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[Treebore]

Wouldn't dare. Besides I know full well the times I managed to talk you out of that 'ways to crucify gnomes' chart you wanted to try. I think the cover name fully show the teamwork that went into ensuring Ultimate Toolbox lived up to its name.



Yeah, but like all GMs you secretly relish some of that work don't you?



Table 2–X: Castle Names
Aberdun, Castle of the Neverborn
Achaddler, Fortress of Knighthood
Aggstein, House of the Lordstaff
Arkenvoch, Guardian of the waves
Boneshaw, Hold of the Crypthalls of Deneth
Boredun, Stones of the Withered Sage
Braemar, Keep of the Moonmark
Buckley, Eternal guardian of the Monarchy
Cordatch, Blight of the Gnoll Lords
Cragsthorn, Hold of the rulers of Demonblood
Dundeer, Fortress of Suntold Truth
Essemont, Stronghold of Destiny
Huntmane, Ranger-Lodge of Evermure
Kinndun, House of the Forseen Queen
Kolmitz, Manor of the Obsidian Scouts
Lochwood, Keep of the Swamplight
Ravenscrag, Haunted ruin of the Delverealm
Tagdun, Bastion of the orcs of Puketongue
Weilsneg, Cradle of the Princess Valtume
Wittingham, walls of the Crown of Faitholme

-DM Jeff

I like the charts like these simply because most of those names, all by themselves, spark an adventure idea in my mind. Just by asking myself, "why would they have that name? Like "House of the Forseen Queen" and "Castle of the Neverborn".


Why do these castles have those descriptors? Creating and finding out the answer to that question can be a lot of fun.

 

[jim pinto]

Table 2–X: Castle Names
Aberdun, Castle of the Neverborn
Achaddler, Fortress of Knighthood
Aggstein, House of the Lordstaff
Arkenvoch, Guardian of the waves
Boneshaw, Hold of the Crypthalls of Deneth
Boredun, Stones of the Withered Sage
Braemar, Keep of the Moonmark
Buckley, Eternal guardian of the Monarchy
Cordatch, Blight of the Gnoll Lords
Cragsthorn, Hold of the rulers of Demonblood
Dundeer, Fortress of Suntold Truth
Essemont, Stronghold of Destiny
Huntmane, Ranger-Lodge of Evermure
Kinndun, House of the Forseen Queen
Kolmitz, Manor of the Obsidian Scouts
Lochwood, Keep of the Swamplight
Ravenscrag, Haunted ruin of the Delverealm
Tagdun, Bastion of the orcs of Puketongue
Weilsneg, Cradle of the Princess Valtume
Wittingham, walls of the Crown of Faitholme

-DM Jeff

Table 2–X: Castle Fate
1. Abandoned under unknown, but extremely shameful circumstances
2. Consumed by an all-consuming acursed mire
3. Contrary rumors speak in a hundred directions, yet all that remains is a single spire
4. Destroyed by powerful magic or ill-planned experiments
5. Family curse caused death of the entire household
6. Family fought wars over its possession, causing its destruction
7. Forgotten by time, the castle turned to ruin and ash over the ages
8. Given to the clergy to be used as an abbey
9. King declared none of his sons were worthy of the castle
10. Jealously guarded, a dying king turned the foundation to mud so none could have it
11. Lost in a tragic, Shakespearean moral calamity befitting of Macbeth
12. Plague consumed the lives of all heirs leaving it for the elements
13. Razed by dissidents, rebelling against an unpopular constitutional monarchy
14. Reduced to cinder in a fit of rage by an unkempt and unruly thane
15. Sieged by mighty army of hobgoblins and trolls
16. Slid into decay from a decadent and aloof royal prince
17. Taken for spoils by a neighboring khan after several successful raids
18. Taken by raiders who let its condition rot away to nothing
19. Tithed to the church in as an act of "piety" to cover an "unpublic" slight
20. Turned into an embassy for neighboring nations

 

[Sigurd]

Scoop!

Lochwood, Keep of the Swamplight

This one has to be made. I'm going to write and adventure for it.


Sigurd

Lochwood - Lockewode, Lock Wood, Loch of Wood, Lich Wood - one of these hides behind the common name.

The Keep of the Swamplight is seldom seen by travelers. But some who have been lost, or imprisoned, in the Lock Wood see it when there is no moon in the sky. It casts a luminescent green light from all the windows of its dark towers. Only those that have made every effort to reach it in the blackest night of the forest, have ever reached it. What tales they tell.
Of course there is no way of knowing that any of these tales are true but....

I picture something like a cross betwen Ravenloft, Loch Ness, and Brigadoon.

Nice list.
btw. Did you get my email?

 

[DM_Jeff]

Why do these castles have those descriptors? Creating and finding out the answer to that question can be a lot of fun.

And that's what it's all about, eh? Indeed, someone once said something like "Toolbox is all the peices of a campaign waiting to be assembled". If that's the case I'd like to imagine Ultimate Toolbox as "the peices to launch (or fill in the blanks of) a thousand campaigns".

Nice list. btw. Did you get my email?

Thanks Sigurd! I didn't get an email from you, no, did you toss me a letter or mr. pinto?

ocasek50 at hotmail dot com

-DM Jeff

 

[DM_Jeff]

Table X-X: Stuff I Keep On My Laptop Soundboard
1 Ay-ahhhhhh! (wilhelm scream)
2 Blood, death, and vengeance!
3 Boo-yah, I move into backstab position!
4 Bring out yer dead.
5 Fine, you can roll your little saving throws.
6 Grr. Arg.
7 Have fun storming the castle.
8 Help, I'm being repressed!
9 He's dead, Jim.
10 I have a bad feeling about this.
11 I shall smite thee with my mighty blade!
12 I. Rule. Ass.
13 Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?
14 Outrageous!
15 She knows all the magical secrets.
16 Sneak attack!
17 Surely you can't be serious? I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
18 Wow, what's it doooo?
19 You seem trustworthy, would you like to join our noble quest?
20 You're going to need a bigger boat.

-DM Jeff

 

[DM_Jeff]

Table X-X: Brothels
1 Bronze Button; industrial district; imported southern slaves; workmen's favorite
2 Hot Pot; dockside; Middle Eastern atmosphere; dancing girls with benefits
3 Lady in a Poke; Low quarter; all wear masks, not all present are prostitutes
4 Lil' Chief; riverside; everything scaled small; halfing & dwarfs
5 Long Legged Lamm's; gate district; former playhouse staff; bard clientele
6 Neverfull Cup; Middle quarter; well funded and popular; friendly and clean
7 Nymph's Lace; country road; wholesome well-fed staff; great food
8 Oiled Spring; Low quarter; shoddy elegance; anything for a price
9 Pecidilo's; foreign quarter; dwarf owner and articulate staff with manners
10 Rose Glass; Middle quarter; drinks never watered; one of each race available
11 Rough Ride; Middle quarter; for those that like it rough and can take it that way
12 Selie's Playhouse; gate district; elf staff and foreign clientele
13 Shivered Timber; dockside; ship-like atmosphere; Rumored Madame is ex-pirate
14 Slippery Mermaid; dockside; water pools, baths, and exotic seafood menu
15 Slippery Slide; Middle quarter; theme rooms; random ‘two for one’ nights
16 Sneaky Peek; Low quarter; drugs; dark skinned girls & boys
17 Spitzer's; government district; costumed performers and colorful rooms
18 Sticky Spider; Dock quarter; offers rail-thin, spidersilk-garbed servants
19 Tempered Steel; Low quarter; offers potions of ‘vigor’; many bouncers on site
20 The Mill; industrial district; basic conditions; all manner of rough staff

-DM Jeff

 

[jim pinto]

This one has to be made. I'm going to write and adventure for it.

Sigurd

I picture something like a cross betwen Ravenloft, Loch Ness, and Brigadoon.

Nice list.
btw. Did you get my email?

love brigadoon, man

this would be an awesome locale for the start of a TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL style campaign… starts slow, grows into the haunted banshee-made swamp (or whatever), and then you find out something else lurks deeper that remained hidden until the banshee was defeated.

btw... it's spelled banesidhe in celtic... for you bibliophiles

and yes, i got your e-mail.

which one of you guys lives in Canada?

 

[jim pinto]

Table X-X: Stuff I Keep On My Laptop Soundboard
1 Ay-ahhhhhh! (wilhelm scream)
2 Blood, death, and vengeance!
3 Boo-yah, I move into backstab position!
4 Bring out yer dead.
5 Fine, you can roll your little saving throws.
6 Grr. Arg.
7 Have fun storming the castle.
8 Help, I'm being repressed!
9 He's dead, Jim.
10 I have a bad feeling about this.
11 I shall smite thee with my mighty blade!
12 I. Rule. Ass.
13 Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?
14 Outrageous!
15 She knows all the magical secrets.
16 Sneak attack!
17 Surely you can't be serious? I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
18 Wow, what's it doooo?
19 You seem trustworthy, would you like to join our noble quest?
20 You're going to need a bigger boat.

-DM Jeff

wow. i'm really sorry this didn't make the book, jeff.

really.

*rolls eyes*

how about some patrons and workers for these brothels, as well, jeff?

actually, that could get dicey in terms of "acceptable" material

 

[dmccoy1693]

Table X-X: Stuff I Keep On My Laptop Soundboard
12 I. Rule. Ass.
16 Sneak attack!
18 Wow, what's it doooo?

As someone who has sat at your table, I can say that these are without a doubt my favorite to hear in game (as long as it is coming from the players and not the NPCs).

 

[Sigurd]

which one of you guys lives in Canada?

That would be me, of course it could be others too.

Sigurd