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    Paizo Jessica Price (ex Paizo employee) spills the beans

    Also, this link was just shared on the Paizo forums;
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    Paizo Jessica Price (ex Paizo employee) spills the beans

    I was kinda' sceptical until she mentioned the "janky and difficult to update website" and then I was like, so it is all true!' :eek:
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    Adventures in the Midnight Tower (D&D5e)

    Adventure #3: Under the Black Mountains Following the map given to them by dwarven scholar Bjorn Amberclan, the party find themselces at the entrance to the long lost tomb of Queen Freja Swiftsteel, matriarch of the doomed Ironshield Clan. Stone steps descend into the earth, it takes almost...
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    Adventures in the Midnight Tower (D&D5e)

    Adventure #2: Deeper into the Woods Part Two The heroes emerge from the forest near the base of a craggy cliff. The Tower of Agatoth is perched atop the cliff, casting a long shadow over the weary party as the late-afternoon sun begins to wane. A series of stone steps ascend the cliff-face...
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    Adventures in the Midnight Tower (D&D5e)

    Adventure #2: Deeper into the Woods Part One As the Hunter's Moon Festival winds down, but before the party leave Buckbridge, they are approached by dwarven archeologist Bjorn Amberclan. Bjorn has discovered an ancient map that he believes marks the final resting place of Queen Freja...
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    Adventures in the Midnight Tower (D&D5e)

    Adventure 1: Call of the Wild After a somewhat disturbed night, the party rise late into mid-morning and resume their journey toward Buckbridge. They reach the village shortly after noon. Most of the fifty-some buildings are simple log cabins, enclosed within a low stone wall that wouldn't...
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    Adventures in the Midnight Tower (D&D5e)

    This story hour is based on an ongoing campaign, using the D&D5e roleplaying system and the series of adventures produced by Midnight Tower at http://midnight-tower.com/ Adventure #0: Adventures in the Night Introducing our four heroes; Enost Stormbraid (Dwarf Wizard 1) Lone Song (Tabaxi Bard...
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    Game in Many Settings with the Elemental Core Rules

    I really need to stop impulse buying every new game that gets a recommendation/review on the EN World homepage. :D I'm a huge Savage Worlds fan, but I'm getting kinda' burnt out on that system. I see a lot of the same DNA in Elemental, but also a lot of interesting differences. Enough that I am...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season Two / Session One Having obliterated the skull of the Orking and reformed the necromancer bent on his resurrection, the Heroes board the Ambuscade and sail north, to the icy elven nation of Drura. The temperature plummets as they traverse the Great Northern Sea, sudden flurries of snow...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Thus ends Season One of The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption. We played the first session of Season Two last night, which I will write up eventually, but the game is now on hiatus until November (as someone else is going to run Curse of Strahd and I'm having a break from being the GM).
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Seven - Season Finale! Miasma opens her eyes and finds she has washed up on the sandy beach of a remote, tropical island. Beside her lies the lifeless sleleton of a giant shark, run aground in the shallows. Footsteps in the sand lead away from the skeleton, into the jungle...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Six (Part Three) Huge, grey waves toss the Ambuscade around like a toy boat in a bathtub. A cry from the crow's nest - the lookout has spotted a dark shape in the water! Something large crashes into the hull, below the waterline!! The deck pitches violently and Miasma is...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Six (Part Two) Poddlebrim claims the powerful Staff of Talos and gains the ability to cast Lightning Bolt (recharge 6). Ezeke considers his spell list and concludes he cannot reverse Sir Henry's fishy transformation. The Heroes take a long rest before exploring any more of...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Six (Part 1) We begin with a flashback. A swarthy halfling fisherman hauls his nets up from the briny depths of the sea, the wet rope rasping between his calloused palms. The net bulges with struggling fish. It is a good haul, but there is something strange.... A large...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Some lore that Scott cobtributed; Seen as we are world building, here is my contribution The Halfling Lands Ruler: Hidebald Mugwort City: GullyShade Noteworthy Towns: - Little Hamm A growing area in the central lowlands, known to some as Staracre, is home to the ever prosperous (and hungry)...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Some Lore I done gone wrote! The Kingdom of Eastening Ruler: King Odalric Capital City: Brelburgh Noteworthy Towns: Knightsbridge Less Noteworthy Towns: Weem’s Hollow, South Bean, Farrowmere, Prosperity 50 years ago, Orking Urim Rex lead a huge horde of orcs from the southern swamplands to...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Five Having slain the Hag Queen and released the trapped souls from her black heartstone, the Heroes leave the ruins of Kerr to catch up with Sir Basil. They hook up with Miasma and Nimin the Perturbed on the road to Whalewater Landing, a squalid little town huddled on the...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Four The Heroes have accepted a perilous quest to destroy the sentient skull of a savage warlord, to prevent a zealous necromancer from returning the Orking to life. To do so, they must deliver the accursed relic to the gold dragon Tyrsientom on Seasend Isle, beyond the...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Season One / Session Three The heroes return to the city of Knightsbridge to find it has fallen to orcs – or, at least, the southern half of the city has fallen. A contingent of armed soldiers have barricaded the titular bridge to the wealthier districts across the river. Paupers Gate is...
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    The Vanguard of Eastening: Sacrifice & Redemption

    Character background written by Paul; The truth of Endon Took is that he’s a simple cabbage grower on his allotment in the sleepy village of Little Hamm. One day Endon heard the sounds of violence and creeping behind a hedge to spy on proceedings witnessed a human slaying a pack of wolves. The...
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