Editing Midnight: the SHADOW KILLERS

[[Image:Midnight logo image.jpg|frame| <br> <br>'''the Campaign Connections'''  <br> [[Midnight Basics]]:  a very short info brief about the difference of '''Midnight''' and '''D&D'''.  <br> [[Midnight Character Creation]]:  all the notes on creation your character.  <br> [[Midnight PRE-GAME Character Background]]:  herein are all the various options for players to do character background and the awards for the efforts. <br> [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DnD_MIDNIGHT_Seattle/ SHADOW KILLERS 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> [[SHADOW KILLERS Back Chapter Bin]]:  This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players, described by the chapters of our books through.   SHADOW KILLERS [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> [[Midnight Party Game Calendar]]:  Here are the working calendars for the two parties.<br><br>]]
''Armies of Elves, Dwarves and Men attempted to defeat Izrador the Enemy, the Shadow in the North, in the most important and final of battles in the Third Age.  They met and fought valiantly against armies of Orc, Demon, Dragon and other Shadow Minion on the southern shore of the Pellurian Sea. <br> But…  They lost.  <br> It is the 99th year later, the Last Age of man… <br>  <br> The Light at the End of the Tunnel grows dim in these last days.   <br> For 10,000 years the Light has been dying and the Shadow corrupting ever more souls.  Now, desperate and alone, the Light re-opens to allow the pathwalkers to develop incredible powers and understanding,  by coming to embody an eternal archetype once called hero. <br> But that will not be enough…  <br> Man’s Faith must be resurrected from Serf to King.  <br> The mighty must be gathered. <br> The powers must be found  <br> and if destiny be with us we shall reforge, what should not be... <br> <br> '''“Isil’zha Voren!”'''  -  a battle cry from the black tongue meaning  “In His Name.”  <br> These three words shall be spoken as a blessing, an oath, and a prayer for the One…   <br> The Fey not birthed of Fey.''<br> <br> 
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'''Welcome to the SHADOW KILLERS campaign wiki.''' <br> With the Campaign beginning on October 7th 2006, 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".

===Quotes===
* [[SHADOW KILLERS Game Inspiration Quotes]]
* [Quotes from the SHADOW KILLERS Game Sessions]



==SHADOW KILLERS Setting Background==
All the people of Eredane know that freedom is a dying word. The Shadow in the North is a seemingly unstoppable force. The weak and the mad give in to his dark temptations, while the strong and the wise can only fight, and die. Some say that there is no hope against the dark lord and his Night Kings. <br> But the land of Eredane is vast and older than men or elves; throughout the ages, many things have been lost amidst is open plains, its hidden crags, its dark forests, and its cold lakes. Some of those things have been uncovered by accident or design, by the minions of the Shadow or by the forces of light who resist his insane and cruel plans ... these are the secrets of shadow.  [[Daily Life Under the Shadow]]



==People & Groups==
===the Pathwalker Heroes===
[http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/images/eredane_map1.jpg the Continent of EREDANE] on the world of Aryth in the heart of MIDNIGHT.
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       <th colspan="5" width="100%">SOUTHERN PARTY <br> the SOUTHERN campaign will begin somewhere South West of the city of Cambrial, but not deep into the Aruun Jungle, Erethor.</th>
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       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Andrew|ANDREW]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Steve|STEVE]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Jason|JASON]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Wayne|WAYNE]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Bill|BILL]]</th>
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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Orc] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Wood Elf] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Erenlander] </td>
       <td>??</td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Erenlander]</td>

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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_fighter.htm Fighter] </td>
       <td>[http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_wildlander.htm  Wildlander] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_defender.htm Defender] </td>
       <td>??</td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_channeler.htm Channeller] </td>

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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-seer.htm Seer] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-naturefriend.htm Naturefriend] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-charismatic.htm Charismatic] </td>
       <td>??</td>
       <td> [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/index.php?page=28 Foundling]</td>

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       <th width="6%"> [[DURGAZ]] </th>
       <th width="6%">[[ERANON]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[THORTON]]</th>
       <th width="6%">Name?</th>
       <th width="6%"> [[Kyuad|KYUAD]] </th>
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       <th colspan="5" width="100%">NORTHERN PARTY <br> the NORTHERN campaign will begin somewhere North West of the Cale ruins, but not deep into the Veradeen, Erethor.</th>
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       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Pamela|PAMELA]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Pete|PETE]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Kristian|KRISTIAN]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Aaron|AARON]]</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Midnight: the Shadow Killers player Bill|Bill]]</th>
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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Snow Elf] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Dorn] </td>
       <td>  [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Dorn] </td>
       <td> ?? </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_races.htm Dwarf] </td>

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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_barbarian.htm Barbarian] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_rogue.htm Rogue] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_wildlander.htm  Wildlander] </td>
       <td> [http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/npcClasses.html Expert] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/midnight_defender.htm Defender]</td>

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       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-healer.htm Healer]</td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-beast.htm Beast] </td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-fellhunter.htm Fellhunter] </td>
       <td>??</td>
       <td> [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/hp-giantblooded.htm Giantblood] </td>

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       <th width="6%">Name?</th>
       <th width="6%">[[COINNEACH]], The Fair Haired One</th>
       <th width="6%"> [[FALKNAR]] </th>
       <th width="6%">Name?</th>
       <th width="6%">[[Arosonn|AROSONN]]</th>
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===GOOD in the World===
*  '''[[ELVES]]''':
** [[Caransil (Wood Elves)]]
** [[Danisil  (Jungle Elves)]]
** [[Erunsil  (Snow Elves)]]
*** Aradril, the [[Witch Queen]]:  Elven Mother.
*  '''[[DWARVES]]''':
**  [[Mother Moon & Father Sun]]
**  [[the Valker]]:  Clan of Dwarven Warrior Women in the north.
**  '''[[the Dwarves of Shadowhold]]''':  Dwarven Clanhold of 487 souls, of the Central Kaladrun Mts.
*  '''[[MEN]]''':
** ???
*  '''[[GNOMES]]''':
** ?
*  '''[[HALFLINGS]]''':
** ?


===EVIL in the World===
*  '''[[ELVES]]''':
**  '''[[Gor Dorunsil]]''' :  the "Mountain Elves", literally translated to "Dark/Evil-Stone-Elf" - they are the forefathers of Drow.
***  [[Lloth, Dark Mother]]:  Fear is as strong as steel, while love and respect are soft, useless feelings that none can lean on.
***  [[Iblis the Raving]]:  the wood elf formerly known as Aarndil Moonstruck  

*  '''[[SPIRITS]]''':
** '''[[Astirax]]''' :  the following are the Astirax spirits the Pathwalkers have encountered thus far.
*** [[Sus]]:  Having hunted the Pathwalkers in the form of a Great Boar.
*** [[Neega]]:  Infiltrating the Pathwalkers in the form of Shevinu's Raven familiar.

*  '''[[Night Kings]]''';

*  '''[[ORCS]]''':
**  ???

*  '''Other''':
**  '''[[Dru-Gal]]''':  Otherwise known as Ilithids, or Mind-Flayers
**  '''[[Farn]]''':  Otherwise known as Umber Hulks.

===GRAY in the World===
*  '''[[DRAGONS]]''' :
**  [[Verlathis]]:  also known as the Gnome Oracle Varl Lettuce, the "good" Dragon that betrayed the Witch Queen at the end of the 1st Age.
*** [[Messiah]]:  the child of Verlathis, a miracle birth born into an Age when it is said no Dragon would be born.

==Gazetteer==
* [[ShadowHold]]:  Regarding the name Shadowhold - why would a Dwarven Clan name their caern after the Enemy in the North??  Good questions...  The name resulted from the local corruption of an older name of a dwarven warcry - "Shadow, Halt!", over time this would become "Shadowhalt" which translated to "Shadowhold".



==HISTORY OF THE WORLD==
* [[Scrollbearers - What Came Before]]:  this is a page with much of the previous campaign history recorded.
===Through the AGES===
*  [[the First Age of Aryth]]
*  [[the Second Age of Aryth]]
*  [[the Third Age of Aryth]]
===The Calendar Year===
*  [[Months of the Year]]:  better known as "ARCS" to folk of Aryth.
**  1  - Shareel
**  2  - Doshram
**  3  - Sahaad
**  4  - Senneach
**  5  - Halail
**  6  - Zimra
**  7  - Obares
**  8  - Hanud
**  9  - Hisha
**  10 - Sutara



==Artifacts, Covenant Items & Charms==
===Prophecy & Scripture===
* [[the Scrolls of Aradil]]:  These scrolls of prophecy penned for over a millenia since the last battles.  Recently completed and put in the hands of her most trusted [[Eyes of Aradil]] they hope to one day united the Kingdom of Elves, the Dwarven Clans and the survivors of the Dragon Council of [[the First Age of Aryth]].
** [[Cyrs' Translation]]:  The Scrolls as translated by Cyrus.
** [[Bill's Translation]]:  The Scrolls as translated by Bill.
** [[Danning's Translation]]:  The Scrolls as Translated by Danning.


===Messages of Note===
*  [Verlathis' Note to Steelguard]


===Known Covenant Items===
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Backbiter|Backbiter]] aka Demondeath of the Abandoned
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Anathema|Anathema]], the staff of snakes
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Gringold's Bounder|Gringold's Bounder]] ring
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Quarrion's Spike|Quarrion's Spike]]
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Cur's Ichorous Blade|Cur's Ichorous Blade]], the Fang of Shadow (sentient weapon)
*  [[Midnight covenant item: Agon's Reprieve|Agon's Reprieve]] - Ring of the Guardian


===Charm's found or rumored of===
* '''the Sussar's Coin''' - a minor Charm of Direction:  This true charm is a coin of a first age Sarcosan Sussar ensorcelled to allow the user to always sense north when flipped on the ground.


===Special Materials===
* [[Special Materials]]



==Riddles and Rhyme of Eredane==
*  [[Riddle of Fire Peak's Gate]]
*  [[Riddle into Fire Peak's Caern]]



==News & Events==
* [[the Tower Grass Incident]]:  a description of the game session from old Yahoo Club notes!



==RULES==
'''House Rules in effect in The Scroll Barers campaign:'''
*  No XP penalty for multiclassing. Instead, characters with levels in a preferred class gain a bonus feat at 1st, 5th, and 10th class level.
*  Bonus skill ranks from high intelligence can be used to buy a full rank in non-class skills, not a half-rank. 
''[These house rules were adopted from d20 Conan by Mongoose.]''
*  Beyond the spells granted by Channeler levels and feats, channeling spellcasters can learn a number of spells equal to their casting ability modifier each character level.  The total number of spells a character can learn in this manner is cumulative.  So, if a character with a 16 (+3 modifier) in her casting ability score were to learn only one new spell at level 1 (beyond the spells granted by Channeler levels and feats), she would be able to learn five new spells at level 2.  For the purposes of counting the total number of spells learned by a character, 0-level spells count as half a spell.


===ALIGNMENT===
*  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_%28role-playing_games%29 Alignment]:  Defined at Wikipedia.


===SPELLS===
*  [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/3.5%20midnightspelllist.pdf Midnight spells list], updated to 3.5 ed. rules

==Resources==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki One-on-One!]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki-up at Wikipedia!] 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game RPG defined by Wiki!]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster Game Master defined by Wiki!]
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* [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ Fantasy Flight Games]:   Creators of the Midnight setting.
** [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/midnight.html Midnight Homepage]
** [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=6 Official Midnight Forum]
* [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/index.php Against the Shadows]:  Uber-fan Website, THE place to go for all things Midnight.
** [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=index AtS Forums]
* [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome Dungeons & Dragons Homepage]
* [http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/ Darkness Falls]:  The Midnight SRD
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*  [[Midnight Contract]]:  this is a easy list talking about game group social things, it's just handy to know what's expected.
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* [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=43&page=1 Intro to Midnight: DMs]
* [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=42&page=1 Intro to Midnight: Players]
* [http://www.againsttheshadow.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index Midnight: FAQ]
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* '''Names''' a list of naming reference for the different cultures of Ayrth in Midnight. You can get the idea of how to think about the NPC cultures and such, especially the humans
** '''Dorns''': Celtic and Norse.
** '''Sarcosans''': Persian and Arabic.
** '''Erenlander''': Spanish, English and French.
** '''Dwarven''': Hebrew and the catalogue on the Poetic Edda.
** '''Gnomes''': Slav and Italian.
** '''Wood Elves''': Tolkien Elvish and Celtic.
** '''Sea elves''': Tolkien Elvish and Celtic.
** '''Jungle Elves''': Central African, Hindi and Sanskrit.
** '''Snow Elves''': Russian.
** '''Orcs''': Germanic.
** '''Halflings''': Irish, Native American and Gypsy.

==SPOILERS==
* [[Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page]]:  GM EYES ONLY,  NOT for players of this campaign!!


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