Possessing the original module will be essential because in this conversion will not contain original texts. You, both players and dm, are facing a new challenge in running and playing this. Gaz1 states that thief characters can choose to belong to one of three thieves guilds in karameikos, and identifies the veiled society as one of these the other two being the kingdom of the thieves headed by flameflicker, and the iron ring slaver organization. Characters who really go through each adventure slowly and carefully should absolutely be 3rd level and above.
Of course, it can be set in any other campaigns where there is a city big enough. The veiled society is set in the city of specularum, where the players must determine which of three rival factions is responsible for a murder. Master of the desert nomads, and specularum from b6. It would have been nice if they could have mentioned that the pcs are supposed to start at area 5. They would have been entirely unprecedented when lakofka originally wrote this adventure. And it also contained paper cut out buildings by dennis kauth. B6the veiled society is next to worthless because, in order to run this adventure decently, one needs to write an entirely new adventure. First printed as a module in the night ventures series by daystar west media a privatelyowned company of author tracy hickman, it was purchased by tsr and released. But she is old and nervous and her mind often plays tricks on her. The veiled society is an adventure that takes place in the city of specularum.
Niles brief came about as the result of a previous version of. B6 the veiled society basic the widow insists there are demons in her house. Dungeons and dragons b series adventures series librarything. Kings festival was also the only basic adventure with a sequel b12. After entering the city, the characters become embroiled in the political intrigue and criminal underbelly of the city. B7 rahasia by tracy and laura hickman first printed as a module in the night ventures series by daystar west media a privatelyowned company of author tracy hickman, it was purchased by tsr and released as an exclusive rpga module for rpga network members. This city adventure is probably best run with another city adventure or setting information to provide additional flavor and encounters. Veiled society can be found on amazon print or dndclassics pdf. B6 the veiled society this is a cool introduction to the city of specularum in the grand duchy of karameikos. She had contacts with an evil temple farther north, so the pcs travel there to destroy it and its humanoid supporters in the caves of chaos b2. You are not in the wilderness and dungeon, but in the political situation.
B6 veiled society includes cardstock miniatures and 16 pages of foldtogether buildings. Presumably this is being done for the benefit of the veiled society. The advenuture itself isnt that long, but interesting. She hears them at night in her root cellar, and now they call out to her. Cut out and build the paper sculptures found in the center of this book.
Specularum is the capital of the grand duchy of karameikos, and the adventure involves the party in a struggle between the citys three major families the. All time today two days last 7 days last 30 days last 365 days gallery. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Feb 26, 2015 b6 veiled society cutouts post by peet thu feb 26, 2015 12. Thanks to leonard riotto for the scans of b5 and b6, and to adrian newman for the scan of bsolo. Hope that you may enjoy this unique and strange urban adventure. Intrigue and plots in a great city is the subtext of this adventure written by david cook in 1984 and clocking in at 16 pages. Personally id need to design an entire city, think up factions with cluescharacteristic leading to them and either buy another adventure sourcebook or write a mess of random tables to make for vibrant city encounters. B6 the veiled society is next to worthless because, in order to run this adventure decently, one needs to write an entirely new adventure. Two men, their heads fully sheathed in large black hoods, dig quickly in the darkness of the cellar. Some are listed as part of a bundle such as t1 village of hommlet being part of the t14 conversion bundle. Karameikos sits on the south shore of the continent of brun, west of the thyatian empire and east of the five shires. It also contains mockups of buildings and cardboard cutouts for the pcs and important npcs, to be used as crude miniatures and sets.
Written by dave cook in 1984, the veiled society b6 is a departure from the previous b series of modules in that its not a dungeon crawl or. Characters who really go through each adventure slowly. Tsr 9291, dlc1, dragonlance, dragonlance classics, volume i. Mar 30, 2014 the veiled society is an urban adventure with intrigue and warring families in a sparsely described town, which appears to have used modular 3d paper buildings as its main gimmick. The veile d society includes paper sculpture buildings which will introduce a threedimensional element into your campaign. The veiled society 1984 all get flagged as good points to start adventuring from. This module is set in the capital city of karameikos. Bsolo ghost of lion castle basic wizards of the coast.
Journey to the rock are missing one of the five adventures from b9. It should be noted that the known world as seen in its original bxseries days 19811986 was somewhat different from the known world that appeared under bruce heards leadership with the publication of gaz114 19871989. Apr 11, 2019 v is for veiled society, the most powerful criminal organization in specularum. Kings festival was just the second basic adventure strongly placed in the known world, the other being b6. The veiled society image gallery upload image sort.
Niles was handed an old brief and told to write an adventure from it. The veiled society is complete except for the cardboard figures and paper sculptures b7. She hears them at night in her root cellar, and now they call out to continue reading. Thus, veiled society immediately became an integral building block for the known world. Rahasia is complete two of the three possible trails in b8. A complete set of digital maps 72 dpi of the encounters and city scenes of the iconic adventure b6 the veiled society. Player characters become involved in the power struggles of the city. Rather than being a pure dungeon crawl or wilderness adventure like the earlier bseries of modules, the veiled society is set in the specularum, the capitol of the grand duchy of karameikos, and involves the party in a struggle between the citys three major families the vorloi, radu, and torenescu. Modules to start in ptolus morrus unofficial tabletop. The map does not show the doors in area 5, and the ladder in area 2. All boxfront boxback components customized play miscellaneous mature uncategorized licenses. The hole grows deeper as their shovels bit into the earth.
Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Modules conversion list we have over 70 classic adventure modules which weve converted to 5e. B1 in search of the unknown, b2 the keep on the borderlands, b3 palace of the silver. Entirely townbased adventures were just coming into their own at this time, with the few other examples being b6. B9 castle caldwell and beyond, b8 journey to the rock, b2 the keep on the borderlands, b3 palace of the silver princess, b5 horror on the hill, b7 rahasia, b4 the. Castle caldwell is missing the abduction of princess sylvia. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. Kruskievs gold by agathokles on the vaults of pandius, the veiled society module b6, tsr, or the specularum scenario series by ville lahde on the vaults of pandius of adventures.
This is my conversion of tsrs in search of adventure, which combines the bseries of modules into a large nonlinear one. Slave pits of the undercity, the isle of dread, dwellers of the forbidden city, master of the desert nomads and temple of death as well as writing the originalcontinue reading. The second arc has the players investigating the theft of a holy artifact by a lapsed cleric, elwyn b9. The innovation of constructing paper buildings and setting an adventure inside the confines of a city blew my mind back in. It was written in february 1982, so it was probably published in the first half of the year. The paper building gimmick is unfortunate as it appears to have eaten up space that could have been used to make this module interesting or evocative. The plot is fairly linear, and the book comes with paper sculptures of houses and.
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