D&D 5e (OG)
Hour of the Knife
A dark and mysterious character driven roleplay extravaganza, the group must stop a serial killer before they become victims in their own right.
Not a flower, not a flower sweet,
On by black coffin let there be strown;
Not a friend, not a friend greet,
My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown
~~ William Shakespeare.
Welcome to the City of Shadows and Lost Souls. What will you find when you arrive here? What will you find when you tear away the mask and stare at what lies beneath you? Will you see the face of a monster staring back at you?
Will you realise that the monster is you.
Murder. What possible worse crime could the mind conceive? The sundering of a life -- to take away the most precious gift of all. What gives us the right to play god over the life and world of another -- to be that silent angel in the sky to deem that one's life is over.
Only the most darkest minds of all could conceive of such a terrible act.
And yet, amidst the fog-shrouded streets of Paridon, the silent watchers watch, and they wait. They wait for their time to strike. To come out of the shadows with the glint of steel. And before you know it, the mortal shell has been sundered, and life cast down. Frightened whispers tell of terrible legends. A cycle that begins once every thirteen years. For five consecutive nights, at the stroke of midnight, a terrible murder is committed.
The victim is found, drained of blood, their face twisted into a rictus of terror. Each time the killer targets someone with no family or friends. Loners, with no-one to care for them, no-one to notice that they are gone. Yet the terrified citizens of Paridon know. They know that the time arrives one more time. Thirteen years has almost passed, and soon the cycle will begin anew.
And the city of Paridon will turn once more into a city of fear and horror.
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Who are you? Who are you really? Do you think you are brave adventurers, seeking to make your name and fortune in a realm of wonder and danger. Tell me, my friends, how deep are you willing to go to uncover a truth that wishes to remain hidden from prying eyes.
We will test your belief. We will take you on a journey unlike any that you have been on before. We will take you to the darkest places at the edge of your consciousness that you fear to tread. We will put your loyalty and friendship to the test in ways that you cannot possibly imagine.
And remember, this is just the beginning.
Welcome to Paridon, and welcome to Ravenloft, the Demiplane of Dread. This is, and will be, the story of a group of characters thrown into a desperate situation.
Brought into a strange fog-shrouded city by the mists of Ravenloft, you will witness a terrible murder. As witnesses of this murder, you are the only living people to see the face of the killer. As you flee, you know that surely you will be next on the killer's list. Trapped in this bizarre city as strangers, where you know nobody, and are not sure of who you can trust and who you can turn to, you can only trust each other to survive.
Or can you?
When reality is altered, and when you can never truly be sure whether the person you look at is nothing more than a mask hiding a terrible monster, you will soon learn that perhaps to survive, you will need to embrace the lesser of two evils.
You must pierce the heart of this decadent city, to the terrors hiding inside the shadows of which people fear to speak. This hubris of social decay, and learn the terrible truth behind the curtain.
We will test your belief. We will take you on a journey unlike any that you have been on before. We will take you to the darkest places at the edge of your consciousness that you fear to tread. We will put your loyalty and friendship to the test in ways that you cannot possibly imagine.
And remember, this is just the beginning.
Welcome to Paridon, and welcome to Ravenloft, the Demiplane of Dread. This is, and will be, the story of a group of characters thrown into a desperate situation.
Brought into a strange fog-shrouded city by the mists of Ravenloft, you will witness a terrible murder. As witnesses of this murder, you are the only living people to see the face of the killer. As you flee, you know that surely you will be next on the killer's list. Trapped in this bizarre city as strangers, where you know nobody, and are not sure of who you can trust and who you can turn to, you can only trust each other to survive.
Or can you?
When reality is altered, and when you can never truly be sure whether the person you look at is nothing more than a mask hiding a terrible monster, you will soon learn that perhaps to survive, you will need to embrace the lesser of two evils.
You must pierce the heart of this decadent city, to the terrors hiding inside the shadows of which people fear to speak. This hubris of social decay, and learn the terrible truth behind the curtain.
Ultimately you will discover the truth of what lies beneath.
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