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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 9814432" data-attributes="member: 16069">There Might Be GiantsPCsDCI Bawg Race: Unknown Class: Rogue Level: 11 Background: City Watch InvestigatorPhreakalus Nevrospastos Race: Human Class: Artificer Level: 11 Background: CourtierThrunorus "Thugg" Garn Race: Half-Orc Class: Barbarian Zealot of Bradlust & Fighter Level: 8 & 3 Background: Mercenary VeteranYen Stonefist Race: Stout Halfling Class: Monk Level: 11 Background: HermitNPCsPiniccarus, Phreakalus' animated puppet 'son'. Just weird.Session 001: Died in their Sleep.Mission Time: 00:00 to 00:07.But first a brief word from our sponsor, or else the DM, we're doing this for kicks- playing this scenario, and because as we went on the players started to like it. I'm building the next bit of our WFRP game, and then on to the next bit of our main campaign. But for now, and for a variety of other reasons, this is what we're doing.Also, there's not going to be a lot of text in this, just the tomfoolery and pictures.There's not going to be anything much in the way of dialogue- he said this, they said that... not really, it's going to be- this happened, and now everyone is very sorry and it won't happen again. That kind of thing.So, if it helps here's a brief word about the PCs.DCI Bawg is the unelected leader of this pack, or else he's played by Jim who seems to know what he's doing- and he goes first, he's the stealthy rogue, and so the others tend to follow. Bawg sounds like he's from the Big Easy/NOLA, he's a cigar smoking gumshoe, with a hand-cannon and a drawl.Phreakalus is... weird, he flies around on his winged boots- constantly tinkering with his myriad devices while chivvying his son/animated puppet Piniccarus. His voice is educated and smooth, and at all times he is thoughtful and courteous, although with his slightly camp Mediterranean accent, and his love of his son, he is... just weird, hard to take at times.Thugg is a lumbering idiot half-orc, but beloved of Bradlust- the god of Battle (or so he says), he is wordy- as in he tends to speak a lot, everything he says is bordering on the dumb and/or obvious, and yet he delivers his speeches as if he were an expert, handing out pearls to swine. Thugg sings at his comrades- his war song. He also shouts a lot when it gets to combat, thankfully Bear still hasn't fixed his microphone and so when he starts booming it (very thankfully) cuts out.Yen is the smallest of halflings, and a constant blur of activity, between statue like moments of reflection- he can hold a pose for... well, ever. He says little save yes or no, peppered every so often with fortune cookie like homilies. By about the third session of this one all the other players have developed a great fondness for monks, it seems by 11th level they are (if Yen is anything to go by) kick ass.Then the mission starts.[ATTACH=full]424126[/ATTACH]The steading is a big place.First job- take out the hill giant guard lumbering around in the guard tower. The PCs fly, run or climb their way up as quietly as they can and discover a very fat hill giant clutching an empty (very large) bottle of booze. The hill giant is snoring.Seconds later it is dead. Note there's no map for this area. The hill giant- called Bidl (all the giants have names) is sleeping on his giant's sack (in which his possessions/treasure is stowed).The PCs however are already creeping down the stairs of the tower- Bawg leading the way.[ATTACH=full]424127[/ATTACH]Again, it's a big place- the ceiling is a good twenty five feet overhead here, to the south of Bawg there are fur cloaks and a variety of outerwear on very high hooks. Two more hill giants (Terry & Git Face) are lying slumped on the floor over the far side of the chamber- a puddle of beer/ale surrounds one of the hill giants as an overturned barrel glugs out its contents. The hill giants are snoring contentedly.And then they're not...[ATTACH=full]424128[/ATTACH]Every hit (with advantage on attacks) is a Crit. Terry doesn't last long. Prone & Incapacitated.DCI Bawg's psychic blade cuts deep, but doesn't leave a trace.[ATTACH=full]424130[/ATTACH]Neither hill giant lasts long, it doesn't help that my initiative roll for Git Face, Terry doesn't survive the surprise turn, is a '1'.Git Face gargles his last.And then, during the searching of the dead hill giant's bags the random table conjures up a swarm of wasps (In the bag) and- it gets buzzy, but only very briefly.[ATTACH=full]424131[/ATTACH]Swarm of Wasps, bottom left. Note, I'd not ticked a box on Fantasy Grounds (after the last update) and so none of the indicators (dead etc.) are working atm.Second later Phreakalus unleashes another swarm of wasps while checking through Bidl's bag up in the guard tower, the artficer makes short work of the pesky insects.The PCs discover that the giant's bags are full of coin- there are just over 6,000 coins in the three bags, although 95% (at least) of the coins are coppers. Thugg takes as many of the coins as he can- the barbarian is (he believes) rich, relatively speaking.Then the PCs open the outer door, so they have an escape route. Note it requires a DC 11 (or higher) Athletics check to open a door here, the portals are twenty feet high.There are three doors exiting to the north- single doors to either side of a set of larger double doors (there's no picture of this). Bawg can hear the rumbling voices of giants- but at some remove, beyond the great double doors in the middle of the northern wall.The doors to either side however, no noises can be heard at either.And that's the end of a short session, there was still a bit of character creation to be done at the start of this one, keep in mind all players have built and macroed up two PCs, just in case their main guy dies.The mission is seven minutes old.Book of the Dead.Hill Giant x3 (Bidl, Git Face & Terry)Until next time.</blockquote>

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