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Introduction

Blackport.

The very name is synonymous with corruption, sin, theft, immorality, and wantonness.

A city in the no-man’s land between the lawless and barbaric warlord-ruled lands of the Bakulanders and the Orc-dominated wastes of Ûgozh, Blackport is an independent city-state run by the powerful and mysterious Sovereign, who governs with an iron fist to keep the massive city under control.

Without a doubt, Blackport is predominantly evil – but it is a lawful version of evil, in stark contrast to the chaos that surrounds it in Bakuland and Ûgozh. It is a place where everything and anything is for sale for a price – so long as the appropriate taxes are paid so that the Sovereign’s coffers remain full. The laws, such as they are, are aimed at keeping the economy running; “crimes” that don’t affect the economics of the place are of little interest to the inhabitants.

The city’s population is an amalgam of races that are likely not found elsewhere: Orcs from Ûgozh; human berserker warriors from Bakuland; barbaric humans of the Vulkul clans and tribes from the frozen north who arrive on ships; Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Bugbears; Ogres and Trolls, and a small number of true giants; even a few hardy Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings – mostly outcasts, criminals, and refugees from more civilized lands, who are tough enough to survive and thrive in a place dominated by their traditional enemies. Blackport is awash with pirates comprised of all these races, and more.

Blackport also imports slaves from across all the Lands, as far away as mysterious Nihar, as close as the Kingdom of Athervon, just over the Iron Mountains. Many can only look forward to a life of servitude amongst those wealthy enough to afford them; some wretches are destined for the games of the Arena, there either to earn their masters enough to win their freedom, or to be carried out to be processed for the humanoid denizens of the city; a slave’s only hope is that they are expensive, which means the laws of the City protect the economic interests of their masters.

Campaign Overview

This will be a city-based adventure using AD&D 2E rules; emphasis is on role playing, I try to do most of the bookkeeping for the characters so they can focus on decisions.

An ongoing campaign (3+ years) in the same world setting can be found here; the main page of this Wiki covers the basics of the campaign setting, including realms, geography, and the like.

Information about Blackport itself is found on the Wiki here. This, along with the map, will evolve as the game progresses – the game will be defining the setting as we go.

I’m looking to run one or more adventures in Blackport. Neutral or evil characters will have the easiest time integrating into the evirons; good characters are allowed, but they will be swimming upstream in this setting.

The city is modeled after an amalgamation of content from: Judge’s Guild City-State of the Invincible Overlord; Golotha from the Cities of Harn; elements from Lankhmar; ideas and themes from Steve Jackson’s Khare: Cityport of Traps; and the overall tone of Robert Aspin’s Thieves’ Word series, as well as other sources. All integrated with some homebrew elements.

This activity is primarily focused on role-playing to help me develop the city environs, NPC’s, and setting – there will not necessarily be a lot of dungeon crawling, at least not at the beginning.

Characters can be of the following races: Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Orc, Half-Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Ogre, Half-Ogre, Bugbear, Dwarf, Gnome, Halfling. We'll use the Complete Book of Humanoids to create characters for the non-standard races.

Any character alignment and class is allowed (for any race); we’ll figure out how to mod the rules for non-standard races. Note that the setting is predominantly lawful evil, but very tolerant of any religion or alignment so long as taxes are paid and rules are followed. That said, I would expect a Lawful Good character to be pretty miserable in this setting.

Campaign Adventure Summaries

#	Title	Summary
00	Blackport: Origins	An initial adventure in the City of Blackport

Campaign Characters

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Name	Race/Sex	Class	XP	Align	AC	HP	Spells	Enc/Mv	Magic/Special Items	Notes/Consumables
Nefer (Potted Plant)	Human (Athernian) M	Ftr 2	2001	LE	4	24/25		U/12"		Treasure
TBD (Darithe)	TBD	Necro 2	2501	TBD	TBD	TBD/TBD	2/2 x Mag1;	U/12"		Treasure
Demetria (Lysus)	Half-Elf (Baku/Snow) F	Mge 2/Clr 2	2501/1501	NE	10 or 9 (Buckler)	8/8	2/2 x Mag1; 2/2 x Pr1	U/12"		Treasure
Veronique (NightGoblyn)	Human (TBD) F	Brd 2	1251	CN	TBD	TBD/TBD	1/1 x Mag1;	U/12"		Treasure
TBD (Law Dog)	Half-Orc (TBD) M	Ftr 2	2001	TBD	TBD	TBD/TBD	n/a	U/12"		Treasure
Yrgna Firstborn (UnknownCorrespondent)	Gnoll F	Ftr 2	2001	LN	TBD	TBD/TBD	n/a	U/12"		Treasure

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