When Vultures Circle (Part 2) - A Snake in the Nest (A Story-Driven Combat Campaign)

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When Vultures Circle - A Snake in the Nest

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When Vultures Circle - A Snake in the Nest by @bardurnon
Short Code: NW-DDVKMGSTY
Mission Type: #Story, #Combat, #Balanced
Average Duration: 30-35 minutes
Amount of Combat: Moderate to High
Starts at: Astern Townhouse in Protector's Enclave

Campaign Background: Chapter 1 of the Story-Driven Action Campaign "When Vultures Circle".
The Astern Brewery has been reclaimed, but there are greater threats to the family's fortune than Nasher looters. You've found evidence that confirms a mounting conspiracy against Lady Elisa Astern. The question is, what do you do next... Inform Lady Elisa? Confront Viscount Silverton? Interrogate Seneschal Whitemane?... And where do Lieutenant Graves and Lord Burkhard sit in all this...

Mission Summary (SPOILERS):
Having cleared the Astern Brewery of Rebel looters, and with several incriminating documents on hand, you travel to the Astern Townhouse to inform Lady Elisa Astern. On arrival, you soon realize a party is in full swing... with Viscount Silverton at its center. Lady Elisa is unwilling to listen to you while she has so many guests to attend to, leaving you to discuss matters with her younger sister, Georgie. Georgie suggests you gather more evidence of Silverton's treason with the Nashers from his country manor, as its the only way to guarantee Silverton faces justice. The party is the perfect time to infiltrate the Manor because the Viscount and his legendary bodyguard, Grell Stormbreaker, are socializing downstairs. She warns you of Councilor Morret, a high magus in the service of Silverton, before you depart.

Outside the Silverton Estate, you manage to find a way through the Estate's outer walls and into the Manor. After collecting a selection of papers pinning Silverton to the rebellion, you uncover a plot to use Silverton Manor as a Nasher stronghold and to launch attacks against Protector's Enclave. What's worse is that Silverton's wizard, Councilor Morret, is training the household guard in all manner of sorcery and has himself fallen to the dark, alluring power of Necromancy. The adventurer defeats Morret in Silverton's librarium and, while reading through Morret's diary, learns of a plan to kidnap Elisa!

Screenshots:
Spellblade Captain Kael'ros claims another victim:


Silverton's Guard seize the Silver Wolf Inn:


Marracuse's rebels, Kael'ros' spellswords and Morret's necromancers form an unholy trinity:


Councilor Morret communes with the dead:

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Update:
- Added screenshots of the maps.
- Improved dialog with Gate Guards.
- Added the Spellblade Menace sidequest.
- Added ambush scene in Silverton Courtyard.
- Changed L-shaped rooms to remove lighting glitch.
- Added Bootlegger dialog.
- Improved environment of Silverton's Study and other rooms.
- Added Town Portal as a logical recall method.
- Added Morret's Arcane Encyclopedia as a lore item.

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Update:
- Added extra rooms to increase the Manor's size.
- Added a patrol path to Captain Marracuse to allow for correct initiation.
- Added magical details to Evidence rooms.
- Added skill roll to Bootlegger dialog.

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Update:
- Added Kael'ros lore item for the Spellblade Menace sidequest.
- Added new Spellblade skin.
- Added skill roll into Spellblade Menace.
- Improved details in a few rooms.

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Update:
- Foundry search is bugging out. You have to search by Short Code: NW-DDVKMGSTY. Thanks.

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Update:
- Improved Councilor Morret dialog.
- Improved Lady Elisa's dialog.
- Added Council of Mages dialog.
- Added Alaris Dawnstar dialog.
- Added Temple of Flame lore item.
- Added Archlich Galaeron lore item.

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Update:
- Added 2Player Mode switch to Silverton Estate.
- Added new Spellblade Captain encounter and 2Player Mode encounters.
- Improved detailing of Silverton Estate.
- Edited Map Background.
- Edited Bootlegger dialog.
- Edited Farmhand dialog.
- Added sounds to various action triggers.

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BIG Update:
- Added 2Player Mode to entire quest!
- Added new Zombie Hulk encounters, Mercenary encounters, Courtesan encounter and 2 Player Mode encounters.
- Added more room details to Silverton Manor.
- Added lighting effects to Silverton Library and Manor.
- Edited conversation after completing the Spellblade Menace sidequest.
- Added Councilor Morret and Viscount Silverton lore items.