Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:11 pm  
Greyhacking - Starts N1 Pauses - Returns

Part X.

Notes:

Post refers to two sessions.

Using N1 near non-canon location of the Troll-Fens instead of the Rushmoors.

-------- Previous Week --------

The party decides to negotiate with the cultists at the temple to buy some time. Having a bargaining chip of a valuable cult statue from a previous adventure, they trade in that for delayed membership in the cult and "promise" to come back in a few weeks.

"Uh-huh, sure." said the cult reprentative. "See ya, then." (Who had come forth with a panoply of zombie bodyguards to make himself look impressive.)

To the party's credit, all they really wanted to do was level up. (A fact of
HackMaster Play is that Players require formal schooling to raise levels at the indicated experience point levels.)

Dispensing with encounters (the cult gave them a free pass.) They make into the former Capital Nevond Nevnend of The Duchy of Tenh now under occupation by the Stonehold. Still, it is a populated city and opportunities for schooling still abound for the lower levels. Although prices are a at a premium.

It took the rest of the day.

End of first session.

-------- This Week --------

The following week having been late due to vagaries of employment I manage to cover a few more hours of the current adventure.

The party strolls in to the cult site and finds no welcoming party.

While the party should have realised this, they had abandoned the Village of Orlane to fight the cultists on their own. Having figured the outcome of the battle privately, the Village was devastated. The cult won and "knows" what's up. What's left of the Village were cult members only have arrived in the Temple as reinforcements to await the party at the lower levels.

The party is still meandering on the first level of the N1 Dungeon, having defeated little but the entrance guards, a wandering Troglodyte, and the Harpy.

The Harpy was an odd win, the character who killed it (Thanos the Half-Ogre Berserker) went into a fit of Major Depression (having that flaw) and curled up into a ball for an hour. My guess was that the Harpy must have reminded him of his mother somehow.

Session ends.

-------- Notes --------

Party Update cast of Characters:

Thanos: Level 2 Berserker Half-Ogre, munchkinized. He once was level 3 but got
level drained back to 1 and has now raised back to level 2.

Sable: Level 2 Cleric of Iuz, sidekick of Thanos. She had to hide her holy symbols and had raised using the "double experience points" method.

June-Bug: Level 4/3 Ranger/Druid of Obad-Hai, munchinized.

Montague: Level 3 Magic User

Remington: Level 2 Bard

Jim: Level 2 Gnome Thief

Kimodo: Level 1 Samurai Sidekick of Jim