sandpoint rumors
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Pathfinder RPG Rise of the Runelords ROTRL list of cards that are printable to cut out and give to playersTRANSCRIPT
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Murdermaw, a giant red snapper big enough to bite a boat in half big enough to bite a boat in half,
lurks in the Varisian Bay.
The Deverin family was once affiliated with the Chelish
resistance, but was forced to flee to Varisia.
Ethram Valdemar, patriarch of the Valdemar family, is not long for this life. The old man has a
lung infection that keeps lung infection that keeps coming back, no matter how often the family pays to have it
cured.
Ilsoari Gandethus keeps a goblin farm in the basement of the farm in the basement of the
Turandarok Academy.
Ilsoari Gandethus keeps a nest of phantom spiders in the
basement of the Turandarok Academy.
Ilsoari Gandethus keeps the Sandpoint Devil in the
basement of the Turandarok Academy.
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Nisk Tander fancies himself a more gifted alchemist than he really is Use caution when really is. Use caution when
buying anything from Bottled Solutions.
It's whispered that Aliver "Pillbug" Podiker of the Pillbug's
Pantry is secretly a poison Pantry is secretly a poison merchant working for the
Sczarni.
The old sage Brodert Quink has a theory that the Old Light was once a war machine capable of spewing fire to a range of more than a mile, but he's a quack
anyway.
Old Ilsoari at the museum sometimes wanders the beach at sometimes wanders the beach at
night, looking for treasures.
Don’t go down to the junktoss after dark: goblins steal the trash after dark: goblins steal the trash
at night.
The ghost of the murderer Chopper haunts Chopper’s Isle Chopper haunts Chopper s Isle,
just north of town.
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It’s bad luck to see the Sandpoint devil. Any who do are cursed to suffer an ill fate. It’s said the devil flies over Sandpoint in warning before tragedies, murders, and shipwrecks.
"Can you hear him waking?Up above the stairs?
Can you hear him weeping?Is he really there?
Can you say ‘I’m speaking?’Are you saying naught?Is it you who’s weeping?Is it you he’s caught?
When the nursery rhymingWhen the nursery rhymingHas whispered up aboveIs it you who soundsIn the attic, my love?
When you hear your voiceEchoing on high
Is the voice a whisperIs it just his lie?“
‐ Varisian nursery rhyme
Sheriff Hemlock shares a long‐running, “secret” romance with Lady Kaye, madam of the town
brothel.
Mayor Kendra Deverin didn’t initially want the job, but after she was nominated for the role by her close friend Casp Avertin, she won
the election by a landslide the election by a landslide, something her primary opponent in the election, Titus Scarnetti, has never quite come to terms with.
No one hates goblins more than Daviren Hosk. The bitter ranger's pride and joy is a large glass bottle filled with brine in which he's
d th b d f Chi f preserved the body of Chief Whartus of the now extinct (due in large part to Daviren) Bonegrinder
Tribe.
The Sandpoint devil is sometimes seen in the company of other local legends and spooks, most commonly a white stag, the ghost of a young girl, and a
zombie without feet.
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The Scarnettis have long lobbied to have prostitution oulawed in Sandpoint, and view the Pixie's Kitten brothel as a place where vice and criminal activity can
take root.
“Here comes crazy‐man Das Korvut,Mad as a cut snake in a wagon rut.See how his chops go bouncity‐
bounce?How many people has he How many people has he
trounced?One! Two! Three! Four...”
‐ Children's hopsquares rhyme
Ask Ven Vinder at the general store to see the “wine cellar” and he’ll sell you a jug of disgusting
but potent orc rotgut.
Not many people can afford to shop for books at the Curious
Goblin with any frequency, but a nest egg gathered in his
adventurous youth combined adventurous youth combined with a frugal lifestyle makes the
success of Chask Haladan'sbusiness secondary to his own
satisfaction.
Solsta Vinder claims Sczarni stole her sheets last week and two her sheets last week and two
cooling pies a week before that.
The Sandpoint devil is the son of a widow woman named Agatha Leeds who used to live north of town and was said to practice dark magics and consort with evil beings.
Wh h d d i d i h When she wandered into town round with child, she avoided all questions about her pregnancy. Weeks later, Leeds’s home was found reduced to cinders with its owner missing. Soon after, the first sightings of
the Sandpoint devil began.
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The new cathedral is magically protected from catching fire.
Mysterious fires have claimed the Soggy River Mill, the Biston
Pond Mill, and most recently the Cougar Creek Mill leaving the Cougar Creek Mill, leaving the
Scarnetti Mill the only functioning grain mill in the
region.
Ameiko Kaijitsu at the Rusty Dragon has a "discount rooms for anyone who tells an exciting
adventure story" policy.
Farmer Grump claims the Sandpoint Devil, a horselike monster with bat wings once monster with bat wings, once flew off with one of his prized
sows.
Evidence of the Sandpoint devil often disappears before it can be widely studied. Tracks, bitten animals,
weapons with its blood, and similar such evidence regularly vanish, no
matter how well watched or guarded matter how well watched or guarded. Many who have sought out the
Sandpoint devil have disappeared without a trace either during their
hunts or in the weeks following their return.
The Fatman's Feedbag, contrary to popular belief, is owned by JubraylVhiski. Jubrayl is also the rumored leader of the local gang of Sczarni, an extended network of Varisianthieves, highwaymen, con artists, graverobbers, smugglers and
murderers.
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Descriptions, paintings, and other evidence regarding the
Sandpoint devil often mysteriously catch on fire, sometimes burning entire homes to the ground.
The White Deer Inn used to be the Black Deer Inn but was the Black Deer Inn, but was
tastefully renamed after the fire.
Lonjiku Kaijitsu has a notoriously short temper, and many believe
this is responsible for his this is responsible for his estranged son and adventurer‐turned‐innkeeper daughter.
It's whispered that the Two Knight Brewery's mead, ale and rum
haven't quite tasted as good since Wade Deverin, one of its two owners, fell victim to a heinous murder. His brother, Gaven, now runs the Brewery, but Wade's death deeply shook his faith.
Rynshinn Povalli has operated Vernah'sFine Clothing for the last five years, since her mother's death. She is the daughter of a mysterious elven bard who reportedly was killed by goblins
less than a week after Rynshinn's birth. less than a week after Rynshinn s birth. Despite this, every year on the anniversary of her birth, a small package of elven trinkets has
mysteriously appeared somewhere in the upper floors of Vernah's.