[v.3.5] Campaign Guide: Heroes of Carnell PbP Game!

[Knightfall]

Those who use the library, to get the bonuses, still must be trained with the appropriate Knowledge skill.

EDIT: And like I mentioned before, the PCs will have to study all the books for at least 48 hours in order to get those bonuses.

 

[Knightfall]

Initial foray for creating a stats block for the books...

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The Twenty
Description still to be written.

1. Balance of the Dragons
Age: Unknown (likely very old)
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Arcana); Knowledge (Nature)
— Kulan Sub-Skill: Knowledge (Dracology)
Condition: Fair
Content: A detailed look at dracology and how dragons fit into the Tenets of the Balance. Dragons and dragon-kin as part of the natural world. How dragons should live within nature and not abuse their standing in the world. The risks of being branded a rogue dragon who has abandoned the Tenets.
Pages: 195
Type: A wad of loose documents (stitched together chapters)
Extras?: A loose vellum cover with an old tied cord that must removed in order read the pages.
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Author: Unknown
Language: Draconic
Date Written: Unknown
Est. Value: 115 gp, 4 sp
Origin: Unknown
Publicly Published?: Unlikely
Rarity: Rare

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Anything else that should be added besides a basic description? Hmm, maybe origin?

 

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2. Charan Castes: Survival of the Sword
Age: 349 years old
Associated Skills: Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty), Profession (Soldier)
— Kulan Sub-Skill: Knowledge (War)
Condition: Good
Content: A detailed look into the caste society of the Cities of the Charan Coast. An emphasis on the highborn and what it takes to rise from a lower caste to a higher one. Chapters on how to use military service to rise through the ranks and the risks associated with reaching for too much power.
Pages: 186
Type: Hardback
Extras?: Detailed ancestral charts for the various noble houses of the Charan Coast. A complete lineage for the Sauzac Family in the very back of the book up to Trym’s grandchildren (last entry in 488 N.C.). This included Alekos Sauzac’s four children (three boys and a girl) and an unknown (rumoured) child of Stratesus (a girl).
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Author: Trym Sauzac
Language: Charan
Date Written: 410 N.C.
Est. Value: 250 gp, 8 sp (at least twice this value in the Chara Coast)
Origin: The Chara Coast
Publicly Published?: Yes
Rarity: Unknown

 

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3. Circles of the Strand
Age: 360 years old
Associated Skills: Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Nature), Knowledge (Religion)
— Kulan Sub-Skills: n/a
Condition: Good
Content: An overview of the various Druidic Circles of the Strandlands as the existed in Stratesus’ time period.
Pages: Equivalent to 50 pages
Type: Archival Scroll (w/two dowels; read horizontally)
Extras?: No
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Author: Stratesus the Hermit
Language: Druidic
Date Written: 399 N.C.; additions in 433 N.C.
Est. Value: 330 gp (would be priceless to the current druidic circles of the Strandlands)
Origin: Fellowship of the Boots
Publicly Published?: No
Rarity: Unique

 

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4. Deserts of the Strand
Age: Unknown (but likely from the time of the founding of the city of Ariag [now, Stonn City])
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Geography)
— Kulan Sub-Skill: Knowledge (Geography [Strandlands])
Condition: Fair
Content: An overview the various deserts and wastelands that exist in the Strandlands, before the region was officially known as the Strandlands. (It used to be called just The Strand.) Chapters on Crossbone Shores (and Burnt Island), the Deserthaze, Thunderback Badlands, the Wasting Shores, and the Wrathful Territory. Also has chapters on the southern wastelands known as Graven Wastes and Axehead Chaparral, which are not considered to be part of the Strandlands in current year.
Pages: 95
Type: Softbound
Extras?: No
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Author: Unknown
Language: Ariagian and Old Norrish
Date Written: Unknown
Est. Value: 54 gp, 5 sp
Origin: The Jagged Peninsula
Publicly Published?: Unknown
Rarity: Unknown

 

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5. Dragon Tales as Told by Thunderback
Age: Est. 750+ years old
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Arcana); Knowledge (Religion [Dragons]); Bardic Knowledge checks about dragon history
— Kulan Sub-Skill: Knowledge (Dracology)
Condition: Excellent
Content: Stories about dragons of all types. Bard stories. Personal anecdotes by Thunderback. Ancient tales of the continent from before the time of the Mortals War. Tales of the dragon gods. Tales of how Mirella taught the first dragons about the importance of the Tenets of the Balance.
Pages: 410
Type: Hardback
Extras?: There are personal stories about Thunderback and the community known as Helt, which was just a small town at the time this book was created. Back then, it seems, Thunderback liked humans.
DM’s Note: This book calls into question the age of the Majestic Blue Dragon of the Thunder Lands. As written, he is depicted as being Old at the time of the books creation, but in the current year, he is believed to be only Very Old. Does this mean that Thunderback is actually Ancient, or even older?
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Authors: A member of the Knights Majestic only known as Emmeran of Helt (dictated by the Majestic Blue Dragon known as Thunderback)
Language: Draconic (some column notation in Old Norrish)
Date Written: Est. -10 to 10 N.C.
Est. Value: 1,490 gp
Origin: Thunderback Badlands
Publicly Published?: No
Rarity: Very rare (maybe unique)

 

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6. Ecology of the Thunder Mountains
Age: 297 years old
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Nature); Survival
— Kulan Sub-Skill: n/a
Condition: Good
Content: A dwarf’s ecological view of the Thunder Mountains with emphasis on the northern and eastern peaks of the mountain range. Details flora and fauna, as well as typical monstrous creatures found in the mountains. There are little to no details about fortifications or communities in the mountains.
Pages: 143
Type: Hardback
Extras?: A simple fold-out map of the eastern half of the Thunder Mountains.
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Author: Beornheard the bold
Language: Dwarven
Date Written: 462 N.C.
Est. Value: 480 gp
Origin: Fellowship of the Boots
Publicly Published?: No
Rarity: Unique

 

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7. The Fey Ones: Nature and Sorcery
Age: 654 years old
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Arcana); Knowledge (Nature)
— Kulan Sub-Skill: Knowledge (Fey)
Condition: Fair
Content: Details the path to sorcery through fey heritage, as told by an unnamed feytouched sorcerer. The book likely comes from somewhere in the southern lands of the continent or, perhaps, another continent entirely. Its hybrid language of Draconic and Sylvan is likely unique to the book.
Pages: 265
Type: Softbound
Extras?: No
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Author: Unknown
Language: Unique Hybrid of Draconic and Sylvan
Date Written: Est. 105 N.C.
Est. Value: 280 gp
Origin: Unknown (The Far South?)
Publicly Published?: No
Rarity: Rare

 

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8. Flora and Fauna of the Strand Shores
Age: Unknown
Associated Skills: Knowledge (Nature); Survival
— Kulan Sub-Skill: n/a
Condition: Fair
Content: An overview of the natural animals and plants that can be found along the shorelines of the Strandlands. There are no mentions of monstrous creatures in this book. It is written as if such creatures don’t exist in the world. The book concentrates on the northern shorelines up to Hazepoint.
Pages: 100
Type: Loose pages that have been stitched together
Extras?: Many hand-written notations by Stratesus in various parts of the book regarding monstrous creatures that can be found in the regions mentioned in the book.
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Author: Unknown
Language: Druidic
Date Written: Unknown
Est. Value: 148 gp, 7 sp
Origin: Unknown
Publicly Published?: Unknown (very unlikely)
Rarity: Rare (Stratesus’ notations might make it very rare/unique)

 

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9. Giant Arachnids and Other Monstrous Vermin
Age: Unknown
Associated Skills: Craft (Poison); Knowledge (Nature)
— Kulan Sub-Skill: n/a
Condition: Fair
Content: This scroll details the most poisonous monstrous vermin found, primarily, in the Underearth. It is written in a dark, yet loving, fashion regarding such creatures. The content is informative but very creepy.
Pages: Equivalent to 45 pages
Type: Archival Scroll (in bone scroll case)
Extras?: Diagrams of spiders that are very lifelike (but not magical); written on hide that might have been humanoid.
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Author: Unknown
Language: Undercommon
Date Written: Unknown
Est. Value: 260 gp
Origin: Unknown
Publicly Published?: Unlikely
Rarity: Very rare