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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6894687" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>Due to scheduling problems, we decided to have our next session immediately the day after our first session. I kind of like having two sessions so quickly in a row. What made this session extra fun, was the fact that we played outside at night in the garden. With actual mosquitoes buzzing around our heads, our adventures in the swamp were suddenly very immersive.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>The second day</strong></u></p><p></p><p>Our party spend most of the day helping out at the farm. <strong>Darius the gnome Tinkerer</strong> repaired the roof of the farm, while <strong>Bram the half-orc barbarian</strong> assisted by carrying wooden boards.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile <strong>Sureiyã, Mongo and Eriny</strong> investigated the sickly son. The boy was only about 9 years old, and he had trouble breathing, drinking, or eating. He had a cut on his leg, which looked infected. According to his mother, he had injured himself on an iron trough. After some medical inspections, we concluded that he might be suffering from a Tetanus infection. The best thing to do at this point, seemed to be to cut away the infected flesh, and apply new bandages. We also tried to get the boy to breath with a steam bath.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: red">Character development:</span> </strong><span style="color: green"><em>During the treatment <strong>Sureiyã </strong>investigates the sickly boy for supernatural causes to his illness. She mentions that the illness of the boy resembled something that had happened to her brother at first glance, but does not go further into it. But it turns out this is a different situation.</em></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Mongo </strong>learned from Frank the farmer, that bandits had raided their farm, killed their dogs, and thrown a torch onto the roof of the farm. This explains the hole in the roof, and the small graves behind their farm. Rumor has it that the bandits are hiding somewhere in the <strong>swamp</strong>. Since we were heading in that direction anyway, we decided to keep an eye out for these foes. While <strong>Darius </strong>continued to fix the roof, we helped out a little with other activities on the farm. These poor people would normally have their son helping out. But now that the farmer's wife was occupied most of the time with taking care of the son, a lot of work was falling along the way side.</p><p></p><p>The farmer and his wife were very thankful for all our generous help, and asked us to stay for dinner, which we agreed to. But we had to leave after dinner and get back on the road. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: red">Character development:</span> </strong><em><span style="color: green">During dinner we find out that <strong>Bram the half-orc</strong> prays to all the normal human gods before dinner. There may be more to this brute than meets the eye.</span></em></p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong>The swamp - giant mosquitoes, oh my!</strong></u></p><p></p><p>We camped outside the swamp, knowing that it would be a 5 hour journey through the water and the mud. But during the night we were attacked by <strong>giant mosquitoes</strong> the size of a normal human. <strong>Bram the half-orc barbarian</strong> spontaneously invented baseball, by hitting the mosquitoes so hard that they are probably half-way towards the moon by now. </p><p></p><p><strong>Sureiyã</strong> swapped to her lighter wakizashi for this, so she would have the benefit of a higher attack bonus (but less damage than her katana). When playing a swashbuckler like this, I'm constantly making a choice between either a heavy weapon like the katana, for lots of damage, or a light weapon like the wakizashi, for lots of speed and agility. It is one of the more interesting aspects of this class.</p><p></p><p>Both our <strong>npc</strong> and <strong>Bram</strong> both took a fair bit of damage from the mosquitoes, so we're going to quickly run out of healing kits at this rate. We don't have a dedicated healer in the party, and <strong>Eriny the cleric</strong> won't even get any lay on hands or healing spells until she is a higher level.</p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong>Day 3 - More swamp and giant leeches, yikes!</strong></u></p><p></p><p>We traveled into the swamp the next day. The tracks of the caravan were getting harder and harder for Mongo the ranger to read. And eventually it seemed the road had been consumed by the swamp completely. We had no other choice but to get our feet wet. </p><p></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: red">Note that a swamp is considered difficult terrain. So unless you have a feat or special ability against it, this sort of terrain imposes movement restrictions. You can only move at half speed. <strong>Sureiyã gains a swashbuckler ability at higher levels that allows her to charge across difficult terrain. But for now we're all level 1.</strong></span></strong></em></p><p></p><p>Halfway through the swamp Mongo noticed some activity in the water. There were some wrinkles in the surface of the water, both ahead and behind us. One of these disturbances turned out to be a harmless frog. But the others were giant leeches.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]76696[/ATTACH][ATTACH]76697[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: red">Our DM had made her very own miniatures for this fight, which looked really good. </span></strong></p><p></p><p>Both <strong>Sureiyã </strong>and <strong>Mongo the ranger</strong> took the front, and suffered from a leech attaching itself to our bodies. Unless removed quickly, these nasty critters can cause considerable constitution drain, plus you can incur additional injuries if you don't dislodge them carefully. </p><p></p><p>The rest of the party tried their best to assist us in our struggle. Fortunately <strong>Bram the half-orc barbarian</strong> quickly came to my aid, and scored another home run for the team. My character was very unfortunate with her rolls. While I had the benefit of wielding a light weapon, which allows me to stab the leeches while in a grapple, <strong>Sureiyã </strong>lacks the strength to escape a grapple like this (she has an awesome escape artist score though). Plus I kept rolling 1's for her damage. In the end I suffered 3 constitution drain, which is rather painful. It will take a few days to recover from this fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 6894687, member: 6801286"] Due to scheduling problems, we decided to have our next session immediately the day after our first session. I kind of like having two sessions so quickly in a row. What made this session extra fun, was the fact that we played outside at night in the garden. With actual mosquitoes buzzing around our heads, our adventures in the swamp were suddenly very immersive. [U][B]The second day[/B][/U] Our party spend most of the day helping out at the farm. [B]Darius the gnome Tinkerer[/B] repaired the roof of the farm, while [B]Bram the half-orc barbarian[/B] assisted by carrying wooden boards. Meanwhile [B]Sureiyã, Mongo and Eriny[/B] investigated the sickly son. The boy was only about 9 years old, and he had trouble breathing, drinking, or eating. He had a cut on his leg, which looked infected. According to his mother, he had injured himself on an iron trough. After some medical inspections, we concluded that he might be suffering from a Tetanus infection. The best thing to do at this point, seemed to be to cut away the infected flesh, and apply new bandages. We also tried to get the boy to breath with a steam bath. [B][COLOR=red]Character development:[/COLOR] [/B][COLOR=green][I]During the treatment [B]Sureiyã [/B]investigates the sickly boy for supernatural causes to his illness. She mentions that the illness of the boy resembled something that had happened to her brother at first glance, but does not go further into it. But it turns out this is a different situation.[/I][/COLOR] [B]Mongo [/B]learned from Frank the farmer, that bandits had raided their farm, killed their dogs, and thrown a torch onto the roof of the farm. This explains the hole in the roof, and the small graves behind their farm. Rumor has it that the bandits are hiding somewhere in the [B]swamp[/B]. Since we were heading in that direction anyway, we decided to keep an eye out for these foes. While [B]Darius [/B]continued to fix the roof, we helped out a little with other activities on the farm. These poor people would normally have their son helping out. But now that the farmer's wife was occupied most of the time with taking care of the son, a lot of work was falling along the way side. The farmer and his wife were very thankful for all our generous help, and asked us to stay for dinner, which we agreed to. But we had to leave after dinner and get back on the road. [B][COLOR=red]Character development:[/COLOR] [/B][I][COLOR=green]During dinner we find out that [B]Bram the half-orc[/B] prays to all the normal human gods before dinner. There may be more to this brute than meets the eye.[/COLOR][/I] [U] [B]The swamp - giant mosquitoes, oh my![/B][/U] We camped outside the swamp, knowing that it would be a 5 hour journey through the water and the mud. But during the night we were attacked by [B]giant mosquitoes[/B] the size of a normal human. [B]Bram the half-orc barbarian[/B] spontaneously invented baseball, by hitting the mosquitoes so hard that they are probably half-way towards the moon by now. [B]Sureiyã[/B] swapped to her lighter wakizashi for this, so she would have the benefit of a higher attack bonus (but less damage than her katana). When playing a swashbuckler like this, I'm constantly making a choice between either a heavy weapon like the katana, for lots of damage, or a light weapon like the wakizashi, for lots of speed and agility. It is one of the more interesting aspects of this class. Both our [B]npc[/B] and [B]Bram[/B] both took a fair bit of damage from the mosquitoes, so we're going to quickly run out of healing kits at this rate. We don't have a dedicated healer in the party, and [B]Eriny the cleric[/B] won't even get any lay on hands or healing spells until she is a higher level. [U] [B]Day 3 - More swamp and giant leeches, yikes![/B][/U] We traveled into the swamp the next day. The tracks of the caravan were getting harder and harder for Mongo the ranger to read. And eventually it seemed the road had been consumed by the swamp completely. We had no other choice but to get our feet wet. [I][B][COLOR=red]Note that a swamp is considered difficult terrain. So unless you have a feat or special ability against it, this sort of terrain imposes movement restrictions. You can only move at half speed. [B]Sureiyã gains a swashbuckler ability at higher levels that allows her to charge across difficult terrain. But for now we're all level 1.[/B][/COLOR][/B][/I] Halfway through the swamp Mongo noticed some activity in the water. There were some wrinkles in the surface of the water, both ahead and behind us. One of these disturbances turned out to be a harmless frog. But the others were giant leeches. [ATTACH=CONFIG]76696._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]76697._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B][COLOR=red]Our DM had made her very own miniatures for this fight, which looked really good. [/COLOR][/B] Both [B]Sureiyã [/B]and [B]Mongo the ranger[/B] took the front, and suffered from a leech attaching itself to our bodies. Unless removed quickly, these nasty critters can cause considerable constitution drain, plus you can incur additional injuries if you don't dislodge them carefully. The rest of the party tried their best to assist us in our struggle. Fortunately [B]Bram the half-orc barbarian[/B] quickly came to my aid, and scored another home run for the team. My character was very unfortunate with her rolls. While I had the benefit of wielding a light weapon, which allows me to stab the leeches while in a grapple, [B]Sureiyã [/B]lacks the strength to escape a grapple like this (she has an awesome escape artist score though). Plus I kept rolling 1's for her damage. In the end I suffered 3 constitution drain, which is rather painful. It will take a few days to recover from this fight. [/QUOTE]
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