Winter Is Coming

Yes, it really is - in a few weeks at any rate.  That is of course we survive the impending end of the world.  Ah well, Team Bingham went out and cut a Christmas Tree and hung the decorations anyway.  Ah, the futility of it all ;).  It was nice to get out and about though.  This has been a brutal Fall with Daisey and Bear having Strep this past week.  Antibiotics were prescribed and everyone is on the mend now, but it was just another illness in a string of them this year.  Add to that the crazy crap of the day job and it has left me with no game time and quite truthfully, little motivation to work on gaming material.  But I did pull out the manuscript for Delve issue 2 this weekend and hack away at it a bit.  I had hoped to make better progress that what I've been able to muster.  Perhaps I should have done this up as a Kickstarter ;)?  Well, the only thing for it is just to do it.  Dustchapel Downs is the main city of my campaign world (when I'm running it anyway).  Well, here's another preview from what I have so far:

11.  Kellington Manse - A rather affluent section at the heart of the mercantile district, Kellington Manse houses the Three Stags Club, an exclusive gentlemen’s club.  In addition, the Burkheart Bank is based here.

Legend/Lore:  The Three Stags Club is a private social club in the Kellington Manse District.  The club gets its name from the three stuffed and mounted stag heads on the wall of the main parlor.  It is said that if a gem of at least 50 gold pieces value is placed in the mouth of the stag on the left then a small boon will be bestowed upon the person in the form of +1 to all saving throws for 24 hours.  The gem magically vanishes once placed into the stag’s mouth.  The head of the stag in the center is of grim countenance.  If a pearl of 75 gold pieces value is placed into the stag’s mouth on the night of a new moon, the stag will offer a prophetic vision to the one placing the pearl in its mouth.  The vision will be in the form of a vivid dream.  The details and accuracy are up to the game master and the pearl will disappear once placed in the stag’s mouth.  The last stag’s head pure white.  If a diamond of at least 3000 gold pieces of value is placed in the stag’s mouth, the person so placing the gem will be granted the ability to cast a heal spell (or the reverse harm) as per the 6^th level clerical spell once on any single person during the next 24 hour period.       

Items/People of note:  The Burkheart Bank is noted for its dealings with the aristocracy.  In fact, the bank exclusively deals with the wealthy.  The Burkheart Charter, one of the most storied documents in Dustchapel Downs contains the names and estimated wealth of every family of means within Dustchapel Downs.  More than just a tally of accumulated wealth, it is said that the charter actually creates wealth by automatically adjusting interest, fluctuations of currency, etc.  Even more, it is said that by striking through a name in the ledger, a family’s fortunes can be wiped clean with the stroke of a pen.  The charter is kept in a magically locked vault in that exists in a magically accessible demi-plane.  Only the bank’s board of directors has direct access to the vault.  The board is composed of the heads of all the noble families in Dustchapel Downs as well as the Patriarch of the Dawn and the Guild masters of the silversmiths and the teamsters.