The Dissapearance of Kesserhollow

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Adventure
  • This adventure is balanced for four Level 4 players.
  • All characters should be generally willing to assist.
  • Characters are allowed to have pre-existing relationships.
  • Each player may choose to start with either 140gp, or 30gp plus one of the following:
    • a) A +1 Striking Weapon
    • OR b) An Expert Devastating Weapon (Both a) and b) are identical for this adventure, but a) is flavoured as magical and b) is flavoured as high-quality)

Quick Definitions

  • Kesserhollow A mining town
  • Itar The closest city to Kesserhollow (70 miles / 4 days) on the border.
  • The Iron empire A young (200ish years) meritocracy
  • The Kingdom of Mana The country just south of Itar, bordered by the River Tar.
  • The Meian Sea Region A region around the size and climate of Europe.
  • The Lights / The Rites The most prominent religion / the rituals performed by clerics and paladins.

Character Options

Character options are limited to:

  • Pathfinder 2 Core Rulebook
  • Pathfinder 2 Advanced Player’s Guide
  • Pathfinder 2 Secrets of Magic
  • Pathfinder 2 Guns & Gears*

*If you would like to use Guns & Gears content, special restrictions apply

It is recommended that you choose a class from the Core Rulebook for your first game, as these are generally less ‘difficult’/complicated.

In Pathfinder, ‘common’ items, ancestries, heritages and backgrounds are allowed by default, and ‘uncommon’, ‘rare’ and ‘unique’ options require GM approval.

For this adventure, the following common options are restricted: Treat the ‘Goblin’ ancestry as rare instead of common. Treat the ‘Noble’ and ‘Servant’ backgrounds as uncommon. Both of these require you to be from a different country.

Divine Magic

The most common religion in the setting is ‘The Lights of Meia’, which is a pantheon of 50+ gods. For the purpose of creating characters, you may choose any god from the Pathfinder book and Travis can let you know which god is closest. You can also choose any god from the ‘The Lights’ PDF, and Travis will provide pathfinder mechanics. People access divine magic by performing daily ‘Rites’ which are very strict daily rituals. This is encompassed in your hour of daily preperation, but some may occur during the day depending on the god (Travis will let you know).

Things you’ll probably need to know

The adventure will take place primarily in Kesserhollow, though it’s expected that your characters are coming from a settlement within 5 days walk (they can live further, but must have been in the area). If you would like to be a current/previous resident of Kesserhollow, please contact Travis.

The adventure takes place in a country called ‘The Iron Empire’, which is a relatively young meritocracy, rich in resources. Ancestries are distributed approximately as 45% humans, 20% elves, 30% dwarves and 5% other.

Kesserhollow

Kesserhollow is a small mining town in the Iron Hills with a population of 400. It sits in a valley with a small river running through, surrounded by lush temperate forest. There are two roads out of town, one headed South-West towards Itar, and the other North-East through the mountains toward Eversteel.

Traders arriving in Kesserhollow have found it completely abandoned and no news has been received about what happened. The traders all agree that the town doesn’t seem to show signs of any hostile attack, no bodies or damage to buildings. One trader noted that the star atop the Chapel of Lights was missing.

The news has reached the Iron City and they have dispatched a military unit to assist, but they will not arrive for 10-12 days.

The closest major city is Itar, which is 4 days walk South-East.

Things that you might like to know when making a character but are not required

Possible settlements to be from

In addition to these settlements, you may also create your own small settlement in the area. Contact Travis in advance if you’d like to discuss.

Itar

Itar is a large city home to approximately 10,000 people. It acts as a trade hub for many of the surrounding villages due to its ideal location on the River Tar.

Keel Narrock

Keel Narrock is an ancient dwarven city dug into the mountains thousands of years ago. It is one of an unknown number of ‘Keel’ cities, which are said to have been built by the first dwarves to sail. The underground Keel cities are near-sacred to traditional dwarves, and are heavily gaurded, requiring an invitation from a resident to be allowed entry; though this does not stop them from trading with the outside, or being open and friendly to outsiders.

Eversteel

Eversteel is a small town of approximately 1,500 residents. Like many of the towns in the area, it’s known for it’s rich deposit of iron, what makes Eversteel different though, is that is also contains coal deposits, and is a mere 4 days walk from the dwarven city of Keel Narock.

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