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| name = Planescape Nights
| logo = Lady_of_pain_logo.png
| logo_caption = "Why would we want to go to What can change the same place all the timenature of a nerd?"
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| status = ActiveEnded
| genre = Planescape
| system = Hackmaster
| began = {{start date|2015|12|16}}
| ended = <!-- {{start date|YYYY2016|mm07|dd13}} -->| time_active = {{age in years and 7 months|2015|12|16}}| game_master = [[User:BenjaminSage|BenjaminSage]]| players = [[User:Andrew|Andrew]], [[User:JeremyJamie|JeremyJamie]], [[User:Luke|Luke]], [[User:Rob|Rob]]
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''Planescape Nights'' - The Planescape campaign setting with Hackmaster 4th ed bolted onto it. GMed by [[User:BenjaminSage|BenjaminSage]].
Our players wander the Planes in search of adventure, treasure, or to fulfill their own private ambitions.
== Characters ==
* [[Grodd]] - [[User:Andrew|Andrew]]
** [[Steve]] - Protege* [[Hikari]] - [[User:JeremyJamie|JeremyJamie]]
* [[Jaxson]] - [[User:Luke|Luke]]
** [[Zevine]] - Protege
* [[Marby Fizzlesprocket]] - [[User:Rob|Rob]]
** [[Larissa Karras]] - Protege
== General Information ==
[[File:GreatwheelIngress_folly.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The PlanesIt is good to be cautious of unknown portals.]]
* The current year is 3440. This is not extremely important, but someone asked. Time can be weird on the planes.
* Refer to [[User:BenjaminSage#House_Rules|BenjaminSage's house rules]], especially [[BenjaminSage's Hackmaster House Rules]]. A lot Some of the 3.5 rules will also apply under Hackmaster as well (especially the section on The Planes, this is the Planescape setting after all).
* I reserve the right to change the rules basically whenever, but I promise it will be for good reasons, and to account properly for any changes this makes to the mechanical operation of anyone's character.
=== Factions ===
The [[Factions]] of Sigil run the city at the Lady's pleasure.You are free to join factions once you learn about them and find a contact, but be aware the they don't all get along. You probably won't be able to join a faction opposed to a faction that one of your associates is an active member of, and you can inherit enemies from your faction choices!
== Locations ==
[[File:Greatwheel.jpg|thumb|upright|The Planes.]][[Sigil ]] and the Planes at large. Wherever the story or your own hearts' desires take you.
[[File:Sigil-life.jpg|thumb|upright|Sigil.]]=== Sigil Material Planes ===As Sigil is the literal metaphysical center There are a multitude of earthlike or similar worlds of various levels of habitability by humanoids. Most humanoids are from one of the planesthese worlds, and are referred to as "primes" by people who live on the City of Doors that theoretically contains portals to every conceivable plane, you will find yourself returning to or travelling through it oftenplanes.
The everyday operation ==== Worlds of the city is handled by the Note ====* [[FactionsDatha]]- Home plane to Jaxson, Grodd, organizations and Marby.* Hombarien - Somewhat less developed than some other worlds. There is known to be a dwarven society which is beset by undead from marshes to the north.* Unknown plane - Sits below the Wandering Temple of people united by Celestian.** The Wandering Temple of Celestian - A temple set on floating islands high above a plane below. The islands float through the sky just fast enough to be in an eternal night. On the island is at least one observatory temple, with a particular belief or philosophydome of enchanted glass which magnifies the night sky.
Ultimately, everything in === Inner Planes ===Planes based on the city exists elements and comes and goes at the pleasure materials of the Lady of Painmultiverse. The major ones are: Earth, Fire, Water, Air, Positive, and Negative.
=== Outer Planes ===[[File:Outlands.jpg|thumb|The city changes over timeOutlands, in response to the beliefs of with Gate-towns and connected planes listed.]]Planes based on the inhabitantsideals, the will of the Ladyphilosophies, and the sweat and hard work gods of anyone who cares to put in the effortmultiverse.
==== Notable Locations in Sigil ====* The Clerk's Ward Outlands - An affluent district, home to most of the city's lower-rung bureaucrats and middlemenThe neutral plane.** [[Civic FesthallSigil]] - Headquarters of sits atop the great spire in the Sensatescenter.* The Hive Ward - The slum and Arrayed around the ghetto, home to spire are the poor, the roguesGate-towns, and the unwanted dregs of which tend toward the city.* The Lady's Ward - The richest and most exclusive section manner of the city, is home to the elites of society and of its governmentouter plane whose permanent gate they surround.
=== Material Planes ===There are * The Beastlands is a multitude plane of earthlike or similar worlds nature and animals, and is also known as the Happy Hunting Grounds. Peaceful alpine forests and groves of various levels giant mushrooms can be found here. A varied climate exists across the plane, providing a suitable environment for many species of habitability by humanoidsanimals and plants. Most humanoids are from one The number of these worldstraditional settlements is very small, and are referred with most inhabitants living beneath the trees out in the wilderness. The mortal souls that come to as "primes" by people who live this plane after death take on animal traits soon after they arrive, developing pelts of fur and growing horns or pointed ears or other such features. Over the planescourse of centuries they continue to slowly change, becoming celestial beasts.
==== Worlds of Note ====* [[Datha]] Arborea - Home The chaotic good plane. Arborea is a peaceful plane of natural beauty with a multitude of thriving environments. Much of the plane is dominated by vast tall forests, but also includes glades of wildflowers and fields of grain. As a plane to Jaxsonthat also embodies chaos, Groddit has a wild and often sudden nature. The weather can change drastically at short notice, changing from warm sunshine to raging winds and Marbyback again in just a few minutes.
=== * Limbo - The Planes ===Additionally there are the inner, outer, elemental, etcchaotic neutral plane.. planes Limbo is a place of pure chaos where everything is in constant motion and change, especially the Planescape setting. Nothing is off limitslandscape, if you which can learn about it in game shift unpredictably and find your way thererandomly rolls over upon itself like liquidThis section will fill Very few places in as you Limbo are exposed to new planesstable enough for normal travel.
== NPCs ==
[[File:Larissa.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Larissa Karras]]
Friends, foes, and other characters met along the way.
* [[Datha#NPCs|On Datha]]
* [[Sigil#NPCs|In Sigil]]
 
=== Misc ===
* Priestess Nahira - Githzerai priestess and seer met in the Wandering Temple of Celestian.
* Norendal - Dwarf/Planetouched Ranger, mentor to Hikari. He is often found wandering the Outlands between Tradegate and Faunel, or making journeys into Bytopia or the Beastlands from these Gate-towns.
* Ko'nahn the Barbarian - Barbarian found in the Cobalt Forest on Datha after accidentally falling through a portal. After a friendly fist-fight, Grodd took him to the now stabilized portal, and he returned to The Beastlands.
 
== Special Items ==
* The Portal Device - A magical device about a foot long and flanged at either end. It has several small gemstones of various colors that light up. It can be used to study a portal and open some portals without their specific key. It is also being used right now by the party to help triangulate the material plane that Jaxson, Marby, and Grodd are from.
 
* Vaeril's ''Structure of the Planes Vol. I'' - Volume one of a set of books written by a wizard approximately 100 years ago about how the planes work. This volume mostly concerns portals and the connections between planes. The tome is written in Axiomatic, the language of Law.
: His unorthodox, and frankly evil, research methods have tainted the work for many. Finding that the books were enchanted against many methods of destruction, some groups have sought to hide the books because they either don't support his research methods, or believe the results to be offensive to the Lady in some way. They may have a point, since Vaeril was ultimately Mazed when he used an artifact to mind control thousands of Hive dwellers and focus their belief on changing Sigil for his experiments.
: It is suspected that up to 5 or 6 volumes were produced by Vaeril, but only volumes II and III were copied and distributed until Vol I was located recently by an adventuring party. Other volumes are entirely unknown.
=== In Sigil ===* [[Hiyoshi]] The Stone Egg - Sensate. Hikari's adopted mother.* [[Joran]] - Wizard and This item was dropped in front of the party by a SensateTiefling who was fleeing the Mercykillers. An older man who studies portals as his main focusIt did not break when dropped on cobblestone. He It has sent Hikari an appearance of joined plates and Larissa to do a bit of field research for himis about 7 inches long.* Larissa Karras - Cleric of Celestian and It is a Sensatedark grey color. She talks It is just barely warm to her godthe touch.: Lily, literally. Everyone thinks she's weirdan assistant to Joran, but stated to Marby that it may be the egg of some magical creature (not one she seems nice enough otherwise.* Lady Winfrith - Upper class woman with recognized) or a mansion in the Lady's Ward and a severe attitude to interlopersnonstandard magical item.* The Lady of Pain - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGEfdCj9bU The least you need She recommended showing it to knowsomeone more knowledgeable on those topics.]
== Quest Log ==
The Group:
 Main:* Defeat Find and punish the army which marched through Ezethae and Fairmond and attacked their people.** Word is that the horde has marched west of Fairmond, into the Sunburnt Sea. Side:* What was that shifty group in the Plane Crazy tavern up to?* What is this Stone Egg thing?* Shaamikh, proprietor of an upscale travelling magical item shop, has offered payment in exchange for information.** A solid lead on the (fake?) hidden riches of Lady Winfrith.** A copy, preferably the original, of Vaeril's ''Structure of Sigil''.* The party located a site of historical, religious, and magical significance on Datha: The Shrine of Saint Dabius. Here is interred the evil sorcerer Marin the Faceless, defeated and sealed by Dabius, a figure of note in the mythic history of the church of Ajahn. === Completed! ===The Group:* Pacify the bear and assist Hikari and Larissa in getting home.* Return to the Elf outside the crypt and give him closure on the invasion of his wife's burial site.* Find a way for the Datha folk to return to their home plane. (with Joran's assistance)* Take Joran on a tour of Ezethae.* Assist the Realm of Ezethea.** The royal family +servants has been cured and are all recovering.** Abbot Norry directed the peasant farmers of the midlands of the country to return the farmlands and work with the monastery to ready the village and fields for planting season.** Rector Aldis has headed up an effort to beef up the guards/soldiers of Ezethae.
Hikari:
* Return the portal device to Joran in the Civic Festhall.
** Find a way to return home.
* Track down whoever cut down trees from the Wise Oaks Grove.
** Abbot Norry mentioned he purchased the wood from merchants operating out of Fairmond.
Marby:
== The Story So Far ==
Updated my journal. === 2015-12-30 - I'm at the bar, getting drunk! ===See [[Hikari]] and her 'friend' Larissa are sent to use an experimental new device to collect information on portal transit for Joran the wizard. After a scuffle in the Hive, they accidentally activate the device and enter an unknown portal. (SPOILER ALERT: It led to [[Datha]].) After encountering a bear, the two run out of the area and head north, lucking upon an old road, and then a small village where... [[Jaxson]] and his new friend Grodd are heading east into [[Datha#The_Realm_of_EzethaePlanescape_Chronicle|Ezethae]] (not into the city proper, the guards might recognize Jaxson!) and to a monastery that Jaxson favors for their excellent beers and wines. At a tavern on the way, Jaxson cons a merchant into purchasing a Snipe from him. A gnome, [[Marby Fizzlesprocket]], comes down from her room and the three most interesting people at the bar get to talking. Marby displays a wink wink nudge nudge interest in going to the nearby [[Datha#The_Cobalt_Forest|Colbalt Forest]] where she thinks she may be able to find some rare magical reagents. At this point, two women enter the tavern, one of them, the one with fox ears and nine tails, starts asking about portals and cities full of doors. After a bit of convincing, Jaxson, Grodd, and Marby agree to go into the forest with them to help sort out this bear at least, and see what happens. So, instead, they all set out to sample the monastery's production. Abbot Norry greets Jaxson in the shrine to Ajahn, and takes them to the taphouse. After selling the group some alcohol and drinking a round with them, the abbott has to get back to work, and the group heads south into the forest to see if they can run off or kill this bear.  [[Characters_(Pendragon)#The_Ursine_Brotherhood|Hey wait, is this a callback or something?journal]] === 2015-12-16 - Initial session ===Characters mostly created and preliminary information discussed.
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