DEEP MINER
A sickly green glow lights the corridor as an emaciated specter of a dwarven miner emerges from the wall. The wreckage of a dwarven soul mutters to himself, his eyes unfocused until he sees the gold ring on your finger. “Gold!” it cries, a spectral pick appearing in its hand as it charges towards you.
Deep Miner CR 5 (1,600 XP)
NE medium undead (incorporeal)
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First crafted by the bard Rufus Friend of the Commons for a delegation of simple villagers to the court of the King; a keen-eyed dwarven venturer sniffed out the magic behind the commoners’ excellent manners and commissioned one for himself and his companions, who often had trouble dealing with nobility.
Etiquette is Key
Since then, the use of the these items have quickly spread throughout the venturing community. They often change hands at the last moment before court for inflated prices for it is better to loose some coins than your head from accidentally insulting the prince royal.
Venturer’s Friend at Court
These innocuous pieces of jewellery, often earrings, headband or a necklace, are almost always made of silver and if set with gems, they are always just semiprecious stones (such as amethyst or jet) in subtle and tasteful amounts. They are by their nature understated and well made.
Justice City is a setting for a superheroic world with recent emergent superheroes. It provides a useful, if general, backdrop for a campaign or just for a place to visit.
Justice City Superpowered: A Superhero Setting Book and Campaign Installment is a 32-page PDF (27-pages if you remove the cover, OGL pages and ad) for the Mutants & Masterminds (3rd Edition) RPG written by Ethan Parker and published by Gamer’s Haven Publishing. This is part of the Gamer’s Haven Superpowered Superhero Roleplaying line.
Doctor Shock, once a brilliant medical doctor, now an even more brilliant supervillain. A steel age sort of character, willing to kill for his goals, which is to study how superpower work and as such he has a reputation as a cape killer. Perhaps not a character that will fit in all campaigns, but an interesting one.
Threat Report: Doctor Shock is a 4-page PDF (2-pages if you remove the cover letter and OGL page) for the Mutants & Masterminds (3rd Edition) RPG written by Aaron Sullivan and published by Green Ronin Publishing. This is issue 3 of Green Ronin’s Threat Report line for M&M (3rd).
Having achieved another part of their goal, the Orb of Air, our heroes are dispatched on a different task, the seeking of allies but hopefully negotiating a peaceful compromise over the control of a gold mine between the Diamond Clan Dwarves and one of the Sun Temple Sects. Both of whom the Pattern would like to have as possible allies.
Gold Ore
Thus our heroes are dispatched on a mission of diplomacy, which they may be particularly ill-suited towards, and soon find themselves on a winding road through the mountains. Defender, as usual, takes the lead and after turning a corner, narrowly avoids being impaled by a ballista bolt. Defender charges the dwarven post, taking a hit from a crossbow bolt, while Bradley shouts for peace. After a few tense moments, the situation stabilizes.
The dwarves take a letter of introduction from Bradley and escorts the group to the dwarven camp where they meet Emissary Sagaroth White and Warleader Arcantus Rockbiter. The dwarves explain that there have been attacks by bandits which is why the guard post was so jumpy. They then lay out the dwarven claim to the mine: it was established by the Diamond dwarves but abandoned and sealed during a time of contraction and then the location was lost. Bradley and the others agree to present the dwarven case to the Sun Temple in the homes of finding common ground between the two groups.
So, we were playing Pathfinder last night and we got to the final battle, our four 5th level characters (barbarian, cleric, sorcerer and alchemist) against the Frost Rider -the big bad-, his ghoulish thug and four mephit minions. The sorcerer is my character, more charming than combative but not useless in a fight.
Better off dead?
Things started out rough as we were pummeled by an ice storm and then had to climb out from the snow and ice to close with our enemies. The barbarian went down paralyzed by the ghoul, the alchemist was entangled by the frost riders horned helm and was being brutally stabbed whenever he used a fire bomb. Both of them were only not brutally killed because the GM choose not to inflict the damage the villains should have. The cleric and the sorcerer mopped up the mephits while the alchemist was allowed to burn the Frost Rider to death. Not sure what happened to the ghoul. Somehow, were were victorious, but for the life of me, I am not sure how in game we could have survived.
Cerebrus Rex, saurian mastermind from an alternate dimension ruled by the descendants of dinosaurs, seeks to conquer our world as a new home for his people. If a dinosaurian mastermind with robotic minions seeking to oppress a world of “ape primitives” has a place in your campaign, look no further.
Threat Report: Cerebrus Rex is a 5-page PDF (3-pages if you remove the cover letter and OGL page) for the Mutants & Masterminds (3rd Edition) RPG written by Stephen Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing. This is issue 15 of Green Ronin’s Threat Report line for M&M (3rd).
Lorad Montcrief, once Lord of the Gray Rock, now Governor-General of the entire province as a reward for his treachery. A hated man by many and all wonder how he managed to avoid the curses and bans that should strike down those that betray 
the loyalty of the true king.
Those who meet him say he has a haunted look and startles at the slightest noise but still he rules with an iron fist, perhaps his wariness is justified or perhaps it is a guilty conscience tormenting him.
Traitor’s Ring
These rings are made from gilded iron that has been quenched in the blood of an innocent person put to death for crimes not their own. While covered in gold, these rings are always dull and never shine no matter how much they are polished.
The Snowfall of Irasosia
The river Iir winds through the lands of Irasosia until it reaches the Heights of Winter as it tumbles over the lip, it freezes into snowflake, floating down the hundred or so feet as beautiful clouds of snow. It piles at the bottom is massive drifts.
Snowfall
As if this snowfall was not usual enough, the snow formed of Iir water does not melt until it comes into contact with fire or liquid. This allows the snow to be stored and transported. The Irasosia Snow Company packages snow in casks and barrels which are in turned shipped all across the Sea of Stars. Naturally, casks of Iir Snow are considered to be a luxury item in many places.
A few years ago, when the water falling over the Heights of Winter failed to turn to snow for almost half an hour. The workers were thrown into a brief panic, and several injuries were caused, and production (filling) of snow casks and barrels fell behind a full two weeks.
Notes: This is part of this month’s RPG Blog Carnival: Fantastic Locations hosted by Keith Davies.
The brief interruption in the snowfall was inadvertently caused by a group of adventurers, but this is not widely known.
Photo by William Klos and used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
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