I have a session coming up next week and am looking for ideas on potential encounters to really turn up the horror/madness elements...
So a bit of backstory. We’re running an Oota-inspired campaign with a level 6 group of 2 rogues and a fiend warlock (as well as a couple of NPCs for party balance). Instead of campaign material, the main objective for the party in gracklstugh was stealing the dragon egg from the Keepers of the flame in a heist style mission to pay off substantial debt owed (tons of fun by the way) which the party accomplished.
After sometime in neverlight grove, the party found out that since stealing the egg, Embercloud (the dragon in the city going mad from the rise of demon lords) had since grown too powerful to manage by the keepers of the flame, killed the king and declared himself a god. Gracklstugh has since devolved into primitive chaos without any authority, stone guards, daily sacrifices being made to Embercloud, crime running rampant in the streets, etc. the party is returning to overthrow Embercloud (either by means of persuasion/force) in tandem with an underground resistance group of survivors.
I’ve got the key plot points mapped out but am struggling on potential encounters while they’re traveling through the city. I’m looking for encounter ideas (combat and other) that really stress the madness overtaking gracklstugh, how dangerous the city has devolved into, and how horrific everything is. Would love any thoughts or ideas you may have!
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Hi everyone!
I have a session coming up next week and am looking for ideas on potential encounters to really turn up the horror/madness elements...
So a bit of backstory. We’re running an Oota-inspired campaign with a level 6 group of 2 rogues and a fiend warlock (as well as a couple of NPCs for party balance). Instead of campaign material, the main objective for the party in gracklstugh was stealing the dragon egg from the Keepers of the flame in a heist style mission to pay off substantial debt owed (tons of fun by the way) which the party accomplished.
After sometime in neverlight grove, the party found out that since stealing the egg, Embercloud (the dragon in the city going mad from the rise of demon lords) had since grown too powerful to manage by the keepers of the flame, killed the king and declared himself a god. Gracklstugh has since devolved into primitive chaos without any authority, stone guards, daily sacrifices being made to Embercloud, crime running rampant in the streets, etc. the party is returning to overthrow Embercloud (either by means of persuasion/force) in tandem with an underground resistance group of survivors.
I’ve got the key plot points mapped out but am struggling on potential encounters while they’re traveling through the city. I’m looking for encounter ideas (combat and other) that really stress the madness overtaking gracklstugh, how dangerous the city has devolved into, and how horrific everything is. Would love any thoughts or ideas you may have!