So, here’s a front I’m messing around with. Parts are lifted shamelessly from the sample in the book, but I had to start somewhere. It follows after “The Slave Pit of Drazhu”.
The Extinction Exchange
Before his death, Drazhu captured the last five unicorns in existence and brought them to the Killing Field, a high mountain park that has been warped by its proximity to the Shadowland. There, he planned to make a sacrifice of these immortal creatures to the demon Grufaz, in exchange for immortality. Upon Drazhu’s death, his enemies are descending on his work, attempting to stand on his shoulders in their own quests for power and immortality.
Marcus “Redcloack” Bann (Power-mad Wizard)
An agent of the Redcloack contacts the PCs
Bann sends an expedition to the Killing Field
Bann begins experimenting on the Unicorns
Bann makes his own bargain with Grufaz
Impending Doom: Usurpation
Torfaz (Lord of the Undead)
An agent of Torfaz begins stalking the PCs
Torfaz assaults a cabal in order to discover how to kill the Unicorns
Torfaz descends upon the Killing Field with his dread honor guard
Torfaz achieves lichdom and spawns his army
Impending Doom: Tyrrany
The Killing Field (Dark Portal)
The Killing Field is discovered, and makes its touch known
The first unicorn dies
The bargain is complete–Grufaz is unleashed
Impending Doom: Utter Chaos
I really like the feel of all that. 🙂
As a player, I would raise an eyebrow at “Redcloack”. But otherwise seems solid, yeah.
Ha! That was totally supposed to be Redcloak. Man, I did that twice…
Yeah, it’s still a little cliche, maybe, but literally all of the players are new. I can get away with a lot!
Bann made his appearance last night, descending upon the small village of Bridge and making it his base of operations for the near future. Torfaz hasn’t been heard from yet, but the other front I’m preparing, about an army of bandits, did get a little bit of play. For a short (1.5hr) session, we made some headway!