Ten Foot Précis: March 2015

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Session 39 - Suddenly, newbies! Thousands of them!

Session 39 - Suddenly, newbies! Thousands of them!

Campaign date:
Saturday, July 22nd 1549
Moon phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Cancer

New Characters:

- Matilda, Specialist, former water carrier, chick.

- Brad the Ba - sorry - Brad the Stabbinatator, Fighter, bread burner, dude.

- Lootle Halfstack, slave turned specialis

- A Muscle Wizard, former woodsman.

- A Dwarf who was once a leech (being an olde schoole apothecary, not a bloodsucking slug)

Enemies defeated:

- A green slime, burned until it crystallised (50 exp)

- 10 mushroom headed men, neck-threads severed (100 exp)

- Giant psychic mushroom, sawed through with chain (100 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:

- 1820 silver pieces (1820 exp)

- Pinky ring (800 exp)

- Severed head of St Vaporius.

- Bread with hallucinogenic mold, green slime crystals.

- Iron holy symbol of the Great Shroomy One (50 exp)

- Various arms and armour (150 exp)

- Potion #10 - clear brown w/ rat foetus

- Potion #172 - thin brown

- Potion #190 - pale blue

- A large sack (1 exp)

- 6 semi-precious gems (240 exp)

Exploration:

- 7 dungeon rooms explored (140 exp)

- 1 secret door found (50 exp)

- Alternate exit found (100 exp)

Misc:

- Professional door-listening skills (50 exp)

- Discovered the True Tomb of St Vaporius (50 exp)

- Barbershop quartet sang sweetly (50 exp)

- Got slime'd (50 exp)

- Superbread created (50 exp)

- Correctly avoided a whole load of explosive gas (50 exp)

- Failed attempt at Vaporis disguise amused me thoroughly (50 exp)

- Rad as hell giant mushroom kill with the saw-chain and acid attack (50 exp)

- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)

- High as Fuck bonus (50 exp)

- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)

- Copious Dick Joke boners (50 exp)

- Overkilled a Scary Enemy bonus (100 exp)

- Failed saving throw bonus (Fungonius, Clay's Muscle Wizard - 100 ea)

- Near death experience bonus (Brad the Stabbinator, Lootle Shortstack - 100 exp ea)

- Cartographer bonus (Fungonius - 100 exp)

Quests and Rumours:

- None down here

Death Toll and Injuries:

- None, barely.

Exp Totals:

Dominic / Fungonius, Level 4 Cleric: 7939 (Level up at 14000)

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 4 Elf (Alpdrucke): 21858 (Level up at 24000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 1 Specialist: 615 (Level up at 1500)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 715 (Level up at 2000)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Clay / Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 715 (Level up at 2250)

Kyle / Level 1 Dwarf: 615 (Level up at 2200)

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Absent or Retired:

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 4 Dwarf: 13395 (Level up at 17600)
-- Mr Burg, Level 1 Fighter: 655 (Level up at 2000)
Marco / Sauron, Level 1 Necromancer: 1530 (Level up at 2250)
Tom / NWA Chuck Langley, Level 1 Cleric: 951 (Level up at 1750)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)

Dana / Bingo, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 1461(Level up at 2250)
Chris / Crocell, Level 4 Halfling: 12318 (Level up at 16000)
-- Belial, Level 1 Fighter: 1047 (Level up at 2000)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 9129 (Level up at 18000)
Renzo / Gastani, Level 2 Barbarian: 3000 (Level up at 4000)
Chris2 / Gadling, Level 3 Specialist (Assassin): 4738 (Level up at 6000)
Joanna / Artemis, Level 2 Specialist (Healer): 2250 (Level up at 3000)
George / Magnus, Level 1 Cleric: 1342 (Level up at 1750)
Lisa / Bella, Level 1 Magic User: 1951 (Level up at 2250)
Jacob / Wizard Khalifa, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 430 (Level up at 2250)
Marius' Totally-Not-Necromancer, Level 3 Necromancer: 5111 (Level up at 9000)
Nadav / Frog, Level 1 Fighter: 732 (Level up at 2000)
Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)
Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)
Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)
Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)
--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human

Wednesday 18 March 2015

Session 38 - Whistles in the Dark

So Important Note.

We're going to be switching the game to Tuesdays at the Penderel's Oak to rejoin the newbie night.

This is close to Holborn and Chancery Lane stations, so that's Central and Piccadilly lines.

The game's been running low on attendance lately so I hope this means we can mop up some more random walk-ins!

http://www.meetup.com/London-DnD/events/hjjfglytfbgc/

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Penderel's+Oak/@51.51785,-0.115437,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48761b4a5a3a974b:0x87fce3a774f6217d

As for the game's events, in search of another exit from this dungeon they went deeper into the crypts. Fungus everywhere, naturally, and some strange variants on the mold man theme, including a big dude who punched you with hallucinogenic spore fists.

My favourite part was the bit where they tried to sneak up on some blind whistlin' zombies and were all "god damn it, of course it's echolocation!" when they got attacked.

Also, holy shit do clerics level up quickly. Level 4 for Dominic already, it helps you've been in a bunch of low-attendance games in high-value dungeons I guess!

Your level up is just round the corner though, Renzo. Less than 3000 exp! That should be easy, right?

Session 38 - Whistles in the Dark

Campaign date:
Saturday, July 21th 1549
Moon phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Cancer

Enemies defeated:

- 8 whistling infected (200 exp)

- 2 agile whistling infected (100 exp)

- 1 filled man (100 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:

- Silver mitre (1000 exp)

- Onyx-studded shepherd's crook (150 exp)

- 60sp from corpse eyes.

- Golden incense censer (500 exp)

- Golden signet ring set with garnet (500 exp)

- Bone scroll tube containing Scroll of Protection from Fire.

Exploration:

- 1 Random encountered (10 exp)

- 6 dungeon rooms explored (120 exp)

- 1 secret door found (50 exp)

Misc:

- Avoided the mysterious fungal carpet (50 exp)

- Discovered the healing properties of giant bee honey (50 exp)

- Tactical fighting bonus (50 exp)

- Ludicrous gore bonus (50 exp)

- Heard the booming voice of the magic mouth (50 exp)

- Learned of St Vaporis the Pure, a Cleric of a fungal god from a hundred years ago. (50 exp)

- Near death experience bonus (ML - 100 exp)

- Cartographer bonus (Fungonius - 100 exp)

Quests and Rumours:

- None down here

Death Toll and Injuries:

- None (good thing there was a cleric around!)

Exp Totals:

Dominic / Fungonius, Level 4 Cleric: 7124 (Level up at 14000)

*DING!* +1d6 HP! +1 level 2 spell/day!

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 4 Elf (Alpdrucke): 21243 (Level up at 24000)

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Absent or Retired:

Aaron / Aaron, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)

Tuesday 10 March 2015

Session 37 - Not the beeeees! AAAARRRRRHHHH!

In the continuing saga of squeaking by on player count, a wandering player showed up for his first D&D session ever!

Welcome Aaron who is playing a Halfling called Aaron. I didn't know charcoal was a cure for poison but wikipedia says it is so that sounds legit. Wait, ingested poisons only? Oh well, it didn't help poor Carl Sburg in the end anyway who had his face bitten off even without the poison.

Poison is bad. Just be glad nobody got stung by those fist-sized bees!

As for the session itself, upon hearing a rumour that Lonville Marsh is the source of the mold monsters, our intrepid band of adventurers schlepped it to the ugliest village in all the land.

There they were accosted by mold men who attempted ever-so-subtly to make them eat some mold-encrusted bits of dry skin and mushroomy hair chunks. To escape they sprinted to the delapidated yet defensible Church, barred the door with pews, and nearly got eaten by spiders.

They also found more valuables than they have in a while, and I discovered that the thing I was thinking of when trying to describe a religious ornament was "monstrance" which is just the best word.

Session 37 - Not the beeeees! AAAARRRRRHHHH!

Campaign date:
Saturday, July 20th 1549
Moon phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Gemini

New characters:

- Aaron, Halfling charcoal burner. Bag of activated charcoal came in real handy.

Enemies defeated:

- 2 giant spiders, eventually shanked (100 exp)

- A number of obnoxiously large bees and their hive, smoked out (100 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:

- 13sp, 6cp (14 exp)

- 7 standard rations from Sayzel's Meadow

- Silver candlestick (800 exp)

- Silver monstrance (1000 exp)

- Small silver hammer necklace (250 exp)

- Quality 2 leather armour (75 exp)

- Loads of softly glowing honey in waterskins, cooking pots, other makeshift containers (2000 exp)

- Spider fangs w/ venom sac still attached

- Mallet and chisel

- Skull and 2 femurs
- 20g of pocket lint

Exploration:

- Travelled 12 miles (20 exp)

- Random encountered (10 exp)

- First party to enter the Church in Lonville Marsh (100 exp)

- 4 dungeon rooms explored (80 exp)

- 1 secret door found (50 exp)

Misc:

- Met Davos the Cleric and his buddy Griff - shared info, pie shop location, etc. (50 exp)

- Escaped the mold men in Lonville Marsh (50 exp)

- Smoked out the bees w/ makeshift smoking torch (50 exp)

- Set giant killer bees on Lonville Marsh (50 exp)

- Bee fishing (50 exp)

- Inventive use of charcoal (50 exp)

- Horrifying realisation bonus (Mushroom Lover - 100 exp)

- Cartographer bonus (Fungonius - 100 exp)

Quests and Rumours:

- "Out in Layriding they're stocking up on weapons and food and they're not sharing, the cunts. Next one I see at the Drunken Carp gets a black eye."
- "The mold creatures all come from Lonville Marsh. It's the source of this evil."
- "Bears have begun shucking their hides and moving through the trees all bare muscle and bone."

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Carl Sburg, murdered by a spider while trying to block off the spider hole alone

Exp Totals:

Dominic / Fungonius, Level 3 Cleric: 5479 (Level up at 7000)

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 4 Elf (Alpdrucke): 19498 (Level up at 24000)

Aaron / Aaron, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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Absent or Retired:

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)

Tuesday 3 March 2015

Session 36 - A Disaster Averted

Disaster! Nobody but Dominic showed up to the session.

But luckily a similar fate had befallen some random guys nearby so I ran something anyway.

For those of you who were there for the wizard tower, it was that wizard tower again. They never met the wizard himself but Dominic's Cleric did manage to somehow close off the treasure vault puzzle entirely.

I don't know if anyone ever even saw the treasure vault puzzle last time, so there you go.

I guess this all happened in the campaign timeline, but when or how Fungonius got there is a mystery for another day.

To the other guys - thanks for coming! Feel free to come future sessions if you want.

Session 36 - A Disaster Averted

Campaign date:
Saturday, July 18th 1549
Moon phase: Waxing Crescent
Zodiac: Gemini

New characters:

- Sheik, a barbarian known for his oily body, large moustache, and iron wrestling moves. Has leeches from homeland.

- Nagash, a necromancer who lost his job as a butler due to an incident with a dog.

- Croick, fighter, lanternbearer, window-tapper. Deceased.

- Elric, cleric and drunk.

Enemies defeated:

- Animated innards (25 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:

- Various crockery (100 exp)

- Fancy hat and several other items of clothing (30 exp)

- Fine wine (200 exp)

- Microscope (500 exp)

- Gold thread (1000 exp)

Exploration:

- 8 dungeon rooms explored (160 exp)

- 2 secret doors found (100 exp)

Misc:

- Entered without a scratch (50 exp)

- Found a bunch of bones (50 exp)

- Actually got some good results from the mirrors what (50 exp)

- Ludicrous gore bonus (50 exp)

- Treasure waster bonus (50 exp)

- Why Did You Touch That bonus (50 exp)

- WWE bonus (Sheik - 50 exp)

- Death's Witness bonus (Witnesses - 100 exp ea)

- Failed Saving Throw bonus (Fungonius, Nagash - 100 exp ea)

- Cartographer bonus (Fungonius - 100 exp)

- Died in First Session bonus (Elric - 200 exp)

- Only Guy to Show Up bonus (Fungonius - 500 exp)

Quests and Rumours:

- "If only one person shows up to a session there is a 5% chance that some random people nearby might be able to play"

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Croick, got sucked into a mirror dimension. Was shattered into a million pieces along with the mirror during a failed rescue attempt.

Exp Totals:

Dominic / Fungonius, Level 3 Cleric: 2425 (Level up at 3500)

*DING!* +1d6 HP, +1 lvl 1 spell/day

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)

(I am getting these names off the emails you gave me so soz if they're wrong)

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Absent or Retired:

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 4 Elf (Alpdrucke): 17761 (Level up at 24000)
-- Carl Sberg, Level 1 Fighter: 1011 (Level up at 2000)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)