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I have been running a Scarlet Brotherhood-based campaign set in Greyhawk year 591 CY. Using Sean Reynolds' "The Scarlet Brotherhood" sourcebook, I've been able to create a vision of the Shari that allows for great roleplaying without the hackneyed interpretations of an non-good society creeping into play.
The basic premise of the campaign is that six PCs from various segments of Shari society have been placed in a "cell" with a directing Asahar giving occasional instructions from his offices in Hesuel Ilshar. Their first task involved the cell tracking down information about "illegal breeding" in the township of Ris. Their investigations (eventually...) gathered enough clues to determine a former Assistant Director of the Bredthrall program was a member of the High Unity faction and was trying to use high level polymorphing magic to change elves into Sueloise-looking humans so they'd breed with Suel and produce offspring with half-elven benefits (namely low-light vision) but with outwardly Suel-appearances. In short, the players quickly became embroiled in the political backstabbing of Shar society. They've completed their mission and averaging 4th level.
What next?
This is where I could certainly use a nudge from the great pool of Greyhawk affecionados I've seen on the boards here at Paizo. The "heat" is on the cell and Asahar Ob-vuul wants to get them off the Tilvanot Pennisula. I'm aiming to send them to Hepmonaland. Does anyone have suggestions for appropriate adventures that have appeared in Dungeon? My DMing prep time is limited (partially because I've become sucked into the AoW campaign and am running a game of that too); a scenario that can be "cut and paste" would be ideal with minor adjustments for the LN/LE alignment of the cell. I vaguely remember seeing some yuan-ti themed adventures in the past 2-3 years. I have to make my storage trip targeted as I cannot haul the whole Dungeon collection home; issue numbers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Pssst Erik Mona: any chance of getting Sean to write a Scarlet Brotherhood-themed scenario?
{Pssst Erik Mona: any chance of getting Sean to write a Scarlet Brotherhood-themed scenario?}
That'd be cool, fantasy-racism "old school." :)
hmmm
Something like an "Against the Scarlet Brotherhood" AP, Campaign Arch, or even single adventure would be really cool and very Greyhawk...then again, I wouldn't mind seeing a reclaiming of the Wild Coast and settling of the Pamajari (I never spell that correctly) adventure, campaign arc, or AP as well.
I guess we can all dream.
ASEO out
I have been running a Scarlet Brotherhood-based campaign set in Greyhawk year 591 CY. Using Sean Reynolds' "The Scarlet Brotherhood" sourcebook, I've been able to create a vision of the Shari that allows for great roleplaying without the hackneyed interpretations of an non-good society creeping into play.
The basic premise of the campaign is that six PCs from various segments of Shari society have been placed in a "cell" with a directing Asahar giving occasional instructions from his offices in Hesuel Ilshar. Their first task involved the cell tracking down information about "illegal breeding" in the township of Ris. Their investigations (eventually...) gathered enough clues to determine a former Assistant Director of the Bredthrall program was a member of the High Unity faction and was trying to use high level polymorphing magic to change elves into Sueloise-looking humans so they'd breed with Suel and produce offspring with half-elven benefits (namely low-light vision) but with outwardly Suel-appearances. In short, the players quickly became embroiled in the political backstabbing of Shar society. They've completed their mission and averaging 4th level.
What next?
This is where I could certainly use a nudge from the great pool of Greyhawk affecionados I've seen on the boards here at Paizo. The "heat" is on the cell and Asahar Ob-vuul wants to get them off the Tilvanot Pennisula. I'm aiming to send them to Hepmonaland. Does anyone have suggestions for appropriate adventures that have appeared in Dungeon? My DMing prep time is limited (partially because I've become sucked into the AoW campaign and am running a game of that too); a scenario that can be "cut and paste" would be ideal with minor adjustments for the LN/LE alignment of the cell. I vaguely remember seeing some yuan-ti themed adventures in the past 2-3 years. I have to make my storage trip targeted as I cannot haul the whole Dungeon collection home; issue numbers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!...
Rexx, I love the SB and have tried to use them in almost every GH campaign I've ever run. Sending them off to Hepmonaland is a fine idea, but to what end? To get rid of them? To just get them out of the way for a while? Or for an actual job?
You may also consider sending them up north into the Vast Swamp. Whatever you do, here are some suggestions of Dungeon adventures... "Porphyry House Horror" #69 (it's for 10th-level adventurers, but the setting itself makes this an interesting place to send the PCs and eventually send them inside Porphyry House to investigate possible yuan-ti activities when they're ready), "Dragonhunters" #104 (it's for 7th-level, but has scaling info to adjust and is already set in a jungle), "Tammaraut's Fate" #106 (it's for 6th-level and has a lot of built in reasons for a group of Suel agents to get involved in the adventure).
The Scarlet Brotherhood book also has some built in ideas for using Hepmonaland. An encounter with Zotlatan, the Olman Bat-Vampire would be extremely cool, though it would involve some work on your part or asking me nicely for my v.3.5 conversion of him ;)
Meer of the Dead Men series back in 2ed maybe...
ASEO out
Heh. Slip of the finger there ASEO. I go to type my response... and I hit my damn RETURN key instead. Stupid fingers!
Heh. Slip of the finger there ASEO. I go to type my response... and I hit my damn RETURN key instead. Stupid fingers!
Oh? Whatever do you mean? The edit function is my friend.
ASEO out ;-)
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Thanks for the suggestions, Steve. I actually remember the Porphyry House of Horror now that you mention it. Maybe it's the geological name or maybe I actually read it. I'll dig into the Box(s) of Dungeon Magazine Storage and take a look.
I had thought of sending them off to Hepmonaland to look for the Shadow Spire of the Age of Worms plotline. You have to assume the Shari's spy network would have some inkling of what is going on and try to get in on the action. I'd like to get the PC's up to 9th level before sending them to Oerik proper to do some "real" Brotherhood work.
The Vast Swamp is lined up for their 15+ PC LVL careers. The Hopping Prophet and this huge box set that begins with "Return" will definitely be pursued.
Again, thanks for the suggestions folks and keep any Scarlet Brotherhood/Pure Blood anecedotes coming. I'm curious if people have used the Scarlet Fist advancement path from Dragon...#260-something.
Old school fantasy bigotry...well, this is a "mature" game but I made it clear that this game wasn't to become the Fascist Revival Society. The game has been more of an exploration into a socialist society with strong opinions of what is "right". From their world view they are "good" and the rest of the Flanaess is "evil". It makes for great roleplaying (the players often comment that they forget their alignment is LE because their duty to society makes their actions "right").