Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Rise of the RuneLords Session Reports
Heroes & Friends
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 8
Session 9
Session 10
Session 11
Session 12
Session 12.5
Session 13
Session 14
Session 15
Session 16
Session 17
Session 18
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Session 15 in Rise of the Runelords in 5e
The road to Turtleback Ferry from Magnimar would take close to 2 weeks to complete, once they raided the Mayors personnel warehouse, some equipment and a little magic was obtained they geared up were met by Shalelu Andosana, Female Elf, Rogue/Ranger, the parties scout was a formidable in all aspects.
She explained the journey a head and help make sure they are prepared for all the issue to come in the wilds.
45 years ago The Order of the Black Arrows have been charged with keeping the lands around Turtleback Ferry safe from, mainly the Kreegs a group of Ogres that have been slaughtering humankind for over a hundred years in that area.
On the way in Ilsurian, a skirmish between a tribe of Orcs known as the Bloody Skulls and the local militia had ended with a defense tower lost to the Orcs and they were looking for adventures to clear it out as the militia was to bust keeping the rest of the tribe at bay. Charles wanted to attack the Orcs as this was his old tribe, the bloody skulls had dome many things to him and his mother, but the past was pushed away for the greater good of the original quest. He walked away with all the old thoughts swimming in his head of what had transpired so many years ago.
Upon crossing one of two rivers that meet at claybottom lake sits Turtleback Ferry, they crossed the river by paying the toll from a ferry crossing, not any boat will do but a upside down gigantic turtle shell, hence the villages name, Turtleback Ferry.
Tamar immediatelywent to the local tempel to introduce himself, Ulgar accompanied him as well.
There they met Maelin Shreed, mayor and Cleric of Erastil, with friendly greetings they got information about the fort,village and surrounding area.
Toucan and Charles went straight to the Bottoms up the local tavern to worship Cayden Cailean and find out as much as they can about the Sihedron Runes, fort, village and what ever else they can turn up.
In time they find out that many of the locals have Runes tattooed on ankles,the shoulder or the small of the back and through interrogation of one local find out that it was a mark that would give you a discount if shown at the local casino. Unfortunately this casino, Paradise, is now at the bottom of the clay bottom lake, sunk weeks ago.
The people had no idea how sinister this mark real was.
Getting what they thought they needed for the next part of the journey together, the group set out for Fort Rannick on Lamashan (October) 1st, time to see what had happened to the Fort.
Shalelu was dressed and ready before dawn to guide the group to the fort after asking locals how to get to the fort.
After crossing skull river miles from town yowls of pain in the near by woods sends the group investigating the sounds, soon after the sounds intensify to sounds of combat, they emerge from a clearing to see a cougar, a fire pelt cougar to e exact fighting a hound, the cat is trapped in bear trap.
Across from them baying of many hounds and someone signing a children song that sounds made up, the group decides to help the cat after Ulfgar the groups druid senses that it is a pet of someones, the first of many hounds are killed.
From across the clearing a Ogre bursts from the woods surrounded by 9 or 10 hounds as he release the hounds he gives the attack command and begins roaring at the group
" I's huntin' kitty cat! No concern o'you's less you's wanna be hunted too!"
Rukus and his hounds engage the group,
The fight is bloody and short with little problems for the players as they mop up this Ogre and the dogs.
After freeing and healing the cougar, she tugs on Ulfgars cloak to follower her, a brief ritual late and Charles communicates with her finding out her name is Kibb and her master has been captured by Ogre-kin and locked up with other friends.
The party moves towards the farmstead. The farm is over grown and in bad need of repairs everything including crops is suffering from neglect.
A enormousness Ogre and a smaller friend ambush the group pn the road to the homestead.
They move towards the home on the farm entering it slowly but are immediately set upon by a few traps, going through the house room by room fighting half-oger kin, they were doing well till a sorceress, mama as the others called her.
This obese women and her zombies began killing the party one by one, if they did not flee they would have all died, 2 party members did in fact die.
running back to the road to Turtleback Ferry they ran with Toucan and Shalelu dead.
They only had enough diamonds to revivify one, so Toucan the half Tengu half Aarakocra was brought back from the dead.
Intense negotiation with the Maelin Shreed the mayor and priest of Erastil secured more diamonds to be used on Shalelu, she was back among the living again, time to make Mama pay for crimes against the party!
She explained the journey a head and help make sure they are prepared for all the issue to come in the wilds.
45 years ago The Order of the Black Arrows have been charged with keeping the lands around Turtleback Ferry safe from, mainly the Kreegs a group of Ogres that have been slaughtering humankind for over a hundred years in that area.
On the way in Ilsurian, a skirmish between a tribe of Orcs known as the Bloody Skulls and the local militia had ended with a defense tower lost to the Orcs and they were looking for adventures to clear it out as the militia was to bust keeping the rest of the tribe at bay. Charles wanted to attack the Orcs as this was his old tribe, the bloody skulls had dome many things to him and his mother, but the past was pushed away for the greater good of the original quest. He walked away with all the old thoughts swimming in his head of what had transpired so many years ago.
Upon crossing one of two rivers that meet at claybottom lake sits Turtleback Ferry, they crossed the river by paying the toll from a ferry crossing, not any boat will do but a upside down gigantic turtle shell, hence the villages name, Turtleback Ferry.
Tamar immediatelywent to the local tempel to introduce himself, Ulgar accompanied him as well.
There they met Maelin Shreed, mayor and Cleric of Erastil, with friendly greetings they got information about the fort,village and surrounding area.
Toucan and Charles went straight to the Bottoms up the local tavern to worship Cayden Cailean and find out as much as they can about the Sihedron Runes, fort, village and what ever else they can turn up.
In time they find out that many of the locals have Runes tattooed on ankles,the shoulder or the small of the back and through interrogation of one local find out that it was a mark that would give you a discount if shown at the local casino. Unfortunately this casino, Paradise, is now at the bottom of the clay bottom lake, sunk weeks ago.
The people had no idea how sinister this mark real was.
Getting what they thought they needed for the next part of the journey together, the group set out for Fort Rannick on Lamashan (October) 1st, time to see what had happened to the Fort.
Shalelu was dressed and ready before dawn to guide the group to the fort after asking locals how to get to the fort.
After crossing skull river miles from town yowls of pain in the near by woods sends the group investigating the sounds, soon after the sounds intensify to sounds of combat, they emerge from a clearing to see a cougar, a fire pelt cougar to e exact fighting a hound, the cat is trapped in bear trap.
Across from them baying of many hounds and someone signing a children song that sounds made up, the group decides to help the cat after Ulfgar the groups druid senses that it is a pet of someones, the first of many hounds are killed.
From across the clearing a Ogre bursts from the woods surrounded by 9 or 10 hounds as he release the hounds he gives the attack command and begins roaring at the group
" I's huntin' kitty cat! No concern o'you's less you's wanna be hunted too!"
Rukus and his hounds engage the group,
After freeing and healing the cougar, she tugs on Ulfgars cloak to follower her, a brief ritual late and Charles communicates with her finding out her name is Kibb and her master has been captured by Ogre-kin and locked up with other friends.
The party moves towards the farmstead. The farm is over grown and in bad need of repairs everything including crops is suffering from neglect.
A enormousness Ogre and a smaller friend ambush the group pn the road to the homestead.
They move towards the home on the farm entering it slowly but are immediately set upon by a few traps, going through the house room by room fighting half-oger kin, they were doing well till a sorceress, mama as the others called her.
This obese women and her zombies began killing the party one by one, if they did not flee they would have all died, 2 party members did in fact die.
running back to the road to Turtleback Ferry they ran with Toucan and Shalelu dead.
They only had enough diamonds to revivify one, so Toucan the half Tengu half Aarakocra was brought back from the dead.
Intense negotiation with the Maelin Shreed the mayor and priest of Erastil secured more diamonds to be used on Shalelu, she was back among the living again, time to make Mama pay for crimes against the party!
Saturday, 6 October 2018
Working on?
Working on converting Rise of the Rune Lords book 3 The Hook Mountain Massacre, I mentioned what to do after the campaign and someone said play part 2 next, so took shattered star book one of the shelf to read.
Bought a few books.
Missing,
Adventure Paths
last 4 books of Jade Regent
last 2 books of Winters Reign
All 6 books of Wrath of the Righteous (this is a maybe)
book 1 of War for the crown (Flags you failed me)
Map Folios,
have all currently
Adventure Path Pawn sets,
I have all current Adventure Path pawn sets
Missing11 7 Adventure Paths Books or 13 if I buy wrath of the Righteous?
StarFinder
Have everything currently out for Starfinder, not the maps.
What I did today?
- Listening to: Game Classy eps. 162
- Reading: re-reading Players Handbook 5e, pathfinder 2e
- Watching:Ozark season 2, two episodes left to watch, all the season two of Marvels members of the Defenders, Wrecked season 3, it's always sunny in Philadelphia season 13 and more....
- Playing: D&D 5e in Golarion world
- Eating: nothing, down 13 pounds, goal is to be 190 in the new year
- Drinking: coffee & water
Bought a few books.
Missing,
Adventure Paths
last 4 books of Jade Regent
last 2 books of Winters Reign
All 6 books of Wrath of the Righteous (this is a maybe)
book 1 of War for the crown (Flags you failed me)
Map Folios,
have all currently
Adventure Path Pawn sets,
I have all current Adventure Path pawn sets
Missing
StarFinder
Have everything currently out for Starfinder, not the maps.
Thursday, 4 October 2018
What is my favorite class in D&D 5e?
What is my favorite class in D&D 5e?
That is easy, it has to have religious applications. My first two choices are cleric or paladin, I could play other classes that have a strict religious code or conduct but I would fantasize about a world where gods are real and people would be zealots in faith towards said gods.
Imagine are real world that a priest of what ever religion you currently follow or know about would grant magical powers to you if you followed their code/conduct.
Remarkable.
My old campaign was going to end with the players banished to a far realm, it was going to be Earth 1972 and with it, it would herald a new age. I would have combined the 5e rules with modern age of 1985.
Gods would be real, once that campaign ended I was going to do a second campaign of only 18 months of evil characters and do the exact same ending.
Still on my radar, hopefully one day?
Monday, 1 October 2018
Halfway done the campagin?
I will be shortly halfway completed my current campaign, with being behind three session reports to write up and with three more to complete to hit the halfway mark I have begun thinking of the next campaign.
What to run next?
Pathfinder 1e?
Pathfinder 2e?
Another D&D 5e campaign?
Starfinder?
Vampire the Masquerade 5e?
Warhammer Fantasy role-play 4e?
13th Age?
D&D 4e?
etc,etc,etc......
I still have time to think about it, I already posted the Return of the Runelords adventire path teaser commercial in are group chat and a few said lets do that, but I believe shatter star adventure path is part two the Rise of the Runelords AP?
Time will tell.
I plan on getting a Vegan cake to celebrate the halfway mark, one of are group is a vegan.
But what image should I get on the cake?
Thinking of this one?
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Session 14 in Rise of the Runelords in 5e
With he rest of the group finally reaching the top of the abandoned clock tower, Xanesha waited for them at the peak, outside of the building her lair had been defiled by these two legged creatures.
She is like no other monster the party had fought before, beautiful, powerful and cunning!
They had the fight of their lives ahead of themselves.
As they rushed the peak of the clock tower Xanesha was waiting for them, with false life and spider climb already cast and activated she fired three arrows at Charles as he climbed the stairs onto the outside of the tower, and with her movement began slithering on the outside of the tower, the party was surprised at how well she had prepared herself.
Between fireballs, counter spells and staying at long range as much as possible she had reduced the group to all below half hit points and they began to doubt themselves of the outcome of this engagement. A well placed hold person spell ended the spider climb which put her at a disadvantage on a lucky attack roll, she had to flee to survive this confrontation, she misty stepped down the stairs and began the run down 200 feet of stairs, but she began taking too much damage and jumped of the tower to feather fall the last 25 feet to freedom to the groups dis pair, that was three villains to escape them.
This was found in the nest of this Abomination
They has more clues when a ledger was found with plans to kill the local lord-mayor Grobaras himself.
The clues
- they are trying to focus on greedy people
- it is tied to the Sihedron symbol
- someone has different way of marking greed on people
- Xanesha has a sister in a village name turtleback Ferry
- the fort by or near the village may have already fallen? (fort Rannick)
- a death plot of the mayor is in the works
Once the Mayor learned of this he fainted and upon awakening begged the group to go to Turtleback Ferry on his behalf and find these culprits and bring justice to them. They would be handsomely compensated for the effort, they agreed.
She is like no other monster the party had fought before, beautiful, powerful and cunning!
They had the fight of their lives ahead of themselves.
As they rushed the peak of the clock tower Xanesha was waiting for them, with false life and spider climb already cast and activated she fired three arrows at Charles as he climbed the stairs onto the outside of the tower, and with her movement began slithering on the outside of the tower, the party was surprised at how well she had prepared herself.
Between fireballs, counter spells and staying at long range as much as possible she had reduced the group to all below half hit points and they began to doubt themselves of the outcome of this engagement. A well placed hold person spell ended the spider climb which put her at a disadvantage on a lucky attack roll, she had to flee to survive this confrontation, she misty stepped down the stairs and began the run down 200 feet of stairs, but she began taking too much damage and jumped of the tower to feather fall the last 25 feet to freedom to the groups dis pair, that was three villains to escape them.
This was found in the nest of this Abomination
They has more clues when a ledger was found with plans to kill the local lord-mayor Grobaras himself.
The clues
- they are trying to focus on greedy people
- it is tied to the Sihedron symbol
- someone has different way of marking greed on people
- Xanesha has a sister in a village name turtleback Ferry
- the fort by or near the village may have already fallen? (fort Rannick)
- a death plot of the mayor is in the works
Once the Mayor learned of this he fainted and upon awakening begged the group to go to Turtleback Ferry on his behalf and find these culprits and bring justice to them. They would be handsomely compensated for the effort, they agreed.
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Pathfinder Playtest
Myself and 3 other friends par-took in a game of Pathfinder 2e playtest this past Sunday.
After two session, I have to say I really enjoy the action economy by far. Movement is so fluid with this 3 system.
I do like, concentration, conditions but really need to keep playing it.
After two session, I have to say I really enjoy the action economy by far. Movement is so fluid with this 3 system.
I do like, concentration, conditions but really need to keep playing it.
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