FXR's New Heroes of Blackmoor

[Havard]

Thanks for posting these FXR! I love reading about other Blackmoor Campaigns.

Some comments and questions:

In my Blackmoor, the Cabal, while dedicated to its mission, is not as evil or ruthless as it portrayed in the d20 books.

Inquisitors dress as they wish and carry patent letters attesting their quality. While the Cabal really believes that rogue sorcerers are a danger – which they are – Cabalists prefer sorcerers to abandon wild magic and convert, only killing their opponents when necessary.

Most inquisitors are careful not to abuse their powers and act honorably, being careful of attempt to manipulate them by petty nobles or rival magic-users.

Sounds interesting. I am not sure that I'd call the d20 version of the Cabal evil, but certainly ruthless. I like that you have a different way of using them in your campaign though!

Now, our corrupt inquisitor is a thrall of the Egg of Coot, which is, as I written earlier, the now-insane Skelfer who wants to extinguish magic from Blackmoor, believing it to be the source of all evil.

This is a really cool twist. A good way of using the background material introduced in the d20 line.

I took a page out of your excellent Vale campaign (I'd like to see your DM notes one day) and decided the inquisitor would be fascinated with knowledge and power to defeat sorcerers. The Egg of Coot offered him both and the opportunity to run grisly experiments on gnomes and dwarves in a secret keep in the Stormkiller Mountains.

Of course, other thralls help him, including a minor thonian noble, a band of orcs led by a balebourn orc and a few gnomes of ill-repute.

Thanks man! I have just started up the 3rd chapter of the campaign so I'm afraid sharing notes will have to wait a little yet. Sounds like we have similar ideas going on here though. Quite interesting!

As for the wizard, he’s clearly from Blackmoor. In fact, all PCs come from Blackmoor or lands adjacent to it (Duchy of Ten, Duchy of the Peaks, Plains of Hak, etc.). It is indeed quite possible he will run people who knew him, both opponents and allies, in fact, this is expected, as it will let him learn about his past and regain some of his memories.

However, he won’t recognize any of them and some may not recognize him as he now appears thirty years younger.

This is a clever plot device! I wonder how this is going to develop. I could see some opportunities to tease some of the players with moments of "familiarity" here.

-Havard