OOC: Crown of the KOBOLD KING! [Pathfinder 2nd Edition]

[GreenDragonPage]

One of the first Pathfinder adventures returns in an expanded format! The town of Falcon's Hollow is in peril as Kobold King Merlokrep, first of his name, is ready to expand his domain! A classic adventure awaits, ready to bring a new brand of heroes from 1st to 6th level!

“Only the Desperate and the Brave.” So reads the proud motto of the town of Falcon’s Hollow, for here on the fringes of Andoran, in the shadow of the looming volcano known as Droskar’s Crag, the dim, mist-laden forests are prowled by feral beasts, ravenous monsters, and the restless souls of the dead. Once, a great dwarven kingdom brought safety and stability to the region, but that all ended with the wakening of Droskar’s Crag during the apocalypse known today as the Rending. For too long did sibilant whispers ride the vale winds after nightfall in the aftermath of this disaster, and during those desperate years, evil took root in the hidden places deep below. Today, the land has recovered from the volcanic eruption, and as is humanity’s wont, settlers have returned to the region. “Only the Desperate and the Brave” came to build Falcon’s Hollow, and time has appeared to reward that desperation and bravery, for now their home feels relatively safe and secure. This is all a lie, for what awaits the people of Falcon’s Hollow deep below might well be doom adorned with a bloodstained crown."

Spoiler: Choose Your Own Personal Adventure

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After character creation, please select one of the following hooks to lure your character into the Darkmoon Vale and the adventure. Upon completion of your selected quest, you will earn 120 XP for the accomplishment.

A MISSING PERSON
A local hunter named Barlus Chortun has gone missing, and
a worried priest asks the PCs to investigate and track the
missing hunter down.
Personal Hook Barlus is a friend, family member, or
associate of the PC in question.

AN ELUSIVE ANTIDOTE
As the season turns and hints of a yearly recurrence of
illness rise, the PCs are asked to gather important
ingredients from Darkmoon Vale to help bolster the
townsfolks' health.
Personal Hook A friend, family member, or associate of
the PC in question has symptoms that require medicine
made from these ingredients.

THE DARKMOON BEAST
Loggers have grown timid and nervous about working in the
Vale after rumors of an unusually intelligent wolf circulate;
the PCs are hired to track the wolf down and deal with it.
Personal Hook A friend, family member, or associate of the
PC in question was attacked by the wolf.

FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS
Several years back, a dwarven adventurer went missing in
Droskar’s Crucible, and the PCs have been asked to follow
in his footsteps to determine his fate. If he’s still alive,
rescue him—if he isn’t, find out what happened to him.
Personal Hook The missing adventurer is a relation, family
friend, or childhood hero of the PC in question.

Spoiler: For Kobold Players

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The adventure features many enemy Kobolds, so players who wish to play a Kobold might think about this option to ease their characters into RP situations:

FRIENDLY DARKMOON KOBOLD BACKGROUND
RARE
It has taken time, but over the years, you’ve managed to
find a place among the citizens of Falcon’s Hollow. While
many still distrust kobolds, they at least see you as a fellow
villager, if not a friend, and you’ve got quite the talent for
quickly convincing larger groups of people that you mean
them no harm.

Choose any two ability boosts. One must be to Wisdom
or Charisma, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in the Diplomacy skill and Kobold Lore
skill. You gain the Group Impression skill feat.

Spoiler: Big 16

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1. What game system are you running (D&D, Call of Cthulu, Palladium, GURPS, etc.), and if applicable what edition (Original, Classic, Revised, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, etc.)?Pathfinder 2E

2. What 'type' or variant of game will it be (i.e. "Shadow Chasers" or "Agents of Psi" for d20 Modern)? What is the setting for the game (eg. historic period, published or homebrewed campaign setting, alternate reality, modern world, etc.)? Crown of the KOBOLD KING! Adventure set in the world of Golarion

3. How many Players are you looking for? Will you be taking alternates, and if so, how many? 4

4. What's the gaming medium (OOTS, chat, e-mail etc.)? OOTS/GiantITP Forums

5. What is the characters' starting status (i.e. experience level)? 1st level

6. How much gold or other starting funds will the characters begin with? Standard 15gp

7. Are there any particular character classes, professions, orders, etc. that you want... or do not want? What are your rules on 'prestige' and/or homebrewed classes? None

8. What races, subraces, species, etc. are allowed for your game? Will you allow homebrewed races or species? 'Prestige' races or species? Any common or uncommon ancestries. If you choose Kobold, please look into the Friendly Darkmoon Kobold Background listed above.

9. By what method should Players generate their attributes/ability scores and Hit Points? Standard

10. Does your game use alignment? What are your restrictions, if so? Please make a "team player" character and please no Evil.

11. Do you allow multi-classing, or have any particular rules in regards to it? As per the rules

12. Will you be doing all of the die rolling during the course of the game? Will die rolls be altered, or left to the honor system? If players can make die rolls, which ones do they make, how should they make the rolls, and how should they report them? Players roll their own rolls, other than Secret Checks, I roll NPCs

13. Are there any homebrewed or optional/variant rules that your Players should know about? If so, list and explain them, or provide relevant links to learn about these new rules.: By the book and basic. This will be my first time DMing PF2 since 2021, so let's go very easy/simple.

14. Is a character background required? If so, how big? Are you looking for anything in particular (i.e. the backgrounds all ending up with the characters in the same city)? Use the general Backgrounds.

For Backstories, keep it short. Skirt length.

15. Does your game involve a lot of hack & slash, puzzle solving, roleplaying, or a combination of the above? This AP is mostly RP and Combat.

16. Are your Players restricted to particular rulebooks and supplements, or will you be allowing access to non-standard material? What sources can Players use for their characters? These are the books I own. Anything from these is fine. I am really only familiar with the player stuff from the Core Rulebook but I am sure anything Paizo has put out is fine. Please don't make super powerful/optimized Pun-Pun characters. Go easy on me. :)

- Lost Omens - Ancestry Guide
- Lost Omens - Character Guide
- Lost Omens - Legends
- Lost Omens - Monsters of Myth
- Lost Omens - World Guide
- Advanced Player's Guide
- Core Rulebook
- Bestiaries 1, 2 & 3
- Secrets of Magic

CONNECTED THREADS:
Recruitment: 1
OOC: 1
IC: 1

[GreenDragonPage]

For your first post in the OOC, please include the following:

- Post a link to your character sheet (so we have it in two locations)
- Post your Speech Color
- Post which Personal Adventure you chose for your character.

As the DM, I will select Violet & Plum as my Speech Colors.


Current & Past Player Characters:

Player	Character	Race	Class
Infernally Clay	Cassandra Kunnusta	Tiefling	Wizard
Xihirli	Falsker Chortun	Orc	Fighter
Triskavanski	Divoli Deatherage	Kobold	Rogue
Zero Prime	Varagh the Deceiver	Orc	Summoner
Eclipse Dynasty	Vanizel	Fletching	Swashbuckler

[Zero Prime]

Vharag the Deceiver, Belkzen Outcast AC: 13 | HP: 24 | Current: 24 | Hero Points: 1 Fortitude: +7 | Reflex: +3 | Will: +7 | Perception: +5 Summoner Spell Slots: Cantrips: 5 | Level 1: 1/1 Focus Pool: 1 | Current: 1 Active Effects: None. Conditions: None. Verjigorm, Dragon Eidolon AC: 17 | Fortitude: +8 | Reflex: +5 | Will: +5 | Perception: +3 Active Effects: None. Conditions: None.

Spoiler: Appearance

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Vharag Irontooth is a bent, old, orc, who leans heavily on a thick darkwood staff, topped with an ursine skull. With bent back and broad shoulders, the orc shaman stands almost six feet tall, and near as wide, however, were he to stand to his full height, he would be near seven feet tall. A withered face, his skin dull green, almost grey with age, two protruding tusks stand out, the left most one, jagged and broken. His eyes two burning coals in deep shadowed pits, a broad jaw from which hangs a thick, iron-grey beard, knotted and braided with bone fetishes, carved beads of bone, wood, and silver. He wears a voluminous cloak, with a deep hood, weathered, but well maintained, faded purple, bordered with green and inscribed with runes of arcane and occult power. He speaks in a low, deep voice, that sounds as if stones are being ground one against the other, he is slow to speak, observing before he does, he has a rich, powerful voice, and those who have heard his songs speak of how, unexpectedly, rich it is. In normal conversation though, he is gruff, curt, and prefers simple, straight forward answers.

Verjigorm is a young wyrmling, coils sinuously around Vharag's shoulders, or stalks, patiently in the old orc's shadow, with glistening obsidian scales that catch the dim light, reminiscent of polished onyx. Its serpentine form is adorned with jagged spines, and its elongated neck supports a head crowned by razor-sharp horns. Cold, murderous eyes gleam from beneath the draconic facade, and a mouth lined with needle-like teeth hints at the lethal potential restrained, only, by Vharag's pragmatic control. When it deigns to speak to meat, it's term for anyone other than Vharag himself, it's voice drips with venom, enunciating each syllable like a lurking threat. A sibilant hiss underline's its disdainful proclamations, hanging in the air like a , not-so, silent threat.

Spoiler: Build Plan

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With Field Medic and 14 Wisdom, Vharag will start with Battle Medicine, and Act Together will allow him the action economy to use BM while keeping Verjigorm in combat, providing flanking for the rogue and warrior. It's Advanced Weaponry (Trip) allowing it to Prone opponents, opening them up to Sneak Attack damage from our Rogue, and they will generate an Attack of Opportunity when they stand up from our Fighter (s?).
Level 2: Alacritous Action (Verjigorm's Speed changes to 35); Risky Surgery (Treat Wounds deals 1d8 slashing; gain's +2 circumstance to Medicine check & a success auto-crits to heal for 4d8)
Level 3: Medicine (Expert); Toughness (useful for shared HP pool)
Level 4: Tandom Movement (Allows Vharag & Verjigorm to both Stride with a singular action); Continual Recovery (Cooldown on Treat Wounds is now 10 minutes, instead of 1 Hour)
Level 5: Survival (Expert), Defy Death (DC 8+dying value, rather than 10)
Level 6: Eidolon's Opportunity (Verjigorm now has AoO), Experienced Tracker

Spoiler: Background

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Vharag was born in Urgir near fifty years ago, he was brought up a member of the Black Sun tribe, a powerful, and influential, clan who can field a host of a thousand orc warriors, led by their brutal war chief, Krun Thuul. In his youth he served under Thuul, fighting dwarf, orc, and human alike, defending the Black Sun land's from all sides, however, he suffered a grevious injury, shattering his right leg, grinding the bone to powder, it healed, but it never set, so he was exiled from the warrior caste, and instead served his peers as healer and physician, tending to the wounds of his war-bound kin. Given his new perspective he noted how Thuul had begun to fall to the depredations of his new Chief Advisor, a disgusting goblin, named Slaathrax, and his devotion to the Mother of Monsters, Lamashtu. Thuul began dark rites to twist and mutate his orc warriors into something ... other ... twisted their natures.

Vharag was plagued by doubt and indecision, his loyalty was to his war-bred kin, but they willingly followed their leader, even as Slaathrax's touch corrupted their flesh, twisted their spirits, and dulled their honor. Dreams came to Vharag, of a massive volcano, ancient monasteries, dwarven runes, and ancient seals; during his waking hours he researched the maps collected by the Black Suns, from their various, conquered neighbors, and discovered the name of the mountain that haunted his dreams, Droskar's Crag. He left the people's of the Black Sun behind, venturing towards Andoran, he climbed the slopes of the mountain, the whispering voice calling to him, promising him the power he needed to confront Slaathrax and deliver is war-bred kin from Lamashtu's twisted rites. In time he found a small cave, an old rune inscribed on a fragile, fossilized stone. The rune was in draconic, and it could be translated, roughly, to Aether Scourge, a power that had the potential to sever the ties that Lameshtu had worked into Vharag's peoples. He spoke it aloud, sounding, in his rasping voice, Verjigorm.

The aether-echo of that presence manifested, and taught the crippled warrior much, promised him that there was more to learn, but to do so he would need to follow in the footsteps of one his his people's enemies, a great dwarven hearo, who had ventured deep within Droskar's Crag. To do so he would need to venture to the human town of Falcon's Hollow, and from there, learn of the path taken by this dwarven hero, and the dangers that he had had to face. Vharag did as the eidolon directed, and has been in Falcon's Hollow for weeks now, working with Laurel Gebre at Roots & Remedies. He is impressed with the garundi woman's skills, and hopes to learn much, in the way of the healing arts, from the human woman ... however, Verjigorm's slithering presence in his mind reminds him, often, that he needs to proceed with his quest and to find the dwarven hero to attain the power he needs to restore his tribe to glory.

[Infernally Clay]

Cassandra Kunnusta Tiefling Universalist Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 16/16 Fort: +5 | Ref: +5 | Will: +6 | Per: +4 Spell Slots: 1st: 2/2 Active Effects: None Conditions: Darkvision

Huginn Raven Familiar AC: 15 | HP: 5/5 Fort: +5 | Ref: +5 | Will: +6 | Per: +5 Abilities: Flier (25ft), Speech (Abyssal)

Cassandra's story is...

FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS
Several years back, a dwarven adventurer went missing in Droskar’s Crucible, and the PCs have been asked to follow in his footsteps to determine his fate. If he’s still alive, rescue him—if he isn’t, find out what happened to him.

The dwarf is Cassandra's adopted father. He took her in when her parents died and raised her until he realised she was smarter than him and deserved a better education. Using money he had saved from his adventuring days and cashing in on some debts owed to him, he sent her to one of the best academies and she flourished. It wasn't until years after he disappeared, when she came home to proudly show him her progress, that Cassandra found out the man she called "Dad" was missing. She has since dropped out of the academy to search for him and she is furious that nobody in the village sent word to her all these years. Droskar's Crucible? She'll turn it into Droskar's Pile of Rubble if she has to. She will find him.

Also what I'll probably be picking for her future levels. This is more for helping me keep track than anything.

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1st - Gloomseer [ancestral], Familiar (Raven) [universalist]
2nd - Familiar Master Dedication [class], Quick Identification [skill]
3rd - Ancestral Paragon (Natural Ambition - Hand of the Apprentice [general], Arcana (to expert) [skill boost]
4th - Familiar Conduit [class], Magical Shorthand [skill]
5th - Fiendish Resistance (fire) [ancestry], Warfare Lore (to expert) [skill boost]
Ability Boosts - CON to 16, WIS to 14, DEX to 16 and CHA to 12.
6th - Improved Familiar (Faerie Dragon) [class], Battle Planner [skill]

[Xihirli]

Goodwife Forfalsker "Falsker" Chortun, orc fighter.

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The Story So Far...

Spoiler: Missing Person

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A local hunter named Barlus Chortun has gone missing, and
a worried priest asks the PCs to investigate and track the
missing hunter down.

Raised to take up the forge of her home hold of Hojborg, Forfalsker bore the marks and scars of a forger from the day she reached a decade.
When a human hunter about her age, half-starved and stricken with fever, stumbled into their hold, Forfalsker and her family nursed him back to health. By the time he was able to go back home, Forfalsker was in love.
She went with him and as he continued his work as a hunter, she took up a forge in town. She made weapons for a time, but no one was buying. She moved on to making hooves, plowshares, nails, and tools. And she was happy.
When Barlus went missing, Falsker did not hesitate. She picked a set of armor, an ax, dropped her twin sons Blodbogstav and Jonathan at her sister in law’s, and went out to find him.

"I forged this ax with my own hands, and shall forge my name in your blood."

[Triskavanski]

Dovli Tevni N. Middlebrooks Deatherage AC: 18 | HP: 14 | Current: 14 Fortitude: +3 | Reflex: +9| Will: +8 | Perception: +8 Active Effects: None. Conditions: None.

"Ah, the voice of reason."

[GreenDragonPage]

Thanks for posting everyone! I will throw up the IC tomorrow. Feel free to make any character changes/alterations now that we have a party :)

[Zero Prime]

I say we leave everyone's character as is ... then make a death pact. The 1st character that dies, re-rolls as a healer!

[GreenDragonPage]

Happy New Year everyone! New Year, New Campaign!

The IC is live!

[Zero Prime]

Slightly confused with the IC thread, who is in what scene?

[Infernally Clay]

I'm a little confused too since I thought the dwarven adventurer that adopted Cassandra went missing years ago not last week but I'm just kinda going with the flow. Consolidating the hooks is hardly a bad idea anyway.

[Zero Prime]

I'd just like to know who is in what scene so I can react to them ... unless we assume everyone is in both and we're going from the Temple to the Sheriff's office.

[GreenDragonPage]

In my haste, I might have messed up. Sorry everyone. Let's start over. You are just walking into town, per the revised IC Post #1.

[Eclipse Dynasty]

https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2865427 (soz for being slow)

Vanizel H. Silenshire

AN ELUSIVE ANTIDOTE
Out of a desire to one day break back into some form of entertainment gig that she once had before. Vanizel took off to Falcon's Hollow after receiving a lead from her former employer.

Gonna piiiiiiick this as a color :D

[Infernally Clay]

Is this the town Cassandra grew up in? I can buy that she'd tag along with a band of adventurers just to get back here after hearing her adopted father has gone missing, if that's the case, and I'll post accordingly.

[GreenDragonPage]

Hello everyone, due to the severe winter storms, I have been without internet since Saturday morning (the issue is not going to be fixed until tomorrow!).

Infernally Clay: This does not need to be your home town.

[Zero Prime]

We're just starting to catch those winter storm advisories up here. Hope all is going well for you Green!