LFG Session 12: What To Do?

Run Date: October 1st, 2022

I burned a bit of session time with brownies and ice cream for a bit of pre-birthday fun, and topped it off with some bad news about my schedule changing.

PCs

Rebel: Lv3 Monk

Karthalion: Lv1 Ranger

Hallow: Lv1 Cultist

What to do?

With Richard and Arken out for quite a while, it was time to rotate in some secondary characters. Hallow made a return after her investigation wrapped up in Alfstead a few weeks back and Karthalion joined the crew anew.

We opened with a bit of discussion about what to do. Today was the first day of Corvis Rising, and the beginning of the festivals that would be running all month. The group decided to check out some of the festivities and see if anything interesting was going on. Onward to the riverside.

Crowds had gathered along the bridges and traffic was beginning to slow to a crawl. While none of the events had officially kicked off yet, there were no shortage of entertainers, travelers, and revelers. The party noticed a particularly large crowd around an eight foot creature with massive horns, a red face, and open mouth with curled white fangs. They could only see it from the shoulders up, but saw that the creature was making dramatic poses, scaring some of the crowd, and signing... autographs. Rebel and Hallow found this last bit particularly interesting and decided to pick up a flyer and purchase an "autograph" from the creature. The flyer read: "The Trade Council is proud to present: Pact of the Tengu! A Heian story performed by the Ishiku City Actors! Performances will be held weekly starting on the first day of Corvis Rising at the landing docks across from Miller Street!"

Alongside the demon creature were other costumed actors dressed in all sorts of Heian garment and mask (the aforementioned Tengu being the most prominent). Kathalion had little interest in the ladies' little side venture so headed outside of town to camp out and wait out their shopping spree. Meanwhile, Rebel and Hallow moved around to various stalls to purchase some new clothes.

LFG Session 11: Return to the Red Water Sanctum

Run Date: September 24th 2022

Today's session was a lesson in player freedom and time management.

PCs

Arken[Pa]: Lv1 Artificer

Richard[Sh]: Lv2 Fighter

Return to the Red Water Sanctum

Rebel was out today so the other two players had to decide what they were going to do. Arken proposed spending some of their gathered gold on a couple horses, a wagon, and some supplies so they could return to the Red Water Sanctum. The plan involved mining out the Gold Digger Guild's claim and selling what they could on the black market. "Claim" is probably a strong word since the GDG were still trying to hire people to clear the area out for them, and the dice decided that nobody else had completed the job. After hiring a few henchmen, the party headed out (Aisha, Hap, Kumin, and Hawk).

The last time the party tried to find their way to the Red Water Sanctum, they got lost for several days. This time ended up no different: It took 6 days, and they only found the place by accident (random rolls for veering swung them into the appropriate area).

Day 2: Kumin was navigating: The group came across a wide path between two rocky hills. It was both a shortcut of sorts and one of the only places to get further along their path. Kumin and Richard were driving while the others chilled in the wagon until a small tremor caught their attention. A massive, plated creature burst from the rocky hillside and landed a little over a hundred yards from them. As it raised its head to sniff the air, the party went into defensive actions: they pulled the wagon aside, tied pelts over the horses' eyes, and hid under their hundred pelts as best they could.

They peeked out of their hiding place and observed as the bulette casually walked toward them with its nose still in the air. The creature didn't appear aggressive, but inquisitive. The group managed to keep the horses calm as the hulking mess stopped beside the cart and threw half its body over the edge. It nearly threw them out, and started taking bites out of their property. By the time it wandered off, it had consumed 30 of the 100 shoddy animal pelts they'd purchased (their plan was to hide their haul under the pelts to dodge prying eyes). The rest of their day was uneventful.