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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 7, 2017 7:31:11 GMT -6
It's daily encounter time! Today your players have journeyed to grim Mount Forptycle, where the Kimmerians first arrived in Hyperborea. What will they meet on this haunted peak?
Box canyon Shining mist – next (let’s say) three encounters will be with aliens! 16 abominable snow-men! 8 vhuurmis 1 albino ape superior! – night only (normal encounters now resume) Shining mist! – ouch, three more “alien encounters”! 2 spore-men! 2 spore-men! 8 vhuurmis (normal encounters now resume) Lost 40 giant bats – nasty! But only at night. 1 brown bear Frostbite!
Man, shining mist is a killer.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 8, 2017 7:35:30 GMT -6
Time for your daily encounter! This is another special one, as your players have made a pilgrimage to Mount Vhuurmithadon, legendary home of Xathoqqua himself! And also home to a whole bunch of vhuurmis. What will the PCs encounter here?
2 mountain apes (plus-sized vhuurmis?) 9 vhuurmis 10 vhuurmis 11 vhuurmis (well, what did you really expect?) Thin ice (over 30’ hole) 2 giant fire beetles 1 albino ape superior (luckily only at night) 20 vhuurmis (who are prone to hurl “an inexhaustible supply of garbage” according to CAS) Blizzard! 6 vhuurmis 6 ape-men (for “variety”) 3 vhuurmis 29 cave-men (for more “variety”)
That was definitely a sufficient number of vhuurmis and allied species. Holy cow - or should I say, "holy toad"?
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 9, 2017 8:57:28 GMT -6
Woo-hoo! Daily encounter time! Today your players are continuing to act on their suicidal impulses by visiting Mount Ymir, home to the frost giant god himself! Just how bad will this be?
6 mountain apes! Blizzard! Poison gas (volcano only, no encounter) Lost 11 vhuurmis (not these guys again!) 2 gargoyles 2 ape-men Frostbite Box canyon 2 frost giants! 2 more frost giants! 1 frost giant! 21 cave-men (I guess it’s better than more frost giants… a little…) So it seems that box canyon was full of frost giants (and cave-men). Probably not a great thing.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 10, 2017 7:26:38 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! In this episode, your players have made landfall on Mu Minor, the little fragment of Mu that still survives in Hyperborea. But don't worry: the Mu-ites look like members of a 20th century comet cult and refuse to learn Common. What could go wrong?
Vermin (PC lost food) 19 aurochs 600 bats (night only) Fog bank 1 mummy! (from the days of ancient Mu, no doubt) 20 aurochs Hunting party of 10 bowmen and 12 dogs, led by Ok. They haven’t bagged any game yet (don’t like cows, I guess). Lost 15 red deer 900 bats! (night only) Fog bank Sleet storm 3 giant crab spiders!
A dreary little place. On to more exciting locales!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 11, 2017 12:31:26 GMT -6
Time for your daily encounter! In today's installment, your players have traveled to the cave-man-infested island of Narath or Tarath (I don't suppose it much matters which). What prehistoric threats will they encounter?
14 reindeer 1 viper 1 cave-man Lost 6 cave-men 4 cave-men Vermin (PC loses food) Thunderstorm 3 giant bees 3 cave-men 5 boars Box canyon 5 cave-men
I never did roll a mob of 6d6 cave-men. Better luck next time...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 12, 2017 7:34:58 GMT -6
It's daily encounter time! In this episode, your players have made landfall in the lush forests of New Amazonia. How many Gal Gadot clones will they be lucky enough to meet?
1 black bear Fever Fog bank 2 harpies! Patrol of 15 medium infantry led by Hypatia (3rd level fighter) Patrol of 15 medium infantry led by Andromeda (10th level fighter!) – maybe the same patrol with a higher-ranking leader 12 giant rats 3 boars 17 stirges! Patrol of 15 medium infantry led by Demetria (1st level fighter) – could it be the same patrol yet again, this time with a low-ranking flunky in charge? 10 giant rats Lost 12 giant rats
The Amazons mean business about patrolling their island. Maybe they should do something about those stirges...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 13, 2017 7:22:41 GMT -6
It's that time again: daily encounters! In this installment, your players are hiding in the mountains of New Pictland. I wonder if they'll encounter any spiders?
1 giant ogre-faced spider 1 viper 4 cave bears! 1 giant ogre-faced spider Lava eruption! But luckily this wasn’t a volcano, so no encounter. 5 giant crab spiders! 12 wolves Box canyon (full of spiders no doubt) Vermin (1 PC lost food) 2 falcons 1 giant black widow 3 giant toads 2 giant black widows New Pictland is a pretty unpleasant place. And that was without even meeting any Picts!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 14, 2017 8:50:38 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! Today your players have traveled to the hills of New Vinland. What will they encounter there?
11 aurochs Patrol of 13 medium infantry led by Gunnhildr (7th level fighter). Hunting party of 14 bowmen and 9 dogs, led by Alfhildr. They have bagged 6 reindeer! (I rolled 18, so I guess they left 12 more to rot somewhere back on the trail. Maybe the PCs are hungry?) Hunting party of 15 bowmen and 12 dogs, led by Arnstein. They have also bagged game – 150 bats! (Again, I actually rolled 900. Man, New Vinland must be littered with wantonly slain animals.) Patrol of 18 light infantry led by Audmundr (12th level fighter!) Lost 15 aurochs (probably hiding from all the Viking hunters) 800 bats! (night only) 12 wild dogs Hunting party of 11 bowmen and 7 dogs, led by Helga. They haven’t bagged anything. (I know where they can find some leftovers…) Rockslide 9 aurochs 1 black bear
"Plenty of Vikings" was what they encountered. And some of them can even shoot straight!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 15, 2017 7:21:20 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! Now your players have journeyed to Nod's Chain, a weird frozen river winding among glaciated hills. What will they encounter there?
70 giant bats! (night only) Lost Snowstorm Lights in the sky (but no alien encounter occurs) 14 reindeer Kimmerian hunting party of 16 bowmen and 6 dogs, led by Syntyche. They haven’t bagged any game yet. (They must be really hungry to dare Nod’s Chain – maybe the PCs will do!) Thin ice (over 40’ hole) 1 giant weasel (night only) Lost Lost Kimmerian hunting party of 16 bowmen and 14 dogs, led by Argyros. Maybe this is the same party with a different leader and more dogs? Maybe they ate the original leader? Frostbite! Box canyon
Fewer aliens were met than I hoped. Maybe next time...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 16, 2017 7:25:47 GMT -6
"Tell them what they won, Johnny!" "A daily encounter!" Today your players have made landfall on Onja Cot, home of some of Hyperborea's justly renowned naked folk. And these are cannibals! Let the naked encounters begin!
War party of 42 naked Picts led by Boddica and accompanied by Dumnovellaunos (2nd level shaman). Luckily, they aren’t using poisoned arrows. Welcome to Onja Cot! Lost 16 lions! Hailstorm! Vermin (PC loses food) Hunting party of 8 naked Pict bowmen and 10 dogs, led by Cunovinda. They haven’t bagged anything yet, but I imagine the PCs will do nicely. Hailstorm again! Another hailstorm! 20 red deer 1 boar Insect swarm! Fog bank Lost
Too bad the PCs didn't meet Onja Cot himself. I swear I have to get lucky with the dice in one of these regions...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 17, 2017 7:49:37 GMT -6
It's daily encounter time! In this installment, your players have sneaked into Orcust, city of the daemon Picts! Come on, dice - let's see a swine daemon!
5 orcs Cloudburst 4 orcs 50 orcs! 1 domesticated bactrian camel Heat wave! – but only in a desert, so no encounter Hailstorm! 9 giant black centipedes 30 orcs! 1 viper 1 giant fire beetle (night only) 8 giant black centipedes 30 orcs!
Black centipedes - food or pets? You decide! (And darn it, no daemons encountered this time...)
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 18, 2017 11:16:49 GMT -6
What time is it? Daily encounter time! In this episode, your players have traveled to Pandoros, chief city of the Amazons. Anything you can do, they can do better!
Neutral NPC party! Vairxanna (3rd level common scout), Neasa (3rd level Pictish ranger), Ptolemais (3rd level Kimmerian scout), and 4 light infantry mercenary/flunkies. Maybe the PCs need some guides? 1 giant ant Sandstorm! (desert only, no encounter) Patrol of 13 medium infantry led by Lysistrate (2nd level fighter). Looking for men causing trouble. Sleet storm! 1 riding horse 3 bandits (muggers) Patrol of 14 medium infantry led by Lysistrate (2nd level fighter). This has to be the same group, right? Maybe the PCs counted wrong the first time, or the patrol picked up a straggler. Heat wave! but not in a non-desert city Patrol of 13 medium infantry led by Alexandra (8th level fighter!) 3 harlots, priced at 10 g.p. on the theory that they look like Gal Gadot. Sophia, 5th level Neutral thief. Her sisters probably regard her as more shameful than the harlots. Ambrosia (11th level Neutral thief!)
Muggers, working girls, and thieves. Maybe Pandoros, and the Amazons themselves, are not as Lawful as commonly believed?
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 19, 2017 7:36:25 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! This time your players have journeyed to the legendary Plain of Leng. Will they meet some of the mysterious men of Leng, or just a bunch of Esquimaux hunters?
Snowstorm Vermin (PC loses food) Hunting party of 17 bowmen and 9 dogs led by Tuluwaq. They haven’t bagged any game. Hunting party of 15 bowmen and 5 dogs led by Tuluwaq (the same party, with losses?) They (still?) haven’t bagged anything. 50 musk oxen 110 musk oxen 14 wolves 6 woolly rhinoceroses! 10 woolly rhinoceroses! Hunting party of 13 bowmen and 4 dogs led by Ulva. They haven’t bagged any of the plentiful game either. Thin ice over 50’ hole! Vermin (another PC loses food) 11 aurochs
"Esquimaux hunters" it is. Inept ones, too.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 20, 2017 7:54:03 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! Today your players have traveled to Port Greely, where men are men and fish are men too. I have a bad feeling about this...
Cloudburst Thunderstorm Fever Fog bank (it sure is damp here…) Patrol of 10 light infantry cultist inbreds led by Piris (8th level fighter) and accompanied by Nash (6th level magician) Sleet storm Patrol of 14 light infantry cultist inbreds led by Hellis (3rd level fighter). Plague! 1 riding horse 1 large animal skeleton (another horse?) Patrol of 16 light infantry cultist inbreds led by Sainoth (9th level fighter!) Patrol of 14 light infantry cultist inbreds led by Mibdin-Zabra (3rd level fighter) Patrol of 20 light infantry cultist inbreds led by Zaumnos (5th level fighter)
Darn it, no fish-men! I was rolling all around them too. I guess quasi-fish-men inbreds will have to do.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 21, 2017 9:27:21 GMT -6
It's daily encounter time! Today your players have arrived in Port Zangerios, City of Masks. Who will the PCs meet there? And will they even know for sure?
Patrol of 13 masked guild mercenaries led by Qarrullesta (1st level fighter) Zullesta (1st level magician) accompanied by 6 light infantry masked bravos and thugs 7 masked beggars – 1 is a thief and 1 knows something useful Patrol of 20 masked guild mercenaries led by Rhulrhana (11th level fighter!) 3 masked harlots – 8 silver piece moderate quality 1 domesticated dromedary camel 5 giant rats 9 masked drunks, looking for trouble Chaotic Evil NPC party! Qarrullesta the Red (3rd level Common magician), Ch’eet (3rd level Half-Blood Pict monk), Dunntanna (3rd level Common cataphract), Tartok (3rd level Esquimaux bard), and 3 light infantry masked bravos and thugs 1 domesticated bactrian camel 10 chained slaves guarded by 16 masked light infantry led by Qarrdunnia (7th level fighter). 30 chained slaves guarded by 20 masked light infantry led by Zullesta the Task-Mistress (3rd level fighter). 1 giant chameleon (metaphor?) Port Zangerios seems like a good place to stay away from!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 22, 2017 7:21:40 GMT -6
I have a surprise for you: it's daily encounter time! Today your players have journeyed to Ptarmigan Rock, the holy site where the Picts first arrived in Hyperborea. Seems like a good plan, right?
1 viper Fever Hailstorm Patrol of 20 light infantry led by Verctissa (10th level fighter!) 5 giant crab spiders! 5 giant crab spiders! 1 small animal skeleton Vermin (PC loses food and water!) 17 domesticated reindeer Patrol of 11 light infantry led by Arviragos (2nd level fighter) Patrol of 17 light infantry led by Cunomoros (3rd level fighter) Cloudburst Patrol of 15 light infantry led by Neasa (12th level fighter!)
It wasn't a good plan...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 23, 2017 8:30:25 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! In this episode, your players have traveled to the Red Desert, where miners often come to "unfortunate ends". (I think maybe that's also true of the non-red deserts.)
19 horses 6 hyaena-men Lost 6 giant black centipedes 11 horses 6 hyaena-men 14 bactrian camels 17 dromedary camels 6 giant tuataras! (night only) 14 dromedary camels 22 bactrian camels 5 giant tuataras! (night only) Mirage!
Those big lizards could be nasty...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 24, 2017 11:49:44 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! In this installment, your players are traveling down the legendary River Leng. What awaits them there?
8 bird-men 6 giant pink centipedes Hunting party of 9 bowmen and 8 dogs led by Tuwawi. They haven’t bagged any game. Lights in the sky! No alien encounter follows. Windstorm! 5 giant pink centipedes 1 giant weasel (only at night) Snowstorm! Snowstorm! 1 giant weasel (only at night) 12 giant rats 19 rats Insect swarm!
A rather dreary place.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 25, 2017 10:35:52 GMT -6
It's that time again: daily encounter! Now your players have set sail for "River Okeanos", the belt of deadly ocean that lies between mainland Hyperborea and the more remote islands. What will they encounter there?
Fog bank Sleet storm 6 giant rats – coastal only, so no encounter 1 giant crocodile! 44 bats (coastal only, so no encounter) 4 crocodiles 1 giant crocodile! Fulotha, Chaotic Evil merchant (2nd level thief) guarded by 17 crossbowmen and 16 halberdiers led by Ossargo (4th level fighter). 50,000 g.p. worth of trade goods on the ship! 40 lizard-men (coastal only, so no encounter) 1 killer whale 1 great white shark 1 colossal squid! Could easily be a random TPK! 10 giant bats (coastal only, so no encounter)
Pretty deadly!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 26, 2017 7:59:28 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! In today's episode, your players are drifting down the River Omo. What will they encounter there?
Fever 2 giant toads 14 giant rats 20 Neutral merchants (1st level thieves) guarded by 13 crossbowmen and 13 halberdiers led by Qarrullesta (12th level fighter!) 10,000 g.p. worth of trade goods on the barge. 98 bats (night only) Sleet storm Insect swarm! 1 giant tuatara (night only) 1 giant crab 10 giant rats 55 bats (night only) 1 giant weasel (night only) Vermin (PC loses food and water!)
Another unpleasant place. Hyperborea is just full of garden spots!
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 27, 2017 10:33:43 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! In this installment, your players are traveling down the River Vol, where two kinds of Kimmerians are fighting ape-men and each other. Will the PCs be caught in the middle? (Yes.)
31 Kimmerian light cavalry led by Demostrate, looking for Kimmeri-Kelts and other apes. 33 Kimmeri-Keltic light cavalry led by Sidheag, looking for Kimmerians and other apes. Patrol of 18 light infantry ape-men of Kor led by Thoom (12th level fighter!) looking for members of the other two groups to kill. Hunting of 10 Kimmeri-Keltic bowmen and 10 dogs, led by Xenia. They don’t have any game, but are more interested in killing apes anyway. Hunting of 12 Kimmeri-Keltic bowmen and 17 dogs, led by Ariston. They haven’t bagged any game either (fighting between the three groups has probably scared it all away). 100 bats! (night only) 1 giant toad Hunting of 11 Kimmeri-Keltic bowmen and 14 dogs, led by Ariston (the same group, with losses?). They don’t have any game. 4 falcons 1 giant tuatara (night only) 1 giant tuatara (night only) 1 crocodile Patrol of 13 light infantry ape-men of Kor led by Toongrothroman (4th level fighter) still looking to kill anyone who is insufficiently hirsute.
Probably better to stay in parts of Hyperborea with only one type of Kimmerian... and no ape-men...
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 28, 2017 8:44:49 GMT -6
It's that time again: daily encounter! In this episode, your players are journeying down the River Yys, where Apollonians, degenerate Dagonites, and Esquimaux have territorial conflicts. Will the PCs get caught in the middle? (Probably.)
1 giant weasel (night only) 1 giant weasel (night only) Hunting party of 14 fish-face degenerates and 7 dogs led by Istar. They haven’t bagged any game yet. Hunting party of 11 fish-face degenerates and 13 dogs led by Tnendaim. They haven’t bagged any game either. Hunting party of 12 Apollonians and 11 dogs led by Rellrennia. They also haven’t bagged any game. 96 bats! but only at night Sleet storm Stellar conjunction! 8 giant rats Hunting party of 14 fish-face degenerates and 4 dogs led by Ossargo and accompanied by Ganos (9th level priest!) The power of prayer is proven yet again, as this party has bagged a falcon! 1 giant weasel (night only) 4 giant bees Hunting party of 15 fish-face degenerates and 7 dogs led by Thandor. They have managed to bag 7 giant river rats for dinner!
I'm proud of myself for not making another "squeal like a pig" joke. (Oh, darn it!)
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 29, 2017 9:23:17 GMT -6
Time for your daily encounter! Today your players are in the forests of the Savage Boreal Coast. I hear the half-blood Picts aren't as bad as the full-blooded ones...
15 vipers! 11 giant rats 7 giant chameleons! 2 black bears 2 giant toads 1 medium animal skeleton 2 black bears Hunting party of 11 bowmen and 8 dogs led by Dis. They haven’t bagged any game. 17 aurochs 2 boars War party of 39 bowmen led by Gooch and accompanied by X’aan (12th level shaman!) The Picts are luckily not using poisoned arrows. 17 vipers! Hunting party of 18 bowmen and 9 dogs led by Ch’aak. They have bagged 14 vipers for dinner (not surprisingly, since there seem to be plenty of them).
I don't know if the Savage Coast Picts are as bad as the ones in Pictland, but the wildlife is no better.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jun 30, 2017 11:42:36 GMT -6
Welcome back to daily encounters! In this episode, your players have made landfall on Scythium, island of the Ixians. (Well, island of the Ixians that isn't IX - you know what I mean!)
Lost 14 aurochs 4 giant pink centipedes Lost 2 giant tuataras (night only) Insect swarm! Snowstorm Vermin (PC loses water) 3 giant komodo dragons! 12 giant ants! 19 vipers! 5 rattlesnakes! Patrol of 14 Ixian light infantry led by Xorbas, looking for fools who don’t worship snakes.
Adventurers: they taste like chicken.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 1, 2017 11:05:44 GMT -6
It's daily encounter time! This installment is another special one, as your players have journeyed to Sharath, the haunted land that is the site of the only Great Obelisk to stand on dry land. How bad will this be?
1 night-gaunt 5 medium animal skeletons 4 ape-men Hellis (7th level Neutral necromancer) accompanied by 15 zombies Dust devil! Mirage! Qarrdunnia (11th level Neutral scout!) but she doesn’t have a treasure map Mirage! Cloudburst! but no flash flood (I would make this black rain that sizzles as it hits the dust) Sand pit – 10’ deep 3 rust monsters! Dust devil! 1 night-gaunt
Darn it, no daemons! Better luck next time.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 2, 2017 16:32:55 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! Now your players have journeyed to the Skarag Coast, hold of the orcs. What will they meet there?
4 boars 6 giant bees! 4 hyaenas Lost 10 giant rats 40 orcs! 8 giant black centipedes 3 boars 1 viper 1 giant chameleon 8 giant black centipedes 7 wild dogs 3 rust monsters!
Again with the giant black centipedes. Maybe the orcs keep them as livestock?
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 3, 2017 8:46:42 GMT -6
Woo-hoo! It's daily encounter time! In this episode your players are crossing a glaciated portion of the Spiral Mountain Array (which doesn't narrow it down much). What will they encounter there?
2 giant ferrets 5 ape-men 5 mountain apes! 8 men of Leng! 20 cave-men 12 men of Leng! Crevasse! 120 feet wide and 120 feet deep 3 winged carnivorous apes! 6 pterodactyls – volcanic only, so no encounter Frostbite! 6 dire wolves 6 fomorians! 28 abominable snow-men! Good lord! The Spiral Mountains are deadly.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 4, 2017 17:06:56 GMT -6
Good day and welcome to daily encounters! Today your players have entered the Duchy of Stonebrook, the most superficially Greyhawkian region of Hyperborea. Will weird encounters belie this impression?
30 rats Patrol of 15 light infantry Duke’s troops led by Qarrullesta (11th level fighter!) and accompanied by Zai (7th level magician) Patrol of 14 light infantry Duke’s troops led by Dunntanna (3rd level fighter) 8 beggars – none are thieves and none know anything useful Patrol of 16 light infantry Duke’s troops led by Qarrullesta the Tall (7th level fighter) and accompanied by Rellrennia (6th level magician). I guess the Duke employs a lot of magicians? Cloudburst 6 drunks 7 bandits (thugs and muggers) 6 (more?) drunks Fever 9 giant rats Patrol of 11 light infantry Duke’s troops led by Black Dunntanna (8th level fighter) Patrol of 14 light infantry Duke’s troops led by Raidalla (3rd level fighter). Looks like the Duke also likes (or trusts?) female patrol leaders.
Eh, not too weird.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 5, 2017 12:04:15 GMT -6
Time for your daily encounter! In this episode, your players are sailing the Striped Gulf over the subaqueous cities of the crab-men. Did they remember to pack their butter sauce?
Hunting party of 10 crab-kin led by Tuwawi. No dogs because they’re in an umiak. They haven’t bagged any game. 1 monstrous crab! Those rascally crab-men are to blame. 3 blue whales 2 giant crabs (I’m sensing a theme…) 2 narwhales 10 giant rats Ghost ship! Cargo is rotted, but pay chest contains 5500 gold and 8 pieces of jewelry worth 750 g.p. each. Vermin (PC lost food) 13 giant crabs! Hunting party of 12 crab-kin led by Ulva. No dogs. They haven’t bagged any game. Fog bank 6 crab-men! Hunting party of 13 crab-kin led by Tuwawi the Shrimp-Eater. No dogs. They have bagged 2 crocodiles!
So there were definitely some crabs (and crab-men and crab-kin) there.
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Post by blackadder23 on Jul 6, 2017 7:12:01 GMT -6
Daily encounter time! In this installment, your players have arrived in the town of Swampgate. Who or what will they meet there?
1 giant chameleon Vermin (PC lost food and water!) 1 bat (night only) Korrxai (2nd level Lawful Good ranger) Rhelesta (3rd level Neutral ranger) 1 domesticated aurochs 1 viper Snowstorm Patrol of 19 light infantry led by Rammdailia (5th level fighter) Plague! 1 domesticated woolly mammoth 2 beggars – 1 knows something useful Plague!
Seems like Swampgate badly needs sanitation, or something.
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