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.