Borderpoint - Revision history

KrystGM at 22:05, 15 January 2015

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Zyindra at 19:20, 10 December 2014

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KrystGM at 16:02, 9 December 2014

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KrystGM at 13:15, 7 December 2014

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KrystGM: /* The Hinterlands */

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‎The Hinterlands

KrystGM at 23:45, 5 December 2014

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KrystGM: /* The Manors */

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‎The Manors

KrystGM: /* Downtown Locations */

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‎Downtown Locations

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KrystGM: /* Uptown Locations */

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‎Uptown Locations

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 ===History===
 The area known as Battle Coast occupies a rather small expanse of land at the western most point of the border between the Onyx Cryptocracy and the Scapolite Theocracy. With a rather treacherous geography consisting of moors, marshes, monster-filled forests and hills (not to mention shallows by the shore that can easily wreck a boat) it doesn't seem like much. Yet, at least a dozen wars have been fought over the area. The membership of both nations in the Amethistian Empire has kept them from going to war over Battle Coast in the last several Ages but, to this day, mapmakers from each nation continue to draw the area differently. Onyxish mapmakers place the border firmly to the north, putting Battle Coast firmly within the domain of the Onyx Cryptocracy while Scapolitan mapmakers draw the border further south to mark Battle Coast as territory of the Scapolite Theocracy. Mapmakers from other nations split the difference and draw the border between those two points.

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 The next twenty-five years of Borderpoint's history is rather unremarkable. While there were power clashes between the four families and the occasional goblin attack Borderpoint grew remarkably well. All that changed five years ago, however, when what the locals call "the Great Unpleasantness" occurred. First, a series of murders occurred. Twenty-five people were murdered by a serial killer known as "the Chopper". The Chopper turned out to be Jervis Stoot, a local eccentric who lived on a tidal island to the north of the town. Stoot was known as something of an artist who enjoyed carving incredibly detailed and life-like birds into the sides of fence posts, buildings and ships. Second, only a few short months after Stoot's death ended the Chopper's murder spree, a great fire ripped through the northern section of town, burning down many buildings, including the town Temple. The local priest and his daughter died int he incident.
 ===Uptown Locations===
 . '''Borderpoint Temple''':The largest and newest building in Borderpoint. The temple isn't dedicated to the worship of any single Totem but, instead, has twenty-five separate shrines dedicated to each of the Totems. Even Obsidian, the destroyed Totem, is represented, though that shrine is dark and empty. The strangest and most interesting thing about the Borderpoint Temple is the open-air courtyard at the center. The courtyard holds seven smoothly cut standing stones surrounding a stone altar. Superficially, the stones resemble a Druid monument but there is no reason for one to be there. No ley line passes under the temple. The stones are ancient and were here before Battle Coast was settled by either Onyx or Scapolite. They are yet another example of the ruins that dot the Onyxish landscape.<br>
 * '''Important NPCs''': Brother Absalar Zantus (human), Cleric of Diamond.

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 * '''Important NPCs''': Kigeni Makumbusho Uhamishoni (human), shopkeeper.
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-. '''Hannah's''': While Brother Zantus at the temple does his best to heal the truly sick and needy, he can't help everyone. Most of Sandpoint's citizens visit Hannah Velerin for help with aches, pains and illnesses. The shop is generally open during the afternoon and evening as Hannah spends her mornings collecting herbs for alchemical workings. She also acts as midwife for many of the town's women.
+. '''Hannah's''': While Brother Zantus at the temple does his best to heal the truly sick and needy, he can't help everyone. Most of Borderpoint's citizens visit Hannah Velerin for help with aches, pains and illnesses. The shop is generally open during the afternoon and evening as Hannah spends her mornings collecting herbs for alchemical workings. She also acts as midwife for many of the town's women.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Hannah Velerin (elf), healer.
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 # '''The Three Cormorants''': Atop each of these three, towering sea stack are small forests. The forests are home to harpies that seem to prefer tormenting goblins to people.
 # '''Tickwood''': Despite the giant ticks that give the wood its name, this is a popular spot for boar hunting.
-# '''The Tors''': These three stony hills are named after adventurers who explored the nooks, caverns and ruins hidden here during the early days of Sandpoint's founding. There might still be treasure here to be had.
+# '''The Tors''': These three stony hills are named after adventurers who explored the nooks, caverns and ruins hidden here during the early days of Borderpoint's founding. There might still be treasure here to be had.
 # '''Whisperwood''': The Whisperwood is a large forest that runs to the south of Borderpoint. The trees here are giant and hidden deep within is a stone monument erected by a Druid lodge many ages ago.
 # '''Wisher's Well''': A little visited ruin, Wisher's Well seems to be the remains of a tower or circular wall that surrounds a deep shaft ending in a pool of water. Monsters live in the caverns below the well.
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 * '''Important NPCs''': Naffer Vosk (human), cemetery keeper.
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-. '''The White Deer''': A rather grand affair of an inn, the White Deer was rebuilt after fire burned it to the ground during the Recent Unpleasantness. The White Deer is three stories tall. The entrance is flanked by a pair of life-sized, exquisitely carved wooden deer. The prices here are surprisingly low considering the quality of the rooms, probably so the White Deer can compete with the Rusty Dragon.
+. '''The White Deer''': A rather grand affair of an inn, the White Deer was rebuilt after fire burned it to the ground during the Recent Unpleasantness. The White Deer is three stories tall. The entrance is flanked by a pair of life-sized, exquisitely carved wooden deer. The prices here are surprisingly low considering the quality of the rooms, probably so the White Deer can compete with the Rusty Wyvern.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Rough Runner the Innkeeper of the Firebringer Tribe (human), Inkeeper.
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 . '''Deverin Manor''': The Deverin family owns a stake in most of the local farms and has something of a dynasty when it comes to the town. Amos Deverin served as the first mayor and his son, Fenchus served as its second. His younger daughter, Kendra is currently serving as mayor of the town. Rumor has it she was romantically involved with the former sheriff, Casp Avertin. She hasn't shown any signs of romantic interest in anyone since Casp's death at the hands of the Chopper.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Kendra Deverin (human), town mayor.
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 ===The Hinterlands===
 # '''Ashen Rise''': The smaller of the two limestone escarpments in the area. It is relatively safe and unassuming

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 ===The Hinterlands===
-# '''Ashen Rise''':
+# '''Ashen Rise''': The smaller of the two limestone escarpments in the area. It is relatively safe and unassuming
-# '''Biston's Pond''':
+# '''Biston's Pond''': This pond is named after a Druid who lived on the western shore. Biston's shack stands to this day and is said to be haunted by his ghost. Goblins are known to fish here.
-# '''Brinestump Marsh''':
+# '''Brinestump Marsh''': An overgrown and ugly swampland infested with giant insects, goblin and worse. The marsh is unexplored despite the presence of the relatively heavily traveled Battle Coast road nearby.
-# '''Giant's Punchbowl''':
+# '''Egan's Wood''': A small wood who was once owned by a man named Egan. Egan refused to allow logging on his land. His shack is hidden somewhere in the wood but is hard to find thanks to the giant spiders who live in the trees.
-# '''Egan's Wood''':
+# '''Farmlands''': These farmlands are fairly safe but do have the occasional problem with bandits or goblins. Most of the farms are at least partially owned by the Deverin family.
-# '''Farmlands''':
+# '''Foxglove Manor''': An uninhabited manor to the south and west of Borderpoint. It is rumored to be haunted.
-# '''Foxglove Manor''':
+# '''Giant's Punchbowl''': A bowl-shaped island. Wyverns are known to roost here.
-# '''Grubber's Hermitage''':
+# '''Grubber's Hermitage''': A small, isolated island. A thorp of a dozen fishing families live here and aren't very fond of visitors.
-# '''Habe's Sanatorium''':
+# '''Habe's Sanatorium''': A country home for the mentally ill. Most of the patients here are from beyond Borderpoint and the town has little to do with the Sanatorium beyond delivering the occasional supplies.
-# '''Hag's Plummet''':
+# '''Hag's Plummet''': A lonely cliff overlooking the sea. Locals are fond of telling the story of Bevanaka, a woman who found a grey hair and sought out a witch to gain an elixir of beauty. The witch gave her the elixir but warned Bevanaka that the beauty would only last for as long as she didn't fall in love. Bevanaka lived a long life alone but, eventually, fell in love with a young man. She grew old in an instant and was rejected by her love. In despair, she threw herself from the cliffs. Despite this story being obvious fiction, the cliff has become a favorite place for both lovers to proclaim their love to each other and for suicides.
-# '''The Moors''':
+# '''The Moors''': There are three moors in the area, expanses of alternating rocky ground, poor-quality soil and swampy marshland. Ashen Moor is closest to Borderpoint. Bleaklow Moor is thought to be inhabited by ghouls. Whisperwood Moor is the largest of the three and home to nasty beats which sometimes venture out to hunt down livestock.
-# '''Monster's Platter''':
+# '''Monster's Platter''': A large limestone escarpment that is home to the relatively nonaggressive Birdcruncher goblin tribe.
-# '''Mosswood''':
+# '''Mosswood''': The trees in the Mosswood are large and mostly redwood and, as a result, the forest floor is fairly open. This forest is home to the Mosswood tribe of goblins, the largest in the area.
-# '''Nettlewood''':
+# '''Nettlewood''': A much more tangled and dense forest than the Mosswood, the Nettlewood is very hard to traverse.
-# '''Pauper's Graves''':
+# '''Pauper's Graves''': The remains of a graveyard from the days before the Great Invasion, the Pauper's Graves were later used to bury those poor laborers who died while building Borderpoint. Today, Pauper's Graves are avoided. It is rumored ghouls live in tunnels beneath.
-# '''The Pit''':
+# '''The Pit''': This dark, circular pit on Monster's Platter connects to hundreds of tunnels and caverns and lairs that curl throughout the Battle Coast. Some of them dip down deeply to connect to the Depths. Any number of monsters, beasts, Invader remnants, Corrupted and crazed cultists make their home here.
-# '''The Pyre''':
+# '''The Pyre''': A wide expanse where nothing grows, as if a great fire burned here and permanently sterilized the grass. Legend has it that Onyx and Scapolite once had a great battle here. It is a matter of some debate on who won.
-# '''Ravenroost''':
+# '''Ravenroost''': A range of ragged hills and isolated pine copses. Very little lives here except wild animals.
-# '''Shank's Wood''':
+# '''Shank's Wood''': A small pine and eucalyptus forest. The Seven Tooth tribe of goblins live in this wood.
-# '''Sog's Bay''':
+# '''Sog's Bay''': This bay has wrecked many a ship but is still used by smugglers and pirates who want to avoid Amethystian naval patrols. The masts of unfortunate ships protrude from the shallows and reefclaws, giant crabs and other tidal predators hunt the bay.
-# '''Thistletop''':
+# '''Thistletop''': An island off the coast of the Nettlewood, Thistletop is actually the head of a giant statue that fell into the sea. No one knows what became of the rest of the statue. Over the years, the features of the statue's face have become worn and unrecognizable.
-# '''The Three Cormorants''':
+# '''The Three Cormorants''': Atop each of these three, towering sea stack are small forests. The forests are home to harpies that seem to prefer tormenting goblins to people.
-# '''Tickwood''':
+# '''Tickwood''': Despite the giant ticks that give the wood its name, this is a popular spot for boar hunting.
-# '''Whisperwood''':
+# '''The Tors''': These three stony hills are named after adventurers who explored the nooks, caverns and ruins hidden here during the early days of Sandpoint's founding. There might still be treasure here to be had.
-# '''Wisher's Well''':
+# '''Whisperwood''': The Whisperwood is a large forest that runs to the south of Borderpoint. The trees here are giant and hidden deep within is a stone monument erected by a Druid lodge many ages ago.
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 ===The Manors===
-# '''Valdemar Manor''':
+. '''Valdemara Manor''': The Valdemara manor has a magnificent view of the harbor and is home to one of Borderpoint's four founding families. The manor and the Valdemara family are ruled by Ethram, the only original member of the Borderpoint Mercantile League who is still alive. The Valdemara family controls the town's shipbuilding industry.
-# '''Scarnetti Manor''':
+* '''Important NPCs''': Ethram Valdemara (human), Valdemara patriarch.
-# '''Kaijitsu Manor''':
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-# '''Deverin Manor''':
+. '''Scarnetti Manor''': The Scarnetti family controls the mills and lumber industry. Their manor is the furthest away from the town, hidden behind a thick copse of wood.
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 # '''Ashen Rise''':

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 . '''Borderpoint Temple''':The largest and newest building in Borderpoint. The temple isn't dedicated to the worship of any single Totem but, instead, has twenty-five separate shrines dedicated to each of the Totems. Even Obsidian, the destroyed Totem, is represented, though that shrine is dark and empty. The strangest and most interesting thing about the Borderpoint Temple is the open-air courtyard at the center. The courtyard holds seven smoothly cut standing stones surrounding a stone altar. Superficially, the stones resemble a Druid monument but there is no reason for one to be there. No ley line passes under the temple. The stones are ancient and were here before Battle Coast was settled by either Onyx or Scapolite. They are yet another example of the ruins that dot the Onyxish landscape.<br>
 * '''Important NPCs''': Brother Absalar Zantus (human), Cleric of Diamond.
 . '''Borderpoint Boneyard''': An expansive cemetery that overlooks the Savrano river. There are tombs for the affluent members of the community as well as a number of burial plots marked by simple headstones.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Naffer Vosk (human), cemetery keeper.
 . '''The White Deer''': A rather grand affair of an inn, the White Deer was rebuilt after fire burned it to the ground during the Recent Unpleasantness. The White Deer is three stories tall. The entrance is flanked by a pair of life-sized, exquisitely carved wooden deer. The prices here are surprisingly low considering the quality of the rooms, probably so the White Deer can compete with the Rusty Dragon.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Rough Runner the Innkeeper of the Firebringer Tribe (human), Inkeeper.
 . '''The Way North''': This small and rather cramped building is filled near to bursting with maps and charts. Maps of the local region can be purchased here for prices ranging from 5 to 100 gp depending upon the size and level of detail.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Veznutt (gnome), map maker.
 . '''Jeweler''': A squat, stone building, this is the only jeweler in town. It is regularly guarded by at least two well-armed locals, though rumor has it that the strange owner often forgets to lock the door.
 * '''Important NPCs''': 1.61803398875 (modron), jeweler.
 . '''Junker's Edge''': Garbage from the town is regularly gathered and then dumped off this cliff edge to a beach below. While druids and those who venerate Sapphire protest this practice it is so cost-effective that the town council is reluctant to seek alternatives. When the tides come in, much of the trash is washed out to sea, preventing the pile from growing too high. <Br>
 . '''Sea Cow's Shack''': This dilapidated shack is home to a darfellan named simple Sea Cow. While it seems like a rather ugly little shack, Sea Cow has the market cornered on junking. He employs roughly two dozen thugs and vagrants to collect trash and then dump it off Junker's Edge. The town pays him nicely for this service.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Sea Cow (darfellan), junker.
 . '''Sage''': This unassuming little building is where people can go for research assistance or historical facts. Brodert Quink will, for a price, research any topic  desired. His work is meticulous but there isn't much call for it in Borderpoint.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Brodert Quink (human), sage.
 . '''Locksmith''': Most of the town's locks were built in this quaint little shop. The owner will also open locks once he is assured that the lock being opened wasn't stolen.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Silune the Honest ibn Aziza Al-Pazad (kobold), locksmith.
 . '''Borderpoint Garrison''': Built of stone, the Borderpoint Garrison serves as barracks for the militia and the town's jail. A small contingent of Amethystian military are stationed here under the command of the town's sheriff, Iron Spine the Sheriff of Borderpoint.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Iron Spine the Sheriff of Borderpoint (human), Sheriff / Crusher the Jailer of the Firebringer Tribe (human), jailer.
 . '''Borderpoint Town Hall''': Most of the first floor of the town hall is a meeting space large enough to house the majority of Borderpoint's adults. The second floor contains offices and storerooms. There is a vault in the basement that serves as the town's bank.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Kendra Deverin (human), mayor of Borderpoint.
 . '''Savah's Armory''': The northeast corner of the armory is scarred from the fire of five years ago. Savah's sells armor and weapons including some masterwork and exotic pieces.
 * '''Important NPCs''': Savah Bevaniky (human), weaponsmith.