wizuriel
2009-06-16, 09:57 AM
so continuing on from this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115012) I figured would be best off making something for m GF than trying to find a module. In a nutshell looking to make a short D&D game for 1 lvl 5 druid and debating if should make a DM PC to help her. if I do was thinking of a lvl 4 cleric.
So the world I have is divided in kingdoms. She will be working for an archdruid of magelore. Magelore is the biggest city in the world and 3rd largest kingdom (their city is so big they are considered their own kingdom). The city is the self proclaimed bastion of knowledge and research. It is ruled by a council of 10:
a wizard
a sorcerer
a warlock/Incarnate (people that use their soul to power stuff)
a bard
an armored mage (duskblade, beguiller, hexblade ect)
a cleric
a druid/ranger (nature user)
a necromancer (or something that can construct and infuse magical creations)
a psion
a true namer / dragonfire adept (something that uses external signs to use magic)
Every 8 years an election is called and each section of the city votes in who they want to lead, the 9th year is the election and the 10th year is a transaction between the 2 counciles (the old council teaches the ways to the new one while dumping any long term projects on their laps).
Now the system is pretty horribly flawed. Only the clerics and armored mages really care, the rest of the city considered being elected a nuisances since they rather research magic then try to run the city. As a result change is slow and the law rarly gets upheld, the armored mage police force tends to only solve simple cases (or make them simpler even if wrong). Most of the city hires adventurers to act as body guards and to run errands.
So in a far away land this creature no one has ever heard of before destroyed a heavily fortified city. It took a small army of paladins to finally slay the thing. the archdruid in Magelore has recently been studying the effects of this substance known as crystal and how its energies is corrupting animals and humanoids and birthing monsters. So the people of the land brought the creature for the archdruid to study. Anyways the archdruid is pretty unpopular as he is trying to actively get the council to help better the world and send out research teams to study crystal (and no one wants to abandon their own research to help someone else's research). A lot of the upper inhabitants are also jealous of the archdruid being able to study this never seen before creature (which was suppose to be a secret).
So the archdruid decides to hire a new bodyguard which will be my GF.
So what is going happen is the first night of her job the BBEG of my world who summoned the creature is going posses my girlfriends druid and kill the archdruid and set fire to the place. this is when she will wake up.
Now the city guard are uncharacteristically all over this case. They are convinced she killed her master for power (which isn't unusual in the city). So she is going have to be dodging the city guard and either try to escape the city or prove her innocence. I can't think of a way for her to really prove her innocence so escape will be her best option. Though if she does try to prove her innocence the archdruid had a lot of enemies she can investigate into
so encounters looking at:
1) avoiding the city guard as she sneaks around
2) The druid section of town is a small woodlands area. There some wild creatures that might have escaped or some of the archdruids "friends" could be looking for her
3) can have various things in the city go wrong, like some wizards losing control of their undead servants.
4) shes going need to interact with people to try and get out of the city (best way probaly through the sewers).
if she does get caught going put her in a prison. She and her animal companion should be able to escape it though into the sewers.
pretty much looking for some things can do in the city for her to test out different skills and than in the sewers will introduce her to combat.
So the world I have is divided in kingdoms. She will be working for an archdruid of magelore. Magelore is the biggest city in the world and 3rd largest kingdom (their city is so big they are considered their own kingdom). The city is the self proclaimed bastion of knowledge and research. It is ruled by a council of 10:
a wizard
a sorcerer
a warlock/Incarnate (people that use their soul to power stuff)
a bard
an armored mage (duskblade, beguiller, hexblade ect)
a cleric
a druid/ranger (nature user)
a necromancer (or something that can construct and infuse magical creations)
a psion
a true namer / dragonfire adept (something that uses external signs to use magic)
Every 8 years an election is called and each section of the city votes in who they want to lead, the 9th year is the election and the 10th year is a transaction between the 2 counciles (the old council teaches the ways to the new one while dumping any long term projects on their laps).
Now the system is pretty horribly flawed. Only the clerics and armored mages really care, the rest of the city considered being elected a nuisances since they rather research magic then try to run the city. As a result change is slow and the law rarly gets upheld, the armored mage police force tends to only solve simple cases (or make them simpler even if wrong). Most of the city hires adventurers to act as body guards and to run errands.
So in a far away land this creature no one has ever heard of before destroyed a heavily fortified city. It took a small army of paladins to finally slay the thing. the archdruid in Magelore has recently been studying the effects of this substance known as crystal and how its energies is corrupting animals and humanoids and birthing monsters. So the people of the land brought the creature for the archdruid to study. Anyways the archdruid is pretty unpopular as he is trying to actively get the council to help better the world and send out research teams to study crystal (and no one wants to abandon their own research to help someone else's research). A lot of the upper inhabitants are also jealous of the archdruid being able to study this never seen before creature (which was suppose to be a secret).
So the archdruid decides to hire a new bodyguard which will be my GF.
So what is going happen is the first night of her job the BBEG of my world who summoned the creature is going posses my girlfriends druid and kill the archdruid and set fire to the place. this is when she will wake up.
Now the city guard are uncharacteristically all over this case. They are convinced she killed her master for power (which isn't unusual in the city). So she is going have to be dodging the city guard and either try to escape the city or prove her innocence. I can't think of a way for her to really prove her innocence so escape will be her best option. Though if she does try to prove her innocence the archdruid had a lot of enemies she can investigate into
so encounters looking at:
1) avoiding the city guard as she sneaks around
2) The druid section of town is a small woodlands area. There some wild creatures that might have escaped or some of the archdruids "friends" could be looking for her
3) can have various things in the city go wrong, like some wizards losing control of their undead servants.
4) shes going need to interact with people to try and get out of the city (best way probaly through the sewers).
if she does get caught going put her in a prison. She and her animal companion should be able to escape it though into the sewers.
pretty much looking for some things can do in the city for her to test out different skills and than in the sewers will introduce her to combat.