0.5 - Thinly Veiled
Year 256
Paritet establishes the Laborers, and sends Lucidus to establish Ildsletten as the agricultural center. There are already many family owned farms there, but they are not all willing to bend to the rules Paritet has in mind for the Laborers to being their guild with. The families protest. Then, the family near present-day Komar farms is killed. Serial Killer MO: Dark, hand shaped scars raking down from the scalp; blood from eyes and ears, pits of darkness for eyes, like the light was drained from them. The same happens for the other farms and ranches in the area. Paritet is quick to act, sending Shiela Lash and her diverse, hand-selected team to assist Lucidus in finding the killer and bringing them to justice. They are thus far unsuccessful, with only Rueluk Ranch left. Lucidus suspects something is amiss and is distrustful of the Paritet and Enforcer agents; and also stressed at this introduction to his tenure as guild leader.
Shiela Lash is working under the influence of a demon from the Amalgamation. Also, Paritet wants the farmers reigned in, and Lucidus wasn't willing to use force, so they sent her. If she helps it kill more and allow it a solid foothold on this plane, then she gets power; power over her demeaning superiors who can't see the genius of her research on the rifts. She thinks the team she has picked is paid and bought, but of course, the players are now in control. Once uncovered, she will work with the demon to fight the players.
Lucidus "Viridi", still new to being the leader of The Laborers. He doesn't like his position, he took it only because he thought he could do it right. He doesn't trust Paritet.
Players start at the Rueluk Ranch farmhouse.
Players will be investigating the crime scene of the serial murder. They are certain the killer is somewhere on the grounds; a antipathy field (or something similar) was triggered as the murder happened.
Lucidus and the leader of the investigation will be there as well. She is a Paritet Magister (and the culprit). Ryan and David are Altruists, while Brandi and Devon are Guards. About equal in rank, though it's clear they are the investigators working together to solve this. They all have a special makeshift badge for this.
What happened in the house previously? The stakeout was unsuccessful. This farmhouse was likely the next target after the others, so this team was sent in to prevent an attack. An antipathy field was set up, and they waited, patrolling for the culprit.
Screams from inside. The mother.
The father heard a noise from downstairs. Went to investigate. This woke the mother. She paced nervously in the room, fondling her pendant. Sounds of muffled fighting as the husband encounters the demon near the broken barrel (shattered in the demon's attack). He is slain.
Mother runs out into the hallway to rush to her husband. Runs into the demon near the basement steps. She is struck down.
By this points the children are awake. The girls try to hide under their bed.
The boy tried to be brave and takes his toy wooden sword with him to encounter the demon in the hallway.
What will cause sanity checks/saves? Close investigation of the wounds. Going within 5 feet of the portal.
Where's the rift? In the basement, marked with a symbol.
Where's the demon? In the basement, waiting for the rift to reform.
What clues/tools to help them later can they find? The mother's pendant. Silver jewelry from the girls' room.
Mother's Pendant- Swirling patterns of black and white spiraling in on each other. Energy domain. Radiant. Wearing imposes disadvantage on demons and others weak to radiant damage.
Holy Water- Can be made from the well and using the silver jewelry of the little girls.
Heat stones- found in the hearth and the stone casings in the barn. total of 5.
Marbles (ball bearings)- found in the boy's room.
What dialogue can be dropped to hint that something's amiss with Shiela Lash?
What dialogue can be dropped to shift suspicion onto Lucidus, or even to each other?
Enter fight phase either when they really hound Sheila, or when the find the demon or portal.
Combat ends when the portal is closed or both foes are defeated. Portal will still need to be closed though.
How to close it? A ritual spell, using whatever elements counteracts the one out of balance. What's out of balance right now? Ice, so have it be abnormally cold in the basement. They will need the heat stones from the hearth and barn to help close it.
When demon lands hit, sanity save DC 11 or roll for effect on madness table. Feel free to alter it in some way based on the Amalgamation and other world visions.
Paritet establishes the Laborers, and sends Lucidus to establish Ildsletten as the agricultural center. There are already many family owned farms there, but they are not all willing to bend to the rules Paritet has in mind for the Laborers to being their guild with. The families protest. Then, the family near present-day Komar farms is killed. Serial Killer MO: Dark, hand shaped scars raking down from the scalp; blood from eyes and ears, pits of darkness for eyes, like the light was drained from them. The same happens for the other farms and ranches in the area. Paritet is quick to act, sending Shiela Lash and her diverse, hand-selected team to assist Lucidus in finding the killer and bringing them to justice. They are thus far unsuccessful, with only Rueluk Ranch left. Lucidus suspects something is amiss and is distrustful of the Paritet and Enforcer agents; and also stressed at this introduction to his tenure as guild leader.
Shiela Lash is working under the influence of a demon from the Amalgamation. Also, Paritet wants the farmers reigned in, and Lucidus wasn't willing to use force, so they sent her. If she helps it kill more and allow it a solid foothold on this plane, then she gets power; power over her demeaning superiors who can't see the genius of her research on the rifts. She thinks the team she has picked is paid and bought, but of course, the players are now in control. Once uncovered, she will work with the demon to fight the players.
Lucidus "Viridi", still new to being the leader of The Laborers. He doesn't like his position, he took it only because he thought he could do it right. He doesn't trust Paritet.
Players start at the Rueluk Ranch farmhouse.
Players will be investigating the crime scene of the serial murder. They are certain the killer is somewhere on the grounds; a antipathy field (or something similar) was triggered as the murder happened.
Lucidus and the leader of the investigation will be there as well. She is a Paritet Magister (and the culprit). Ryan and David are Altruists, while Brandi and Devon are Guards. About equal in rank, though it's clear they are the investigators working together to solve this. They all have a special makeshift badge for this.
Investigation phase
What happened in the house previously? The stakeout was unsuccessful. This farmhouse was likely the next target after the others, so this team was sent in to prevent an attack. An antipathy field was set up, and they waited, patrolling for the culprit.
Screams from inside. The mother.
The father heard a noise from downstairs. Went to investigate. This woke the mother. She paced nervously in the room, fondling her pendant. Sounds of muffled fighting as the husband encounters the demon near the broken barrel (shattered in the demon's attack). He is slain.
Mother runs out into the hallway to rush to her husband. Runs into the demon near the basement steps. She is struck down.
By this points the children are awake. The girls try to hide under their bed.
The boy tried to be brave and takes his toy wooden sword with him to encounter the demon in the hallway.
What will cause sanity checks/saves? Close investigation of the wounds. Going within 5 feet of the portal.
Where's the rift? In the basement, marked with a symbol.
Where's the demon? In the basement, waiting for the rift to reform.
What clues/tools to help them later can they find? The mother's pendant. Silver jewelry from the girls' room.
Mother's Pendant- Swirling patterns of black and white spiraling in on each other. Energy domain. Radiant. Wearing imposes disadvantage on demons and others weak to radiant damage.
Holy Water- Can be made from the well and using the silver jewelry of the little girls.
Heat stones- found in the hearth and the stone casings in the barn. total of 5.
Marbles (ball bearings)- found in the boy's room.
What dialogue can be dropped to hint that something's amiss with Shiela Lash?
What dialogue can be dropped to shift suspicion onto Lucidus, or even to each other?
Fight phase
Enter fight phase either when they really hound Sheila, or when the find the demon or portal.
Combat ends when the portal is closed or both foes are defeated. Portal will still need to be closed though.
How to close it? A ritual spell, using whatever elements counteracts the one out of balance. What's out of balance right now? Ice, so have it be abnormally cold in the basement. They will need the heat stones from the hearth and barn to help close it.
When demon lands hit, sanity save DC 11 or roll for effect on madness table. Feel free to alter it in some way based on the Amalgamation and other world visions.
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