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Loving our new map for Salvensburg

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Favourite part of the kast session

*Valnan after he gets handed a huge creepy ventriloquist doll he’s just won in a tombola*

“But- but I don’t even want- can I just give this back?”

DM: NO

*proceeds to shove it into his bag of holding to be forgotten forever*

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Swamp creatures in the Marshes Nature Reserve of Séné in the Gulf of Morbihan in France by sculptor Sophie Prestigiacomo

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From the Cthulhu series by Wang Miao

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Third session summary

With our travelers we’ll and truly drunk they decided to take a room at the Goodrest Inn and by the time they had awoken the bi-annual fight tournament was beginning.

Conan, Yubec, and Grumionem decides to enter and the others placed bets, Valnan especially making a lot of money. Grumionem did particuly well, almost killing Yubec in one match and knocking the champion Goliath dead in the final.

Just before they could collect their winnings, Karl, the Master of Ceremonies released a goblin which he cursed with a blood witch artefact and escaped. The goblin transformed into a black tentacles beast and attacked the party, almost killing several of them. The party managed to defeat it after Celerandir destroyed the artifice, Valnan swiping it, a sack of five hundred gold, and a bag of holding in the process. Many of the group were then very suspicious that Valnan suddenly had enough money to buy his own horse but put it aside when they saw the inn explode in black goo. With an injured sir gunter the party set off towards Salvensburg.

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*while in the middle of a fight tournament*

Yubec: I try to pull down grumionem’s trousers and expose his enormous penis

*misses*

Grumionem responds by kicking him in the head so hard his heart stops for three whole minutes and he almost dies.

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Well I’m definitely using these at some point

Ceramic tableware handmade by Canopic Studio

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Diary of Yubec Brownsleeves: Opening

Drin told me to write down what happens on this Gods forsaken journey, so I might as give it a go, good to have a record of what happens and all that.

Greetings to those who may or may not be readin’ this after me death. I hope you haven’t looted this off my cold dead body. My name is Yubec Brownsleeves, and I am a dwarf of Volkerdekk. And if I can give a brief word of advice, the world out there is cruel and awful, so you’d better buckle down and grit your teeth if you have them. This malicious rock is not taking prisoners. But to get back me diary.

After much persuading from Drin, I have been tasked with travelling to the Great Library in Salvensburg. I pray to Muamman Duathal that this journey be a quick one, I’ve got no time for any long, drawn out quest malarkey. Unusually, a human is accompanying me on this ludicrous journey. She was a stranger to Volkerdekk, but seems well travelled, and Drin seemed to speak highly of her. I’m not the most worldly dwarf, so hopefully Aashael will help this trip go more smoothly than it otherwise would have. Though with all the rumours about the Greenwood goin’ about, I don’t know how safe a wanderin’ musician and a reluctant pickpocket are gonna be.

Its a long way to the library. We go first to the capital, and then onto the Scholar’s Road. This had better be uneventful.

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Favourite part of the last session

Celerandir- our noble high-elf wizard *presumes he is the richest due to his noble birth*

Yubec- our dwarf rogue *points out how he has five times as much gold because he steals everything that isn’t nailed down. Then proceeds to spend said gold on getting blackout drunk to the point where he forgets how to speak the common tongue*

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2nd session summary

A happy Valentines day to everyone.

For our second session we saw our adventurers escape with the carriage to Goodrest, the last rest stop before Salvensburg. Half of the group went to a bookshop where Valnan bought a book on blood witches, Conan bought one on survival, and Ash bought a map on the local area.

Meanwhile Grumionem and Yubec went to the Inn where they bought a breakfast and some ale from themselves and an alcoholic homeless tiefling woman called Murla. It was there that they met Gunter, one of the woodsmen and therefore one of the great knights of Malique. Gunter was clearly wary of the group but when the rest of the group arrived he left them alone.

Unfortunately for the group the cultists they stole the carriage from turned up and confronted them. Gunter held a trial and after declaring them innocent he helped them defeat the cultists, learning that one of them had been taught dark magics by Miss Honeywell.

With their second battle in as many days, most of the group went to the blacksmith to get repairs and upgrades, except for Conan, Yubec, and Grumionem who went back to the Inn to get blackout drunk.

Hope everyone enjoyed this weeks session and looks out for the next one!

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The Awakening by Melissa Houpert

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Archaeologist of Wonders by Melissa Houpert

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Definitely some inspiration to be used here

Farmer Higgins by Thomas-Elliott-Art

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My favourite quote from out last session

DM: there is a cursed orphan on top of you what do you want to do?

G: I want to punch the child as hard as humanly possible

*proceeds to punch the orphan so hard it flies into the ceiling*

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Our first session final part

With the cursed orphans defeated, Conan, still in her Lycan form stomps over to Mrs Honeywell. She growls at the witch angrily before slashing her across the chest and across the face, ripping her jaw off.

Tired and with many of them injured, the group rest and heal themselves. When they awake they see an orange light outside and when they investigate they see sixteen cultists outside looking for Mrs Honeywell. Ash tries to convince them she’s fine but they don't believe her and try to burn the Inn down. Quickly Valnan creates a fog and the group use it to escape, stealing a carriage from the cultists and riding off towards Salvensburg.

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Our first session part 3

The group confronts Mrs Honeywell who says it was a child Kevin who has hurt himself, meanwhile Yubec pickpockets Mrs Honeywell and finds a miniature necromancers staff in her pocket. She goes off to attend to Kevin but comes back with out him. The group immediately decide to leave and Mrs Honey well snaps her fingers. The children transform into grey skinned cursed orphans, and those who ate the pie vomit it up, where it morphs into the shape of a child.

Valnan uses shape water to shoot a burst of ale, which washes away the pie child, and Smorweg shoots one in the head, killing them both. Yubec throws his ball bearings but Grumionem trips on them. A child jumps on top of him which he promptly punches so hard that it flies upwards and hits the ceiling, slamming down dead next to him. Two of the orphans stab Celerandir and Smorweg and Ash runs to heal them. Conan runs at Mrs Honeywell but slips on the balls and slams into a wall. Enraged she transforms, revealing her Lycan form, immediately killing one of the orphans and slashing at Mrs Honeywell. Mrs Honeywell casts hellish rebuke but misses, blasting a hole in the back of the Inn and revealing the dark wood. Celerandir firebolts one and Yubec shoots the last orphan with an arrow. Only Mrs Honeywell remains.