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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 762492" data-attributes="member: 224"><p><strong>Session #1</strong> (RL Feb 9th, 2003)</p><p></p><p>In Brief:</p><p></p><p> The characters met at the Eaglesford Inn, to discuss what sort of "adventure!" they might undertake. They've been talking about this all winter....<em>"Just think: we'll go adventuring! What a cool idea! Unique, even!"</em> ....and yet even now they are undecided. Each shared some of the local news and rumors they had heard as of late. (<em>DMs note: each player started with a hand-out of a few local rumors and stories. Some of them might even be true!</em>)</p><p></p><p> At the table was the battle-eager dwarf, <strong>Riva Stormhand</strong>, a dwarven berserker, fingering the edge of his axe blade; <strong>Garret Flatbottom</strong>, holy warrior of Morwyn, ready to do his god's will; and <strong>Thaile</strong>, traveller of Darmon's paths, excited to explore the local ruins for their fabled treasures.</p><p></p><p> After a short time, they noticed that a poorly dressed half-elf, going by the name "Laiden", was also in the Inn, talking up the innkeeper. <em>(Laiden had previously approached Riva, asking if he "wanted to get rich". He was a stranger to town, and said he hailed from the nearby village of Three Oaks - about two days journey to the east.)</em> The human cleric Thaile approached the scruffy and ragged half-elf, and asked about the opportunities Laiden had offered Riva. After a long discussion, which included, of all things, Thaile's opinions of the doctrines of her god Darmon, Laiden ended the conversation with a simple: <em>"I'm not sure you're ready yet. Perhaps later, after you become more seasoned, we can talk again."</em></p><p></p><p> Confused (and slightly insulted) Thaile returned to her companions. The three of them agreed to go to the old Palen Smitson farm, near which people had said they had seen "strange lights". (They also left a message for their two missing companions to catch up to the party ASAP.)</p><p></p><p> The party geared up and set out. On the hedge-shrouded road, several miles from town, they entered the region of abandoned farms. There were less people in Eaglesford than there used to be...and that trend showed in the number and age of the abandoned farmsteads the party trudged past.</p><p></p><p> About noon, where the road narrowed and the tall hedges were even wider and more unrully, Garret thought he saw some movement in the bushes up ahead. The party paused, and nervously discussed their options for a time. Suddenly the hedge row immediately to their right erupted outward, and a stinking, humaniod corpse rushed at them, clawing and biting at Garret and his faithful riding hound. </p><p></p><p> There was a frantic skirmish, with warhammers and rapiers drawn and dwarvish curses loosed....but within a few moments, the thing lay in a crumbled pile at their feet. Thaile examined the body. It was a ghoul, one of the "hungry dead", and it's long decaying body was that of an orcish warrior. Some of it's armor still remained on it's body. Some of its trinkets too, which Thaile thoughtfully put in her pocket.</p><p></p><p> More cautious now, out heroes proceeded toward the abandoned Smitson farm. On the way, Thaile and Garret discussed.....well, not the types of walking un-dead, as you might suppose......but rather, when, exactly, the orcs had last raided this area. Garret claimed it was almost 20 years ago; Thaile was sure of a number closer to 15. Ahhh, the uncertainties of history!</p><p></p><p><strong>Session #1...to be continued!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 762492, member: 224"] [b]Session #1[/b] (RL Feb 9th, 2003) In Brief: The characters met at the Eaglesford Inn, to discuss what sort of "adventure!" they might undertake. They've been talking about this all winter....[i]"Just think: we'll go adventuring! What a cool idea! Unique, even!"[/i] ....and yet even now they are undecided. Each shared some of the local news and rumors they had heard as of late. ([i]DMs note: each player started with a hand-out of a few local rumors and stories. Some of them might even be true![/i]) At the table was the battle-eager dwarf, [b]Riva Stormhand[/b], a dwarven berserker, fingering the edge of his axe blade; [b]Garret Flatbottom[/b], holy warrior of Morwyn, ready to do his god's will; and [b]Thaile[/b], traveller of Darmon's paths, excited to explore the local ruins for their fabled treasures. After a short time, they noticed that a poorly dressed half-elf, going by the name "Laiden", was also in the Inn, talking up the innkeeper. [i](Laiden had previously approached Riva, asking if he "wanted to get rich". He was a stranger to town, and said he hailed from the nearby village of Three Oaks - about two days journey to the east.)[/i] The human cleric Thaile approached the scruffy and ragged half-elf, and asked about the opportunities Laiden had offered Riva. After a long discussion, which included, of all things, Thaile's opinions of the doctrines of her god Darmon, Laiden ended the conversation with a simple: [i]"I'm not sure you're ready yet. Perhaps later, after you become more seasoned, we can talk again."[/i] Confused (and slightly insulted) Thaile returned to her companions. The three of them agreed to go to the old Palen Smitson farm, near which people had said they had seen "strange lights". (They also left a message for their two missing companions to catch up to the party ASAP.) The party geared up and set out. On the hedge-shrouded road, several miles from town, they entered the region of abandoned farms. There were less people in Eaglesford than there used to be...and that trend showed in the number and age of the abandoned farmsteads the party trudged past. About noon, where the road narrowed and the tall hedges were even wider and more unrully, Garret thought he saw some movement in the bushes up ahead. The party paused, and nervously discussed their options for a time. Suddenly the hedge row immediately to their right erupted outward, and a stinking, humaniod corpse rushed at them, clawing and biting at Garret and his faithful riding hound. There was a frantic skirmish, with warhammers and rapiers drawn and dwarvish curses loosed....but within a few moments, the thing lay in a crumbled pile at their feet. Thaile examined the body. It was a ghoul, one of the "hungry dead", and it's long decaying body was that of an orcish warrior. Some of it's armor still remained on it's body. Some of its trinkets too, which Thaile thoughtfully put in her pocket. More cautious now, out heroes proceeded toward the abandoned Smitson farm. On the way, Thaile and Garret discussed.....well, not the types of walking un-dead, as you might suppose......but rather, when, exactly, the orcs had last raided this area. Garret claimed it was almost 20 years ago; Thaile was sure of a number closer to 15. Ahhh, the uncertainties of history! [b]Session #1...to be continued![/b] [/QUOTE]
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