Zeidenburg &Effigy of Ivan Szimin
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:40 am
Hi everyone, have not posted in a while! Happy 2024 to everyone!
So in my Barovia campaign, the group is heading into Zeidenburg for our next session (characters are at level 5). They're going to be running into the Efiigy of Ivan Szimin (I've always wanted to incorporate this interesting monster from the old Book of Secrets netbook). Anyway, 2 quick questions:
1. Has anyone ever incorporated Zeidenburg into their game before? Obviously Gaz 1 has great info on it, and I certainly will include some of that (esp perhaps a minor appearance by everyone's fav bratty niece Lyssa). But more to the point, if anyone ever has used the town, what sorts of flavours did you include in terms of atmosphere, NPC's etc. Any suggestions?
2. Have you ever depicted Ardonk in your game? I plan to make him quite involved in the adventure. If you've ever read the write up of Ivan Szimin from the Book of Secrets, Ardonk is quite integral to the creation of the Wood Golem. Since one of my characters has a connection w/ the rebels, I definitely want Ardonk to be relatively involved in the adventure. Anybody ever use him? And if so, how did you portray him? My campaign is set in 760 BC, so he's now been in charge of the rebellion a good 5-6 years or so I would guess.
Thoughts?
So in my Barovia campaign, the group is heading into Zeidenburg for our next session (characters are at level 5). They're going to be running into the Efiigy of Ivan Szimin (I've always wanted to incorporate this interesting monster from the old Book of Secrets netbook). Anyway, 2 quick questions:
1. Has anyone ever incorporated Zeidenburg into their game before? Obviously Gaz 1 has great info on it, and I certainly will include some of that (esp perhaps a minor appearance by everyone's fav bratty niece Lyssa). But more to the point, if anyone ever has used the town, what sorts of flavours did you include in terms of atmosphere, NPC's etc. Any suggestions?
2. Have you ever depicted Ardonk in your game? I plan to make him quite involved in the adventure. If you've ever read the write up of Ivan Szimin from the Book of Secrets, Ardonk is quite integral to the creation of the Wood Golem. Since one of my characters has a connection w/ the rebels, I definitely want Ardonk to be relatively involved in the adventure. Anybody ever use him? And if so, how did you portray him? My campaign is set in 760 BC, so he's now been in charge of the rebellion a good 5-6 years or so I would guess.
Thoughts?