What Ho All,
Where can I find details of Falgrim Sneeg? I'm running Stolen Land and he is mentioned as the target for one of the quests listed on the inside back cover of the adventure. I can't find him anywhere in the text. I'm just probably being dangerously blind and/or dim, but if someone could give me a page reference I would much appreciate it.
Thanks!
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Fantastic! Thanks a bunch.
Personally, I really hated the fact that he was in the stag lord's fort. The reward is pretty trivial once you are already able to defeat the stag lord. In my game, I made him level 3 and he led the bandits on a 1d6 bandit random encounter. That way, the players do not get as much loot out of the stag lord, but they get slightly more going into it. Since my party is woefully underequipped at this point (just before the fort and level 3) it was a good way to bring them up.
Yeah, once you get to the Stag Lord, he really just gets lost in the shuffle - at the time I had two parties running about, and no one remembered or cared to look for him by that point, so it ended up being one of the "dead quests" my game keeps wracking up.
Personally, I really hated the fact that he was in the stag lord's fort. The reward is pretty trivial once you are already able to defeat the stag lord. In my game, I made him level 3 and he led the bandits on a 1d6 bandit random encounter. That way, the players do not get as much loot out of the stag lord, but they get slightly more going into it. Since my party is woefully underequipped at this point (just before the fort and level 3) it was a good way to bring them up.
I agree. he is really hard to find (in the adventure text). Of course, my players immediately asked for a physcial description etc which was a bit of a challenge! BTW, if you fancy reading about our crazy sessions, you can read about them here. Hit the Kingmaker tag for more session summaries.
I've done something rather craaaazy with Falgrim Sneeg for my game...
(S)he's going to be leading a group of bandits who'll be attempting to take over Oleg's and remove the PCs who've been causing the bandits so much trouble during the past month and a half.
It occurs to me that it'd make the quest a bit trickier, but it just seemed like such a crazy thing to do, I had to do it.
Greetings, fellow travellers.
what DoS did
THIS! is absolute fantastic, and wicked, and funny and... well, consider it stolen!
During my last session I actually forgot to let Kesten give them this quest, but I will remember to tell them next time. I had removed Falgrim from the fort already, also thinking it to be another "by the way quest".
But now...
Ruyan.
I had a player join halfway through Stolen Lands. His background prologue ended up using Falgrim since he's one of the other "character" bandits (although a lesser one).
Falgrim was leading a party of poachers (bandit hunting party). The new PC was a druid hunting the poachers. They sprung a trip on him (omg the irony is everywhere!). His animal companion died saving his life and was skinned by the poachers, the carcass left to rot in the sun.
Druid, meet vengeance. Vengeance -> druid.
Greetings, fellow travellers.
what DoS didTHIS! is absolute fantastic, and wicked, and funny and... well, consider it stolen!
During my last session I actually forgot to let Kesten give them this quest, but I will remember to tell them next time. I had removed Falgrim from the fort already, also thinking it to be another "by the way quest".
But now...
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Ruyan.
Going off of that tangent, I developed a little backstory...
Sneeg was originally a member and an NCO of a squad of Rostland irregulars. He was a member of a platoon-sized element led by Kesten Garess. Bored and disillusioned from patrolling the dangerous wilderness for a pittance, he organized and led a mutiny. The ensuing battle resulted in a bloody stalemate and Sneeg withdrew with his remaining men into the Greenbelt to become a bandit.
Operating independently at first, Sneeg and his band of murderous traitors enjoyed some early successes. Growing bolder, they made the fatal misfortune of attacking a caravan bristling with hidden guards and laden with magical traps. In the end, he was the last man standing. His annoyance at the loss of his men was quickly overshadowed by his greed...in front of his eyes was one of the largest treasure hauls he had ever seen. Amidst the riches, a belt with a diamond studded silver buckle caught his eye. The buckle depicted merged side profiles of a man and a woman's face facing away from each other.
Chuckling with glee, he put on whatever gold trinkets he could on his rangy frame, strapped on the belt, and loaded all the gold he could into two large bags. While making his way to his forest hideout, he noticed that his black hair was getting into his eyes more frequently and the trinkets on his body began to feel loose in some places but tight in others. The two bags of gold also began to feel heavier...and larger. It wasn't until his leather armor began feeling tight around his chest that he looked down and...screamed.
The scream attracted a hunting party of a pair of the Stag Lord's bandits who came to investigate. When they tracked down the scream, they couldn't believe their luck. Here was an attractive Varisian woman, covered head to toe in golden trinkets, carrying two large sacks of gold. Mouthing a silent prayer to whomever would listen, the pair of cutthroats descended upon the maiden.
They sorely underestimated their mark. Even transformed, Sneeg was more than a match for these two novices and quickly dispatched both of them. After torturing them, she learned about the Stag Lord and how he controlled the Greenbelt. Upon considering this information, Sneeg decided to ally with the Stag Lord, with the eventual plan of deposing the bandit chieftain.
Ordering her captives to carry the loot, Sneeg made her way to the Stag King's Fort. Her loot bought her an audience with the Stag King and the cool and ruthless efficiency that she displayed in decapitating her hapless captives impressed the Stag King who promoted her to lieutenant on the spot.
Going by the name of Kressle (it was her mother's name), Sneeg has grown used to her new existence. As an added bonus, she has a much easier time finding partners to satisfy her carnal urges than she ever did as a man.
Little did Kressle know that the caravan that she attacked on that fateful day was a gift meant for a noble family who had no sons...
Greetings, fellow travellers.
what DoS didTHIS! is absolute fantastic, and wicked, and funny and... well, consider it stolen!
During my last session I actually forgot to let Kesten give them this quest, but I will remember to tell them next time. I had removed Falgrim from the fort already, also thinking it to be another "by the way quest".
But now...
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Ruyan.
Going off of that tangent, I developed a little backstory...
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That idea is every kind of funny and awesome. Poor Falgrim!
I have tried to think of a better idea with what to do with Falgrim Sneeg than what Disciple of Sakura has done, but I can't. Instead, I've spun this idea beyond Stolen Land and infiltrated other parts of the adventure path.
What about this: Falgrim (who is not Kressel) had been secretly hiding treasure for his own and not sharing it with the Stag Lord. When he finds the trinket that turns him into a woman, he is found out by the Stag Lord. Even though Sneeg ostensibly saves Staggy from the curse, she is "repaid" by an R-rated (probably NC-17) act by the Stag Lord and any number of his bandits.
Sneeg escapes the fort shortly before the downfall of the Stag Lord by the PCs, though the experience has completely shattered her psyche, and left her with child. The violation and rage has pushed Sneeg to the worship of Gyronna, and she now seeks the downfall of all men. (As an added source of exposition for this tragic tale, The Old Beldame could have been the midwife.)
The vicious (and rather insane) Sneeg is later encountered either as the leader of the Gyronna cultists in Rivers Run Red, or as a fighter-type to bolster that encounter to make it a bit more challenging. To increase her threat, she could still have the cursed item which she uses on victims that are not killed or sacrificed to Gyronna.
Then when the party gets to Blood for Blood, the child of the Stag Lord and Sneeg is none other than Armag, grown up in the not-so-tender care of the Black Sisters of Gyronna and set against the PCs. Assuming that somewhere around 17 to 20 years of kingdom-building has elapsed, of course. Imagine the look on the party's faces when they find out that they're facing the son of the Stag Lord!
I have tried to think of a better idea with what to do with Falgrim Sneeg than what Disciple of Sakura has done, but I can't. Instead, I've spun this idea beyond Stolen Land and infiltrated other parts of the adventure path.
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Thanks for the compliment.
I'm a little bummed that the Ranseur is currently in the possession of the female crusader in the party, rather than the male swordsage/psywar who originally claimed it. He hadn't used it in combat yet, and I was so totally itching to have him suddenly become a shirtless woman after his first attack. Bummer...