Among The Pines

Fangs in the darkness
Corpses fall among the pines
Hidden by the mist


A messenger reached Lepidstadt from the town of Ashdale at the edge of the Shudderwood. She was injured, her clothes were tattered and she seemed frightened, refusing to speak of whatever might have harried her along the road. The message was simple: People are disappearing. The town council will pay one thousand gold pieces to the person or persons who determines the cause and puts a stop to it. You would like a share of one thousand gold and are willing to brave the dangers of wild Ustalav to get it.


Character Generation

  • Characters are built at Level 1
  • Generate Ability Scores with Point Buy and a 36-point budget
  • Use the Fast Experience Point Total for Character Advancement
  • Background Skills are in effect
  • Elephant in the Room Feat Tax rules are in effect
  • Max Hit Dice at every level
  • Characters receive two Traits and may take a Drawback to receive a third Trait, additionally, they receive the University Student Campaign Trait (see below)
  • PCs are built with Gestalt rules
  • Take the max value for your starting gold, from whichever class has the higher max

University Student [Campaign Trait]

Studying at the University of Lepidstadt provides you with a modern education.

Benefits: Choose the subject you attend the university to read. You gain one skill rank per level in the subject's associated skill that does not count against your skill ranks per level and that skill is always a class skill for you. If it is already a class skill, you instead gain a +1 Trait bonus to the skill.

  • Alchemy (Craft: Alchemy)
  • History (pick one of Knowledge: History, Nobility, or Local)
  • Mathematics and the Sciences (pick one of Knowledge: Arcana, Dungeoneering, Engineering, Geography, Nature, or Planes)
  • Medicine (Heal)
  • Philosophy (Linguistics)
  • Theology (Knowledge: Religion)

Dramatis Personae

Locations

Travelogue

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