Accounting

Wherein the heroes keep track of how much jink is in their pockets.

Sigil has branches of the three major planar banking networks: ABN, HSBC & RBS

Your primary account (where Orondil deposits your fees) is held with RBS and has an attached secure, extradimensional vault for which only you six (and Orondil) have the access code. You each have individual accounts with RBS as well.

Group

• Account: Nil
• Vault: ??

Individual

• Adelai:
• Astran:
• Derenn'ai:
• Kareema:
• Kreldorr:
• 24601:
  

Campaign History

Wherein our heroes can remember briefly what has gone before.

Session 1 (15/09/07) - Rifts of Faith
Having been assembled by their patron and employer, Orondil, the heroes ventured to Riftkeep Towers, deep within the Outlands in search of the artifact staff, Recantor. Battling their way through the tower, they faced all manner of adversaries from a trapped atrium floor to an enthralled vampire prince. An encounter with the temple's High Priest, Derron Moktal, placed them in the middle of a power struggle. Having defeated a giant bodyguard, they found themselves facing the power of a proxy...

Session 1a (30/09/07) - Rifts of Faith
This showdown pitted the mettle of the heroes against a proxy of a fallen god, the undead troops of a halfling necromancer, a multi-level battlefield and the nemesis of one of the party's own. Through a combination of wits and bravery, the heroes won out slaying the proxy, Falazon, and trapping the necromancer on the Gateway Throne. Job well done and undeterred by the threats of an Athar commander, they headed back to Sigil.

Session 2 (03/11/07 World D&D Day) - Speak of the Devil
Having been harried and harrangued by the Athar, our heroes found themselves and their employer arrested and charged with the theft of Recantor. With the aid of an unpredictable lawyer and the judicious use of covert investigation, the threads of a wide-reaching plot were revealed as well as the betrayal by a trusted colleague. Having obtained full acquittals, the party pursued the Athar to the village of Nagalith where the ensuing battle was not quite enough to stop the information being sought from leaking out. But at least Laskell was comatosed and a senior Athar wizard dead-booked, though attention of a devilish kind may now be upon them...

Session 3 (25/11/07) - Peake Performance
With the Athar now in possession of information and Laskell dead, the party attempted to get to Darke Peake before the Verdurant. Moving from Sigil to the Mausoleum of Chronepsis, they encountered a disgruntled servant of Falazure and his pyroclastic dragon, as well as figures from their dreams. On to Vycontin and the poisonous jungles of Cathrys, followed by aiding a wretch at the Apothecary Sin before stepping through the portal to Colothys...

Session 4 (19/01/08) - Peake Performance
Amidst the rocky landscape, our heroes slew the misshapen formorians pursuing a lone half-elf, who helpfully provided directions to the prison they sought. A portal hop later, and now accompanied by the spirit of a rogue modron, they contemplated the assault on Darke Peake - as others had the same thought... a ship of chaos, ranked Mercykiller and gehreleth forces, a demonic rescue party, the Verdurant and the Tayven/Evelyn force (though this last was not actually seen) all made for some rather busy visiting hours! In the end a marilith was freed, the suicidal Solomon spirited away and a strange possessing force banished from the body of the Verdurant commander in a somewhat frenetic three-way battle.

Session 5 (16/02/08) - A Rustic Past
Taking a break from the investigations and politicking, our heroes decided to accept a job from Orondil in search of honest payment. The mission, should they choose to accept it (which they did), was to accompany a group of dwarven miners/crafters to the Mines of Marsellis via the waystation town of Scrapheap. After an evening's hearty carousing and an impromptu drinking contest between Derenn'ai and Kreldorr, they set off across the landscape of Thuldanin. A brief altercation with some chanting kobolds and a rust dragon led to the loss of two dwarves and a favoured weapon. Once in the mines, the genasi discovered that it *was* the site of his previous ill-fated expedition... and ran into another survivor, the twisted form of Unquath Shaelara, his duergar servitors and his patanquin resulting in a battle across the unstable scrap and eventual victory. Further searches revealed the broken hold of a sought-after spelljammer, and the contents that await in the darkness therein...

Cosmology of PCT

Wherein we learn the lie of the lands.

For reference the planar arrangement is:
* 1 The Outlands
* 2 Elysium
* 3 The Beastlands
* 4 Arborea
* 5 Ysgard
* 6 Limbo
* 7 Pandemonium
* 8 The Abyss
* 9 Carceri
* 10 The Gray Waste
* 11 Gehenna
* 12 Baator
* 13 Acheron
* 14 Mechanus
* 15 Arcadia
* 16 Mount Celestia
* 17 Bytopia
* 18 The Transitive Planes
* 19 The Inner Planes

The Outlands

The Outlands is at the centre of the Great Wheel and has the Spire at its centre, with the torus of Sigil floating above it. Around the 'edge' of the Outlands stand the gate-towns, primary access points to the respective Outer Planes. Clockwise from 'top', these are:

* Ecstasy - gate-town to Elysium
* Faunel - gate-town to The Beastlands
* Sylvania - gate-town to Arborea
* Glorium - gate-town to Ysgard
* XaOs or xAos or XAoS - gate-town to Limbo
* Bedlam - gate-town to Pandemonium
* Plague-Mort - gate-town to The Abyss
* Curst - gate-town to Carceri
* Hopeless - gate-town to The Grey Waste
* Torch - gate-town to Gehenna
* Ribcage - gate-town to Baator
* Rigus - gate-town to Acheron
* Automata - gate-town to Mechanus
* Fortitude - gate-town to Arcadia
* Excelsior - gate-town to Mount Celestia
* Tradegate - gate-town to Bytopia

Elysium

Alignment: Neutral Good
The plane of ultimate goodness. Has four layers, though the third one is currently barred from access:
1. Amoria
2. Eronia
3. Belierin
4. Thalasia

The Beastlands

Alignment: Chaotic/Neutral Good
The untamed side of nature. Has three layers:
1. Krigala
2. Brux
3. Karasuthra

Arborea

Alignment: Chaotic Good
Individuality is the key in the planar home of the elves and the Greeks. Has three layers:
1. Arvandor
2. Aquallor/Oceanus
3. Mithardir/Pelion

Ysgard

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral/Good
Honour and battle between the Norse and the giants. Has three layers:
1. Ysgard
2. Muspelheim
3. Nidavellir

Limbo

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Swirling mass of soupy chaos-stuff. No 'layers' but individual sites often have a semblance of stability.

Pandemonium

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral/Evil
Howling winds scour the plains and tunnels of this noisome plane. Has four layers:
1. Pandesmos
2. Cocytus
3. Phlegethon
4. Agathion

The Abyss

Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Home of the demons and their ever-warring masters. Has too many layers to recount here. Here on the other hand...

Carceri

Alignment: Chaotic/Neutral Evil
The Red Prison of the Titans and other undesirables. Has six layers:
1. Othrys
2. Cathrys
3. Minethys
4. Colothys
5. Porphatys
6. Agathys

The Gray Waste

Alignment: Neutral Evil
Realms of death and apathy conversely play host to the Blood War. Has three layers:
1. Oinos
2. Niflheim
3. Pluton

Gehenna

Alignment: Lawful/Neutral Evil
Volcanic plane and home to the mercenary yugoloths. Has four 'layers':
1. Khalas
2. Chamada
3. Mungoth
4. Krangath

Baator

Alignment: Lawful Evil
Double-dealing home of the devils and the Lords of the Nine. Has nine layers:
1. Avernus
2. Dis
3. Minauros
4. Phlegethos
5. Stygia
6. Malbolge
7. Maladomini
8. Cania
9. Nessus

Acheron

Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Evil
Battle rings amongst the cubes, mainly between the goblins and the orcs. Has four layers:
1. Avalas
2. Thuldanin
3. Tintibulus
4. Ocanthus

Mechanus

Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Clockwork plane of ultimate order; home to the modrons and formians. Has only the one unnamed layer.

Arcadia

Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Good
Plane of peace and calmness. Nominally has three layers but the third has 'disappeared':
1. Abellio
2. Buxenus
3. Menausus

Mount Celestia

Alignment: Lawful Good
Home of the celestials as well as the dwarves and halflings. Has seven layers:
1. Lunia
2. Mercuria
3. Venya
4. Solania
5. Mertion
6. Jovar
7. Chronias

Bytopia

Alignment: Lawful/Neutral Good
Industrious and mountainous, home of the gnomes. Has two layers:
1. Dothion
2. Shurrock

The Transitive Planes

Coming soon...

The Inner Planes

The Inner, or Elemental, Planes comprise 18 single-layer planes that some greybeards believe are the building block of the multiverse. This total comprises 4 'Primary' Elements, 2 Energy Planes, 4 Paraelemental Planes and 8 Quasielemental Planes which break down as:

Primary Elements
Air, Water, Earth, Fire

Energy
Positive, Negative

Paraelementals
Magma, Smoke, Ice, Ooze

Positive Quasielementals
Mineral, Radiance, Lightning, Steam

Negative Quasielementals
Ash, Dust, Salt, Vacuum

Creating Characters: Watermark

Watermark is the expansion to the main PCT campaign, looking at the adventures of another of Orondil's sponsored adventuring groups.

The rules for creating Watermark characters are:

Level: 8
Standard Races (as PHB or ECS): Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Halfling, Half-elf, Half-orc, Shifter, Warforged, Changeling
ECL +1 Planetouched: Tiefling, Aasimar, Air/Fire/Earth/Water Genasi, Zenthyri, Cansin (see below)
Point Buy: 33 (standard rules; racial stat modifiers are applied BEFORE buying up)
Money: 27k gp (no one item worth more than 13.5k)
Classes: No psionic; variants by DM approval
Alignment: No evil
Hit Points: Max L1, 75% of HD for all subsequent levels
PrCs: Yes, subject to DM approval
Factions: Yes, but not active or high-ranking; preferably not Athar or Harmonium
Backgrounds: Yes (though happy to help flesh out sketches for those who don't know the setting well)

Planetouched races

All the following races have a +1 ECL and differ slightly from published versions.

Aasimar
Touched by the power of the Upper Planes
• +2 Charisma, +2 Wisdom
• Aasimar gain a +2 racial bonus to Spot and Listen checks
• Low-light vision
• Daylight (Sp): Aasimar can use daylight as a spell-like ability once per day with a caster level equal to his character level
• Aasimar gain resistance 5 to Acid, Cold, and Electricity
• Favoured Class: Paladin

Tiefling
Touched by the power of the Lower Planes
• +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence
• Tieflings gain Darkvision 60
• Tieflings gain a +2 racial bonus to Hide and Bluff
• Blacklight (Sp): Tieflings can cast blacklight as a spell-like ability once per day, with a caster level equal to their character level
• Tieflings have Cold, Electricity, and Fire resistance 5
• Favoured Class: Rogue

Cansin
Touched by the power of the chaotic planes
• +2 Dex, +2 Con
• Acid, Cold and Sonic Resistance 5
• Shatter (Sp): Cansin can use shatter once per day, with a caster level equal to their character level
• +2 Racial bonus on Escape Artist and Tumble checks
• Favoured class: Any

Zenthyri
Touched by the power of the lawful planes
• Strength +2, Wisdom +2, Charisma -2
• Electricity, Fire, and Sonic resistance 5
• True Strike (Sp): Zenythri can cast true strike as a spell-like Ability once per day, with a caster level equal to their character level
• Zenythri gain a +2 bonus to Balance and Survival checks
• Favoured Class: Monk

Air Genasi
Descended from a native of the Elemental Plane of Air
• +2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Wis, -2 Cha
• Electricity Resistance 10
• Gust of Wind (Sp): Air genasi can cast gust of wind once per day with a caster level equal to their character level
• Breathless (Ex): Air genasi do not breathe, making them immune to drowning, suffocation, and attacks that require inhalation
• +1 Racial bonus to saving throws against all spells and effects of the [Air] subtype. This bonus increases by +1 every five class levels
• Favoured Class: Rogue

Earth Genasi
Descended from a native of the Elemental Plane of Earth
• +2 Str, +2 Con, -2 Wis, -2 Cha
• Earth genasi gain +2 Natural Armour
• Acid Resistance 10
• Meld Into Stone (Sp): Earth genasi can cast meld into stone once per day as a spell-like ability with a caster level equal to their character level
• +1 racial bonus to saving throws against spells and effects of the [Earth] subtype. This bonus increases +1 every five class levels
• +2 Racial bonus to Appraise and Craft checks
• Darkvision 60 feet
• Favoured Class: Fighter

Fire Genasi
Descended from a native of the Elemental Plane of Fire
• +2 Int, -2 Cha
• Fire Resistance 10
• Produce Flame (Sp): Fire genasi can cast produce flame once per day with a caster level equal to their character level
• Burn (Ex): After making a touch attack, a fire genasi can use a free action to light the opponent on fire. The opponent must make a reflex save with a DC of 10 + ½ the fire genasi's character level. The flame burns for 1d4 rounds or until extinguished (putting out flames is a full-round action)
• +1 on saving throws against all spells and effects of the [Fire] subtype. This increases by +1 every five class levels
• Low-light vision
• Favoured Class: Wizard

Water Genasi
Descended from a native of the Elemental Plane of Water
• +2 Con, -2 Cha
• Cold Resistance 10
• Low-light vision
• Fog Cloud (Sp): Water genasi can use fog cloud once per day with a caster level equal to their character level
• Drench (Ex): A water genasi's touch puts out natural fire and can dispel magical fire it touches as if using dispel magic with a caster level equal to their character level
• Water Breathing (Ex): Water genasi can breathe underwater
• +1 Racial bonus against spells of the [Water] subtype. This bonus increases by +1 every five class levels
• Favoured Class: Druid

NPCs

Wherein our heroes can reflect on those cutters who have crossed their paths.

Key Players

• d’Orien, Evelyn
• Falazon
• Kûl'Amar, Solomon
• Laskell, Pravad
• Orondil
• Racina of Curst
• Shaelara, Unquath
• Tomay, Bria

Incidental

“Sly” Nye – Male tiefling Xaositect lawyer; successful and renowned but not well-regarded in legal circles. Has a tendency to infuriate lawful-types. Maintains an office in the Dusty Wig tavern.
Angrakara - Female duergar leader accompanying Unquath in the Mines of Marsellis.
Barask - Dwarven outrider in charge of scouting activities for the Mithril Steel based in Scrapheap.
Cosimo - Nondescript Verdurant captain observed through Janae's scrying. Promoted to Commander of the Verdurant following Commander Laskell's death. Lead the Athar taskforce to Darke Peake via Curst. Slain by Derenn'ai revealing the possessing spirit of a harvester devil.
Dargalla - Stunning succubus who breached Darke Peake to free an imprisoned marilith. Stunned by Kareema which inadvertantly released the bound demoness.
Darkscale, Skaro - Male dracotaur. Attempted to bar entrance to the shrine of Falazure and exterminate the party. Slain by Adelai.
Darrst, Tonas - Male cansin serving as Chief Clerk of the Daranel Embassy in Sigil.
Deorak - Male half-celestial dwarven master smith who occasionally provides services to Orondil.
Dyrr, Laygon – Male drow spy, originally from Menzoberranzan (Faerûn). Abandoned on the planes after an ill-fated expedition to the Demonweb Pits. Ex-Athar. Infiltrated the Shattered Temple on Orondil’s behalf.
Ebonbane - Tortured spirit-bound sword being held in a cell at Darke Peake.
Farcrystal, Janae – Human diviner, based at the Guild of Divinatory Practitioners in Guildhall Ward. Discovered enough details of the Athar plot to free Orondil. Killed in a feedback explosion but subsequently returned to life by Astran.
Gornol - Male tiefling, member of the Guild of Portal Mechanics. Accompanied the Verdurant to Darke Peake. Took his blade to Adelai but was subsequently dispossessed. Slain by ??
Haftsilver, Brondwyn - Female dwarven cleric of Haela Brightaxe and member of the Mithril Steel.
Heraklion – Male cleric of Aoskar, member of the Company of Doors. Slain by ??
Hobard – Athar factor based at the Shattered Temple; human wizard.
Horgoth - Venerable male aasimar currently serving as Vizier of Daranel. Reckoned to be at least four centuries old.
Huralgin – Male harvester devil (falxugon) apparently loyal to Archduchess Fierna. Has acted as her emissary in Sigil. Athar informant who revealed location of Solomon Kûl'Amar. Impressed by the PCs abilities.
Jadespan, Berril - Male half-emerald dragon cleric of Chronepsis based at The Eyrie in Sigil. Guided the party through the Mausoleum.
Jarro - Male tiefling dirgesinger, companion of Dargalla in freeing a marilith from Darke Peake. Slain by Derenn'ai.
Jorrst, Thandar - Male cansin; current Emissary of Daranel in Sigil and head of the branch of the Daranel Diplomatic Service based there.
Lothar – Young Verdurant guard who accompanied the mission to Darke Peake. Sole Verdurant survivor. Last seen in Orondil's care for debriefing.
Lugovir - Male half-elf from Radovan's Keep in Ysgard. Free League mercenary captured on Minethys by formorians. Escaped and was rescued from pursuit on Colothys. Provided directions for a portal to Darke Peake.
Miz'zaranaraa – Marilith connected to the forces of Malcanthet who was freed during the raid on Darke Peake. Took a shine to Kreldorr.
Moktal, Derron – High Priest of Aoskar at Riftkeep Towers. Formerly involved in a power struggle with Racina.
Olarr - Villager from Silent Rock who sought a cure for his village's plight at the Apothecary of Sin. Assisted in his quest by benevolent members of the party.
Orona – Female half-orc barbarian, member of the Company of Doors. Slain by ??
Pharopyronyx – Servitor of the draconic deity Falazure; bound to the greataxe orginially wielded by Skaro Darkscale.
Rexxon – Human Athar wizard based at the safe-house in Nagalith. Brutally slain by Kreldorr.
Sarala – Female enchantress, assistant to Rexxon. Surrendered and granted her freedom; established with a new life by Orondil at request of the PCs.
Selviro – Male elven vampire, prince of a wood eleven tribe from Arborea who went missing on a Lower Planes expedition about 20 years ago. Under the thrall of Racina until Adelai managed to repress her control.
Shaledelver, Tarlak - Chief engineer and foreman of the Mithril Steel expedition to the Mines of Marsellis who employed protection from Orondil.
Silvertooth - Male half-fiend human, a deputy commander of the Verdurant. Noted for an overlong, silver incisor. Accompanied Laskell to Nagalith, where he was banished by Kareema to the Beastlands, and Cosimo to Darke Peake, where he died by the flashing blade of Kreldorr.
Sinmaker, The - Male yugoloth and expert herbalist. Runs the poison emporium at the Apothecary of Sin on Cathrys.
Sorandra - Priestess of Malcanthet at the Temple of the Abyss in Sigil.
Spraysil, Rowanna - Female human clerk at the Daranel Central Archive.
Starsoarer, Zorayna - Female elf serving as the Master of Magic at the Silverlute Bardic College. Somewhat dismissive of non-arcane magic. Widely expected to be the next Grandmaster of the the college
Swan's Song, Aryl – Mercykiller factor and 2-i-c of the faction. Paragon of paladinhood who leads the Sons of Mercy sub-faction.
Tayven – Female aasimar, former assistant of Orondil. Apparently betrayed her employer to cast her lot in with Evelyn for unknown reasons.
Trident – Male (elven) water genasi member of the Company of Doors. Slain by ??
Valorin, Irenee - Female guide hired in Vycontin. Took a shine to Adelai.
Wayfarer, Corsil - Male human in his mid-forties; cleric of Siamorphe and court genealogist of Daranel.
Xxoxxynxx - Unknown prisoner of Darke Peake, housed in a flooded cell.

PCs

Wherein our heroes are listed

Current roster

• 24601 - warforged scout/technician
• Adelai Skain - cansin diplomonster
• Astran - aasimar combat medic
• Derenn'ai - lightning genasi scout
• Kareema sal-Enawi - human loremistress
• Kreldorr - bladeling warrior

Retired

• Damion Fardene - half-drow scout
• Eleren d'Velenn - human tactician/saboteur

Book of Condolence

• None

Planewalker's Guide to the Multiverse

Wherein might be found the secrets to life, the multiverse and everything. Maybe.

"The multiverse is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is." -- Tarsheeva Longreach, planewalker

The Planewalker's Guide to the Multiverse (PGttM) is your comprehensive guide to the planes and the world of Planes, Chains & Thaumaturgy. The information in here may differ from canon; where it does so, this material takes precedence.

A

• ABN
• Aoskar
• Athar

B

• Believers of the Source
• Bleak Cabal
• Brightsinger's Hall

C

• Company of Doors
• Chronepsis

D

• Daranel
• Daranel Diplomatic Service
• Darke Peake
• Deathrisk
• Deities
• Diplomonster
• Doomguard
• Dustmen

E

• Eyrie, The

F

• Factions & Sects
• Falazure
• Fated
• Fraternity of Order
• Free League

H

• Harmonium
• HSBC

I

• Item body slots

M

• Malcanthet
• Mercykillers

N

• Nagalith

O

• Order of the Planes-Militant
• Orestes

P

• Prismwine

R

• RBS
• Revolutionary League
• Riftkeep Towers

S

• Sign of One
• Silent Rock
• Silverlute Bardic College
• Society of Sensation
• Sons of Mercy

T

• Talona
• Temples
• Transcendant Order

V

• Verdurant, The
• Vycontin

X

• Xaositects

Recent Loot

Wherein our heroes note what was picked up on their last excursion

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