SESSION 30 “REQUIEM” As the Vampire Lucard escaped into the bowels of the labyrinthine crypt, Erik Kilraven overheard the high priest in the opposite chamber call for his acolytes to bring forth the ritual sacrifice — the very vampire the Bordermen had just battled. With a host of hooded undead heading their way, the Bordermen…
Month: July 2020
RPGaDay 2020 starts Saturday
Saturday, August 1st, will begin another 31 day journey through this hobby of ours. That’s right, it’s RPGaDay time again, that amazing blogquest brainchild of autocratik Dave Chapman’s. He, and Anthony Boyd (Runeslinger) have kept this thing alive for six years now and it has been one of the highlights of August for me each…
Happy Gary Gygax Day!
Just shy of 42 years ago I began playing Dungeons and Dragons. I started with the Holmes edition, receiving it as a gift for Christmas, 1978. The first D&D book I bought with my own hard-earned money was the Dungeon Master’s Guide, penned by Gygax. All these years later, it still stands tall as one…
No Quarter (Spine): Session 29 — Thirst
Session 29 Thirst Corr Awn Zahm, trapped within a magic circle for centuries, shared a brief history of the Second Mortainne War, of how he, a Comte, roused his subjects, through an alliance with House Wolfe and House Denwar, to stand against his father, the despot, Corran duc Zahn. duc Zahn had broken the treaty…
Modiphius’ Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG
I was invited, along with the Oak Hill RPG Club, to take part in the Beta Test of Dune: Adventures in the Imperium Role-playing game, coming soon from Modiphius. As I have stated many times, both here and on social media, I am not overly fond of the 2d20 System that Modiphius has married all…
No Quarter (Spine): Session 28 — “Dead is as Dead does”
SESSION 28 Dead is as Dead does Ostara 25 Aldrman Grandstaff grimly explained the direness of the situation that continued to unfold in Wolfgrave Park, the prominent cemetery that occupied the center of Clell Duko. The rumors were true. The dead walked the grounds at night and the Bordermen of Boneyard’s Rest, despite constant vigil…
No Quarter (Keep): Session 25 — Force Majeure
SESSION 25 Force Majeure The Voleur d’âme, the small galleon of Corran duc Zahn, lay anchored off the coast of the Borderlands. duc Zahn himself remained aloof at the prow while Pike and Drake were overseeing the repairs to the ship, which had sat in wet dock for decades or more. It was in surprisingly…
No Quarter (Keep): Session 24 — Ici Repose…
SESSION 24 ICI REPOSE… As the skeleton rose from the burnt ruin of dozens of arcane manuals and lunged toward Sebastian, Gnarwald called upon Frigga and sent the undead fiend fleeing from her divine presence. Sebastian delivered a wicked wound with his dagger, and the halfling Ozmund finished the creature off with a well-placed stone…
No Quarter (Spine): Sessions 26 & 27 — A Seller’s Market
SESSIONS 26-27 A Seller’s Market Ostara 24 After returning to Fort Pitt and delivering both the fabled Hand of Salazar Redmon (missing two of its four rings, much to the Princess’ chagrin) and their political hostage, Sir Graves Hightower, Marra Wolfe rewarded the Bordermen with the right to bear the banner of House Pitt, greatly…
No Quarter (Keep): Session 23 — “Two & A Half”
SESSION 23 Two & A Half Beleaguered and weary, the company set out, intent on rescuing Sir Jon Foster above all else. Other matters would have to wait. Traversing the maze like underbelly, they found their way back to the rat room, the rodent nest beyond the bedchamber of the war hero Wilborn the Hunter….
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