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In this thread I'll place the story and changes of my Way of the Wicked adventure path set into my homebrew world of Aerda.
Changes:
Tiadora has become a drow noble anti-paladin instead of a devil.
Mitra has become the sun god of my homebrew named Ordir.
Grumblejack (or however the Ogre was called) has been replaced by an evil psychopathic dwarf barbarian.
Since there are only three players they've also got one extra cellmate, the diabolist magician Tomas.
Asmodeus is the only evil god I have as the gods, demons, and devils work differently in my homebrew world.
Those are the changes for part 1.
EDIT: I also apologize for spelling, grammar mistakes, I'm from Belgium, so my native tongue is dutch and English is only a secondary language.
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Our three villains,
Trix, for the crime of blasphemy and the murder of a priest of Ordir to be sentenced to death by burning. To be incarcerated at Branderscar Prison until the day of her execution.
[Cleric]
Lia, for the crime of quadruple murder by poisoning, to be sentenced to death by beheading. To be incarcerated at Branderscar prison until the time of her execution.
[Rogue: Poisoner]
Branden, for creation and trafficking of drugs and manslaughter to be sentenced to death by beheading. [Alchemist]
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Session 1 - 01/11/2013
Trix, Lia and Branden were pushed into a prison cart together and escorted by multiple knights, a cleric of Ordir [God of the sun and justice in my homebrew] and sir Balin they left Talingarde for Branderscar. The trip would take them about five hours, only stopping once to receive some oatmeal. Trix used this opportunity to spit upon the cleric of Ordir who was bringing them their food. This Dwarven cleric accidently dropped Trix' food after the incident.
Arriving at Branderscar they saw a shadowed figure on top of the tower watching them arrive. They were greeted by an unpleasantly looking Sergeant Blackerly, who took them in for processing and one by one they received their brand. Imprisoned they saw that two other cells were occupied, a noble born son called Tomas who still believed that his father would stop his execution and see him released from this unpleasant cell. The other larger cell was occupied by a snoring filthy dwarf with greyish skin. They found out that Tomas was to be executed by way of burning for the summoning of a demon that slew two servants and a guard after it escaped into the outside of his mansion.
They also learned that the dwarf' cell was avoided by the guards for he managed to bite one of the guard's nose of when he was making too much ruckus and they wanted to make it clear that such behavior was not tolerated. It eventually took four guards to subdue him and from hence they give him one pint of alcohol every night to keep him intoxicated and calm.
That evening they received a visit from Sergeant Blackerly asking them if he could expect trouble or that they would be indulging in good behavior for once in their life. The alternative was him tipping the executioner to fumble their executions and some severe beatings for three nights. He saw upon it that they would receive their food that evening, a rather weak stew. Branden asked if it was possible to receive some mind enhancing drinks saw that the Sergeant had just the right kind of seasoning for him. A good mouthful of spit was used to spice up his stew.
The next day they were again visited by Sergeant Blackerly who took Trix out of their cell, not knowing what would happen but without any choice in the matter she followed the sergeant and his men. She was brought into the administration room and there she saw a beautiful woman with white-blonde hair. Tien, as she called herself, greeted her as if they were lovers’ separated by this horrible faith. After the sergeant left she introduced herself as a messenger of a powerful individual that would have employment for her and her three compatriots, this would be a mutual beneficial relationship and al it would take was for them to escape Branderscar. She left her with a gift to remember her by and then called the Sergeant to take her leave from the one time lover.
Back in their cell they studied the item given when they saw the chance and noted that the veil had many a useful item hidden in it. They came up with a plan to escape and saw to pawns they could use in their escape. First they needed to be molded though and all three started talking with Tomas, slowly, they changed their informative chatter into spiteful insults, calling him an idiot for believing his dad would free him, this went on for about half an hour with Tomas using the last of a few gold pieces he managed to smuggle and hide into his cell to get a paper and ink, to write his father. Laughing at him the whole time their torment of the young man only stopped when one of the guards banged their cell and yelled at them to shut it.
During one of the shift changes Lia and Trix managed to hear the guards talk about a card game that evening at the gatehouse and how the stakes would be quite high as Blackerly changed the shift details so that most of the guards would be able to join. After convincing Tomas that the guards had just taken his last two gold pieces and destroyed the paper and that his father would not be coming to perform a miracle they offered him a spell component pouch in exchange for his help escaping.
They tried the same tactic with the dwarf but he was not to be manipulated into serving them, he would however be more than willing to aid them in escaping as he had a debt to repay to some of the guards here and especially against Blackerly.
They waited that evening until the moon was up and then they started their plan, with the thieves tools Trix managed to open the cell as the two guards who thought they were handling compliant scum went into the interrogation room to catch some sleep. They left the doors open so they could hear the prisoners in case something happened. Quietly Lia opened the jail door and then she called for the guard. One disgruntled guard went to look, with Tomas creating the illusion of a shut door where there was an open one the guard was rushed as Trix was using her charms to call him closer.
Before the guard could yell for help he was taken and stabbed to death by Trix and Lia. Dying with a shock on his face they quickly took his chain shirt and longsword, freeing the dwarf and handing the weapons over. The glim of madness they saw in his eyes did not bode well as the dwarf bee hived for the interrogation room. The other guard was unable to summon aid as it only took one surprise round to finish him off.
Branden used the time that Trix went scouting to create a few bombs and an extract and then they went downstairs. After finding the armory they quickly armed themselves with weapons of their choice, Brok the psychopathic murderous dwarf took a greatsword and remarked that he would need some guards to get some notches on the weapon. They explored the left side quietly and found Blackerly's room; while they were searching the room of Blackerly they suddenly heard sound from the hallway heading their direction. They closed the door and heard the two servants complaining about Blackerly and the lack of discipline of the men, reminiscing of days gone by. Believing that Blackerly was drunk again and did not close the doors behind them they locked the doors to the storage room and left for their quarters.
The five wicked ones went back to the storage room they heard about and Branden saw to his happiness a few big barrels with lantern oil. They now knew they would leave with a bang and placed a few vats at the door, created an oil track and then went to take care of the last hindrance in the castle itself. For while Branden, Trix, Tomas and Brok quietly placed the vats, Trix went scouting again to find the noise they heard through the wall. She found the sleeping quarters. After the completion of their contraption they went to these sleeping quarters. There they found the guards not of to Blackerly's card game. Capturing them unawares they murdered two before the other three could get their weapons out. Alas, for our villains one of the three remaining managed to gain his horn and while wounded with a well-placed bolt managed to set the alarm of.
Quickly they went to the hallway and as Blackerly; together with the guards of the card game and a guard dog they sprung their trap on him. A well-aimed bomb of Branden saw the explosion of the vats and coming upon the grisly destruction of the entrance the only survivor they found was Blackerly, who was treated to a permanent smile by our ghastly trio. The explosion of the Prison entrance did however get the attraction of the warden who raced towards the gatehouse.
The villains aimed an arrow at the sprinting magician but they missed. The warden retaliated by sending a flaming sphere towards the escapees, Branden saw himself horribly burned and fell unconscious from his wounds. The others left him for now and started the fight in the courtyard with the warden, not taking him up on his offer of mercy if they laid down their weapons. Brok and Lia went prone on the ground laughing with laughter before Trix managed to slay the warden with a selective channeling of negative energy.
They healed Branden with their only health potion and then decided that they would ransack the warden's tower and then would burn this place down completely with the remaining vat. While Brok, Branden and Tomas set themselves to that task, Trix and Lia went to the warden's tower. Passing the servant's chambers they came to the conclusion it would be better as to not leave any survivors and after breaking into the servant chambers they killed the scared servants. Before leaving Branderscar permanently they took several guards, branded their corpses and left them in the closed prison cells.
With a burning Branderscar behind them they went towards the Guard house, there the guards knowing nothing good would be heading their way barricaded their selves into the guard house and from above used their bows to shoot at the prisoners. Tomas used his obscuring mist however to end the rain of arrows and as Brok, Trix and Branden all three bashed in the door it became a melee of the two remaining scared guards against the homicidal escaped prisoners. One of the guards however managed to pierce Brok and take him down before being slashed to death himself.
Our escaped prisoners now, with an unconscious Brok, saw the moors ahead of them now and noting how useful the dwarf was decided to take him along, even though they have to carry him for now.
Also unknown to our prisoners the warden also sent his raven familiar to Talingarde before heading out on the battlements.