Date:

20 February 2010 / 11 – 12 Haar’Kiev, 174

Characters (Players) in attendance:

Æruestan “Rue” Beleg (Sam) – Sylvan Elf Fighter / 1
(Dumbarton Oaks (Chris) – Pixie-Fairy Magic-User / 1)
Fletch (Mel) – Human Fighter / 1
Kailan Morgause (Victoria) – Half-Elf “Art connoisseur” / 1
Liam Fishfinge-r (Adam – as NPC) – Gnome Thief / 1
Nyneva Parsay (Francine) – Half-Elf Cleric of Benyar / 1
Rolando (Paul – as played by Chris) – Human Fighter / 1
Sondra (Julia) – Human Fighter / 1

Voted Most Valuable Player:

Nyneva

GM notes:

The characters plundered the diggings of the orkin bandits, then headed back to Frandor’s Keep to heal up and divest themselves of some of the loot. They also uncovered some more information that may or may not be related to the counterfeiting crisis at Frandor.

In the keep, they contracted with the High Cleric Relgus Banthor to raise Dumbarton Oaks from the dead. This he did, though at what cost?

Players, when you post, be sure to choose the category “Adventure Reports”. Also, please be sure to put your character’s name at the top, so we know who’s writing!

Experience Points

Remember that thieves get EPs for using their thief skills, clerics get EPs for being religious, and fighters… well, you’ve got that part down. Players who post session reports will receive 100 EPs, which is quite a boost in sessions like this!

Dumbarton Oaks (mostly deceased) – 100
Fletch – 62
Kailan – 112
Liam – 162
Nyneva – 712
Rolando – 62
Rue – 62
Sondra – 212

May all your hits be crits!

Remember, we won’t be meeting next Saturday (the 27th), but we will have a long session on Saturday the 6th of March, from 1pm to 8pm. Bring some food and drink to share! If it’s nice, we might even be able to fire up the barbecue.

Date:

13 February 2010 / 08 – 11 Haar’Kiev, 174

Characters (Players) in attendance:

Æruestan “Rue” Beleg (Sam) – Sylvan Elf Fighter / 1
Dumbarton Oaks (Chris) – Pixie-Fairy Magic-User / 1
Fletch (Mel) – Human Fighter / 1
Kailan Morgause (Victoria) – Half-Elf “Art connoisseur” / 1
Liam Fishfinge-r (Adam – as NPC) – Gnome Thief / 1
Nyneva Parsay (Francine) – Half-Elf Cleric of Benyar / 1
Rolando (Paul) – Human Fighter / 1
Sondra (Julia) – Human Fighter / 1

Voted Most Valuable Player:

The late Dumbarton Oaks

GM notes:

The characters fought an organized (!) goblin patrol, commanded by an orc, and did pretty well. Serious injuries to the fighters required some days rest at Frandor Keep. Gronger Fest began at the keep.

In the special, extended second part of the session, the characters (except Fletch, for mysterious reasons that I will discuss with Mel later) went back down the road they were exploring, to find an abandoned mine high on a hillside. Following Sondra’s advice, they charged up the hill at a company of well-organized orcs. This nearly resulted in our first total party kill.

Of the heroism of the pixie-fairy Dumbarton Oaks, I will let others tell.

Eventually, with all the fighters bleeding out and Dumbarton Oaks cut neatly in twain, their vicious half-orc leader Hezbuluch was finally brought down by a combination of a cleric and a pair of thieves.

On further reading after the fact, I believe we might have had a few more character deaths. A single hit that takes a character from conscious to -4 kills them instantly; no bleeding-out is required. We will know this for next time (cue sinister laughter).

I also did not handle fumbles and mishaps correctly. This will be fixed in future sessions.

Temporal honor adjustments are now being handled in-game. We will adjust permanent Honor (and discuss Honor dice) at the start of the next session.

Players have now been given log-in information (check your e-mail). When you post, be sure to choose the category “Adventure Reports”. Also, please be sure to put your character’s name at the top, so we know who’s writing!

Experience Points

Remember that thieves get EPs for using their thief skills, clerics get EPs for being religious, and fighters… well, you’ve got that part down. Players who post session reports will receive 100 EPs, which is more than you get for killing those kobolds!

Some really bad rolls affected the ultimate EPs of most of the fighters

Dumbarton Oaks (deceased) – 1,902
Fletch – 363
Kailan – 367
Liam – 417
Nyneva – 663
Rolando – 419
Rue – 377
Sondra – 967

May all your hits be crits!

Date:

30 January 2010 / 07 – 08 Haar’Kiev, 174

Characters (Players) in attendance:

Æruestan “Rue” Beleg (Sam) – Sylvan Elf Fighter / 1
Dumbarton Oaks (Chris) – Pixie-Fairy Magic-User / 1
Kailan Morgause (Victoria) – Half-Elf “Art connoisseur” / 1
Liam Fishfinge-r (Adam) – Gnome Thief / 1
Nyneva Parsay (Francine) – Half-Elf Cleric of Benyar / 1
Rolando (Paul) – Human Fighter / 1
Sondra (Julia) – Human Fighter / 1

Voted Most Valuable Player:

Rolando

GM notes:

The characters have now made Frandor’s Keep their supply base. Sondra finally arrived. Turns out that blind pilgrim gave better directions than anybody thought. Setting out on a rocky mountain trail shown on Liam’s map, the group ran into their second Kobold patrol – a much trickier one than last time.

Combat improved, but we’ve got to work on getting the time down. I may institute a three-second count-down for each initiative segment.

Temporal honor adjustments were spotty at best. I continue to work on that.

Players have now been given log-in information (check your e-mail). Those who post summaries of the adventure will receive an EP bonus. Extra points for in-character posting.

When you post, be sure to choose the category “Adventure Reports”.

Also, please be sure to put your character’s name at the top, so we know who’s writing!

Temporal Honor and Experience Points

Remember that thieves get EPs for using their thief skills, clerics get EPs for being religious, and fighters… well, you’ve got that part down. Players who post session reports will receive 100 EPs, which is more than you get for killing those kobolds!

May all your hits be crits!

Date:

23 January 2010 / 06 Haar’Kiev, 174

Characters (Players) in attendance:

Æruestan “Rue” Beleg (Sam) – Sylvan Elf Fighter / 1
Dumbarton Oaks (Chris) – Pixie-Fairy Magic-User / 1
Kailan Morgause (Victoria) – Half-Elf “Art connoisseur” / 1
Liam Fishfinge-r (Adam) – Gnome Thief / 1
Nyneva Parsay (Francine) – Half-Elf Cleric of Benyar / 1
Rolando (Paul) – Human Fighter / 1

Voted Most Valuable Player:

Dumbarton Oaks

GM notes:

Not bad for a rusty first adventure. The characters made it to Frandor’s Keep, got some rooms, registered their party, and killed their first Kobold patrol.

There were some rules errors. Combat was frankly a shambles, for which I apologize. We’ll get it better next time.

Also, I should have been giving players temporal honor adjustments as we went, which I totally neglected to do.

For the record, here’s the calculated temporal honor and experience points earned by each character this session:

Dumbarton Oaks – 4 – 731
Kailan – 0 – 621
Liam – 0 – 173
Nyneva – 4 – 139
Rolando – 9 – 601
Rue – 9 – 431

Players have now been given log-in information (check your e-mail). Those who post summaries of the adventure will receive an EP bonus. Extra points for in-character posting.

When you post, be sure to choose the category “Adventure Reports”.

Also, please be sure to put your character’s name at the top, so we know who’s writing!

thom