The Assassins

Dungeon Master's Notes

This page contains links to files that can be used by DMs for their own campaign or by anyone interested in some "behind the screen" information about the assassins campaign.

On this page you will find adventures, prestige classes and any house rules that we have taken the time to make presentable.

Item	Type	Description
The Tower of Guldar Heel	Adventure	This document describes the adventure that was chronicled in the stories starting from Episode 56. This module is written using AD&D 2nd Edition rules as that was what we were using at the time it was played. It shouldn't require too much effort for anyone interested enough to convert it to v3.5.
Harvester of Sorrow	Prestige Class	This prestige class will soon become very important to one of the assassins. It documents the rules surrounding a very specialist follower of Nerull and is something that Azareth will soon come to know.
Critical Misses	After the natural 1 is rolled the PC makes a Reflex Save DC 16 to see if anything untoward happens. If they fail this check the player then rolls against the table below to determine the effects of that failure. Roll Critical Miss Effect 1 Damage to party member, weapon damaged and dropped out of reach 2 Damage to party member, weapon damaged and dropped within reach 3 Damage to party member, weapon damaged but still held 4 Damage to self, weapon damaged and dropped out of reach 5 Damage to self, weapon damaged and dropped within reach 6 Damage to self, weapon damaged but still held 7 Damage to party member and weapon dropped out of reach 8 Damage to perty member and weapon dropped within reach 9 Damage to self and weapon dropped out of reach 10 Damage to self and weapon dropped within reach 11 Damage to party member and weapon still held 12 Damage to self and weapon still held but off balance, flat-footed for next round 13 Damage to self and weapon still held 14 Weapon damaged and dropped out of reach 15 Weapon damaged and dropped within reach 16 Weapon damaged and still held but off balance, flat-footed for next round 17 Weapon damaged but still held 18 Weapon dropped out of reach 19 Weapon dropped within reach 20 Off balance, flat-footed for next round If the result indicates damage to party member and there is no party member within the threat range then this becomes damage to self. If the result indicates damage to self then the PC is entitled to a Reflex save at DC 10 to take half damage (rounded up). If the result indicates weapon damage then another roll is made against the following table to determine the nature of the damage. Magical or masterwork weapons are entitled to a saving throw to avoid all damage. Roll Weapon Damage Effect 1 Weapon completely broken, smashed or shattered 2-3 Weapon -2 to hit, reduced to 50% damage (rounded up) 4-5 Weapon -1 to hit, reduced to 25% damage (rounded up) 6-7 Weapon reduced to 50% damage (rounded up) 8-9 Weapon reduced to 25% damage (rounded up) 10-11 Weapon -2 to hit 11-12 Weapon -1 to hit 14+ Weapon undamaged Damaged weapons can be repaired by appropriately skilled individuals. House Rule	One of the things that we felt was missing in the 3rd Edition rules was that sense of dread that overtook a player when he rolled a natural 1 for their attack roll. With that in mind we have come up with a Critical Miss table to try and retain some of that lost feeling.
Untrained Skills	Assume a character with a 15 ability score. Ranks Untrained Penalty Ability Modifier Final Score 0 -4 +2 -2 1 -2 +2 +1 2 0 +2 4 House Rule	We have never really agreed with the idea that an untrained person with a high ability score should be able to use a skill as well as a trained person with an average ability score. For example an untrained character with an 18 dexterity (+4 bonus) can Move Silently with the same chance of success as a trained character with a 10 dexterity and 4 ranks in that skill. Therefore we have decided that any untrained skill has a -4 penalty attached. If you have 1 rank in the skill that penalty is reduced to -2 and if you have 2 ranks in the skill then that penalty is reduced to 0.
Speak with the dead	House Rule	If a corpse's tongue is removed it cannot be the subject of a "speak with the dead" spell.
Almor Locality	Map	A Map of Del Mord and surrounding lands as used in the stories.