C2 Story Notes from 22/23
Epic poems of the heroes of the second age
Need stories and myths of the heroes and the fallen
Bow upgrade table
Arrow list
Elven names
Conium maculatum - poison hemlock
The other Bountyhunter A rival Vedalkan bounty hunter who tries to kill Finnix and steal the reward for bringing Back Cog! Exatron Saul
Toadfolk - playable character -
New character based on drawing: Willwug Leafside A druid who is a lorekeeper of the Ashen Forest. He is affiliated with the Verdant Sigil and knows of the sad history of the Rose Knight and his cadre of awakened animals. He is going to warn Wes of the dangers of the Kormirra Sisters and the green dragon that inhabits the forest. Warshaw - Sava Cogson is placed there to safeguard the seal that sits in the vault of the castle. Bella Caix La Couer/Kirana is close to finding the seal of the dark one in the castle. Using Revetan the Reclaimer as her unwitting puppet she is trying to find the seal in the vault.
Where is Cog? Sava may have some answers there. Cog is probably in Dreiduras looking for a way to solve the problem of the Dark One once and for all. He is planning an expedition to head into the dark one’s domain one final time to kill him before he can return to Tanaheim. This will be the end of campaign 2.
Where are the seals?
Write final battle with Castaliogne, how does he survive his death. When he reaches 0 hit points his body falls. Then disappears leaving behind his clothing like Obi Wan. With a good enough perception and arcana check a PC can see that he touched something in an inside pocket that created the effect. Though very wounded he was able to escape.
Exatron Saul follows Finnix to Warshaw. He brings along some spider drones that he has developed. Spider like golems that have web attacks, claw attacks, And a string of webbing they can shoot out. Need stats.
The prisoner caravan on the road to Warshaw is run by a man named Strahan. He is loyal to Vernabogge and accuses Mausim of Grand Theft Aerial and Sedition. Mausim has been entered into the book of treason, this will follow him until Vernabogge is defeated. Strahan will be a recurring villain for Mausim. Need a foil for Crashe too.
Exaspider - specially designed automatons (probably stolen) designed by Exatron Saul. They are small constructs with the features of spiders. Eight metal legs and several glass orbs in their heads that take in visual information. These must be unobstructed to hunt and restrain their prey. They are designed to track and restrain targets. They have a web attack that they can use once per hour but they can shoot out a strand of very sticky flexible steel thread that can reduce a targets movement by half.
What's happening in Warshaw:
Rodrigues Hortalez Company is making moves to break the Royal Trade & Freight Company's
Grip on the economic situation in Warshaw. They will attempt to do this by smuggling magical items and weapons into the city to foment violence. They are also staging some terrorist attacks to make the relationship between the crown and the Royal company become strained. Maybe sabotaging some ship to ship dropoffs between other important cities?
Queen Amalia is getting old. Her scions are vying for the throne. Also Revetan the warforged is posing as a human man with royal lineage to act as a spoiler in the race. He is being pushed to do this by Bella Caix La'couer who may still be using her Kirana disguise to make it easier for the party. She will attempt to ally with Prince Vestun Ricard Tred Wardashar, human man, who is last in line for the throne. He doesn't mind giving power to Revetan as long as he becomes head advisor or vizier or something. Leaving him in position to usurp the throne at a later date. Is he willing to murder his sisters?
Not yet, but Bella has no problem pushing him in that direction. She is looking to obtain the Dark One's seal that resides in the vault below the castle. Like all of the Fallen they use these elaborate plots and machinations to achieve their goals rather than brute force or a snatch and grab. Bella often wants to create webs of power she can draw on later as well as serving her Dark Lord. They always have multiple motives several of which are selfish.
Sava Cogson is aware of the Fallen known as Bella Caix La'Couer thanks to his father's research. He has yet to identify her but knows that she is in the city. His secondary objective is to find and destroy Rumen Vuighn, also known as Revetan the reclaimer. A warforged built by Isringus to spite and kill Cog. This all goes back to his time on Adventure Team Grimm and what they did to Helle's Adventuring company 30 years ago.
COMBAT! - While the team talks with Sava, Rega realizes that he isn't Cog. He is irate and may demand to know where the son of a bitch Cog is. His thirst for revenge is powerful. While the conversation takes place Exatron Saul will take a high position and rain down blasts of his arcane cannon. He lets loose his Exaspiders and uses one of the Ghora's Mask golems to fight the team. He thinks Sava is the warforged and will try to kill Finnix to claim the bounty. When the battle begins to turn he will flee using a Wyvern and a rider , one of the Ghora's Mask. He has set up a financial trust with the company.
Mettletown - A large district of laborers and craftsmen, many of whom are upset over their recent treatment by the Royal Trade company and the crown imposing new taxes and export duties.
The Golden Orchard and the Queen's Road - This enchanted area of soil is always fertile and bears thousands of fruit trees easily. All of these trees have survived hundreds of weather events that would have killed any other foliage over the last thousand years. Ice storms, torrential rain, and frigid temperatures have not killed a single tree. It is also incredibly important to the economy of the realm and for the citizens. If the Royal Trade Company decides to export the fruit for profit rather than feed the populace things could go bad quickly.
Warders / Wardashaw City Guard - Well trained and fierce fighters, the guard protects the royal family and it's citizens and is usually quite unfriendly to outsiders. Over the last decade due to corruption and dwindling budget many of the guard now look to bribes or other compensation. Some enjoy some freelance work on the side. Some wonder if a more militaristic government wouldn't get more done than ruling by divine right… Random Gaurds - Captain Ragar Heaton - A human man in his 50's Politon Frey - An Earth Genasi man with dull red skin and crystalline scalp. Giddleston Drinkwater - A handsome blond haired human man. Riveria Chandler - A halfling man whose father was a chandler. Gnarg Montoya - Half orc Man with a scar on the left side of his head. Tri Boro - A Half Goliath Woman with one ear. Wheat Dancer in the Field - A rare Tabaxi fighter with Grey fur striped with black and white. Bella Will use the team to awaken Electra the Unseen. She has taken the sarcophagus from Lord Vedemire while the team was assaulting the manor. She used the team to take down Vedemire and now she has several new objectives. Release Electra, a Fallen she considers her sister and an asset to her future plans, Destroy the seal in the Castle vault for the Dark One. A side quest in her mind. She needs to maintain her immortality even if the Dark one is defeated. In her mind even if the Dark One rises to power and escapes his prison some heroes will rise up and defeat him. She just needs to survive this future and she will be the most powerful creature on tanaheim. Use the tower fight to set this up. She has secreted the sarcophagus on the second floor. It needs two kills to release Electra. The fist kill will release a small arcane wave of a purple color. This may change the lights on Finn's armor or give Mausim a weird tickle of power on the back of his neck. The second kill will end the wards on the sarcophagus resulting in a powerful emission of magical energies. A beam of purple and pink light will explode out of the sarcophagus like the end of ghost busters. During this fight Bella will walk amongst the combatants monologuing. She has cast a powerful ritual spell that allows her to be ethereal for 24 hours. A spell of her own design that she can lift by releasing concentration. Bella's new Alias is : Ricelia Serise May come to the characters and confess that she is a con artist that got in over her head. She is trying to set up the battle at the end so that she can unleash Electra from her sarcophagus. SCENE: Bella and Mausim. Need to show that Mausim is a hero of legend by not making him an overpowered person. She may begin to sense his innate aura and attack him with a special sword strike. Allow him to roll a Dexterity saving throw +10! He innately remembers the counter for that strike and blocks the blow. Maybe create a reflex action for him to have permanently. SCENE: Sava and Mausim : Sava may see a strange aura about Mausim leading him to want to research further. SCENE: In between Combat one and Two The team needs to find Bella/Ricelia Serise. She needs to tell them that she is sorry for misleading them and posing as Kirana. She is actually a daughter of the Serise's. A smaller House that was stripped of it's privileges several years ago. She knows that it was Lord Darkhorse who did it. She suspects he killed her parents as well in the city of Helletowne. She has been trying to get revenge and recover a family heirloom with magical properties. Let's use the Horse head bust before it was accented with the jewels to turn it into the Arcane Focus. Once Dark Horse was attacked in the manor she fled immediately for Warshaw to remove herself from repercussions in case Dark horse survived. What are you doing in Warshaw? She is running a con on an elder statesman of the Wardashaw clan. A minor figure, Count Orloff Wardashaw. He is in his 70's and his wife died not too long ago. Ricelia claims that she is trying to get his money when he dies. Just then several servants and two personal guard of Count Orloff escort her off to a luncheon where she will be introduced to the Princess. An important step to meeting the Queen and becoming eligible for marriage. She needs to convince them to meet her at the broken tower that night after dark, she has a part for them to play and there may be good coin in it!. IF Electra awakens she has the ability to absorb magic within a certain distance. She can destroy magic items or absorb spells, she will be immune to magic for a certain amount of time. There is an item or an element that one can surround themselves to gain an immunity to her absorption power. Clearly Bella knows what this is since she is not affected Teva Bagshodt - An Earth Genasi Man with dark brown skin and sand colored crystals protruding from his head above his left eye. Teva is slowly losing his mind and has been feeding slimes and Gelatinous cubes in the sewer system underneath Warshaw. He keeps a few that he considers tame in his backpack and often feeds them throughout the day. Either through sheer madness or with a purpose he has fed a gelatinous cube in the sewer so many bodies and animals that it has grown to epic proportions. It now spans several miles of the underground and will soon threaten the city itself. The Gelatinous Colossus is susceptible to cold damage. So much so with the right application of magical frost and ice the colossus could be destroyed. Where we left off 2/23 - The team met with Kirana/Ricelia and she promised them a vault heist. 8000 gold to be split 60/40 with the party getting the lion's share. [Need to decide whether to take them into the vault or not. The Sarcophagus could be in the vault which makes sense and Bella will still be able to use them to unleash Electra. "I did tell you that I had debts to pay." ] They also met with Sava who explained what he is doing in the city and his hunt for Revetan the Reclaimer. He enlisted their help in return he will give Finnix information on where to find Cog. They also defeated several of Strahan's Prison crew as they tried to reobtain Trick RedFern. The halfling woman Bronwyn however escaped when Triss offered her mercy. She ran off and will inform Strahan of everything that happened. The party dispeled the tattoo on the back of Trick's neck, which means Strahan and Jovus can no longer track him. This will infuriate Strahan who answers to Vernabogge. The search will be expanded and with Mausim's record of Grand Theft Aerial and a resident of Copenhaus he will now be on the list as well. Strahan will have magical tattoos that increase his strength, courtesy of the strange magician Jovus Flamedancer. When he catches up with them he will do some serious damage with grapples and throws. Freaky Friday idea? Body swap? Bon Vee should have dozens of people he has scammed coming after him Kierke Farmlands of Oraheim near Kierkewoode The three will be saved by a fisherman who fishes them out of the ocean. He has a large boat that he uses to look for large sailfish and other saltwater delicacies like Redfin Creeper, Snarling Goldwhisker, Wyvernfish, Taloosa Grouper, Blue Venterfish, Sunset scale Blinkfish, Flying Tittergill, Umpa Lumpa Drumfish, and Rugby Drinkwater. His name is Balonta Hookhale, he is a Water Genasi Man and his first mate is a Halfling woman with dark brown skin called Honey Heatonist. From there he drops them off in Kierkewoode a farming and fishing town. It is well known for it's on a well situated trade route that goes up the eastern coast of Oraheim. When they get into town Bon Vee will be spotted by a local officer of the ETC. His name is Cotillion Pendergast. A Gnome man with a powdered wig and a bright red coat and breeches. He immediately exclaims "You! Rupert Burnskeever! You scoundrel! You Rapscallion! You cheated me out of 100 gold! That damned wand you sold me was a fake!" He points directly at Bon Vee and begins to demand that he be arrested. Though he may seem funny at first he actually commands quite a bit of power in the town due to his high station and loads of money. When the gnome man makes a scene four guards turn their heads and head towards the dock. [Need a dock map or miniature scene for this one!] Wes will be hunted by the guards of Warshaw and on the run until he finds the portal to the dark realm. Tarot Reader for Archos Rega Ragnash messages Finn. He is angry and thinks Finn set him up with saul attacking NEXT: What is Vernabogge's Goal in Copenhaus? Probably foment war and find challenges for himself. He knows the Dark One is coming and has no qualms about his return. Until then he will entertain himself by finding worthy opponents. In an underwater tomb deep in the sea beneath Copenhaus sits several treasures. A seal of the dark one's tomb and several other treasures. He will create a competition among groups to find the treasures and survive.
Need stories and myths of the heroes and the fallen
Bow upgrade table
Arrow list
Elven names
Conium maculatum - poison hemlock
The other Bountyhunter A rival Vedalkan bounty hunter who tries to kill Finnix and steal the reward for bringing Back Cog! Exatron Saul
Toadfolk - playable character -
New character based on drawing: Willwug Leafside A druid who is a lorekeeper of the Ashen Forest. He is affiliated with the Verdant Sigil and knows of the sad history of the Rose Knight and his cadre of awakened animals. He is going to warn Wes of the dangers of the Kormirra Sisters and the green dragon that inhabits the forest. Warshaw - Sava Cogson is placed there to safeguard the seal that sits in the vault of the castle. Bella Caix La Couer/Kirana is close to finding the seal of the dark one in the castle. Using Revetan the Reclaimer as her unwitting puppet she is trying to find the seal in the vault.
Where is Cog? Sava may have some answers there. Cog is probably in Dreiduras looking for a way to solve the problem of the Dark One once and for all. He is planning an expedition to head into the dark one’s domain one final time to kill him before he can return to Tanaheim. This will be the end of campaign 2.
Where are the seals?
Write final battle with Castaliogne, how does he survive his death. When he reaches 0 hit points his body falls. Then disappears leaving behind his clothing like Obi Wan. With a good enough perception and arcana check a PC can see that he touched something in an inside pocket that created the effect. Though very wounded he was able to escape.
Exatron Saul follows Finnix to Warshaw. He brings along some spider drones that he has developed. Spider like golems that have web attacks, claw attacks, And a string of webbing they can shoot out. Need stats.
The prisoner caravan on the road to Warshaw is run by a man named Strahan. He is loyal to Vernabogge and accuses Mausim of Grand Theft Aerial and Sedition. Mausim has been entered into the book of treason, this will follow him until Vernabogge is defeated. Strahan will be a recurring villain for Mausim. Need a foil for Crashe too.
Exaspider - specially designed automatons (probably stolen) designed by Exatron Saul. They are small constructs with the features of spiders. Eight metal legs and several glass orbs in their heads that take in visual information. These must be unobstructed to hunt and restrain their prey. They are designed to track and restrain targets. They have a web attack that they can use once per hour but they can shoot out a strand of very sticky flexible steel thread that can reduce a targets movement by half.
What's happening in Warshaw:
Rodrigues Hortalez Company is making moves to break the Royal Trade & Freight Company's
Grip on the economic situation in Warshaw. They will attempt to do this by smuggling magical items and weapons into the city to foment violence. They are also staging some terrorist attacks to make the relationship between the crown and the Royal company become strained. Maybe sabotaging some ship to ship dropoffs between other important cities?
Queen Amalia is getting old. Her scions are vying for the throne. Also Revetan the warforged is posing as a human man with royal lineage to act as a spoiler in the race. He is being pushed to do this by Bella Caix La'couer who may still be using her Kirana disguise to make it easier for the party. She will attempt to ally with Prince Vestun Ricard Tred Wardashar, human man, who is last in line for the throne. He doesn't mind giving power to Revetan as long as he becomes head advisor or vizier or something. Leaving him in position to usurp the throne at a later date. Is he willing to murder his sisters?
Not yet, but Bella has no problem pushing him in that direction. She is looking to obtain the Dark One's seal that resides in the vault below the castle. Like all of the Fallen they use these elaborate plots and machinations to achieve their goals rather than brute force or a snatch and grab. Bella often wants to create webs of power she can draw on later as well as serving her Dark Lord. They always have multiple motives several of which are selfish.
Sava Cogson is aware of the Fallen known as Bella Caix La'Couer thanks to his father's research. He has yet to identify her but knows that she is in the city. His secondary objective is to find and destroy Rumen Vuighn, also known as Revetan the reclaimer. A warforged built by Isringus to spite and kill Cog. This all goes back to his time on Adventure Team Grimm and what they did to Helle's Adventuring company 30 years ago.
COMBAT! - While the team talks with Sava, Rega realizes that he isn't Cog. He is irate and may demand to know where the son of a bitch Cog is. His thirst for revenge is powerful. While the conversation takes place Exatron Saul will take a high position and rain down blasts of his arcane cannon. He lets loose his Exaspiders and uses one of the Ghora's Mask golems to fight the team. He thinks Sava is the warforged and will try to kill Finnix to claim the bounty. When the battle begins to turn he will flee using a Wyvern and a rider , one of the Ghora's Mask. He has set up a financial trust with the company.
Mettletown - A large district of laborers and craftsmen, many of whom are upset over their recent treatment by the Royal Trade company and the crown imposing new taxes and export duties.
The Golden Orchard and the Queen's Road - This enchanted area of soil is always fertile and bears thousands of fruit trees easily. All of these trees have survived hundreds of weather events that would have killed any other foliage over the last thousand years. Ice storms, torrential rain, and frigid temperatures have not killed a single tree. It is also incredibly important to the economy of the realm and for the citizens. If the Royal Trade Company decides to export the fruit for profit rather than feed the populace things could go bad quickly.
Warders / Wardashaw City Guard - Well trained and fierce fighters, the guard protects the royal family and it's citizens and is usually quite unfriendly to outsiders. Over the last decade due to corruption and dwindling budget many of the guard now look to bribes or other compensation. Some enjoy some freelance work on the side. Some wonder if a more militaristic government wouldn't get more done than ruling by divine right… Random Gaurds - Captain Ragar Heaton - A human man in his 50's Politon Frey - An Earth Genasi man with dull red skin and crystalline scalp. Giddleston Drinkwater - A handsome blond haired human man. Riveria Chandler - A halfling man whose father was a chandler. Gnarg Montoya - Half orc Man with a scar on the left side of his head. Tri Boro - A Half Goliath Woman with one ear. Wheat Dancer in the Field - A rare Tabaxi fighter with Grey fur striped with black and white. Bella Will use the team to awaken Electra the Unseen. She has taken the sarcophagus from Lord Vedemire while the team was assaulting the manor. She used the team to take down Vedemire and now she has several new objectives. Release Electra, a Fallen she considers her sister and an asset to her future plans, Destroy the seal in the Castle vault for the Dark One. A side quest in her mind. She needs to maintain her immortality even if the Dark one is defeated. In her mind even if the Dark One rises to power and escapes his prison some heroes will rise up and defeat him. She just needs to survive this future and she will be the most powerful creature on tanaheim. Use the tower fight to set this up. She has secreted the sarcophagus on the second floor. It needs two kills to release Electra. The fist kill will release a small arcane wave of a purple color. This may change the lights on Finn's armor or give Mausim a weird tickle of power on the back of his neck. The second kill will end the wards on the sarcophagus resulting in a powerful emission of magical energies. A beam of purple and pink light will explode out of the sarcophagus like the end of ghost busters. During this fight Bella will walk amongst the combatants monologuing. She has cast a powerful ritual spell that allows her to be ethereal for 24 hours. A spell of her own design that she can lift by releasing concentration. Bella's new Alias is : Ricelia Serise May come to the characters and confess that she is a con artist that got in over her head. She is trying to set up the battle at the end so that she can unleash Electra from her sarcophagus. SCENE: Bella and Mausim. Need to show that Mausim is a hero of legend by not making him an overpowered person. She may begin to sense his innate aura and attack him with a special sword strike. Allow him to roll a Dexterity saving throw +10! He innately remembers the counter for that strike and blocks the blow. Maybe create a reflex action for him to have permanently. SCENE: Sava and Mausim : Sava may see a strange aura about Mausim leading him to want to research further. SCENE: In between Combat one and Two The team needs to find Bella/Ricelia Serise. She needs to tell them that she is sorry for misleading them and posing as Kirana. She is actually a daughter of the Serise's. A smaller House that was stripped of it's privileges several years ago. She knows that it was Lord Darkhorse who did it. She suspects he killed her parents as well in the city of Helletowne. She has been trying to get revenge and recover a family heirloom with magical properties. Let's use the Horse head bust before it was accented with the jewels to turn it into the Arcane Focus. Once Dark Horse was attacked in the manor she fled immediately for Warshaw to remove herself from repercussions in case Dark horse survived. What are you doing in Warshaw? She is running a con on an elder statesman of the Wardashaw clan. A minor figure, Count Orloff Wardashaw. He is in his 70's and his wife died not too long ago. Ricelia claims that she is trying to get his money when he dies. Just then several servants and two personal guard of Count Orloff escort her off to a luncheon where she will be introduced to the Princess. An important step to meeting the Queen and becoming eligible for marriage. She needs to convince them to meet her at the broken tower that night after dark, she has a part for them to play and there may be good coin in it!. IF Electra awakens she has the ability to absorb magic within a certain distance. She can destroy magic items or absorb spells, she will be immune to magic for a certain amount of time. There is an item or an element that one can surround themselves to gain an immunity to her absorption power. Clearly Bella knows what this is since she is not affected Teva Bagshodt - An Earth Genasi Man with dark brown skin and sand colored crystals protruding from his head above his left eye. Teva is slowly losing his mind and has been feeding slimes and Gelatinous cubes in the sewer system underneath Warshaw. He keeps a few that he considers tame in his backpack and often feeds them throughout the day. Either through sheer madness or with a purpose he has fed a gelatinous cube in the sewer so many bodies and animals that it has grown to epic proportions. It now spans several miles of the underground and will soon threaten the city itself. The Gelatinous Colossus is susceptible to cold damage. So much so with the right application of magical frost and ice the colossus could be destroyed. Where we left off 2/23 - The team met with Kirana/Ricelia and she promised them a vault heist. 8000 gold to be split 60/40 with the party getting the lion's share. [Need to decide whether to take them into the vault or not. The Sarcophagus could be in the vault which makes sense and Bella will still be able to use them to unleash Electra. "I did tell you that I had debts to pay." ] They also met with Sava who explained what he is doing in the city and his hunt for Revetan the Reclaimer. He enlisted their help in return he will give Finnix information on where to find Cog. They also defeated several of Strahan's Prison crew as they tried to reobtain Trick RedFern. The halfling woman Bronwyn however escaped when Triss offered her mercy. She ran off and will inform Strahan of everything that happened. The party dispeled the tattoo on the back of Trick's neck, which means Strahan and Jovus can no longer track him. This will infuriate Strahan who answers to Vernabogge. The search will be expanded and with Mausim's record of Grand Theft Aerial and a resident of Copenhaus he will now be on the list as well. Strahan will have magical tattoos that increase his strength, courtesy of the strange magician Jovus Flamedancer. When he catches up with them he will do some serious damage with grapples and throws. Freaky Friday idea? Body swap? Bon Vee should have dozens of people he has scammed coming after him Kierke Farmlands of Oraheim near Kierkewoode The three will be saved by a fisherman who fishes them out of the ocean. He has a large boat that he uses to look for large sailfish and other saltwater delicacies like Redfin Creeper, Snarling Goldwhisker, Wyvernfish, Taloosa Grouper, Blue Venterfish, Sunset scale Blinkfish, Flying Tittergill, Umpa Lumpa Drumfish, and Rugby Drinkwater. His name is Balonta Hookhale, he is a Water Genasi Man and his first mate is a Halfling woman with dark brown skin called Honey Heatonist. From there he drops them off in Kierkewoode a farming and fishing town. It is well known for it's on a well situated trade route that goes up the eastern coast of Oraheim. When they get into town Bon Vee will be spotted by a local officer of the ETC. His name is Cotillion Pendergast. A Gnome man with a powdered wig and a bright red coat and breeches. He immediately exclaims "You! Rupert Burnskeever! You scoundrel! You Rapscallion! You cheated me out of 100 gold! That damned wand you sold me was a fake!" He points directly at Bon Vee and begins to demand that he be arrested. Though he may seem funny at first he actually commands quite a bit of power in the town due to his high station and loads of money. When the gnome man makes a scene four guards turn their heads and head towards the dock. [Need a dock map or miniature scene for this one!] Wes will be hunted by the guards of Warshaw and on the run until he finds the portal to the dark realm. Tarot Reader for Archos Rega Ragnash messages Finn. He is angry and thinks Finn set him up with saul attacking NEXT: What is Vernabogge's Goal in Copenhaus? Probably foment war and find challenges for himself. He knows the Dark One is coming and has no qualms about his return. Until then he will entertain himself by finding worthy opponents. In an underwater tomb deep in the sea beneath Copenhaus sits several treasures. A seal of the dark one's tomb and several other treasures. He will create a competition among groups to find the treasures and survive.
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