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46.64.67.74: /* The Encumbrance Ape */

2013-05-15T18:42:23Z

The Encumbrance Ape

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	**Treasure: 1 (one) silver piece		**Treasure: 1 (one) silver piece
	**Current Encumbrance: 6 Stones		**Current Encumbrance: 6 Stones
	**Movement: 12" (9" with backpack)		**Movement: 9" (6" with backpack)

	*[[Klavier the Clever]]		*[[Klavier the Clever]]

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Plot Hooks

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	**'''The one that the locals speak most highly of is Spurgus. He lives to the west of Murkstone, several miles away, and from descriptions is probably mad.'''		**'''The one that the locals speak most highly of is Spurgus. He lives to the west of Murkstone, several miles away, and from descriptions is probably mad.'''
	***Joto was unable to determine whether his madness coexists with any special insight without seeing the man himself.		***Joto was unable to determine whether his madness coexists with any special insight without seeing the man himself.
	*Most farmhouses and other residences outside the confines of settlements have some manner of sign or other claptrap which the dwellers suppose to be efficacious.<br/>		*Most farmhouses and other residences outside the confines of settlements have some manner of sign or other claptrap which the dwellers suppose to be efficacious.<br/><br/>

	'''The Graveyard'''<br/>		'''The Graveyard'''<br/>

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Plot Hooks

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	== Plot Hooks ==		== Plot Hooks ==

			'''The Duke and Duchy of Karnak'''<br/>
			The Duke was in his youth a man of rare distinction on the battlefield. A rake-hell and adventurer in the classic mold, he came to Karnak as the fourth son of some unknown nobleman in a distant land. He carved the duchy out of wilderness and lawlessness by his own hand, and united the many scattered towns into a single polity. There are many tales of his prowess and fulsome enjoyment of all life's pleasures. A Veyan prince once insulted his manners over dinner, and he glassed the man with such swift viciousness that his nose was floating in the soup before any knew what had happened. He fought three separate duels over the incident in the next week, and won every one handily.

			As he became older, though, he was less active and just as prone to feasting. He is now said to have expanded to such enormous size that he rarely leaves his bedchamber. Nonetheless, the people love him and fondly remember his more active and younger days. The older folk of the duchy, especially, will hear not a single bad word said against him, as they remember the days when horrors stalked the land unchecked.

			It is uncertain why he has declared himself Duke only and not King, as the Duchy is larger than many kingdoms and he owes fealty to no one.

			The taxes are reasonable enough. Each township has its own burgermeister who oversees the town's business, with the advice and consent of an elected council. They have some discretion to set local tax policy. Several times per year the tax collector comes through, reviews their income and activities, and takes the chests of coin away. The primary taxes are on land owned, businesses, import and export, value added taxes, estate taxes, and so forth. The Duke has refused all entreaties to institute birth or marriage taxes as other lands have done, as he does not wish to discourage those things.<br/><br/>
			'''Werewolves'''<br/>

			Werewolves on the planet of Terminus were at one time believed to be bound by the Lunar cycles, but modern knowledge precludes this possibility. The three moons that orbit equidistant would produce a very technical dynamic for any thus afflicted, and trilunar interference would reduce the morphogenic field into chaos. No, those cursed by werewolfery suffer from a spontaneously arising sympathetic link to the Wolf that Will End the World, a being of figuratively (but probably not literally) lupine nature that is chained at the planet's core. His wrathful struggles produce earthquakes and, sometimes, lycanthropy, as all educated folk are well aware. Eventually he will shatter his bonds and immediately afterward the planet's crust, but sages estimate that unhappy day will be at least one thousand years distant, and probably ten thousand. The lack of immediate danger inclines most people to procrastinate indefinitely in addressing the hazard.<br/><br/>

			'''The Werewolf of Karnak'''<br/>
			*Appears to be mobile, striking in different places from week to week.
			*Kills all of its victims - none has survived an attack.
			*Eyewitnesses have said it has "the rough shape of a man but the features and physical prowess of a wolf".
			*Definitely nocturnal.
			*The Duke has offered a "great reward" for whoever can kill the beast and prove it, but he has so far refused to disclose what the reward might be. The feeling among the populace is that there really is a great reward, rather than a disappointing one.<br/><br/>

			'''The Woods Around Karnak'''
			*'''Weird lights have been seen in the forest to the south of town, and noises have been heard at night.'''
			*The Duchy is not particularly religious in character, but there is known to be a dark presence in the woods.
			*This sinister force takes the place of a local deity, and there are those folk who claim to be able to propitiate it and thus ward against its predations.
			*There is almost nothing in the way of priests, but the wood-wise may be either charlatans, lesser sorcerors, or sages of some kind.
			**'''The greatest is a woman who lives in the northern part of the Duchy, several days travel distant.'''
			**'''The one that the locals speak most highly of is Spurgus. He lives to the west of Murkstone, several miles away, and from descriptions is probably mad.'''
			***Joto was unable to determine whether his madness coexists with any special insight without seeing the man himself.
			*Most farmhouses and other residences outside the confines of settlements have some manner of sign or other claptrap which the dwellers suppose to be efficacious.<br/>

			'''The Graveyard'''<br/>
			*'''A number of disappearances have occurred in the vicinity of the graveyard.'''
			*The graveyard is an enormous, apparently squarish, area enclosed by a crumbling stone wall that varies from six feet high to a pile of rubble on the ground. There are a huge variety of monuments and so forth scattered more or less randomly about the area. The Graveyard is not even particularly flat or uniform, encompassing a sizeable creek, several hills and grottoes, incursions by the forest, massive tangles of vines and brambles, etc. It is a disordered mess, but at least the peasants make some feeble gestures towards mowing the grass.
			*There is an old unused ossuary in the graveyard, with extensive catacombs.
			*There are no caretakers or priests near the graveyard, but a few farmsteads are near or adjacent to it. The upkeep is considered an obligation of the community, and some peasants elect to spend a few days per year engaged in caretaking in lieu of paying some portion of their taxes.
			*'''A door into a mausoleum shows signs of passage by a clawed creature(s).'''
			**The claw marks were likely made by something with a hand similar in size and number of digits to a human hand. However, being as they are faint markings made by a multitude of strokes, it is difficult to be completely sure of this assessment. They are spread in height from about Joto's waist to his knees if he stands adjacent to the door.
			**There is no exterior handle of any kind and Joto believes it might require a crowbar to open the door properly.
			**Joto found no sign of traps.
			**There is no scat or refuse; there is the faint sign of a path to and from the door, but no recent footprints. Something comes in and out with sufficient regularity to wear a faint track, at least.
			*'''A partially-submerged tunnel is hidden behind a small waterfall.'''
			**The mud around the pond does not show signs of disturbance. There are no signs of use by animal life; in fact there is a paucity of wildlife or its signs anywhere in the graveyard.
			**Occasionally a raven calls out from a treetop.
			**Joto's explorations amongst the pond turned up the skeleton of a man with a number of bricks chained to his torso; he would estimate the body to be several years submerged.
			*'''A crypt has collapsed into a sinkhole, revealing a partially-worked tunnel (that seems to resemble a mine).'''
			**Something has crawled in and out of the aperture, but not in the last few days and the prints are not clear. There is a faint unwholesome odor coming from the hole.
			**The tunnel is at least half worked. It's an earthen tunnel reinforced with logs and wood planking that looks mostly scavenged and partially rotted.
			**Joto found no particular indication that someone from the passage was tunneling up to the crypt, but the collapse of so much earth might well have hidden it.
			**Looking at the bottom of the crypt, half-buried and collapsed as it is, would be a substantial undertaking and probably require ropes, shovels, block and tackle, etc.
			**There are large stone monuments everywhere; anchoring a rope would present no difficulty.

	== Maps ==		== Maps ==

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2013-05-13T17:57:22Z

Marching Order

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	====Marching Order====		====Marching Order====
	*Bagrat and Micah		*Bagrat and Micah
	*Abelard and ~~Finnegan (lantern)~~		*Abelard and Wakeem ( lantern)
	*Wakeem (~~backup~~ lantern)
	*Klavier (lantern) and Shandor (lantern)		*Klavier (lantern) and Shandor (lantern)
	*Posel and Joto		*Posel and Joto

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2013-05-13T00:38:05Z

The Player Characters

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	*[[Klavier the Clever]], Magic User, 7/7 HP		*[[Klavier the Clever]], Magic User, 7/7 HP
	*[[Micah Just Micah]], Fighter 15/15 HP		*[[Micah Just Micah]], Fighter 15/15 HP
	*[[Posel\|Posel Shield-Reader, Fighter]]		*[[Posel\|Posel Shield-Reader, Fighter]], 7/7 HP
	*[[Shandor the Peddlar, Magic-User]] 6/6 HP		*[[Shandor the Peddlar, Magic-User]] 6/6 HP
	*[[Wakeem Al'Tzulcha]], Magic User, 3/3 HP		*[[Wakeem Al'Tzulcha]], Magic User, 3/3 HP

Thirdkingdom at 14:55, 11 May 2013

2013-05-11T14:55:40Z

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	*[[Abelard Trollslayer, Fighter]] 12/12 HP		*[[Abelard Trollslayer, Fighter]] 12/12 HP
	*[[Bagrat the grumpy]], Fighter 16/16HP		*[[Bagrat the grumpy]], Fighter 16/16HP
	*[[Finnegan the Filcher, Magic-User 6/6 HP]]
	*[[Joto the Iceman, Fighter]]		*[[Joto the Iceman, Fighter]]
	*[[Klavier the Clever]], Magic User, 7/7 HP		*[[Klavier the Clever]], Magic User, 7/7 HP
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	** Current Encumbrance: 3 2/3 Stone		** Current Encumbrance: 3 2/3 Stone
	** Movement: 12"		** Movement: 12"

			== Dead, Inactive or Lost in the Dark ==

			*[[Finnegan the Filcher, Magic-User 6/6 HP]]

	== Henchman and Hirelings ==		== Henchman and Hirelings ==

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2013-05-09T16:54:59Z

The Encumbrance Ape

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	**Gear: 6 Stones		**Gear: 6 Stones
	**Treasure: 1 (one) silver piece		**Treasure: 1 (one) silver piece
	**Current Encumbrance: 10 Stones		**Current Encumbrance: 6 Stones
	**Movement: 9" (12" ~~when he drops his~~ backpack)		**Movement: 12" (9" with backpack)

	*[[Klavier the Clever]]		*[[Klavier the Clever]]

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The Encumbrance Ape

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	*[[Wakeem Al'Tzulcha]]		*[[Wakeem Al'Tzulcha]]
	** Carried Gear: 3 1/3 Stones		** Carried Gear: 3 2/3 Stones
	** Treasure (carried): Sadly none		** Treasure (carried): Sadly none
	** Current Encumbrance: 3 1/3 Stone		** Current Encumbrance: 3 2/3 Stone
	** Movement: 12"		** Movement: 12"

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2013-05-08T17:33:37Z

The Encumbrance Ape

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	** Treasure (carried):		** Treasure (carried):
	** Total Encumbrance: 3 Stone		** Total Encumbrance: 3 Stone
			** Movement: 12"

			*[[Wakeem Al'Tzulcha]]
			** Carried Gear: 3 1/3 Stones
			** Treasure (carried): Sadly none
			** Current Encumbrance: 3 1/3 Stone
	** Movement: 12"		** Movement: 12"

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Mounts and Beasts of Burden

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 == Mounts and Beasts of Burden ==
 * Biscuit, Klavier's Mule (3 1/3 Stone)
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 ***Shovel 1
 ***Flint & steel
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