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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aartvb" data-source="post: 9512998" data-attributes="member: 7035557">You might have noticed that Dolly, the character that joined in session 13, was absent in a lot of sessions. The player couldn't make it for a lot of sessions due to various reasons. For that reason, after giving her several chances, we decided to ask the player to leave so we could find a more active player.Furthermore, Anya's player has decided to leave the group as well unfortunately.Luckily we have already found 2 new players. I think we're a good match, I love the new group composition!Of course, last session was a TPK. Well, technically Kruggli isn't dead (he hid in the ruined prison), and he was able to escape (the other players don't know this last part). However, Kruggli's player will make a new character anyways. Kruggli will probably come up as an NPC somewhere sometime (I'm thinking maybe with the halflings in Korstull Castle, since his character has a connection with the trillith Deception).Anyways, here are the new characters!Kruggli's player now plays Barracus, a Seela Monk of the West Wind.Wyll's player now plays Elio, a Seela Wizard.Manadagr's player now plays Athoz Steelmane, a Leonin Fighter (and secretly artificer)And then our first newcomer plays A'tash Kre'shen, a Fire Genasi Druid/Cleric.Finally, our second newcomer plays Vashera, a tiefling Barbarian.By the way, I decided from now on to edit the players' notes a bit to remove some errors, add some details and clarify some things. I notices they sometimes leave out important pieces of information in their notes. When I mention them in later sessions, they almost always remember them, but then can't find it back in the notes (because it isn't there). This was the whole reason I had them make notes. So from now on the notes will be slightly more reliable for what really happened during the session <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😊" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />.Now, without further ado:Session 23 (18-11-2024): New BeginningsFebruary 27The group received an invitation to meet the headmaster of the school, Simeon Gohanach. They were invited to undertake a mission.In the party, there are:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two Seela (elf-like beings with wings): Elio, who has a wooden sword and books, and Baraccus, who is unarmed but broad-shouldered.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Athoz, a Leonin (lion-like being) wielding a greatsword.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vashera, a tiefling, also strong, armed with a greataxe.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A fire genasi, A’tash, with a nature-themed appearance and burn marks on his armor.</li> </ul>The group is brought to Simeon’s office. Also present were:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kiernan Stekart, a dwarf and head of the war department at Lyceum, the magical school.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A young woman with bright red hair, Katarina, whom they didn’t recognize.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A half-elf man with gray hair and a pipe in his mouth, who initially didn’t introduce himself. Later, he revealed his name: Balan Bastom, a distant relative of the Bastom family from Ostalin. He comes from Gate Pass.</li> </ul>The group of adventurers are slightly socially awkward. They don't sit next to each other. Only Elio and Baraccus know each other.Simeon explains that they suspect who is responsible for the storm, but he won't share the details.Regasia is planning to travel through the (now no longer burning) Innenotdar forest to reach Gate Pass. The heroes who extinguished the forest fire made their actions widely known, and the Ragesians have learned of it. However, they cannot yet make this journey as it would require passing through Dassen. Leska, the new emperor of Ragesia, has proposed a non-aggression pact with Dassen, allowing them to pass through Dassen to reach Gate Pass. King Steppengard wants to do this.Simeon has asked Balan to travel to Bresk, the capital of Dassen, to convince the king to reconsider his choice. The group is asked to accompany him. They plan to leave early the next morning.That evening, they go to some sort of beer tent to get to know one another better. A stuttering teenage boy with light blond hair approaches them. His name is Jinis. His father, Jineer, is Lord Gallo’s proxy at the royal court. Jinis is worried because he hasn’t heard from his father for some time. He gives them a letter and asks them to deliver it to his father.While sitting there, they suddenly notice a strange metallic smell.Athoz immediately reads the letter after Jinis has left. It is written neatly and eloquently, stating that Jinis is doing well and asking his father to reply if everything is alright. There is nothing strange or magical about the letter.The group relaxes and spars for a while before going to bed.February 28They set off early in the morning.March 1After two days of walking, they arrive at the village of Vidor, where they purchase horses and a sleigh to continue traveling along the river.They hear that it has been unnaturally cold. While traveling by sleigh, they suddenly smell the strange metallic scent again.Ahead, they see a group of people running from a giant centipede-like monster. They manage to defeat it, but not before it killed one of the fleeing people. During the fight, Baraccus was swallowed by the monster, after which Vashera pulled him out with her bare hands. The people are very grateful to the group for saving them. They continue their journey.That night, Elio casts Tiny Hut so the group could take a long rest.March 4Further along the way, they find three corpses marked with the insignia of Lady Dene. Two have been killed by crossbow bolts, and one has been hanged. They see tracks of a group of humanoids on horseback who have followed the King’s Road. The group cremates the bodies and continues on their sleigh.<code class="bbCodeInline">Note: I have to say: I was having slightly less fun in the past half year with this campaign. The first adventure was really fun, and resonated well with the players. However, in the second adventure the players never really understood the details of what was going on in that forest. </code><code class="bbCodeInline">Even I often had to search in the adventure during my preparation what was going on, and the way it was presented didn't really fit with my style, it felt like I had to find out relevant details in all sorts of places in the adventure instead of just in the introduction. The Seaquen adventure was written down okay, but I'm just not that good in running such urban sandboxes. Both for me and my players it just felt a bit like filler content (probably just because I didn't run it well). I guess that this might also be the reason Anja's player left the group. Anyways, I think this fresh start (fresh PC's, some new players, and a new, amazing adventure - I think this one will be one of my favorites: an epic battle, political intrigue, real rammifications of actions etc.) will be really good for the group. It feels like this might be the best player composition we maybe ever had in our 4 years, amazing synergy! We were having a blast during this session, I'm really looking forward towards the rest of the campaign!</code>[ATTACH=full]388025[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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