PC's ? marta, taylor, ilsa, Sean?
Maybe someone else alive, but chained up in the halls?
Or on the ship?
- good news, both Eberk and Zav were missing from the last game (Sean and Paul), so they can float up to the island on a raft or something near game start.
Game start, all the PC's are together in the catacombs under the castle.
They are in a long hallway. At this end there is a turn in the hall, that leads to stairs up, and the iron gate to the outside (this is a long winding hall). In the hall there are chains and cuffs and one mouth cuff (fun bit for the player Ben, he couldn't talk for most of the game)
Down the hall there are piles of dead bodies, stored here in the cool (and perhaps spelled against decay), a stockpile for later use as undead. They are the various adventuring parties that died in attempts to attack this castle over the years.
The PC's played last game with minimal gear, no armor or weapons, presumably all lost when their ship crashed. They have no idea what happened to their ship, the banner, the other PC's or their stuff.
This suggests that any human guards might be better equipped than they have appeared. I could use a reason for that, superstitious perhaps? Dumb probably?
There should be at least one defender who is smart enough to be well equipped, maybe hold out some good stuff for them.
At game start the PC"s will presumably equip themselves from the dead.
Magic items in the pile
enough armor and weapons to suit them up.
--- discussion point, I told them there would be one weapon of their preference that was magical, so they could tell me which. I think I'll just make a list of stuff they find, and include several options.
multiple suits of armor, scale, leather and ? all +1
multiple weapons, broadswords, daggers,
large recurve bow, two toned wood and bone, 16+ strenght plus mastery to string it ??
bows,
one beautiful bastard sword with black engraving and a red star,
Ingredients
1 isolated crescent shaped island, perhaps the top of a dormant volcano
a mix of sandy beaches, dark thick forest, and steep mountain sides
1 stone castle at the center, with two doors
one massive front door
one iron gated entrance to the tombs
12x12 wandering free zombies on the island ~144 wandering ‘native’ zombies
12x12ish pirate zombies coming up out of the sea ~144 ‘Pirate’ zombies
2 Knights of the Red Star - Capt and Horse (possibly more on the ship)
1 Evil Empire Tall ship at dock
? # of crew on the Tall ship
Island guards, staff, dock crew, still loyal to Necro (mostly)
1 missing Pirate Ship Revenge - damaged at sea, now limping into port
Castle
catacombs both on hillside and below levels:
stairs up, gate out, hall of bodies and chains, summoning / magic circle at one end
main floor has large ball room, guard desk at door, and huge kitchen/ prep area to left inside door.
Mid floors is offices at ends, with large balcony
upper floor is private rooms and the 2 large bunk rooms in rear,
Story needed
What happened to the Revenge?
How were they thrown off?
why don't they remember? (best if there is magic plus concussions involved)
what happened to all their stuff?
what happened to the PC's not in the game? (Eberk?)
I imagine a storm/battle, they were perhaps blown out of the Revenge by an explosion on the first shot? they were probably already in the 3 groups they started part 2 of last game already, some sleeping, some guarding, some resting. Each got flung away, had to lose any armor and weapons to survive (only personal items are small enough to hang onto, or somehow they were left on the ship and will be retrievable)
Where is the book hidden?
Which book is it? (the one from the flashback with the black cover and the red star)
What name did the Necromancer give?
What name did the Asst Necro use?
How did the book stay hidden from the EHK all these years?
How many human guards?
Roof, doors, big patrol,
also, dock hands, support staff, personal assistants
What are they doing?
mostly secretly EHK soldiers, Necro didn’t need any or very few. They took over about a month ago when the EHK arrived, tricked the Necro into allowing them on the island, then took over.
so there is a cadre of Necro loyalists that might help the PC’s at some point.
What ship attacked the revenge?
one of the 4 fastest of Floren of course!
elementals and fireballs flying.
proposed scenes
Act 1 - in the catacombs
scene 1 players leveling up, then into story as they search the area.
other PC's arrive if needed (where was Eberk this whole time?)
maybe Eberk washes up late, perhaps floating on something?
I think the ship arrives later in at a dramatic moment - else he could be on the ship
scene 2 - they plan
scene 3 - in the dungeon - Capt torturing Necromancer
The Capt has him tied to something and is beating him with ??? whip? rope? hands?
The Horse perhaps has a crop / whip?
scene 4- in the castle (upstairs) - guards notice someone broke in? guards from catacombs not reporting?
scene 5 - on the docks (if needed) - pirate zombies attacking Tall ship (or ignoring it??)
Act 2 -
scene 1 - flashback 1
separate them into groups
what happened last night?
each separated from their stuff
huge waves
scene 2 - flashback 2
the book
parents being cool
Act 3 -
scene 1 - continuation
scene 2 - escape
Pirate King Zombie
Then what?
scene x - When does the Revenge arrive?
What is happening at home when they get there? [the presumed end panel is a picture of home] maybe not
