First downtime, happening at the end of the year : )
(Context for anyone reading who isn’t in the game, this is an update for the people playing in my Basic Fantasy RPG game, the Unbroken Coast.)
Downtimes
Untitled Void Monk tries to find a disciple. The only taker is a one-armed former mine worker called Tom Hazy, who is joining out of lack of better options and for protection from his creditors. (Tom Hazy. Fighter 2. S 11 D 10 C 15 I 8 W 11 C 10. 9hp. Chain, sword. One arm. Addicted to opium. Owes 700 coin to the Silverton mob.)
Badger seeks an audience with Helena, the living saint and ruler of Beacon City. He eventually gets a meeting and asks for help with the war in his world. Helena says her advisors don’t want her getting the city embroiled in a war, with the seas still threatened by pirates and the land threatened by goblins and an enemy to the south. She will provide what aid she can and promises to send letters to other Lawful organizations that can contribute to the war. Helena says the Order of the Repentant Snake will almost certainly send a chapter to provide healing, and he might get some knights looking for a cause to fight for. (Details in discord messages) She can also give advice if told more about the situation. (Can elaborate in messages or in tavern)
Luna tower trains with the twin swords Light-in-Dark and Dark-in-Light. She finds that the swords whistle with delight when wielded together. Both swords have the property +1, +3 when fighting side by side with someone wielding [Light-in-Dark/Dark-in-Light]”. There may be a command word to Dark-in-Light, but a wizard or sage is required to discover it. A traveler warns Luna to be on the lookout for a red-haired thief, but does not elaborate.
Lump and Valentina guard the entrance to the cave of copper and ghouls. They ensure no animals enter the cave, lest the ghouls feast on their flesh. A family of talking squirrels are especially grateful to be saved from a ghoulish fate, and they can be recruited as retainers. Talking Squirrel (as squirrel except talking and intelligent, only speaks Elvish)
Events
A wandering bard riding from town to town sings a song about how two invincible knights defeated a band of orcs and saved the town of Newmill. He also brings news that the town of For is under siege, and if it falls then a terrible weapon will be unleashed on the land.
Coppercave, an outpost in the hills which will be a mine as soon as the caves are cleared of ghouls, had had a change in leadership. Johann Dredge, the mining engineer, has taken over. He promises that all miners and adventurers will still be paid. Tino, the previous leader, is gone. A miner says he saw Tino heading north towards Slagton, with purses full of all the coin which was to be invested in the mine.
Fliers have been seen on message boards and fence posts, reading ‘come to New Gobmuck work for pay kill the birds’.
Admiral Otto Waters of Beacon City sends out word of a quest. He will pay 5,000 coin to anyone who can find the location of the pirate base, or capture a pirate captain who can be interrogated for the information.
Refugees from the lake valley have arrived in Beacon City and the nearby towns. They bring news of an orcish invasion, lead by a warlord called Son of the Dragon. In Beacon City, the Committee to Aid those Dispossessed by the War is working on finding or building homes for these refugees, and requests more donations for this.
