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"Out of the Frying Pan" Story Hour Portal Thread (compiled PDFs updated for 2024)
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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 1363517" data-attributes="member: 11"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">"Out of the Frying Pan" - An Aquerra Campaign</span></p><p></p><p>This thread as a "portal" to my various story hour threads - as an easy place to direct people wanting the links to the various parts of the story.</p><p></p><p>Before going any further I want to give a <strong><em>content warning for this story hour for depictions of gruesome violence, reference to sexual violence, and representations of racism</em></strong>. There is a lot about this campaign I would probably change if I ran it today (and I cleaned it up a bit for the PDFs) but one thing I'd do is include a content warning for all these threads.</p><p></p><p>The campaign (and story hour) began in February of 2001 and was run to its completion in January 2006. It consisted of 104 sessions played just about every other week on Saturday afternoons. Sessions were about six hours long.</p><p></p><p>There are links below to the threads corresponding with the four different "Books" and to PDFs compiling all these posts (sans commentary from readers and the like, but including all the footnotes, in a totally cleaned up and edited format. However, <strong>you can download all four books in PDF form in one convenient zip file by <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-complete-zip.362154/?hash=482169f6cd5a38bd829cd4001ac316e0" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!</strong> (It is only about 15 years later than promised!) Furthermore the complete story hour link above includes a bonus folder full of supplemental material from the game, like stat blocks, maps, hand-outs, PC backgrounds, and the like. Though not a complete record of everything from the game, there is a lot there. Check the more recent posts on this thread for a full list.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1487" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Out of the Frying Pan - Book I: Gathering Wood</strong></span></a></p><p>This is where is all begins, bringing the PCs from legendary walls of Verdun to the backwater Kingdom of Gothanius. (Sessions <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1" target="_blank">#1</a> thru <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1" target="_blank">#11</a> <span style="font-size: 9px">(Available for download in pdf format by clicking <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-i-gathering-wood-complete-pdf.362164/?hash=4a4b20ba1c9ae7286c63d992e5688d2b" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Out of the Frying Pan - Book II: Catching the Spark (Part One)</strong></span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6655" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Out of the Frying Pan - Book II: Catching the Spark (Part Two)</strong></span></a></p><p>The adventures in the Kingdom of Gothanius begin, as the party soon learns that an alleged dragon is the least of their worries. (Sessions <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1" target="_blank">#12</a> thru <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=39" target="_blank">#39</a> ) <span style="font-size: 9px">(Available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-ii-catching-the-spark-complete-zip.362158/?hash=4a4b20ba1c9ae7286c63d992e5688d2b" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46609" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Out of the Frying Pan - Book III - Fanning the Embers</strong></span></a></p><p>This thread was originally designed as a easy introduction to the "Out of the Frying Pan" campaign, including an overview of characters. This thread was renamed from "The Fearless Manticore Killers & The Necropolis of Doom". (Sessions <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=40" target="_blank">#40</a> thru <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=63" target="_blank">#68</a> ) <span style="font-size: 9px">(This entire book, including both the "Necropolis of DOOM!" and "The Pit of Bones" adventures, is available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-iii-fanning-the-embers-complete-zip.359389/?hash=90e84327748f40e28ccddb632c94ddc5" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=194458" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Out of the Frying Pan - Book IV - Into the Fire</strong></span></a></p><p>The final "Out of the Frying Pan" Story Hour thread, it begins with the party's journey to the Freetown of Nikar and goes on to their harrowing adventures in Hurgun's Maze and on to the end of the campaign itself. (Sessions <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=64" target="_blank">#69</a> thru <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1" target="_blank">#104</a>) (<span style="font-size: 9px">This entire book is available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-iv-into-the-fire-complete-zip.362153/?hash=482169f6cd5a38bd829cd4001ac316e0" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Related Story Hours</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50757" target="_blank"><strong>The Story of Ratchis</strong></a> - The Origins of Everyone's Favorite Half-Orc Woodsman and Freedom Fighter</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41733" target="_blank"><strong>The Promised Land</strong></a> - An Aquerra Campaign by Sean Teasdale (aka Rastfar)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?189277-quot-Second-Son-of-a-Second-Son-quot-An-Aquerra-Story-Hour-%28*finally*-Updated-04-19%29" target="_blank"><strong>Second Son of a Second Son</strong></a> - Another Aquerra Campaign Story Hour by el-remmen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 1363517, member: 11"] [SIZE=6]"Out of the Frying Pan" - An Aquerra Campaign[/SIZE] This thread as a "portal" to my various story hour threads - as an easy place to direct people wanting the links to the various parts of the story. Before going any further I want to give a [B][I]content warning for this story hour for depictions of gruesome violence, reference to sexual violence, and representations of racism[/I][/B]. There is a lot about this campaign I would probably change if I ran it today (and I cleaned it up a bit for the PDFs) but one thing I'd do is include a content warning for all these threads. The campaign (and story hour) began in February of 2001 and was run to its completion in January 2006. It consisted of 104 sessions played just about every other week on Saturday afternoons. Sessions were about six hours long. There are links below to the threads corresponding with the four different "Books" and to PDFs compiling all these posts (sans commentary from readers and the like, but including all the footnotes, in a totally cleaned up and edited format. However, [B]you can download all four books in PDF form in one convenient zip file by [URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-complete-zip.362154/?hash=482169f6cd5a38bd829cd4001ac316e0']clicking here[/URL]![/B] (It is only about 15 years later than promised!) Furthermore the complete story hour link above includes a bonus folder full of supplemental material from the game, like stat blocks, maps, hand-outs, PC backgrounds, and the like. Though not a complete record of everything from the game, there is a lot there. Check the more recent posts on this thread for a full list. [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1487'][SIZE=4][B]Out of the Frying Pan - Book I: Gathering Wood[/B][/SIZE][/URL] This is where is all begins, bringing the PCs from legendary walls of Verdun to the backwater Kingdom of Gothanius. (Sessions [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1']#1[/URL] thru [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1']#11[/URL] [SIZE=1](Available for download in pdf format by clicking [URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-i-gathering-wood-complete-pdf.362164/?hash=4a4b20ba1c9ae7286c63d992e5688d2b']here[/URL].)[/SIZE] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35'][SIZE=4][B]Out of the Frying Pan - Book II: Catching the Spark (Part One)[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6655'][SIZE=4][B]Out of the Frying Pan - Book II: Catching the Spark (Part Two)[/B][/SIZE][/URL] The adventures in the Kingdom of Gothanius begin, as the party soon learns that an alleged dragon is the least of their worries. (Sessions [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1']#12[/URL] thru [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=39']#39[/URL] ) [SIZE=1](Available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking [URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-ii-catching-the-spark-complete-zip.362158/?hash=4a4b20ba1c9ae7286c63d992e5688d2b']here[/URL].)[/SIZE] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46609'][SIZE=4][B]Out of the Frying Pan - Book III - Fanning the Embers[/B][/SIZE][/URL] This thread was originally designed as a easy introduction to the "Out of the Frying Pan" campaign, including an overview of characters. This thread was renamed from "The Fearless Manticore Killers & The Necropolis of Doom". (Sessions [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=40']#40[/URL] thru [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=63']#68[/URL] ) [SIZE=1](This entire book, including both the "Necropolis of DOOM!" and "The Pit of Bones" adventures, is available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking [URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-iii-fanning-the-embers-complete-zip.359389/?hash=90e84327748f40e28ccddb632c94ddc5']here[/URL].)[/SIZE] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=194458'][SIZE=4][B]Out of the Frying Pan - Book IV - Into the Fire[/B][/SIZE][/URL] The final "Out of the Frying Pan" Story Hour thread, it begins with the party's journey to the Freetown of Nikar and goes on to their harrowing adventures in Hurgun's Maze and on to the end of the campaign itself. (Sessions [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=64']#69[/URL] thru [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1']#104[/URL]) ([SIZE=1]This entire book is available for download in zipped up .pdf format by clicking [URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/out-of-the-frying-pan-book-iv-into-the-fire-complete-zip.362153/?hash=482169f6cd5a38bd829cd4001ac316e0']here[/URL].)[/SIZE] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SIZE=4]Related Story Hours[/SIZE] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50757'][B]The Story of Ratchis[/B][/URL] - The Origins of Everyone's Favorite Half-Orc Woodsman and Freedom Fighter [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41733'][B]The Promised Land[/B][/URL] - An Aquerra Campaign by Sean Teasdale (aka Rastfar) [URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?189277-quot-Second-Son-of-a-Second-Son-quot-An-Aquerra-Story-Hour-%28*finally*-Updated-04-19%29'][B]Second Son of a Second Son[/B][/URL] - Another Aquerra Campaign Story Hour by el-remmen [/QUOTE]
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