tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post9047844133009076226..comments2022-12-30T02:17:28.582-08:00Comments on The Sophisticated Barbarian: Rocking Thule #2: In Search of the Golden Disc; the Tower of Golden ScalesChomyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-15689687036911297932019-09-18T14:19:37.211-07:002019-09-18T14:19:37.211-07:00That's great, Simon! I'm happy you've ...That's great, Simon! I'm happy you've found some use for this little adventure. Also, your edits to the background are quite thorough. I hope you'll be having fun!<br /><br />-G.Cs.Chomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-44662544117813080672019-09-13T08:53:43.440-07:002019-09-13T08:53:43.440-07:00I'm adapting it for a group of ca level 11-13 ...I'm adapting it for a group of ca level 11-13 PCs, which was easily done by typically doubling either the number of monsters, or their hit points. >:) I made the rival party a Black Circle Wizard & 3 agents, with a bunch of Kalay guards based off the MM Scout.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-2748883754355098372019-09-13T08:50:06.343-07:002019-09-13T08:50:06.343-07:00About to run this cool adventure - edited backgrou...About to run this cool adventure - edited background a bit to integrate better with Thule timeline - was slightly tricky since the Black Circle came to prominence quite recently, with the fall of Kal Keor.<br /><br />"The Tower of Golden Scales is an ancient and long-abandoned tower, shaped like a rearing cobra. It was built by the serpentmen of ancient Nessk. Once smaller buildings surrounded it, their scarce remains now indistinguishable from natural rock formations between the trees. They were already long gone by the time the dreaded serpentomancer, Tamalcan the Merciless, claimed the tower for himself around 2050 AR, 144 years after the Sinking of Atlantis.<br /><br />"Tamalcan extorted tithes from surrounding settlements, defeated rebellious armies, and earned the rightful spite of every living soul in a thousand miles. Among the greatest treasures he acquired was the greatest blue diamond, that some call the Eye of Azura. But then in 2076 AR - 138 years ago - he fell in a sick kind of love with a highborn Princess of Quodeth called Shabira Marsesk, who was also an anointed priestess of Set. The Priestess didn’t return his feelings, for she already had a man she loved, the young warrior-general Pentathur. The cruel Tamalcan abducted both of them.<br /><br />Shabira’s angry father, King Yero III - the last monarch of House Marsesk - searched far and wide to find a sorceror who could defeat Tamalcan, and at last succeeded. The great sorcerer Monel Suk, Renegade Wizard of the Black Circle and Master of Homunculi, took the job. He acquired a small hair of Tamalcan, then using sympathetic magic and horrendous necromancy, he sipped the life force out of Tamalcan from the safe distance of his dark chambers.<br /><br />The hated Serpentmancer was dead, but the King’s men never found a trace of Shabira nor Pentathur in the tower, and dared not to ransack the place, as Tamalcan’s beasts were still around… and some of them still are, to this day."<br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-71711349796285448092018-06-25T04:52:24.427-07:002018-06-25T04:52:24.427-07:00Well, as much as I dislike linear (and symmetrical...Well, as much as I dislike linear (and symmetrical or otherwise too predictable) adventure structures and locations, when I create small scenarios and the like, I tend to do it. Of course it could be avoided, at least to a degree. But you can't really do too much variety for 5-room dungeons and their ilk, so I usually do not bother too much. Anything with a more complicated structure would grow bigger, bordering on being an adventure on their own. So I try to make these locations open-ended and interesting in other ways. <br /><br />That said, thank you very much for the compliments! :)<br /><br />Regarding the dude on the Tree of Woe: I admit I've stolen it intentionally and shamelessly. A behavior I've repeated multiple times during this campaign. ;) Chomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-28510321533508481652018-06-23T12:06:46.263-07:002018-06-23T12:06:46.263-07:00Well, it's as linear as a tower can be, but I ...Well, it's as linear as a tower can be, but I love the background, all the stuff players can interact with, and the choice of monsters. Please remind me next time I complain about running out of ideas that I should use more people nailed to something with vultures circling above them. Such a cheap, but effective and evergreen image.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-5618000272917546892018-06-22T03:12:15.395-07:002018-06-22T03:12:15.395-07:00Thanks! Will try to keep up & post some more.Thanks! Will try to keep up & post some more.Chomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-42202588345075692092018-06-17T02:46:03.356-07:002018-06-17T02:46:03.356-07:00Wonderful write-up, thank you for putting in all t...Wonderful write-up, thank you for putting in all this work and posting it!Lt. Tibbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350820068441546356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-55500162611048547832018-06-13T13:08:54.898-07:002018-06-13T13:08:54.898-07:00I'm glad you like it & hope you'll hav...I'm glad you like it & hope you'll have fun with it! :)Chomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-44826628135161551532018-06-12T05:29:59.401-07:002018-06-12T05:29:59.401-07:00this is great - fits in with my current game well
...this is great - fits in with my current game well<br />look fwd to finding more of your treasureKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-45418280858697577402018-06-10T22:16:48.596-07:002018-06-10T22:16:48.596-07:00Well, 80% might be an exaggeration. Some adjustmen...Well, 80% might be an exaggeration. Some adjustments and a bit of an expansion has been made since you've played it, just to make the middle section of the tower a bit more interesting. :)Chomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511246862191949076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332016151856501627.post-70714881205481875122018-06-10T22:00:58.927-07:002018-06-10T22:00:58.927-07:00I have either forgotten 80% of all this, or we hav...I have either forgotten 80% of all this, or we have actually never found/seen 80% of this :) I've got a hunch if we go back we would probably not find the place as it is described above...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383049773970767126noreply@blogger.com