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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rootbeergnome" data-source="post: 133480" data-attributes="member: 3462">Well, I thought the first session went well, the players were absolutely great!  The player of Virian actually wrote the song and began singing it to us!  I was very impressed, everyone roleplayed very well, the players of Jared and Roderick(Rune) talked in thieves' cant as well.  I think my players were ready to sink their teeth into some battle and action, but this session was fairly calm, I felt like the players needed to get to know each other a little before I started being a Rat-Bastard like Rune, so there were no EL 12 encounters this session. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Oh and I should explain something about Virian having four-arms.  I picked up the book "Mythic Races" from Fantasy Flight Games, and I really enjoyed some of the races, and I wanted this campaign to have a kind of "different" feel, so I have included them in the campaign world.  Virian is a "Siarran", very tall (6-7 feet), four-armed humanoids with dark skin and light hair.  They essentially have 3 "off-hands" and their lower set of arms is weaker than their primary set.  They have large slanted eyes and angular faces.  They enjoy music and all art forms and they are generally slow to anger.  Virian comes from a far away pillar, as Siarrans are not common in the area around Lake View.  Also, the NPC "Toady", Roderick's payed servant and gardener, is from the same book.  He is a "Rhoode" they are a squat frog like people and are often found in positions of servitude.  There are other races I liked too, but I'll explain about them as the party encounters them.  I should also say, I love the Sundered Skies setting, although Rune and I created the Seas of Fire campaign setting before I started reading it, but it certainly is full of inspiration, you should definitely check it out if you havent already.    Oh, I guess I should tell a bit more about the characters as well.  Jared is a human rogue, on the run from a murder that his ring(thieves guild) is being blamed for, his leader is presumed captured or dead.  Virian is a traveling Siarran Bard, with a knack for writing songs on the spot.  Maialin is a Half-Elven Rogue who is a childhood friend of Jared's and is also a member of Jared's (former) thieves ring.  She was nearly grabbed by some guards this session when she tried to pick a noble-man's pocket (and rolled a 1!!), but luckily Virian "accidentally" knocked over a keg of ale into the guards' path, slowing their pursuit while Roderick helped her hide!  Dexerion is a traveling companion of Virian, he is a Human Wizard, trying to learn all he can about the arcane ways through travel and study.  Roderick is a Human Rogue who lives just outside of Lake View and knows the city well, having many contacts within it.  And Fruffy is a druid (who is afraid of the dark), the "Rat" that Roderick is refering to is his Wallaby animal companion.When Jared and Roderick caught up to Fruffy in the corn fields, I passed a note to Fruffy's player that said "You see a dark, tall, menacing humanoid sillhouette standing silently behind Jared and Roderick"  It was great to see the halfling's player point and gasp and twitch as he stammered "Be-be-hind you!"It was great to end the session at that moment, everyone was like "What? We can't stop here!"<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />     Ah, they are a battle-hungry bunch that is for certain!We will play again a week from today, on Tuesday night and the post will come shortly thereafter.  Ah...it certainly feels good to get behind the screen again *stretch* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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