Brelich Campaign/Shadowdark

Brelich Shadowdark Session 5

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In this session, the party decides to leave Markus and let him play with his toys while they go to adventure some more. After stopping at the Lost Ox, they learn that one of the locals is having issues with something in his cellar…hmmm…sounds like a very traditional adventure, right? They then decide to strike out from Ragged Hollow and head to the Gloaming Wood to see if they can convince Nazata to take back Natazo, encountering vines, bodies, and a tortoise along the way. More detail below the break.

RJ was missing for this session and thus Markus would be “missing” as well. Of course, RJ is back for the next session and the group headed off to the nearby woods so now I’ll have to figure out how to bring Markus back in. Players…can’t play without them no matter how much of a pain they can be <insert goofy grin>. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 26

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The more combat heavy set of sessions continues in this session. After facing off against some Red Mantis assassins on the streets of Korvosa and at the Old Fishery, the group found a new hideout in a nearby abandoned warehouse. Pop nearly killed himself by trying on one of the Red Mantis helmets…narrowly spared by Aimar’s healing. And then a rather large undead creature came crashing through the roof of the new hideout seeking revenge! This last combat took longer than anticipated so we stopped the session right after a round where Darcy got a joker for initiative. We pick up with the fight after the break.

Adam had to miss this session and so Aimar had to suddenly “disappear” from the combat. 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 4

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We ended our last session with the party making their way over to the island in the Rime River to explore the Windler House…a house to which Markus has the deed (carried by Liesl for safekeeping). Borrowing one of the old, beat up boats near the Hooked Fin, they reached the old dock on the island. In an eager haste, Markus leapt from the boat to the dock and crashed through the partially rotted boards of the dock! He plunged into the water, churning up mud and disappeared below the surface. We pick up with this after the break.

Everyone was in attendance for this session. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 25

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Yikes! Session 25 already. If Google’s AI Overview can be trusted, the average TTPRG campaign is 10-20 sessions. Woohoo! We’re above average. Or we’re just slow and don’t get through as much stuff in a session as others do. Hmm…if you’ve been reading the recaps, you can make up your own mind on that. So, last session, there was some resolution to the Shiver Killings…at least in a sense. The party also laid low and also learned a bit more about some of the potential politics going on at the moment after meeting with Captain Vindo of the Sable Company. Darcy and Isabella were heading back to the Old Fishery to the rest of the group as we ended the session. We’ll pick up there after 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 3

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In this session, the party spent some time around Ragged Hollow, loans were made, equipment was bought, exploration of the surrounding area began, at least on PC got naked and offered himself up to some female creatures, the party huddled together in a small cave, another PC “cursed” another PC with bad luck and then took the curse on themselves, a new “friend” was made, and one PC unexpectedly went swimming. I suppose that all isn’t very informative so more details below the break.

What is it with PCs getting naked all of the time?!?

Everyone was in attendance for this session. There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 24

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Things got crazy in the last session. After learning more information from Suria about her past with wild magic and Volshyenek, the party set off to intercept the next Shiver monster. They arrived at the correct location and the victim arrived. A new monster emerged and grew and grew and grew into a giant, Godzilla like creature with a crocodilian head and breathing streams of acid. Panic quickly set in and the creature, which was dubbed Croczilla, began destroying areas of Old Korvosa. The party fled in the panic and did their best to also lure Croczilla away from people. The Sable Company showed up and eventually the Acadamae joined the fight. At that point, all of the characters started to make their way back to the Old Fishery to regroup and join back up with Suria and Elda. We pick up with that below the break.

Although I do not think there are any 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. There are also references to sexual assault and abuse and mistreatment of Suria. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Shadowdark Session 2

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Our new Shadowdark campaign made it the second session! In our first session, the party were on their way back to Ragged Hollow following the completion of the “Halloo” for two of the characters. There were some “shenanigans” by Markus involving a farmer’s wife which led to the party fleeing the village closest to Ragged Hollow as a small mob was forming. The group made it to Ragged Hollow after a few interesting encounters along the way, particularly the development of the legend of the Lost Ox which is the namesake for Ragged Hollow’s inn and for a mythical ox which appears to have focused its attention on Markus. Arriving at Ragged Hollow, Liesl and Marlena found their home in a bit of panic and chaos.

We were joined by a new player (for this campaign), John. John is playing Dieter, a human fighter from Ragged Hollow. We’ll pick up with Dieter and the others after the break.

There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen. My GM comments, as always, are in italics. This recap is probably a bit more abbreviated than usual. This session was few weeks ago and I just haven’t gotten to writing this up yet and my memory is probably a but fuzzy.

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Savage Korvosa Session 23

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In our last session, the party started to discover what has been causing the Shiver Killings and associated monsters to appear. They were led by the Green Lady to her creator, to her mother and grandmother, a young girl and her mother, Elda and Suria respectively. Various information is shared before Suria feels that they need to flee their home as all that she has shared could have easily been overheard by nearby neighbors. Homes in the Shingles do not prioritize privacy in their construction. Meanwhile, Pop was having issues of his own. He had attracted the attention of the Queen’s Guard by mistakenly magically messaging one who was following him. Then he was swept up with Tarquin before being fished out of the Jeggare River by a salvage guy.

The bulk of the party and guests made their way to their current hideout, the Old Fishery. Pop returned to Korvosa from wherever he had been and was fetched by the Green Lady to join the others. We pick up the session from there.

Everyone was in attendance for this session. Although I do not know if there are any 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. There are also references to sexual assault and more general abuse and mistreatment of Suria by yet to be named parties. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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Brelich Campaign/Shadowdark

Brelich Shadowdark Session 1

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New campaign. We’re going to be playing Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow. If that goes well, we’ll transition over to The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh. If that goes well (and my Kickstarter physical rewards have arrived), we’ll then probably start a new campaign of Dolmenwood. We’ll have to decide if we want to play that with Shadowdark (and converting over) or playing Dolmenwood as its own system. Enough future stuff…Brelich is just the “shell” of a kingdom for Ragged Hollow and Hendenburgh.

We are starting this campaign with three players: Jen, Rachel, and RJ. Our first task, of course, was character creation. Given the setting and game, everyone is human. At least one character must be from Ragged Hollow and one from Hendenburgh. We’ve got a few other house rules/modes of play…more on this in a later post. We’ll pick up with the character creation below the break.

There will, obviously, be spoilers for Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow from The Merry Mushmen. My GM comments, as always, are in italics.

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Savage Korvosa Session 22

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We had to take a small break from this campaign due to the winter holidays and so this session was three weeks after the prior one. More than enough time for all of the players to come up with some plan for getting out of there current predicament. This predicament resulted from the party having to attack a relatively recently opened hospice to save Pop (who had taken it upon himself to be taken in as a patient, prisoner, experimental subject or combination of the three. This assault led to the death of more than one member of the Queen’s Guard and of “physicians” purportedly working for the Queen.

The group had successfully fled the scene of this “crime” and had taken shelter in the Old Fishery. After a fitful and briefly interrupted night of rest, there was a knock at the door. That is where we will pick things up.

Everyone was in attendance for this session. I don’t think that there are any spoilers, but just to be safe…there are potential spoilers for elements of the Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path. Although we are not playing the adventure path, I am borrowing elements and locations from it. As usual, my GM comments are in italics.

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