Nightmare Quarter (game)

The Game

The Nightmare Quarter game started February 2022. Here you can find the latest posts in this game.

Current Events

• What's Your Poison - New to Plateau City, the adventurers answer an advertisement posted at the Catacombs by Berem of the Black Cathedral to investigate the recent poisoning and robberies of citizens of the Nightmare Quarter. Following some basic sleuth work, the team uncovers a group of alchemists and thieves who are developing and using a drow poison to incapacitate and rob wealthy citizens. A local alchemy professor at a necromancy school is discovered to be leading the efforts in Plateau City with a group known as Sharas Tel or friends of the drow. Once accused, they try to trap the adventurers but are outmatched and choose to fight to their deaths, leaving unanswered the questions of whether they are actually working with the drow, who is the mysterious ring leader 'The Beholder', and what if any larger schemes are afoot to employ the poison elsewhere in New Elenna?

• Mystery of the Scar - Following a summons from Berem of the Black Cathedral the adventurers are sent on a quest to find a mysterious blue glowing cave some two days towards Isen and retrieve an important scroll protected by a 'guardian'. The scroll was revealed to Clarisse in a vision and she believes it is vital to the recovery of the Scar and that it is in danger of falling into the wrong hands. Following preliminary information gathering from the Mapmaking and Mining Guilds, the party set off towards Isen. After an adventuresome trip down the cliffs of the three plateaus via magical lifts, the party encounters a deranged dwarf who claims previous experience with the cave and its scroll. He begrudgingly provides the name of another dwarf named Emmet who is mining in the area near the cave and gives the party a coin to verify that he sent them. Emmet agrees after some negotiation to lead the adventures to the cave where they must first oust a band of kobolds who have taken up residence. A magical fountain that once fortified and healed those who drank from it was freed from corruption and the cave's final chamber opened to reveal the scroll in a magical case and an angel named 'Evanthe' left behind countless years ago to guard it. Once the guardian is convinced of their good intent the burden of the scroll is passed to the adventures along with a warning of the heartache that accompanies possession of the scroll. The scroll in its case is returned to the Black Cathedral, but only after a fatal encounter with a deranged cleric of Ga'al who also knows of the scroll, desires its power and also warns of heartache. Alas, the scroll when opened by Berem is revealed to be undecipherable and is locked away in the vaults. The adventurers return to the Patch frustrated by this turn of events and yet more unanswered questions including what role Clarisse plays in all of this beyond just her vision, who else knows of the scroll, and what of this heartache?

Characters

These are the characters, past and present, that have been featured in this game.

Current Roster

Character Name	Player	Gender	Race	Class	Travel Companions
Paige Potter	Carla W	F	Half-Elf	Cleric 3
Rhys Saelion	Bob W	M	Elf	Fighter 3
Kwarsk	Wayne W	M	Dwarf	Fighter 1 / Monk 2
Muuru "Fingers" Murgirun	Shawn W	M	Minotaur	Rogue 3
Zarsellet Fahring	Randy G	M	Gnome	Bard 3

Past PCs

Character Name	Player	Gender	Race	Class	Travel Companions
Fenfaren	Iain	M	Beastfolk	Druid 1
Xuce	Chris S	M	Halfling	Monk 2
Myre	Carl M	M	Half-Elf	Sorcerer 2
Nintos Melinous	Clint B	M	Human	Wizard 2	Merletta (Raven Familiar)
Grothic	Jonathan L	M	Half-Orc	Ranger 1 / Barbarian 1

NPCs

• Berem - (Human Male Cleric) A large balding man, Berem is the head of the Bureau of Administrative Affairs for the Black Cathedral. He is charged with maintaining good relationships between the Black Cathedral and the denizens of the Nightmare Quarter and with seeing to the rehabilitation and recovery of the cursed ground of the ‘Scar’.
• Bersei - (Human Male) A member of the town guard, Bersei arrested Musetta and then released her into the custody of the adventurers, warning that he would be checking in on them.
• Clarisse - (Human Female Cleric) A lean blonde woman often cloaked, Clarisse works for Berem of the Bureau of Administrative Affairs and acts as his eyes and ears on the ground. Clarisse is often the first point of contact for the adventurers when they are working for the Black Cathedral.
• Mavros - (Gnome Male Necromancer) A middle-aged gnome with a long gray moustache, Mavros leads the school of necromancy at The Hollow Pit. He claims that necromancy is not always evil and studies ways it can be put to good use.
• Musetta - (Elf Female) A small insolent elven child rescued from the town guard and an eventual prison sentence. Musetta stays at Puccinni's Coffee Shop, an orphanage in the Nightmare Quarter. She and her fellow orphans have a network every bit as extensive as any of the thieve's guilds and have fallen under the protection and favour of the adventurers.
• Walid - (Human Male) an older man with a gentlemanly disposition and manner, Walid runs the orphanage in the Nightmare Quarter. Formerly a low-level thief and pickpocket, he has taught some of these same skills to the orphans out of necessity.

Geography

• The Nightmare Quarter

• The Patch - This two-story warehouse formerly known as 'The Pumpkin Patch' is situated in an alley running northeast from Nightmare Street towards the Scar and previously served as the headquarters and hideout for the Poisoners Guild, a band of alchemists and thieves who poisoned and robbed the citizens of Plateau City. When the adventurers dispatched the Poisoners Guild under the authority of the Black Cathedral, the title to the building was granted to the adventurers. Renamed 'The Patch', the building now serves as their headquarters and a source of assistance to the poor and downtrodden of the Nightmare quarter.

• The Blue Cave - This cave was carved into a hillside near Isen in a long-forgotten time by dwarves and elves. An antechamber glows with blue light caused by sunlight reflecting off the blue crystals that line the walls. The antechamber houses a fountain with a female statue that seems to watch those that enter. Any who drink from the fountain gain sustenance and improved health. Other chambers lie deeper within the cave including a library, sleeping chambers, etc.

• The Hollow Pit - A large multi-story building with a central tower situated in the Nightmare Quarter near the Black Gate. This building houses a school of necromancy unaffiliated with the Star Magess Guild.

• Puccinni's Coffee Shop - Once a pub and then a coffee shop, the expansion of the Scar drove away business and forced the closure of the cafe. The building now serves as an orphanage for the Nightmare Quarter but has kept the name Puccinni's.

Standard Marching Order

Inside:

Kwarsk

Fingers

Rhys

Zarselett

Paige

X

X

X

2x2:

Kwarsk - Fingers

Zarselette - Rhys

X - Paige

X - X

Standard Nightly Watch

20:00 - 22:00 : Paige, X

22:00 - 01:00 : Kwarsk, Fingers

01:00 - 04:00 : Rhys, Zarsellet

04:00 - 07:00 : X, X