Brelich Shadowdark Session 16

Time to leave a one-star review for Haggleby’s on Yelp, Liam attack the party, more cookies, more bell tolling, and a hike back up to visit Doya. Maybe everyone’s favorite neighborhood giant albino beaver has something in the muck of her pool that will help. We’ll find out below the break.

Everyone was in attendance for this session. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 36

Checking in with allies, leaders are being assassinated, and concern about friends and relatives were front and center at the start of this session. Oh, and an obvious trap that was still sprung and Hell Knights are now directly involved. This is also the fourth session during which it was the 1st of Gozran in the game. It has been a very, very busy day for the PCs. Details below the break.

Everyone was in attendance. Although I do not think there are any specific spoilers for elements of the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path, there are potential spoilers regarding some of the movers and shakers of Korvosa. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 15

Newlyweds, murder, an ogre, a PC death, and a new PC…naive and enthusiastic…are the main highlights from this session. This might be the shortest recap yet! A few more details below the break. The fact that no Markus shenanigans were called out above might be a hint to one of the main events this session.

Everyone was in attendance for this session. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 14

So RJ was missing this session and so we all thought that the normal sexual shenanigans would be missing. Unfortunately, they were not. To deal with him missing, Markus went where, literally, no man has been before and then, to deal with his return the last session, went where one man has gone before…at least it has only been one in ALL of the campaigns that I have ever run. Oh, there were a few other things too…parsley harvesting, hunter homicide, some naked hot-tubbing with kobolds, and a blast from the past NPC summoned by one of the players. Oh, this session was a few weeks ago so the details below the break are a bit sparse and sketchy.

As mentioned above, RJ was missing so we removed Markus for the evening’s activities in perhaps the most Markus of ways. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 35

Lamm escapes, Lamm plays innocent, Lamm proves again how horrible he can be. Introductions are made and Dr. Kasensius shares his love of Osirion, Korvosa, and the Queen. Illegal dumping in the bay. Suicide and a planned victory parade. All these things and more came up during this session. This session was almost three weeks ago (as I write this) so details might be a bit hazy. Hazy details below the break.

Everyone was in attendance. Although I do not think there are any specific spoilers for elements of the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path, there are potential spoilers regarding some of the movers and shakers of Korvosa. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 13

Ugh…wet dreams, a rejuvenating harpy, kid goats, a nasty dwarf, and black goo all take center stage at one point or another during this session. The party continues their exploration of the Bleak Mountains and climb up Mount Mourn to try to learn more about the happenings in the area. Are they successful? I guess we’ll find out below the break. Markus, of course, continues with his NSFW behaviors.

Everyone was in attendance. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 34

Still beneath the Hospice of the Divine Matron, the party continues their attack, achieve a great prize (at least for Pop), speak with the dead, rescue some prisoners, and receive some GM mercy whether they realized or not. A little confusion about the goal of the attack popped up and it looks like we’ll be back to talky talky discussions in the next session. Details below the break as we pick up with the party having come upon three women sleeping in coffins in a crypt…ones who seemed quite keen on killing, eating, or converting various members of the group.

Everyone was in attendance, although Adam had to depart early for work. Although I do not think there are any specific spoilers for elements of the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path, there are potential spoilers regarding some of the movers and shakers of Korvosa. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 12

Demolition, shoe sizing, sleet storms, a pig indirectly threatened, a mother, and bears (sort of)..oh my! The group finished up their exploration Windler House this session. They then decided to head out and explore the Bleak Mountains a bit, specifically taking the Perilous Path. A deal was made, a proposition refused, and some barter conducted. Details below the break.

Everyone was in attendance. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 33

Lights! Camera! Action! Yes, there was some action in this session after a string of mostly discussion sessions. There was still discussion, but the group did start to take the fight to the Gray Maidens by accessing the area below the Hospice of the Divine Matron. But, before that happened, they also had to divvy up loot and do some more planning. After multiple sessions taking place on the same day, time advanced a good bit more quickly in this session.

Jen had to miss this session so Isabella spent much of the time keeping guard on Rolth Lamm. Although I do not think there are any specific spoilers for elements of the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path, there are potential spoilers regarding some of the movers and shakers of Korvosa. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 11

Cookies! Cookies are turning into quite the commodity in the campaign. Markus was actually relatively well-behaved this session…at least he didn’t pull the party into yet another side quest related to his libido. The Windler House was explored a bit more and a new ally finally showed up. Ansel showed up. He’s another resident of Ragged Hollow and was on Halloo with the others. He wasn’t able to return with the others because his wizard mentor wanted a little more time to teach Ansel another spell.

Yes, we have a new player joining us in this session. Pete is playing Ansel, a wizard. On his way back to Ragged Hollow, he heard a good bit about Markus and his, um, exploits. Getting to Ragged Hollow, it was quickly apparent that something was terribly wrong and Ansel was quickly directed to catch up with Dieter, Liesl, and Marlena as they were looking into what was going on. Since one of Ansel’s talents was an extra spell and he was joining mid-campaign, having Ansel delayed in returning from Halloo kind of worked. Plus, it got him up to speed on that ne’er-do-well Markus!

Everyone was in attendance. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen along with our mangling of this very fine adventure. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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