Realms of Dread, Background Notes

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Laws of Cormyr

1 All persons entering Cormyr must register with the officials of a border garrison.
2 Foreign currency can only be used in certain locations. Please exchange your coins for Cormyrean golden lions at your first opportunity.
3 Adventurers must acquire a charter before undertaking any operation as a group. All weapons must be peace-bonded. The only persons exempt from this law are members of chartered adventuring groups and members of mercenary groups that can offer proof of employment.
4 Harming cats is forbidden.
5 Bow your head to royalty and the local nobility.
6 Purple Dragons have the right to search you upon request.
7 Hunting on private land is forbidden.
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Do we have our rings? Those Sergei gave to us?
- The first 2 Feats a wizard should take are "point blank shot" and "Precise shot"!
- W H A T ! ? !
- Or they should NEVER memorize rays!
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VAN wrote:Do we have our rings? Those Sergei gave to us?
Yes.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.

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Aha! That's a good point, Van!

ewan, Rardi obviously thinks these 5 men are abusing of their positions as militia. That is going to happen a lot around Marsember.
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tarlyn wrote:Aha! That's a good point, Van!

ewan, Rardi obviously thinks these 5 men are abusing of their positions as militia. That is going to happen a lot around Marsember.
Obviously. :twisted:
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Campaign calendar-

Flamerule 1372 [Year of Wild Magic]

10th The Great Fire and the attack of the undead army- death of old baron, Lord Bledryn Scoril- death of Tatyana/Ezra

11th-14th first phase of clean-up----seven headless bodies found seperately among the many dead

15th militia recruiting- party regroups/forms
16th report to WC Rask- first assignment: investigate BEHEADINGS
16th, 17th, 18th- investigation continues
18th [evening] party at Lord Hintar Ildool's house- investigation ended abruptly----Amnites vs IH and Moorkroft at Frogwife


19th- New assignment: find arms smugglers
20th- investigations- smugglers- break in and rescue at Blackpillars...
Early morning of the 21st: Rardi, Ino, Blaise, IH all taken prisoner on Fisghut Rock. Shana escapes for the time being....
21-23 imprisonment, escape of Rardi, further [desperate] investigations,
24th trial in morning, Shana meets with Thumast in evening]
25th Ino meets gnomes to ask for help, two new cases open: a double murder/robber at Morningmist Hall and a seemingly unrealted triple kidnapping at an orphanage
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Thanks for posting the time line.
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BigBadQDaddy wrote:Thanks for posting the time line.
Sure. I hope that it helps.

I plan to post a calendar/timeline for my other campaign, too.
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Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.

-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)
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I've always liked that actor. Good choice.
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NPC Roster


Delthrin the Deadmaster; the premier practicioner of the Black Arts in the city

Watch Captain Rask: a senior officer of the militia

Lord Hintar Ildool: new Baron of Marsember

Sergeant Talbot : formerly an archer in the Great Crusade against the Tuigan Horde, now a sgt of the Marsember Civic Militia [ the 'Watch']

Davos, Bailiff of the Rock; bailiff in charge of estates of Shamran Isle/Fishgut Rock. Heads local peacekeeping force.

Nell Wynnet: a missing doxy

Widow Callum: an old woman who runs the Old Shell, informal HQ and home to most of the party

Nelly- Callum's young girl, buck toothed and freckle faced

Cross-face: a ''body-disposal expert'' and smuggling suspect

Jonnet Prake: a young guardsman, the last person to see Baron Bledryn Scoril alive

The Madam: Obese woman who runs the Palace of Celestial delights

Xanthippe: One of the girls at the Palace, presumably now back home in Chessenta

Hoprig, Hob, Riddle, and Festil- smalltime gangsters.
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more stuff on gods-

Bane slew Torm in a great battle outside the city of Tantras on Eleasias 13, 1358. Torm appears to have been truly destroyed, and his followers receive no spells. All attempts to revive of contact the fallen god have utterly failed. Most of Torm's clerics and paladins have since converted to the service of Tyr, though some favor Helm or Lathander.


Moander defeated multiple attempts by mortals to kill him, and the Dread God remains active in the Realms. :twisted:

Tymora and Beshaba –a heresy joining two has grown in power and popularity within Cormyr. There is considerable tension over this in many cities, most notably in Arabel.


Gilgeam of Unther defeated Tiamat once during the Godswar, and once again afterward. The second time, Gilgeam banished the Dragon-Mother to her home plane.
Gilgeam remains the ruler of Unther. Recently, a change has come over the tyrant-demigod, and he seems less interested in oppressing his people and more in expanding his powerbase.


Cyric was a mortal man who claimed to be the Prophet and Successor of Bane. He was slain and his followers harshly repressed by the Zhents and the Church of Bane.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.

-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)
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