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Don't Go Down the Well



Many hundreds of years ago, the forces of good allied to destroy the main Temple of Orcus in the ancient city of Tsar. With their temple in ruins, the surviving high priests of this accursed demongod fled the city with an army of enemies on their trail—an army of heroic fighters, clerics and paladins—led by Zelkor, a powerful wizard. The exact fate of these evil priests was then unknown, for not only did the remnants of the followers of Orcus disappear from all human reckoning, but so did the army of light that followed after them disappear as well. Some said that in the eternal scales the loss of so many good men was a fair price to pay to rid the world of so much evil.

The evil cult, however, had not been destroyed. The surviving priests and their followers instead settled on a hill near the Forest of Hope, a sylvan woodland near the Coast Road. There they found a vast underground complex of caverns and mazes, carving out a volcanic intrusion beneath the hill. There, the priests of Orcus found the perfect lair to continue their vile rituals. For many years, they carried on in secret, hidden from the light and from the knowledge of men.

Many years later, their underground delving completed, the evil priests erected a hideous mausoleum and a sunken graveyard atop the hill. It is believed that these graves are in fact the final resting place of the pursuing army of heroes that had been destroyed to a man. Soon after the mausoleum was erected the peaceful creatures of the wood began to disappear. Though many rangers and druids investigated these happenings, the cause of the creatures’ disappearance was not immediately determined. Some years later a powerful group of adventurers, led by Bofred, a high priest of Thyr, investigated the evil happenings and found the sunken graveyard leading to a labyrinthine complex. Bofred and his companions found great hordes of evil creatures in the complex. Though some of his companions returned from their expedition, telling tales of fantastic treasure and ferocious monsters, Bofred was never seen again—lost in the catacombs beneath the cursed mausoleum.

For the last one hundred years, ranks of adventurers have ventured to the newfound dungeon. Many fell prey to bandits and monsters in the surrounding wilderness. Rumors suggest that of those who survived to reach the mausoleum and sunken graveyard, most were slain by guardians of green stone or perished on the very first level. Those rare few who return from deeper treks speak of horrible undead and creatures that cannot be slain. All who have explored Rappan Athuk offer this one universal piece of advice:

“Don’t go down the Well.”
Rappan Athuk




Hello, I'm looking for six players to run an old fashioned dungeon crawl. While it is supposed to be a difficult dungeon, I welcome new players!
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Tentative interest. Is there anything I should know as a player?
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@Vega7I'd prefer to stick with core rules, APG, and UE to avoid headaches. 25 point buy. Max possible starting gold per class (so a fighter's 5d6x10 becomes 30x10 becomes 300gp). Two traits, or three and a drawback. And I'll roll a random magic item for each player to begin with, just for funsies. That's all I can think of right now.
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It’s been some time since I’ve done Pathfinder, but I’ll try and get back into it. I’m assume we’re starting at level 1?
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@Lucius Cypher That was the idea, but if people would rather start at a higher level, we can discuss. The dungeon has many different entrances with many different challenge ratings.
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Eh I’m kinda in a mixed bag. On one hand I do enjoy the certain level of dream and paranoia trying to survive level 1 is like. But at the same time most of the fun builds don’t really awaken until around level 5 or so, which I feel may be rather high especially since I don’t remember all my mechanics.

Perhaps a compromise of starting around level 3? Not so low that a lucky hit could kill you, but not too high that you could solo group encounters yet.
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I can’t speak for the pathfinder version but it’s anything like the 3.5 version.. even starting at level 3 won’t save you from the ever present danger of a TPK lol

Unless it’s vastly different than 3.5 (not very likely I would think) then this is one heck of a player killer dungeon at any level and under any circumstances. Like seriously.. get used to the idea of your character not even making it to the dungeon proper lol

I can’t request to join myself due to my knowledge of the dungeon and because I have no pathfinder books, but I imagine I will keep my eye on this one if it gets off the ground.

Can’t say much else but “good luck.” You’re going to need it lol
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Hmm, we could begin at level three, and steer you towards the level one entrance to the dungeon so that it's not too fun right off the bat.
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Alright well I’ll work up a level 3 character for now. Half-orc witch. Let’s see where it goes.
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So far we just have you and a tentative interest, so no rush lol
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I’m super interested, but new to this site.
What shall I do?
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Wait for 3-4 more people with a death wish
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will this be done post by post on rpg or roll20?
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I was imagining PBP on here or on Discord. I could try roll20 but I'm not very experienced with it.
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If here, then I am in. I am thinking of a human transmuter wizard. Is multiclassing allowed?
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I can do here. And yep, multiclassing is allowed!
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Is there a ban list or a nerf list in the works? also is the prestige class eldritch knight obtainable?
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Leadership is the only ban off the top of my head. Eldritch Knight is okay.
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I was not planning to use that feat but noted. Sorry for the barrage of qeustions but is there a method of stocking on supplies and better equipment while selling treasures and salvaged gear?
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I'm not sure I understand. There's a base of operations where you can buy and sell things if that's what you're asking
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