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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1114197" data-attributes="member: 8530">Posts 1-56  "Beast of Burden" Played as Module #120, 9 Games, Sept. 7th to Dec. 21st 2003.   Module Source: Dungeon 100 "Beast of Burden"Posts 57-61  "Beast of Burden Sequel: The One that got Away"Played as Module #125, 2 Games, April 11th & May 31st 2004.  Module Source: Dungeon 108: Map of Mystery "Stone Giant Caverns".Post 62  "The Birth"Played as Module #128, 1 Game, Sept. 26th, 2004Posts 63-up  "Into the Fire" & "Preemptive Strike"Played as Module #130 beginning Oct. 31st, 2004.  Module Sources: Dungeon 1 "Into the Fire", Dungeon 74 "Preemptive Strike" & Dungeon 117 "Istivin: City of Shadows".Source Material  “Beast of Burden” is from Dungeon Magazine #100 (August 2003), written by Michael Kortes, with minor modifications by the DM to fit into the campaign world.   Due to the higher PC levels the full scaling options have been employed, as well as increasing the size and leadership of the enemy ground forces.    The NPC adventuring team “The Dragonstalkers” are from Polyhedron Magazine #35 (October 1987), created by Michael Lach, and have been an established group on this campaign world for the past five character years.   To better ground this module in the campaign world, this team has been substituted for the Knights of Heironeous NPC group in the introductory pages of the module.   BackgroundThis campaign is set on the continent of Phlooredah, which is an oval-shaped island approximately 600 miles east to west by 400 miles north to south.   The continent is divided into nine autonomous Lordholdings.  The nine Lordholders elect a ruler to serve a 15-year term of office, with the ruler’s authority limited to the defense of the continent, the issuing of a common currency, and the arbitration of disputes between the Lordholders.   The current ruler is Queen Jennifer, the wife of the previous King, and she is serving her first year of office.  Unlike her predecessors, she does not maintain a large military for the defense of the continent.   She relies instead upon three adventuring teams to serve that role, and has named a member of each of these teams to act as her a liaison, with the title General of the Queen’s Army.   The setting where “Beast of Burden” has been placed is the Kralt Lordholding.   This is the northeastern most land on the continent and the third largest Lordholding in regards to territory.  Kralt is primarily remote wilderness and is lightly populated.  Its long northern coastline is lined with rocks and high cliffs, experiences very rough seas, and has only a few barely accessible  harbors.  The Kralt Lordholder is a charismatic monk, who rules from a large monastery situated a day’s travel from the land’s only coastal city, Kralton.    Community and location names from the “Beast of Burden” module have been retained, although the east-west orientation of the module’s map has been reversed to increase the potential threat of the invading monster (with it moving in the direction of the more populated sections of the continent rather than away from them).   Cast of CharactersNarg, male 8th level half-elf fighter.(Played by Biz1489)  Chaotic Good. Founding member of the Silver Moon Adventurers, 14 years earlier. Is the unofficial leader of the Silver Moon Adventurers. He is charismatic, optimistic, and likes to make the most out of life.  He has exceptional strength, but a below-average wisdom, which along with his alignment sometimes leads short-term planning without consideration the long-term consequences.  Despite this flaw, he serves on the Jawlt Council as the Minister of Military Strategy.  He recently married the elvan archer-ranger Vallessa, who is currently pregnant with their child.   He wields a sword of sharpness that also protects him from fire, which he has named “The Nargblade".   He often goes on trips with his Pooka friend Monty, who usually brings him to watch baseball games on a planet called Earth. Mojo, male 8th level elf fighter.(Played by ttenchantr) Chaotic Good.  Sidekick and former roommate of Narg.  Mr. Mojo Rising has a sly wit and sharp tongue, making a joke or comment about anything.  Has exceptional strength.  He was recently appointed a General in the Queen's Army, and is also her secret lover.  He likes to think of himself as still being reckless and irresponsible, although that has been slowly changing in recent years.  He has been with the Silver Moon Adventurers for 13 years.   His favorite magic items are a Hammer of Throwing and a Ring of Invisibility.Mark, male 8th level half-elf ranger.Neutral Good. Quiet and thoughtful, he is the party's senior ranger and a very skilled tracker.  Likes to be left alone, and lives by himself in the Island’s deepest forest, miles from his nearest neighbor.  He has been with the Silver Moon Adventurers for 14 years, having joined them early into their first mission.  He never takes any type of leadership role unless giants or other humanoid monsters are around, when he then won’t hesitate to lead the party into battle.  His key magic items are a +4 Longsword.   His body has been altered to assume an aquatic form when triggered by a Dispel Magic spell, his form being an aquatic elf. Cassie-Andra, female 10th /8th level* half-elf wizard/cleric. (Played by kriskrafts) Lawful Good. She is a fanatic about reading, learning and spell casting. She has wonderful surgery skills, dissecting most monsters that the party kills to harvest components for spells and magic items. She has been with the Silver Moon Adventurers for 11 years.  She is their most powerful spell caster, being both a formidable wizard and a cleric of the God of Knowledge and Time.  She is the girlfriend of the elvan archer Aradyn.  Cassie has an owl familiar named Deanna, and a pet wyvern named Maynard.   *Her key magic item is the Crown of Might, the powers of which include increasing each of her ability levels (her actual levels each being one lower than stated above) and the crown will also throw massive fireballs twice daily. Alton, male 9th level human druid.(Played by Celticwolf)   True Neutral.  Alton F. Wadsworth was a hippie and student at U.C.L.A. Berkley on the planet Earth in the year 1967.  While attending a Renaissance festival he was inadvertently captured by a dimensional traveler looking for Medieval-era adventurers, and was then dropped into this D&D campaign world.  He has now been here and with the Silver Moon Adventurers for 12 years.  Alton had always grown his own plants (most of which he smoked) so decided to become a druid.   He has a laid back personality (bordering on ‘burned-out’) with occasional short-term memory lapses, but as less of an attitude than the party’s other druid so the group keeps him around.   He lives in the city on Silver Moon Island where he often travels around on 20th century vehicles that the group had acquired on some of their more unusual missions.  Purge, 5th level human monk (NPC)Lawful Neutral.   This quiet and rather secretive man came from a monastery in the remote Kralt Lordholding.  He first joined the Silver Moon Adventurers eight years ago, serving as an active and productive party member for many years.   He has spent the past two years away on solo travels, and has just now returned for an annual visit.  Since the current mission is in his homeland he has decided to join them on this quest.  The Kralt Lordholder is the leader of Purge’s monastic order.</blockquote>

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