On found Sam Nekruv asking for coin or work, and offered a few gold if he would come to his house and assist him for the day. Sam, knowing the man’s reputation, went with him. Once in the house, On bound Sam and preformed a transfusion and ritual on him, infecting Sam with rat blood and planting a seed of chaos within him. He gave Sam a forget-it-well potion, and dropped him off back where he came from. Sam Nekruv has no memory of this encounter.

Sam Nekrov is a vagabond, and as he neared Vindale, developed a cough and started coughing up green phlegm. As his condition worsens, he sends for someone he knows, so he can convey a letter. Before he is able to do so, Sam explodes into a swarm of dire chaos rats. The dire chaos rats continue to plague the town.

There is a spring in town that has been spelled to give the drinker a Cure Light Wounds potion once. But as time goes on, those who drank from the spring have developed a green rash. Also, the dire chaos rats avoid anyone who has drank from the spring.

Three people show up in the tavern, all sporting the same green “holey lotus” pox. They have all drank from the spring, and their green rash developed into the pox.

A black deer with glowing green antlers show up in town with a missive and antidote from Feihlen Brighthelm. He instructs the adventurers on how to cleanse the spring, and rid themselves of the pox.

Corpseflower

The les Sangsues Abbyssale has been using Blood Magic to augment his wine making and it makes a delicious wine! This wine, while tasty, has some minor side effects where it causes those that drink it to dream of the gushing of blood and eventually, red veins appear on the neck and wrists.

Sadly this wonderful wine with only a few small problems was too good to last and the whole blood magic thing has corrupted his vineyards. He realizes the extent of this midway through the event as he is packing up the wine to deliver the town. He then needs to get the players to burn the corrupted vines.

The les Sangsues Abbyssale was approached in an inn and talked into and sold the ritual for the blood magic by a man named Vodrel. He then disappeared, and Abbyssale hasn’t seen him again.

The players may at some point be frustrated with him for offering the wine that corrupts their thoughts and dreams. That seems like overreacting to me, but who am I to judge.

Hoylean

Soulless Existence

The Heist

Horatio stole “The Book of Invitations” , a magical book, from the private library of Lucen, The Senechel of Vinale. The theft went out without a problem as at the start of the gathering Lucien has still not noticed that his book is missing and will only notice this midday on Saturday. Sadly when the theft was completed it brought the book out of the protective vault that it is normally kept in alerting the forces of Haskell the time lord that the corrupt book was in the area. Haskell’s imprisonment is a tale for another day but his operation operates well enough without his involvement and a swarm of Clockwork Beasts began to hunt down the Book and by proxy Horatio. The

Luke’s Wall

Horatio realized that he was about to be overwhelmed and enacted a ritual to buy him time. He is hoping that one of his allies would arrive and rescue him. Sadly they are not aware that he is in this predicament so he is going to die in this clocktower This ritual slowed all of the time around him by consuming the time that was in his very heart. There are many ways to circumvent this ritual but none that the clockwork golems could manage.

Friday Night

Shadow of Eternal Sin: A small catacomb for a family's children who were known to have died from a plague in Vindale many years ago.

Into the Everblack: Players arrive and are given Blackthorne’s Guide to Surviving Vindale by Roger Blackthron

Full Dark, No Stars: A band of Hoyleans Warriors come to town demanding “The Sacrifice of Light” be completed before dawn or there will be a terrible anomaly released upon Vindale.

Everything Went Black: A letter leads adventurers into a trap in a barn where they are attacked by attercob assassins.

Saturday Morning

Sunless Empire: A scout reports an indestructible altar in the forest with 7 slots for what look to be small statues to be placed.

A Bloody Good Deal: The les Sangsues Abyssale passes through town, singing his own praises and trying to sell his dubious wares.

A Wandering Plague: Sam Nekruv, a wandering beggar, passes through Vindale in search of charity.

Saturday Early Afternoon

Drown Me in Blood: A creature known as The Hate Beast has been seen stalking through the forest. This creature is driven by nothing more than hatred and malice. He feeds on your Hate and gives it back sevenfold

Oops, More Blood: The les Sangsues Abyssale get help with his Blood tainted vines that he used to make the wine for the town.

Sanity Hits a Perfect Zero: A sealed chest has been discovered in an abandoned building near Vindale, but no one can figure out the lock on it.

A Plague Is Born: Infection consumes Sam the wandering Begger and unleashes a horde of Giant Rats upon the Half Pony Inn.

A Plague at the Inn: When the adventurers leave the storehouse in A Plague is Born, they can hear screams coming from the inn next door. They can choose to investigate or not.

Saturday Early Evening

A Plague Revealed: Several people are seen near/in the tavern. They all have a green pox on their face and hands. They are all of differing races, backgrounds, and jobs. But they all one thing in common, they all drank from the spring in town.

Saturday Night

Hourglass: Inside of the clocktower is an agent outside of time the Golems are hunting.

It's a Plague, My Deer: A black deer with glowing purple antlers has been spotted near the town. It acts like it wants someone to follow it. When followed, the deer leads them right to the source of the plague.

Cold Dead Summer: Cassius, a vampire leads the adventurers to a trap under the pretense of finding missing children.

Reaction

Players resist arrest when framed for the murder of the Crinamorte Vampire Clan.I Am the Law:

Players decide to travel to retrieve the Copper Key from the keeping of the lord of nightmare.Keyway: Players go to the nightmare realm to retrieve the Copper Key.

Oops More Blood ranWe'll Beat'em Bloody: From the blood magic wine, to the affected roots, to selling them junk wares, the adventurers have a bone to pick with les Sangsues Abyssale. They can track him down in his house at his vineyard.

PC or NPC drinks from the well in townWell Worth the Risk: The well in town has been enchanted. Drinking from it gives healing properties but also can cause you to turn into a rat swarm.

Randoms

The Plague Is Upon You: The escaped rats from "A Plague is Born" the attack the town and try to infect people.

NO SCHEDULE!!

Blood and Fire: This module is 3 part, it starts with a invasion of Blood Golems as randoms, a follow up wave of Golems with a note found on one of the Golems with a “drop point” and becomes a raid on a storehouse containing the last Blood Golems sent out, a burnt note is found at the last place with the words “Thanks for your support and gold ~TG” The Blood Golems are sent from the Vindale Vampires Courts to collect Blood for the Blood Bath on Saturday Night. The Blood Golems are hunting for fresh blood to drain from people. Each Killing Blow is a “unit” of blood for them, once they get 5 Killing Blows they will retreat to the Courts. This is part of a greater plot connected to another area around Elysia. -- Written by

Light Puzzle: There are 4 “beacons” that have a platform pedestal to set an object. The “beacons” will set off “randomly” and that will turn off different “barriers” and make different “rooms” accessible in the “Tarp Maze” to seal and unseal rooms for objects they need to get to build a statue to progress further to the treasure -- Written by

Nightbringers: A local family has been given a cursed object by a shady merchant, they were told once a day it would produce a magnificent feast. -- Written by Chris Colland

Servants of the Horde: Bloody Fist Hit Squad comes looking for answers about their fallen scouts and why their men’s heads are on spike as a threat. They are taking this as an act of war. These guys came armed to the teeth too. -- Written by Chris Colland

To a Breathless Oblivion: Locked away in a stone crypt, a layer of red vines wrapping across the door, sleeps a family crypt of restless angry spirits who are bound here and seek release but have been driven mad by the visions they have seen for 20 years. Their physical bodies are perfectly preserved in their sarcophagus but their faces are frozen with anguish and horror. From their bodies rise Wraiths of pure Madness, these spirits want others to be driven to Oblivion aswell and will not rest until slaughtered. These are mercy killings, once the Wraith is defeated from each body, they will return the essence to the corpse and the decay will instantly appear, the soul will pass on freely now to the other side and a reward of treasure will be where the final Wraith was slain. -- Written by

Unhallowed: A cavern was discovered after a merchant was taken from the town square by a creature with a bloody face. The Eye Slitters live in a large cavern a short distance from the city of Vindale. These creatures cannot see, they are completely blind and live solely by sound. If you disturb them they will attack with unrelenting fury. If you are quiet and don’t make a Sound they will ignore your presence. The merchant is laying in the corner of a cavern opening bloody and hurt with a withered leg, forcing someone to help carry him and not be able to fight. The encounter can be defeated VERY carefully with stealth and getting the Merchant and his chest out OR they can trigger the Eye Slitters and risk fighting them all. The lighting will be very Low in the cave and the Eye Slitters will be roaming the Cavern looking for intruders. -- Written by

You Will Know the Lion by His Claw: A Forest Crypt is guarded by mysterious Marble Lion Statues. They seem to have been here for a long time at this point but pristine in upkeep. They belonged to the Lionheart of the pre-adventuring days of Vindale. Lord Lionheart was a renowned sculptor. In secret he made these to defend his families Crypt and underground complex. Lord Lionheart was bitten by a Vampire and turned, but he did not suv on to the bloodlust like the Vindale Vampires did. He lived out his days turning his beautiful statues into weapons of war. They were modeled after Diamond Golems but he believed Marble to be the superior Material for the ultimate weapon. In the depths of the Crypt is a very old Lord Lionheart who will attempt to barter a deal to be left alone with a chest of treasure should they give him a chance to make this deal. He will tell them that his original blueprints were taken by the Vindale Vampires so he can only make them from memory but they aren’t perfect like they once were. They Vindale Vampires orchestrated this hit on Lord Lionheart to remove him from the opposing side since he was so adamantly against them. -- Written by

Friday Night

Shadow of Eternal Sin

Shadow of Eternal Sin :

You are an avatar of Death in Elysia. You serve the Graveyards directly with no higher master. You are aware of the Vampire problem Vindale faces but you have been ordered to tend the dead while others reap the dead. You don’t remember anything of your life before death, but in death your spirit has become a powerful Guardian of Vinadle. Ever the Vindale Vampires fear and respect your role in the cosmology of things.

Defenses: Dodge x20, Phase x20, Return x20, Magic to Hit, Healed by Healing and Destruction, Immune to Command/Charm/Poison/Curse/Death/Binding, Arcane Vengeance 200 x50

Magic: 20 Block Earth, 60 Formal, Destroy Undead at Will, Turn Undead at Will, 90 Elemental Destruction at Will, Arcane Solidify at Will

Abilities: Slay/Parry x20, Assassinate x20, Rift at Will, Focus, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x30

- Grim can cast any Formal Magic related to the Death Plane (Gate, Asylum, Summon, Etc) at Will

- While being a Spirit of Death, Grim is very much alive with a metabolism but due to his “Blessing” he is immune to most status effects.

- Grim can Renew a person’s skills if an Offering is made to Death. The offering is typically a life for a life, but anything of major sacrifice that would please Death and the Graveyards would suffice. If Grim does this for a person, they are drained of their emotions till the next sunrise as a result of the overwhelming Death energy used to power this magic.

- As a Spirit of Death, all Undead will see you as the literal Grim Reaper and recoil in fear from you. Even the Vampire Princes of Vindale are affected.

Shadow of Eternal Sin :

You were the victim of a Plague in Vindale 20 some years ago, or so your parents thought. You were infected with Vampirism and there was no cure in sight. They did everything they could, but your parents put all their children in this Catacomb and choose to write them off as dead instead of see them become monsters.

Defenses: Dodge x1, Return x1, Half Damage from Lightning, Immune to Cold, Heald by Chaos, Double Damage from Fire

Magic: Arcane Vampire Charm x3, Magic Fear x3, Magic Taint Blood x3, Magic Cause Mortal Wounds 40 x5

Abilities: Gaseous Form x3, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts, See Special Ability

Motivations: FEAST ON THE NEW VICTIMS OF VINDALE!!! Lurk in the darkness and seek victims to sate your bloodlust.

- Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Into the Everblack

Brief: The game opens with the players coming into town, along the road are blue/purple torches and Orc heads impaled on spikes.
Requirements: Game On has been Called

Synopsis: Standing infront of the Tavern is a member of the Blackthorn hunter family cloaked in black hiding their face handing out the “Blackthorne’s Guide to Surviving Vindale” to the new coming adventurers. The cloaked information vendor will tell them that new adventures haven’t been to Vindale in 3 years now. This sets up the entire weekend to come for the harvest festival.

Outcomes: (1) The PCs take the Vindale Survival Guide and listen to the warning

Rumors: “A dark cloud begins to cover Woodhaven. The skies are overcast with a green hue. The flora is more vibrant and begins to glow in the moonlight.”
Hook: Silas/Luna Blackthorne comes to town passing out Vindale Survival Guides

Running Notes: This module is the very first scene of the event. The PCs approach the tavern to see impaled Bloody Fist heads on pikes in between purple burning torches of Vindale. Silas/Luna Blackthorne will give them the Vindale Survival Guide written by the Blackthorne family. Silas/Luna will avoid most questioning and just stick to handing out the guide so they can return to the camp unnoticed

You are a loyal servant and scout for the Blackthorne Hunter Family. Your years of service, short may they be, but very eventful. You have lasted longer than the others who took the Oath when you did. You hope to be promoted to a proper Hunter one day but the thought also scares you having to be the last line of hope for humanity against the forces of Darkness.

Defenses: Dodge x2, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Immune to Charm (Blackthorne Oath), Resist Physical x1

Abilities: Slay/Parry x3, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Motivations: Uphold the Blackthorne Family Oath, Protection of Vindale and its Citizens

Into the Everblack : Roger Blackthorn

You have been an active vampire hunter for quite some time and it has left you with a signifigent amount of fear and trauma. The absence of the adventurers has left far far too much work for your clan and left you with an assortment of nervous tics and fears.

Motivation: Enlist help and appraise the visitors about the dire situation they are coming into.

Speech: If conversing with civilians speak slowly as if you are trying to find your words. Once you begin talking about Vampires and your work the words come easier and you seem almost tranformed.

Tactics: Once it is clear that are are dealing with a creature of the night more confidently and firmly like you have done this all before and this is routine.

Movement: Timid, almost fearful until things get out of hang then the muscle memory kicks in and it's WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM.

Army of the Night

Seven Souls

Seven Souls :

The quiet but meticulous Keeper of Elysium of Vindale. Your days were spent in courts and libraries growing up. A Vindale native, you attended university in Vindale in hopes of serving the Courts one day. You were chosen by the House of Sanguinus Nocturna as Keeper of Elysium. You declined the proper embrace of the Vampire but chose the life of the Mortal Courts of Vindale.

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1, Cloak I call Forth x10

Motivations: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens, oversee Etiquette and Masquerade are maintained

- You are incredibly meticulous about Court Etiquette and Decorum. You aren’t afraid to invoke Laws of Elysium and remove violators of these rules while Court is in session.

- You are very quiet but quirky, you prefer to talk to a book or an animated creature with magic over people. You might be shy personally but when it comes to Court things, you are very vocal.

- You are absolutely disgusted and revolted by Scavangers, you relate them to literal animals, and they should be treated as such.

- Your word inside of Elysium is almost equal to the Prince’s word. Don’t be afraid to remind them who’s court they are in.

- You absolutely LOVE the Vampires of Vindale, they are the best thing on Tyrra. Though you couldn’t bring yourself to become one when offered, you would gladly give your life to defend them as they defend you and Vindale.

- Laws of Elysium are as follows: 1) No weapons drawn in the Prince’s presence, 2) No combat of any kind during Court, 3) Tempers must be maintained at all times, 4) All grievances are to be left outside of Elysium, friend and foe alike

Seven Souls :

The Prince of Vindale in all mortal affairs and matters, but a servant of the Vampires till the end. Your life was almost over and meaningless till Lord Reyes saved you from Lycans one night. He couldn’t save your family, but he gave your life new purpose and showed that Vampires can be merciful after all. You see the best in the worst people, you might be a selfish narcissist monster inside but you like giving everyone a chance except Lycans…

Defenses: Dodge x3, Phase x3 Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Immune to Charm, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Command x10

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10

Motivations: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens, running of the Mortal Affairs in Vindale, upholding the Masquerade of Vindale for protection of the Courts

- Very loud and outspoken, your word is the law in Vindale only to be overruled by the Vampire Prince himself.

- You have a heavy hatred for Lycans, if players admit to you that they are Lycans then you will automatically distrust them.

- Impress upon the people that the Vindale Courts are for EVERYONES protection, monsters who protect us from other monsters.

- You will give people one warning if they interrupt you or cut you off. If you are treated rudely or in a negative way, they will be asked to take it back or be “Marked”

- Any sacrifice to be made to keep Vindale safe and the Vampires happy should be done

- When Court is in session you take absolute command and demand etiquette be followed

Seven Souls :

The proud Sheriff of Vindale and protector of the City for the Courts. Your job is dispensing justice and keeping order. You are the final word when it comes to punishments for crimes. It is within your power to be judge, jury and executioner if your Prince orders it. You are a good man but understand you work for monsters. Overtime, you began to embrace their ways and your morality began to grey….

Defenses: Dodge x2, Resist Poison x5, Resist Sleep x5, Resist Charm x5, Resist Physical x1, Rip from Binding x5, Cloak Binding x10

Abilities: Slay/Parry x6, Physical Refit x3, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10

- You are a very fierce warrior; in battle you get lost in a trance almost and don’t come out till your target is dead

- You get unreasonably upset when someone breaks the laws, they have drilled into your head

- You aren’t the biggest fan of the current Vampire Prince but he is a powerful protector so you respect that about him

- You don’t like Dwarves at all, cant trust them one bit, if they talk to you spit on the ground before them before you answer. They are too damn greedy and always get people in debts. One caused your old Deputies to die from betrayal.

- You will take “Bribes” to be convinced in and out of Crimes if the offer is good enough then drink a Forget Elixir to not know of it

- You wont let anyone get near Aliester Crom when you are around, you owe him that for your jobs duty but you don’t trust outsiders.

- Don’t be afraid to get in peoples faces if you are questioned or challenged, YOURE THE SHERIFF not them. Put them under arrest if they mad you mad or if they need a “cooling off” period in jail

Seven Souls :

You are one of the richest men in the Dutchy, the Curator of the Vindale Vineyards. Your business empire has been booming since Elysia has been rebuilding. A broken spirit can be fixed with a bottle of your Vineyard Wine. Nothing in this world money and wine cannot fix, and if it cannot be fixed with those two things then its not worth fixing. You have been at this for 10 years now since you late father was killed during a plague.

Defenses: Dodge x5, Resist Poison x5, Resist Sleep x1, Resist Charm x1, Cloak Binding x10

Motivations: Curation of the Vindale Vineyards, make as much profit as possible, exploit the world

- You are enslaved to the Vampires. This is part of the agreement with the Vineyard Curator job. It is a WILLING act of enslavement. They will not force you. It is for your own protection that this is done and you are fine with it.

- You are ABSOLUTELY insufferable, very pompous, incredibly prideful, and down right classist. You look down on those beneath you and do not care to raise them up. You pay people good wages but expect double productivity. You would literally walk on the peasants to cross a road to pickup a gold peice

- You think the Hobling race is an absolute joke. They are the funniest things around. You must make jokes at their expense. If you see one, you will purposely put things higher up, make them jump for things, or threaten to put them in a barrel. This isn’t even an option, you just CANNOT help yourself

- There is not a greater joy in this world than Money and Power. The Vampires protect you fiercely but they understand your “personality” you have been warned they can’t always be around. You view yourself as bulletproof. You will attempt to bury anyone who contest your Vineyards through finance and industry. You didn’t become this rich by playing nice after all.

Seven Souls :

Defenses: Dodge x10, Resist Poison x5, Resist Sleep x5, Resist Charm x5, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Chaos x10

Magic: Magic Death x5, Magic Taint Blood x5, Magic Cause Mortal Wounds x5, Magic Regenerate x5

Abilities: Assassinate x10 Physical Refit x2, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10, Forget it Well x10, Vertigo Gas x10, Paralysis Gas x10, Waylay at Will

Motivations: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens, Removal and assassination of threats to Vindale

- You are the hand of Death for the Mortal Vindale Courts. If it needs to die, you are the guy. If it needs to disappear, you are the guy. If you need information and its not giving it willingly, you are the guy.

- You are a very violent individual who has an addiction to Hallucinosis but when your adrenaline is flowing they don’t affect you at all.

- You CANNOT stand Elves! Pompous, pretentious, self-righteous pricks! You mutter Knife Ear under your breath each time one walks by you. If you find them alone, you will slice their ears off and make them choke on them

- If someone upsets a court member or speaks negatively to them, all it takes is a look in the eyes from them to you and you will follow them into the darkness and kill them. You are ultra protective of all Court members.

- You have a secret lust for Seraphine Belledona, the Harpy of Vindale but you like to watch her from a distance. If you have to kill everyone for one person, it would be her. But you just love murder so much it would be Monday for you.

Seven Souls :

The sharp and keen Seneschal of Vindale. The voice of the Courts in the absence of Prince Aleister Crom. From a young age you were obsessed with power and control. A member of the House of Bloody Shadows took interest in your local politician endeavors. Your keen sense of respect for how “things should be” and speaking for the absent with authority are admirable traits. You are soon in line for the Vampire’s Embrace if this next season goes well.

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Curse x10

Abilities: Slay/Parry x1, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10

Motivations: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens, Uphold the laws of the Courts and the Prince’s will

- You are a very sharp knife, razor wit, and a very keen sense of “how things should be” If it were upto you, Vindale would be rules much tighter and more harshly as Vampire subjects should be managed

- You want to see all Gadabhari hung from a noose like the lawless thieves and traitors they are. Their kind bring nothing but trouble to our doorstep, you tolerate speaking to them but you would rather cut all their tongues out.

- You wish Prince Aleister would be more harsh on his subjects, he urges caution but you know the iron loyalty the House of Bloody Shadows demands too well

- The Vindale Vampires are the only thing that saved Vindale from ruin and the Bloody Fist during “The Vanishing” when the Crystal Barrier was raised. You will do anything to keep their will and dominion over Vindale, ever if that means slitting a few throats or burying a few bodies in the dead of night to keep it.

Seven Souls :

You are the gossip filled temptress Harpy of Vindale. If there is pillow talk or gossip, you want to hear it. You are interested in who is sleeping with who, what trade deals went wrong, who wants to kill who, any missing persons, or any other rumor; this is the stuff you live for. You have been seeking the embrace of the great Houses of Vindale for some time now, but none seem to want you despite how your little “birdies” get information.

Defenses: Dodge x3, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Silence x10

Abilities: Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10, Forget it Well x10, Enslavement Elixir x3

Killing Blow Active: Yes, Will kill if she seduces and doesn’t need you anymore

- You are THE center of gossip. You want everyone fawning and falling all over you. If you can rub a shoulder and whisper in an ear to get information you will. If someone wants to make a deal in exchange for juicy gossip and details, you will make it with arms wide open. Nothing is off limits in your line of work.

- You are very loud and flirtatious; you will get the room staring and talking. If they have something to say you will make their tongue spit it out. IF someone holds back saying something good or bad, you will become very frustrated with them and insult them till they say what they mean, even if it harsh and mean towards you its all about getting the information.

- You are absolutely disgusted by Hald-Orcs and Half-Ogres. They are vile creatures they belong in a gladiator pit or better off dead. They are ugly beyond repair and should be scourged from Tyrra to make it more beautiful.

- You play all the court against each other as your own sick personal game. You know Krimson Bloodstone, the Scourge of Vindale is absolutely obsessed with you. He is your attack dog; you will manipulate him relentlessly and lead him on to make his kill for your and torture for you.

- The only thing about the Vampire you dislike is the fact they won’t embrace you. They keep telling that you are “too useful alive” but you suspect otherwise

Full Dark, No Stars

Full Dark, No Stars : Shade, Agent of Night

A loyal servant of the Vindale Courts, an opportunist, and dealer of unusual things. You worked your way as a human into the graces of the Courts through your disdain of Humanity. Being given blessings of Darkness, you have become a very useful asset of the Courts. Your powers are unusual and unique.

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped Human with Black tear drop makeup under eyes

Weapons: 90 Elemental Darkness x10, 50 Elemental Darkness x10, Elemental Darkness Pool at Will

Defenses: Dodge x10, Resist Poison x10, Resist Sleep x10, Resist Charm x10, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Command x10, Bane Binding x10, Arcane Vengeance 200 (10 Charges)

Abilities: Arcane Vampire Charm x10, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Alchemy x10

Makeup: 66, 108, 97, 99, 107, 32, 116, 101, 97, 114, 32, 100, 114, 111, 112, 32, 109, 97, 107, 101, 117, 112, 32, 117, 110, 100, 101, 114, 32, 101, 121, 101, 115

Motivation: Serve the Courts of Vindale will, make deals that better your own interest, and hunt Hoyleans at all cost as they are responsible for the deaths of many you worked with

Full Dark, No Stars :

You are soldier in the Hoylean military, your purpose is glorious reclaiming of the Light and vanquishing of the Darkness. You have been hunting the Murumbrians for ages now. All roads to this timeline flow through Woodhaven. Hoyale is your home, but Vindale is the where the veil is thinnest currently. You came to Vindale in search of replenishment, Murumbrians have been on your trail for days now and you need to recover.

-Unlike your Murumbrian enemies, you have feet but the flow of time in this transformed state has prevented you from quick movement. You walk at a steady pace and will not increase since Time is warped around you

- Your main goal is to complete the “Offering of Light” while in Vindale as this is where the veil is thinnest currently. The “Offering of Light” will restore your squadron to full power as the Murumbrians are hunting you.

-Warn them that helping them might bring danger to Vindale but they will do their best to protect them. If pressed about the danger, tell them Murumbrians are actively hunting them as they killed a high ranking Murumbrian recently.

-Move very robotic. Make your body turns and head movements very slow and robotic while you are patrolling. Speak with authority, you are righteous crusaders of the winning side of a war.

Defensives: No Metabolism, Phase x10, Dodge x5, Immune to Pin/Web/Bind/Confine/Imprison, Immune to Charm/Command, Healed by Light and Time, Double Taken from Darkness

Magic: Spellstrike 50 Elemental Light x10, 50 Elemental Light x10 (Can Heal With This), 40 Elemental Light x10 (Can Heal With This), Spellstrike Paralysis x5, Spellstrike Imprison x5, Spellstrike Confine x5

Damage: 30 Magic Light (Attack normal speed, quicker with 2 claws but sword and shield tactical PC style fighting)

Abilities: Focus, Slay/Parry x10 (100 Magic Light Slay) Arcane Regeneration (as per spell but for Light) x3

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse

Everything Went Black

Cursed to Die

Brief: A member of the Vindale Guard, Solen Oakblood, fight against the Vampires with his squadron and he was the lone survivor. He doesn’t know the Vampire who bit him, but he is now Cursed to Die
Requirements: What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse has been ran

Synopsis: Soren Oakblood doesn’t want to be cleansed and purified; he wants to meet the sunrise one last time. The adventurers have come to help after hearing about a Vampire attack from a rogue hive but it was a slaughter. When they arrive they find Solen laying on the floor crawling away from the remaining Vampires as they toy with him. Solen will talk the adventurers into leaving him a Circle of Power for the sunrise to claim him. He doesn’t want to die by stake cause he would die like “them” and purifying his spirit means removing his “failure” This is essentially assisted Suicide and he will leave the Adventures a note with a box of treasure he has if they accept his request. If the adventurers take the deal, Solen will die at Sunrise on Saturday, if they refuse it then Solen will kill himself in captivity and they will find a pile of ash on the Tavern porch with a note insulting them without the treasure.

Outcomes: (1) The PCs come to Soren’s aid and take his offer to let him die by the Sunrise, they receive his treasure chest like this

(2) The PCs deny him death by Sunrise, Soren’s ashes and a note are found on the Tavern Porch on Saturday morning scorning them for denying him an honorable death and reasonable request

Rumors: “A dark cloud begins to cover Woodhaven. The skies are overcast with a green hue. The flora is more vibrant and begins to glow in the moonlight.”
Hook: a scout of the Vindale Guard was sent to town to get help for Soren, when they arrive it is too late, they were overwhelmed and now they must deal with the remaining.

Props: PC Style Clothing with pale faces (blood optional) for Thralls, Soren PC clothing

Tags and Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, Treasure Box if deal is taken.

Running Notes: This module will offer an interesting situation to the PCS. Normally they are used to killing something infected or taking it to someone to be cured, but Soren does not want to be cured or saved. He wants to live with the shame of his failure and defeat. Soren will try anything he can to have the PCs leave him in his Circle of Power for the sunrise to claim him. This is the only happy solution for Soren, if they deny him this he will find a way to kill himself by morning and ashes will be found with a note insulting them and telling them the treasure is lost and given to people with “compassion in their hearts” A scout will arrive and lead them to the Manor House outside the city walls. When the PCs enter the Manor house, Soren will be crawling slowly for the door begging for death. Soren wont be able to help the PCs in this fight, he will be on the floor at 1 Body and Diseased. Once the Thralls are dealt with, Soren will begin trying to strike the deal. He will explain the story of how they got here fighting this rogue faction of Vampires, they have no connections to the Courts at all.

Cursed to Die : Solen Oakblood

You have served Vindale loyally for 5 years on its Guard, a retired adventurer turned local guardsman. This wasn’t your first encounter with Vampires, but it was certainly your last. Your family is almost non-existent at this point so you have not much left to live for but gold and wine.

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1

Motivations: You have been bitten and cursed to die; this is your final adventure. You want to go out on your terms, not the terms of another. A stake would be dying like a Vampire, all you want to do is see the Sunrise one last time to cleanse your soul for death.

Cursed to Die :

You and your friends were granted Vampiric Strength through a Vampire you thought you could trust. Turns out you have just been pawns in a greater game of chess among Vampire aristocrats. Now you have been ordered to lure Vindale Guards into this manor house and slaughter them as much as you can to please your Master.

Defenses: Dodge x2, Return x1, Half Damage from Lightning, Immune to Cold, Healed by Chaos and Healing, Double Damage by Fire

Magic: Arcane Vampire Charm x2, Magic Fear x3, Magic Taint Blood x2, Magic Wither x2, 30 Elemental Ice x3, Magic Create Undead x3

SPECIAL ABILITY: Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Motivations: Lure the Guard of Vindale to their dooms, your Vampire master is actively working against Vindale. The Courts of Vindale wants it well defended and the people to feel safe, your master wants chaos and death.

Cursed to Die :

A local town guard in Vindale. Your loyalty is to the protection of Vindale and its citizens. You don’t know as much as people think about the happenings of Vindale; but that is for the best for your job and their safety

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Saturday Morning

Sunless Empire

Sunless Empire : Gargoyles of Nights Stone

A vigilant and loyal servant of the House Sanguinus Nocturna, you are the perfect guardian of Vindale while your Vampire masters sleep. You were born of the enchanted stone from the old Vindale Keep as a heart, the eyes of a bat, and the keen sense of a wolf. Now you stalk the streets of Vindale with purpose. You see outsiders to Vindale and you confront them. You don’t speak many words but you know battle solves all.

Defenses: Double Damage from, Half Damage from Lightning, Healed by Stone and Darkness, Resist Physical x1, Cloak I Call Forth x3, Immune to Pin/Bind/Web/Confine, No Metabolism, Threshold 6,, Takes 30 Damage from Shatter and 70 damage from Destroy

Abilities: Slay x1 (Massive), Physical Refit x2, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts, See Special Ability, Focus (for Harden and Rift ability)

Killing Blow: No, Drop your target and move to the next “outsider” do not attack locals of Vindale

Sunless Empire :

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

A Bloody Good Deal

A Bloody Good Deal : Les Sangsues Abyssale (Aka Frank Grisk)

les Sangsues Abyssale (pronounced less Sang-suss Abby-sale, literally the abysmal leech) is a man out for a buck. Always looking for the next big thing, the next money maker, the next scheme. You are coming into town to make sure everyone liked your wine, and of course, sell your charms, bobbles, trinkets, and potions. You have no idea what your name means. You heard someone call you that one day, and you liked it so much you adopted the name.

Props: 116, 114, 101, 97, 115, 117, 114, 101, 32, 99, 104, 101, 115, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 116, 114, 105, 110, 107, 101, 116, 115

A Bloody Good Deal : The_goods_of_les_sangsues_abyssale

A White Mask with Horns-
This mask was taken directly from the face of the body of Kargildan, an ancient figure that once ruled over this land. Kargildan was a mighty wizard, and bespelled his mask to protect it’s wearer from any thrown potion, gas, or magic. Kargildan ruled the land with a powerful and hard fist, but was killed by choking on a cherry.

Wood Gourd Thing-
This was hand carved by dwarves that dwell in crystal caves far far away. They are supreme carvers of all materials, and their sculptures are something to behold. They are private with their carvings, and none have ever made it out of the caves. This piece was smuggled in the tail hair of one very hairy pony, and has been transferring hands ever sense. Les Sangsues Abyssale came to posses this one of a kind figure though a game of cards played with a rather unscrupulous art trader and his assistant.

Gold beaded charm-
This one of a kind charm was taken from the hoard of a dragon. This hoard is the biggest that ever existed, and this charm is only one of very few pieces rescued from the gluttony of the dragon. This piece is hundreds of years old and elven make. Is said to shimmer under the light of a full solar eclipse.

Round Beaded Brownish Necklace-
These beads are made from the horn of a Chimera that was killed in a hunt by his Royal Highness Brallin Spiritriver. Brallin was a beloved leader who died in his attempt to kill the Chimera. He was successful, taking the beast with him in the bloody fight. Brallin was buried with beads, jewelry, gold, silver, and many items made from the body of the Chimera. His grave was found in 530, and the treasure unfortunately was dispersed.

Black Box-
No one knows what this item is. Is it a treasure box? Is it a token or carving of some kind? Is it magic? Is it something from another age? Whatever this object is, Abyssale went though a catacombs with many traps, spike pits, and ways to die. He was successful, and retrieved this object from deep within the catacombs.

Gold Bell-
This bell is said to summon a Unicorn that is sympathetic to those that rang the bell. The Unicorn will assist anyone who holds the bell with their desires. Unfortunately, the sequence of rings to summon the Unicorn has been lost to time.

12 potion bottles (glitter and oil)
Potion- (NONE OF THESE ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING)

A Wandering Plague

Reviewed By: Scott Bennett

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: Sam Nekruv, a wandering beggar, passes through Vindale in search of charity.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Morning

Synopsis: Sam, a beggar, passes through town and regales the populace with his stories. He will leave after about half an hour or when he feels that he has engaged with all of the players.

Outcomes:

PCs get grossed out at the phlegm spitting vagabond beggar, but help him out with coin and friendship. If this is the case a different hook is used for A Plauge is Born.
PCs shun the disease vector. This leads to the

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Number of Cast Members: 1

Roles: Sam Nekruv Samuel 'Sam' Nekrov

Misc: Begger Stories

Props: phlegm container, green stained handkerchief, flask (containing phlegm), green stained handkerchief

Makeup: Pale, heavy eye bruises, pale, heavy eye bruises

Costuming: heavy cloak

Hook: A beggar comes to town, coughing and spitting green phlegm

Scenes:

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Rules Clarifications: Nothing will effect the cough or be revealed (eg Dispel magic, detect magic, etc)

Craftsman Information: Scavenger- Under the smell of beggar and road, you smell heavy infection. The phlegm smells the same.

A Wandering Plague : Samuel 'Sam' Nekrov

You are a pathetic begger who abandoned your poor daughter in the dead of night. You don’t have any useful skills besides a very capable liver and a well worn set of stories. You have been infected with some manner of disease that is making your cough and has been getting progressively worse.

Terrible Cough: When you talk, it’s like you are holding back a cough, clearing your throat, little coughs, until you can’t take it. Take a drink of the flask (phlegm container) and then cough hard, spitting out green phlegm and coughing your head off. This lasts an uncomfortably long time, but not so long as to be considered comedy. You just recently started coughing up the green phlegm. You have had the cough for several weeks, and have traveled with it. It got significantly worse as you neared Vindale, and now you can’t work because you lose your breath just talking.

Aggressive Begger: Approach everyone, asking for coin or if they would like to hear a story for coin. Your stories are fanciful and dramatic, and you won’t say if they are true or not. You attend Market Days because of the coin and treasure you hear is obtained but have never adventured. You have been all over the land, wandering, begging, and taking odd jobs when you can. You speak of your travels, as a vagabond, and what you have seen.

Deadbeat Dad: You talk fondly of your daughter, Ruth. You were not a good father and she didn’t deserve that. She would be a woman now. It’s been too long and you can’t go back. That is all you will say on the subject, and will abruptly change it.

Body: 30

Props: flask (containing phlegm), green stained handkerchief

Makeup: pale, heavy eye bruises

Motivation: Panhandling, find a cure for your cough.

Speech: slow, wheezy, with fits of coughing.

Tactics: friendly but pitiful

Movement: slow, because it is hard to move and breathe

A Wandering Plague : Begger Stories

Any of the context from the 3 background zines for woodhaven is fair game.

Stonewood City

You have updates form Stonewood where things have not been going great.

Bug Infestion: The bugs that were quite the problem in the past have had that problem become nearly intolerable.

Lie to My Face

Written By:

Brief: Merchants sell components and other unusual wares.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Morning

Synopsis: Merchants come to town wearing the Belt-Flag of The Guilds of Rockshire if anyone notices (crossover plot). One merchant is selling Components and Production items, a second merchant is with him and has more unusual wears. If he can find potential buyers, the second Merchant will reveal he has a Transform to Alpha Pantherghast lvl 7 (acts as a Hunter Transform) scroll for sale as well as Enslavement Elixirs. These will be only revealed in private due to the nature of the content of his wares, he will invite them to step into his “cabin” away from town alone. If they are killed for their goods or for being “shady” they will both Transform to their Alpha Pantherghast against the race whomever killed them.

Saturday Early Afternoon

6 Modules to run

Death Magick for Adepts

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief:

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

Synopsis: A message is delivered by owl to the Adventurers from the Blackthorne Hunter Family, directions are provided but they will warn them about the Bonebreakers savagery. Sent from the hall of the Shattered Bone Clan of Vampires, the Shattered Bonebreakers have begun a cull on a small village just east of Vindale. These troopers are typically sent in as shock troops before the grand assault by the Vindale Vampires commences. The Village was known to be harboring Various Lycans who were hiding from the Vindale Vampires. It is law in Vindale that if you are openly transformed into your Lycan war form that you are allowed to be slain in the streets, Lycans have been deemed too dangerous to trust when in their war form.

Outcomes:

The PCs arrive and defeat the Shattered Bonebreakers, all the full Lycan warriors are dead by the time they arrive. A group of lycan-blooded survivors come to town later with a reward.
The PCs don’t defeat all the Bonebreakers and the entire village is killed

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Number of Cast Members: 6

Misc: , , A Letter Delivered by a Black Owl

Props: White tabard /w White Makeup or skeleton mask

Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, Cantrip Pages,, MI( Description: MI Duration: MI Effects: MI)

Hook: A letter is delivered by a Black Owl to the Tavern containing the assault on the village nearby

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Transformations: Lycans, Hunters, Life Elementals

Running Notes: This module introduces one of the main shock troops of the Vindale Vampires, the Shattered Bonebreakers. These monsters are pure walls of bone, armor, and blunt force. They hunt while the Vampires sleep. They are perfect killing machines that can walk the daylight without harm. These creatures are essential undead golems with no means to communicate, just follow simple orders from the Vindale Vampires. The Bonebreakers have been sent to eradicate all Lycan life that they can find.

Death Magick for Adepts :

Bloody Shadow Attercob Assassin

You time in the Underdark prepared you for lots of things but never for this. Embraced by a vampire, your bloods mixed in a ritualistic bonding that bred a new type of killer. You are almost the perfect killer, fast and stronger than other Attercobs but your hatred of the sun is intensified to a Vampires hate.

Descriptive Phrase: Black furry humanoid with red markings

Body: 200 (50 Natural Armor)

Defenses: Dodge x10, Double Damage from Light and Flame, Immune to Lightning, Half Damage from Ice, Resist Physical x1, Cloak Curse x5, Cloak Chaos x5, Bane I Call Forth x5, Immune to Binding, Immune to Poisons, Immune to Command

Magic: Physical Web x5, Magic Web x5, Physical Stike Confine x3, Vertigo Gas x5, Sleep Gas x5, Paralysis Gas x5

Weapons: Claws and Shield or Claws/2h

Damage: 20 Magic Disease, 60 Magic Disease (from behind)

Abilities: Gaseous Form x3, Physical Waylay x10, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts, See Special Ability

SPECIAL ABILITY:

- May Rift on 3 count at will in natural darkness

- May cast Regenerate on self at will in natural darkness

- May Renew skills when successfully killing blows a target in natural darkness

Transform: Bloody Shadow Attercob Lvl 9 (Already Transformed)

Killing Blow Active: Yes!!!! Kill anything or anyone not Vindale Court aligned in the darkness

Motivations: FEAST ON THE NEW VICTIMS OF VINDALE!!! Lurk in the darkness and seek victims to sate your bloodlust.

Death Magick for Adepts :

Shattered Bonebreaker

You are the perfect undead killing machine. You were a creation of the Clan of Shattered Bones for the purpose of war. You were made from the mold of a Bone Golem and an Armor Golem. Not much can survive your wrath head on.

Descriptive Phrase: Large Hulking Skeleton with armor fused to bones

Body: 50 (300 Armor)

Defenses: Threshold 10, No Metabolism, Immune to Binding

Magic: Physical Strike Destroy x3, Physical Strike Shatter x3, Physical Strike Wither Limb x3, Physical Strike Silence x3, Can invoke Silver Aura at will

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 20 Massive

Abilities: Slay/Parry x4 (Massive), Physical Refit x3

Transform: None

Killing Blow Active: Yes

Motivations: Follow ANY order the Vindale Vampires give

Movement: Slow heavy walking and slow swinging attacks due to size

Special Abilities:

- Shattered Bonebreakers move very slowly and swing their massive claws very slowly. You are literally a suit of armor fused to a Leviathan skeleton frame.

- Shattered Bonebreakers take the following damage: Shatter does 30 points of damage, destroy does 70 points of damage to them. Most of their form is Armor so they are modeled after an Armor Golem with a Bone Golem mixture.

- You will Berserk and go DIRECTLY after any Lycans you see, NPCs or Transformed PCs without any self-preservation.

Death Magick for Adepts : A Letter Delivered by a Black Owl

A message is delivered by black Owl to the Adventurers from the Blackthorne Hunter Family, directions are provided but they will warn them about the Bonebreakers savagery.

Drown Me in Blood

Written By: Chris Colland

Reviewed By: Scott bennett

Brief: A creature known as The Hate Beast has been seen stalking through the forest. This creature is driven by nothing more than hatred and malice. He feeds on your Hate and gives it back sevenfold

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

Synopsis: The Hate Beast, a beast driven entirely by pure hatred, is unknown in origin of its creator. Best guess is a House of Sanguinus Nocturna experiment gone wrong but not even the Vampires have claimed him yet. The creature has been seen sprinting through the woods seeking anything it can find to slaughter and consume the hatred of. A Vindale Guard scout managed to stay hidden from it and see the Beast in action to confirm it was him. Now he seeks brave adventurers to help kill it.

Outcomes:

The PCs aid the Vindale Guard in helping slay the Hate Beast
The PCs decline the request and the Hate Beast becomes a roaming monster till killed

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Number of Cast Members: 1

Roles: Alryn (M) or Serith (F) (Vindale Guard), Hate Spawn, The Hate Beast

Treasure: , ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Rumors:

A creature of pure Hatred has been seen sprinting from victim to victim throughout the Vindale forest. Do not travel alone until it is found and dealt with.

~ Vindale Guard

Scenes:

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Out of Game:

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Running Notes: This module The Hate Beast, a beast driven entirely by pure hatred, Must be killing blowed under the effects of a Berserk effect, the killing blow will consume the Berserk from the killing person. If creature is not killed while under effect of a Berserk, it will revive/renew in 60 seconds. If no Berserk elixir is present, you can drink the blood of the Hate Beast (5 count) to gain the effects of Berserk, but you are Berserked if you don’t kill the Hate Beast immediately. Anyone who is Berserked is immediately the target of the Hate Beast

Rumors:
Hook: A Vindale Guard comes to town with the location of the Hate Beast and a rough idea on how to kill it.

Number of Cast Members: 8

Roles: Hate Beast, Hate Spawn x5, Vindale Guard

Props: PC Style Clothing with pale faces (blood optional) for Thralls, Soren PC clothing

Tags and Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, MI

Drown me in Blood : Alryn (M) or Serith (F) (Vindale Guard)

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped

Body: 50 (30 Armor)

Damage: 10 Silver

Magic: Cure Light Wounds at Will, Illumination at Will

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Killing Blow: Only Monsters

Motivation: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens

Drown me in Blood : Hate Spawn

You are clearly Infernal servants, bound to driving the Hate Beast’s rampage. Your only goal is keep him Berserked and Berserk other people for him to feed on and gain strength.

Abilities:

Transform: Infernal Master Lvl 7 (Already Transformed)

Body: 60

Magic: Arcane Berserk x10, 50 Elemental Chaos x10, 50 Elemental Flame x10

Defenses: Dodge x1, Return x1, Healed by Chaos and Fire, Double Damage from Ice, Resist Physical, Phase x5, Immune to Binding, Immune to Poisons

Abilities: Rift at Will, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts

Motivation: Berserk PCs so they can fight the Hate Beast and let him grow, defending yourself with chaos and flame if needed. Most important is keeping people Berserked to let the chaos flow forth. If no one is Berserked then try and Berserk 1-2 players to give them the effect to kill the Hate Beast or make the fight harder.

Drown me in Blood : The Hate Beast

Hatred, Malice, Rage… These are all you know. Violence sates your inner hunger for desolation, but only for a short time. You typically operate at night; the day makes you more lethargic and slower but still lethal.

Descriptive Phrase: Large Three Eyed Red Skinned Humanoid with Burning Eyes

Transform: Infernal Master Lvl 9 (Already Transformed)

SPECIAL ABILITY:

If the Hate Beast drinks the Berserk Effect from someone he kills, then a full revive/renew is granted.
If the Hate Beast is not killing blowed by someone under a Berserk effect, the Hate Beast will revive/renew asap.
If the Hate Beast blood is drank by a player on a 3 count they instantly Berserk

Body: 300

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 20 Massive Flame, 40 Massive Flame (from behind)

Magic: Spellstrike 50 Elemental Flame x10, Spellstike Shatter x10, Spellstrike Destroy x10, 50 Elemental Chaos x10, 50 Elemental Flame x10, Spellstrike Shun x10, Spellstrike Confine x10

Defenses: Dodge x5, Return x10, Healed by Chaos and Fire, Double Damage from Ice, Resist Physical x1, Phase x5, Immune to Binding, Immune to Poisons, Immune to Normal

Abilities: Slay/Parry x10, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts

Killing Blow: Yes!!!! Drink their blood and break their bones!!!!

Motivation: Hatred, Malice, Rage… Inflict these upon anything you see. If something else is under a Berserk effect then attack it without any self-preservation. If you capture someone alone for 10 minutes, send them to the NPC shack for PLOT

Oops, More Blood

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Corpseflower

Brief: The les Sangsues Abyssale get help with his Blood tainted vines that he used to make the wine for the town.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

After A Bloody Good Deal

Synopsis:

The les Sangsues Abyssale has come to town. He has a problem. Deep underground, in his aging vaults, a red, tentacle like, violent vine has grown through the walls. Unfortunately, he is unable to take care of the problem himself, and is seeking help from the adventurers in town, and will first try to get help for free but will eventually offer to pay for the help.

The adventurers are led to the entrance by Abyssale, given several torches, and told to make their way into the deepest part of the aging vault. The vines are growing out of the wall in that area. The torches can not be sat down, and must be carried at all times. If the torch hits the ground, it will go out. The torches are to burn the vines. As the PCs make their way deeper, they meet more and bigger blood tainted rats and spiders. Antechamber level 1 is Blood Spiders and Blood Tainted Rats (5 spawns each), level 2 is Blood Spiders and Dire Blood Tainted Rats (5 spiders, 10 rats), and level 3 is Dire Blood Spiders and Dire Blood Tainted Rats (10 spiders and 15 rats)

When the adventurers finally make their way into final vault, they are met with the blood roots. These blood roots are tied with a length of rope duct taped to the floor in front of the ‘roots’ on the wall (red streamers). The Blood Roots, when beaten down, will respawn on a count of 15, where ever they dropped. When the root behind them is pulled up, the blood root npcs in front of that root will migrate to an intact root on the wall, and so on until all the roots are killed and the blood roots can’t respawn anymore.

Once the Blood Roots are killed, the PCs will not be able to find at les Sangsues Abyssale at the entrance to get paid.

Outcomes:

The vines are pulled up and burned, Adventurers figure out that they have been drinking, and get stiffed on payment
The PCs lose the ability to burn the roots, they remain.

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Number of Cast Members: all

Roles: Blood tainted rat, blood spider, Dire Blood Tainted Rat, Dire Blood Spider, Sanguine Root, Blood Spider, Blood Tainted Rat, Dire Blood Spider, Dire Blood Tainted Rat, les Sangsues Abyssale (aka Frank Grisk), Rotting Sanguine Roots

Props: streamers, tape, 12 wine crates (36 regular wine, 12 blood wine) fake torches, speaker, sound effect-rat squeaks, treasure chest with trinkets

Makeup: red-out, gray out with blood on face, brownout with blood on face, red out with blood

Costuming: gray tabard, brown tabard/brown fur tabard, brown tabard, outlandish and expensive, red tabard with streamers

Treasure: 1 gold per regular rats and spiders, 2 gold for dire rats and spiders, potions and components in crates

Hook: les Sangsues Abyssale comes to town asking for help

Scenes:

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Craftsman Information: Scavenger- The final antechamber smells of blood.

Running Notes: instruct the PCs that the crates can be looked in and moved, that there may be treasure or goodies in the crates.

Oops, More Blood : Blood Spider

You have fed upon the rats that inhabit the wine chamber with you. This has turned you from a relitivly calm spider into a bloodthirsty, crazed spider.

Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 40

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 5 Normal Fear, 10 Normal Fear from Behind

Magic: Physical Web x3, Physical Strike Bind x3

Defenses: Dodge x2, Immune to Binding

Abilities: Devour

Makeup: 103, 114, 97, 121, 32, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 98, 108, 111, 111, 100, 32, 111, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101

Motivation: Kill Invaders

Speech: none

Tactics: none

Movement: quick and in spurts, like a wolf spider

Oops, More Blood : Blood Tainted Rat

You are a regular brown rat that had the unfortunate fate of drinking the blood wine from les Sangsues Abyssale. You are now a blood crazed fiend. You will attack anything that moves that isn’t supposed to be in your space.

Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 40

Weapons: 5 Normal Sleep

Damage: Claws

Magic: Physical Strike Taint Blood x3, Physical Strike Disease x

Defenses: Dodge x1, Rips from Pin/Bind

Makeup: 98, 114, 111, 119, 110, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 98, 108, 111, 111, 100, 32, 111, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101

Motivation: to be a rat and kill invaders

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: ferocious

Movement: fast and rat like

Oops, More Blood : Dire Blood Spider

You have fed upon the rats that inhabit the wine chamber with you. This has turned you from a relitivly calm spider into a bloodthirsty, crazed spider.

Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 70

Weapons: claws

Damage: 8 Normal Fear, 15 Normal Fear from Behind

Magic: Physical Web x3, Physical Strike Bind x3, Physical Strike Silence x3

Defenses: Dodge x3, Immune to Binding

Abilities: Devour

Motivation: Kill Invaders

Speech: none

Tactics: none

Movement: quick and in spurts, like a wolf spider

Oops, More Blood : Dire Blood Tainted Rat

Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 50

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 7 Normal Sleep

Magic: Physical Strike Taint Blood x3, Physical Strike Disease x3, Physical Strike Fumble x3

Defenses: Dodge x2, Rips from Pin/Bind

Abilities: Mighty Slay x1, Devour

Makeup: 98, 114, 111, 119, 110, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 98, 108, 111, 111, 100, 32, 111, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101

Motivation: kill the invaders

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: ferocious

Movement: fast and rat like

Oops, More Blood : Les Sangsues Abyssale (Aka Frank Grisk)

This character is based off of the cliche of a smooth talking car salesman.

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 100

Weapons: short/long sword

Damage: 20 Silver

Defenses: shield magic

Props: 116, 114, 101, 97, 115, 117, 114, 101, 32, 99, 104, 101, 115, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 116, 114, 105, 110, 107, 101, 116, 115

Motivation: To make money

Tactics: underhanded, liar

Oops, More Blood : Rotting Sanguine Roots

You are a mass of semi sentient roots. You are tainted by the blood magic that was contained in the wine made by les Sangsus Abbysale. You are very aggressive to anything that enters your chamber.

Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 100

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 10 Normal Nausea

Magic: Physical Web x3, Physical Strike Confine x3, Paralysis Gas x3, Feeblemind Gas x3

Defenses: Phase x3, Immune to Binding, Double Damage from Flame, No Metabolism

Abilities: Mighty Slay x2 (Massive)

Makeup: 114, 101, 100, 32, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 98, 108, 111, 111, 100

Motivation: Kill anything that isn't supposed to be there

Speech: none

Tactics: none

Movement: creeping and fast

Sanity Hits a Perfect Zero

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief: A sealed chest has been discovered in an abandoned building near Vindale, but no one can figure out the lock on it.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

Synopsis: The lock can only be opened from a Cold Iron Key that a random merchant will be selling for 10 Gold during the weekend. The Merchant tells them “This will lead you to a treasure, but it will be dangerous”. DFM does not work on the box as one scholar already tried. The lock is holding back 3 Gaseous form Vampires locked in a box in pure blood frenzy. This was an early prototype solution for no Stake of Woe to deal with a Vampire. The Blackthorne Family crest is burnt into the inside of the box. When the box opens the 3 Vampires come clawing out of Gaseous Form trying to kill for a blood bath to sate their insanity.

Outcomes:

The PCs put it together about the key they may have bought and the box they need to unlock the box with.
The PCs don’t realize they have the key to unlocking the Blackthorne Box and the Vampires remained trapped

~

Number of Cast Members: 4

Roles: Alryn (M) or Serith (F) Vindale Guard, Feral Vampire Regnant x3

Misc: ,

Props: PC style Clothing but white tabard /w Blood/Red on Face,, Locked Box with Blackthorne Family crest is burnt into the inside of the box

Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, Cantrip Pages

Hook: A Vindale Guard comes to town with a recently discovered Box that is sealed in an abandoned building near Vindale

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Transformations: Undead Hunter and Lycans

Running Notes: This module is a hidden module. A merchant will sell a player a Cold Iron Key for 10G. He will warn them that them “This will lead you to a treasure, but it will be dangerous”. The Box cannot be destroyed by any means currently known. This was Blackthorne magic from another timeline where magic was very different. Vincent Blackthorn will be very happy to see this box and proud of the PCs for discovering it for him. Only Vincent knows how to open the box, to open the box the blood of a Hunter must be spilled on the lock if the key isn’t present, and this is how they magically seal the box. The Vampires that come from the box are very strong but there are only 3 of them. Given their unknown time in the box, these must have been elders, but they are on their last Stake of Woe life. If the PCs killing blow them with a Stake of Woe then they ash instantly.

Sanity Hits a Perfect Zero :

Feral Vampire Regnant

You don’t know how long you have been trapped in this time prison but you want out and you NEED blood. You will do everything in your power to kill and drain the blood from the first living being you see when released. You vengeance will be brutal.

Descriptive Phrase: Deformed Feral Vampire

Body: 300

Defenses: Phase x10, Double Damage from Light, Healing, and Flame, Immune to Ice, Half Damage from Lightning, Healed by Chaos and Darkness, No Metabolism, Rips from Pin/Bind/Web/Confine

Magic: 6 Block Earth 20 Formal, Arcane Fear x8, Arcane Paralysis x4, Arcane Vampire Charm x8, Create Undead at Will

Weapons: Claws and Shield or Claws/2h

Damage: 25 Magic Feeblemind, 50 Magic Feeblemind (from behind)

Abilities: Slay/Parry x3, Gaseous Form x3, Focus, First Aid, Read/Write, Healing Arts, Curse of Transformation (Vampire) on Bite x3,

Transform: None

Killing Blow Active: Yes!!!! Drink all the blood

Motivations: FEAST ON THE NEW VICTIMS OF VINDALE!!! Lurk in the darkness and seek victims to sate your bloodlust.

SPECIAL ABILITY:

- Can cast Corruption at will if Feral Vampire drinks the blood of a victim for 60 seconds

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Sanity Hits a Perfect Zero :

Alryn (M) or Serith (F) (Vindale Guard)

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped

Body: 50 (30 Armor)

Defenses: Dodge x1, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Resist Charm x3, Resist Physical x1

Magic: Cure Light Wounds at Will, Illumination at Will

Weapons: Sword

Damage: 10 Silver

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Transform: None

Killing Blow Active: Only Monsters

Motivations: Protection of Vindale and its Citizens

A Plague Is Born

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Reviewed By: Scott Bennett

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: Infection consumes Sam the wandering Begger and unleashes a horde of Giant Rats upon the Half Pony Inn.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

A Wandering Plague ran

Synopsis:

Oh Aom brings a note to the friends of Sam Nekruv. The note begs for them to come to the Half Pony Inn at once because his coughing is has gotten much worse.

Once the adventurers show up at the Inn. Velray Fisttoe, the innkeeper admits to letting a sick man stay in their storehouse for free because they felt bad for him. They will say that the storehouse is unlocked if the adventurers wish to go back there and they are free to do so. There are patrons in the Inn playing cards.

In the Storehouse, the adventurers are greeted by Sam who is in back of the storehouse and coughing worse than was in town (NPCs for the Dire Rats are outside the side door). Sam begs for them to not get too close. He request that the players take down a letter to be delivered to his estranged Daughter Ruth, “Dear Ruth. I have not been the best (cough) father. But I want(cough) you (cough) (cough)”. He then erupts in a fit of coughing. As he continuously coughs, a green smoke bomb is set off in front of him. Once the smoke is heavy enough, npcs enter though back door hidden by the smoke. Sam collapses inside his robes with a shriek of pain, and Dire Chaos Rats emerge (ONE I EXPLODE FROM THE CORPSE… in unison) (Sound Effect- Rat squeaks after emerge)

The Rats goal is to exit the storehouse and infect the nearby people. They will take an erratic but steady route to the door, will attack if blocked or hindered, and exit. The NPCs are to go around the building, go out of game, and re-enter from the back door. They need to gather at the robe pile for everyone to respawn. They are to wait until all the NPCs are back at the robes and then count again (ONE I EXPLODE FROM THE CORPSE… in unison) Continue until there have approximately 30 spawns. The mod marshal needs to keep a rough count of how may rats escape. If more than 15 rats escape, the module “The Plague is Upon You” can be ran.

Infection- is done just as a Killing Blow, with a count of “I infect you 1, I infect you 2, I infect you 3.”

Outcomes:

Sam explodes into Dire Chaos Rats, unleashing a plague upon the land.

~

Number of Cast Members: all

Roles: Oh Aom, Sam Nekrov, Velray Fisttoe, Fiey Mim, Colgelga Hillgem, Dolthrum Coldheart, Dire Chaos Rat (approx 30 spawns) Dire Chaos Rats, Dolthrun Coldheart, Oh Aom, Sam Nekrov, Velray Fisttow- Owner and proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

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Props: green smoke bomb, smoke machine, fog juice, note from Sam Nekruv, Letter from Vindale City (Alternate),speaker, Sound Effect- Rats squeaking, Half Pony Inn Sign, Congratulations, you're Infected! cards, Letter from Sam Nekrov, Phlegm container (optional)

Makeup: Sam- pale face with dark eye bruises Rats- Rat mask with green markings, black tabard with green sash, blackout with green face markings, pale, heavy eye bruises, For A Plague Revealed- Green lotus prosthetic

Costuming: black rat mask, black tabard with green sash, Townsperson, heavy cloaks

Treasure: 1 gold per rat plus whatever the PCs gave Sam in A Wandering Plague (robe must be searched to retrieve)

Hook: Oh Aom comes to town with a letter from Sam Nekruv (Alternate- A letter is delivered to the PCs asking them to take care of Sam one way or another)

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Craftsman Information: Scavenger- The smell of infection is heavy in the air. It almost drives you from the room. (the infection is represented by the hazy smoke.)

Smoke: Turn off all smoke detectors. leave to turn them back on. Turn them back on after all the smoke has cleared for the module. Ask if anyone has issues with smoke. If they do do not use the smoke. Ask this at opening ceremonies if the event is small or ask on he way to the module if the event is larger.

(ALTERNATE IF NO ONE BEFRIENDS SAM IN A WANDERING PLAGUE- A letter is delivered to the adventurers from the city of Vindale, requesting the adventurers look into a beggar in the warehouse district that was seen wandering around town. They are asked to investigate the beggar and see if a cure for his sickness can be found, or “another alternative sought if no cure is found”.

A Plague Is Born : Dire Chaos Rats

You are a large black rat that has been created by exploding from someone who drank from the spring. You are made to do one thing, scatter, bite, and infect as many people as possible. You are vicious when cornered, and will defend yourself aggressively if trapped or attacked. Otherwise, your instinct is to run from a fight. But, after the first summoning of your plague, you encountered men with steel and magic, and now have a burning hatred of such things. After you scattered and infected the Half Pony Inn, you are now targeting the people of the town.

Infection- is done just as a Killing Blow, with a count of “I infect you 1, I infect you 2, I infect you 3.” Then you will give a small card to whoever you infect with the directions. Directions- You are to try to get people to drink from the spring. You are no longer affected by the spring.
Devour- on a 3 count, recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly ‘killed’ enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 50

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 5 Normal Lesser Drain

Magic: Physical Strike Cause Serious Wounds 20 x3, Weakness Gas x3, 30 Elemental Chaos x3

Defenses: Dodge x1, Healed by Chaos, No Metabolism

Abilities: Can 'Devour' and 'Infect'

Props: 67, 111, 110, 103, 114, 97, 116, 117, 108, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 115, 44, 32, 121, 111, 117, 39, 114, 101, 32, 73, 110, 102, 101, 99, 116, 101, 100, 33, 32, 99, 97, 114, 100, 115

Makeup: 98, 108, 97, 99, 107, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 103, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101, 32, 109, 97, 114, 107, 105, 110, 103, 115

Motivation: Bite and infect everyone

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: Evasive. Will run from a fight until left with no other choice.

Movement: Quick and rat like

A Plague Is Born : Dolthrun Coldheart

You are a patron at the Half Pony Inn and have been there for several days. You have come to Vindale for the festival. You are just looking for a drink and a card game when the rats invade the Inn.

Body: 50

Motivation: play cards and drink

A Plague Is Born : Oh Aom

You are sleazy, and give off those vibes. You were out for a stroll, minding your own business, when you were approached by Sam Nekrov near the Half Pony Inn. In between fits of coughing, Sam asked you to deliver a letter to ____________ ,a specific adventurer that befriended Sam, and gave you a gold for your troubles. You were already headed to the tavern where the adventurers are, so you decided to see where this was headed.

When you deliver the note,you emphasize that you delivered the note ‘out of the kindness of your heart’,and that ‘the man didn’t look like he had long on this earth’.

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 50

Props: 76, 101, 116, 116, 101, 114, 32, 102, 114, 111, 109, 32, 83, 97, 109, 32, 78, 101, 107, 114, 111, 118

Motivation: Getting gold and being scummy

Tactics: sly, slick, backhanded, selfish

A Plague Is Born : Sam Nekrov

You’ve gotten sicker and now you’ve sent word to those you met. You are sat at the very back of the storehouse of the Half Pony Inn. You will tell them to stay back in between coughs. You will be adamant that the PCs stay away, and will become agitated if approached. You will say that you want to dictate a letter to your daughter. You say that you don’t have long, you can’t breathe and you know there isn’t any hope at this point. Nothing will change your mind, and you will insist between coughs that they need to send the letter. You can say that if you somehow survive, you will go see your daughter. You will become an adventurer like them. You will cough and wheeze and insist on the letter untill they agree.

Body: 30

Makeup: 112, 97, 108, 101, 44, 32, 104, 101, 97, 118, 121, 32, 101, 121, 101, 32, 98, 114, 117, 105, 115, 101, 115

Motivation: dictate a letter

Speech: slow, wheezy, with fits of coughing

Tactics: friendly but pitiful

Movement: slow, it's hard to move and breathe

A Plague Is Born : Velray Fisttow- Owner and Proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

You are Velray Fisttow, and you own the Half Pony Inn in the city of Vindale, on the eastern side of town. You are very friendly, overtly flirtatious, and helpful. You are deathly afraid of rats, and pride yourself in keeping your inn and the storehouse rat free. No adventurers ever come your way, and you are excited to see them when they show up. You have talked to Sam Nekrov and like him very much. You fed and housed him for a low price, so low that you lost money on the meals. You took his money because he insisted, you would have let him stay in the storehouse for free. He is in the storehouse because the inn is full, for the first time in years. He first asked to sleep in the barn. He has been there for about a week. They noticed that he was coughing up bile a few days ago. Word of the market day in Vindale drew travelers from all over, and your place is the cheapest in town! You came into town looking for a guard for your inn make your patrons feel better about staying there.

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 20

Props: 80, 104, 108, 101, 103, 109, 32, 99, 111, 110, 116, 97, 105, 110, 101, 114, 32, 40, 111, 112, 116, 105, 111, 110, 97, 108, 41

Makeup: 70, 111, 114, 32, 65, 32, 80, 108, 97, 103, 117, 101, 32, 82, 101, 118, 101, 97, 108, 101, 100, 45, 32, 71, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 108, 111, 116, 117, 115, 32, 112, 114, 111, 115, 116, 104, 101, 116, 105, 99

Motivation: To get people to spend money at your inn.

Tactics: You are a happy, go lucky type person

A Plague Is Born :

The sign at the inn is the front half and back half of a horse, having been damaged in a storm.

A Plague Is Born :

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A Plague at the Inn

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: When the adventurers leave the storehouse in A Plague is Born, they can hear screams coming from the inn next door. They can choose to investigate or not.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Afternoon

Ran directly after "A Plague is Born"

Synopsis: The Dire Chaos Rats have escaped and have invaded the inn next door to the storehouse. Screams of the patrons can be heard as soon as the adventurers exit the storehouse. This is round two with the rats. The patrons and Velray will be screaming for help when the adventurers exit the storehouse, and will thank the adventurers profusely after they clear out the rats from the inn.

Outcomes:

The PCs go for round two with the rats
The PCs choose to ignore the screams and the rats decimate the inn ("The Plague is Upon You" can be ran)

~

Number of Cast Members: all

Roles: Velray Fisttoe, Velray Fisttoe, Fiey Mim, Colgelga Hillgem, Dolthrum Coldheart, Dire Chaos Rats (approximately 30 spawns) Colgelga Hillgem- Seasonal worker, Dire Chaos Rats, Dolthrun Coldheart, Fiey Mim- Gambler, Velray Fisttow- Owner and proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

Props: speaker, sound effects- screaming and rat squeaks, Phlegm container (optional), Congratulations, you're Infected! cards

Makeup: Dire Chaos Rats- Rat masks with green markings, green sash, For A Plague Revealed- Green Lotus prosthetic, blackout with green face markings, For A Plague Revealed- Green lotus prosthetic

Costuming: dwarf beard, black rat mask, black tabard with green sash, Townsperson

Treasure: 1 gold per rat spawn

Hook: Screams coming from the Half Pony Inn

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Running Notes: 1.As soon as the PCs exit the mod shack in "A Plague is Born", inform them that they can hear panicked screaming coming from the inn directly next door, ask what they do. 2.Infection, Some creatures have the ability to infect helpless victims with material that will turn the person into a version of the creature. Unlike a werewolf or vampire curse, this is only a physical transformation of the victim’s body. Players will be told of specific triggers if necessary. Victims will lose all memory of their former lives, and the player must follow the commands they are given by the Monster Master until the character is slain. The character may then be killed and then given a Life spell and be cured of the infection. If the player dies the spirit may then proceed to the Healers’ Guild to be resurrected as normal. Infection is done just as a Killing Blow, with a count of “I infect you 1, I infect you 2, I infect you 3.”

A Plague at the Inn : Colgelga Hillgem- Seasonal Worker

You are a traveling seasonal worker, and are in Vindale seeking work with the upcoming harvest. You barely recalls traveling with a sick man on their way into town, but not much about him. You recall there being many sick people though on their way into the city. You drank from the spring when you entered town.

Body: 75

Props: 80, 104, 108, 101, 103, 109, 32, 99, 111, 110, 116, 97, 105, 110, 101, 114, 32, 40, 111, 112, 116, 105, 111, 110, 97, 108, 41

Makeup: 70, 111, 114, 32, 65, 32, 80, 108, 97, 103, 117, 101, 32, 82, 101, 118, 101, 97, 108, 101, 100, 45, 32, 71, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 76, 111, 116, 117, 115, 32, 112, 114, 111, 115, 116, 104, 101, 116, 105, 99

Motivation: to mingle, to work

A Plague at the Inn : Dire Chaos Rats

Body: 50

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 5 Normal Lesser Drain

Magic: Physical Strike Cause Serious Wounds 20 x3, Weakness Gas x3, 30 Elemental Chaos x3

Defenses: Dodge x1, Healed by Chaos, No Metabolism

Abilities: Can 'Devour' and 'Infect'

Props: 67, 111, 110, 103, 114, 97, 116, 117, 108, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 115, 44, 32, 121, 111, 117, 39, 114, 101, 32, 73, 110, 102, 101, 99, 116, 101, 100, 33, 32, 99, 97, 114, 100, 115

Makeup: 98, 108, 97, 99, 107, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 103, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101, 32, 109, 97, 114, 107, 105, 110, 103, 115

Motivation: Bite and infect everyone

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: Evasive. Will run from a fight until left with no other choice.

Movement: Quick and rat like

A Plague at the Inn : Dolthrun Coldheart

You are a patron at the Half Pony Inn and have been there for several days. You have come to Vindale for the festival. You are just looking for a drink and a card game when the rats invade the Inn.

Body: 50

Motivation: play cards and drink

A Plague at the Inn : Fiey Mim- Gambler

You have a problem, you like to gamble. A lot. You carry around a bag of chips and a deck of cards just in case anyone is up for a game (alternatively get them in the tavern). You are a great card player and will brag as such. You have come to town looking for a card game. You played cards with Sam the previous week, the night Sam got into town. You were staying at the Half Pony Inn until it was overran with rats. Now you are planning on leaving town that night. You wanted one more card game before you left. You drank from the spring a few days ago. You have a bad cough as well as the green pox.

Body: 30

Motivation: play cards

Tactics: Karen like

A Plague at the Inn : Velray Fisttow- Owner and Proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 20

Props: 80, 104, 108, 101, 103, 109, 32, 99, 111, 110, 116, 97, 105, 110, 101, 114, 32, 40, 111, 112, 116, 105, 111, 110, 97, 108, 41

Motivation: To get people to spend money at your inn.

Tactics: You are a happy, go lucky type person

Saturday Early Evening

1 Modules to run

A Plague Revealed

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: Several people are seen near/in the tavern. They all have a green pox on their face and hands. They are all of differing races, backgrounds, and jobs. But they all one thing in common, they all drank from the spring in town.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Early Evening

A Plague Is Born ran

Synopsis: The full scope of what the spring has done is starting to be seen, as people who drank from the spring come to town. They also all met Sam at one point or another. One person is someone that gambled with him, one is the proprietor of the Half Pony Inn, and another is one who traveled on the road into town with Sam. The people are all similarly covered in a green pox on their face and hands, are coughing, and are spitting green phlegm (optional). These people seem otherwise healthy, and are in the tavern to get a bite to eat, drink, and mingle with the adventurers. They will take it personal if asked to leave, to cover their mouths, will flip their lid if retained against their will, will complain loudly that they are being persecuted, etc. Channel your inner anti- masker spirit, and turn Karen if confronted or detained.

Outcomes:

The three are detained by the PCs
The three are ran out of town/killed
The three finish their business and leave

~

Number of Cast Members: 3

Roles: Fiey Mim- card gambler, Velray Fisttoe- Owner and proprietor of the Half Pony Inn, Colgelga Hillgem- traveler Colgelga Hillgem- Seasonal worker, Fiey Mim- Gambler, Velray Fisttow- Owner and proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

Props: phlegm container (optional), Phlegm container (optional)

Makeup: pox- Green wax prosthetic covered in small holes, (lotus flower like) on hands and face, For A Plague Revealed- Green Lotus prosthetic, For A Plague Revealed- Green lotus prosthetic

Costuming: dwarf beard, Townsperson

Treasure: , ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Hook: Three sick people come to the tavern

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Running Notes: -Fiey Mim is a person who has come to town looking for a card game. Fiey played cards with Sam the previous week, the night Sam got into town. Fiey Mim was staying at the Half Pony Inn until it was overran with rats. Now he is planning on leaving town that night. He wanted one more card game before he left. He drank from the spring a few days ago. -Velray Fisttoe is the owner and sole proprietor of the Half Pony Inn, located on the eastern side of town. Velray met Sam several days ago, when a coughing Sam showed up and asked to sleep in their barn. Velray took pity on Sam, and instead bedded him down in the storehouse and gave the beggar one hot meal a day. Velray is in town seeking a guard to make their patrons feel better about staying in their now overran inn. -Colgelga Hillgem is a traveling seasonal worker, in Vindale seeking work with the upcoming harvest. Colgelga barely recalls traveling with a sick man on their way into town, but not much about him. Colgelga recalls their being many sick people though on their way into the city. Colgelga drank from the spring when she entered town. -All three developed the pox recently, and had a green rash before the pox showed up.

A Plague Revealed : Colgelga Hillgem- Seasonal Worker

Body: 75

Props: 80, 104, 108, 101, 103, 109, 32, 99, 111, 110, 116, 97, 105, 110, 101, 114, 32, 40, 111, 112, 116, 105, 111, 110, 97, 108, 41

Motivation: to mingle, to work

A Plague Revealed : Fiey Mim- Gambler

Body: 30

Motivation: play cards

Tactics: Karen like

A Plague Revealed : Velray Fisttow- Owner and Proprietor of the Half Pony Inn

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 20

Props: 80, 104, 108, 101, 103, 109, 32, 99, 111, 110, 116, 97, 105, 110, 101, 114, 32, 40, 111, 112, 116, 105, 111, 110, 97, 108, 41

Motivation: To get people to spend money at your inn.

Tactics: You are a happy, go lucky type person

Saturday Night

3 Modules to run

Hourglass

Written By: Chris Colland with Scott Bennett

Plotline: Soulless Existence

Brief: Inside of the clocktower is an agent outside of time the Golems are hunting.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Night

Synopsis: The Clocktower in Vindale is under attack by large clockwork golems. Something in the clocktower seems to be drawing them to the place but it is unclear what until they are dealt with. Inside is an agent outside of time the Golems were hunting, he has on him a book in a language that isn’t native to Elysia. The book is what is drawing the Golems towards it. The book reads as Time Magic but when you can read the words in translation, it was written in a Void language. The Golem want the book to be destroyed, the Agent wants to escape after stealing it from the Vindale Vampire Library. It’s up to the Adventurers who gets to keep the book or if it is destroyed. The Void language in the book is for a summoning ritual of Void creatures.

Outcomes:

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Number of Cast Members: 1

Roles: Clockwork Golem Annihilator, Horatio Giddens

Misc: Book of Invitations

Props: gear chest piece, Small wand

Costuming: White Tabard, Modern style Suitcoat

Treasure: , ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Rumors: The Clocktower in Vindale is under seige by large clockwork golems. Something in the clocktower is drawing them them to the place. Nobody has been able to enter the clocktower for several weeks.

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The Heist

Horatio stole the book of the war from the Vindale Vampire Library.

Luke’s Wall

Horatio realized that he was about to be overwelmed and enacted a dark ritual to buy him time. This ritual was enacted specifically to repel Golems

Hourglass : Clockwork Golem Annihilator

You tick with channeled time energy. You serve your dearly departed master Haskell but you still enact his will. When the “Book of Invitations” was detected dozens of your brothers were sent to retrive it and destroy it. This cannot be allowed to exist.

Body: 300

Weapons: Longsword and Shield

Damage: 15 Magic Time

Defenses: Healed by Time, Takes 30/70 damage from Shatter/Destroy

Abilities: Physical Strike Bind x3, Physical Strike Shatter x3, Spellstrike 50 Elemental Time x3, 30 Elemental Time x5

Props: 103, 101, 97, 114, 32, 99, 104, 101, 115, 116, 32, 112, 105, 101, 99, 101

Killing Blow: On agents of Void of course.

Motivation: Retrieve "the book of invitations". Wait for Haskell's Return.

Speech: They do not speek

Movement: Move slowly and stomp your feet to imitate the weight of your heavy machinery.

Descriptive Phrase: Golem with clock gears on its body

Hourglass : Horatio Giddens

You are an agent of chaos. Charasmatic but deadly you are attempting pay off the favors that you needed to call in from your last failed scheme. You are currently on the run and only ventures out of your lair for big jobs.

Body: 150

Weapons: Longsword (+2 Spirit Locked Longsword Lovely Lamay)

Damage: 20 Magic

Magic: 4 Block Earth

Abilities: Rift 1x Day takes 1 hour ritual and takes him to Desperation his hiding hole., Unlimited 30 elemental Chaos when channeling with his wand., Luke's Wall - Creates a barriar around a structure that locks it in time and burns the memories of the host to keep it running. Weak against some Dream Magic Named After Luke Goodman a powerful dream Sorcerer that traded him this in exchange for

Props: 83, 109, 97, 108, 108, 32, 119, 97, 110, 100

Killing Blow: He love it. He relishes the chance kill and maim.

Motivation: Retrieve the Book of Invitiations and after researching it either trade it or use the rituals. You has no idea what is within it.

Speech: British accent. Suave

Tactics: Blast the daylights out of people with your wand. Your most deadly weapon is your mind though.

Movement: Frantic.

Hourglass : Book of Invitations

Language: A language that isn’t native to Elysia. The book reads as Time Magic but if you can read the words in translation, it was written in a Void language. The Void language in the book is for a summoning ritual of Void creatures.

Cab be detected with SENSE VOID. If you are carrying the book and sense void is used on you you must respond “VOID PRESENT” The book is is drawing the Clockwork Golems towards it as are attempting to locate and destroy the book.

Inside of the book are 2 formal magic rituals.

Courting the Spiral

Components: 10P 5D 5T

When cast it will begin a slow but deadly process of replacing much of the ability of those that are able to read with the read magic skill to no longer be able to read in the traditional sense instead seeing an Oraborus spiral in place of the writing that this would normally be expected. In game terms every character within 30 miles of the casting PC or NPC will need to roll D% as if they were rolling on the backlash table and consult the table below. The effects on the various characters last for 1 year from the casting.

D%	Result
1-10	Unaffected
11-75	Every day 50% chance to be unable to use read magic or to read traditional writing without tremendous effort.
76-100	As 11-75 but 100% of the time

Additionally for every character that rolls a 76-100 result run the module “Lurking Horror” which details the terrible creatures that have been brought through by the latent ritual that all of the readers of the spiral have become. Lastly it is known to all creatures of extraplanar nature that the area that this ritual has had this ritual enacted on is now tainted and if at all possible they will avoid this cursed place.

Inviting the Sleeper

Components: 10P 5D 5T

This ritual must be cast on a willing target. This places the essence of the Sleeper of Nagios in the target and it will begin to dominate the thoughts and emotions of it’s host. This acts as both a Transform and a high level of craftman other skills. At the end of one year the sleeper will depart and the host will feel a terrible sense of loss as they will never be able to carry him again.

It's a Plague, My Deer

Written By: Brittney Perry

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: A black deer with glowing purple antlers has been spotted near the town. It acts like it wants someone to follow it. When followed, the deer leads them right to the source of the plague.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Night

End of Contagion plot desired

Synopsis: Scene set up- There is an unreasonably large circle of lit rope lights. This circle represents the noxious cloud over the spring. In the center of the circle is a bucket. There is a line on the bucket indicating how much ‘potion’ needs to be delivered into the center of the spring. There is a smoke bomb behind the bucket.
There is a possibility for mod failure.
A black deer with glowing purple antlers comes to the town. It isn’t there to attack anyone, but to deliver a message and the spring antidote from Feihlen Brighthelm. It’s also there to get people to follow it back to the well.
When the deer brings the people back to the large spring, the deer runs away. The group find a large spring ringed in blue light. The very air is repugnant and if you cross the light you will take 100 Elemental Chaos per second. The spring is incredibly toxic and needs to be purified. It is a two part process, one is the PCs have to pour the potion given by the deer into the well, and the second is an actual purify well cantrip to complete the process.
Laying around the pool are pieces of PVC. One has a cup at the end. The PCs are meant to put together the pole and carefully pour the potion into the pool’s center (into a bucket with a line indicating minimum amount of potion needed), and then cast purify well onto the spring. If the PCs are successful, the lights will go off.

Outcomes:

The PCs purify the well
The PCs don't purify the well, the plague continues

~

Number of Cast Members: all

Roles: Dire Stag Dire Chaos Rats, Dire Chaos Wolf, Dire Vindale Deer

Misc: letter from Feihlen Brighthelm

Props: 200' of rope light (blue), PVC poles (30ish feet, exact center of circle is 31.83 feet), PVC pole with cup, speaker sound effect wolf howl and rat squeak, Blue Smoke Bomb, Antidote, Congratulations, you're Infected! cards, Feilen Brighthelm note, antidote for spring

Makeup: blackout eyes, face, blackout with green face markings, blackout with green markings, black eyes

Costuming: black rat mask, black tabard with green sash, black tabard, green sash, black clothing and tabard, dire deer mask

Treasure: 1 gold per animal, potions and components in crates

Hook: Black deer with purple antlers with a note

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Non Standard Effects: Pool of blue light will deal 100 Elemental Damage per second. Antidote- Death Potion if drank

smoke- announce and ok if smoke can be used

It's a Plague, My Deer : Dire Chaos Rats

Body: 50

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 5 Normal Lesser Drain

Magic: Physical Strike Cause Serious Wounds 20 x3, Weakness Gas x3, 30 Elemental Chaos x3

Defenses: Dodge x1, Healed by Chaos, No Metabolism

Abilities: Can 'Devour' and 'Infect'

Props: 67, 111, 110, 103, 114, 97, 116, 117, 108, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 115, 44, 32, 121, 111, 117, 39, 114, 101, 32, 73, 110, 102, 101, 99, 116, 101, 100, 33, 32, 99, 97, 114, 100, 115

Makeup: 98, 108, 97, 99, 107, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 103, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101, 32, 109, 97, 114, 107, 105, 110, 103, 115

Motivation: Bite and infect everyone

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: Evasive. Will run from a fight until left with no other choice.

Movement: Quick and rat like

It's a Plague, My Deer : Dire Chaos Wolf

You were once a normal wolf with your very own pack. After being trapped and a ritual preformed on you, you are now the minion of Feihlen Brighthelm. You’re goal is to protect the spring from any that tamper with it.

Devour- on a 3 count, recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly ‘killed’ enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Body: 80

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 10 Normal Chaos

Magic: Physical Strike Shatter x3, Physical Strike Fear x3, 30 Elemental Chaos x3

Defenses: Dodge x1, Half Damage from Weapons, Healed by Chaos, No Metabolism, Rips from Pin/Bind/Web/Confine

Abilities: Mighty Slay x1, Devour Infection on a 3 count

Makeup: 98, 108, 97, 99, 107, 111, 117, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 103, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 109, 97, 114, 107, 105, 110, 103, 115

Motivation: protect the spring

Speech: howls and barks

Movement: wolf like

It's a Plague, My Deer : Dire Vindale Deer

You are a deer who has been changed by magic. You are now faster and stronger than any other deer, and your horns glow a bright purple. You are under the control of Feilen Brighthelm, and do whatever tasks he tells you. You will not fight, but run away.

Reset: true

Body: 300

Defenses: shield magic, dodge, shield

Abilities: able to dissapear into the woods on a three count

Props: 70, 101, 105, 108, 101, 110, 32, 66, 114, 105, 103, 104, 116, 104, 101, 108, 109, 32, 110, 111, 116, 101, 44, 32, 97, 110, 116, 105, 100, 111, 116, 101, 32, 102, 111, 114, 32, 115, 112, 114, 105, 110, 103

Makeup: 98, 108, 97, 99, 107, 32, 101, 121, 101, 115

Motivation: follow Brighthelm's instructios

Speech: none

Movement: deer like

It's a Plague, My Deer : Letter From Feihlen Brighthelm

Greetings!

My animal friend here has told me of your troubles with the spring in Vindale. I have been able to reverse engineer the taint on the spring and have brewed an antidote which, along with a purify well cantrip, will hopefully rid the spring from the taint, and hopefully anyone that was unfortunate enough to drink from it. Read carefully, it is very important that the steps be done in order for the antidote to work.

First, the air around the spring is extremely toxic and will kill you in seconds. Keep this in mind while trying to pour the antidote. Second, the antidote must be poured into the very center of the spring for it to be effective. You must get as much as possible into the spring. I don’t know how much you need exactly, so I am sending as much as I could make. Please be careful with it. I do not know the effects if drank or gotten on skin. Third, a purify well cantrip MUST be cast on the well after the antidote in order to complete the cleansing. If not, I’m afraid the taint will regrow like algae. After it’s done, the water should be safe to drink both here and the spring in town. If this antidote does not work, or if you fail, please send word with my most trusted messenger here, and I will get to work on the problem straight away.

All we have is Tyrra,

Feihlen Brighthelm

Cold Dead Summer

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief: Cassius, a vampire leads the adventurers to a trap under the pretense of finding missing children.

Requirements:

Run on Saturday Night

Final Module

Synopsis: Cassius, a vampire comes to town with information about a missing child. He tells the adventurers that he can lead them to the location where he knows the child is being kept. He will request an “escort” as the woods are unsafe currently. When they arrive with the Vampire, the unconscious body of the missing child will be laying in the woods, the Vampire will look over his shoulder and smirk saying “….And this is the part where you run for your lives…..” as he laughs and turns to mist. From the Darkness, Vampires rush the adventurers trying to slay them all.

Outcomes:

The PCs recuse the missing child and fight off the vampires, once returned to town the father will bring them a reward to the tavern.
The PCs escape the vampires or fall fighting them, if the child it not rescued he will become a Vampire under a CoT and kill his family resulting in their deaths and not the full module treasure.

~

Number of Cast Members: all

Roles: Vampire Mod Hook (Cassius), Shadow Vampire, Ulric (Unconscious Child)

Misc: , ,

Props: PC Style Clothing, White makeup for Vampires, Blood, “Dead Body” for child

Treasure: Remaining Event Treasure, ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Rumors:

Five children have gone missing this week so far. Two of them have been found safely and returned. One was badly injured by a Wolf attack it appears. The other 2 are unaccounted for currently. We are searching relentlessly but nothing has come to the surface yet.

~ Vindale Guard

Hook: A vampire comes to town with information about a missing child

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Transformations: All

Running Notes: This module is the final module of the weekend. The PCs will either save a missing child and receive a nice treasure box or he will be lost and the child will wake up later and go insane under his new affliction. When the PCs are led to the spot, they will be ambushed by a horde of Vampire awaiting them. Cassius was actually helping them before he vanished. Sensing the impending doom, the Blackthorne’s summoned the spirit energy to invoke the PCs transforms for one last hellish battle for Vindale for the gather.

Cold Dead Summer :

Cassius, Vampire Mod Hook & Shadow Vampires

A rogue agent in Vindale. You operate in the chaos of the Courts. Your reasons are your own. You live carefree and everything is a game to you. The found child is the one good thing you have done in years.

Descriptive Phrase: Pale Humanoid with swirling Shadow Aura

Body: 200

Defenses: Dodge x5, Return x5, Phase x5, No Metabolism, Half Damage from Lightning, Immnue to Ice, Healed by Chaos and Darkness, Double Damage from Flame, Light, and Healing, Resist Physical x1

Magic: 90 Elemental Darkness x5, 50 Elemental Darkness x5, 90 Elemental Ice, 50 Elemental Darkness x5, Magic Cause Mortal Wounds x10, Arcane Fear x5, Arcane Paralysis x3, Arcane Vampire Charm x5, Magic Death x3

Weapons: Any

Damage: 15 Magic Silence

Abilities: Slay/Parry x4, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Transform: Shadow Vampire 9th

Killing Blow Active: Yes

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Reset 5 Times Each!!!!

Take 50 Damage from Illumination & Double from Light

Cold Dead Summer :

Reaction

4 Modules to run

I Am the Law

Written By: Scott Bennett

Brief:

Requirements:

Run on Reaction

Players resist arrest when framed for the murder of the Crinamorte Vampire Clan.

Keyway

Written By: Scott Bennett

Plotline: Soulless Existence

Brief: Players go to the nightmare realm to retrieve the Copper Key.

Requirements:

Run on Reaction

Players decide to travel to retrieve the Copper Key from the keeping of the lord of nightmare.

Synopsis: Players use a scroll that Lucien has in his possession to offer a dream to the lord of nightmare. This dream must be given willingly but but be described in great detail. The Lord of nightmares may be angered if the dream that is offered is not detailed or of personal import. A cast member will record the offered dream for the hungering horror to call back to as well as judging the dream per the rubric detailed in “Dream with Me”. If the dream meets the standards of the lord of nightmare a gate will open at some point later in the event and the one that offered the dream will be able to enter it. the gate will admit the one that offered the dream and 3 others but no more. Once the players have entered into the Portal they will see a long path comprised of the 2 large rope lights. At the end of hte path is a pedestol with the copper key upon it. The Dream lurkers and the hungering horror will attack the players as they attempt to retrieve the key drawn by the power that the dreamer offered. The hungering horror is bound to the one that offered the dream and will attempt to slay them as they

We'll Beat'em Bloody

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Corpseflower

Brief: From the blood magic wine, to the affected roots, to selling them junk wares, the adventurers have a bone to pick with les Sangsues Abyssale. They can track him down in his house at his vineyard.

Requirements:

Run on Reaction

Oops More Blood ran

Synopsis:

Les Sangsues Abyssale’s incompetency in his scheams has led to the adventurers hunting him down. They find Abyssale at his home, just sitting down to a meager dinner sat on a wine crate. Empty wine crates fill his house. Abyssale instantly cowers when the adventurers arrive, begging for his life. He will deny any wrong doing at first, and when confronted by evidence, will break down in tears. Abbyssale was approached in an inn and talked into and sold the ritual for the blood magic by a man named Vodrel. He promisied Abbyssale could undersell the vampires. He then disappeared, and Abbyssale hasn’t seen him again.

He will sob that his livelihood is going up in flames. He lost his house, his vineyard, his potion enterprise, everything. He will curse the vampires for their shrewdness and ability to make better wine. When the adventurers take him into custody, he will go willingly. If a good opportunity to escape happens, Abyssale will take it. If he dies, Abyssale will resurrect in town.

Outcomes:

Abyssale is killed, captured, and/or ran out of town

~

Number of Cast Members: 1

Roles: les Sangsues Abyssale les Sangsues Abyssale (aka Frank Grisk)

Props: treasure chest with trinkets

Costuming: outlandish and expensive

Treasure: , ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Hook: PCs track down Abyssale

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We'll Beat'em Bloody : Les Sangsues Abyssale (Aka Frank Grisk)

This character is based off of the cliche of a smooth talking car salesman.

Reset: will resurrect

Body: 100

Weapons: short/long sword

Damage: 20 Silver

Defenses: shield magic

Props: 116, 114, 101, 97, 115, 117, 114, 101, 32, 99, 104, 101, 115, 116, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 116, 114, 105, 110, 107, 101, 116, 115

Motivation: To make money

Tactics: underhanded, liar

Well Worth the Risk

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: The well in town has been enchanted. Drinking from it gives healing properties but also can cause you to turn into a rat swarm.

Requirements:

Run on Reaction

PC or NPC drinks from the well in town

Synopsis:

There is a well near the tavern that has been enchanted. Drinking from the well causes various effects (d10 effect chart). Sometime after drinking from the well, for those that are wearing a green bracelet a green rash will appear and effect the hands, arms, neck, and face.

The PCs that drink from the spring and want to participate in the plotline are directed to the mod shack. There, they will roll a D10, and will get the following effect per number:

1 Cure Mortal Wounds
2 Cure Serious Wounds
3 Regenerate
4 Purify Blood
5 - 10 Rodentia Pox
. Wear a green wristband. Rats no longer target you.

If they get a green bracelet, they will be asked if they are ok with cream based makeup being applied on the hands, neck, face, or arms. If they consent, they will be given a green bracelet that will need to be displayed for easy visual. This bracelet is OUT OF GAME and is marked as such. This allows the NPC rats to avoid the marked PCs and also allows Plot to apply green makeup to marked PCs. They will also be instructed to cough randomly once the green makeup goes on.

If someone who is Infected drinks from the well, they will not be affected by the well at all. They will not have to get a green bracelet. If a detect magic is cast upon someone with a green bracelet or casts a detect magic on the well, it is detected.

Outcomes:

PCs and NPCs alike drink from the spring due to it's properties

~

Number of Cast Members: 1

Roles: Shack Master

Misc: Rodentia Pox, well sign

Props: green bracelet, Well sign

Makeup: green grease paint

Rumors: The spring has been restored! As a thank you, the spring has been bespelled to give the drinker a Cure Light Wounds, one time. Please enjoy this most gracious gift to you, our guests.

Hook: Rumor or word of mouth, voluntarily,

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Non Standard Effects: The well makes the Dire Chaos Rats avoid whoever drank from it. A Green Bracelet is used to tell who drank from the well. The bracelets are used to single out PCs to apply makeup to.

Well Worth the Risk : Rodentia Pox

Wear an out of game green bracelet that is visible to the Plot Team. If you are wearing a green bracelet, a plot member will ask about green pox makeup and if you wish to wear it.

You have been infected with Rodentia Pox. You must die and be lifed or resurrected for the Infection to be cured.

Your body is changing. Your senses are screaming with the flood of new sensations. Your body is confused, and is trying to purge the Pox by coughing up a thick, green mucus. You cough deeply and often, trying to dispel the mucus that has now set up residence in your lungs.

You now crave the water from the well in town. You now have a burning desire to get people to drink from the well. You will use any means you think will work to get people to drink from the well.

You feel a deep kinship with the large black and green rodents and will not raise a weapon against them. You feel awful for the noble rats that now call the city home. You will not stand any harsh words against your rat brothers. You will defend them, even against your own,. In turn, the rats recognize you as rat kin, and will not bother or target you.

Well Worth the Risk : Well Sign

Well-come' to the newly restored Vindale Spring! This spring was found when the city was newly built and was essential in the cultivation of the first grape vines in the area. Please, enjoy this piece of history and the healing properties it contains!

OOG- Actually drink from this fountain at your own risk! But if your character has ‘drank from the spring’ please stop by the Mod Shack for further instructions.

Randoms

2 Modules to run

Orc Scouting Pary

Written By: Scott Bennett

Reviewed By: Brittney Perrry

Plotline: orc invasion

Brief: Bloody Fist Scouts attempt to gather inteligence.

Requirements:

Run on Randoms

Synopsis: The lowest members of the Bloody military structure the scouts gather inteligence.

Outcomes:

Orcs gather information about the town and escape.
Orcs kill townsfolk and inspire fear.

~

Number of Cast Members: 1-5

Roles: Bloody Fist Scout

Misc: Orc Intel

Makeup: Bloody Fist Makeup (Red Scales on left side of face and 4 finger mark warpaint on right side of face)

Rumors:

Bloody Fist scouts are the youngest members of the bloody fist war machine. They often do not bring to bear the ferocity that one expects from the more seasoned Bloody Fist but rather they are willing to observe and plan. The Scouts will often leave the field of battle without ever engaging with an enemy in battle having gained knowledge to bring back to the horde with none the wiser.

~ Notes and Observations on the Bloody Fist - Gathered by the Black Anvil Mercenary Company

Hook: Bloody Fist Scouts arrive in town.

Running Notes: There is no need for the scouts to fight the people of Elysia. They must rather discover a picture of the people that they hope to subjugate.

Orc Scouting Pary : Bloody Fist Scout

You are part of an elite fighting machine and the strongest Orc tribe in Elysia to date. Just because you are so young, and a mere scout doesn’t mean you aren’t important to the Bloody Fist. Without the Scouts the Bloody Fist would be steps behind their enemies not ahead.
Scouts provide the intelligence and reconnaissance of the Bloody Fist but you are very expendable by nature. You are the lowest rank but this is mostly due to your age, as you grow in size and are battle hardened, you will be graduated to the Grunts if you aren’t a weakling.

Reset: 3 times each.

Body: 40

Weapons: Any

Damage: 5 Normal, 7 Normal With 2H Weapon or Polearm

Defenses: Resist Poison x3, Cloak Flame x3, Rip from Binding x3, Will to Live (Racial), Resist Fear x3, Resist Sleep x3, Immune Death

Abilities: Mighty Slay (Racial, no Parry), Healing Arts,, First Aid,, Read and Write,, Read Magic,, Can destroy non-reinforced or magically locked doors on a 5 Count (1 I Shatter This Door....)

Costume: Red Tabbard

Makeup: Bloody Fist Makeup (Red Scales on left side of face and 4 finger mark warpaint on right side of face)

Killing Blow: If you down PCs leave them to succumb to their wounds. Kidnap when you can if the person is of value.

Motivation: You are the lowest rank of the Bloody Fist by you are VERY important since you gather inteligence for the Raid Leaders. If pressed you will try to flee if you have learned something. You are fueled by nothing more than vengeance, so BE RELENTLESS. Remain unseen, don’t be afraid to run, DONT DIE! Search the PCs for Gold Coins and Gems, Orcs gotta eat

Movement: Forceful and with purpose. Don't slouch or stoop show your might.

Search: Loot is above you unless you see an impressive magic item then tell your Raid Leader.

Orc Scouting Pary : Orc Intel

The Bloody Fist Scouts are always looking for more information on the people that the horde is working against. If you gain any information leave immediatly and report back to the horde.

We are representing this by having a board with the inteligence gathered by the Bloody Fist Scouts in the NPC Shack with the results of their findings. Each unkilled Bloody Fist Scout will add to this board and build a picture of the town of Stonewood for the Bloody Fist Horde.

identify possible targets for rituals the Orcs have planned.
Identify targets to take as hostages. If a hostage is taken run “Bonesaw’s Black Site”
Identify who is in charge and giving orders?
Identify people who can be bought or blackmailed. If someone agrees to sell information in exchange for a bribe run “So you want to make a deal”
Where are magic items, relics, or rumors of lost magic?
Are there surrounding defenses?
Identify where the money is kept.

The Plague Is Upon You

Written By: Brittney Perry, Chris Colland

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: The escaped rats from "A Plague is Born" the attack the town and try to infect people.

Requirements:

Run on Randoms

Failure to contain the rats in "A Plague is Born". The adventurers allowed more than half of the rats to escape when Sam exploded. This module is repeatable.

Synopsis: When Sam exploded in “A Plague is Born”, half or more than half of the Dire Chaos Rats escaped into the town nearby. These rats have wandered into town with a goal, attack, down, and infect as many people as possible. No one is safe from their task, including townsfolk (aka will attack NPCs).

Outcomes:

Dire Chaos Rats invade the town with the goal of infecting as many people as possible

~

Number of Cast Members: Flexible

Roles: Dire Chaos Rats

Misc: Infection

Props: speaker, sound effects- rat squeaks, Congratulations, you're Infected! cards

Makeup: Dire Chaos Rats- Rat Mask with green markings, green sash, green face markings

Costuming: black rat mask, black tabard with green sash

Treasure: 1 gold per rat

Hook: Rats invade the town

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The Plague is Upon You : Dire Chaos Rats

Body: 50

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 5 Normal Lesser Drain

Magic: Physical Strike Cause Serious Wounds 20 x3, Weakness Gas x3, 30 Elemental Chaos x3

Defenses: Dodge x1, Healed by Chaos, No Metabolism

Abilities: Can 'Devour' and 'Infect'

Props: 67, 111, 110, 103, 114, 97, 116, 117, 108, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 115, 44, 32, 121, 111, 117, 39, 114, 101, 32, 73, 110, 102, 101, 99, 116, 101, 100, 33, 32, 99, 97, 114, 100, 115

Makeup: 103, 114, 101, 101, 110, 32, 102, 97, 99, 101, 32, 109, 97, 114, 107, 105, 110, 103, 115

Motivation: Bite and infect everyone

Speech: squeaks

Tactics: Evasive. Will run from a fight until left with no other choice.

Movement: Quick and rat like

The Plague is Upon You : Infection

Some creatures have the ability to infect helpless victims with material that will turn the person into a version of the creature. Unlike a werewolf or vampire curse, this is only a physical transformation of the victim’s body. Players will be told of specific triggers if necessary. Victims will lose all memory of their former lives, and the player must follow the commands they are given by the Monster Master until the character is slain. The character may then be killed and then given a Life spell and be cured of the infection. If the player dies the spirit may then proceed to the Healers’ Guild to be resurrected as normal. Infection is done just as a Killing Blow, with a count of “I infect you 1, I infect you 2, I infect you 3.”

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Blood and Fire

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Brief: This module is 3 part, it starts with a invasion of Blood Golems as randoms, a follow up wave of Golems with a note found on one of the Golems with a “drop point” and becomes a raid on a storehouse containing the last Blood Golems sent out, a burnt note is found at the last place with the words “Thanks for your support and gold ~TG” The Blood Golems are sent from the Vindale Vampires Courts to collect Blood for the Blood Bath on Saturday Night. The Blood Golems are hunting for fresh blood to drain from people. Each Killing Blow is a “unit” of blood for them, once they get 5 Killing Blows they will retreat to the Courts. This is part of a greater plot connected to another area around Elysia.

Blood and Fire

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Funeral Thirst

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief:

Requirements:

Death Magick for Adepts has been ran

Synopsis: The House of Sanguinius Nocturna are obsessed with Alchemical perfection of the Flesh. The Sanguinus Flesh Beast is their greatest creation in recent memory, but they require fresh flesh once a year like the Vampires require Blood to survive. They have been stalking the woods seeking fresh flesh to consume to sustain themselves but they have not been lucky in their harvest. As a result they have become desperate and begun digging up a public Graveyard in the forest. At this point dead flesh is better than nothing, it is the equivalent to a Vampire drinking Animal blood when feral and on the verge of Bloodlust. This was observed by a merchant on the road and he comes to town quickly and out of breath absolutely horrified that he saw these Flesh Beasts eating corpses.

Outcomes:

The Bloody Shadow Attercob Assassins are defeated and they are gone for now…
The Bloody Shadow Attercob Assassins pursue the fleeing PCS to the towns edge and then lurk in the darkness till they find a victim for 30 minutes after the module…

~

Number of Cast Members: 7

Misc: ,

Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, Cantrip Pages, ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Rumors: The seasonal wildlife of Vindale has begun to stir. Fast moving shadows and glowing eyes have become common sightings outside the city walls now.

Hook: A horrified merchant comes to town quickly and completely out of breath. Horrified by what he saw passing a small graveyard, large corpse dripping with blood and decayed flesh eating a freshly dug up corpse.

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Flee Point:

Transformations: Undead

Running Notes: This module introduces the main war monster of the House Sanguinus Nocturna, the Flesh Beast. An abomination made of flesh and alchemy. This beast sustains on flesh alone like a Vampire feed on blood. When the players encounter the beasts, they are in a “blood frenzy” and feasting on dead flesh. To these beasts this is a last resort, like Vampires avoid animal blood, dead flesh isn’t nearly as nourishing as living or freshly killed flesh. The PCs will find them in the middle of a feeding frenzy in a small graveyard, normally they are not like this.

Number of Cast Members: 7

Roles: Horrifed Merchant, Sanguinus Flesh Beast x6

Props: White Tabard /w Black Eyes, white face makeup and streaks of blood

Funeral Thirst :

Humul (M) or Emilia (F), Horrified Merchant

You are a local merchant to Vindale who was on their way out of town to restock when you saw something you cannot handle mentally. You saw a large flesh beast eating a decayed corpse like it was a snack cake.

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped

Body: 15

Defenses: None

Magic: None

Weapons: None

Damage: None

Abilities: Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Craftsman Other: Merchant x10

Transform: None

Killing Blow Active: no

Motivations: Pedal our wares in Vindale and make a good life for yourself

- You come running into town SCREAMING and freaking out.

- When you make it to the Tavern, you will take a moment to gather your breath and let people gather. Try to talk during it to impress the terror you just saw

- Have a hard time describing the creature you just saw eating the decayed corpse

- When asked, the desciptive phrase is “large corpse dripping with blood and decayed flesh”

Funeral Thirst :

Sanguinus Flesh Beast

You are an alchemical abomination with a thirst for Flesh. Like a Vampire hunts for blood you hunt for Flesh. You sustain yourself on the devouring of flesh. You will stop it nothing to consume flesh and you do not care where it comes from.

Descriptive Phrase: large corpse dripping with blood and decayed flesh.

Body: 150

Defenses: Dodge x1, Cloak Earth x3, No Metabolism, Double Damage from Flame, Damage Cap 5, Healed by Chaos, Resist Physical x1, See Special Abilities for Remove Disease effect

Magic: Spellstrike Wither Limb x5, Spellstrike Taint Blood x5, Spellstrike Weakness x5, Magic Cause Mortal Wounds 40 x5, Magic Cause Disease x3

Weapons: Claws or Any

Damage: 15 Magic Lesser Taint Blood

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, Infection Flesh Beast, See Special Ability

Transform: None

Killing Blow Active: Yes

Motivations: FEAST ON FLESH!!!!!

SPECIAL ABILITY:

- Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 Body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow and still can be healed back up

- If you have used “Devour” on a target, you may then use “Infection Flesh Beast” upon them.

o If a 3 count of “infection” is called, the infected PC will be compelled to do the following: When you see a freshly dead body, you will be physically compelled to eat some of the dead flesh. If anyone tries to stop you then they will become a target aswell and you will drop them

o You also can the “Devour” ability while under the effects of the Infection. You will eat the flesh regardless of your current body as “the Hunger” calls to you.

- IF YOU ARE HIT WITH A REMOVE DISEASE AND CANNOT CALL A DEFENSIVE THEN YOU CRUMBLE!!!!!!

- Sanguinus Flesh Beast move and act at normal speeds unlike Bonebreakers

Light Puzzle

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Brief: There are 4 “beacons” that have a platform pedestal to set an object. The “beacons” will set off “randomly” and that will turn off different “barriers” and make different “rooms” accessible in the “Tarp Maze” to seal and unseal rooms for objects they need to get to build a statue to progress further to the treasure

Nightbringers

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief: A local family has been given a cursed object by a shady merchant, they were told once a day it would produce a magnificent feast.

Requirements:

A Horrible Night to Have a Curse has been ran

Synopsis: It produces a “feast” but the feast is not very human consumable friendly, the feast is just 3 vials of blood. A wizard dressed in grey and blue offered the family help, they put a Circle of Power infront of their front door to keep the hordes back. Vampire Underlings have been mindlessly spawning and charging the front door of this stone house trying to make it inside. The Circle of Power “barrier” powers up for 1 minute and then down for one minute. Behind the “barrier” is a physical switch the PCs must engage to deactivate the “mechanism” to stop the swarm. However, the “barrier must power down through 5 cycles to unlock the door. When the door is unlocked and opened the Hordes seem to stop, but when the door is closed after sundown the Vampires spawn endlessly and assault the house.

Outcomes:

The PCs survive the 5-Cycle onslaught and gain entry to the Citizens house. They may destroy the cursed object and end the assaults, or they may take the curse item and Vampire Thralls will spawn and hunt them for it for the weekend.
The PCs fail to survive the 5-Cycle onslaught and the family is slaughtered at dawn by the Vampire Thralls for the Cursed Object.

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Number of Cast Members: All

Roles: Silas (M) or Luna (F) Blackthorne, 2 Cursed Citizens, Vampire Thralls (Rest) Narin (F or M) & Lorelei (F) Cursed Citizens, Silas (M) or Luna (F) Blackthorne Guide

Misc:

Props: PC Style Clothing for Thralls /w Blood and Pale Makeup, PC Clothing for citizens, Blue Rope Light for Barrier

Treasure: Coins, Components, Production, Cantrip Pages, MI, ( Description: Duration: Effects: )

Hook: A Blackthorne Family member comes to town with a letter of help from a family who was given a cursed object and now they are trapped in their house with hordes of undead clawing to get in.

Scenes:

In Game:

Out of Game:

Flee Point:

Transformations: ALL TRANSFORMS UP

Running Notes: This module is a timed battle of sorts. The “Barrier” will power up for 1 minute and then down for another. During these times Vampire Thralls will fight to get into the Door and get the Cursed Object. While the “Barrier” is up, if someone is outside they are trapped outside and on their own. 5 Cycles must be completed after the switch is engaged before the Door can be unlocked and opened.

Nightbringers : Narin (F or M) & Lorelei (F) Cursed Citizens

You have been trapped in your house for almost a week now. You were sold a cursed object by a “wizard” in Grey and Blue. The “Feast” only produces 3 vials of blood per day, it was supposed to produce a magnificent feast daily. You were lied to and scammed for 30 Gold, now you live in fear that one night the Vampire Thralls will make it through.

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped

Roleplay Notes

The “wizard” in Grey and Blue never said his name but he was very convincing.
The “wizard” said he was given this object from a strange man wearing a silver spiraled mask and glowing eyes
You spent 30 Gold on this Curse Object. You would be willing to sell it if anyone wants if, but you don’t want to keep it either way.
If no one wants to buy the Curse Object then request it to be destroyed. If someone wants to buy the Curse Object, then offer 15 Gold as the price. Beg to get at least 10 Gold if they haggle you hard on the price.

Body: 20

Weapons: any

Damage: 2 Normal

Abilities: Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts, Craftsmen Other Tailoring x5

Motivation: Survive in Vindale, but mainly survive these Vampire Thralls

Nightbringers : Silas (M) or Luna (F) Blackthorne Guide

Descriptive Phrase: Properly Repped Blackthorne Hunter

Transform: Hunter lvl 7

When the Module is over, you will present the PCs with a chest containing all the “treasure” you were able to find on the slain Vampire Thralls. This eliminates the need to loot during such rapid resets for the intensity of the fight.

Body: 60 (20 Armor)

Weapons: Any

Damage: 15 Silver or Magic

Magic: 4 Block Earth, 10 Formal

Defenses: Dodge x2, Resist Poison x3, Resist Sleep x3, Immune to Charm (Blackthorne Oath), Resist Physical x1

Abilities: Slay/Parry x3, Physical Refit x1, Read/Write, First Aid, Healing Arts

Killing Blow: Only Monsters

Motivation: Uphold the Blackthorne Family Oath, Protection of Vindale and its Citizens

Nightbringers :

Vampire Thrall

You and your friends were granted Vampiric Strength through a Vampire you thought you could trust. Turns out you have just been pawns in a greater game of chess among Vampire aristocrats.

Descriptive Phrase: Pale Humanoid

Body: 80

Defenses: Dodge x2, Return x1, Half Damage from Lightning, Immune to Cold, Healed by Chaos and Healing, Double Damage by Fire

Magic: Arcane Vampire Charm x2, Magic Fear x3, Magic Taint Blood x2, Magic Wither x2, 30 Elemental Ice x3, Magic Create Undead x3

Weapons: Claws

Damage: 15 Normal Disease

Abilities: Slay/Parry x2, First Aid, Read/Write

SPECIAL ABILITY: Can “Devour” on a 3 count and recover 40 body if they feast on a freshly “killed” enemy. This is not a killing blow effect and still be healed back up

Transform: Curse of Transformation: Vampire Thrall

Killing Blow Active: No, Leave them bleed out and feast on them

Motivations: Slay the living!!!! Drink the blood of the weak and innocent!!!!

- SPAWN ENDLESSLY. When you die, reset at spawn point, and come back.

- No mercy in your attack, you want in that house no matter what.

- When the “Barrier” is powered up, claw at the edges and growl at them, keep them on edge.

- If someone is down outside the “Barrier” when it goes up, you will use Devour on them to heal and Bite them to add a Curse of Transformation to them to Vampire Thrall

- The PCs must survive 5 cycles of the “Barrier” going up and down. This module will be very hard but they will be transformed during it so it should balance out if they are smart about it.

Servants of the Horde

Written By: Chris Colland

Brief: Bloody Fist Hit Squad comes looking for answers about their fallen scouts and why their men’s heads are on spike as a threat. They are taking this as an act of war. These guys came armed to the teeth too.

Requirements:

Lie to My Face has been ran

Synopsis: The Bloody Fist have been scouting Vindale for some time now. Each time their scouts come back less and less. The Vindale Vampires absolutely HATE the Bloody Fist for reasons that aren’t clear. There was even a rumor that the Vindale Vampires killed one of the Bloody fist generals several years back when they came poking Vindale. Now this hit squad is coming for blood and answers, They aren’t really interested in talking, they just want violence for their fallen brothers.

Outcomes:

(1) The Bloody Fist raid Vindale and are defeated by the PCs, atleast they died an honorable death in battle.
The Bloody Fist kill some of the PCs and take others captive

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Number of Cast Members: All

Roles: Bloody Fist Honor Guard x4, Bloody Fist Shaman x2, Bloody Fist Raid Leader, Blood Fist Grunt (if extra)

Misc: , , ,

Props: Red Tabard and Bloody Fist Makeup

Treasure: , Bloody Fist MI’s( Description: Bloody Fist MI’s Duration: Bloody Fist MI’s Effects: Bloody Fist MI’s)

Hook: The Bloody Fist come smashing bones and cutting throats for revenge

Scenes:

In Game:

Out of Game:

Flee Point:

Running Notes: This module is a brutal raid by the Bloody Fist on Vindale out of pure vengeance for their fallen brothers. The Vindale Vampires have been impaling heads on spikes for a long time, the Bloody Fist are just their latest victims. This is a very straight forward model, march and fight till dead.

Servants of the Horde :

To a Breathless Oblivion

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Brief: Locked away in a stone crypt, a layer of red vines wrapping across the door, sleeps a family crypt of restless angry spirits who are bound here and seek release but have been driven mad by the visions they have seen for 20 years. Their physical bodies are perfectly preserved in their sarcophagus but their faces are frozen with anguish and horror. From their bodies rise Wraiths of pure Madness, these spirits want others to be driven to Oblivion aswell and will not rest until slaughtered. These are mercy killings, once the Wraith is defeated from each body, they will return the essence to the corpse and the decay will instantly appear, the soul will pass on freely now to the other side and a reward of treasure will be where the final Wraith was slain.

Unhallowed

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Brief: A cavern was discovered after a merchant was taken from the town square by a creature with a bloody face. The Eye Slitters live in a large cavern a short distance from the city of Vindale. These creatures cannot see, they are completely blind and live solely by sound. If you disturb them they will attack with unrelenting fury. If you are quiet and don’t make a Sound they will ignore your presence. The merchant is laying in the corner of a cavern opening bloody and hurt with a withered leg, forcing someone to help carry him and not be able to fight. The encounter can be defeated VERY carefully with stealth and getting the Merchant and his chest out OR they can trigger the Eye Slitters and risk fighting them all. The lighting will be very Low in the cave and the Eye Slitters will be roaming the Cavern looking for intruders.

You Will Know the Lion by His Claw

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Brief: A Forest Crypt is guarded by mysterious Marble Lion Statues. They seem to have been here for a long time at this point but pristine in upkeep. They belonged to the Lionheart of the pre-adventuring days of Vindale. Lord Lionheart was a renowned sculptor. In secret he made these to defend his families Crypt and underground complex. Lord Lionheart was bitten by a Vampire and turned, but he did not suv on to the bloodlust like the Vindale Vampires did. He lived out his days turning his beautiful statues into weapons of war. They were modeled after Diamond Golems but he believed Marble to be the superior Material for the ultimate weapon. In the depths of the Crypt is a very old Lord Lionheart who will attempt to barter a deal to be left alone with a chest of treasure should they give him a chance to make this deal. He will tell them that his original blueprints were taken by the Vindale Vampires so he can only make them from memory but they aren’t perfect like they once were. They Vindale Vampires orchestrated this hit on Lord Lionheart to remove him from the opposing side since he was so adamantly against them.