[Accessory] [8908] Gateway To Ravens Bluff, The Living City.pdf

RPGA Network proudly presents an

ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Official Game Accessory

Gateway to RAVENS BLUFF, The Living City

Welcome to Ravens Bluff .............................................................................. 2

City Government & Organization TSR by Richard Rydberg ................................................... 3

Ravens Bluff Personalities

Charles Oliver OKane, Lord Mayor by Ed Sollers and Harold Johnson ............................................

Howard Holiday, Deputy Mayor by Jean Rabe ....................................................................

Gaius Varros, Lord Marshal by Lew Wright ..........................................................

Lord Charles Frederik LaVerne Blacktree IV, Lord Speaker of the Advisory Council by Lew Wright ..................

Tordon Sureblade, Lord Chancellor by Errol Farstad ....................................................

Lady Katharine Marie Moorland, Lord Speaker of the Council of Lords by Lew Wright .............................

Lord Thomas Raphiel, Lord Regent by Jeff Martin .......................................................

Rolf Sunny Sunriver, Chief Constable by Lew Wright ...................................................

Russel Roland, Lord MacIntyre (and Company) by Daniel Kramarsky ........................................

Lord Calvin Longbottle, Regent of the Harbor by Jay Tummelson ...........................................

Sirrus Melandor, Chief Prelate by Lew Wright .........................................................

Thorm Sureblade, Independent Fighters Guildmaster by Errol Farstad .....................................

Arvin Kothonos, Merchants Guildmaster by Peter Hague .................................................

Lady Lauren DeVillars by Ed Sollers and Harold Johnson ...............................................

Ambassador Carrague, Building Inspector by Vince Garcia .................................................

King, The Dog by Vince Garcia .....................................................................

Chaney, Chief Spy by Ed Sollers and Harold Johnson .....................................................

Businesses and Their Proprietors by Rollin Ehlenfeldt and Skip Williams

Ways Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8

City Watch Barracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9

The Happy Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

The Shod Tallon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

The Sparkling Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7

Pig-In-A-Poke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9

Ye Who Dares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0

NarwhalManor ....................................................................................... 42

A Tale Within a Tale by James Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Hounds and the Hare by Peter Hague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7

Rats! by Rembert Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8

Ravens Bluff: A Geopolitical Background by Richard Rydberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Ravens Bluff Encounter Charts by Richard Rydberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Living City Writers Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

RPGA Network Membership Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Credits

Compiled by: Jean Rabe

Interior Art: Angela Bostick, Timothy Bradstreet, and Rick Lowry

Editors: Skip Williams and Ed Sollers

Cartography: Guy McLimore

Editorial Assistance: Debbie Poutsch

Typography: Angelika Lokotz

Cover Art: Keith Parkinson

Keylining: Paul Hanchette

Ravens Bluff Map: Valerie Valusek

Design Concept: Harold Johnson, James Ward, and Jean Rabe

Dedication: To the present and future members of the RPGA Network, whose camaraderie and devotion to the gaming hobby will keep

Ravens Bluff alive for many years to come.

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Welcome to Ravens Bluff

Welcome to Ravens Bluff, The Living

City. Just off the coast of The Dragon

Reach on the Sea of Fallen Stars, the city

beckons to adventurers, promising to

stir their imaginations. It is a city filled

with memorable characters, fascinat-

ing shops and businesses, political in-

trigue, and, of course, adventure.

Opening the gates to our city you will

meet Charles Oliver OKane, the lord

mayor who has turned Ravens Bluff

into a bustling seacoast city; Howard

Holiday, the deputy mayor who has a

network of spies headed by a some-

what civic-minded doppleganger; Lady

Katharine Moorland, the half elf lord

speaker of the Council of Lords who

has a talent for magic; Ambassador Car-

rague, the citys senile building inspec-

tor; King, a dog that is more than a dog

and is considered a hero in the city; and

many more colorful personalities.

The city is also filled with many shops

to browse through and spend your gold

pieces in. Stop by Ye Who Dares, where

you will find arms and armor at reason-

able prices; The Sparkling Edge, a shop

that buys and sells gems; the Shod Tal-

lon, a tavern that caters to elves and

half elves; and Ways Unknown, where

you can find a guide who could lead you

to adventure. We also present the city

barracks, filled with officers and fight-

ers (some of who are a bit barbaric),

and Narwhal Manor, the citys customs

warehouse. And in future issues of the

POLYHEDRON Newszine and in other

special Living City products you will

find other businesses, characters, and

events that you wont want to miss.

These buildings and personalities will

fit right into your Living City campaign,

or they can be used with other existing

city campaigns. The adventure in-

cluded in this product, Rats!, also can

be used in existing city campaigns.

DMs and players who use the material

in this and future packs will learn there

is as much adventure in a city as there is

in any dungeon or wilderness setting.

And theres just as much fun, too.

Ravens Bluff and the lands around it

belong to the ROLE PLAYING GAME

ASSOCIATION Network, an interna-

tional organization of role playing game

enthusiasts. The characters, buildings,

and adventures in this Gateway Pack

are created by Network members. In

addition, Living City features appear in

each issue of the POLYHEDRON

Newszine, the official bi-monthly maga-

zine of the Network. If you want to join

the Network, fill out the membership

form at the end of this product. The

RPGA Network also sponsors Living

City tournaments at GEN CON® Game

Fair, which are open to members only.

And the Network only will consider Liv-

ing City material submitted by Network

members. Submission guidelines ap-

pear at the end of this product.

The city is a changing environment.

Events will take place in Ravens Bluff

that will alter the political climate, af-

fect the businesses there, and impact

on the colorful characters presented in

this pack and in the POLYHEDRON

Newszine. These events can provide ad-

ventures for Living City campaigns and

can inspire DMs to improve and change

their own cities. The city will also grow.

In future products you will see guilds

and new personalities, learn about the

nearby druidic community, and dis-

cover the secrets of the tent town out-

side the citys gates.

There is so much to explore that it

cannot be contained in one product.

Ravens Bluff is home to the rich, the

poor, and all classes in between. Travel

from the warfs, where you might

chance upon some unsavory characters

in a run-down tavern, to the merchants

district alive with activity. Visit Smug-

glers Town, a collection of buildings

isolated on an island in the river, but be

careful of your purse. Journey to the

peaks southeast of the city where

winged mounts bring important visi-

tors to the city. Nearby is a collection of

hill dwellings, cave-like homes occupied

by an enigmatic and mixed group of

people. And make sure you have time to

walk by the waterfallthe one that

sprouts from a fissure in the ground

not from a river. This is a city you can

explore again and again.

This city is like no other presented in

fantasy gaming material, because this

city is not finite. Through the years

more information about this city will

become known and new personalities

will be introduced.

And more is to come. There are plans

to produce a quarterly Living City

newsletter, the Ravens Bluff Trumpeter.

This will contain up-to-date informa-

tion on happenings around the city and

information about key personalities. Al-

though this product and each subse-

quent product involving Ravens Bluff

can stand alone, to get the full benefit of

all Ravens Bluff, the Living City, mate-

rial you will need the POLYHEDRON

Newszine, the Ravens Bluff Trumpeter,

and our other special releases, which

will be announced in the Newszine and

the newsletter.

Dont miss out on all the activities and

excitement. Stroll through the gates of

our city. Theres an adventure inside

waiting for you.

City Government & Organization

Non Player

Character Officials

Clerical Circle: Sirrus Melandor,

Chief Prelate, High Priest of Tyr

Arvin Kothonos (Merchants Guild)

Thorm Sureblade (Independent Fight-

ers Guild)

Subdepartments

Mayor: Charles Oliver OKane

Deputy Mayor: Howard Holiday

Council of Lords: Mayor or Deputy

Mayor (when present), otherwise Lady

Katharine Marie Moorland (two-year

term)

The Regency

Regent of Guilds

Regent of Treasury

Regent of Harbor

Chief Constable

Field General of the Army

Lord Regent

The Lord Regent manages the depart-

ments concerned with the citys eco-

nomic life. He has little policy-making

power; rather, he implements policy as

set down by the Council of Lords, of

which he is a member. The Lord

Regents subordinates are carefully

chosen and need little supervision from

the Lord Regent. This leaves the Lord

Regent time to handle the citys foreign

policy. The Lord Regents goals in this

area are to persuade the remaining

independent lords in the Ravens Bluff

area to accept the authority of the city

Heads of

Departments

Other Officials

Regency: Lord Thomas Raphiel, Lord

Regent

Courts: Tordon Sureblade, Lord Chan-

cellor

Military: Lord Marshal Gaius Varro

Advisory Council: Lord Charles

Frederik LaVerne Blacktree IV, Lord

Speaker (two-year term)

Brasclan (Senior Constable; see Rats!)

Ambassador Carrague (Advisory

Council)

Lord Russell Roland (Advisory Council)

Guildmasters: The NPC section con-

tains descriptions of some, but not all,

guildmasters in the city.

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