The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

likes to talk about it, because they prefer to believe the
drow were bad neighbours all along and never really
settled in. Bomber Haggon has a few nasty bits and
pieces for sale for those who are interested – the kind
of ironwork one uses to torture a prisoner. A watchman
on the gatehouse says that he saw a floating island in the
sky, drifting southeast.
26–30: Several of the citizens have heard an odd
thrumming noise below the city streets recently, as if
something were rolling around down there. Some of the
sailors on the docks are claiming to have seen an island
out near the sea-portal that vanished back underwater
when they drew close to it.
30+: The Iron Dukes’ masks hold the souls of the same
nine people who have ruled the city ever since it was
founded. When a new host puts a mask on, it destroys
his mind and the ghost takes control of his body. Note:
this is only true of one of the masks, that of Otto van
Grun, but it is still a major secret.
A check result of 5 or less, or the whim of the Games
Master, results in the following misinformation:
Some of the brightly painted murals on the walls of
the lower city are magical. They are gateways to other
planes. If one knows the correct tune to hum, one can
hum it and step through the wall into a different world.
People disappear all the time because they do this by
accident.
Event: Fight, Damn You
At some point when the Player Characters are not
doing anything especially important, one of Crom
Calamar’s citizens strolls up to the party member who
least resembles a fighter (probably a wizard or sorcerer)
and casually insults him. A Sense Motive check (DC
15) reveals that the person does not seem to have any
genuine malice and is just trying to start a fight for some
reason.
This is the citizens’ way of finding out whether the
Player Characters are decent people or not. They are
strangers in town and the way one tests a stranger is
to see how (and if) he fights. The challenged Player
Character is expected to respond with a bout of bareknuckle
fighting or a weapon duel to first blood.
Refusing to fight (or attempting to use magic) is a gross
insult to the challenger, who will go and gather a mob
to throw stones at the Player Character and jeer at him.
Fighting back so hard that the challenger is killed is not
a crime (since duelling is permitted in Crom Calamar)
Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8
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