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<blockquote data-quote="Tolamaker" data-source="post: 9188756" data-attributes="member: 7031495"><p>Alright, here I am a month later, and it's not because I'm lazy, but because October was cursed for everyone's schedules.</p><p><strong>Session 72: Cursed Forest</strong></p><p></p><p>The party defends themselves from the vile oak trees that attack them, and Eluriah is delighted to discover that she has finally found an enemy susceptible to her fire spells. Despite his ridiculous attire, Niel carries himself well in the fight, with a strange calm passing over him as he wields his mallet with great effectiveness. After defeating the trees, they reluctantly decide Niel can come along with them. He tries to lead them, but Eluriah subtly points them in the right direction, allowing them to discover the remains of a battle between Ragesians and Shahalesti. Mishka is unable to determine who won, though they do find tracks leading away: a pair of boots, and a set of pawprints.</p><p></p><p>AS they travel and day turns to night, howls fill the forest, and they find themselves surrounded by ghostly werewolves. As they fend of the attacks, a shriek sounds above them, and a corporeal werewolf with blood pouring from its neck lands among them, slashing and biting out at them. As they defeat the specters and are able to turn their attention on the wolf, a giant arctic fox comes out to aid them. They defeat the wolf, with a beam of radiance coming down to finish it off when it tries to rise again.</p><p></p><p>Coming out of the forest to the side of the arctic fox is a wood elf, who is suspicious, but ultimately thankful for their help in defeating the werewolf. "I was laying a trail for her, but apparently she found you to be more delectable. Her mistake, I suppose." She introduces herself as Fayne, and she is especially glad to see Eluriah, another Taranesti. When she hears of their search for Irrendra, she takes them back to the small burrow where the survivors of the Ycengled elves have been staying.</p><p></p><p>There, they speak with Halafrin, an elder, who is resistant to showing them where Irrendra is. "The last time we allowed someone to go there, he turned against us!" Halafrin tells them of Rhuarc, a half-taranesti/half shahalesti elf who claimed to want to help the Ycengled elves regain their forest. Mishka makes an impassioned plea, telling him of their hope for an end of the war with the torch. With great reluctance, he tells them the secret to navigating the tunnels: lighting a fire behind to let their shadows guide them. Fayne tells them she will lead them to the entrance, where they will have to navigate it on their own.</p><p></p><p><strong>Post Session Thoughts</strong></p><p>This session was pretty good, even though I felt like I was rushing things. I did a bit of ad libbing in this session, making liberal use of the encounters in the book and occasionally shifting them to suit moving things along faster, and I think it worked out ultimately. I didn't do a great job of showing Malhun to be a Shahalesti, by which I mean I totally forgot she was a Shahalesti, and so I think people will think of her as only a vampire/wolf of Ycengled. I think I'll have the other elf vampire mention her when they see her. She'll disavow that her apprentice was terrorizing the forest of course.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Changes to the Module</strong></p><p>I realized that in the past year we had only finished two modules, and coupled with the missed month, I decided to cut the adventure down even further. There's not a lot of plot going on in the rest of Ycengled, so I felt okay crunching that down. The tunnels will get a cut as well, though I think I'll keep Irrendra and the Temple largely as is (though I am putting the temple in Irrendra). If it all feels too sudden, I think I'll bring the Henge combat back for the end of the module.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tolamaker, post: 9188756, member: 7031495"] Alright, here I am a month later, and it's not because I'm lazy, but because October was cursed for everyone's schedules. [B]Session 72: Cursed Forest[/B] The party defends themselves from the vile oak trees that attack them, and Eluriah is delighted to discover that she has finally found an enemy susceptible to her fire spells. Despite his ridiculous attire, Niel carries himself well in the fight, with a strange calm passing over him as he wields his mallet with great effectiveness. After defeating the trees, they reluctantly decide Niel can come along with them. He tries to lead them, but Eluriah subtly points them in the right direction, allowing them to discover the remains of a battle between Ragesians and Shahalesti. Mishka is unable to determine who won, though they do find tracks leading away: a pair of boots, and a set of pawprints. AS they travel and day turns to night, howls fill the forest, and they find themselves surrounded by ghostly werewolves. As they fend of the attacks, a shriek sounds above them, and a corporeal werewolf with blood pouring from its neck lands among them, slashing and biting out at them. As they defeat the specters and are able to turn their attention on the wolf, a giant arctic fox comes out to aid them. They defeat the wolf, with a beam of radiance coming down to finish it off when it tries to rise again. Coming out of the forest to the side of the arctic fox is a wood elf, who is suspicious, but ultimately thankful for their help in defeating the werewolf. "I was laying a trail for her, but apparently she found you to be more delectable. Her mistake, I suppose." She introduces herself as Fayne, and she is especially glad to see Eluriah, another Taranesti. When she hears of their search for Irrendra, she takes them back to the small burrow where the survivors of the Ycengled elves have been staying. There, they speak with Halafrin, an elder, who is resistant to showing them where Irrendra is. "The last time we allowed someone to go there, he turned against us!" Halafrin tells them of Rhuarc, a half-taranesti/half shahalesti elf who claimed to want to help the Ycengled elves regain their forest. Mishka makes an impassioned plea, telling him of their hope for an end of the war with the torch. With great reluctance, he tells them the secret to navigating the tunnels: lighting a fire behind to let their shadows guide them. Fayne tells them she will lead them to the entrance, where they will have to navigate it on their own. [B]Post Session Thoughts[/B] This session was pretty good, even though I felt like I was rushing things. I did a bit of ad libbing in this session, making liberal use of the encounters in the book and occasionally shifting them to suit moving things along faster, and I think it worked out ultimately. I didn't do a great job of showing Malhun to be a Shahalesti, by which I mean I totally forgot she was a Shahalesti, and so I think people will think of her as only a vampire/wolf of Ycengled. I think I'll have the other elf vampire mention her when they see her. She'll disavow that her apprentice was terrorizing the forest of course. [B] Changes to the Module[/B] I realized that in the past year we had only finished two modules, and coupled with the missed month, I decided to cut the adventure down even further. There's not a lot of plot going on in the rest of Ycengled, so I felt okay crunching that down. The tunnels will get a cut as well, though I think I'll keep Irrendra and the Temple largely as is (though I am putting the temple in Irrendra). If it all feels too sudden, I think I'll bring the Henge combat back for the end of the module. [/QUOTE]
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