GM WhtKnt's Darkness Within: A Carrion Crown Adventure Path

Game Master WhtKnt

From the whispering shadows of haunted Ustalav an ancient evil rises to grip the world in a new age of horror!

Amid the mists of this land of dark superstition and dread secrets stand both those who would defy the return of evil and those who would seek its terrible favor. Can the heroes discern their allies from their enemies in time to save a tortured realm from a tyrant’s return? Pathfinder’s darkest and most frightening campaign ever sets the heroes against the agents of Golarion’s most notorious villain, the Whispering Tyrant, in a terrifying trek across a land of lurking horror and ancient mysteries.

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Cassiel Hawke: HP 31/35; AC 17/10/17; F+8 R+3 W+5; Init +2
Lorant Endronil: HP 10/24; AC 16/11/15; F+1 R+5 W+6; Init +5
Mathus Kohlheim: HP 35/35; AC 15/13/13; F+4 R+8 W+3; Init +3
Judah Locke HP 24/24; AC 15/12/13; F+1 R+3 W+3; Init +2


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Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

"We also have to consider how the faithful who are watching the trial will react," Lorant says. "Trying to bring up a ghost for testimony would probably be considered blasphemous at best. I feel this verdict will hinge more on introducing reasonable doubt into the story they've presented about the Beast than through hard evidence, whether that's through what we've learned about the wraith and its actions or by disproving whatever assumptions they've made about the Beast himself."


AC15, touch 13, FF13, HP 35/[35], Fort:+4 ;Ref:+8 ;Will+3, Init +3, Perc +7 (+8 vs traps), Sen Mot +5 Bombs 5/[7] "Mr Black" Male Ustalav Human Alchemist (Chirurgeon/Cyrptbreaker)/3-Swashbuckler (Inspired Blade)/1

Its better than nothing… we might be able to ask a few local lepidstadt experts if they have any specialised magics.

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Maps: Car. Crown || Forge of Heroes || Skull & Shackles

Comparing notes with the defense and prosecution, you can determine that the girl who lived in the untouched house, named Karin, died 2 days after the beast was driven away. You also, perhaps surprisingly, find a Pharasmin cleric who is willing to cast speak with dead. I'm going to assume that you want it cast in the courtroom so that everyone can witness the responses. You may ask three questions...


Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

Lorant takes this information in, and then asks to speak with The Beast in person.

Once he's let in, he takes a seat and places the burned book in front of The Beast.

"Did this belong to you?"


AC15, touch 13, FF13, HP 35/[35], Fort:+4 ;Ref:+8 ;Will+3, Init +3, Perc +7 (+8 vs traps), Sen Mot +5 Bombs 5/[7] "Mr Black" Male Ustalav Human Alchemist (Chirurgeon/Cyrptbreaker)/3-Swashbuckler (Inspired Blade)/1

The doktor, happy to be out of the gods forsaken village, listens for the Beasts answer.

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Maps: Car. Crown || Forge of Heroes || Skull & Shackles

The Beast pauses and slowly nods yes.


Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

"We found it in the abandoned village of Hergstag. You stand accused of the murder of six children there. But I don't think you did it, did you?"

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Maps: Car. Crown || Forge of Heroes || Skull & Shackles

The Beast shakes its head.


Male rage 6/10 Skinwalker (Fanglord) Urban Bloodrager4 Fractured mind 1HP 33/42 AC18/16/12 SavesFort:7 Ref 3 Will 4/8/11 Init +2 Perc6 CMB6/8 CMD18/20[/ooc]

Dylan watches the proceeding with some interest, having taken care to make himself presentable.

kn religion do I know anything about wraiths in particular: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

when Dylan is called into the witness stand about the presence of wraiths:

When called into the witness stand to stand witness to the wraiths bested, he begins an Oration.
diplomacy using burst of insight: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 4 = 32

Aye, it is true there were wraiths. I battled the dire wraith leading them, its deadly touch and vile magiks against my steel and wroth and courage. He pauses, the continues

My Lord in Iron blessed me in this clash, and I prevailed, although narrowly.

He pauses again before intoning

May the Lady of Graves smite me for foolishness, and may the Lord in Iron crush me for perfidy if a single word of what I just said was a knowing lie.
He makes a vow, on his first 2 statements before continueing.


We fought a lesser, childlike wraith before the large one. From what I understand of such foes, while the dire ones can raise those they slay as lesser wraiths, these unfortunate souls are freed when the dire wraith who made them is crushed. Which is what I believe happened, as we saw several unusual lights after the dire wraith fell, perhaps this was the lesser wraiths being freed.
He pauses once more

Some may deem me a wildman, unfit to bear witness in court, or may question my sincerity on more reasonable grounds as I am not exactly a morally upstanding citizen of great repute and sterling reputation.
Yet, as added proof, I still bear some residual damage from the negative energy of the dire wraiths touch, which can be examined by the court to give further credence.
He offers additional evidence
I dont think I healed to full, and negative energy damage can be detected on Dylan with a fairly easy medicine check

Something vile occured there, and forces far more sinister then this so called "beast of Lepidstadt" where at hand. He ends his oration

Dark Archive

Maps: Car. Crown || Forge of Heroes || Skull & Shackles

As it is questioned about the book, the Beast begins to shake, as if laughing. However, you soon realize that it isn't laughing, but crying.


Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

"You're sad about what happened," Lorant says. "Why?"

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Maps: Car. Crown || Forge of Heroes || Skull & Shackles

"Ellsa was friend," the Beast replies.


AC15, touch 13, FF13, HP 35/[35], Fort:+4 ;Ref:+8 ;Will+3, Init +3, Perc +7 (+8 vs traps), Sen Mot +5 Bombs 5/[7] "Mr Black" Male Ustalav Human Alchemist (Chirurgeon/Cyrptbreaker)/3-Swashbuckler (Inspired Blade)/1

Gods, Mathis says, both moved and shocked that such a creature could feel and feel attachment to another.

Sad tale indeed, he says shaking his head. And unable to contest against spirits as well.


Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

"Ellsa...that was the name of one of the children...and you call her a friend. How did you meet her?" Lorant asks gently.


Male rage 6/10 Skinwalker (Fanglord) Urban Bloodrager4 Fractured mind 1HP 33/42 AC18/16/12 SavesFort:7 Ref 3 Will 4/8/11 Init +2 Perc6 CMB6/8 CMD18/20[/ooc]

Dylan, with surprising gentleness puts one of his hans on the beasts shoulder.

I think I killed what killed her, if that helps you.
He says as he gently holds the beasts shoulder

what can you tell about your friend? So that her memory may live on.
He continues in a much softer voice

Poor sod, a threatening physique, without an ounce of aggression to back it up. Maybe I can train him in fighting when this is over, he needs to rebrand, and he needs a different posture.


Grey, HP 22/24, TempHP: 0, AC 15, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, Spells, 1st 0/5, 2nd, 0/3, Summon 2/7. ACTIVE EFFECTS: Mage Armor

Judah only sighed and shook his head. He couldn't put his feelings into words. He knew all too well how the law railroaded desperate people through show trials in order to parade verdicts to bloodthirsty masses who were more interested in seeing someone punished than actual justice. Monsters like Vorkstagg and Grime only needed to look and talk like the people around them and nobody paid attention to the awful things they did. Then as soon as someone different like Beast got noticed by the public every crime they could think of got pinned on him. It wasn't right.

"How many mass murders have they tried to pin on him now? Three?" Judah muttered darkly. "It's not like the truth was hard to find. We're not real investigators. We're just blundering through this who situation and evidence keeps falling into our laps. It seems like someone just wanted a patsy to pin all this on, and didn't expect anyone to actually look into it."

"That's the real investigation here. Who the hell set up this show trial, and why?"


Male Dhampir Vampire Hunter 5 | HP 34/34
Stats:
AC 16, T 11, FF 15; Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +6; Init +5; Perception +10

"Dozens more probably, Judah," Lorant replies matter-of-factly. "He's been the County's bogeyman for over 20 years, and the number of things he's been blamed for would fill a parchment longer than my arm. The specific ones we're investigating were just selected as a sample so they wouldn't need to try every single one."

"The reason we're finding what others couldn't is simple: these people are scared of him. His legend, deserved or not, has grown to the point that no one wants to take the risk of confirming whether or not it really was him. And that probably would have continued had...whatever caused him to break into the University and then just sit there in a daze until he was caught not happened. They believed it was luck, maybe divine providence, that what they feared as an unstoppable monster could be captured so easily, and that they have a chance to write a grand finale to the legend. In essence, they didn't expect us to find anything, because they'd already made up their minds. The fact we were able to conclusively prove they were wrong once and could do so again...we're slowly dragging them and the Beast out of the legend and into reality."

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