Claim the Castle!
Fangwood Keep has changed hands innumerable times since its founding decades ago on the border between the warring nations of Molthune and Nirmathas. Over the years, both countries have sacrificed money and soldiers in an effort to control the fortress along the Marideth River valley, both for its tactical location and for its secure defenses. Recently, however, the battles around Fangwood Keep have dwindled to a trickle as Nirmathas has firmly rooted itself in the surrounding valley, allowing the tide of war to shift elsewhere and peace to settle at last over Fangwood Keep.
This respite was shattered by the arrival of a renegade Molthuni commander named Pavo Vos. Obsessed with capturing Fangwood Keep and unraveling the fortress’s mysteries, the defecting lieutenant unlawfully used his platoon to secure the castle, much to the ire of both the Molthuni and Nirmathi governments. Now the task of bringing Vos to justice and reclaiming Fangwood Keep lies solely in the PCs’ able hands.
Character Creation and Recruitment
- Ability scores: 20 point-buy
- HP: Max at 1st level, average rounded up for succeeding levels
-Starting Level: 4th
- Starting Gold: 6000 gp
- Races: All core, goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, and tieflings.
- Allowed Material: All Paizo, no 3rd party published materials, and no optional systems (VMC is allowed)
-Suggestions: Make a solid backstory, with ties to Molthune or Nirmathas. I am much more concerned with getting 8 players with interesting backstories than I am with party balance or mechanical aspects of characters, but I also do want the two parties to ultimately be fairly balanced at least in regard to one another, since there is a chance you'll be fighting each other. You don't have to be a hardcore loyalist to either nation necessarily, but you might be. This is a stealth and infiltration mission, so being skilled in those regards is also a plus. After the players are chosen, we can do some discussion about any past connections between your characters.
Molthune
Nirmathas
