Originally shared by John Carlson

Originally shared by John Carlson

The party has returned to the surface once more, burdened with both loot and their injured hirelings. Although the Starchie Boyz themselves are in fine condition, they decide to rest the night in town to give their less fortunate compatriots a chance to recover. The party also takes this opportunity to consult with Jakelin, Dagaric, and Master Dain about the books and tapestries recovered from the dungeon. Have they found further clues about the imperial base’s purpose? Will they uncover the source of the undead curse? Will Google hangouts crash and burn once more? Find out next week … 

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Sorry about the technical problems tonight — I finally got back into the hangout, but there were still some audio…

Sorry about the technical problems tonight — I finally got back into the hangout, but there were still some audio issues. We can address the evaluation of the tapestries and documents recovered from the sub-basement at the beginning of next session (I thought about posting it here, but the party is likely to have follow-up questions and it would be easier — G+ willing — to handle it in-session).

Abbreviated Campaign Summary, 4/7/15

Abbreviated Campaign Summary, 4/7/15

Having now completed fifty sessions of play, I thought it would make sense to have an abbreviated summary of the campaign distilling some of the information in the individual session reports into a two or three-page report. This could be very useful to new players going forward as well as being a reminder to everyone of unresolved mysteries and conflicts from earlier sessions.

To this end, I have placed a link to a Google document in the “About this community” post. While I have already created section headers for this document and could draft the text if no one else is motivated, I thought it would be best to give you guys a chance to write the report. The goal is to have something brief and focused on the big picture rather than the blow-by-blow format of the session summaries. The reward for contributing substantive content to this report will be the same as for writing a typical session summary (i.e., 150xp times your character’s level). We can discuss this further at the beginning of tomorrow night’s session if there are questions.

Archiving Character Sheets, 4/7/15

Archiving Character Sheets, 4/7/15

I have been collecting character sheets from Roll20 and the Google Drive. These will be the definitive version of the characters as of the completion of session 50 of the campaign. Below is a list of the files of which I have taken copies; please let me know if another version is more up-to-date:

1. Finklemur_Hu_MG_Riese.pdf (3/26/2015) from Google Drive

2. THORFUS_dwf_FTR_Larry (2).pdf (4/1/2015) from Google Drive*

3. Chuq Nourus (LVL 4).pdf (4/3/2015) from Google Drive

4. AXEL_dwf_FTR_Antony.pdf (4/2/2015) from Google Drive

5. Bard (4/7/2015) from Roll20

* I have renamed the Thorfus sheet, eliminating the “(2)” and moving the other versions to a sub folder.

Originally shared by John Carlson

Originally shared by John Carlson

The party finally has some clues tying together the secret imperial base and the merfolk of Midland Bay after taking a second look at the octagonal room’s dragon pillars — along with another decent haul of treasure. They have not, though, found a way to undo the curse afflicting the fort nor discovered the hidden underground dock described by Carchus the shark. Perhaps the next foray into the dark tunnels will provide the answers they seek … or perhaps it will provide only death.

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Book-keeping Notes, Session 50 (4/1/15):

Book-keeping Notes, Session 50 (4/1/15):

– The session concluded with the party returning to the broken oar inn on the 6th of Anurilden around noon.

– The party spent a total of 4 hours and 30 minutes (27 turns) exploring the dungeon on the 6th; that finishes off the partly used lantern oil (9 turns) and uses three hours of another pint, leaving one hour of burning left (6 turns). Another 2 pints would have been used to burn the scorpions (and chicken?) carried to the surface. Adjust inventory accordingly (remember to double lantern usage to cover the hirelings’ light source).

– Deaths: Scorpions, a brave chicken

– Knocked Unconscious: Bard (revived by Brice & Uthruk)

– Level Restored/Drained: No one

#exploration-bookkeeping 

Treasure Gained (Session 50, 4/1/15):

Treasure Gained (Session 50, 4/1/15):

1. 3000cp (461 ea., 230 Brice; 4 left over)

2. 1000sp (153 ea., 76 Brice; 6 left over)

3. 2000gp (307 ea., 153 Brice; 5 left over)

4. Chain Mail, Magic (600xp)

5. Wrought gold hair-pin

6. Wrought Platinum chatelaine with Jade beads

7. Wrought Silver chain with ivory amulet

8. Robe with transforming patches (1,500xp)

9. Scroll of Monster Summ. I (300xp for Finklemur only)

10. Model Ship (Crimson sails with black crescent moon)

Total XP Known: 4,165

PC XP Shares: 641xp

Brice XP Share: 320xp

Finklemur Only: 300xp

#treasure-gained 

session 50 summary re quick overview

session 50 summary re quick overview 

2nd of Anurilden elections held no true change of power third block of harbor guilds

3rd of Anurilden 

Two travelers from Vargen News of a battle Kolbods completely routed, talk of a stone from the Kolbods take was stolen

10gp 30sp payed to parties hirelings in total

Lord Feldenminxus  did well in the battle. Kolbods being hunted in the jungle currently Dorée Ostiler Gray Cloak part of team that took down labor riot from miner’s

Lord Thorten head of the Gray Cloaks may become head magistrate  

4th of Anurilden After much travel I finally arrived at the Broken Oar I Bard heard about the party got into a short archery contests with an orc named Uthruk, talked with Thorfus reach a deal to help guide them after helping clear out a old imperial fort met the entire party of Starchy Boys. 

6th of Anurilden (January) 525th year of the end of the occupation 

We went into the fort one trap went off nothing in it and I began my first dungeon investigation. I helped open a secret door and showed up Uthruk found three chest of coins found a sliver chain with a ivory amulet which I put on, and two Ivory scroll cases one with a letter from Inquisitor Malkum  the other with  a scroll of monster summoning (lvl3). We also found a robes with many patches that will transform. Explored the hidden hallway found a hidden passage close to a set of stairs caused a chicken to returned to as a zombie a chicken pole-arm.  Went up the stairs and fought a pair of scorpions. Bard got knocked out trying to grapple one of them. The party did defeat them while I was unconscious and found a suit of chain mail and a bunch of robes.  We found a couple magical items not as many as the party hoped. I help the party as much as possible opening doors checking underground waterways.