I am running RotRL, converting it to the 7th Sea RPG.
Well done paizo for inspiring me to DM for the first time in nearly a decade.
We have just finished Burnt Offerings and plan to run the first 3 chapters with a climactic epilogue. There are a few loose ends that i would like some help tying up.
I will use common points of reference for those not used to the system/ world (sidhe= elves). Sandpoint is located in N. Germany.
Basically, the party avoided Elyrium and they let Lyrie & Orik escape. Tsuto was captured & sentenced to be strangled (thanks Aubrey) by Ironbriar, but will hopefully return (& escape) at the 7 Brothers Mill.
What should Lyrie (& therefore love-smitten Orik) do? She was 'given' to Nualia by Lucrecia.
The Kreegs & Grauls (Viking clans) both hate 2 of the PC's, due to backstory. Lyrie, Orik & Vikings tried to ambush the party as they travelled to Magnimar, but they took a ship instead.
So now that she thinks Tsuto is dead should she still ambush them as they return to Sandpoint for "the Skinshaw Murders".
Or should she use her social and political skills to make life hard for the PC's. Perhaps seducing the mayor of Magnimar?
She has already cursed 1 of the PC's. She cannot really win a direct confrontation (unless she ambushed a lone PC), even poisoning would be hard/ unfair. Or should she go back to Lucrecia and the casino...
I will hopefully put a complete campaign journal up here tomorrow.
PC's
Eyja - Viking Healer (half-elf)
Edric - English Ranger (deposed noble)
Albrecht - German Fighter (wanted by vikings)
Sybil - German, Sandoint local who along with Ameiko, Rynshinn & Nualia formed an "Outsider" gang.
Serge - French Sorceror
Serge & another PC (who left after a couple of weeks) accompanied the diva Allishanda, to Sandpoint staying in 'the Rusty Dragon'. Eyja came to Sandpoint to learn healing from Hannah. Edric came to Sandpoint to talk to his scholarly mentor Broderick Quint. They met up at the Rusty Dragon {i gave them all a choice, but :) } and attended the Swallowtail, Harvest Festival the next day. Before the festival started Sybil rode into town and laid flowers at Nualias' grave (a nice & spontaneous touch by the player!).
During the Festival pirates attacked!
Pistols roared and narrowly missed Father Zantus, but a young girl was not so lucky falling to a flintlock shot. Our brave heroes held off the pirates as the festival goers escaped the square. Sybil rode into the square to assist them, while Eyja took the young girls wounds onto herself thus ensuring the childs' survival. The PC's fought off waves of pirates, until Eyja heard a scream and ran off to see if she could help.
Much to her surprise she saw a giant Viking Beserker (the Helmsman of one of the pirate ships) Aldern Foxgloves rapier and he stood trying to protect the pretty young Shayliss. After a quick if brutal fight, Serge separated the Helmsmans head from his shoulders. Aldern was greatful to the party especially the beautiful Eyja & invited them to have a traditional Vesten meal at the White Boar (to impress Eyja). Shayliss was escorted home.
The group were invited to a council meeting where they were monetarily rewarded by the mayor. Thouugh they overheard Titus Scarnetti make a scarcastic commment about this use of the towns' (his) money. This annoyed the player's so much that they decided to check out the lumber mill to see if he was the one who was controlling the pirates. The lumber mill was working late into the evening as usual, once it stopped Serge & Edric investigated. There was still a light on and the riverside door was unlocked, so the deputised heroes snuck inside.
They found nothing on the lower floors, but on the top floor there was lights on under one of the doors. Listening at the door they heard strange noises, but nothing else in the building. Just as they were about to leave the manager office slowly creaked open, so the 'heroes' hid in the cloak room.
Benny Harker opened the door and was shocked to see 2 men rather than his and Katrine's coats. He demanded that they go to the Sheriff about this unlawful entry and an argument ensued. Until Katrine made her prescence known and then he just sheepishly wanyed the men to leave. But no, Edric hit him for speaking rudily to a noble such as himself. Benny humiliated infront of his love, by these 'deputies' that still would not leave decided to go to the office and get his pistol. At gunpoint he demanded that they leave, but Edric drew his sword. Benny fired, crippling Edric. Benny & Katrina locked themselves in the office as our 'heroes' fled. A watchman outside heard the shot, but the pair talked themselves out of trouble.
Sybil gave all her monetary reward to the orphanage/ school that she used to attend, then her & Eyja went to the graveyard where they found out that bodies were missing. They talked to the ex-pirate hunchback Naffer Vosk and impressed him with their kindness. Following a trail from the Father Tobyn & Nualia's grave out into the woods looking for the perpetraitors, they even wanted to head to Thistletop. (i think it was at this point) But Thistletop was over a day away and without provisions they did not want to risk a night alone on a hunch. Though they now had suspicions about Nualia's whereabouts. {Yes, i do call her Nualia. It sounds better IMO.}
Suspicious of Aldern a French noble fop (with my stupid english accent), they followed him out into the forest in case he was meeting up with the pirates. (Just because i made him useless with a rapier, he uses razors afterall ;P ) But they lost him and stumbled upon a hut with smoking mound and talked to an old charcoal burner. Aldern came back to town with some game he had caught and everyone got together for a meal that night. During the day Serge went to Vintners' store to tell Ven of Katrina's noctural activities and walked striaght into Shayliss' trap. Half naked they pair were shouted at by Ven, he even hit Shayliss and an unprotesting Serge left the store forever.
At the nights meal, Serge approached Aldern about leaving Sandpoint and any future employment. Aldern agreed to talk to him tomorrow when they would go on a 'smashing boar hunt in the quaint german woods' and gave everyone gifts. Edric smashed his glass wren in front of Aldren, because the Frenchman insulted his noble English blood. Eyja gave Aldern a spontaneously carved piece of wood, in responce to his expensive cameo gift (belonging to Iesha). Aldern was delighted that the object of his obsession gave him a gift and so propositioned her humourously, though he was rebuffed he had a good night. {The players still think of Aldern as an annoying, useless/ harmless twit, though they are a bit wary of him}
The next day on the boar hunt Aldern proved callous to his servants and rubbish at killing a boar, but.... A group of pirates alone and leaderless after the raid, decided to attack the charcoal burner and his young bride. Hearing the young girls screams the heroes ran to help, as they killed the pirates an arrow came out of nowhere and skewered one of the blighters. An elf emerged from the forest silently, helping the party in this encounter. After the battle ended Shalelu the Elf introduced herslf but was very quiet otherwise. Sybil gave the boar that she speared as well as lots of grain she especially purchased to the injured charcoal burner and his young bride.
Aldern was useless during this encounter. In fact Eyja tried to stop him getting close to the girl unsure of what he would do, or if he would try to 'take advantage'. {Aldern left the town that evening for 'the Misgivings' not that any PC asked)
More to come....
If anyone wants to know specifics of my conversion please ask.
If anybody asks i will even put up Nualia's diary that i gave the players last week, it cryptically explains my cosmology better.
Cosmology
So anyway i have changed the cosmology of the AP 'slightly'. Lamashtu is a demon (synreth), who was imprisoned on an elven island. Nualia was a spear of purity that impaled it. Until 20 years ago when Lamashtu broke free discarding the spear in the German mountains near the Spires of Sin. The surviving elves searched for Lamashtu until they captured him, while doing this they sired Eyja, Rynshinn & Tsuto. So the climax will occur when the heroes go to the Spires of Sin where Lucrecia has summoned Lamashtu to earth and the heroes have to destroy it.
PC's
Eyja - Viking Healer (half-elf)
Edric - English Ranger (deposed noble)
Albrecht - German Fighter (wanted by vikings)
Sybil - German, Sandoint local who along with Ameiko, Rynshinn & Nualia formed an "Outsider" gang.
Serge - French Sorceror
This sounds really cool. A couple of questions: Can we have some character details? Such as...Is the sorcerer using Porte? Are your fighter and ranger using swordsman schools? If so what kind? etc..
This sounds really cool. A couple of questions: Can we have some character details? Such as...Is the sorcerer using Porte? Are your fighter and ranger using swordsman schools? If so what kind? etc..PC's
Eyja - Viking Healer (half-elf)
Edric - English Ranger (deposed noble)
Albrecht - German Fighter (wanted by vikings)
Sybil - German, Sandoint local who along with Ameiko, Rynshinn & Nualia formed an "Outsider" gang.
Serge - French Sorceror
We are using the classic system not D20, so...
I started the players off on an extremely high 150HP, but since there is a lot of combat and i wanted developed characters i thought this acceptable. Also i tend to tailor the combats to the level of the party (with varying difficulties of course).
All the players have taken the beautiful advantage, so that eats up points.
Serge - the Montaigne Sorceror is a full blooded Porte Sorceror, a shady noble. The player likes acting independantly and note passing, though to be honest he did not use his Porte to the fullest of his ability (my fault as i should have given him more options/ explained it better). It was quite shocking the number of opponents he killed with no school.
Sybil - Is a Eisen Noblewoman, with the Drexel swordman school. A tall beautiful, caring woman who was brought up in Sandpoint. The male player showed the compassion, heroics and insight of a veteran. Sybil used the drexel school, with high brawn and resolve making her the tank of the party. Though the character developed so that her combat skills did not become too extreme.
Unfortunately these two players left the game just before the confrontation with Nualia. But they were replaced with Albrecht a half-Vesten half-Eisen warrior with the Drexel School, who loves to pommel strike making them defenceless then lunging and destroying them.
Edric is a deposed Avalonian noble, who learned the goodfellow bow school to become a hunter to regain his lands. The player is trying to create the finest bowman, despite it being futile in a world discovering the power of gunpowder.
Eyja is really interesting PC, a Vesten woman who's unknown father was a sidhe. She can breathe underwater and has joined Sophia's Daughters with the Male Sorcerous School, she also has the sympathetic healer shamanism. This makes her a realy strong PC & a important party healer. The player has made sure not to become too overpowered.
And in a couple of weeks another player will hopefully join as Eyja's player is giving birth very soon.
I can give exact details of PC's and conversions.
Are you still running this game?