PbP Start Date: 11/22/2009
MT Session Date: 11/21/2009
Adventure Date: First-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 11, 1479 DR
Base Location: Town of Loudwater
Adventure Module: Lady of Shadows
Session Number: 3.1

Pregame Notes

• PCs level up to 3
• X-Codes will be introducing his new PC “Gavin of Waterdeep, male half-elf paladin (Defender), Level 3”
  • Need to build a token
• Samuelryn wanted to create an Eladrin Wizard, however I have yet to see a Character Sheet
  • Character sheet built with DDI, before game
• Introducing “Companion Characters” for this adventure
  • Player’s will control NPCs during combat encounters. DM will RP NPCs.
  • NPCs get a share of XP, but not Loot.
  • Every player will have an opportunity to play a companion character if they want.
• Need to finish Zark Companion Character.
• CFP shows interest in the dragons lair.

OPENING CREDITS

First-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 11, 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One…

Two members leave the CFP, and two more sign up. Iris left without any farewell, apparently returning to her homeland of the Moonshae Islands. However, a mysterious eladrin by the name of Erevan joins the adventuring party. Erevan tells the CFP that another dragon remains and has a lair in the high reaches of the Graypeak Mountains. The dragon has also allied with a local orc tribe for added protection.

Amagar squabbles with the remaining members of the CFP over differences on the direction the party should take. The CFP head down river to investigate another kidnapping and Amagar stays behind. The kidnapper’s trail is cold and when the CFP return Amagar is no where to be found. Needing steel, the CFP approach a Paladin of Amaunator, Gavin of Waterdeep, and ask him to join the CFP. Gavin, seeing the nobleness of the CFP accepts.

Callaof Loudwater General approaches the CFP, asking for their help… “For a few tendays now, a tiefling named Narrows has shown up in my store and told me that if I don’t accept the ‘protection’ of the Lady of Shadows, something bad could happen, like my shop being burned down or my knees being broken. I haven’t buckled under his threats, but I’m afraid what might happen if I don’t. Raumandar, my stock boy, is a capable enough fighter, but he might not be able to protect me or the store all the time.”

Calla believes that Narrows will return this night and offers the CFP 500 gold dragons for their help in protecting her store and taking down the Lady’s Gang. The CFP head to Loudwater General to build fortifications and plan a strategy for defending the store. Gweena and Gavin head to the Loudwater Patrol to request a guard unit to patrol the main street in front of the store. Captain Harrowleaf seems unaware of the extent of the Lady’s Gang, but he provides the CFP with three patrolmen none the less.

With the fortifications in place, Narrows does in fact show during Moondark with the Lady’s Gang. The CFP defeat the gang, however Narrows escaped during the battle. The remaining two gang members surrender and have yet to be questioned.

Welcome to Lady of Shadows, Session 3.1

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale
Town/Area: Town of Loudwater area 6
Building/Level: Loudwater General
Module Location Number: I1. Burn, Baby Burn!
Time: Moondark
Weather Condition: Temp. 46/35 F, Partly cloudy, Heavy Rain, Wind 8
Other Information: Two of the Lady’s Gang remain alive after the battle, a human outlaw and a elven archer. Narrows made his escape during the battle.

Last Major Events

• CFP Accept Calla’s Plea for help
  • Lady of Shadows is extracting “protection” money from the shop owners of Loudwater.
• Encounter Burn, Baby Burn!
  • Total XP 1,402/9=155 XP each. **Loot Found: 2 emeralds (worth 100 gp ea.), 25 GP, Rebounding Longbow +2, 5 alchemist’s fire arrows (20 gp ea), 10 alchemist’s fire (20 gp ea.)

PbP Start Date: 10/25/09
MT Session Date: 11/7/09
Adventure Date: Third-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 3, 1479 DR
Base Location: Town of Loudwater
Adventure Module: Menace of the Icy Spire
Session Number: 2.4

Pregame Notes

• Using MT b61
• Introduced a new method of running Skill Challenges
  • Never informed players it was a skill challenge
  • The goal was to try to improve the RP
  • Player’s Thoughts?

OPENING CREDITS

Highsun, Third-day, Tarsakh (Claw of Storms) 3, 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One…

The CFP were successful in ending the Gray Vale’s unnatural weather by defeating the Frost Gem and the Spirit of Winter.

After a good nights rest and a square meal, the CFP begin their journey back to Loudwater in a light drizzle. They soon discover that they are being followed and are approached by the eladrin who were charged with the protection of the Frost gem and Draigdurroch’s secrets. The eladrin, who were unaware of the taint of Elemental Chaos upon the gem, and thus unaware of the Gray Vales unnatural weather pattern.

The CFP try to convince the eladrin that the Gray Vale was facing an endless winter, however the CFP are unsuccessful and enrage the eladrin into attacking the party.

Welcome to Menace of the Icy Spire, Session 2.4…

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale
Town/Area: Dire Wood, Along the Heartblood River, near the confluence of the Delmbiyr River
Building/Level: N/A
Module Location Number: Protectors of the Frost Gem
Time: Highsun
Weather Condition: 43 F, Light rain, Thin, high clouds, Wind 10 mph
Other Information:

Character Situation/Location

Last Major Events

• Protectors of the Frost Gem
  • CFP failed the Skill Challenge “It Wasn’t Me”
  • Consequence of battle with the eladrin
• No XP for encounter

Last Minor Events

• Several of the eladrin are knocked unconscious during the battle, including the eladrin’s leader, Sariel.
  • The CFP convince on of the eladrin archers of their innocence. The archer promises to try to convey this to his leaders.
• CFP take a short rest

Other Information

PbP Start Date: 10/25/09
MT Session Date: 10/24/09
Adventure Date: Second-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 2, 1479 DR
Base Location: Town of Loudwater
Adventure Module: Menace of the Icy Spire
Session Number: 2.3

Pregame Notes

• Using MT b60

OPENING CREDITS

Sunset, Second-day, Tarsakh (Claw of Storms) 2, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One…

The CFP continue their battle with the denizens of the Elemental Chaos. With most of the ice warriors firmly rooted on the second floor, they send down their icy attacks through the atrium while shardling minions use the frozen blue flame within the first and second floor fireplaces as portals into the tower. With the CFP taking more than their fair share of the licks, they finally battle their way to the second floor. The ice warriors soon fall, and the portals are destroyed.

The CFP take a long rest replenishing their resources, and through Amagar’s study of magic, discover a floating disk to the third floor. The CFP discover Draigdurroch’s extensive library, master quarters, and study on the third floor. With an extensive search they find Draigdurroch’s research notes on a new Dark Pact devoted to Asmodeus, fueled by the long dead deity Karsus. They also discover several of Draigdurroch’s ritual books.

Amagar discover’s another floating disk which takes the CFP to the Roof. On the roof the CFP find the Frost Gem marked with primordial scratchings, which has corrupted the gems magic. When the gem is molested the spirit of winter comes forth and attacks the CFP in hopes of protecting the gem. A battle ensues and the CFP destroy both the spirit of winter and the frost gem, releasing both Draigdurroch’s tower and the Gray Vale from its icy cocoon.

Welcome to Menace of the Icy Spire, Session 2.3…

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale
Town/Area: Dire Wood
Building/Level: Draigdurroch Tower
Module Location Number: Draigdurroch Tower
Time: Moondark
Weather Condition: 34 F, None, Partial low white clouds, Wind 4 mph
Other Information:

Character Situation/Location

Last Major Events

• Tower Guardians Encounter
  • 625 XP / 5 PCs = 125 XP ea.
• Ice Warriors Encounter
  • 1075 XP/ 5 PCs = 215 XP ea.
• Treasure
  • Cape of the Mountebank
  • ritual book containing the following rituals: Last Sight Vision, Skull Watch, Arcane Lock, & Delay Affliction.
  • 210 gp worth of miscellaneous alchemical and ritual components
  • delicate sculpture made of crystal depicting Asmodeus. worth 260 gold pieces
• Flame Jet Trap
  • 125 XP / 5 PCs = 25 XP ea.
• Glyph of Warding Trap
  • 125 XP / 5 PCs = 25 XP ea.
• Spirit of Winter Encounter
  • 750 XP / 5 PCs = 150 XP ea.

Last Minor Events

Other Information

• Iris’ Endure Elements Ritual ends in 5.5 hours

PbP Start Date: 9/13/2009
MT Session Date: n/a
Adventure Date: Second-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 2, 1479 DR
Base Location: Town of Loudwater
Adventure Module: Menace of the Icy Spire
Session Number: 2.2

Pregame Notes

• Gweena’s MT Token
  • Magic Holy Symbol +2 has been added and equipped
  • Astral Fire Feat Macro has been added and can now used as a supplemental power.
• MT b.59
  • Players need to update to new version.

OPENING CREDITS

Afternoon, Second-day, Tarsakh (Claw of Storms) 2, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One…

After battling their way through an unnatural blizzard, and then being ambushed by frost goblins, the CFP arrive at Draigdurroch’s Tower.

Draigdurroch Tower is encased from top to bottom in a shimmering cocoon of pure ice. The sunlight is reflected in all directions by the angled planes of the frozen barrier, which climbs to a single peak in the air at the top of the tower and widens as it plunges to ground level. A palpable sensation of bitter cold emanates from the tower and its icy prison.


Through the imperfect mirror formed by the ice, you can see that the exterior stone of the tower has been carved into a massive series of sculptures and reliefs depicting various devils in flight. It is as if a huge swirling column of fiends has erupted within the earth and was being pulled into the heavens. Their mouths are open, though whether they are laughing or screaming is hard to tell.


A circular stone walkway winds around the tower’s base, and squat statues of leering devils of all sorts line both sides of this path. The cobblestones are frozen over and look slippery. The tower’s only obvious entrance is a single door at its base, but a foot-thick sheet of solid ice stands in your way.


Welcome to Menace of the Icy Spire, Session 2.2…

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale
Town/Area: Dire Wood
Building/Level: Draigdurroch Tower
Module Location Number: Draigdurroch Tower
Time: Afterdnnon
Weather Condition: 15 F, None, Thin wispy clouds, Wind 13 mph
Other Information:

Character Situation/Location

Last Major Events

• FP complete the Blizzard with 8 successes and 2 failures.
  • Milestone reached
  • XP awarded – 375/5=-75 ea.
• CFP are ambushed by frost goblins.
  • XP awarded – 975/5=-195 ea.

Last Minor Events

• The CFP feel the need to move the Chauntean wagons laden with seed for the spring crop back to Loudwater.
  • Iris sends Screech back to town (Animal Messenger) with word about the wagons.
  • Amagar uses Detect Magic and identifies the Fey magic corrupted by elements of chaos within the freshly fallen snow around the Chauntean Caravan.
• CFP find Draigdurroch Tower.

Other Information

• Treasure
  • 60 gp in an iron box
  • 50 gp
  • 2 potions of healing
  • Distance Javelin +1
• Iris’ Endure Elements Ritual ends in 15 hours

PbP Start Date: 9/13/2009
MT Session Date: 9/12/2009
Adventure Date: First-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 1, 1479
Base Location: Town of Loudwater
Adventure Module: Menace of the Icy Spire
Session Number: 2.1

Pregame Notes

• MT 1.3 b57
• Need to Level up to L2
  • MT tokens
  • Used equipment can be sold for 50% of its value
  • Iris can learn up to (12) 1st or 2nd level rituals
  • The Loudwater apothecary will sell Gweena any 1st or Second Level ritual she wants to learn or she can learn them from Iris.

OPENING CREDITS

First-day, Tarsakh (The Claw of Storms) 1, 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One…

Six days has passed since the CFP last made peace with the High Shaman Sancossug and the goblins of the Southwood. Thus far, Sancossug seems true to his word. No goblins have been sighted in the vale and nothing has mysteriously gone missing. However, there has been one rumor of a child kidnapping from a farm located near Secomber.

At first, the CFP were regarded as heroes, not having to buy a single draft, but having to recount their exploits to a countless number of patrons in the Tankard. Today, the CFP’s heroism seems almost non existent, albeit, the children a still ask to hear about the High Shaman Sancossug, but not often.

Two romantic interests have come to light over the past days. Megana Nistral, head of the Loudwater smithy is a brawny human female who is as broad as a dwarf. She enjoys drinking with the CFP in the evenings and is good company with her hearty laugh. The end of every night is much the same with Megana offering her skills as a blacksmith to Digi. Apparently she wants to forge him a great axe.

The other is Lady Moonfire, the town leader, a female half-elf who seems more interested in adventure than civic-duties. Lady Moonfire has been showing up at the Tankard every night, and eventually makes it over the CFPs table. With her elverquist in hand, she constantly prods Amagar about his past exploits. She also seems very interested in Amagar’s heritage, especially the demonic side.

Curuvar the Brazen seems no longer interested in the Skull Totem, and after hearing the CFP’s tale of the goblin shaman and his ritual, he replied with, “Goblins… what a dull race.”

Curuvar now has bigger fish to fry with the Gray Vale’s weather turning for the worst. The past 6 days have been miserable, with temperatures in the Gray Vale dropping to levels that would normally be typical during the Feast of the Moon. Things have become too dangerous for travelers, and to all indications, winter is not going to end. If that occurs, the ground will never thaw, thus no crop will be planted, putting the entire area’s food supply at risk.

There is precious little information in Loudwater to be had. However, some local woodsfolk report that the cold temperatures appear to be more pronounced in the area of the Dire Wood. Some claim it is the work of evil faeries, but rumors have it that the town’s leaders believe that a more likely source of the problem is Draigdurroch Tower.

Welcome to Menace of the Icy Spire, Session 2.1…

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale
Town/Area: Delimbiyr Route, 3 hours NE of Loudwater, before the confluence of the Heartblood River
Building/Level: n/a
Module Location Number: J1. Chauntean Caravan
Time: Morning
Weather Condition: 7 F, None, Scattered fluffy clouds, Wind 19 mph
Other Information: The CFP are invited to a dinner party at Lady Moonfire’s Manor Home. After dinner the CFP meet with Curuvar the Brazen, Lady Moonfire, and Brother Griffon to discuss the Gray Vale’s latest dilemma, the unnatural weather which brings with it the promise of a never-ending winter.

Curuvar mentions Draigdurroch’s Tower and recounts its history…

About 30 years ago, a dwarf warlock named Draigdurroch came to the Gray Vale. Draigdurroch was part of a cabal of warlocks, and his particular research dealt with the creation of new types of eldritch pacts. He believed that the Dire Wood contained a particularly potent source of untapped energy—the remains of a failed deity. Thousands of years before the Spellplague, a Netherese city called Karse stood in the area, and the demigod Karsus was its patron. Karsus tried and failed to ascend to full godhood, dying in the process, and his city (along with the rest of the ancient Empire of Netheril) fell not long thereafter. Draigdurroch’s research suggested that the petrified remains of Karsus yet lie beneath the forest’s heart. Draigdurroch hoped that he could tap into the latent energy that Karsus had accumulated and use it to power his new pact. The dwarf warlock built a tower about a mile outside the Dire Wood and began his experiments in earnest.

Draigdurroch’s hunch turned out to be correct. A powerful nexus of magical energy is beneath the heart of the Dire Wood. However, the fey spirits who dwell within the Dire Wood have long been aware of how dangerous the remnants of Karsus could be if the demigod’s power fell into the wrong hands. They have appointed themselves as guardians to ensure that no one tampers with the failed deity’s resting place. When Draigdurroch’s efforts began to bear fruit and the dwarf warlock drew upon the latent echoes of Karsus’s power to form a dark pact, the fey approached him and warned him to cease his meddling. The warlock was confident in his powers and ignored the warning. For his temerity, the fey punished him. Draigdurroch was imprisoned within the Feywild and his tower was sealed in a block of magic ice as a warning to others. The fey set a powerful gemstone holding a spirit of winter to act as the keystone holding the icy barrier.

Character Situation/Location

Last Major Events

• [Major Quest – Fix the Weather]
  • Discover the source of the unnatural winter like weather and remove it so that the seasons return to normal.
  • Lady Moonfire rewards the PCs 500 gp on behalf of teh the grateful citizens of Loudwater for completing this quest.
• [Minor Quest – Find Draigdurroch’s Research]
  • Bring Draigdurrock’s ritual books and his research notes to either Lady Moonfire or Curuvar the Brazen.
  • Either NPC is willing to pay up to 100 gp per item retrieved for these items.

Last Minor Events

• CFP encounter a Chauntean Caravan on the Delimbiyr Route
  • Gweena recognizes her fellow priests and informs the rest of her crew that it is common of the Pastoral Faction of the Great Mother to disperse seed in the early spring to the local farmers.
  • When the CFP get closer they discover that the Pastorals have suffered major frostbite and have been mysteriously changed into undead.
  • CFP defeat the Undead

Other Information

• XP
  • 625/5=125 ea.
• Treasure
  • Magic Holy Symbol of Chauntea +2
• Iris’ Endure Elements Ritual ends in 21 hours

Adventure Record

PbP Start Date: 9/2/2009

MT Session Date: N/A

Adventure Date: Ninth-day, Ches (Spring Equinox) 19, 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Base Location: The Town of Loudwater, Gray Vale

Adventure Module: The Barrow of the Ogre King

Session Number: 1.6

Pregame Notes

OPENING CREDITS

Dawn, Third day, Ches (The Claw of Sunsets) 23, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One…

The CFP enter the barrow once again and descend a spiraling staircase through ancient dwarven catacombs. They descend down into a a torch lit corridor which extends to the east with several dark side chambers leading to the north and south. At the end of the corridor sits a 30-by 30-foot chamber. Within the chamber, sitting near the back wall, is a dirt encrusted sarcophagus flanked by two smoking braziers. A goblin painted with clay and mud stands vigilantly over it.

The High Shaman Sancossug demands what is rightfully his, the Horn Totem which was stolen from him by that meddling wizard of Loudwater, Curuvar the Brazen. After the shaman tells of the bunk ritual he plans on using to revive the long dead Ogre King, the CFP negotiate a deal for the return of the totem. They receive the shamans best guess on who or what may have kidnapped the children of the Gray Vale, he also gives them an old map, which has listed many a dungeon in the area, But the most important item given in trade, is the shaman’s word that the goblin’s of Southwood will leave the goodfolk of the Gray Vale unmolested.

The CFP triumphantly return to Loudwater as heroes and recount their tale of the Barrow of the Ogre King

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale

Town\Area: Southwood, Ruins of Torarr

Building\Level: Barrow of the Ogre King, Level 1

Module Location Number: B7. High Shaman Sancossug

Campaign Date: Ches 22 (The Claw of Sunsets), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless one.

Time: Evening

Weather Condition: 36 F, None, Partial fluffy clouds, Wind 8 mph

Other Information: No MT Session this time around.

Last Major Events

• CFP negotiate a deal with the High Shaman Sancossug
  • The shaman promises peace with the goodfolk of the Gray Vale for the return of the Horn Totem
• Major Quest Reward
  • 300 XP per PC

Adventure Record

PbP Start Date: 8/9/2009.

MT Session Date: N/A

Adventure Date: Ches 19 (Spring Equinox), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Base Location: The Town of Loudwater, Gray Vale

Adventure Module: The Barrow of the Ogre King

Session Number: 1.5

Pregame Notes

OPENING CREDITS

Dawn, Third day, Ches (The Claw of Sunsets) 23, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One…

After an extended rest in the Gatehouse, the CFP prepare to delve deeper into the Barrow of the Ogre King. Yesterday proved to be a strenuous day for the CFP and after expending most of their resources, the intrepid adventurers decide a rest is in order. The CFP retreat back out of the barrow and set up camp in the ruined gatehouse. After an uneventful night, the CFP prepare to enter the barrow once again.

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale

Town\Area: Southwood, Ruins of Torarr

Building\Level: Barrow of the Ogre King, Level 1

Module Location Number: B4. Upper Catacomb

Campaign Date: Ches 22 (The Claw of Sunsets), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless one.

Time: Evening

Weather Condition: 36 F, None, Partial fluffy clouds, Wind 8 mph

Other Information: No MT Session this time around.

Last Major Events

• CFP encounter more goblin in the upper catacomb
  • XP 750/5=150 XP ea.

Other Information

• CFP take an extended rest at the gatehouse.

Total XP Awarded

• 750/5 = 150 ea.

Adventure Record

PbP Start Date: 7/27/2009.

MT Session Date: 8/8/2009, 9:00 PM (MST)

Adventure Date: Ches 19 (Spring Equinox), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Base Location: The Town of Loudwater, Gray Vale

Adventure Module: The Barrow of the Ogre King

Session Number: 1.4

Pregame Notes

OPENING CREDITS

Late Afternoon, Second day, Ches (The Claw of Sunsets) 22, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One…

With the help of Curuvar, the CFP find the ruins of Torarr and enter the Barrow of the Ogre King. After the encounter with goblins in the Ruined Gatehouse, the CFP enter the courtyard beyond. Tracks circumvent the main area, clueing the CFP to a False Floor Pit Trap within the main thoroughfare . Raz purposely springs the trap and the CFP descend into the darkness through the secret door found near the ruined tower. The CFP enter the Slaughter Pit and encounter more goblins, who are ready and waiting. Battle ensues, with Raz being seriously wounded from charging skullcleavers. Amagar has a warrior marked, the warrior has already retreated to the rear of the chamber, protecting the hexer. The hexer casts his Vexing Cloud, obscuring a large area of the chamber in a ocloud of fog. Gweena cast healing word on Raz relieving some of his pain from the skullcleaver’s vicious axe wounds. Digi is able to confront a skullcleaver and deals a vicious axe blow of his own. Will the CFP be able to defeat the goblins, find the Gray Vale’s missing children, and stop the High Shaman Sacussog from resurrecting the long dead Ogre King?

Welcome to strokesRPG: Gray Vale, MT Session 1.4

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale

Town\Area: Southwood, Ruins of Torarr

Building\Level: Barrow of the Ogre King, Level 1

Module Location Number: B3. Contested Hallway

Campaign Date: Second-day, Ches (The Claw of Sunsets) 22, 1479

Time: Afternoon

Weather Condition: 38 F, None, Partial fluffy clouds, Wind 6 mph

Other Information: Both X-Codes & Gypsy were not present for the game. Amagar was NPCed by Crrrazyhawk, and Gweena was NPCed by Samaelryn.

Last Major Events

• Raz and Iris both notice the False Floor Pit Trap
  • XP 175/5=35 XP ea.
• The CFP find the secret door leading into the barrow. They descend down the ladder and encounter several goblins in the Slaughter Pit.
• The CFP defeat the goblins.
  • XP 850/5=170 XP ea.
• The CFP defeat the zombies and goblins in the Contested Hallway.
  • XP 625/5=125 XP ea.

Last Minor Events

• CFP take a Short Rest after the Ruined Gatehouse encounter
• Raz purposefully triggers the False Floor Pit Trap with a successful Thievery check.
• Digi triggers the False Floor Pit Trap in the Slaughter Pit.
• Treasure Parcels found in the Contested Hallway.
  • Amagar – Lifedrinker Short Sword +1, Lvl5 (PB)
  • Iris – Blood Cut Leather Armor +1, Lvl4 (PB)
  • Melieraz – Serpentskin Hide Armor +1, Lvl3 (AV)
  • Digi – Blood Claw Great Axe +1, Lvl2 (AV)
  • 1 potion of Healing
  • 170 gp

Other Information

• Curuvar’s Endure Elements ritual ends in 13 hrs. and 30 mins.

Total XP Awarded

• 175 + 850 + 625 = 1,650 / 5 = 330 XP ea.

Adventure Record

PbP Start Date: 7/12/2009.

MT Session Date: 7/25/2009, 9:00 PM (MST)

Adventure Date: Ches 19 (Spring Equinox), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Base Location: The Town of Loudwater, Gray Vale

Adventure Module: The Barrow of the Ogre King

Session Number: 1.3

Pregame Notes

• MT Session will begin with the encounter Finding the Barrow II
  • Curuvar will lead the party so the primary skill checks will not be needed. The CFP will have to make Endurance checks though.

OPENING CREDITS

Night’s End, 2nd day, Chess (Claw of Sunsets) 22, 1479, the Year of the Ageless One… The CFP awaken early to prepare for their journey with Curuvar the Brazen. Curuvar has offered to lead the CFP to the Barrow of the Ogre King and has made plans to set out at Dawn from the Town of Loudwater. The sky is clear and a crescent Selune hangs low in the sky. The temperature remains just below freezing and a gently breeze promises a fair and warm day compared to the last. When the CFP enter the commons of the Tankard, Marsh is up preparing breakfast. The commons are empty except for Curuvar, who prepares his pack for the day’s journey at hand.

“Eat hearty CFP, for tonight you may dine in hell,” Curuvar cheerfully says with a smile. Curuvar hands Raz the Horn Totem and a near perfect duplicate. “We have an hour before Dawn, make haste,” .

Welcome to Grayvale: MT Session 1.3

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale

Town\Area: Southwood, Ruins of Torarr

Building\Level: Ruined Gatehouse

Module Location Number: B1

Campaign Date: Second-day, Ches (The Claw of Sunsets) 22, 1479

Time: Afternoon

Weather Condition: 38 F, None, Fluffy clouds, Wind 7 mph

Other Information: Gypsy was not able to make the game so Gweena was NPC by Xcodes.

Last Major Events

• Curuvar leads the CFP to the Ruins of Torarr
• The CFP fight with the goblin guards at the Ruined Gatehouse

Last Minor Events

• CFP take an Extended Rest
• Screech overcomes Filth Fever
• Raz convinces Curuvar to lead the CFP to the Barrow of the Ogre King
  • Curuvar gives the CFP a bit of history on the Ogre King
  • Curuvar makes a duplicate of the Horn Totem
• Iris convinces Brother Griffon to cast Endure Elements on the CFP when they try to find the barrow again.
• The CFP resupply at Loudwater General
  • When chatting with Calla, Raz’s Insight tells him she may be lying about being happy living in Loudwater
• Raz, Digi, and Gweena head to Garwan’s Curiosities, and ask Garwan more information on Calla.
  • Garwan tells the CFP how Calla adopted Raumadar.
• Amagar heads to the Loudwater Patrol to practice his sword skills. He meets with Captain Harrow leaf and ask about the headless bodies found yesterday in the woods outside Loudwater.
  • Harrowleaf assumes it’s the work of a vigilante.

Other Information

• Curuvar’s Endure Elements ritual ends in 14 hrs.

XP Awarded

• 1000 XP Total/200 per PC

Adventure Record

PbP Start Date: 6/29/2009.

MT Session Date: 7/11/2009, 9:00 PM (MST)

Adventure Date: Ches 19 (Spring Equinox), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Base Location: The Town of Loudwater, Gray Vale

Adventure Module: The Barrow of the Ogre King

Session Number: 1.2

Pregame Notes

• Need two Endurance checks from Iris (DC 20)

OPENING CREDITS

Eveningof Ches 19, 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One… The CFP are hot on the trail of the goblins, following the track back to their lair…

Last time, the CFP, a heroic adventuring party, forms at the Green Tankard Tavern. Goblins blow up Loudwater’s wall and enter the Southsquare, hacking and slashing innocents, trying to make their way to Garwan’s Curiosities. Even with CFP fighting valiantly, the goblins are able to break the window and take several items on display. After the battle, the CFP are given the “Goblin Scroll,” found by Sunsteen on the dead goblin hexer. The scroll reveals that the goblins were after the Horn Totem, which is apparently needed to raise the long dead “Ogre King.”

The CFP follow the tracks the goblins made through the Southwood, hoping it will bring them to their lair. The adventuring party have been travelling for the better part of the day and now, as darkness fall and in a snow storm, they try to make it to the elusive lair…

Welcome to Grayvale: MT Session 1.2

Closing Location Details

Nation: Gray Vale

Town\Area: 8.75 miles South of Loudwater in the Southwood

Building\Level: N/A

Module Location Number: Failed Skill Challenge Encounter: Rats

Campaign Date: Ches 19 (Spring Equinox), 1479 DR, the Year of the Ageless One.

Time: Evening

Weather Condition: 19 F, Snow, Dark low clouds, Wind 27 mph

Other Information: Samuelryn no showed for the game, so the failed skill challenge encounter was completed with 4 PCs.

Last Major Events

• The CFP set out from Loudwater, tracking the Goblins to their lair.
• In the afternoon, a snow storm occurs causing some difficulties for the CFP. They end up becoming lost and stumble upon a burrow of wererats.
• Amagar, Digi and Screech get bit by wererats in their rat form (need saving throws to determine if they contract Filth Fever and still have 1 more healing surge than listed).

Last Minor Events

• Zark is introduced
• Garwan is introduced
• Garwan gives the CFP the Horn Totem
• Captain Harrowleaf is introduced.
• CFP takes a Short Rest before beginning their journey to the Barrow of the Ogre King.
• CFP each loose a healing surge for failures in round 7, 8 and 10 in “Finding the Barrow.”

Other Information

• Sunrods burn out in 4hrs
• Curuvar’s Endure Elements ritual ends in 14 hrs