d20 Dark Quest City Guide Encounters Hardy House.pdf

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Knowledge and Interactions: Nathan will

happily spend the afternoon chatting over tea,

as his business is not one of speed, but rather

thoughtfulness. He knows quite a bit about

religion and planar matters, and can advise the

adventurers on any questions they might have.

e following module can be inserted into

any campaign setting and is designed to aid in the

creation and maintenance of a living, breathing

world that evolves interdependent with the actions

of the player characters.

Nathan Hardy CR 6:

Human Ex-Cleric 12

LG Medium Humanoid

Init -1 Senses Listen +4, Spot +4

Languages Common

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AC 9, touch 9, ﬂ at-footed 9

hp 69 (12 HD)

Fort +9, Ref -3, Will +12,

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Speed 30 ft. (6 squares)

Melee Fist +11/+6 (1d3+2 non-lethal)

Base Atk +9; Grp +11

Atk Options Combat Casting, Dodge

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Abilities Str 14, Dex 8, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha

Feats Dodge, Mobility, Combat Casting, Shield

Proﬁ ciency, Endurance, Diehard

Skills Concentration +15, Diplomacy +10, Heal +14,

Craft Alchemy +10

Possessions White shirt and brown pants.

O NCE A P RIEST

Members of the Household

N ATHAN H ARDY

As a cleric of a god of life and harvest, Nathan was a

member of an adventuring party that enjoyed some small

fame before being decimated in one ill-fated expedition.

One of the few survivors, Nathan lost faith in his god

when he found his powers insu cient to bring his dear

comrades back from the dead. A number of blurry,

alcohol-ﬁ lled years ended only with the intervention

of his future wife, Maris. Maris helped Nathan work

through his grief, and they married and began a family.

Drawing from his own traumatic experiences, Nathan

felt what was missing from the lives of most adventurers

was proper counseling and services for their fallen

comrades, many who were without family or friends

beyond the party. He set up shop as coroner, councilor,

and undertaker. His goals are to restore the dead to

some semblance of their living selves by use of make-up

and alchemy, to provide a digniﬁ ed service for the fallen,

and to counsel the survivors and help them ﬁ nd closure.

ough his business is new, Nathan is sure that it will

take oﬀ . He has sunk all his remaining capital into the

enterprise.

M ARIS H ARDY

Maris has been married to Nathan for ﬁ ve years. She

maintains the house and gardens, and takes care of

their four-year old daughter, Karine, when Nathan is

with customers. Unlike Nathan, Maris was never an

adventurer. e daughter of a tavern keep, she watched

Nathan enter her father’s establishment day after day

to drink himself into oblivion. Naturally compassionate,

her observations nevertheless continued for over a year

before the prompting of her conscience gave her the

courage to approach and ask of his problems. Beyond

the alcoholic haze, Nathan found true aﬀ ection for this

simple tavern girl, and that aﬀ ection was reciprocated,

though it was another year before he managed to

stop drinking entirely and ask for her hand in

marriage.

Nathan is a powerfully built man, retaining much of

the strength of his adventuring days. His demeanor

is friendly and warm, his eyes full of the utmost

compassion. He speaks in soft, gentle tones that belie

his powerful physique. His new family has brought

him more joy than he could ever imagine, and

with their support he is no longer troubled by

the shadows of his past failures.

Maris loves ﬂ owers with a passion. e ﬁ rst

thing she did when she and Nathan entered

their new home was start a ﬂ ower garden.

eir house has been ﬁ lled with blossoms ever

since. She is a slight woman, still young and

very beautiful. Her eyes sparkle with intelligence

and laughter, and while she speaks little in strange

company her opinion, when oﬀ ered, carries much

weight in the household.

ough Nathan seems at peace with his past, she

believes that her presence is the counterweight to the

despair that must be ever lurking at the edges of his

thoughts.

Nature is focused on plants, but in that area

she is nonpareil. She is especially partial to

Druids and Rangers, whom she imagines

protect the beautiful wild places.

Maris Hardy

Human Commoner 1, CR 1/2:

NG Medium Humanoid

Init +0 Senses Listen +0, Spot +4

Languages Common

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AC 10, touch 10, ﬂ at-footed 10

hp 2 (1HD)

Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +0,

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Speed 30 ft. (6 squares)

Melee Steak Knife +0 (1d4)

Base Atk +0; Grp +0

Atk Options -

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Abilities Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 11, Cha

Feats Skill Focus (Knowledge Nature), Skill Focus

(Profession (botanist)

Skills Knowledge Nature +7, Profession (botanist) +7,

Spot +4

Possessions White blouse with embroidered ﬂ owers

around the collar. Blue skirt.

K ARINE H ARDY

Karine is a fair-haired child of four, born one year after

Nathan and Maris were married. She likes playing in

the garden, drinking lemonade, and chasing her cat

Poori around the house.

Kathrine Hardy

Human Child, CR -:

NG Small Humanoid

Init -4 Senses Listen +0, Spot +0

Languages Common

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AC 7, touch 7, ﬂ at-footed 10

hp 1 (1HD)

Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +0,

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Speed 20 ft. (4 squares)

Melee -

Maris is a slender young woman with honey-brown

hair and blue eyes. ere are laugh lines around the

corners of her eyes.

Knowledge and Interactions: Maris is skittish

around strangers, but if you earn her trust,

she will open up and gleefully talk about her

ﬂ owers and her family. Her knowledge of

Base Atk +0; Grp -7

Atk Options -

Abilities Str 4, Dex 4, Con 10, Int 11, Wis

11, Cha 12

Feats –

Skills -

Possessions Pink Frock, Mr. Frufru (ragdoll).

Skills Diplomacy +2, Hide +20*, Listen

+7, Search +6, Sense Motive +7, Spot +7,

Survival +1 (+3 following tracks)

Possessions –

A pseudodragon can deliver a vicious bite, but its

principal weapon is its sting-equipped tail.

Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 14, initial

damage sleep for 1 minute, secondary damage

sleep for 1d3 hours. e save DC is Constitution-

based and includes a +2 racial bonus.

P OORI

Poori was the pseudodragon familiar of Nathan’s

former lover and fellow adventurer, the wizard

Alestre. Poori attached himself to Nathan after his

master’s demise and has since become Karine’s playmate

and protector. He rarely shows himself to outsiders, and

Nathan’s running joke is that he is the family cat.

Blindsense (Ex): A pseudodragon can locate creatures

within 60 feet by nonvisual means (mostly hearing

and scent, but also by noticing vibration and other

environmental clues). Opponents the pseudodragon

can’t actually see still have total concealment against the

pseudodragon.

Using his powers of telepathy, Poori was the voice of

Maris’ ‘conscience,’ and he is justiﬁ ably proud of his

skills as a matchmaker.

Telepathy (Su): Pseudodragons can communicate

telepathically with creatures that speak Common or

Sylvan, provided they are within 60 feet.

Knowledge and Interactions: Poori used to be a familiar,

and so knows quite a lot about Spellcraft and matters

Arcana, including dragons. He shares a dragon’s avarice,

however, and is loath to part with his knowledge freely.

A gem or a bit of gold will loosen his tongue.

Skills: Pseudodragons have a chameleonlike ability

that grants them a +4 racial bonus on Hide checks. *In

forests or overgrown areas, this bonus improves to +8.

Poori

Pseudodragon, CR 1:

NG Medium Humanoid

Init +2 Senses Listen +7, Spot +7

Languages –

---------------------------------------------- AC 18,

touch 14, ﬂ at-footed 16

hp 15 (2HD)

Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +4,

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Speed 15 ft. (3 squares), ﬂ y 60 ft good (10 squares)

Melee Sting +4 (1d3-2 plus poison)

Base Atk +2 Grp -8

Atk Options Poison

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Abilities Str 6, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha

SQ Blindsense 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., immunity

to sleep and paralysis, low-light vision, spell

resistance 19, telepathy 60 ft.

Feats Weapon Finesse

1. O UTSIDE :

A purple, two-story wooden house sits surrounded by an

amazing garden of ﬂ owers. A sturdy oak door has been

painted bright orange, and large windows are set into all

the walls of the house. A sign next to door reads: Nathan

Hardy: Coroner and Councilor.

Oak Door : Hardness 5, hp 22, Break DC 22, Open Lock

DC 15. Latched Window : Hardness 2, hp 5, Break DC 10,

Open Lock DC 15

2. F RONT H ALL :

e front door leads into a long hallway with a small

vestibule and coat rack on the left. Beyond the coat

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