| 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.
=== Portals ===
=== 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 which tend toward the unwanted dregs manner of the cityouter 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 liquid. This 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.
=== In Sigil ===* [[Hiyoshi]] - Sensate. HikariVaeril's adopted mother''Structure of the Planes Vol.* Joran I'' - Wizard and Volume one of a set of books written by a Sensatewizard approximately 100 years ago about how the planes work. An older man who studies This volume mostly concerns portals as his main focusand the connections between planes. The tome is written in Axiomatic, the language of Law. He has sent Hikari : His unorthodox, and Larissa to do a bit of field frankly evil, research methods have tainted the work for himmany.* Larissa Karras - Cleric Finding that the books were enchanted against many methods of Celestian and a Sensate. She talks destruction, some groups have sought to her godhide the books because they either don't support his research methods, literallyor believe the results to be offensive to the Lady in some way. Everyone thinks she's weirdThey may have a point, but she seems nice enough otherwisesince 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.* The Lady of Pain - [https://www.youtubeIt 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.com/watch?v=6uGEfdCj9bU The least you need to knowOther volumes are entirely unknown.]
* The Stone Egg - This item was dropped in front of the party by a Tiefling who was fleeing the Mercykillers. It did not break when dropped on cobblestone. It has an appearance of joined plates and is about 7 inches long. It is a dark grey color. It is just barely warm to the touch.: Lily, an assistant to Joran, stated to Marby that it may be the egg of some magical creature (not one she recognized) or a nonstandard magical item. She recommended showing it to someone more knowledgeable on those topics. == The Story So Far Quest Log ==Updated my journalThings your characters said they want to do or were assigned to do by an NPC. The Group:
=== 2015-12-30 - I'm at the bar, getting drunk! ===Main:[[Hikari]] * Find and her 'friend' Larissa are sent to use an experimental new device to collect information on portal transit for Joran punish the wizard. After a scuffle in the Hive, they accidentally activate the device army which marched through Ezethae and Fairmond and enter an unknown portalattacked their people. (SPOILER ALERT: It led to [[Datha]].) After encountering a bear, ** Word is that the two run out horde has marched west of Fairmond, into the area and head north, lucking upon an old road, and then a small village where..Sunburnt Sea.
[[Jaxson]] and his new friend Grodd are heading east into [[Datha#The_Realm_of_Ezethae|Ezethae]] (not into Side:* What was that shifty group in the city properPlane 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 guards might recognize Jaxson!(fake?) and to a monastery that Jaxson favors for their excellent beers and wineshidden riches of Lady Winfrith. At a tavern on ** A copy, preferably the wayoriginal, Jaxson cons of Vaeril's ''Structure of Sigil''.* The party located a merchant into purchasing a Snipe from him. A gnomesite of historical, [[Marby Fizzlesprocket]]religious, comes down from her room and magical significance on Datha: The Shrine of Saint Dabius. Here is interred the three most interesting people at evil sorcerer Marin the bar get to talking. Marby displays Faceless, defeated and sealed by Dabius, a wink wink nudge nudge interest figure of note in going to the nearby [[Datha#The_Cobalt_Forest|Colbalt Forest]] where she thinks she may be able to find some rare magical reagentsmythic history of the church of Ajahn.
At this point, two women enter === Completed! ===The Group:* Pacify the tavern, one bear and assist Hikari and Larissa in getting home.* Return to the Elf outside the crypt and give him closure on the invasion of them, his wife's burial site.* Find a way for the one Datha folk to return to their home plane. (with fox ears and nine tails, starts asking about portals and cities full Joran's assistance)* Take Joran on a tour of doorsEzethae. After a bit * Assist the Realm of convincing, Jaxson, Grodd, Ezethea.** The royal family +servants has been cured and Marby agree are all recovering.** Abbot Norry directed the peasant farmers of the midlands of the country to go into return the forest farmlands and work with them the monastery to help sort out this bear at least, ready the village and see what happensfields for planting season.** Rector Aldis has headed up an effort to beef up the guards/soldiers of Ezethae.
So, instead, they all set out Hikari:* Return the portal device to sample the monastery's production. Abbot Norry greets Jaxson Joran in the shrine to Ajahn, and takes them to the taphouseCivic Festhall. After selling the group some alcohol and drinking ** Find a round with them, the abbott has way to get back to work, and return home.* Track down whoever cut down trees from the group heads south into Wise Oaks Grove.** Abbot Norry mentioned he purchased the forest to see if they can run off or kill this bearwood from merchants operating out of Fairmond.
[[Characters_(Pendragon)#The_Ursine_Brotherhood|Hey wait, is this a callback or something?]]Marby:* Collect samples from the Cobalt Forest and return them to Tabi in Silvermist.
=== 2015-12-16 - Initial session =The Story So Far ==Characters mostly created and preliminary information discussedSee [[Planescape_Chronicle|the journal]].
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