Their first mission is to look deeper into Dame Hakkima’s killing. Although the actual perpetrator conducted the killing strictly for profit, Lord Tar suspects a larger organization with more insidious motives and goals. The Chancellery has so far turned up one lead – the man who hired Dame Hakkima’s killers. Brill, aka “Sponge” has been tracked to Karakas, a small town on the new Greyhawk/Urnst border, and so, to Karakas our heroes have been sent.

Settlement population: 1,100

Karakas

• The Ministry of Security (aka, The Chancellery)
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (aka, The Commission)
• The Ministry of the Exchequer

• The Ministry of the Judiciary

Notes:

• During times of war, Patrols (and sometimes the Guard) are subsumed into the Army, which reports directly to the Count
• Knights of the Lion, 1^st class are directly subordinate to the Count. Knights of the Lion, 2^nd and 3^rd classes may be subordinate to a Knight of the Lion, 1^st class or to the Count

• Borough Reeves are always appointed by and are always subordinate to the Baronets

Dame Hakkima, Bt. (right) spent the weeks following her investiture figuring prominently in the Greyhawk entertainment scene. Now she has apparently left the city, but under what circumstances, and with what goals? Count Aphic wants her found and escorted to Ryell Pass to take up her duties in earnest. Kentaro and Kinnaka are on the job!

Bandits are attacking merchant caravans entering the town of Peculiar Manor, South of Greyhawk. They are generally several hours out, but the guard has not seen them. The patrols have been told to watch every merchant caravan when they come into town. From time to time an outgoing merchant has been attacked, but not often. These attacks have been going on every 10 days or so for about six months. The Mayor of Peculiar Manor has never asked for help with this problem, but the Merchant Guild has beseeched Count Aphic, a Merchant Lord himself, to look into the situation. They believe that the Mayor is involved in the bandit attacks. It explains why the patrols are never on the right road, even though the bandits have attacked a lot. In addition, they have attacked barges as well as caravans.The bottom line is that there are three goals here:

1. Determine if the mayor is involved
2. Determine where the bandits can be taken safely
3. Determine the contingent necessary to take them down

Squares:
A. Residents’ square = permanent stalls, locals, family-owned, household items
B. Open square = changeable stalls, seasonal, transient, food and exotic goods

Inns, Taverns, Etc.:
1. Cask and Auger Inn (average, 27 rooms)
2. Red Lion Tavern (average, 4 rooms; popular with demi-humans)
3. Sun Inn (cheap, 12 rooms)
4. Damsel in Distress Tavern (low-class, 4 rooms)
5. Danny’s Inn (average, 15 rooms)
6. Hero’s Rest Tavern (average, 5 rooms)
7. The Cheese Wheel Tavern (cheap, 3 rooms)
8. Hammer and Chisel Tavern (workman’s, 7 rooms)
9. Singing Canary (workman’s, 6 rooms)

Temples:
10. Zeus – King of the gods
11. Hestia – Goddess of Hearth and Home
12. Gaea – Goddess of the Earth
13. Hera – Goddess of Women

Important Buildings:
21. Town Hall, Prison, Courthouse– Mayor also lives here
22. Baron Tryffin, Lord Ryell (Duchy’s Lord, now abandoned)

Vampirism is a disease that affects the CON. It has a POTency of 2 and a weakening of 1. This means that any human or humanoid bitten must roll a Con roll, getting 8 success. Each encountered point lowers the victim’s CON by 1. Each week the disease weakens by 1. This disease is cumulative so, each bite adds another 2 power. One or even two bites generally does not make a vampire.

Vampires must drink blood to maintain their regenerative abilities. Vampires can drink human, demi-human, or even animal blood for sustenance and to maintain their spiritual power. They can eat physical food, though there is no pleasure of sustenance from it. Animal blood is not a sufficient diet. A vampire can survive for extended periods without human or demi-human blood, but may be driven insane by the experience.

Vampires’s stats are the same as their hosts with the following bonuses:

• Str +5
• Dex +5
• MF +5
• PF +5
• Regeneration: CON HP/turn
• Unaging
• Acute Smell 5
• Acute Hearing 5
• Voice 5

• Addicted to Blood. Must feed daily.

Though unable to do many of the mystical abilities often credited to vampires, vampires retain the abilities to cast and use magic. Typically, a vampire priest will be cut off from their god, but in some cases the god continues to allow them to use divine prayers.