following the Slaughter only a few days ago - the portal that lead out through the "Caves of the Unknown" (aka. "Bargle's Caverns")!<br />
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Total XP for this session: 1,725(?) (575 for each player)<br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 850 (425 for each player)<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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Total XP for this session: 2,000 (1,000 for each player)<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned <br> follower of <br> '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkyellow> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
=====THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF=====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. '''Lord Lear''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Veranon Neruxun'''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle(?)" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This ma, believed to be the infamous Bargle, was of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. '''Lord Lear''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Veranon Neruxun'''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle(?)" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This ma, believed to be the infamous Bargle, was of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. '''Lord Lear''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Veranon Neruxun'''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This man of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font><br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon'' | aka. '''Lord Lear''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Veranon Neruxun'''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This man of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Master Bergus Lear'''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon'' | aka. '''Lord Lear''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Veranon Neruxun'''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This man of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
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:* <font color=darkblue>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''' | aka. ''' Old Irontoe; T ''' ) - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' | aka. ''' ??? ''' ) - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>''' Master Bergus Lear '''</font> (male Human Fighter - Role, Unalligned follower of '''Corellon'' | aka. ''' Lord Lear ''' ) - Bergus is at first glance what all men aspire to be. He is strong and handsome riding apon his horse. But deeper, he is a shallow man who cares more about the "kill marks" he cuts into his helm than anything. He always takes first choice of treasure and women. He believes himself to be the leader fully of the Ironshod Company. <br />
::: '''''He enjoys hireling toadies, running horses into the ground, the splatter of warm monster blood in his face and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>''' Veranon Neruxun '''</font> (male Eladrin Warlock - Role, Evil follower of '''Asmodeus''' | aka. '''Mr. Neruxun; Veranon the Circumspect''' ) - The eladrin warlock of the Ironshod Company seems to snivel and complain more than any adventurer in the realm. Always making a fuss about the difficulties of his life with this band, he often goes on about the most recent disease he's contracted - almost always having a cough or ache problem. He is in truth very resilient, this is all an act to allow him to work less... <br />
::: '''''He prefers not getting his hands dirty, working mornings or late evenings, and doesn't really "enjoy or like" anything except of course - killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
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==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This man of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned <br> follower of <br> '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Spectral Guard ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Specter Guardian follower of '''Orcus''') - The spectral guard of the Chaos Temple's guests, these beings are assembled from an amalgamation of the lesser acolytes that did not survive their indoctrination process into the Cults of Orcus. They now serve in death stronger than they were in life... They serve as the higher priests ask, this guardian was tasked to watch "Bargle"...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' "Bargle" ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Human Magic User - Chaotic Evil follower of whomever pays) - This man of the most average type died with much of the informations he carried, refusing to give it to our heroes. He attempted to lead them into their deaths but was found out and put to death before he could foul them!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' the Torturer's Mud ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (Yellow Ochre) - Beneath the torture chamber within the Chaos Temple lies a sewage system of disqust swarming with things to dissolve and eat the waste and filth of the temple. This particular ooze braved the chamber when, unknowningly, our heroes opened it's grating without proper protection/procedure. It split into 3 seperate foes before being cut down and retreating back into the sewage waste below!<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> Vengra Kel'tarz </th><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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==''Experience as of 06/14/08''==<br />
:: '''1,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 11am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
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: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
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: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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<div>[[Image:D&D4-Icon.gif|frame| '''EXPERIENCE LEVEL CHART''' <br> <br />
* '''1st Level''': 0<br><br />
* '''2nd Level''': 1,000<br><br />
* '''3rd Level''': 2,250<br><br />
* '''4th Level''': 3,750<br><br />
* '''5th Level''': 5,500<br><br />
* '''6th Level''': 7,500<br><br />
* '''7th Level''': 10,000<br><br />
* '''8th Level''': 13,000<br><br />
* '''9th Level''': 16,500<br><br />
* '''10th Level''': 20,500<br><br />
* '''11th Level''': 26,000<br><br />
* '''12th Level''': 32,000<br><br />
* '''13th Level''': 39,000<br><br />
* '''14th Level''': 47,000<br><br />
* '''15th Level''': 57,000<br><br />
* '''16th Level''': 69,000<br><br />
* '''17th Level''': 83,000<br><br />
* '''18th Level''': 99,000<br><br />
* '''19th Level''': 119,000<br><br />
* '''20th Level''': 143,000<br><br />
* '''21st Level''': 175,000<br><br />
* '''22nd Level''': 210,000<br><br />
* '''23rd Level''': 255,000<br><br />
* '''24th Level''': 310,000<br><br />
* '''25th Level''': 375,000<br><br />
* '''26th Level''': 450,000<br><br />
* '''27th Level''': 550,000<br><br />
* '''28th Level''': 675,000<br><br />
* '''29th Level''': 825,000<br><br />
* '''30th Level''': ''a cool million'' ]]<br />
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=The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos=<br />
==''Experience as of 06/14/08''==<br />
:: '''1,000 XP''' (2,250 for 3rd Level)<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part III '''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 28th, 11am-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
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===session #3===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part II '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 27th, 5pm-12am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - ??? '''''<br />
::: ???<br />
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===session #2===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>''''' ESCAPE FROM CHAOS part I '''''</font>''' <br> ''Friday, June 20th, 9pm-1am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - Ghostly Encounter '''''<br />
::: With the scent of dragon in the air, the survivors found their way to what they would learn to be a guest chamber for the Temple of Chaos. Within the Medusa Princess the monsters had freed earlier had attempted to take her "revenge" on the man who called himself Bargle. But as Bargle was fending off the petrification his assigned protector stepped up - blasting Goy'az through the door before our Heroes. Quickly taking action Imnar and Minsore found a way to destroy the ghostly-specter creature through the power of the paladin's faith.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - The Man formerly known as Bargle '''''<br />
::: After interrogating the man claiming to be Bargle (a failed Skill Challenge) the trio uncovered his "prize"... the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, a dragon egg of power that Sister Jadescale's talon had lost.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Slimed... '''''<br />
::: True to his word - the "late" magic-user, told Minsore and Imnar that beyond the Guest Chambers was the torture gallery. Although it was unusually quiet (due to the rally of the Orcus Acolytes nearer the temple entrance) beneath the dungeon tiles lay ambush! In the blood and gore catcher below an iron maden lurked some sort of orche jelly beast! Splitting to become multiple opponents - the creature gave the monsters a surprise fight... but the two heroes made quick work and returned to their quest for escape.<br />
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===session #1===<br />
: ''D&D4 presents:'' <br> <font color=darkred>'''''LAST MONSTER STANDING'''''</font>''' <br> ''Saturday, June 14th, 10am-2am''. <br> ''GM'': KEVIN <br />
:: '''ISSUE RECAP''': <br />
::: '''''Encounter 1 - the Origin'''''<br />
::: The Skill Challenge opening: "24 hours ago there were xx members of your tribe/race, now there is one!" What do you do? These were all very interesting and basically became the origin story of what will become the PC party group. Everyone except Bill's character won a success in their Skill Challenge, although all had a bitter win.<br />
::: '''''Encounter 2 - the Meeting'''''<br />
::: With the Origin encounter leading directly to the PCs meeting for the first time, only Eric and Adam stayed through and after the first encounter. The Goblin and Gnoll found one another in a secret tunnel connecting the Hobgoblin and Gnoll lairs. Trapped on both sides they found a third way out, a secret passage into the Chaos Temple caverns! But not before being skewered a few times with traps... heheh<br />
::: '''''Encounter 3 - Into the Chaos Temple''''' <br />
::: '''''(aka. "the Lair of the Veranda Door!!")''''' <br />
::: Opening into the primary storage room of the Chaos Temple (later determined to be followers of the Orcus Cults, and clearly usurpers of Tiamat). The Imnar & Minsore searched/looted for supplies, knowing they might never be able to enter a town for food/etc... The door to this room was made of "imperfect glass" and the duo could see on the outside lurked an armored man - perhaps guarding the door or trying to look in. After a fun battle with the door... they moved on. (as noted by Adam and Eric - I'm proud to say, this was one of the very best scenes I've ever DMed) ask them for more, heheh...<br />
::: '''''Encounter 4 - Death from Above'''''<br />
::: As the PCs moved on into the temple (interestingly hewn stone, no longer "caverns" really), they continued to be very cautious due to previous encounters/traps. Minsore noticed the odd duplication of construction in the vault areas above the dungeon halls. Not only were the vaulted ceilings constructed to hold themselves but there were also wooden support beams that seemed unnecessary. And the PCs soon learned that they were made as a hidden watch point for a temple assassin - a "Halfling Prowler", who dropped to try and kill each PC one-on-one when they split up for a short while. It didn't work. The PCs thwarted his plan and forced him to run. He darted down into a staired room they'd just found - leading to what the assassin hoped would help him escape to tell his masters!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 5 - the Crypt of the Anti-Paladin of Orcus'''''<br />
::: With the Halfling Prowler bolting for safety within the crypt, trying to hide between the 14 various sarcophagi - he managed to uncover Lord Dezinex, former paladin - now wight of Orcus, whom he hoped would be a distraction for his escape... sadly (for the halfling) it wasn't and he was killed just before the anti-paladin rose to fight. The wight, quickly realized that these "monsters" were not worthy to fight, so he called his fellowship forth - as the 13 other sarcophagi broke seals and out rose the others. Battling these many many undead was nearly fatal - however after some bad die rolling, the PCs made a comeback and barely escaped with their lives. Destroying the crypt-master and his minions!<br />
::: '''''Encounter 6 - Mirror Mirror & the Maiden'''''<br />
::: After a solid rest, having been awake for over a full day - the PCs moved out from the storage room (which they'd fallen back to for safety) and soon found an area with a strange sacrificial alter. Imnar spied a villain, rushed into the alcove and destoryed a mirror positioned on the wall - he'd seen himself. But this activity lead to a room across the hall which Minsore could see (through the door's window) a beautiful woman (to human eyes anyway) trapped within. The room was barred from the outside (much like the Crypt prior) so they moved cautiously. The woman inside seemed to be dancing in ritual-like style around 6 humanoid slaves hanging just off the ground. Opening the door and rushing in Minsore attacked, but was surprised when the woman threw her cloak back revealing hair of asps! A Medusa!! Soon Imnar was "alone" as Minsore found himself made statue, much like the humanoids she was dancing around... But Minsore's resolve was strong and he pulled back from the brink to overtake the magic gaze as the duo rushed from the room to lock the Medusa inside - but Minsore was not as luck the second time. When Imnar turned around in the hall his new friend was pertrified!! He was alone. Negotiating with the Medusa Imnar made a pact - "monster to monster" that he would allow her to go free if she'd free his friend... She agreed and after retreating - Minsore, and surprisingly, the other humanoids returned to flesh! <br />
::: '''''Encounter 7 - the Talon of Tiamat'''''<br />
::: The humanoids freed from the stone of the Medusa all fell to the ground, only one surviving the tortures prior. This priest, a cleric of Tiamat was Dragonborn. The other five, were her "Talon" - her unit, her party - on a quest to find and retake the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain. Minsore quickly remembered the ritual implements in the storeroom had an egg shaped holder that he believed hinted that this "spawn" was actually the Egg of a Green Dragon from another Realm! The PCs aided the cleric back to her feat and then retreated to the crypt to gather equipment for her to join them on the way out...<br />
::: Along the way the PCs found some cool items, ritual books, neat treasures, potions and powerful weapons to use in their quest for revenge.<br />
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<div>== THE AGE OF CHAOS ==<br />
=== Month of Enuj, AC 2 ''(pre summer)''===<br />
6. "'''End of Spring''", this month is still cool with the dew of winter...<br />
==='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>''' '''''06/22/08 & end of Session 2''''' ===<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +2 '''<br />
:: Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, '''Sotlag''', now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... <br />
::: Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... <br />
:: After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The '''Elf-Killer''' catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio, with '''Imnar''' in the lead, make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous '''Bargel''') the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1.5 '''<br />
:: Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants '''''"ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!"''''' of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess...<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1 '''<br />
:: Only a handful of survivors are to become martyrs to their races, having escaped the axes, daggers and boots of the Ironshod Company and the retainers from the Keep on the Borderland.<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter '''<br />
:: On this day their were dozens of denizens among the Caves of Chaos caverns. The Ironshod Company came this day and began the Slaughter without mercy.<br />
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==THE TIME OF YEARS BEGINS==<br />
: ??<br />
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==THE AGELESS TIME BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY==<br />
: ??<br />
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<div>== THE AGE OF CHAOS ==<br />
=== Month of Enuj, AC 2 ''(pre summer)''===<br />
6. "'''End of Spring''", this month is still cool with the dew of winter...<br />
==='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>''' '''''06/22/08 & end of Session 2''''' ===<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +2 '''<br />
:: Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, '''Sotlag''', now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... <br> Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... <br> After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The '''Elf-Killer''' catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio, with '''Imnar''' in the lead, make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous '''Bargel''') the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1.5 '''<br />
:: Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants '''''"ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!"''''' of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess...<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1 '''<br />
:: Only a handful of survivors are to become martyrs to their races, having escaped the axes, daggers and boots of the Ironshod Company and the retainers from the Keep on the Borderland.<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter '''<br />
:: On this day their were dozens of denizens among the Caves of Chaos caverns. The Ironshod Company came this day and began the Slaughter without mercy.<br />
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==THE TIME OF YEARS BEGINS==<br />
: ??<br />
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==THE AGELESS TIME BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY==<br />
: ??<br />
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<div>== THE AGE OF CHAOS ==<br />
=== Month of Enuj, AC 2 ''(pre summer)''===<br />
6. "'''End of Spring''", this month is still cool with the dew of winter...<br />
==='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>''' '''''06/22/08 & end of Session 2''''' ===<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +2 '''<br />
:: Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1.5 '''<br />
:: Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants '''''"ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!"''''' of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess...<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter +1 '''<br />
:: Only a handful of survivors are to become martyrs to their races, having escaped the axes, daggers and boots of the Ironshod Company and the retainers from the Keep on the Borderland.<br />
<br />
: ''' the Slaughter '''<br />
:: On this day their were dozens of denizens among the Caves of Chaos caverns. The Ironshod Company came this day and began the Slaughter without mercy.<br />
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<br />
==THE TIME OF YEARS BEGINS==<br />
: ??<br />
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==THE AGELESS TIME BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY==<br />
: ??<br />
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<div>[[Image:Caves-logo.gif|right]]<br />
:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> race/class <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned <br> follower of <br> '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Only a handful survived the slaughter, 36 hours ago their were 771 "monsters" within the Caves of Chaos - one Hobgoblin survived, yet he may not last long if he does not find allies in the aftermath... The warlock, Sotlag, now ventures into the Chaos Temple looking for a way out... Meanwhile in those same caverns beyond... After negotiating a deal with "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs arm and equip the Dragonborn priestess and set forth back into the temple halls. The Elf-Killer catches the scent of something odd on the wind... the smell of dragon-kin, similar to Jadescale but different. The trio make their way to be surprised by Goy'az being battered about by the protector of one who they would learn had brought the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain (a dragon egg) into the Choas Temples. Defeating the protector and interogating the magic-user (who may or may not be the infamous Bargel) the goblin and gnoll were attacked by a slim monster hiding beneath the floors of the torture facility! Hacking to bits before it slinked away the two now seek only to escape this ... CHAOS. <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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==GAZETEER==<br />
[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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==THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF==<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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| align="left" | <small> Chapter 1 - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" </small><br />
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==LAST STAND==<br />
In a short description, give an idea of some of the "Last Stand" events that happened in your race's lair when the "Villains" from the Keep on the Borderland began the slaughter.<br />
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Note descriptors that a stranger would notice about a character after a minute (1st Impression) of interacting with your PC. These can be physical traits, mannerisms, or props. For example: "tall, willowy, with a big ol' mole on her face."<br />
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Remember, your tribe (and race in the Realms as far as you know) must have had reasons for living at the Caves of Chaos. What were they?<br />
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==HEROIC MOTIVATION== <br />
Playing a monster will be fun but different, what's your Heroic Motivation from your "monster" point of view? How might it be different from a noraml PC?<br />
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==BELIEFS & INSTINCTS==<br />
What are your PC's essential '''Beliefs''' and '''Instincts'''? A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. <br />
:: ???<br />
An Instinct is something a character will likely does instinctually. Instincts can get you into trouble because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "always armed" for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct when in a social situation...<br />
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==2 OUTCOMES==<br />
List two opposed possible outcomes for your PC as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::: '''''Frodo Baggins, LotR''': find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair''<br />
:::: '''''Andy Sipocwicz, NYPD Blue''': achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him''<br />
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==='''THE VILLAIN - of "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''===<br />
This enemy is your PC's counterpart from the "Adventuring Party" that came from the Keep on the Borderland to kill you and take your stuff!! Ooo, we hate them!! They must pay...<br />
<br> '''This character is your PC's counterpart - if you are a Fighter, this character should be a Fighter. Their Race should be one of the normal PC races.'''<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LAST FRIEND or CONTACT'''===<br />
The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" was tragedy - all of your Friends or Contacts were killed. This person was lucky like you and survived or is someone outside the Caves, perhaps you can find them...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LOCATION or ORGANIZATION'''===<br />
The Caves of Chaos was your home - its the place you know, most of the groups you know were there. But there is at least one place or one organization that you might be able to seek out later...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Description, details, etc...<br />
:: Brief properties of note.<br />
:: When/Where last visited/scene.<br />
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===Preferred Weapons===<br />
:: ???<br />
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===Preferred Armor/Cloths===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
===Normal Travelling Gear===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== PLAYER QUESTIONS ==<br />
What's your favorite monster or NPCs to fight?!!<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What do you most enjoy about RPGs & D&D? '' (meaning battling monsters, solving puzzles, political roleplaying, etc..?)''<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What very cool things would you add to setting/campaign? What do you hope to see?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br><br />
----<br />
----<br />
[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_Ugruk_Blood-Muzzle&diff=85007SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle2008-06-23T06:09:50Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div>{| align="right" border="1" cellpadding="2" width="300" style="margin-left:2em;"<br />
|- <br />
|align="center" style="background:#efefef"| <big> '''" PC NAME "''' </big><br />
|-<br />
! [[Image:???.gif]]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
{| align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="background:#efefef"<br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''1st APP:''' </small><br />
| align="left" | <small> Chapter 1 - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''QUOTE:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ''"...???..."'' </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''BORN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''HEIGHT / WEIGHT:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''LANGUAGES KNOWN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==LAST STAND==<br />
In a short description, give an idea of some of the "Last Stand" events that happened in your race's lair when the "Villains" from the Keep on the Borderland began the slaughter.<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==DESCRIPTION==<br />
Note descriptors that a stranger would notice about a character after a minute (1st Impression) of interacting with your PC. These can be physical traits, mannerisms, or props. For example: "tall, willowy, with a big ol' mole on her face."<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==CHARACTER BACKGROUND==<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==RACE/TRIBE BACKGROUND==<br />
Remember, your tribe (and race in the Realms as far as you know) must have had reasons for living at the Caves of Chaos. What were they?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==HEROIC MOTIVATION== <br />
Playing a monster will be fun but different, what's your Heroic Motivation from your "monster" point of view? How might it be different from a noraml PC?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==BELIEFS & INSTINCTS==<br />
What are your PC's essential '''Beliefs''' and '''Instincts'''? A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. <br />
:: ???<br />
An Instinct is something a character will likely does instinctually. Instincts can get you into trouble because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "always armed" for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct when in a social situation...<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==2 OUTCOMES==<br />
List two opposed possible outcomes for your PC as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::: '''''Frodo Baggins, LotR''': find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair''<br />
:::: '''''Andy Sipocwicz, NYPD Blue''': achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him''<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
== 3x3 ==<br />
==='''THE VILLAIN - of "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''===<br />
This enemy is your PC's counterpart from the "Adventuring Party" that came from the Keep on the Borderland to kill you and take your stuff!! Ooo, we hate them!! They must pay...<br />
<br> '''This character is your PC's counterpart - if you are a Fighter, this character should be a Fighter. Their Race should be one of the normal PC races.'''<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
<br />
==='''LAST FRIEND or CONTACT'''===<br />
The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" was tragedy - all of your Friends or Contacts were killed. This person was lucky like you and survived or is someone outside the Caves, perhaps you can find them...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
<br />
==='''LOCATION or ORGANIZATION'''===<br />
The Caves of Chaos was your home - its the place you know, most of the groups you know were there. But there is at least one place or one organization that you might be able to seek out later...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Description, details, etc...<br />
:: Brief properties of note.<br />
:: When/Where last visited/scene.<br />
<br />
<br />
== GEAR==<br />
===Preferred Weapons===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
===Preferred Armor/Cloths===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
===Normal Travelling Gear===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== PLAYER QUESTIONS ==<br />
What's your favorite monster or NPCs to fight?!!<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What do you most enjoy about RPGs & D&D? '' (meaning battling monsters, solving puzzles, political roleplaying, etc..?)''<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What very cool things would you add to setting/campaign? What do you hope to see?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br><br />
----<br />
----<br />
[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_Sotlag&diff=85006SatCoC Sotlag2008-06-23T06:09:34Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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<div>{| align="right" border="1" cellpadding="2" width="300" style="margin-left:2em;"<br />
|- <br />
|align="center" style="background:#efefef"| <big> '''" PC NAME "''' </big><br />
|-<br />
! [[Image:???.gif]]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
{| align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="background:#efefef"<br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''1st APP:''' </small><br />
| align="left" | <small> Chapter 1 - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''QUOTE:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ''"...???..."'' </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''BORN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''HEIGHT / WEIGHT:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
! align="left" | <small> '''LANGUAGES KNOWN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ??? </small><br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==LAST STAND==<br />
In a short description, give an idea of some of the "Last Stand" events that happened in your race's lair when the "Villains" from the Keep on the Borderland began the slaughter.<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==DESCRIPTION==<br />
Note descriptors that a stranger would notice about a character after a minute (1st Impression) of interacting with your PC. These can be physical traits, mannerisms, or props. For example: "tall, willowy, with a big ol' mole on her face."<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==CHARACTER BACKGROUND==<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==RACE/TRIBE BACKGROUND==<br />
Remember, your tribe (and race in the Realms as far as you know) must have had reasons for living at the Caves of Chaos. What were they?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==HEROIC MOTIVATION== <br />
Playing a monster will be fun but different, what's your Heroic Motivation from your "monster" point of view? How might it be different from a noraml PC?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==BELIEFS & INSTINCTS==<br />
What are your PC's essential '''Beliefs''' and '''Instincts'''? A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. <br />
:: ???<br />
An Instinct is something a character will likely does instinctually. Instincts can get you into trouble because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "always armed" for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct when in a social situation...<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==2 OUTCOMES==<br />
List two opposed possible outcomes for your PC as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::: '''''Frodo Baggins, LotR''': find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair''<br />
:::: '''''Andy Sipocwicz, NYPD Blue''': achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him''<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
== 3x3 ==<br />
==='''THE VILLAIN - of "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''===<br />
This enemy is your PC's counterpart from the "Adventuring Party" that came from the Keep on the Borderland to kill you and take your stuff!! Ooo, we hate them!! They must pay...<br />
<br> '''This character is your PC's counterpart - if you are a Fighter, this character should be a Fighter. Their Race should be one of the normal PC races.'''<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
<br />
==='''LAST FRIEND or CONTACT'''===<br />
The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" was tragedy - all of your Friends or Contacts were killed. This person was lucky like you and survived or is someone outside the Caves, perhaps you can find them...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
<br />
==='''LOCATION or ORGANIZATION'''===<br />
The Caves of Chaos was your home - its the place you know, most of the groups you know were there. But there is at least one place or one organization that you might be able to seek out later...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Description, details, etc...<br />
:: Brief properties of note.<br />
:: When/Where last visited/scene.<br />
<br />
<br />
== GEAR==<br />
===Preferred Weapons===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
===Preferred Armor/Cloths===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
===Normal Travelling Gear===<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== PLAYER QUESTIONS ==<br />
What's your favorite monster or NPCs to fight?!!<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What do you most enjoy about RPGs & D&D? '' (meaning battling monsters, solving puzzles, political roleplaying, etc..?)''<br />
:: ???<br />
<br> <br />
What very cool things would you add to setting/campaign? What do you hope to see?<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br><br />
----<br />
----<br />
[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=D%26D4e_-_%22The_Slaughter_at_the_Caves_of_Chaos%22&diff=85005D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"2008-06-23T06:09:06Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
<br />
:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
<br />
:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar <br> Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore <br> Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk <br> Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Sotlag|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<tr align="center"><br />
<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> race/class <br> ??role?? </td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr align="center"><br />
<td> Unaligned <br> follower of <br> '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
</tr><br />
<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
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===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned <br> follower of <br> '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> Priest of <br> ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? <br> follower of <br> '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
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:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
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* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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==HISTORY==<br />
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==THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF==<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> Vengra Kel'tarz </th><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin <br> ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger <br> ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard <br> ??role?? </td><br />
<td> race/class <br> ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? priest of ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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: '''MAPS'''<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> Vengra Kel'tarz </th><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Dwarven Paladin - Role </td><br />
<td> Race, Class - Role </td><br />
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<td> Tiefling Rogue - Role </td><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
<br> <br> <br> <br> <br />
==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin - ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger - ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock - ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric - ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard - ??role?? </td><br />
<td> race/class - ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? priest of ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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==GAZETEER==<br />
[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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: '''MAPS'''<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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==THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF==<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> Vengra Kel'tarz </th><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Dwarven Paladin - Role </td><br />
<td> Race, Class - Role </td><br />
<td> Race, Class - Role </td><br />
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<td> Tiefling Rogue - Role </td><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
:: ???<br />
<br />
<br />
==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
<br> <br> <br> <br> <br />
==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=D%26D4e_-_%22The_Slaughter_at_the_Caves_of_Chaos%22&diff=85001D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"2008-06-23T06:05:09Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
<br />
:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
<br />
:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Sotlag''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC ???Character Name???|'''Name''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin - ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger - ''Striker'' </td><br />
<td> Hobgoblin Warlock - ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Bugbear Cleric - ??role?? </td><br />
<td> Minotaur Wizard - ??role?? </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? priest of ''' Hruggek ''' [Bane] </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Jason|JASON]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Steve|STEVE]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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==GAZETEER==<br />
[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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: '''MAPS'''<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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==HISTORY==<br />
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==THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF==<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
<th width="6%"> Vengra Kel'tarz </th><br />
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<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Dwarven Paladin - Role </td><br />
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<td> Good follower of '''Avandra''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''' </td><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_Imnar_Blackspear&diff=84879SatCoC Imnar Blackspear2008-06-21T04:21:18Z<p>Demongg: </p>
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! align="left" | <small> '''1st APP:''' </small><br />
| align="left" | <small> Chapter 1 - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" </small><br />
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! align="left" | <small> '''QUOTE:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> ''"Hail and Greetings! (Said while lifting target's purse)"'' </small><br />
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! align="left" | <small> '''BORN:''' :</small><br />
| align="left" | <small> Date uncertain, 19 Years ago. </small><br />
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| align="left" | <small> 3'6" 58lbs. </small><br />
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| align="left" | <small> Common, Goblin </small><br />
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==LAST STAND==<br />
:: Imnar was at the bottom of the carrion-pile; only the grace of Erathis protected him. <br />
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==DESCRIPTION==<br />
:: Short and green. Always grins. Often exploits his small size and his native sneakiness.<br />
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==CHARACTER BACKGROUND==<br />
:: Imnar was just another run of the mill Goblin. He never guarded a chest in a 10'x10' room, because he wasn't even qualified for the position. After the villains butchered his tribe, he was just another dead goblin... almost. The goddess Erathis lifted him up, and tasked him to rebuild his shattered society.<br />
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==RACE/TRIBE BACKGROUND==<br />
:: The Blackspear Tribe, named after the pitted Black-Iron spear that was the tribe's ancestral relic, was once a thriving community of over 100 goblins. Now, there is one. The Dwaft Paladin of Avandra, Tergal Irontoe, stole the tribe's relic after nailing the chieftan to the wall. Someday it WILL be returned.<br />
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==HEROIC MOTIVATION== <br />
Playing a monster will be fun but different, what's your Heroic Motivation from your "monster" point of view? How might it be different from a noraml PC?<br />
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==BELIEFS & INSTINCTS==<br />
What are your PC's essential '''Beliefs''' and '''Instincts'''? A Belief is something the character believes about the world, themselves, etc. <br />
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An Instinct is something a character will likely does instinctually. Instincts can get you into trouble because they are something a character does unless the player specifies otherwise. "always armed" for example, can be a very dangerous Instinct when in a social situation...<br />
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==2 OUTCOMES==<br />
List two opposed possible outcomes for your PC as they develop through the course of the campaign. Examples provided were:<br />
:::: '''''Frodo Baggins, LotR''': find the endurance to serve as the ringbearer, or give in to temptation and despair''<br />
:::: '''''Andy Sipocwicz, NYPD Blue''': achieve redemption as a good cop, or allow his demons to consume him''<br />
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==='''THE VILLAIN - of "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''===<br />
This enemy is your PC's counterpart from the "Adventuring Party" that came from the Keep on the Borderland to kill you and take your stuff!! Ooo, we hate them!! They must pay...<br />
<br> '''This character is your PC's counterpart - if you are a Fighter, this character should be a Fighter. Their Race should be one of the normal PC races.'''<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LAST FRIEND or CONTACT'''===<br />
The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos" was tragedy - all of your Friends or Contacts were killed. This person was lucky like you and survived or is someone outside the Caves, perhaps you can find them...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Gender, race, description, rank, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet], etc...<br />
:: Brief Skill/Abilities of note.<br />
:: When/Where last scene by me.<br />
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==='''LOCATION or ORGANIZATION'''===<br />
The Caves of Chaos was your home - its the place you know, most of the groups you know were there. But there is at least one place or one organization that you might be able to seek out later...<br />
* '' ??name?? '' [age ??]: <br />
:: Description, details, etc...<br />
:: Brief properties of note.<br />
:: When/Where last visited/scene.<br />
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===Preferred Weapons===<br />
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== PLAYER QUESTIONS ==<br />
What's your favorite monster or NPCs to fight?!!<br />
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What do you most enjoy about RPGs & D&D? '' (meaning battling monsters, solving puzzles, political roleplaying, etc..?)''<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_SWAG_%26_BOOTY&diff=84876SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY2008-06-21T00:04:45Z<p>Demongg: /* "Heartclutch" */</p>
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==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
<br />
<br />
===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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<br />
===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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<br />
===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
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<br />
===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
:: Note: The surfaces of this weapon are repeatedly carven-over with the symbols of Erathis.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Necrotic" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon strikes at an enemy’s vitality, dealing additional necrotic damage each time it hits. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 3,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: + 1d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: Weapon deals an additional +1d6 Necrotic Damage on hit.<br />
<br />
===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Spiked and adorned with skull motifs, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
<br />
===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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<br />
===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
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* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_SWAG_%26_BOOTY&diff=84875SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY2008-06-21T00:01:30Z<p>Demongg: /* "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" */</p>
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<div>='''''<font color=red>UPDATED 6/20/8</font>'''''=<br />
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<br />
==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
<br />
<br />
===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
<br />
<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
<br />
<br />
===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
:: Note: The surfaces of this weapon are repeatedly carven-over with the symbols of Erathis.<br />
<br />
===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Necrotic" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: + 1d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: Weapon deals an additional +1d6 Necrotic Damage on hit.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Spiked and adorned with skull motifs, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
<br />
===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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<br />
===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
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* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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[[D&D4e - "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"]]</div>Demongghttps://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=SatCoC_SWAG_%26_BOOTY&diff=84874SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY2008-06-20T23:52:02Z<p>Demongg: /* "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" */</p>
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==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
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<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
<br />
<br />
===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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<br />
===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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<br />
===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
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<br />
===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
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===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
:: Note: The surfaces of this weapon are repeatedly carven-over with the symbols of Erathis.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Necrotic" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: + 1d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: Weapon deals an additional +1d6 Necrotic Damage on hit.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Spiked and adorned with skull motifs, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
<br />
* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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<div>='''''<font color=red>UPDATED 6/20/8</font>'''''=<br />
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<br />
==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
<br />
<br />
===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
<br />
<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
<br />
<br />
===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Necrotic" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: + 1d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: Weapon deals an additional +1d6 Necrotic Damage on hit.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Spiked and adorned with skull motifs, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
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* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
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<br />
===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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<br />
===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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<br />
===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
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===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
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===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Necrotic" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: + 1d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: Weapon deals an additional +1d6 Necrotic Damage on hit.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Baring the skull face of Orcus across the chestplate, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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<br />
===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
<br />
* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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<br />
==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
<br />
<br />
===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
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<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
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===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
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===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
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===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+2 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Baring the skull face of Orcus across the chestplate, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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<br />
===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
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* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
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===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
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===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
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<br />
===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
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===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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<br />
===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
<br />
<br />
===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb|Ceremonial Implement of Orcus]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+1 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +1d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb|Heartclutch]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Baring the skull face of Orcus across the chestplate, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
<br />
* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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==The STUFF we available to TAKE==<br />
This is a list for all things possible to acquired. <br> All items are considered *medium* unless noted otherwise.<br />
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===Food=== <br />
* [100 man days] Non-Trail Rations<br />
* [hundreds of pounds] Non-Trail Rations (consisting mostly of various cheese wheels, various hard breads, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Peanut Butter & Jam, fruits and vegetables.<br />
* [A years worth] Journeybread<br />
* [5] large kegs of Ale<br />
* [12] Dozen various bottole of Wine<br />
* [3 barrels] Grain, Horse Feed<br />
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===Coins & Gems===<br />
* Crimson Pence (Copper pieces)<br />
* Five Farthing Unit (Silver pieces)<br />
* Heresarchy Pound (Gold pieces)<br />
* Perfect Manticore (Platinum pieces)<br />
* [135 gp] worth of various gems<br />
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===Raw Materials===<br />
* [10 yds] Canvas<br />
* [10 days] Firewood<br />
* [30'] Rope (silk) <br />
* [1000'] Rope (hemp) <br />
* [100'] of Chain<br />
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===Finished Goods===<br />
* [3] dozen Standard adventurer’s kits<br />
* [5] Boxes of Candles<br />
* [2] Climber’s kits<br />
* [2 Dozen] Everburning torchs<br />
* [2 Dozen] sets Fine clothing<br />
* [4 Boxes] of Flasks (empty)<br />
* [1 Dozen] Lanterns<br />
* [2 dozen] Tents<br />
* [2 sets] Thieves’ tools<br />
* [3 Dozen] Torches<br />
* [15] IronBowls (2 gallon)<br />
* [8] Wooden Barrels <br />
* [6] Buckets<br />
* [50 dozen] Black Candles <br />
* [4 small box] Chalk <br />
* [14] large chests<br />
* [25] small chests<br />
* [3] Crowbars<br />
* [7] work Hammer<br />
* [5 gallons] Lamp Oil<br />
* [4 dozen] Sacks <br />
* [100 uses] Sealing Wax <br />
* [2] Shovels<br />
* [5 mixed sets] Artisan's tools<br />
* [2] Alchemist’s lab<br />
* [5 dozen] Flasks (empty) <br />
* [2] Flint & Steel kits<br />
* [30] 1oz. Vials of Ink <br />
* [3 dozen] Ink quills <br />
* [1] Hourglass (1 lb.)<br />
* [5] Magnifying glass<br />
* [2] Scale, merchant’s<br />
* [2 dozen] Spell component pouch (empty)<br />
* [5] Spellbook, wizard’s (blank) ... various sizes:<br />
** book one: 35 lbs. <br />
** book two: 12 lbs. <br />
** book three: 35 lbs. <br />
** book four: 3 lbs. <br />
** book five: 22 lbs. <br />
* [2 dozen] various Lab Tools<br />
* [48] Orcus Holy symbols, wooden <br />
* [4] Large Orcus Holy symbols, silver <br />
* [3] Musical instrument<br />
* [3] Full Length Mirror<br />
* [6] small steel, mirrors <br />
* [4] small iron pots<br />
* [3 dozen] Sewing Needles <br />
* [1 dozen] suryng Needles <br />
* [4] Whetstones <br />
* [5 lbs] Soap <br />
* [1] Sledge<br />
* [5 lbs] Soap<br />
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===Armor & Cloths===<br />
* [5 Dozen sets] Cloth armor (basic clothing) <br />
* [3 Dozen sets] Leather armor<br />
* [6 sets] Chainmail<br />
* [2 sets] Scale armor<br />
* [6] Light shields<br />
* [3 sets] Artisan's Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 set] Cold Weather Outfit (male)<br />
* [20 sets] Courtier's Outfits (male)<br />
* [10 set] Elven Noble Outfit (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Traveler's Outfits (male)<br />
* [2 sets] Cleric vestiments (male)<br />
* [5 sets] Royal Outfits (male)<br />
* [8 sets] Scholar's Outfits (male)<br />
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===Weapons===<br />
* [6] Daggers (dining)<br />
* [12] Javelins<br />
* [24] Spears<br />
* [2] Sickles<br />
* [4] Morningstars<br />
* [3 Dozen] Quarterstaffs<br />
* [4] Flails<br />
* [8] Handaxes <br />
* [3 Dozen] Longswords<br />
* [3 Dozen] Shortswords<br />
* [4] Greatswords<br />
* [4] Heavy flails<br />
* [2 Dozen] Longspears<br />
* [4] Bastard swords<br />
* [1 Dozen] Hand crossbows<br />
* [50 quivers] of Crossbow bolts <br />
* [3] Hide Leather Whips<br />
* [10 sets] Manacles <br />
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===Transport===<br />
* [2] Carts, small (usable within temple)<br />
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===Arcane Implements===<br />
* Various Ritual components<br />
* [3 Dozen] various Holy symbol of Orcus<br />
* [4 Vials] of fine dust carried in small metal vials.<br />
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===Books, Tomes, Scrolls, and Arcane Items===<br />
===="Ceremonial Implement of Orcus" ====<br />
[[Image:Orcus-Dagger-Lifedrinker.gif|thumb]]<br />
(Dagger Lvl 5, "+1 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: Associated with the Blooding Rites of Orcus, the implement itself is a a keen blade made of either the bones or the 'resin' of an abyssal, making it resistant to their acidic blood. The blade hums in a sick green pulse until it draws blood, which appears as black icor seeming inward. This dagger of a Deathpriest of Orcus is in best use when waiting for the best moment to invoke its dark blessing. <br />
:: This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 1,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +1 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +1d6 necrotic damage <br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="The Wincing Wand"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Cause Fear" [PHB p.63]) <br />
:: What looks at first to be a narled burnt sliver of metal - this slender tapered piece of darkwood, is enchanted to channel arcane energy, is lackered in black and blood red symbols incorporating skulls and bones, ram’s horns, and blasphemous runes describing the excellent ways it will aid the user in the spread of suffering. <br />
:: This unholy symbol ignites with the fury of the Demon Prince. Uncontrollable terror grips your enemy, causing him to instantly recoil.<br />
:: Estimated Value: 360 gp<br />
:: Standard Action <br />
:: Ranged 10<br />
:: Target: One creature<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will <br />
:: Hit: The target moves its speed + your Charisma modifier away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks.<br />
:: Charges Remaining: 9<br />
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===="Unlife's Ambition"====<br />
(Lvl 1, +1 "Turn Undead" [PHB p.62])<br />
:: This adamantine laced siver circlet first sits on the wearer's head, then clutches it! Enacting the voices of the crimson acolyte within us all!! The voices want to be heard, so much to command but in the unbelievers it is difficult to find the words... When in use the band pulses in a sickly green hue before turning onyx.<br />
:: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, as Cleric Feature.<br />
:: You sear undead foes, push them back, and root them in place.<br />
:: Encounter - Divine, Implement, Radiant; Standard Action Close burst 2<br />
:: Target: Each undead creature in burst<br />
:: Attack: Wisdom vs. Will<br />
:: Hit: 1d10 + Wisdom modifier radiant damage, and you push the target a number of squares equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. The target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. <br />
:: Miss: Half damage, and the target is not pushed or immobilized.<br />
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===="Heartclutch"====<br />
[[Image:HeartclutchBattleaxe-of-Orcus.gif|thumb]]<br />
(Battleaxe Lvl 5, "+1 Lifedrinker" [PHB p.235]): <br />
:: A companion piece to a Deathpriest's "Ceremonial Implement of Orcus", this masterwork axe bares the skull of Orcus across the double blades and was the masterwork signature weapon of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. This weapon transfers an enemy’s vitality to you. <br />
:: Estimated Value: 5,000 gp <br />
:: Enhancement: +2 Attack rolls and damage rolls<br />
:: Critical: +2d6 necrotic damage<br />
:: Property: When you drop an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer with a melee attack made with this weapon, gain 5 temporary hit points.<br />
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===="Demon Hide"====<br />
(Platemail, +1 "Black Iron Armor" [PHB p.227]): <br />
:: The signature armor of the Anti-paladin Dezinax. Baring the skull face of Orcus across the chestplate, the black metal of this armor glows red when violence flares.<br />
:: Lvl 4 +1 840 gp <br />
:: Armor: Plate<br />
:: Enhancement: AC<br />
:: Property: Resist 5 fire and resist 5 necrotic.<br />
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===Potions===<br />
:* 16 '''black stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Fight On'''": Potion of Healing (Level 5, [PHB p.227]): The azure tonic with topaz accretions on the bottom. It smells like lime, but tastes like cream. This simple potion draws on the body’s natural healing ability to cure your wounds.<br />
::: Estimated Value: 50 gp<br />
::: Power (Consumable - Healing): Minor Action. Drink this potion and spend a healing surge. Instead of the hit points you would normally regain, you regain 10 hit points.<br />
:* 9 '''white stopper''' (1 used): <br />
::: "'''Stand & Serve'''"<br />
:* 6 '''gold stoppe'''r: <br />
::: "'''Spittle of Black Fire'''"<br />
:* 5 '''blue stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Crimson Draught'''"<br />
:* '''4 red stopper''': <br />
::: "'''Dark Blessing'''" <br />
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===Tomes, Books and Scrolls===<br />
''Tomes on arcane philosophy that contain rituals. Such ritual books are part of the treasure you acquire while adventuring. The value of a blank ritual book is 50 gp. A ritual book is 128 pages long. Each ritual takes up a number of pages equal to its level. The description of each ritual gives its market price, which is the gold piece cost for a book containing that ritual or the cost to add the new ritual to your existing ritual book or spellbook (if there’s enough room in it).''<br />
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* '''The Things that Crawl and Worm''' <br> This book is reasonably easy to understand. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it has little useful information. Though flawed, one can definitely see that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Animal Messenger": You whisper to the animal before you, and it bounds off in the direction you point to carry your message. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Integument of The Community of Nature: New Speculations''' <br> This book is all but impossible to understand thanks to there being no coherent organization whatsoever. If one miraculously managed to understand the book's contents, that person will find it has a lot useful information. One will also find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Commune with Nature": By communing with the spirits of the land, you know exactly where to find food, shelter, or a clue to the location of the thing you seek. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''A Tutorial To the Defenses Against the Mites Within''' <br> This book is of average clarity. Sitting down with it will reveal it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents have moments of intriguing originality. "Cure Disease": Even the most horrid affliction disappears in response to your healing touch. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''Minor Legend of the Wonderful Storm Gods''' <br> This book is of average clarity due to the good diagrams. Reading it will show that it is extremely informative. Sadly, the contents are not very original. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. Pieces of paper with notes expanding on informative information in the book. "Endure Elements": Neither the biting cold nor the searing heat troubles you anymore. You travel in arctic or desert wastes as comfortably as in temperate climates. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''An Examination of Classic Necromancy''' <br> This book is of above-average clarity because of the good references. This clarity allows one to determine that it is reasonably useful. After a quick examination, one will find that the contents were probably taken from several works. Examining the book, one will find: Written notes commenting critically on related elements in the book Bookmarks marking pages that seem to have some errors in them. "Gentle Repose": Your practiced hands perform the ritual fast enough to preserve the body for a later casting of Raise Dead. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Theological Conflicts and Holding Them at Bay''' <br> This book is not very clear because of the poor diagrams. With time, intellect, or both, one can make sense of the book, and it will reveal it has little useful information. Making the book virtually useless, it appears that the contents are not very original. "Magic Circle": The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. “This will not save you for long!” it hisses. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The All-Powerful Voice of the Prince''' <br> This book is reasonably clear thanks to the well-done illustrations that make up for a lack of coherent planning. With a bit of reading, it will be revealed that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Examining the book, one will find: Bookmarks that show no pattern in their location. Pieces of paper with notes, in some kind of code, commenting critically on related elements in the book. "Magic Mouth": The stone wall grinds as it reshapes into the semblance of dry, cracked lips framing teeth like canting tombstones. “Beware!” it says. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Death-Rattle Prayers''' <br> This book is easy to understand. A short look at the book will show that it is reasonably useful. After some reading, it is apparent that the contents contain some original thought. "Speak with Dead": At your prompt, the corpse reveals its secrets to you. (Ritual Scroll)<br />
* '''The Capitol's Early Travels''' <br> This book is easily understandable due to careful, well-planned chapters. This clarity allows one to determine that it is extremely informative. One will also find that the contents provide an occasional insight or new idea. "Travelers’ Feast": Food for your entire group materializes out of the air, enough to sustain you through a long day’s march. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''A Tome of Ancient Things''' <br> This book is of average clarity mostly due to the good references that almost make up for a meandering writing style. A small study will show it has no useful information. One may be deterred from reading it, but it is evident that the contents have a few areas of deep insight. Examining the book, one will find: A map can be found in the back of the book. "Comprehend Language": As you finish the ritual, the guttural language of the creatures before you clarifies into something you understand. (Ritual Book)<br />
* '''The Primal Organization of Wholeness: Unexpected Similarities''' <br> This book is not very clear due to the poor diagrams. If someone makes an effort to read it, they will find it has a lot useful information. Making it even more of a find, the concepts in the book do show a lot of original thought. Make Whole: As you finish the ritual, the oaken door stands whole and unblemished as if Orten the Rager hadn’t just burst through it with murder in his eyes. It’s the least you can do after using the inn to ambush the infamous barbarian. (Ritual Book)<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin - ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger - ''Striker'' </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/3/3d/The-Realms.gif the Realms, Borderlands]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
:: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
<th width="6%"> ??Name?? </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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:: '''''In brightest day, in bleakest night, such injustice shall not escape my sight!'' <br> ''Realms afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam,'' <br> ''Always I vow to stand for right, to combat the Villain with all my might!'' <br> ''From Chaos comes the gift I give, to shed light's grace on we few who lived!'''''<br />
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:: ''And there came a day, a day unlike any other when the "Villains" would flow from beyond the ravine, finding their way into your home - they had looted, they had pillaged, they had invaded your family's lives without care or compassion... It is told the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans... they have no feelings. They can not love their children as you do. These "Realm Adventurers" had come many times and many times you and your kin had pushed them back. But on this day the Villains would not be stopped. It was not only for plunder, it was not for sheer destruction, it was more than that... it was to end your people, to wipe them from the Realm, from the world... from history... It was genocide.'' <br />
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:: ''Every last member of your race was slaughtered on this day.'' <br />
:: ''Every tribe-kin to the monster.'' <br />
:: ''Everyone but you.''<br />
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:: ''And an echo voice in the dark whispers <br> <font color=darkgreen>'''"In dark chaos, hear me... <br> it is not the end, you are not the last. <br> Yet you are the last best hope. These caverns, your home, in tragedy... <br> But elsewhere within there remain heroic souls that share your fate this day... and their strength can fill you with a hope... for victory!..."'''''</font> <br />
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[[Image:PHB cover.gif|frame|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki - quicklist. <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup More on Wiki Markup]: How to edit/format a wiki. <br> <br> ''Taking the module '''"The Keep on the Borderlands"''' and reversing the protagonists. With the aid of '''D&D4th Edition''', players will take the roles of the "monsters"... The martyrs that survived '''"the Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"'''. The traditional player races have come and gone, escaping with their lives but not before killing every known member of the player characters' tribe across the known Realm. <br />
<br> <br> Yet our heroes live.<br />
<br> And they are to become legend. <br />
<br> <br> With luck, they will band together with other survivors amidst the carnage of the Caves to go out in an unfamiliar land. A land where the "Villains" live in wooden boxes and feed on fields of tended plants. If only they could seek out others of their race that myth and rumor tell exist far far beyond the ends of the Realm, beyond the misty mountains tops... But to do so they must first make their way from the Caves to gain power, to gain wealth, to gain freedom from the Villains that seek their hide. <br />
<br> For one day the Caves of Chaos will be theirs' again! <br> <br> <br />
'''Welcome my first D&D4e campaign wiki: "The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos"''' <br> With the Campaigns beginning on June 7th 2008, this wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop fantasy role-playing game using the Midnight Setting for the Dungeons and Dragons system. This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible". <br> <br> '''[??? Maps of the World]''' <br> <br> '''Player Fun Items''' <br> [[SatCoC Player Game Calendar]]: Here are the working calendars for the game schedule. <br> '''[[SatCoC - people we've met, things we've said and stuff we've killed]]''' this is a fun list for how things have gone done in game... <br> <br> '''the Campaign Connections''' <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/ SatCoC Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. <br> The SatCoC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial serial] campaign is broken into story arcs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc What are Story Arcs]? ]]<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> ''The Survivors of The Slaughter at the Caves of Chaos'' <br> '''THE RISING CLAW''' <br> [[SatCoC XP Rewards & Recaps]] <br> [[SatCoC SWAG & BOOTY]]</th><br />
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<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Imnar Blackspear|'''Imnar Blackspear''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Minsore Elf-Killer|'''Minsore Elf-Killer''']] </th><br />
<th width="6%"> [[SatCoC Ugruk Blood-Muzzle|''' Ugruk Blood-Muzzle''']] </th><br />
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<td> "Erathis' Hand" </td><br />
<td> ??[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet]?? </td><br />
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<td> Goblin Paladin - ''Defender'' </td><br />
<td> Gnoll Ranger - ''Striker'' </td><br />
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<td> Unaligned follower of '''Erathis''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
<td> ??Alignment?? follower of '''???''' </td><br />
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<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Adam|ADAM]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Eric|ERIC]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th><br />
<th width="6%">[[SatCoC player Bill|BILL]]</th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/PC%20Character%20Sheets/ Character Sheet Files]''' <br> Following a harrowing scene amid the Caves of Chaos, the survivors of the slaughter have escaped into the caverns beyond their homes. But these are less "cavern" and more temple-like. The halls they now lurk are shrines built into the rocks of the ravine in reverence of the Demon Prince Orcus! Desperate and alone Imnar and Minsore make there way through the bowels of Chaos. Having just escaped the clutches of "Goy'az" a medusa princess, the last remaining Goblin and Gnoll in the realm aid and revive the only survivor of the stone-gaze torture - a Cleric of Tiamat, Sister Kava Jadescale... With the echo chants "ORCUS IS!! ORCUS IS!!" of the undead horde of the Chaos Cults of the Demon Prince somewhere in the temples beyond, the martyrs rush back to the Crypts of Orcus' Anti-Paladins to hopefully find equipment for the Dragonborn priestess... <br> [[Timeline of the Caves of Chaos Tragedy & Avengence]] </th><br />
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==BEASTS, MEN & THINGS ENCOUNTERED==<br />
===Friends===<br />
:* <font color=darkred> ''' ??? ''' </font> ( ?? )<br />
===Contacts===<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Ratzo'''</font> (male Human Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of ''' ?? ''') - Ratzo is a snarky sniveling rat of a human. He is apparently familiar with the '''Caves of the Unknown''' (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns'''''), the '''Caves of Chaos''', the '''Keep on the Borderland''' and the surrounding Realm. He is a known double-dealer and has worked with the Gnoll tribe of the Caves of Chaos recently. He is a contact of Minsore Elfkiller. '''''Ratzo could be turned into a "Friend" or "Enemy" with time.'''''<br />
::: '''''He likes wheezing and whining, oogling bouncy breasted women, snickering at old ladies when they fall down and can't get up and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Kava Jadescale'''</font> (female Dragonborn Cleric - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Tiamat''') - Sister Jadescale was the lone survivor after her talon was captured by the Cults of Chaos. '''''Kava could be turned into a "Friend" with time/trust.'''''<br />
::: '''''She values honor, loyalty, strength and kindness, she is devout but vengeful... '''''<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkred> ''' the Tiamat Talon ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various Dragonborn followers, follower of '''Tiamat''') - Known to be from another Realm in service to Tiamat, on a ''Egg Quest'' seeking the "Spawn of the '''Emerald Mountain'''". There were 6 of these men and women, they had been captured, tortured and turned to stone before dying in the cell of Goy'az in the Chaos Temple of the Caves of Chaos. Only Sister Jadescale survived...<br />
:::* <font color=darkred> ''' the Emerald Mountain ''' </font> (unknown) - Nothing is known of the place or being called the Emerald Mountain. But it is connected to the Tiamat Talon - having been the reason for their Egg Quest.<br />
===Enemies===<br />
==== '''the IronShod Company''' ====<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Tergal Irontoe'''</font> (male Dwarven Paladin - Role, Good follower of '''Avandra''') - This irreverent ale guzzling dwarf stands some 4'3" tall and is 4'5" wide... Mr. Irontoe is the founder of the Ironshod company. He's secretly in love with the Tiefling, Vengra but would kill any man that teased him about it. He has a pension for murdering monster babies by crushing them under his iron laced pointed-jack-boot heel. <br />
::: '''''He likes all pork products, warm milk, whores that will help him bend over to clean brains off his boots and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates him!'''''<br />
:* <font color=darkred>'''Vengra Kel'tarz'''</font> (female Tiefling Rogue - Role, Unaligned follower of '''Corellon''') - Vengra prefers the anonymity of just being called... "Tiefling" or "Thief". She's methodical and deadly and likes toying with her weapons to taunt her prey. She is either unaware of how Tergal feels about her, isn't interested in romance, is gay, or just isn't interested. She treats him as a "best friend". <br />
::: '''''She likes long strolls in dank sewers, tiger-fur pillows, hearing the last deathrattle gasps of her victims and killing monsters and taking their stuff... Ooooo we hates her!'''''<br />
==Beasts & Things of Unknown Alliance & the Many Things We've Killed==<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' The Cleaner of the Corridors of Chaos ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube Gelatinous Cube]) - This gelatinous cube appeared as a window/doorway exit from the storage room of the Chaos Cult within the Caves of Chaos, resembling a murky imperfect dense glass... but to Imnar's surprise it was actually a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube filling out the entryway to the storage room. Seemingly a "man in armor" stood beyond the "door" now and then tilting/bobbing as if looking into the murky glass - this was actually the skeletal remains of an unfortunate digestion of the cube. When our heroes arrived, the thing had been drawn by its tremorsenses when Imnar and Minsore tapped their way into the room from the secret passages leading from the Hobgoblin/Gnoll Lairs. The gelatinous cube had been sliding through the dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. But when Imnar attempted to "open" what he thought was a doorway... upon contact with its exterior grasp him inward - engulfing the little goblin with a paralyzing electric shock, and was beginning to proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey. <br> This monster will be forever also known as - "'''the Varanda Door'''" of doom...<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Dodrun Slipshanker, death from above ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Halfling Prowler - Assassin, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Dodrun was tasked to watch the below areas of the cult temple this day... he did so lurking in the wooden rafters above the hallways of the temple. His first instinct was to take out the goblin and gnoll separately when they split up for a short time. Bad idea... His crossbow bolt missed, leading to his death - but not before he could run into let loose the Anti-Paladins of Orcus!<br />
:* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Sir Bryner Dezinax ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (male Eladrin Wight [former Anti-Paladin] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - Sir Dezinax had been lain to rest along with 13 other cavalier followers of Orcus many years ago it would seem from their degenerated state. Sir Dexinax must have been the more powerful or more blessed of the warriors/priests laid to rest here within the '''Crypts of Chaos''', as he rose instantly (now a monsterous thing known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29 Wight]) at the asking of the Slipshanker, then called the others from the grave.<br />
:::* <strike><font color=darkgreen> ''' Anti-Paladins & Priests of Orcus ''' </font>(deceased)</strike> (various decrepit skeletons [former Anti-Paladins & Clerics] - role, Chaotic Evil follower of '''Orcus''') - There were 13 of these men and women and elves, now turned to undead beasts that rose. All 13 fell when Sir Dezinax was defeated.<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Princess Goy'az, the Asp Priestest ''' </font> (female Medusa Warlock - role, Evil follower of ''' ?? ''') - Little is known of Goy'az other than the fact that she was being held prisoner of the Cults of Orcus within the Caves of Chaos for a short time, when the slaughter of the Caves were underway. She was also given her own prisoners to seemingly torture, turning them to stone and back as she danced among them. These were the members of Sister Jadescale's talon, only Jadescale survived. Goy'az was last seen fleeing the prison cell after Imnar bargained a deal to save Minsore's life...<br />
::: '''''She likes darkness, a warm stone on which to bask, cold dispassionate mates to torture and killing monsters and taking their stuff... '''''<br />
:* <font color=darkgreen> ''' Son of the Ice Giant Jarl ''' </font> (male ??? - role, ?? follower of ''' ?? ''') - Nothing is known of this boy/man except that he is believed to have stolen the Spawn of the Emerald Mountain, causing the Tiamat's Talon to begin their Egg Quest. It is known that '''Minsore Elfkiller''' saw a huge (8'+) "boy" of pale completion on chained and beaten on the floor within '''Bargle's Caverns''' as '''Ratzo''' lead Minsore through the Caverns to return to the Caves of Chaos...<br />
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[[Image:The-Realms.gif|thumb|the Realms, Borderlands]]: Details surrounding the Keep and Caves of Chaos.<br />
[[Image:TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif|thumb| the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]]<br />
===Locations===<br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realms''' </font> (aka. '''''the Borderland Realms''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of Chaos''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Caverns of the Temple of Chaos ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Goblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Gnoll Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Hobgoblin Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
::::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Ogre Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Bugbear Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Kobold Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Orc Tribe Lair ''' </font><br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> ''' the Minotaur's Lair ''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Caves of the Unknown''' </font> (aka. '''''Bargle's Caverns''''')<br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Keep on the Borderland''' </font><br />
* <font color=darkblue> '''Other Realms''' </font><br />
:* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Emerald Mountain''' </font> - this unknown (currently mythical) Realm is the apparent home realm of the Tiamat Talon, who entered the Borderland Realms on an "Egg Quest", seeking the thief of the "Spawn of '''the Emerald Mountain'''"... Believed to be the son of some being only known as the '''Ice Giant Jarl'''.<br />
:::* <font color=darkblue> '''the Realm of the Ice Giants''' </font> It is unknown if this Realm is part of or connected to the Realm of the Emerald Mountain.<br />
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::::: [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/21/TheCavesofChoasExterior.gif the Realms, Caves of Chaos Exterior]<br />
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==THOSE PINK BASTARDS THAT KILLED OUR TRIBE & TOOK OUR STUFF==<br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''IRONSHOD COMPANY''' <br> So named because they crush their enemies under their boot-heel. </th><br />
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<th width="6%"> Tergal Irontoe </th><br />
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<th colspan="6" width="100%"> '''[http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/theSlaughter_at_theCavesofChaos/files/The%20Ironshod%20Company/ Those Villainous Bastard's Character Sheet Files]''' <br> ??current situation?? </th><br />
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==RULES ERRATA==<br />
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==GENERAL RESOURCES==<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] <br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]<br />
===RESOURCES===<br />
<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_4th_edition D&D4e]: Wikipedia's article on D&D4e.<br />
<br> [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]<br />
<br> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Midnight_Contract RPG "Player Contract"]: this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.<br />
<br> [[SatCoC Background Template]]<br />
<br> '''[[Bluebooking]]''': an explanation on RPG bluebooking, and how we can use it for Midnight. '''NOTE''': Between sessions the maximum xp award for Bluebooking will be 500xp.<br />
<br> A bluebook form: [[Midnight RPG - Chapter 00.000]]<br />
<br> [[GM Theory - Ideas to help run RPGs]]: my random list of ideas...<br />
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==SPOILERS==<br />
[[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!<br />
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