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    DM'ing advice for a PC awakened animal

    One of my players wanted to play an awakened heavy horse, working toward taking paladin levels once the LA was paid off. In agreeing to this, I made sure that she was going to take this seriously (well, as serious as a talking-horse paladin can be), that she got the other members of the group...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 39 Session 39 Reunited And It Feels So Good...Hey, That's A Dragon! Leaving the Temple of the Jaguar, an apparition coalesces before the party. Before Kamal has a chance to brandish the power of Sarenrae, Eriks stops him. "Hold friends! It is Karyan. What news...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 38 Session 38 Of Serpents and Swords The days went by and Jek said very little as he led the group eventually to a dilapidated ziggurat in what might have once been a clearing. Under the thick layer of foliage, including vines, creepers, and a multitude of...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 37 Gaining Momentum I failed to save her... That terrible beast, gigantic compared to the one we faced on the beach swallowed my sister, and despite taking perhaps the biggest risk of my life to jump in and free her, she is dead. Mort was also taken from us, but his spirit...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 36 Session 36 The last days of THE Last action HERO... Diary excerpt from The legacy of Mort Cromwell: monk. man. mystery. maniac After the battle on the ship we went back to the now "liberated" lizard folk village to summon...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 35 Session 35 Meet the Nythyians and Take the Ship. As the group collected themselves on the top of the wall, more Nythyians began to gather. "Allow me to lessen our wounds before we meet your people Hoppup." Kamal raised his...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 34 Session 34 The Battle Against Jakub Continues Outside, Kamal rushed to the kneeling Karyan. He felt the power of his prepared spells in his mind and found a more potent one. Then, concentrating, the priest let the...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 33 Session 33 Is the past something that is really ever behind us? I know I am not the same man as I was even a few months ago. Circumstance has seen to that! But does this mean that I am free from the influence of my past? By no means. If anything, I press on to...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 32 What is evil? Is it the action of opposition to good? The temple of Demigorgon virtually radiated an aura of evil, a terrible weight on the shoulders of those of us who could feel it. But I left wondering, would the worshipers of this immortal not feel the same oppression in a...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 31 Never in my life did I ever feel as ill at ease than the day I looked into that mirror. Not only could I see all that is my opposite, Mythyria utterly destroyed my double with one spell! To see my own capacity for evil, as well as my own mortality was more sobering than I care to...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    Session 30 Resolutions and Riddles Standing in the canyon, I feel utterly helpless. Karyan, looking much more her actual color now, passes my wand of healing back to me. "What now?" She asks, so nonchalantly for one who until so recently was unconscious and bound to a huge rock. "Don't...
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    Story Hours Index (Authors, add your own):

    Title: The Hand of Quoad Author: Dawson Number of Threads: 1 Type: Fantasy System: Pathfinder with some D&D 3.5e added in Setting: Mystara with some Golarion mixed in for good measure Started: 24 April 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Long Average Frequency of...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    An Exercise in Futility As the newest threat of gargoyles fly towards us from across the large inlet, we take a quick moment to assess our situation. Behind is the trail we have already taken, ahead is the way we are going...obviously. To our left, East, the gargoyles, with their king...
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    The Hand of Quoad

    One of my players has taken to writing the recaps for our sessions, and I thought it was worthy of posting here. Comments and critiques welcome! Link to the Wiki (with earlier sessions without the dialogue)
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