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#1
zombiegleemax
Jan 13, 2004 0:07:22 I've been doing a lot of research on the Pomarj lately, since my campaign is based there (I have also turned back the clock and placed my characters in CY 578). Having picked up the old A series of modules I've been stumped on a few points. In A1, what is the name of the Slave Lord that runs the former Temple of Grummush? It's nice to know that he's got giant weasels for pets but what is his NAME?

The problem I've had is that there are far too many candidates to pick from! So far I've narrowed it down to:

1: Stalman Klim

2: Theg Narlot (aka Turrosh Mak, something I never would have known with picking up the old Slavers 2nd edition campaign booklet)

3: Edralve the Exiled Drow

4: Lamonsten the Lazy

5: Slippery Ketta

6: Brother Milerjoi of the Scarlet Brotherhood (Later replaced by Brother Kerin)

Those six seem to be confirmed original members of the Circle of Nine Slave Lords, but what about these characters?

7: Neralas the Assassin

8: Ajakstu the Mage

9: Mordrammo the High Priest (Possibly an alias of Stalman Klim?)

10: Feetla the Swashbuckler

11: Markessa the Elf Wizard (Famous for making doubles)

12: Eanwulf the Commander of the Slaver Fleet.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
#2
Greyson
Jan 13, 2004 1:11:36 His name is Sturm Blucholtz, a fifth-level thief in 1st ed. rules. His statisitics in my copy of T1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords (&#169 1986 TSR 9167) are:

Blucholtz (5th level thief): AC5; hp 26; #AT 1; D by weapon type; backstab for triple damage.
Equipment: leather armor, sword, sling, Ring of Protection +2, Potion of Invisibility.

Also, Eanwulf 10th level fighter; Neralas 11th level Assassin; and Ajakstu 9th level magic-user (all humans) are the other members of the Inner Council of the Slavelords.

Does that help you out?
#3
zombiegleemax
Jan 13, 2004 1:38:07 So this seems to confirm some of the names I've found, but which of the other names are NOT slave lords... I still have too many names for there to be just nine of them. Unless we assume that with the death of some of them they were replaced by other members lower in the slave lord ranks, much like Brother Kerin replaced Brother Milerjoi...
#4
cwslyclgh
Jan 13, 2004 1:46:53
Originally posted by Greyson
[b]His name is Sturm Blucholtz, a fifth-level thief in 1st ed. rules. His statisitics in my copy of T1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords (&#169 1986 TSR 9167) are:

Blucholtz (5th level thief): AC5; hp 26; #AT 1; D by weapon type; backstab for triple damage.
Equipment: leather armor, sword, sling, Ring of Protection +2, Potion of Invisibility.

interesting in the original modue he is unamed and 7th level
#5
Greyson
Jan 13, 2004 10:44:35
Originally posted by Burgoyne
...but which of the other names are NOT slave lords... I still have too many names for there to be just nine of them.

Burgoyne, looking again into my 1986 copy of A1-4 (I stupidly labeled it the T1-4 nomenclature above), it indicates on page 122 that the other named villians are "lesser slavers." The lesser slavers work as managers in the field and do not influence policy that pertains to the Slavelords' operation.

So, according to A1-4, they are all Slavelords - but the nine members of the Inner Council are the decision makers, or the executives, so-to-speak. IMO, killing the lesser lords won't stop the slavers from operating, because they can be repplaced. But, slaying memebrs of the nine of the Inner Council will have much greater implications on their operations - thus, PCs are taken all the way to their council chambers in an effort to destroy them.

I double-checked on Blucholtz, and he is a 5th level thief in A1-4. Who knows how many changes of this nature have been made. I hope this info still helps your campaign, Burgoyne. Need any help? I'll co-DM, lol.
#6
grodog
Jan 13, 2004 11:06:21 I definitely remembered the original slave lord (with the weasels in the lower level) as being unnamed; I think that the priestess in the temple is also a slave lord agent, since she has plans/maps/documents that lead the PCs to A2 like the weasley guy does.

I hadn't realized that the compiled A1-4 made such substantive changes to the original modules (I don't own the supermodule any more). Yet another project to throw onto the web site list of TO DOs....
#7
robbastard
Jan 13, 2004 20:34:00
Originally posted by Burgoyne

9: Mordrammo the High Priest (Possibly an alias of Stalman Klim?)

10: Feetla the Swashbuckler

12: Eanwulf the Commander of the Slaver Fleet.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Stalman Klim was called "Mordrammo" in A3, & IIRC, Feetla was renamed "Eanwulf" in the supermodule.
#8
zombiegleemax
Jan 14, 2004 0:09:12 1: Stalman Klim the Earth Dragon Priest

2: Theg Narlot the Half Orc

3: Edralve the Drow

4: Lamonsten the Illusionist

5: Slippery Ketta the Thief

6: Brother Milerjoi/Brother Kerin the Scarlet Brotherhood Monks

7: Eanwulf the Buccaneer

8: Neralas the Assassin

9: Ajakstu the Mage

10: Sturm Blucholtz the Thief

Hmmm... Still got one too many. Which one of these is not on the Inner Council of Slave Lords? Or are we to assume the Sturm Blucholtz was replaced after he was killed by the PC's, possibly by Slippery Ketta? Or is he not an actual slavelord at all, much like Markessa, Blackthorn, or any other number of Slaver agents? I'm sorry to be picky about this, but I want to set it straight.
#9
grodog
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That's probably silly, given that the modules are nearing 25 years old, but....

IIRC, a bunch of the original Slave Lords from A3 were killed in the earthquakes preceding the volcanic eruptions of A4. Hence the replacements. The names Rob mentioned were present in both, and didn't only appear in the A1-4 supermodule.
#10
Greyson
Jan 14, 2004 11:38:15 Hey, all.

Blucholtz is not one of the Inner Council. He is a front-line strongman. At least as written in the A1-4 Supermodule. My module is at home (I'm at work now ), but I will thumb through it again tonight. But Blucholtz is definitely not a Inner Council Member.

As a passing thought, there is no mention of an earthquake in my 1986 copy of A1-4. Interesting...
#11
zombiegleemax
Jan 14, 2004 15:22:50 Thanks again for all the help! Another mystery of varied editions solved by the forces of the internet.
#12
Greyson
Jan 14, 2004 16:57:35 Hey, no problem, Burgoyne. I hope we have helped. I see one bit of business I think we left undone - the evil cleric in the temple at Highport. She is unamed in my copy of A1-4. But she does have statistics as follows:

Evil cleric: AC1 due to dexterity; MV 6; Level 6; hp 30; #AT 1; D by weapon type; carrying a +1 mace and a potion of speed. Spells - First level: command (x2), cure light wounds (x2), protection from good. Second level: hold person (x2), resist fire, silence 15' radius, spiritual hammer. Third level: bestow curse, blindness, prayer.

How does she match up with what you have? Wow, reading through this old module brings back a lot of memories. Look at those sppells. LOL!
#13
cwslyclgh
Jan 14, 2004 17:06:37 that matches the original module at least.
#14
zombiegleemax
Jan 14, 2004 22:19:52 Rob's already posted, but you should know that he received a great set of responses to a similar set of questions back in 1999. I suggest highly that you visit the GreyTalk Archives and enter "slave lords" into the Search engine. Rob's thread is right at the top of the list. The Archives URL is: http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf.

Jason Zavoda provided a list of NPCs from the modules in a response post on GH-L also...

Happy 'hawking!
#15
robbastard
Jan 15, 2004 22:41:11 The thread is called "Slave Lords & Suderham."

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Jan 13, 2004 0:07:22	I've been doing a lot of research on the Pomarj lately, since my campaign is based there (I have also turned back the clock and placed my characters in CY 578). Having picked up the old A series of modules I've been stumped on a few points. In A1, what is the name of the Slave Lord that runs the former Temple of Grummush? It's nice to know that he's got giant weasels for pets but what is his NAME? The problem I've had is that there are far too many candidates to pick from! So far I've narrowed it down to: 1: Stalman Klim 2: Theg Narlot (aka Turrosh Mak, something I never would have known with picking up the old Slavers 2nd edition campaign booklet) 3: Edralve the Exiled Drow 4: Lamonsten the Lazy 5: Slippery Ketta 6: Brother Milerjoi of the Scarlet Brotherhood (Later replaced by Brother Kerin) Those six seem to be confirmed original members of the Circle of Nine Slave Lords, but what about these characters? 7: Neralas the Assassin 8: Ajakstu the Mage 9: Mordrammo the High Priest (Possibly an alias of Stalman Klim?) 10: Feetla the Swashbuckler 11: Markessa the Elf Wizard (Famous for making doubles) 12: Eanwulf the Commander of the Slaver Fleet. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
#2 Greyson Jan 13, 2004 1:11:36	His name is Sturm Blucholtz, a fifth-level thief in 1st ed. rules. His statisitics in my copy of T1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords (&#169 1986 TSR 9167) are: Blucholtz (5th level thief): AC5; hp 26; #AT 1; D by weapon type; backstab for triple damage. Equipment: leather armor, sword, sling, Ring of Protection +2, Potion of Invisibility. Also, Eanwulf 10th level fighter; Neralas 11th level Assassin; and Ajakstu 9th level magic-user (all humans) are the other members of the Inner Council of the Slavelords. Does that help you out?
#3 zombiegleemax Jan 13, 2004 1:38:07	So this seems to confirm some of the names I've found, but which of the other names are NOT slave lords... I still have too many names for there to be just nine of them. Unless we assume that with the death of some of them they were replaced by other members lower in the slave lord ranks, much like Brother Kerin replaced Brother Milerjoi...
#4 cwslyclgh Jan 13, 2004 1:46:53	Originally posted by Greyson [b]His name is Sturm Blucholtz, a fifth-level thief in 1st ed. rules. His statisitics in my copy of T1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords (&#169 1986 TSR 9167) are: Blucholtz (5th level thief): AC5; hp 26; #AT 1; D by weapon type; backstab for triple damage. Equipment: leather armor, sword, sling, Ring of Protection +2, Potion of Invisibility. interesting in the original modue he is unamed and 7th level
#5 Greyson Jan 13, 2004 10:44:35	Originally posted by Burgoyne ...but which of the other names are NOT slave lords... I still have too many names for there to be just nine of them. Burgoyne, looking again into my 1986 copy of A1-4 (I stupidly labeled it the T1-4 nomenclature above), it indicates on page 122 that the other named villians are "lesser slavers." The lesser slavers work as managers in the field and do not influence policy that pertains to the Slavelords' operation. So, according to A1-4, they are all Slavelords - but the nine members of the Inner Council are the decision makers, or the executives, so-to-speak. IMO, killing the lesser lords won't stop the slavers from operating, because they can be repplaced. But, slaying memebrs of the nine of the Inner Council will have much greater implications on their operations - thus, PCs are taken all the way to their council chambers in an effort to destroy them. I double-checked on Blucholtz, and he is a 5th level thief in A1-4. Who knows how many changes of this nature have been made. I hope this info still helps your campaign, Burgoyne. Need any help? I'll co-DM, lol.
#6 grodog Jan 13, 2004 11:06:21	I definitely remembered the original slave lord (with the weasels in the lower level) as being unnamed; I think that the priestess in the temple is also a slave lord agent, since she has plans/maps/documents that lead the PCs to A2 like the weasley guy does. I hadn't realized that the compiled A1-4 made such substantive changes to the original modules (I don't own the supermodule any more). Yet another project to throw onto the web site list of TO DOs....
#7 robbastard Jan 13, 2004 20:34:00	Originally posted by Burgoyne 9: Mordrammo the High Priest (Possibly an alias of Stalman Klim?) 10: Feetla the Swashbuckler 12: Eanwulf the Commander of the Slaver Fleet. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Stalman Klim was called "Mordrammo" in A3, & IIRC, Feetla was renamed "Eanwulf" in the supermodule.
#8 zombiegleemax Jan 14, 2004 0:09:12	1: Stalman Klim the Earth Dragon Priest 2: Theg Narlot the Half Orc 3: Edralve the Drow 4: Lamonsten the Illusionist 5: Slippery Ketta the Thief 6: Brother Milerjoi/Brother Kerin the Scarlet Brotherhood Monks 7: Eanwulf the Buccaneer 8: Neralas the Assassin 9: Ajakstu the Mage 10: Sturm Blucholtz the Thief Hmmm... Still got one too many. Which one of these is not on the Inner Council of Slave Lords? Or are we to assume the Sturm Blucholtz was replaced after he was killed by the PC's, possibly by Slippery Ketta? Or is he not an actual slavelord at all, much like Markessa, Blackthorn, or any other number of Slaver agents? I'm sorry to be picky about this, but I want to set it straight.
#9 grodog Jan 14, 2004 0:52:10	* SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS That's probably silly, given that the modules are nearing 25 years old, but.... IIRC, a bunch of the original Slave Lords from A3 were killed in the earthquakes preceding the volcanic eruptions of A4. Hence the replacements. The names Rob mentioned were present in both, and didn't only appear in the A1-4 supermodule.
#10 Greyson Jan 14, 2004 11:38:15	Hey, all. Blucholtz is not one of the Inner Council. He is a front-line strongman. At least as written in the A1-4 Supermodule. My module is at home (I'm at work now ), but I will thumb through it again tonight. But Blucholtz is definitely not a Inner Council Member. As a passing thought, there is no mention of an earthquake in my 1986 copy of A1-4. Interesting...
#11 zombiegleemax Jan 14, 2004 15:22:50	Thanks again for all the help! Another mystery of varied editions solved by the forces of the internet.
#12 Greyson Jan 14, 2004 16:57:35	Hey, no problem, Burgoyne. I hope we have helped. I see one bit of business I think we left undone - the evil cleric in the temple at Highport. She is unamed in my copy of A1-4. But she does have statistics as follows: Evil cleric: AC1 due to dexterity; MV 6; Level 6; hp 30; #AT 1; D by weapon type; carrying a +1 mace and a potion of speed. Spells - First level: command (x2), cure light wounds (x2), protection from good. Second level: hold person (x2), resist fire, silence 15' radius, spiritual hammer. Third level: bestow curse, blindness, prayer. How does she match up with what you have? Wow, reading through this old module brings back a lot of memories. Look at those sppells. LOL!
#13 cwslyclgh Jan 14, 2004 17:06:37	that matches the original module at least.
#14 zombiegleemax Jan 14, 2004 22:19:52	Rob's already posted, but you should know that he received a great set of responses to a similar set of questions back in 1999. I suggest highly that you visit the GreyTalk Archives and enter "slave lords" into the Search engine. Rob's thread is right at the top of the list. The Archives URL is: http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf. Jason Zavoda provided a list of NPCs from the modules in a response post on GH-L also... Happy 'hawking!
#15 robbastard Jan 15, 2004 22:41:11	The thread is called "Slave Lords & Suderham."