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The "V2" Campaign

People

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Player Characters

Player Name Race Primary Class
Dave Freyrik Ulthkell Human(Feytouched) Warlock
THF Líkami Mund Human Monk/Tattooed Monk
Ken Ash Aasimar Paladin
VW Heilli Mund Human Soulknife/Psion
Kurt Ketamine Crag Gnome Witch
Chris Yosi Wood Elf Barbarian
Val Allie Human(Lesser Aasimar) Favored Soul/Ranger

Non-Player Characters

For a list of NPCs related to this campaign, please see "The List of V2 NPCs".

Places

The campaign takes place in Southern Rota, with the small town of StillSquall as its home base.

Far to the north are the main population centers of the kingdom of Rota (including the city of the same name). While the southern valley is technically a part of the same kingdom, it is remote enough and small enough to have a kind of autonomy. This is mostly because the crown is struggling with rebellious barons and a huge influx of refugees from the wars on the main continent and can't afford to spend resources imposing its will on the smaller, poorer baronies of the south.

The culture has an advanced Norse flavor (essentially the same as northern Rota). The people have the appearance of Vikings, but with less violence and no raiding. While people are often allied along clan lines and observe a form of vendetta law, their society and legal systems have evolved to have a much more lawful bent.

To the south and east are wilderness and lands populated by civilized demihuman races (Halflings and Gnomes to the east, Lizardfolk, Goblin, and other unsavories to the south). To the north and west is the ocean – which means fishing, whaling, and trade with the north are big parts of life here.

Things

For a discussion about the goals and guidelines of this campaign, please see the V2 Goals page.

Also, please see the House Rules page.

Quick History

V2 started in January, 1111 and quickly became involved in the mystery of “The House of Circlet”, a shadowy organization that seemed to be pulling the puppet strings on several powerful families in the region. Baron Johann Wildhurst was secretly opposing them.

In March of their first year, while on a mission to deliver a secret message to Baron Wildhurst's cousin (Baron Skaalheim), they stumbled into the “Barrow of the Forgotten King” – where they learned of some kind of evil plot by a race of snake-men (known as “Yuan-Ti”).

A few months later, in September, they followed the Yuan-Ti into the Underdark - - where they found the city of “Pedestal” and “The Sinister Spire”. The Spire lead them to Castle Serastis (also known as “The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti”) – where they stopped the “Vanguard of Sertrous” from awakening the snake demon lord “Sertrous”. They also learned that they had a mysterious benefactor (later to be discovered as the gold dragon, Manorgrax).

On the way out of Castle Serastis, they met a small army of Kevin Arcana's “Arcane Defenders” – who had been dispatched to clear out Serastis (on the advice of Manorgrax).

That Creation Day (October 29th), they were feted in the town of Kingsholm as the heroes who had rid the “Barrow” of its evil. The citizens were, of course, never made aware of the full story.

Shortly after the fall of Serastis, the House of Circlet disbanded and all its operatives retreated to the relative safety of Mosamor marsh. The Yuan-Ti threat, it would seem, was over.

Nearly a year later, they were contacted by Manorgrax and instructed to go to the city of Southbay – where they solved a murder mystery and recovered a strange semi-artifact known as the “Id Portrait”.

That Creation Day (October 29th), while being feted (again) in the town of Kingsholm they discovered that a group of Yuan-Ti had arrived in the area (with some Trolls and Ogres for protection) to do some kind of psionic/arcane research on a naturally-occurring anti-magic field. Perhaps the Yuan-Ti's diabolical plans were not as dead as they'd hoped!

Worse still, on the night before the ceremony, they fell into a carefully planned trap by a Mind Flayer who had escaped the carnage at Serastis. Allie and Heilli were killed – though this allowed them to finally meet Manorgrax in person (who used his epic arcane powers to heal them all).

The next day, during the ceremony itself, the Black Dragon Mosargrax flew in and attacked – forcing Manorgrax to reveal himself to more than just them.

As far as they can tell, Manorgrax defeated Mosargrax – chasing her out of town after only a modest amount of collateral damage. Why she attacked and what the dragons have been doing in the meantime are still unknown.

A few months later, Ketamine convinced them all to help her investigate a problem she heard about in the faraway city of Exag. There, they found that an evil plant-like abomination known as “Sehan” had begun infecting the populace. They destroyed the source of Sehan in Exag, traced it back to a nearby necropolis, and finally to a Yak-folk abode known as “Shambhala-na”.

A couple months after taking care of the Sehan threat, Manorgrax visited the party but was killed by the Dragonslayer. Shortly thereafter, Kevin Arcana arrived and with his help, the party traveled to Mosamor Marsh to confront the Yuan-Ti and their plans to awaken Sertrous.

In the end, it was learned that Kevin Arcana housed the demon lord Gkîlarzzá, (known as the “King of Pain”) and it was he who defeated Sertrous. The Yuan-Ti plot was foiled – but the price was the continued existance of Kevin's “House of Pain” in Rota.

Session History

XP Summary
# Session Notes Run Date Freyrik Ash Líkami Heilli Ketamine Yosi Allie
01"The Grackle" 19 Jan 2007 215 215 215 215 215 215 215
02"Within the Circle" (part 1)" 02 Feb 2007 275 275 275 275 275 275 275
03"Within the Circle" (part 2)" 16 Feb 2007 315 315 315 315 315 315 315
04"Salvage Operation" 02 Mar 2007 3452 3452 3452 3452 3452 3452 3452
05"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 1)" 16 Mar 2007 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
06"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 2)" 13 Apr 2007 730 730 730 730 730 730 730
07a"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 3)" 11 May 2007 1,1603 DNP DNP 1,1603 1,1603 1,1603 1,1603
07bAsh and Líkami's babysitting duties 18 May 2007 600 600
08"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 4)" 25 May 2007 500 DNP 1,1003 1,100 500 500 500
09"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 5)" 08 Jun 2007 1,005 1,0053 405 405 1,005 1,005 1,005
10"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 6)" 22 Jun 2007 1,6254 1,625 DNP 1,6254 1,6254 1,6254 1,6254
11"Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 7)" 06 Jul 2007 1,065 DNP 100 1,065 1,065 -435 1,065
11b(email interlude) Jul 2007 -475
12"Unfamiliar Ground" 20 Jul 2007 1,070 1,1354 1,135 1,070 1,070 1,070 1,070
13"Gluttony" / "Bad Light" 03 Aug 2007 1,6005 1,600 1,7354 1,6005 1,580 1,600 1,6005
14"Forest of Blood" 17 Aug 2007 1,760 DNP 1,940 1,760 DNP 1,9405 1,760
15"The Sinister Spire" (part 1)" 31 Aug 2007 1,305 1,515 1,5155 1,305 1,3355 1,305 1,305
16"The Sinister Spire" (part 2)" 14 Sep 2007 1,320 1,4905 1,320 1,320 1,295 1,320 1,320
17"The Sinister Spire" (part 3)" 28 Sep 2007 1,8506 DNP DNP 1,8506 1,850 1,8506 1,8506
18"The Sinister Spire" (part 4)" 12 Oct 2007 2,000 2,420 2,420 1,980 2,4206 2,000 DNP
19"The Sinister Spire" (part 5)" 26 Oct 2007 2,060 2,4206 2,4006 2,040 2,060 2,060 2,060
20"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 1)" 09 Nov 2007 DNP 2,400 2,400 2,3807 2,4007 2,4007 2,400
"Entombed with the Pharaohs" (non-canonical)" 23 Nov 2007 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
21"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 2)" 07 Dec 2007 1,1107 1,110 1,110 910 910 910 1,1107
22"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 3)" 21 Dec 2007 1,630 2,0507 DNP 1,630 1,630 1,630 1,630
23"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 4)" 04 Jan 2008 2,300 2,300 2,7907 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300
24"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 5)" 18 Jan 2008 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,5008 1,500 1,500 450
25"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 6)" 01 Feb 2008 1,8508 1,850 1,850 1,430 1,8508 1,8508 1,8508
26"The Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 7)" 15 Feb 2008 2,690 3,2008 3,2008 2,690 2,690 2,690 2,690
27"Sundered Faith" 28 Mar 2008 2,830 DNP 2,830 2,8309 2,830 DNP DNP
28"Goblins! Part 1" (non-canonical)" 23 May 2008 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a DNP
29"Goblins! Part 2" (non-canonical)" 06 Jun 2008 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a DNP
30"Goblins! Part 3" (non-canonical)" 20 Jun 2008 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a DNP
31a(email interlude) Jul 2007
31b"Gallery of Evil" (part 1)" 18 Jul 2008 DNP 1,440 DNP 1,080 1,4409 1,440 1,440
32"Gallery of Evil" (part 2)" 01 Aug 2008 2,2709 DNP 2,270 1,730 2,270 2,2709 2,270
33"Gallery of Evil" (part 3)" 15 Aug 2008 960 2,960 2,9609 2,440 DNP -1,5608 2,9609
34"Fields of Ruin" 29 Aug 2008 DNP 2,7209 2,210 2,210 2,210 DNP 2,210
35"Gallery of Evil" (part 4)" 12 Sep 2008 2,780 DNP 2,780 2,78010 2,780 3,5709 2,780
36"Requiem of the Shadow Serpent" (part 1)" 26 Sep 2008 1,560 1,560 DNP 1,210 1,56010 1,560 1,560
37"Requiem of the Shadow Serpent" (part 2)" 10 Oct 2008 1,410 1,410 1,410 1,090 1,090 1,410 1,41010
38"Requiem of the Shadow Serpent" (part 3)" 24 Oct 2008 2,44010 2,440 2,44010 1,890 1,890 2,440 1,890
39Creation Day 1112 07 Nov 2008 2,780 3,57010 DNP -1,720 2,780 3,57010 -2,9209
40"Vile Addiction" (part 1)" 05 Dec 2008 430 430 430 430 10 430 51010
41"Vile Addiction" (part 2)" 02 Jan 2009 2,040 2,040 2,040 2,040 2,040 2,040 2,040
42"Vile Addiction" (part 3)" 09 Jan 2009 1,970 1,970 1,970 1,970 500 1,970 1,970
43"Spawn of Sehan" (part 1)" 23 Jan 2009 2,77011 2,770 2,770 2,77011 2,77011 2,770 DNP
44"Spawn of Sehan" (part 2)" 06 Feb 2009 1,480 1,89011 1,89011 1,450 1,480 1,53011 50
45"Spawn of Sehan" (part 3)" 27 Feb 2009 1,400 DNP 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 DNP
46"Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones" (part 1)" 06 Mar 2009 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,400
47"Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones" (part 2)" 20 Mar 2009 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 DNP
48"Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones" (part 3)" 17 Apr 2009 DNP 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,900
49"Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones" (part 4)" 01 May 2009 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,50012 3,50012 3,500 4,50011
50"The Dragon's Breath" 15 May 2009 3,40012 3,40012 3,40012 2,600 DNP 2,60012 3,400
51"The King of Pain" 29 May 2009 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400 5,90012
XP Total: 72,200
Freyrik12
70,500
Ash12
72,000
Líkami12
73,000
Heilli12
70,500
Ketamine12
71,400
Yosi12
66,200
Allie12
XP until Next Level: 5,800 7,500 6,000 5,000 7,500 6,600 11,800

Coda

That's it. No more “V2” is planned. Next up: V3!