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<blockquote data-quote="jasper" data-source="post: 8099384" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>DDEX03-12 Session</p><p></p><p>Hillsfar Reclaimed</p><p></p><p>Days 9-10</p><p></p><p>Gain a level. 10 Downtime Days. 80 GP</p><p></p><p>PC Killed 0 Monsters Killed 14 Villains Captured 0 Villains Escaped 2</p><p></p><p>Start Time 7:20. End Time 8:40. Run Time 80 minutes.</p><p></p><p>Magic Items. Eyes of Minute Seeing, Scroll of Disguise Self</p><p></p><p>This is another module I have ran a few times, so I started off script. And…. Well you see.</p><p></p><p>I had a very weak group of three. Nirvana Cleric 1 pacifist. Orgoth the Tiny Barbarian 3. Zuse Rogue 2.</p><p></p><p>The player running the pacifist cleric scared me a bit. But he said he was going for control, bluffs, and rebuffs.</p><p></p><p>The heroes were contacted by the Harper Insane Ro (Hey that was on the Trek Next Gen this afternoon). They are to smuggle themselves into the Hillsfar. Problem one they all non-human. Solution. Go to the big oak tree what was knock down by that hurricane two years ago and enter by the sewers.</p><p></p><p>They enter the sewers and Zuse get sicken (Poisoned) by the smell. They move on only being slightly bothered by a swarm of rats. (Yea right critical from Orgoth left it 6 HP). Coming to an intersection they discover a body. One the body has been here for a few weeks nibbled on by rats. It has arm patch which denotes the person was a member of the High Court of Lord Torin Nomerthal. Three, most of the bones were broke, joints dislocated, claw wounds, and fell from a greater height than the outhouse it was stuffed down from.</p><p></p><p>Nirvana takes the body with him to the contact point. (DM What. Eww. Okay.) Insane Ro is slightly upset about the thirty-day old corpse but with the face mostly gone, no more facts can be found.</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro briefs the group. Agents from Maerimydra one of the 666 planes of the Abyss have been influencing Lord Torin. The agents need to be discovered. (Script HEY YOU. HEY DM Maerimydra is not part of the Abyss. DM Shut it. I don’t keep Realms lord in my head. You off script. This is not going to end well. DM What do you know. Shut it.) Torin is planning a grand tour through country next month to meet with leaders of Damaran leaders of succotash. (SCRIPT that is Yulash. DM you can’t ever get the û right. Script You had to google that. DM You should not be using that.)</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro, “Are you boys finished?”</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro continues the briefing. The harpers need a copy of the final schedule which can be gotten either from bribing his chancellor, you know his executive secretary Garos Dauger the just. Or stealing it from the secretary’s office. We can get you either by you being servants but you have to interview the Seneschal Torgrave Needlebaum. A seneschal is basically head servant. Or we have score an invitation for a party of two. (Script HAVE YOU READ ME. YOU MOTHER. DM. Language. SCRIPT IT IS THE LAST BULLET POINT! DM. How many times have I run this? Don’t worry I got this. SCRIPT YOU BETTER HAVE GOT IT!).</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro, “AS I WAS SAYING!” We have an invitation for two, which is good and bad. Good. It a masked ball. Bad because we are going have to disguise the halfling and half-elf. As Demi-humans.</p><p></p><p>Blank looks from the full party of demi-humans.</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro proceeds to tell the group that Hillsfar is super racist. And the costumes ordered for the ball are making fun of non-humans. But Nirvana will have to go interview with Torgrave.</p><p></p><p>Nirvana disguises himself as human and interviews with Torgrave. He will be paid 2 GP for the night. He will be allowed to take home a small doggy bag of food and treats. He will require to wear a costume. The head server of the night will give additional instructions. Bob will give Nirvana a number seven costume. A number seven costume is a bad Dollar Tree costume of hill dwarf.</p><p></p><p>(DM. Really? Script pulling a knife. I WILL CUT YOU!).</p><p></p><p>Insane Ro, “I remind you be nice. Don’t get caught. We will disavow you if you get caught. Simply put. Get caught, I don’t know you.”</p><p></p><p>The group gets a long rest. Nirvana reports to the ball two hours early. The ball is filled with humans dressed as demi-humans. Some are Dollar Treat super cheap costumes. Others are Hollywood award winning makeup. Zuse and his son Orgoth are stopped at cloak room. Orgoth is given a ticket for his too real battle axe. And holsters for his throwing axes. He is told not barbarian out in the hall. Zuse finds a scummy server and pays for some knockout drops. (DM He could have gone to table 7. Script. THERE IS NO TABLE SEVEN!) Zuse is planning on knocking out the first lord and stealing the plans. (DM I need to know that. Other players, we need to know that.) Zuse look at crowd and the numbers of extra guards decide, that is a bad idea. But Executive Secretary (I DON’T KNOW IF HE SHAVES HIS LEGS ZUSE) Garos Dauger the just (Garos Hey dude that is Just. Big “J”). Garos does have his office keys on him. A quick hand motion and pass off to Nirvana and the keys are on the way.</p><p></p><p>Nirvana has no problem sneaking into the office and stealing the official schedule. (PUT THE WEDDING PHOTOS BACK NIRVANA.) He returns to the ball just in time for the big announcement.</p><p></p><p>The First Lord starts to speak, “Thank you everyone form joining me in celebrating the Midsummer. Your support throughout the year has remade Hillsfar into the great city it once was. Free from the vermin that were allowed to live among us, our city grows its trading power by the day. Hail Hillsfar!”</p><p></p><p>As the cheers go up. A guest rips of its mask revealing it is a slender male elf. The elf draws a dagger and throws it at the first lord. There is a flurry of activity, and a heartbeat later, the First Lord is on his knees cradling the still body of Thessaly, his current squeeze.</p><p></p><p>Nirvana, “SPARE THE DYING!”</p><p></p><p>DM, “WAIT. WHAT!”</p><p></p><p>SCRIPT, “WAIT WHAT! DID HE SAY SPARE THE DYING? WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BOX TEXT!”</p><p></p><p>Nirvana, “Yes, spare the dying.”</p><p></p><p>SCRIPT, “He is off script.”</p><p></p><p>DM, “Players are always off script, SCRIPT. Now shut it. And let me reread this portion.” (OKAY NO ONE has done this before when I been DMing this module.)</p><p></p><p>Nirvana finishes casting spare the dying. But catches a blow from her brother Lord Davon. Strangely his fists feel like claws. Nirvana casts detect good vs evil. The mostly not dead body of Thessaly and her brother Devon are fiends.</p><p></p><p>As the Red Plumes try to separate Lord Devon from the servant, try to establish order; they group fades into the wood work and leaves. Quickly.</p><p></p><p>The End. Next week will DDEX03-14 another 2-hour module. Then we continue with various season three modules. If they are four hour modules we finish them in two sessions.</p><p></p><p>DM Notes. Language problem during the night with me having to explain some terms. Age problem too. Some people did not know Mission Impossible, or other movies which I tried to use as an example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jasper, post: 8099384, member: 277"] DDEX03-12 Session Hillsfar Reclaimed Days 9-10 Gain a level. 10 Downtime Days. 80 GP PC Killed 0 Monsters Killed 14 Villains Captured 0 Villains Escaped 2 Start Time 7:20. End Time 8:40. Run Time 80 minutes. Magic Items. Eyes of Minute Seeing, Scroll of Disguise Self This is another module I have ran a few times, so I started off script. And…. Well you see. I had a very weak group of three. Nirvana Cleric 1 pacifist. Orgoth the Tiny Barbarian 3. Zuse Rogue 2. The player running the pacifist cleric scared me a bit. But he said he was going for control, bluffs, and rebuffs. The heroes were contacted by the Harper Insane Ro (Hey that was on the Trek Next Gen this afternoon). They are to smuggle themselves into the Hillsfar. Problem one they all non-human. Solution. Go to the big oak tree what was knock down by that hurricane two years ago and enter by the sewers. They enter the sewers and Zuse get sicken (Poisoned) by the smell. They move on only being slightly bothered by a swarm of rats. (Yea right critical from Orgoth left it 6 HP). Coming to an intersection they discover a body. One the body has been here for a few weeks nibbled on by rats. It has arm patch which denotes the person was a member of the High Court of Lord Torin Nomerthal. Three, most of the bones were broke, joints dislocated, claw wounds, and fell from a greater height than the outhouse it was stuffed down from. Nirvana takes the body with him to the contact point. (DM What. Eww. Okay.) Insane Ro is slightly upset about the thirty-day old corpse but with the face mostly gone, no more facts can be found. Insane Ro briefs the group. Agents from Maerimydra one of the 666 planes of the Abyss have been influencing Lord Torin. The agents need to be discovered. (Script HEY YOU. HEY DM Maerimydra is not part of the Abyss. DM Shut it. I don’t keep Realms lord in my head. You off script. This is not going to end well. DM What do you know. Shut it.) Torin is planning a grand tour through country next month to meet with leaders of Damaran leaders of succotash. (SCRIPT that is Yulash. DM you can’t ever get the û right. Script You had to google that. DM You should not be using that.) Insane Ro, “Are you boys finished?” Insane Ro continues the briefing. The harpers need a copy of the final schedule which can be gotten either from bribing his chancellor, you know his executive secretary Garos Dauger the just. Or stealing it from the secretary’s office. We can get you either by you being servants but you have to interview the Seneschal Torgrave Needlebaum. A seneschal is basically head servant. Or we have score an invitation for a party of two. (Script HAVE YOU READ ME. YOU MOTHER. DM. Language. SCRIPT IT IS THE LAST BULLET POINT! DM. How many times have I run this? Don’t worry I got this. SCRIPT YOU BETTER HAVE GOT IT!). Insane Ro, “AS I WAS SAYING!” We have an invitation for two, which is good and bad. Good. It a masked ball. Bad because we are going have to disguise the halfling and half-elf. As Demi-humans. Blank looks from the full party of demi-humans. Insane Ro proceeds to tell the group that Hillsfar is super racist. And the costumes ordered for the ball are making fun of non-humans. But Nirvana will have to go interview with Torgrave. Nirvana disguises himself as human and interviews with Torgrave. He will be paid 2 GP for the night. He will be allowed to take home a small doggy bag of food and treats. He will require to wear a costume. The head server of the night will give additional instructions. Bob will give Nirvana a number seven costume. A number seven costume is a bad Dollar Tree costume of hill dwarf. (DM. Really? Script pulling a knife. I WILL CUT YOU!). Insane Ro, “I remind you be nice. Don’t get caught. We will disavow you if you get caught. Simply put. Get caught, I don’t know you.” The group gets a long rest. Nirvana reports to the ball two hours early. The ball is filled with humans dressed as demi-humans. Some are Dollar Treat super cheap costumes. Others are Hollywood award winning makeup. Zuse and his son Orgoth are stopped at cloak room. Orgoth is given a ticket for his too real battle axe. And holsters for his throwing axes. He is told not barbarian out in the hall. Zuse finds a scummy server and pays for some knockout drops. (DM He could have gone to table 7. Script. THERE IS NO TABLE SEVEN!) Zuse is planning on knocking out the first lord and stealing the plans. (DM I need to know that. Other players, we need to know that.) Zuse look at crowd and the numbers of extra guards decide, that is a bad idea. But Executive Secretary (I DON’T KNOW IF HE SHAVES HIS LEGS ZUSE) Garos Dauger the just (Garos Hey dude that is Just. Big “J”). Garos does have his office keys on him. A quick hand motion and pass off to Nirvana and the keys are on the way. Nirvana has no problem sneaking into the office and stealing the official schedule. (PUT THE WEDDING PHOTOS BACK NIRVANA.) He returns to the ball just in time for the big announcement. The First Lord starts to speak, “Thank you everyone form joining me in celebrating the Midsummer. Your support throughout the year has remade Hillsfar into the great city it once was. Free from the vermin that were allowed to live among us, our city grows its trading power by the day. Hail Hillsfar!” As the cheers go up. A guest rips of its mask revealing it is a slender male elf. The elf draws a dagger and throws it at the first lord. There is a flurry of activity, and a heartbeat later, the First Lord is on his knees cradling the still body of Thessaly, his current squeeze. Nirvana, “SPARE THE DYING!” DM, “WAIT. WHAT!” SCRIPT, “WAIT WHAT! DID HE SAY SPARE THE DYING? WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BOX TEXT!” Nirvana, “Yes, spare the dying.” SCRIPT, “He is off script.” DM, “Players are always off script, SCRIPT. Now shut it. And let me reread this portion.” (OKAY NO ONE has done this before when I been DMing this module.) Nirvana finishes casting spare the dying. But catches a blow from her brother Lord Davon. Strangely his fists feel like claws. Nirvana casts detect good vs evil. The mostly not dead body of Thessaly and her brother Devon are fiends. As the Red Plumes try to separate Lord Devon from the servant, try to establish order; they group fades into the wood work and leaves. Quickly. The End. Next week will DDEX03-14 another 2-hour module. Then we continue with various season three modules. If they are four hour modules we finish them in two sessions. DM Notes. Language problem during the night with me having to explain some terms. Age problem too. Some people did not know Mission Impossible, or other movies which I tried to use as an example. [/QUOTE]
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