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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1201797" data-attributes="member: 198">Events so farThe campaign is set in 591 CY, 8 years after the Greyhawk Wars ended. The party is only at 5th level, and have so far been involved with one primary plotline. Here’s the “Events so far” writeup I gave my players a week ago, to remind them where we’d ended.:The party members all work for the temple of Pholtus in Flen, which is only two years old. Some are members of the temple or affiliated to it, others owe the priests a very hefty favor. The high priest Marius tells them that he plans to make the service of Pholtus rise in popularity, by sponsoring adventurers to go out and help the populace, thus garnering support and hopefully new worshippers. He wishes to use the party for this purpose. They will be allowed to keep whatever treasure and wealth they gather, and provided with magical help and healing by the church of Pholtus, in exchange for a minor tithe and spreading the news that they are sponsored by Pholtus whenever they meet with or help people. Luckily, an opportunity has recently arisen for the party.The local temple of Pelor had heard of some trouble in a small town in the Good Hills called Oakhurst, where they had a local cleric. A party of local and out-of-town adventurers had been investigating whatever the problem was, and have disappeared. If the party were to go down and help out, before the Peloran temple sent more help, not only would they make a name in the area, but then the Pelorans would owe the temple of Pholtus. The party leaves for Oakhurst.The party (joined near Oakhurst by the half-elf druid Druscilla and her wolf companion Banshere) enter the Sunless Citadel, ally with a group of kobolds, destroy a hobgoblin-led goblin tribe, fight and kill the mad druid Belak, and destroy the Gulthias Tree, unintentionally releasing the ancient vampire Gulthias. Returning to Flen, they discover that a millenia ago, Gulthias was the high priest of Ashardalon, a great red wyrm that aspired to godhood by using an artifact - the Crown of the Gods. Gulthias, and then Ashardalon, were defeated by a band of heroes, including the half-elf archdruid Gwydion, the dwarven fighter Durgeddin, and an anonymous elven mage from the ancient elf kingdom that is now Celene. Only the latter pair survived, with the mage returning to Celene and writing a book about these events called The Desolation of the Dragon. Research indicates that Durgeddin hid the Crown before leaving for the Joten mountains. Marius says that Gulthias will be searching for the Crown, and send a party of experienced adventurers to search for him in the Darkwood (where it is believed that Gulthias' old citadel was), as well as sending the party to the Jotens, in search of Khundrukar, the fabled dwarf hold built by Durgeddin's son.The party travels to Fort Godakin, finds a guide called Nathaniel, and travels into the Jotens. They find Khundrukar, a now-deserted and destroyed fortress. Fighting many enemies, they lose Xandar, the half-orc warrior to a troglodyte cleric. They encounter Durgeddin's spirit and learn that the Crown lies in the tomb of Gwydion, in Wilderland. Luckily, they also find an ancient book that provides information about Wilderland. They fight and barely defeat a young black dragon called Nightscale in the depths of Khundrukar, but she escapes. [To be continued]As you can see, I started the campaign using WotC's "The Sunless Citadel" and "Forge of Fury" (both modified for my purposes), but will be running primarily my own material from now on. Now what the players/PCs don't know, however, is that...</blockquote>

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