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Hey there everyone.
I am looking for modules that have been set in Ustalav. Preferably low to mid level range.
Or potentially/additionally modules that happen in the Hold of Belkzen would also do but these would have to be low level.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Freewolf
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Hey there everyone.
I am looking for modules that have been set in Ustalav. Preferably low to mid level range.
Or potentially/additionally modules that happen in the Hold of Belkzen would also do but these would have to be low level.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Freewolf
The quick answer (click here).
The not-so-quick answer: Aside from a small handful of Pathfinder Society scenarios, the Carrion Crown Adventure Path and the module Carrion Hill are your best bets for getting your Ustalav fix.
The fifth book of the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path, Skeletons of Scarwall, is set on the border between Belkzen and Ustalav, but it is by no means low-level. You could take the framework of that adventure and repopulate it with weaker monsters, I suppose, but that'd be a big undertaking--and some of those creatures may not have lower-CR analogues (the demilich in particular).
Castles of the Inner Sea and Dungeons of Golarion offer details about Castle Kronquist and the interior of Gallowspire, two iconic locations within Ustalav, for the DIY-minded GM, but again, these are not low-level adventuring environments.
I'd recommend picking up the Rule of Fear campaign sourcebook and plunging deep into its contents for story hooks you can flesh out yourself, or seeking out horror-themed modules by third party publishers that you can reskin as Ustalav-based.
Thanks for the information.
Yea I am hoping to take a group of PC's through a huge Ustalav campaign involving the Carrion Crown.
I was thinking of starting the group off in Belkzen as a way of getting the group together and giving them an actual tie into the dead professor in Haunting of Harrowstone.
I was thinking a couple of side adventures in between AP would be fun.
All this with the intent of sending the group into Ravenloft (Expedition to Castle Ravenloft) after completion of CC or before the ending of the last AP or two. So I was looking for a campaign and adventures that would get the players accustomed and familiar with undead and horror themes so ramp up the Ravenloft part of the campaign and probably take it mythic.
So I was just thinking of a larger overall campaign involving the CC AP.
So I was looking for ideas.
Incidentally I have been reading Rule of Fear though not in detail as I continue to go through an initial read of all the CC AP's.
I do have Castles of the Inner Sea and Dungeon of Golarion, though I have not looked into either of them.
Thanks for the small leads.
Don't forget to check out Legendary Games Gothic AP plugins.
Raging Swan's adventures and Town supplements would probably fit into Ustalav well too .
The Feast of Ravenmoor has a gothic feel and would also fit well in the Carrion Crown AP. It's set in a isolated town, so you can move it's location without changing the mod at all.
Page 18 of Rule of Fear indicates that citizens of Canterwall "swear whole towns sometimes go missing in the mists, losing their connection to the world and vanishing forever in the haze". That seems to me to be a pretty clear invitation for GMs who want to drop Castle Ravenloft into Ustalav to fit it into Canterwall.
I also recall comparing the maps of Barovia in several sources to that of Ustalav and realizing that, geographically, Barovia would fit well if placed east of Lake Lias along the Vistear River (corresponding with the Ivlis River in Barovia).
For horror modules that are easily transported, The Midnight Mirror is level 4 and is suitably creepy.
A good starting module for a horror campaign is The Hangman's Noose (3.5, but can be run pretty much as written). Set in Absalom as written, but it all takes place in one building (a courthouse), so could be set anywhere. It really relies on your PCs not knowing each other before the start of the adventure, so it could be a good choice to get them going.