Kingmaker

Friday, January 23, 2015

Notes

Hung around Pitax after the tournament for a few days. Asked around town about a rumor of a vampire living in caves under the city.
Headed into the hills north of Fort Drelev to explore. Ran into some Golden Gorgers.
Fort Drelev was occupied by a Pitax army.
A deal was made with the M'botuu tribe of boggards. The Red March will provide them arms and armor. In return the M'botuu will subjugate the other boggard tribes to fight under one banner.
Magic and labor was used to add more defenses to hold Wyrmstone Bridge against the invading Pitax army.
The Red March army was mustered and the favor of allies called upon, the Nomen providing centaur archers and the Blackscale tribe providing skirmishers.
The Battle of Wyrmstone Bridge begins...

NPCs

Notes

Visit the mysterious Madame Duclarion's Menagerie, where she gives her card if they PCs are ever interested in making arrangements with her for securing the fantastic and fabulous for her show.
An audience with King Irovetti where some small chat occurs.
The first event it is an archery contest which Daggermark wins.
The second event is a test of skill in the axe where logs are chopped down, that Red March wins.
The third event is one of boasting, which Daggermark wins.
The last event, the Midnight Joust is won by Pitax, with Red March winning the right to joust against the former champion.

NPCs

Notes

The city of Pitax, Tarnished Jewel of the River Kingdoms, is explored.
The market at the Square of the Common Man proves to be a minefield for charlatan's selling false wares.
At Calistria's Cathedral they meet Drey Yarnes, the resident priest and notorious bachelor. He explains many of the current going-ons in the city.
The Falling Star Tavern ran by the fallen Liacenza bandit house, is busy with young conspirators and those who wish to voice their opinions of the government.
The Academy of the Arts is ran by Headmistress Atalia Gitaren, whose students spew out publicly funded affronts to good taste.
The Red Crescent Theater puts on a play that is poor, crude, violent, and borderline pornographic, with bad actors.

Notes

A dozen animated skeletons found in a cavern knee deep in bones.
Zorek, the guardian of the tomb is fought in an inner temple to Gorum.
Armag The Twice-Born is slain along with his bloody skeleton champions. The greatsword he wields, Ovinrbaane, is dumped into the portable pit, untouched.

Notes

The hallways of the tomb are covered in deep fog. The Black Sisters are stumbled upon at the entrance. They fight with their Babau servants.
A test of strength involving large boulders, and a test of endurance involving walls of ice are undertaken and passed.
An iron golem made in the image of Gorum is fought.

Notes

Drelev and Imeckus ambush the party.
Drelev is slain. Imeckus escapes.
Lady Quintessa is nowhere to be found.
The Baroness is charmed and later dropped off in Restov with a swordlord ally.
Hill giants are found living in the courtyard, and are slain.
Numesti is set up as temporarily in charge until Fort Drelev can be made part of Red March.
Information on Armag's Tomb is discovered. The party heads that way, but first they use teleports to quickly save Numesti's daughter and several other young women being held as prisoners.
The Tiger Lord vanguard fights it out at the entrance to the tomb.
The session ends on the 18th of Desnus as the party enters the cleft that is the entrance to Armag's Tomb.

Notes

The secret passage leading under Drelev's Keep is found on the shore of Lake Hooktongue.
Jumped by some black pudding that take the shirt off Shoda's back.
Numesti is freed and armed.
Using secret trapdoors the group makes their way to the fourth floor and Drelev's bedchamber. But he is not there, and Pawvul glimpses an odd shaped cloud of dust outside the window...