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A Visit to Keepsake:The Hunt BeginsAdventure One of the Santiago Adventure PathA Far Future Adventure for1st-Level CharactersMalcolm NorthwinterElizabeth AllenChaz KempJoe KettererMagnusJeff PorterCoverJoe KettererMapsJoe KettererJeff PorterPlaytest Joseph BradshawEric GlusingAnthony RussellLayout Eric Life-PutnamProducer Russell MorrisseyWritingArtSantiago: A Myth of the Far FutureEN PUBLISHINGand The Return of Santiago7 Rutland Court, Balaclava RoadOriginal Novels by Mike Resnick http://mikeresnick.comSouthampton, HampshirePublishingUsed under licenseEngland SO18 6RXBased UponENtmDungeons & Dragons, the Dungeons & Dragons Compatibility Logo,D&D, Player’s Handbook, Player’s Handbook 2, Dungeon Master’sGuide, Monster Manual, Monster Manual 2, and Adventurer’sVault are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and othercountries and are used with permission. Certain materials, including 4E References in this publication,D&D core rules mechanics, and allD&D characters and their distinctivelikenesses, are property of Wizardsof the Coast, and are used with permission under the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Game System License.All 4E References are listed in theEN Publishing is animprint of EN World.Please visithttp://www.enworld.org4E System Reference Document, available at www.wizards.com/d20.Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Player’s Handbook, written by Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt; Dungeon Master’s Guide, written by James Wyatt; and Monster Manual, written by Mike Mearls, Stephen Schubert and James Wyatt; Player’sHandbook 2, written by Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, and James Wyatt; Monster Manual 2, written byRob Heinsoo, and Chris Sims; Adventurer’s Vault, written by Logan Bonner, Eytan Bernstein, and Chris Sims. 2008, 2009 Wizards of the Coast.All rights reserved.

SANTIAGO: A MYTH OF THE FAR FUTUREA Visit to Keepsake: The Hunt BeginsTable of ContentsTable of Contents.iiIntroduction.1Adventure Overview. 1Requirements.1Background. 1Campaigns in Space.1Adventure Layout. 2Rewards. 3Encounter Checklist. 3A Word about Skill Challenges. 3Chapter 01: The Suliman Brothers. 4Gathering on Corvus.4Personalities. 4Corvus. 4Locating the Ship.5The Ambush.6Capture the Suliman Brothers. 7Wanted: The Suliman Brothers.9The Ship. 9Chapter 02: Somewhere to Relax. 10From Corvus to Keepsake.10Can’t We Just Go Here Instead?. 10The Bar Fight.10Negotiating a Cost. 13Accusations of Poaching. 15Giles as a Solo Encounter.16Chapter 03: The Gambler.17Giles and the Angel. 17Giles as a Character. 17Stolen Fair and Square. 17Where Is Stern?.19Games of Cards. 19Ballad of the Inner Frontier. 20While We’re Waiting.20The First Lead. 21Conclusion.23Appendix 01: Game Rule Information. 24New Items.24NPCs.24Halfpenny as a Character. 24Cain as a Character.25ii

SANTIAGO: A MYTH OF THE FAR FUTUREA Visit to Keepsake: The Hunt BeginsIntroductionWBackgroundelcome to Santiago, a Myth of the FarOn Deluros VIII, the huge capital world of the race of Man,Future. This adventure, A Visit to Keep-the nerve center of the Democracy, there are eleven governmental departments and 1,306 men and women charged withsake: The Hunt Begins, is the first of eleventhe task of finding and terminating Santiago. They doubt thatSantiago is his given name, they suspect that some of themodules that will take the heroes across thecrimes attributed to him were committed by others, they arealmost certain that somewhere in their files they possess hisgalaxy in search of a legendary bandit whosephotograph or holograph but have not yet matched it with itsproper identity—and that is the sum total of their knowledgecapture, dead or alive, is worth twenty millionof him.Credits to the human government.RequirementsThis adventure makes use of the rules from the D&D 4E Player’sHandbook , the D&D 4E Dungeon Master’s Guide , and theD&D 4E Monster Manual . Additionally, the D&D 4E Player’sHandbook 2, the D&D 4E Adventurer’s Vault , and the D&D4E Monster Manual 2 provide useful expansions to provideeven richer immersion into the world.The adventure is designed to be played with a party size offive players and a Dungeon Master. The encounters and experience awards assume a party of 1st-level characters with littleto no prior experience point awards. If the adventure is run witha different party size or higher levels, the encounters will haveto be adjusted to provide enough experience to advance thecharacters to the next level and slightly beyond.Adventure OverviewThe campaign starts off with the party already in action onthe planet of Corvus, where each has found his or her way tothe local post office where sit the three holograms of a localband of thieves and murderers, the Suliman brothers. Whether they got to this point individually or together, rumors thatthere are more than just three of the brothers at work on Corvus drive them to join forces if they’re to collect the reward.Successful or not, the heroes next find their way to Keepsake, a world to which bounty hunters are known to travel.In the tradertown of Moritat, at a bar called Gentry’s Emporium, the heroes receive their first lead on a man every bountyhunter has been seeking for almost thirty years, Santiago.Campaigns in SpaceWith the possibility of a twenty million Credit reward loom-This campaign focuses on classic Dungeons & Dragons gameplay from a science fiction point of view. Where in a fantasy setting you may find horses, magic spells, and knightsin armor battling to save the queen, in this campaign you canexpect to find spaceships, aliens, and laser pistols as yourparty travels across the galaxy. In the end, the game and itsrules remains the same. You’ll still need to roll a die to attack,some more for damage, and watch that some threat or obstacledoesn’t attack your own defenses or challenge your skills.For more information about running a sci-fi game such asthis, be sure to check out the Santiago Adventure Path Campaign Guide, available for free from EN World.ing over them and news that the Angel, a notorious bountyhunter with a reputation for catching every outlaw he’s evergone after, has recently come to the inner frontier, the partywill want to leave as quickly as they can for the planet of PortÉtrange. It is there that the group will meet Halfpenny Terwilliger, a gambler on the run, and retrieve some informationregarding Santiago from a man named Stern.1

SANTIAGO: A MYTH OF THE FAR FUTUREA Visit to Keepsake: The Hunt Begins IntroductionThe AngelFive hundred reports come to them daily, two thousandleads are followed up each year, munificent rewards haveWhen word of the increased bounty on Santiago reached thebeen posted on half a million worlds, agents are sent outOuter Frontier, it was received by several would-be heroes,armed with money and everything that money can buy, andincluding a man known only as the Angel. With the prospectstill those eleven departments exist. They have outlived theof a prize such as Santiago in his sights, the deadliest man inlast three administrations; they will continue to survive untilthe galaxy dropped everything and moved his operation totheir function has been fulfilled.the Inner Frontier, where he has since begun his own searchfor the legendary bandit.SantiagoAccording to popular rumor—since you can’t really call it factAdventure Layoutif nobody alive can prove they were present, Santiago com-In each chapter we present a quick overview of the currentmitted the first of what would come to be millions of crimessituation and the party’s goals. We then detail individualalmost thirty years ago from the present day, being 3286scenes that are likely to occur. Each scene is presented in aG.E. under the leadership of the Democracy. From that firstformat of title, tag-line, and keywords. Keywords include:Scene Type: Action, Exploration, Exposition, Puzzle, So-crime sprung another, and then a third, until there were somany reports of a criminal calling himself Santiago or a bandcial, Hybrid.Duration: Montage (a few hours or days), Real-time (a fewof criminals working for Santiago that the government wasforced to step up and offer their aid in his capture.minutes), Tactical (round-by-round).A warrant was put out at every major post office through-Encounter Level: This assumes a party of 5 PCs. For non-out the Inner Frontier, where it was assumed Santiago didcombat encounters, use the encounter level as guidance to setmost of his work. Unfortunately, with their lack of a reason-skill DCs. These DCs are detailed here, and suggestions forable description or hologram, the Democracy could only offerdifficulty are provided with the list of skills.their reward and hope for the best.Below are two examples of tag lines found in this adventure.After that first posting, Santiago’s crimes only becamemore elaborate and in some cases deadly. Cargo supply shipsExploration. Montage. Level 1on their way to worlds just being settled were destroyed or,When they leave the post office, the search begins. Clever use oftheir skills can get the heroes to the ship faster when they decideto leave with their gathered information. The scene ends when theheroes either run out of time (by failing 2 skill checks) or decide tomove on. The more information they get before they head for theship, the better on the chance that they did make dock, were found barrenof anything with which they’d left the supply station. Wholegroups of the pioneer corps were found dead after the government hadn’t heard from them in weeks. Eventually, it becameprotocol to issue military assistance for even the cartographer’s guild when a member visited a new planet to chart itAction/Social. Tactical. Level 2for the Democracy.Giles Sans Pitié waits for the party by their ship. As they approach,he stops leaning against the hatch and stands tall while flexing hissteel fist. The bounty hunter looks none too happy that the grouphas arrived The human government wasn’t all Santiago attacked,though. Word came through varying channels, both secureand otherwise, that the bandit king had set his sights oncountless alien cultures and worlds as well. It seemed hisgreed knew no limits and his cruelty knew no bounds. Thus,Difficulty Class by Levelthe government eventually reached the conclusion that theyLevel12345would need to enlist more esoteric means of action againstSantiago. The bounty for his capture, dead or alive, was increased to twenty million Credits and word was sent out toevery bounty hunter, whether deputized by the Democracy ornot, that man’s government was tired of playing games withthe 2122

SANTIAGO: A MYTH OF THE FAR FUTUREA Visit to Keepsake: The Hunt Begins IntroductionRewardsA Word about Skill ChallengesAt the end of this adventure, the heroes should have reachedWe have a different take on Skill Challenges; one that should2nd level, or even gone a little beyond. There will be some op-feel straight forward and commonsense. Each skill challengetions provided as alternatives or extra content in case one oris presented with a list of suggestions for what the partymore of the heroes falls short of the next level.can do as well as useful and relevant skills in context withThe Exp

D&D 4E Monster Manual . Additionally, the D&D 4E Player’s Handbook 2, the D&D 4E Adventurer’s Vault , and the D&D 4E Monster Manual 2 provide useful expansions to provide even richer immersion into the world. The adventure is designed to be played with a party size of five players and a Dungeon Master. The encounters and experi- ence awards assume a party of 1st-level characters .