Assault on Eddistone Point (Draft 2016.08.11)

Source: Dungeon Magazine no 1 pp. 19-27 CONSTRUCTION NOTES: I will need to make a few different stat blocks. I’m including those at the very end of the document. I’m adding a random encounter section for the fun of it. At the very bottom I’m going to have the

settlement stat block for the Town of Four Trails. I’m still not sure whether I want to include this into Lumaras, so I’ll just keep the stat block on this

document. I may figure out a better place for the settlement stat block later on.  Assault on Eddistone Point  by

Patricia Nead Elrod; adapted to PFRPG by Ian

Schlom. Setting Background : I’ll have to do some work paraphrasing the history, people, geography, and more about the mountain range that this adventure takes place in. Adventure Background: Theme: Action/Adventure Objective/Goal: Setting/Locations: Macguffin: NPCs: Cullivan, Delea the White (human? wizard) Bulk NPCs/Monsters: Plot: Special limits: NPCs Cullivan (human Cullivan (human druid 2) Delea the White (human White (human witch 4) Disposition Starting Attitude: Helpful. Diplomacy DC : Notes: Delea has a white crow as a familiar. It uses the same stats as a raven familiar. It speaks common as its s upernatural language. SQ: Witch’s Familiar (raven)

Event/Encounter Outline Arbordale PF Start: The Pathfinder Society has learned that the Mayor of the Town of Four Trails is seeking adventurers to find a missing party that was going to cast continual flame on the Town of Four Trails ●

Gate Toll (RP, Gate). The PCs will be asked to pay 5 cp (1 sp if they bring a wagon). Creatures: 4 Guards Guards;; Reinforcements: 5d4 Child RockSlingers, 2d4 Guards.

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Hiring Process (Monologue?) The immediate phase of the adventure/very first session will be me giving the players context for

the mountain range and its politics. Refer to the Setting Background for more information. Travel Conditions: hampered movement of poor visibility. 4 miles of plains and 5 miles of mountain to “Hey, I found the mercenaries!” (20 ft –  4 hours 41 minutes; 30

ft – 3 hours 7 minutes); 3 miles of mountain to signal tower (20 ft – 1 hour 45 minutes, 30 ft – 1 hour 10 minutes). ●

Bodies Found. Development: Perception DC 17 to discover five dead stripped mercenaries (refer to pages 22-23).

The Signal Tower Conditions: ●

Approach. Description: [I’ll have to do a lot of work to really tease out

something that I can use in a description.] The Tower’s Interior

1.

Stable (skill). Description: [animals, etc.]. Development: Perception DC 15 to hear Huril moaning in the chute down the goddamn mountain. Climb DC 15 to reach Huril. If the PCs fail this check by five or more ( 10 or less), they fall down the chute, bringing Huril down with them, down onto the mountain below, and s ustain 6d6 lethal damage.

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Crew Quarters (CR). Description: [Read first paragraph. Variation depending on time of day.] Creatures: 3 Bandits

Wandering Monsters & Random Encounters Town of Four Trails : No Event: Encounter: Event: DIscovery: Eddistone Point: No Event: Encounter: Event: Discovery: No Event: It begins to rain, worsening the alr eady terrible visual conditions and making it colder. The fog thickens, reducing the visibility from 1,320 to 900 feet. Encounter: 3 venomous snakes. Bulk NPCs Child Rock-Slinger CR ⅓ 135 xp Young Human commoner 1 N Medium humanoid (human) Sling +2 (1d4/x2) 50 ft B STATS Str 11 Dex 15 Con 10 Int 9 Wis 8 Cha 8 Base Atk +0 Bandit CR 1 400 xp Fighter 2

Commented [1]: In the adventure, it says that the character would sustain 20d6 lethal falling damage. That's probably realistic and also characteristic to the deadly nature of early D&D. But I don't want to kill character will nilly.

See page 24.