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I have had a rough couple of months. I just recently found the desire to come back to online posting period. I do still plan on getting this campaign off the ground. I just need some time to get some things straight in my life. I will try to target the start up to be this month. I will be sure to keep all of you informed. Thanks for the patience.

I apologize for the dissapearance. The past month has been pretty rough in my personal life and I had alot of things I had to get straight before I even considered getting on Paizo not to mention I just got back from leave. I am going to continue this campaign and I am looking at the re start being this weekend. Again my apologies but my personal life had to take priority. Things are straight now so I should be fine to get back up and running.

As light begins to fill the sewer you notice the tunnels are buttressed, forcing taller characters to stoop. Half of the roughly 10 foot wide tunnel is taken up by a waist deep trench with the other available to walk.

Soon after the party descends down into the sewer Janiven crawls down. She grabs a Sunrod from her side and hits it against the wall, producing light. "Quick follow me!" Janiven says as she heads toward a wooden door. As she opens the door you notice the sewer running left and right. "Look see this mark of a sword on the wall? The blade points left. We left these marks at each intersection, should you get separated follow the point of the sword, it always points in the direction of the safe house. Before we go though I have something for all of you." Janiven pushes aside a rock near the door revealing a small hollowed out area in the wall. "Good they're still here. You won't have time to stop and rest so use these if need be"

You each receive 3 Potions of Cure Light Wounds.

"Now go on ahead, Morosino knows the way and we have the markings at the intersection to guide you. I will meet back up with you. I am going to bar this door and if need be try to lure them away from the rest of you. There is no time to spare."

"Yes of course. We have a secret door in the back." Janiven gestures toward the kitchen and heads in opening a floor level cupboard revealing a door. "Go through this door, it leads down into the sewers. Morosino knows the way. I will be down shortly" Janiven returns to the main room making sure to leave as many obstacles as possible between the front door and the kitchen.

"I do not believe and we can not take the fight directly to the House of Thrune, but what we can do is even better. Myself and a group of like minded people can improve the life of the people in Westcrown, but in order to do this we must appear to not be rebels or rioters. We must form our own band of protectors, and must work the win the admiration and support of the citizens by doing good works and providing what aid we can. The key to this tactic is that the city is largely ignored by the rulers of Cheliax. If we work to win the hearts of Westcrown's citizens by good deeds and avoid direct engagements with the government then the House of Thrune will continue to ignore us"

Soon after Janiven speaks there is a banging at the door. Immediately taking a defensive posture, Janiven peers through the window, then swiftly moves to the door, unlocks it, and opens it. Stumbling into the room is an out-of-breath and frightened teenager."They've got Arael!" the teenager calls out, then immediately doubles over in a fit of coughing."Please explain yourself" Janiven says as her face grows grim. The young lad recovers himself and spurts out, "The dottari nabbed Arael, and the Hellknights of the Rack are trying to get custody of him! There's a bunch of Hellknights on their way here now! I only just made it here!"

At that point the sound of clanking armour advancing on the tavern becomes apparent.

"I am sure he will show, maybe he just got caught up with something. Now lets get to the real reason I brought you all here. We will be done here in less than an hour." Janiven then walks to the front door to lock it and shutters the windows.

"Again, thank you for agreeing to meet with me here. I have chosen each of you for a singular reason—everyone here, myself included, has suffered, whether we realize it or not. I have lived in Westcrown my whole life, and although I love this city, I must admit, as must you, that despite our peace and prosperity, we continue to suffer. Fear should not be an expected part of life, and yet each night brings fear to our doorsteps. Yes, Westcrown has been safe from war and famine for nearly seventy years, and yes, our businesses has prospered—but this safety and prosperity has been bought in the coinage of fear and prayers to Hell. Other lands live free from tyranny. Other cities do not fear the night. Other governments do not cede the streets to monsters of the infernal shadows. Westcrown was once such a place, and she wants to be such a place again. Westcrown is not only her buildings and canals and docks and history—she is also her people. Westcrown is our friends and neighbors, our mothers and fathers, our siblings and cousins, our sons and daughters! With but a small group of supporters and dedicated brothers and sisters, we can earn the trust and admiration of those people. A Westcrown free of these shadowy beasts that stalk our streets is one step closer to a Westcrown free of the devil that is the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune!"

Okay well I am back, I apologise for being away but my free time has been consumed. The issues seem to be resolved now. The game will be started back up today. Ill get a post up shortly.

Surpised by Marroar's sudden outburst, Janiven shoots up out of her chair."You dare accuse me of trying to ambush you! I want nothing but the opposite! If you really must know then I will tell you. My business partner Arael was suppose to be at this meeting and as you can see he has now shown, I am unsure where he may be. These streets are not safe at night."

I apologize for no update. I had some family issues that took me away from the game. Update will be up soon.

Throughout the conversations at the table Janiven surprisingly stays relatively quiet and out of the conversation. Instead passing the time listening and evaluating the possible recruits.

I am kind of against using skills against each other, but at this stage in the campaign I can understand it. None of you know each other at this point so I could undetstand the use of skills. But when it reaches that point of working together as a group I dont really see a benefit to it.

Also remember this is my FIRST campaign that I have ran, in fact I am still relativlely fresh to DnD and Pathfinder, only about a year or so in. So that being said I will make mistakes along the way, that is why I chose all of you, each of you are well versed and experienced. If I am doing anything wrong or if you all think something should be done differently do not hesistate to let me know. I welcome it.

Holy s~@& I missed alot in here, Let me read back through all of this and answer the questions.

Also an update will be up tonight, The internet was experiencing alot of issues at work this weekend, not to mention I kind of wanted to wait for responses to Stanley's post. I will have stuff up for you all tonight.

As you all gather at Vizio's Tavern you are greeted by Janiven who is busy getting the final preperations ready for todays meal. A little after 4 she asks everyone to find their seats at the table. "Thank you all for arriving today, The meal today is Stuffed Trout, Potatos and Sea oats, nothing fancy but its what we got. Now please let us introduce ourselves to each other, I will start. I am Janiven, I at one time was a city guide and bodyguard for traveling merchants, now though I own this Tavern with my mentor, we are still working at getting it off the ground though. Now lets have you all do the same."

Go ahead and introduce your characters to each other now, Tarq you are here as well. I will start you as of now. Once the introductions are through I will move forward.

Da'Ka are you taking any actions for the day? If not I will go ahead and move on tonight.

With your Diplomacy check you get the same information as Da'ka, just refer to the Know Local spoiler in my previous post.

You all have about 3-4 hours before you need to be at the Tavern. So if there is anything you want to do before you head there you can take those actions now.

Also I apologize for all of the spoilers but it makes it easier to handle three different conversations than putting them all in one big chunk. As for Tarq I will bring him in at the tavern.

Sorry for the late reply, It has been a rough weekend. I will reply to Stanley and Marroar once I finish the openings with Da'Ka and Tarquinius.

Tarquinius I can bring you in a little later so you can get your story put together, so if you would like I could bring you in at the inn as if you were already recruited, that will give you a bit more time to get stuff fledged out. Just let me know what you think.

Okay I am back. I did not have computer access while I was gone because I was too busy. I will have posts up tonight or tomorrow.

I am going to wait on answering Marroar and Stanley. Because I can add in Da'ka and Adamant's character into the first post.

Also I will back home the next week so posting may be a bit limited for me.

Yep that is fine with me.

I will have responses for Marroar and Stanley later today. I need some sleep.

Hey I understand fully. These past couple of weeks have been rough. I am going on vacation for a bit anyways so this weekend is good.

And with that I have submitted my first DM game related post! It may not be the best post but as the adventure goes on and I get tips and pointers from Aardvark things will improve.

Adventure Background

In 4606 ar, Aroden, god of humanity, innovation, and history, died. No city in all of Golarion was wracked more fundamentally by this catastrophic event than Westcrown. The capital of Cheliax—an entire country sworn to the god of humanity’s worship at the time—Westcrown was the expected site of Aroden’s return and had spent decades preparing for the event. A massive plaza known as the Arodennama, complete with a towering statue of the god, stood ready to receive the deity, yet after his death, it took only a few short years for the church of Aroden to fall. The Arodennama was abandoned, and the entire country found itself in the grips of a civil war with fierce diabolists. The rise of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune saw Westcrown’s further descent. After a brutal 30-year civil war, the diabolical House of Thrune seized control of Cheliax. One of their first acts as the nation’s new government was to move the capital and royal court north to the city of Egorian, emptying Westcrown of much of its affluence a d prestige. Those nobles who remained behind were largely old families rooted in their traditions and their pride, content to rot in their declining home. While still a vibrant and important port, the splendor that had typified Westcrown for centuries swiftly waned, and without the noble court many commoners and merchants who had previously made a living pandering to the country’s elite were forced to move on, leaving whole blocks abandoned. Westcrown faded to a pale shadow of its former glory and became a playground for vultures eager to pick the royal carcass.

Janiven meets you both in the morning. So if there is anything you want to do before you go to the tavern you can take those actions now.

Da'Ka if you could get me some kind of backstory that would be great. Then I will have one for you. It just makes it hard to tailor a response to you without really much info on who your character is.

Adamant how are you looking for character creation? If need be I can introduce you a little but late. Nothing crazy happens for a bit. Just let me know what you want to do.

This post is to just get the thread up and going. First story post will be up in a couple hours.

I am going to go ahead and put up the first post tonight. I am going on Vacation for a week on Sat and I want to get it started before then.

It may be a little late. It has been a rough past week for the others in the group. I will post in here as soon as we will be able to get going.

Looks good to me.

Go with average gold.

Alright sounds good.

Adamant and Frytz how are you two progressing?

I also like witches though I am actually surprised you are looking at playing one Aardvark.

With Frytz being an Urban Ranger he does have some decent skill ability as well as getting some of the Rougue esque things. I.E. Disable device, Knowledge Local, and Trapfinding. And they get 6 ranks per level for skills.

I went and checked out both of those Witch archetypes. I like both of them. Both would be useful I think. Though I think Hedge Witch would be more helpful. You would still have the Arcane factors while being able to help the group when in need, really its just more versatile. Choose what you want to play most though.

How are the characters coming along?

Yea I am fine with tiefling.

No none at all, I like him.

Yea take your time, I am not getting it started till late next week.

Yea they are going to have fun with all of this rain coming in.

Thats fine. I probably wont be ready to get started until late next week anyway since I have to still get some stuff from you.

Don't worry about Aardvark's heart attack. I will get some Bayer for him.

As for the Monk I am perfectly fine with you going with him. I am still waiting on the fourth to see if he is in or out. But I dont forsee you playing a monk being a problem.

I think I like his cleric idea better.

I will have an answer for you tomorrow if that is fine. I am going to do a bit of research on the above mentioned stuff. As of right now I am inclined to let you go for it.

Here is the Player's Guide. Make sure to read it over!

CoT Player's Guide

I am a little hesitant to allow evil characters, but I will allow it. Just make sure he has a reason to go against the House of Thrune. Lawful Evil clerics of Asmodeus for an example have been known to go against the House of Thrune because of the houses attitude toward the infernal. The House of Thrune do not view Hell as a greater power but more as a role model, obviously Lawful evil clerics of Asmodeus would not like this.

As for traits. Take a Campaign trait and another trait of your choice. Race wise I would prefer to stick to core races and Tiefling on a case by case basis.

Again this is my first attempt at DM. Any helpful advice or constructive criticism is welcome.

Also FYI it is a 20 point buy.

Here is the discussion thread, feel free to discuss until your heart is content.