Tales from the University of Virginia Campaign
Mar 4, 2024 16:32:23 GMT -6
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Post by Falconer on Mar 4, 2024 16:32:23 GMT -6
“I was a participant in a session that became known as ‘The One Way Ticket to Vindicar.’ We were a group of good characters adventuring and questing in eastern ME. Our sponsor and advisor was Kod Ultour, a golden dragon who usually appeared as an old monk/hermit—he was known by some as the ‘wisest man in Middle-earth’. Our usual approach to raiding an evil enclave was to sneak into a fortress using spells, grab an artefact or kill a target, and then use spells to teleport or gate out. Our target was an item in the treasure trove of Mul Bass (a balrog), and our exit plan was to use a wish from the Book of Twisted runes.
“At the end of the previous session, we discussed the details of our plan with Kod (‘wisest man in Middle-earth’) as run by the GM, Pete Fenlon. The multi-tasking GM playing Kod could see no flaws in the plan. At the beginning of the next session, we put our plan into action—Off we went. We entered the fortress undetected. We proceeded to the vault. Jax the master thief (wounder of the Dark Lord) picked the locks. As we grabbed the item, the alarums went off, but we were not worried. We told the GM that we were using the wish to escape.
“After a moment of hesitation, he started laughing. It seemed that he had run a private session with a group member who could not make the current session. That player had secretly used the only remaining full wish in the book to increase his character’s stats.
“The GM managed to regain his composure long enough to say that Kod had forgotten that the Wish had been part of the plan, and that the only wish left in the book was a limited wish that might not get everyone out. We used what we had. He rolled and determined that 2 random characters had been the holders of the ‘One Way Tickets to Vindicar.’ And, after that, to some Kod Ultour became known as the ‘Wisest Man in Middle-earth, but non necessarily the smartest.’”
From an interview with Coleman Charlton
Another Interview
Some more interesting tidbits in these, but I just thought the above anecdote stood out!
“At the end of the previous session, we discussed the details of our plan with Kod (‘wisest man in Middle-earth’) as run by the GM, Pete Fenlon. The multi-tasking GM playing Kod could see no flaws in the plan. At the beginning of the next session, we put our plan into action—Off we went. We entered the fortress undetected. We proceeded to the vault. Jax the master thief (wounder of the Dark Lord) picked the locks. As we grabbed the item, the alarums went off, but we were not worried. We told the GM that we were using the wish to escape.
“After a moment of hesitation, he started laughing. It seemed that he had run a private session with a group member who could not make the current session. That player had secretly used the only remaining full wish in the book to increase his character’s stats.
“The GM managed to regain his composure long enough to say that Kod had forgotten that the Wish had been part of the plan, and that the only wish left in the book was a limited wish that might not get everyone out. We used what we had. He rolled and determined that 2 random characters had been the holders of the ‘One Way Tickets to Vindicar.’ And, after that, to some Kod Ultour became known as the ‘Wisest Man in Middle-earth, but non necessarily the smartest.’”
From an interview with Coleman Charlton
Another Interview
Some more interesting tidbits in these, but I just thought the above anecdote stood out!
