First of all, gotta give credit to Jeff Rients for posting these questions over on his blog Jeff's Gameblog. They can also be found in his excellent adventure Broodmother Skyfortress, published by Lamentations of the Flame Princess.
Second, I started my campaign in early 2015. I didn't have much of this stuff defined at the beginning of the campaign, so many of the answers to these questions evolved during play. We've been on hiatus for about a year, as two of us started small businesses, and I was unable to put the time and energy into my DM prep that I feel is necessary for me to run a fun game. I think I've mentioned before I'm a prep heavy DM. I've taken some steps towards being a more prep light DM, with some success, but that saying "a tiger can't change his stripes" is correct in my case. I started writing answers to these questions several months after I received Broodmother Skyfortress. I'll be using different colors of text to show the progression of my answers as I was not able to answer all the questions in one go. I still have a few to answer so I will be coming back to update this when I flesh out those areas of my campaign.
5/17/17 entries will be written in BLACK.
6/28/17 entries will be written in GREEN.
8/23/18 entries will be written in BLUE.
1. What is the deal with my cleric's religion?
I have three somewhat well defined religious orders and about four or five others that I've not gotten very far in defining.
A. Church of the Covenant AKA Church of George, this is the Christianity analog. This religious order is inspired by the real world practice of Veneration. So instead of the worship of Jesus, this order is worshiping my fantasy version of St. George the Dragonslayer. We only have one PC cleric so far and this is his order.
B. Temple of Tycho. Tycho believers espouse gambling, chance, luck, and calculated risks as sacred to their god. PCs have encountered a friendly priest/scholar in service to Tycho.
C. Knights Order Medical. This order was briefly mentioned in A Stranger Storm, the adventure from the LotFP Grindhouse Referee Book. The NPCs that I've portrayed have been labeled as "creepy Scientologists" (are there any other kind, lol?) by the players. So I've decided it's a mystery cult that's a cross between Scientology and NATO Military Force with an absolute obsession for cleanliness. Most large cities and towns will have a Knights Order Medical bathhouse/laundry. PCs tortured and executed Sir Boris, a member of this order. He was really a Mimic, but the PCs didn't know that until they killed him. Knights Order Medical is now a bit unfriendly to the PC group, lol.
D. The god or gods of the ancient lizardfolk. The lizardfolk are believed to be extinct (they aren't.)
E. Demi-human deities. Nobody is playing a demi-human so far, so I haven't even decided what's going on with their gods. Or if they even have gods.
F. Druidism. I've used druids as NPCs. Until I get someone playing a druid, I'm not putting much thought into this.
G. Beliefs of the Shoum. Taking inspiration from Kevin Crawford's Shou in the Ride Tide campaign book, I've bundled goblinkind together into humanoids called the Shoum. Haven't worked out their religious system, yet. Probably gonna keep borrowing stuff about them from the Red Tide setting if it will fit into my campaign.
2. Where can we go to buy standard equipment?
Cities will have both expedition suppliers and smiths. A small village might have a smith with some armament skill and usually a market, farm stall, or someone willing to sell or trade surplus food and sundries.
3. Where can we go to get platemail custom fitted for this monster I just befriended?
4. Who is the mightiest wizard in the land?
Once it was Lord Vortulak, before his path intersected with the Queen of Nephilidia...
5. Who is the greatest warrior in the land?
Lady Uljana Chernetsk. Her estate rests outside the garrison city of Glister.
6. Who is the richest person in the land?
The Khan, Iman Mehdizadeh, who resides in Khyan-Hrapp Royal Palace located in the capitol city of Chizhova.
7. Where can we go to get some magical healing?
Cure Light Wounds- Can be cast by clerics (PC and NPC) of Church of the Covenant, Temple of Tycho, Knights Order Medical (and other religious orders as I make them up) for 250SP
Cure Disease- Can be cast by clerics (PC and NPC) of Church of the Covenant, Temple of Tycho, Knights Order Medical (and other religious orders as I make them up) for 350SP
Cure Serious Wounds- Can be cast by clerics (NPC) of Church of the Covenant and Knights Order Medical (all PC clerics can do this if they have spells at this level) for 400SP
Cure Critical Wounds- Can be cast by clerics (NPC) of Church of the Covenant and Knights Order Medical (all PC clerics can do this if they have spells at this level) for 450SP
Heal- Can be cast by clerics (NPC) of Knights Order Medical (all PC clerics can do this if they have spells at this level) for 500SP
8. Where can we go to get cures for the following conditions?
Poison-
Disease-
Curse-
Level Drain-
Lycanthropy-
Polymorph-
Alignment change-
Death- Ain't no cure for death, son.
Undeath-
9. Is there a magic guild my magic-user belongs to or that I can join in order to get more spells.
No.
There was a magic school up until recently... then Mimics happened.
10. Where can I find an alchemist, sage or other expert NPC?
11.Where can I hire mercenaries?
Most towns and cities have a notice board for hiring small numbers. The capitol Chizhova and Glister, a garrison city, would sometimes have larger numbers of mercs.
12. Is there any place on the map where swords are illegal, magic is outlawed, or any other notable hassles from Johnny Law?
"Black Magic" is a serious crime. Black magic being defined as casting a spell intending to harm another. Smaller settlements may have broader definitions of Black Magic.
13. Which way to the nearest tavern?
We'll go by city/town listing the taverns I've got currently.
Chizhova- The Inn of the Stealing Fat Golem
The Rotten Stump
Stink Drink (in the sewer tunnels)
Denton- The Good Cup
Glister- Inn of the Shining Djinn
Halwic- Inn of the Silken Sow's Sleeve
The Owl and the Whistle Public House
The Rich Wolf Tavern
Harmony- The Joyful Harp Tavern
Stone's Throw- The Gold Crown Tavern
Thorbald- The Soldier's Rest Inn and Tavern
Tragidore- One-Eyed Hrothgar's
The Grey Vampire
The Sputtering Otter
Uhniv- The Weeping Harpy Inn
Crossroads- The Inn of the Incontinent Vicar (just south of Argyle and east of Tragidore)
Wildwood Inn (west of Denton)
14. What monsters are terrorizing the countryside sufficiently that if I kill them I will become famous?
Mimics. Vampires.
15. Are there any wars brewing that I could go fight?
Various areas on my campaign map are set to trigger warlike conditions if the PCs travel far enough. If you picture the continents of Europe and Asia, my campaign setting is roughly Ukraine. There is a war brewing in "Bavaria" (the Better Than Any Man adventure module,) "Fantasy Fucking Vietnam" (Quelong adventure module,) and ...
16. How about gladiatorial arenas complete with hard-won glory and fabulous cash prizes?
17. Are there any secret societies with sinister agendas I could join and or fight?
From Zak Smith's Playing DnD with Pornstars Blog I'll be borrowing the Cults of Tiamat. They are The Black Wing of Tiamat, The Red Hand of Tiamat, The Pale Eye of Tiamat, The Cobalt Claw of Tiamat, and The Jade Fang of Tiamat. Duvan'Ku a death cult. The Ckult De Ghul: collective only in reference, this isn't one single cult, it's actually a number of small cults of myriad undead lords, vampire voivods, and skeletal schemers. There is a Spider Cult when I decide where I'm placing Scenic Dunnsmouth on the map.
18. What is there to eat around here?
19. Any legendary lost treasures I could be looking for?
20. Where is the nearest dragon or other monster with mad fat treasure?
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