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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 2629254" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>All That Glitters - Introduction</strong></p><p></p><p>This is the third soft point of Year 2 of the tournament module, "All That Glitters," written by Jeff Johnston and set in the Arcanis setting. You can read more about Arcanis at <a href="http://www.onaraonline.org" target="_blank">http://www.onaraonline.org</a>. Please note: This adventure contains spoilers!</p><p></p><p>Our cast of characters includes:</p><p></p><p>· Ilmarė Galen (Elf Brd4), played by Amber Tresca (my wife)</p><p>· Calactyte (Ss’ressen Bar2), played by Joe Tresca: <a href="http://www.creepyportfolio.com" target="_blank">http://www.creepyportfolio.com</a></p><p>· Bijoux (Fihali 2/Drd1), played by Melissa Gendron</p><p>· Sebastian Arnyal (Dark-kin Sor 3) played by George Webster</p><p>· Beldin Soulforge (Dwarf Ftr3) played by Joe Lalumia</p><p></p><p>I was Dungeon Master for this session: <a href="http://michael.tresca.net" target="_blank">http://michael.tresca.net</a> </p><p></p><p>This was a straightforward treasure hunt, which is rare in Arcanis. As a result, the session went very quickly. So quickly, in fact, that I fleshed out the cave part of the adventure on my own. I also got to use more props: a pirate game called “Morgan’s Revenge” and a pack of 100 fake gold coins worked out nicely. And a rubber spider.</p><p></p><p>I moved some of the encounters out of order for two reasons. For one, there’s no explanation as to how the characters come into possession of the rubbings. The adventure’s written for new players rather than experienced PCs. So the beggar king of Freeport made for a nice foil (I used his optional encounter from Cast Upon Tides of Weal and Woe). Two, no experienced adventurer in his right mind is going to bump into someone on the street and then let the guy “pay them back by apologizing.” They certainly wouldn’t take a swig of any drink offered from said gentleman off the street. So I had to set the adventure up differently to get people to take a swig of the tainted drinks, and the only way it even worked is because we actually had drinks in our hands at the gaming table to toast with. </p><p></p><p>This adventure ranged from laughably easy (watch Beldin decapitate the main bad guy in one shot!) to meat grinder-hard (watch Calactyte go down…TWICE!). That said, the party took it all in stride and worked hard for their experience points. They started working better together as a team: Beldin began protecting Sebastian in melee and Bijoux’s spells saved the party from a trap. Speaking of traps, there were so many traps and encounters in the cave that it was enough to boost just about everyone up one level too (for the sake of the story flow, I didn’t cover all of them here).</p><p></p><p>The weekend afterwards, Vlad, Quintus, and Kham got together again for a bit of a reunion. Find out what they were up to in the next story hour chapter.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, I (briefly) got to use my inn set up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 2629254, member: 3285"] [b]All That Glitters - Introduction[/b] This is the third soft point of Year 2 of the tournament module, "All That Glitters," written by Jeff Johnston and set in the Arcanis setting. You can read more about Arcanis at [url]http://www.onaraonline.org[/url]. Please note: This adventure contains spoilers! Our cast of characters includes: · Ilmarė Galen (Elf Brd4), played by Amber Tresca (my wife) · Calactyte (Ss’ressen Bar2), played by Joe Tresca: [url]http://www.creepyportfolio.com[/url] · Bijoux (Fihali 2/Drd1), played by Melissa Gendron · Sebastian Arnyal (Dark-kin Sor 3) played by George Webster · Beldin Soulforge (Dwarf Ftr3) played by Joe Lalumia I was Dungeon Master for this session: [url]http://michael.tresca.net[/url] This was a straightforward treasure hunt, which is rare in Arcanis. As a result, the session went very quickly. So quickly, in fact, that I fleshed out the cave part of the adventure on my own. I also got to use more props: a pirate game called “Morgan’s Revenge” and a pack of 100 fake gold coins worked out nicely. And a rubber spider. I moved some of the encounters out of order for two reasons. For one, there’s no explanation as to how the characters come into possession of the rubbings. The adventure’s written for new players rather than experienced PCs. So the beggar king of Freeport made for a nice foil (I used his optional encounter from Cast Upon Tides of Weal and Woe). Two, no experienced adventurer in his right mind is going to bump into someone on the street and then let the guy “pay them back by apologizing.” They certainly wouldn’t take a swig of any drink offered from said gentleman off the street. So I had to set the adventure up differently to get people to take a swig of the tainted drinks, and the only way it even worked is because we actually had drinks in our hands at the gaming table to toast with. This adventure ranged from laughably easy (watch Beldin decapitate the main bad guy in one shot!) to meat grinder-hard (watch Calactyte go down…TWICE!). That said, the party took it all in stride and worked hard for their experience points. They started working better together as a team: Beldin began protecting Sebastian in melee and Bijoux’s spells saved the party from a trap. Speaking of traps, there were so many traps and encounters in the cave that it was enough to boost just about everyone up one level too (for the sake of the story flow, I didn’t cover all of them here). The weekend afterwards, Vlad, Quintus, and Kham got together again for a bit of a reunion. Find out what they were up to in the next story hour chapter. Oh yeah, I (briefly) got to use my inn set up. :) [/QUOTE]
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