Masquerade Ball

RAGING SWAN PRESS CAMPAIGN EVENTS: MASQUERADE BALL Sample file SUPPORT RAGING SWAN ON PATREON, AND I WON’T EAT YOU…PROMISE Sample file CAMPAIGN EVENTS: MASQUERADE BALL Masquerade balls are a feature of civilised urban life, and eventually the PCs may be invited to attend such a prestigious event. Perhaps they are invited to secretly meet a new patron or to stymie some plot of these attending the event or alternatively their adventure may start unexpectedly ng duri such an . event Masquerade balls are excellent excuses -‐ for role playing and offer an excellent change of pace to a typical adventure. However, designing all the guests and their costumes would take more time than even the most diligent GM has at his disposal. That’s where Campaign Events: Masquerade Ball comes in. Presenting copious notes on masks, costumes and guests along with hooks, opportunities and complications it takes the hassle out of running a masquerade ball and lets the GM concentrate on the important details of the campaign! Design: Kat Evans Product Identity: All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper Development: Creighton Broadhurst names (characters, deities, artefacts, places and so on), dialogue, Editing: Creighton Broadhurst plots, storylines, language, incidents, locations, characters, Cover Design: Creighton Broadhurst artwork and trade dress are product identity as defined in the Layout: Creighton Broadhurst Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e) and are not Open Interior Art: William McAusland, Bradley K. McDevitt and Marc Content. Radle. Some artwork copyright, William McAusland. Open Content: Except material designated as Product Identity, Thank you for purchasing Campaign Events: Masquerade Ball; the contents of Campaign Events: Masquerade Ball are Open we hope you enjoy it and that you check out our other fine print Game Content as defined in the Open Gaming License version and PDF products. 1.0a Section 1(d). No portion of this work other than the material designated as Open Game Content may be reproduced Published by Raging Swan Press in any form without written permission. The moral right of July 2015 Kat Evans to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Designs and ragingswan.com Patents Act 1988. ©Raging Swan 5. Press 201 [email protected] Pathfinder is a registered ademark tr of Paizo Inc., and the C ONTENTS Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility Logo are trademarks of Paizo Inc., and are Mundane Masks ........................................................................... 2 used under the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility Magical Masks .............................................................................. 3 License. See http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/compatibility for Female Costumes ......................................................................... 4 more information on the compatibility license. Male Costumes ............................................................................. 5 Folk of Interest .............................................................................. 6 Compatibility with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game requires the Hooks, Complications & Opportunities ........................................ 8 Pathfinder oleplaying R Game from Paizo Inc. See Did You Know? .............................................................................. 9 http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG for more information on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Paizo Inc. does not guarantee compatibility, and does not endorse this product. To learn more about the Open Game License, visit Samplewizards.com/d20. file M UNDANE M ASKS Use this table to provide details of the masks guests at the ball A pirate hat, earring and eye patch. Optionally 55-‐56 wear. Such masks are non-‐magical and so are widely available. supplied with a stuffed parrot. This mask is encrusted with a profusion of fake Ignore any unsuitable results and simply re-‐roll. 57-‐58 green and yellow gems. D% 59-‐60 A smooth elf mask with a blank expression. 01-‐02 An elegant lion mask, complete with full mane. 61-‐62 A replica death mask of an ancient Pharaoh. A bright feathered bird mask with a curved beak, 63-‐64 A majestic eagle mask with a sharp beak. 03-‐04 which covers the wearer’s nose. 65-‐66 An actual fencing mask, it has never seen use. A smooth brown eye mask, it includes two horns A fan made by intricately folded paper painted to 05-‐06 67-‐68 that curve back over the wearer's head. show a serene woodland scene. A dark shroud with a deep hood, pulled low over 69-‐70 A blue jewelled turban with an attached half veil. 07-‐08 Elaborate make-‐up that mimics the face and the wearer's face. 71-‐72 Stylized crow mask, like that of a plague doctor. disinterested expression of a local petty noble. 09-‐10 This mask is a mosaic of tiny mirrors and flat An herbal aroma emanates from the beak. 73-‐74 11-‐12 An eye mask of delicate, pale green lace. stones. This white mask is covered in pattered gold 75-‐76 A scrap of red lace covering the eyes. 13-‐14 An eye mask adorned with drooping violet spirals around the wearer's eyes. 77-‐78 An ornately carved wooden handle supports this feathers. 15-‐16 An intricately carved wooden mask of a creature plain, black mask. 79-‐80 A alf h -‐face mask painted in a black and white from legend. 17-‐18 A scarecrow mask made of coarse burlap. The diamond pattern. 81-‐82 These oversized glasses have thick black frames crude features are painted on. 19-‐20 Make-‐up that makes the wearer look like a and lenses that distort the face behind them. 83-‐84 Pale blue and white crystals mimic icicles on this veined marble statue. 21-‐22 A smooth metal mask, resembling a brass golem mask. 85-‐86 A cheap-‐looking monster mask. Opportunistic that completely covers the wearer’s head. 23-‐24 An elegant, but overly high, top hat complete vendor are selling outside these the ball. 87-‐88 25-‐26 An elaborately coiffed braided dwarven beard. with a thick lace veil. 27-‐28 This plain, brown sack has roughly eyeholes. cut A full-‐face grey mask. It smooths out all 29-‐30 A smooth, unadorned white porcelain mask. 89-‐90 expression from the wearer's face giving it a dull, A mask like an insect head, with enormous lifeless appearance. 31-‐32 A tight fitting, roughly sewn brown leather mask smooth black eyes. 91-‐92 A paper cut-‐out of one of the local , deities held that covers the whole face. 33-‐34 A smooth, metal eye mask that reflects the up in front of the face on a stick. 93-‐94 35-‐36 Clown make-‐up. colours around it. This elegant, colourful peacock half mask is A mask of starched white linen. It is exquisitely 37-‐38 95-‐96 particularly ornate (and . heavy) embroidered with birds and flowers. A stylised armour mask. The expression is A collection of glass gems applied in a mask 39-‐40 97-‐98 exaggerated for a more sinister appearance. pattern around the eyes. A grey stone gargoyle face set in a sneer; blood A brown eye mask made of embossed leather. 41-‐42 99-‐100 drips from its maw. Golden nonsense runes decorate the mask. Cracked rocks anged arr in a random pattern 43-‐44 cover the wearer's face, making him look like an earth spirit. Expertly applied -‐ make up that transforms the 45-‐46 wearer into another guest. A delicate fascinator with a veil that covers the 47-‐48 face. The whole is pale yellow in hue. A stag mask, with a huge set of antlers, 49-‐50 representative of the traditions of The Hunt. This half mask is intricately woven from wheat; 51-‐52 their stalks form a headdress of sorts. SampleThis mask is a comical pig's head wearing a chef's file 53-‐54 hat. 2 M AGICAL M ASKS Use this table to provide details of the masks guests wear at the A thick smooth green fabric covers the wearer’s ball. These all contain magical effects, so should be used in high-‐ 55-‐56 face completely. It is unclear how the wearer is magic worlds, or for balls where no are expense would be sp d. able to see or breathe. Otherwise, use sparingly. This illusion shows the wearer decapitated. She 57-‐58 carriers her head under one arm. The head is D% wearing a stylish black eye mask, of course. A complex arrangement of delicate spider webs 01-‐02 A crocodile mask with jaws that snap. 59-‐60 covers the wearer's face. Spiders crawl over the A collection of autumn leaves covering the entire 03-‐04 webs and spin new ones as required. head save the eyeholes. Live slugs inhabit it. A ull f head goat mask, complete with horns and 05-‐06 A faint green mist obscures the wearer’s face. 61-‐62 horizontal pupils in the eyes. A semi sheer fabric covers the wearer's face, but 07-‐08 A mask which presents two different faces. One the wearer can see through . it easily 63-‐64 faces left, the other faces right, both can talk. An elaborate wig; tendrils of hair writhe ound ar 09-‐10 The colour of this satin eye mask shifts subtly. It the wearer's face, obscuring it. 65-‐66 always appears to be a different colour, but no A realistic red dragon mask, which periodically 11-‐12 one ever sees it change. emits smoke through its nostrils. This guest smokes a pipe all evening. The thick A third eye painted on the forehead, which 13-‐14 67-‐68 purple smoke that comes from it, keeps the occasionally blinks. wearer's face obscured. A complicated collection of metal gears spin and This smooth porcelain mask has exaggerated 15-‐16 move around, alternately obscuring and frown lines and a furrowed brow, moulded into 69-‐70 revealing the face. the material. The mask moves as the wearer's 17-‐18 An inverted fishbowl, filled with water and fish.

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