Date:

06 – 07 Quay’Tera, 1308

Characters (Players) in attendance:

Doreen Underfoot (Mel) – Halfling Fighter / 2
Dumbarton Oaks (Chris) – Pixie-Fairy Mage / 6
Fenkeh Burrowes (FrM) – Halfling Thief / 2
Kailan Morgause (Victoria) – Half-Elf “Art connoisseur” / 6
Nurther Skye (Gayle) – Dwarf Cleric of the Caregiver / 2
Ruati Ryiannasal (Daniel) – Elf Rogue / 2
Tørhalla Ulricsdøttìr (Francine) – Human Barbarian / 2

Voted Most Valuable Player:

(none)

GM Notes:

The group spent quite some time fighting the truly massive spider in the woods.

It was peppered with arrows, Kailan tried a frontal attack in a bid to save Nurther and Doreen, and Tørhalla with a mighty leap jumped upon its back and slammed her sword into it (dramatic but ineffectual) before leaping off onto a nearby tree.

In the proc...

Giant spiders… amirite? You hate ’em. I hate ’em. Everybody hates giant spiders! Hell, I suspect other giant spiders hate giant spiders.

And don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against spiders. Pixie Fairies live in the woods. Full of spiders. Think of all the bugs in the world. Spiders eat bugs. If it wasn’t for spiders, we’d be up to our asses in bugs, pardon my Paelific.

No. Just giant spiders. Spiders shouldn’t be bigger than me. Sure, I’m small. But you could be smaller than me and still be a wicked big spider. Spiders the size of babies, big dogs, little ponies… that’s just creepy!

Oh! What happened next? Well, that’s where the story just starts getting interesting. I’m flying downriver, fast as I can, praying my team is behind me...

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, for The Dumbarton Oakes Experience. Protect us, give us honor and strength. I pray too, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

Ok that was nuts. And the smell! I’m really starting to hate those nasty little goblins. Like a lot. Maybe even worse than spiders. Remember, we were contracted by the local chieftan to get his illegitimate daughter away from kidnappers.

With much stealth and guile we followed a man into the woods...

Torhalla In Training

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, for The Dumbarton Oakes Experience. Protect us, give us honor and strength. I pray too, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

The friend they call Sweet Doreen has joined up with us. She is a mighty halfling. I would not mess with her. But I think Fenkeh is growing sweet on her. That’s so cute.  Maybe he’ll think about that the next time he tries to stuff half a chicken in his mouth.

We have been ...

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, now, for this party that I find myself among—The Dumbarton Oakes Experience. Protect us, give us honor and strength. I pray too, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

Helpless and alone…

Today was a good day. I killed things.

Also… ALL PRAISE AND HONOR to YOU! I have a wolf pup! For now I call him Dog but it is because I do not want others to know I have named him for my brother and father, Ulric...

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, for The Dumbarton Oakes Experience. Protect us, give us honor and strength. I pray too, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

I am a badass.

We have become famous, I think. In a good way, of course. For we are gaining a reputation for being great warriors who fight with honor. We are becoming known as those that can be trusted to fulfill a task once contracted. Please let nobody find out about the castle we sunk...

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. Protect Fenkeh and I, give us honor and strength. I pray too, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

There are others now, that have joined Fenkeh and I in our adventures. There is one named Nurther Skye. He is a healer of a gentle god’s healing favor. There is a very snooty female half elf named Nynevah, she is also a healer, and is one of Dumbarton and the Great Warrior Kaaaylaan’s friends...

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

Today I met a great warrior. He is the whitest man I’ve ever laid eyes on. Great Bear! He is MIGHTY! He travels with a tiny little fluttery thing called a pixie fairy and whose name is Dumbarton. Dumbarton, for his small size, can talk a blue streak. I have never encountered two quite like them. At first they were very confused. As time went on, and a lot of food was consumed...

[Some Months Ago]

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

As you know, I have agreed to join Fenkeh or perhaps he has agreed to join me? I still am unsure of which of us is leading in this eagerness to see the world. I know it is Fenkeh that feeds it. I have promised to watch him, it is my honor at stake should something befall my stout friend. I have a plan, however, for that porky fellow...

[Many many months ago]

Great Bear, oh wise and wonderful protector, giver of strength and a stout heart. I pray first, as always, to you for your protection and strength and for those who of my tribe survived.They are a long way away, and I do not know when I will ever be able to return to them. I hold faith. Faith that I will be among them again… So that I might kill the honorless ones that sold me into slavery. Great Bear, this I still pray. Unceasingly. Every. Single. Day. I keep my sword sharpened to the task.

As you know, because you see all, my master has died and I have been wandering. But I have no paper upon which to write nor do I feel I have enough words and so I think that I must carry on through conversations with you, O Great Protector.

I confide, I have felt restless and w...