Thursday, December 12, 2013

Session 52 - Bog Mummies

Notes
  • John is taken to Stranglethorn, and given funds to return home.
  • Roden leaves some silver metal marbles in a clearing in the Narlmarches.
  • The chief of the M'botuu, Sepoko, is met.  He offers a gift for the slaying of the "Legless Lady", and claims Red March as allies of the M'botuu.
  • Bog mummies ambush the group.  They are slain, but afterwords Pawvul contracts the dreaded Mummy Rot.
  • In between teleportation shenanigans, Kavken cures the slowly dying Pawvul.
  • Gave the headband found on the spirit naga to Pendrod.  Pendrod shared story of Ghost Stone.
  • The dragonfly wings were given to Borzaki.
  • The session ends in Port Jackal on the 13th of Pharast. (?)

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Session 51 - The Swamp Scar

NPCs
  • John, Drelev lumberjack.
Notes
  • In the sinking bogs, strange lights are seen at night.
  • Giant dragonflies attack the camp one night, in a dragonfly-infested part of the slough.
  • Stumble across a wandering lumberjack named John.
  • John takes the party to a massive pile of driftwood, the Swamp Scar.  There, a charm is dispelled from John, and a spirit naga is killed.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Session 50 - Boggard Ambush

Notes
  • The invading army charges Tatzlford from the north.
  • The trolls smash through the palisade and are slain.
  • Akiro fights Ameon to the death.
  • Tatzlfod stands, only suffering minor damage from the battle and a low number of casualties.
  • Kisandra begs for the citizens of Drelev to be liberated from the Baron's tyranny.
  • Where the East Sellen empties into Hooktongue, a group of Boggard carry out an ambush.  Roden charms one and asks him to return with his chief, Gig'warg.  They wait for a bit, but he doesnt return.
  • East of Hooktongue, the exploration of miles of quicksand-pocked swamp begins.
  • The session ends on the night of the 17th of Calistril.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Session 48 & 49 - Trouble In Tatzlford

NPCs
  • Loy Rezbin, former mayor of Tatzlford.
  • Latricia Evanore, Loy's wife, cleric of Erastil.
  • Kisandra Numesti, youngest daughter of Terion.
Session 48 Notes
  • A cave with the bones of a dragon inside.  Black and silver scales are found.
  • An ancient cyclopean city is discovered.  A giant cyclops is slain in its sleep.
  • A night ambush of cyclops led by stone witches is repelled.
Session 49 Notes
  • Returning to Port Jackal, Eel departs from the group and is replaced with Ocham. (sp?)
  • A message bearing ill news from the west tells of a large army marching on Tatzlford.
  • At Tatzlfod, a young woman, Kisandra Numesti, tells of an army of mercenaries, barbarians, and trolls marching down the Skunk, led by Ameon Trask.
  • Pavul joins the rangers in sniping at the host of men as they make their way south.
  • Shoda is put to use dragging giant trunks of wood in place to plug up the gaps in the old city palisade.
  • The session ends on the 12th of Abadius as the invaders march on Tatzlford.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Session 47 - Whispering Crystals

Notes
  • Found numerous small holes in the ground and hillsides; as the wind blows over these it generates a whispering noise.  Inside the holes are glittering tangles of crystal, the area is riddled with gemstones.
  • Eel's demon returns with a heart in a jar.  The liquid is dumped out and the heart destroyed.  There are no signs of the corpse in the portable hole after.
  • Fires breakout in every city of the Red March.  Arson is expected and Ed's network starts digging.
  • Lily returns from the north.  House Lodovka has agreed to house an embassy for the same in exchange.
  • Eel takes a journey to Mivon to reflect.
  • A small community is found on the northern edge of the Tors, tucked away in a hidden bowl.
  • The session ends on the night if the 23rd of Kuthona.

Kingdom
  • Mint built.
    • Mug of ale = cp
    • Ed's face = sp
    • Roden's face = pp
    • Moon with constellation = ep
    • Vial and sword = gp

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Session 46 - The Ghost Stone

Notes
  • Demon hooks are found in a hidden compartment of the altar.  Eel walks through the labyrinth and bids the forces of darkness to do his whim and retrieve the heart of the Mouth of Astaroth.  The heartless mummified corpse is dumped into the portable hole.  The area is resealed in stone.
  • Remains of dead elk lead to a stone monolith where Xill ambush the party.  A metal chest is found near the monolith, and bashed open.
  • High on a mountain top the dark stone ruins of a giant tower stand.
  • A massive fanged maw vaults two mountains framing it, creating a gate.  The tongue forms stairs, the fangs and teeth side rails leading to an ancient stone highways that runs through the mountains to the east.
  • Kill a giant flytrap on a small river island.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Session 45 - Weeping Eels

Notes
  • Rinaldo meets his maker fighting a Peluda, a spiked beasty, in a series of crooked falls.
  • The party chills in Red March for a while.
  • More of the Nomen Heights is explored, and another, larger, waterfall is found near the crooked falls.  Signs of old structures at the bottom and top of the falls are found.
  • South of Varnhold, at the foot of the Tors a plaque is found between carvings of Hound Archons.  Stone Shape is used to create an opening into chambers beyond, and two hound archons are slain.  Eel cries like a baby.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Session 44 - The Mud Flats

Notes
  • Along the beautiful shores of Lake Silverstep little butterfly-winged dragons zoom around the cattails and reeds.  Eels and grigs are spotted, as well as a glimpse of a nude female swimming under the water.
  • A 3-mile long swath of bubbling mud on the lake shore is home to mudmen.  The corpse of a horse and its rider are discovered in the mud.
  • The body of Toman Hanvaki is found in a shallow gulch near the road north of Varnhold.  His neck is broken, and his brooch lies nearby.
  • The session ends on the 16th of Arodus in the middle of the day.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Session 43 - The Nomen Solution

NPCs
  • Ervil Pendrod, Maestro and Professor.
  • Tomar Lodovka, bounty hunter.
  • Boba, dead man, killed in brothel by Tomar.

Notes
  • Mother Moon shares the contents of the book she read.
  • She also offers a magical plumed cloak as a token of friendship between the Nomen and Red March.  If Red March expands its borders alongside the Dunsward, the Nomen territories, they will receive an increase to Stability of 2 due to the secured border.
  • Niabi and Tocho decide to return with the group to Red March and draw out a promise of safety from Roden.
  • At Varnhold, all 42 jars are unstoppered.  Howitt Gurney and Ervil Pendrod are among them.
  • After spending a day in Varnhold, they return to Port Jackal with Maestro Pendrod in tow.
  • Turn in spider silk to weaver.
  • Set up Niabi, Tocho, and Pendrod in the castle.
  • Sent aid to Varnhold (a BP worth), and the cat Dragon, Willas's journal, dinnerware, 6000 gp worth of coins and jewelry, and another 4000 gp to cover the missing gems and coffer.
  • Tomar Lodovka, a bounty hunter, kills a man named Boba.  Tomar claims Boba was wanted for pillage and rape by House Lodovka and has the documentation to prove it.
  • Tomar is released with Lily on a diplomatic mission to House Lodovka (1 BP is spent on the mission).
  • The session ends on the 28th of Sarenith.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Session 42 - Dungeon of Souls

Notes
  • Took dozens of jars containing swirling plumes of white smoke.
  • Shoveled piles of coins into a portable hole, along with some old spell books and a couple stone tablets.
  • Returned to room with shrines, swung open doors, and suffered from a freezing black fire.
  • In chamber with archway, fought some type of demon who appeared in a burst of foul-smelling mist.
  • Found Xaman chained to a wall.  Believed she was dead, but actually was just in deep paralysis.
  • Returned to the Nomen tribe.
  • Mother Moon expressed interest in a book they found.  Agreed to let her read through it for a few nights while they rested up in the Nomen's home.
  • Session ends on the night of the 12th of Sarenith.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Session 41 - Feasthall

Notes
  • Heading up the pillar, a series of prison alcoves is found.  The corpse of Willas Gunderson is discovered, and his ghostly visage is fought off.
  • A feasthall of dead Varnhold diners with their brains removed.  Among them is Maegar Varn and Father Caspar.
  • An octagonal chamber of white crystal slabs with an eye-shaped dome.  Overwhelming auras of divination and conjuration fill the room.
  • A burbling pool with a water elemental.  The elemental is fought.
  • A chamber with a throne of bones where a battle with the red eyed cyclops is fought.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Session 40 - The Shattered Eye

Notes
  • During the night a group of cyclops attacks the camp.  Another half-orc, the Oracle Tazel, joins the battle.
  • Return to the room with the carved eye and destroy it.  The red glowing single eye of the undead cyclop stalking them cracks too.  After a short skirmish the cyclops vanishes a second time.
  • Session ends in the middle of the night on the 10th of Sarenith.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Session 39 - Hell Pool

Notes
  • A wide chamber with bubbling tar covering the floor.  The animated corpse of Cephal Lorentus haunts the room and is fought.
  • Rinaldo is dropped into the tar on accident.  The burning tar kills him, but he is brought back to life with a Breath of Life from Eel.
  • Uncover a secret door back in the crypt-like room.  Leads to the bronze door on the outside up on the ledge of the stack.
  • Return to camping in the woods near the trail.
  • Ends during the night of the 9th of Sarenith.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Session 38 - Trapped

Notes
  • A falling portcullis closes off the only exit from a room rapidly filling with water.  A giant river eel and several zombie cyclops converge on the room.  Magic is used to get to the other side of the far portcullis.
  • A heavily decorated room with three altars and elaborate bronze double doors.  Faint carvings are found on the altars' surface.
  • A large crypt, where a pair of soul eaters is fought.
  • A smaller room with plaster fresco walls providing glimpses into ancient cyclops culture and history.
  • A small sacristy-type room.  Behind a statue is a secret door that radiates a magical aura and, despite many attempts, can not be opened.
  • On the other side of the door is a small room bearing the carving of a giant eye.  Again, through magical means, the unopened door is bypassed.
  • Using a lot of magic, and a lot of strength, the carving of the eye is chipped.
  • The scryer pays a visit, and battle ensues.  In the midst of combat, the scryer dimension door's away.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Session 37 - Enter the Sentinel

Notes
  • On the western river bank a pair of wyverns is cleared from their limestone hollow nest.  An old greatsword bearing the Issian coat-of-arms is found.
  • Using an arcane eye, a bronze door is hidden in a natural overlook up the side of the tower of stone.
  • Entering the tower, an expanded magical warding is found etched into an archway.  A jade bracelet is found amongst some spilled coins in the hallway.
  • Follow some stairs underwater, discovering a calcified skeleton at the bottom and some treasures.
  • A room full of oddly shaped pottery decorated with stylistic paintings of wide-legged, swayed-backed one-eye humanoids.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Session 36 - Valley of the Dead

NPCs
  • Niabi - young female centaur
  • Tocho - male centaur
  • Aecora "Mother Moon"
  • Xaman - daughter of Aecora

Notes
  • A number of farrows scar the Dunsward.  Mysterious markers are placed on the boundaries.  Later confirmed that this is the home of a bulette the centaurs use in their coming of age ceremonies.
  • Met with Mother Moon.  Gifted Skybolt back to the centaurs.  Learned more information about Vordakai and an area called the Valley of the Dead.  Mother Moon requested they help Xaman if possible as she has gone missing in the area.
  • Massive bones of a long-dead crag linnorm.  Herds of mastodons graze in the hills.
  • Find the Valley of the Dead.  Miles of gravestones.  Find the a path through the mountains.
  • At the end of the path come to a lake of black water with a giant limestone pillar in the middle.
  • Scryed on several times during the course of the session.  Ed saw vision of scryer and location.
  • Ended session while setting up camp in the woods next to the lake on the night of the 5th of Sarenith.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Session 35 - Spider Fields

Notes
  • Brought the egg to Port Jackal.  Egg festival commences.
  • Return to exploring the Nomen Heights.  Working their way toward the Nomen camp in the Dunsward.
  • Uncover a really poorly thought out Ettercap ambush.
  • Found a vast field of trap-door spider nests.  Ambushed by a group of giant spider.  Gathered spider silk from the nests.
  • Ended session on the 2nd of Sarenith while exploring the Dunsward.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Session 34 - Between a Roc and a Hard Place

Notes
  • Returned to Red March along the northern edge of Lake Silverstep.  Saw a long stretch of mud flats on the northern shore.
  • Studied books from Varnhold and found entry noted by Pendrod that discussed Vordakai.
  • Headed back out to Nomen Heights.
  • Attacked by a roc.
  • Discovered Talon's Peak.  A roc has been using it as a nest and they found a single egg.
  • Ended session with the egg in transit back to Red March on the night of the 6th of Desnus.