[L5+] Gold, Graveyards, Greed, Gluttony, Gore - A Noble and A Need

Adventure Level: Upper Tier 1, Standard [Ongoing Quest]

Adventure Goal: Work on reclaiming a forsaken Manor, brave dark mysteries, keep what you find and profit

Adventure Type: Dungeon Crawl w/ Horror Elements

XP Reward: Classic XP + Monster XP

Treasure: 2000 GP / Plunder Rights

Location: Bazagon, Gauntlet Sprawl

Faction(s): Taunax Tarryfolk

CORE PILLARS: RP - 30%, EXPLORATION - 30%, COMBAT - 40%

GM: Bria/SkybloodOrchid

Call: Discord

VTT: Roll20 https://app.roll20.net/join/12176026/xZ6M7Q, Theater of the Mind

Synopsis:
A wealthy noble enlists the party to reclaim his ancestral estate, Vellwick Manor, which has vanished behind eerie dark Mists and overrun by restless dead turning the grounds into a grim mass of graves littered with fresh corpses of all manner. Somewhere inside, his wife was last seen as he fled to find help. Captain Taunax calls out for aid, as the Manor itself can be used as forward base foothold amidst the militarized forest goblin tribe given it's key location and defensibility of make if reclaimed. Venture forth from the bustling base camp, to claim fortune and fiefdom!

• Goal: Navigate treacherous grounds, venture through the manor’s corridors, tangled gardens, and shadowed crypts to reclaim the land.
• Horror Elements: Oppressive gloom, vengeful spirits, creeping undead, and a sense that the manor itself resents intruders.
• First Session in a series, all who attend will be given priority for the next session.
• 2014 Rules only

Hooks:

• An existing faction within an ever twisting and expanding area within the Sprawl adds, another wrinkle
• A rich noble benefactor, promise of reward, undead to eliminate
• Prove yourself in a largely yet unexplored area, newly frontiered, "You keep what you kill"
• Promise of treasure, room and board for as long as you stay, or maybe just a change of pace or locale calls to you
• A seemingly well funded, and well meaning enterprising, albeit oddly placed militia camp seeks the aid of those beyond it's means

Pre-Session:

• Friend the GM

• Make or bring in your character

NOTES:  2014 Exclusive Game. Temporary character conversions are permitted to play within the game. Adventurers of ANY level are encouraged to participate. It has been said before, in this particular area, death is more of a...stepping off point, and explicitly a choice.

DISCLAIMERS: Nothing is ever, quite what it appears, who Captain Taunax is why and he's so determined to carve out this particular patch or why is not really known. Expect x2 Deadly Encounters.