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Title: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 04, 2018, 07:38:17 AM
I'm almost two years into an Against the Giants campaign using the 2e Against the Giants: Liberation of Geoff module (with 3.5e crunch, and modified geography), and I thought it might be worth posting for all of your amusement/edification/disgust. The idea behind the format for the campaign is that wars involve a lot of people, so the notion of a band of five or six or eight heroes crisscrossing the land doing all the saving seems a tad implausible (also, I like variety). Thus, my one group of players and I are jumping between, let me count...approximately five different parties (they overlap a bit), all of whom are in various parts of Geoff and surrounding countries doing heroic and/or mercenary things.

We run sessions using Google Docs, and so I'll just be copying the transcriptions of what we did, until and unless that becomes cumbersome and offensive. To keep the whole thing organized, I have an all-consuming set of spreadsheets telling me where each party and the major NPCs are on any given day, so that I can avoid continuity errors, and allows for amusing things like one party casually walking past a villain on his way to fight another party two days later. (The fight was played first, so the players knew who this set of PCs was walking past, but their characters had no idea.)

As far as optimization level: for yea, though I am not worthy to sweep the hallways of this hallowed temple of optimization, I am nigh unto a grandmaster compared to everyone else in my group. So it's pretty toned down.

I'll not bore you with a description of every PC in the game just yet, cause there are nearly 30 of them, just the parties.

So, the parties:
The Most Ancient and Original Group- the MAOG was rolled up in the early 90's when we played 1e, and was later updated to 2e and 3.5e. So the characters have existed for 22-24 years or so. The average level is 11, with one being 14 due to a quirk of the 2e to 3e conversion rules. This will be the first time we've used these characters in 3.5e.
Zodhunters- some gangster named Zod (no relation to the Superman villain) stole some stuff from these guys' mom. Average level is 7.
Kat's Krew- Katreana (female elf/Wiz 9/LG) was part of the MAOG, but was at the other end of the continent when the campaign started, so she had to adventure her way to Sterich, and picked up some people while she did. Average level 9.
Dwarven Volunteer Corps- Some of the fluff for this says the various mountain dwarf clans are too busy bickering to bother with all the giants they could ever want to kill, so one character went to recruit some volunteers. Average level 4.
Sephira & Co- Sephira (female halfling/Sor 6/don't remember) worked for Duke Owen of Geoff until she found a book referring to an ancient lammasu, and requested a leave of absence to go see what she can find. (We refluffed the Rainbow Servant prestige class into a Lammasu Servant prestige class for this.) Average level 6. This is presently the active group.
Singletons- There are a couple of PCs not currently in any party at the moment; such characters, or people whose players are not present tend to get used as NPCs. For example, the 14th level guy is effectively an NPC until the rest of his party catches up.

That all I have the battery life for at the moment. We shall see how this goes.

Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 06, 2018, 12:23:26 AM
Prologue- Wherein Information Known to the Natives of Gran March, Geoff, Sterich and a few Other Places is Displayed for the Edification of the Player Characters.

A large part of the first section of this post is pulled straight from the Against the Giants fluff information, so copyright WOTC 1999 for that.

This part of the world, the plains east of Geoff, Sterich, and Gran March, has had some trouble with giants for as long as there is recorded history. What had never happened, up until eight years ago, was an organized, coordinated invasion from multiple routes by multiple species of giants, sometimes supported by bombardments of rocks from groups of clouds. (Although that particular detail tends to be included in stories about the invasion with more than a little bit of doubt.) Although the lowlanders fought valiantly, there was simply no way for them to resist the behemoths, who would often kill 20 or 30 humans before being taken down themselves. The giants completely conquered the countries of Geoff and Sterich, and captured a portion of Gran March, but were repelled at the southern end of their advance by the well-organized forces of the Colony of Moffatt.
   Flushed from the amazing success of their attacks, the giants enslaved and survivors they could find and established themselves as the new rulers of Geoff, Sterich, and Gran March. They spend months gorging themselves on crops and livestock, wearing the spoils of defeated lands, and falling into petty disputes. After a few months, what the giants began shipping materiel and the spoils of war back into the mountains, especially silver. The giants’ occupation lasted effectively unchallenged for two years.
   Then, six years ago, the giant-held cities and towns of Sterich began to suffer attacks by forces made up of displaced citizens of Sterich and Geoff, buttressed by mercenaries from Gran March, Moffett, and the Kingdom of Hias. Launched from the Sterichian city of Flen, the vengeful army slowly drove the giants out of the cities of Fitela and Istivin, removing the last holdout in central Sterich four years ago. Using these two cities as a staging ground on the war’s border, the armies were aided by a secondary invasion from Gran March, which pushed the giants and humanoids into the Stark Mounds, and then turned south to join with the forces holding Fitela and Istivin. These combined forces were able to march westward and oust the giants one village at a time, finally freeing the last human settlement in the spring, three years ago.
   Meanwhile, back in Gran March and Geoff, the giants control over that land was bruised five years ago when the soldiers of Gran March and the Knights of the Watch (from Keoland) succeeded in reclaiming the town of Hochoch on Geoff’s extreme eastern border, which had been occupied by orcs, ogres, trolls, and a dozen hill giants. As things stand right now, Hochoch has been “temporarily” annexed by Gran March (along with parts of the Oytwood), and is being used as a base for attacks on giants in Geoff a well as the smuggling of goods into and people out of the Lost Lands. Unfortunately, the allies of Geoff are weary from the fighting in Sterich and in no shape to mount a full offensive. Limited to harassing patrols of humanoids and lightning strikes by small teams of independents, the humans and giants are holding each other in check.
   In the past six months, there have been more sightings of giants in and around the Oytwood and near Hochoch, which has inhibited reconnaissance and raids by the humans somewhat.
   About two months ago, a team of independents new to the area, in coordination with the gnomes of the Stark Mounds, conducted a devastating attack on the fomorians and ogres that lived there, killing or driving them out of the city completely. Unfortunately, no one has the forces to re-occupy Gorna for the time being, so right now the gnomes have set up a number of observation posts in and around the town, and have been rebuilding the outer wall by night.
   There are also rumors that a group of independents conducted a separate raid on one of the hill giant steadings, again killing or driving off a large number of those giants as well, which has severely loosened the giants’ control over the mountains to the west of the Stark Mounds.


Prologue Part Deux
Wherein Information known only to Elves from the Forests of Dimwood is Revealed.

Eight short years ago, like the humans, the western forests of the elves were invaded by the giants, and like the humans, the elves couldn’t withstand the sheer power of the giants. Unlike the humans, the elves each had centuries of training and skill in fieldcraft, and so were able to retreat into the deeper woods with comparatively light losses. The elves lost control of the towns of both Hocholve and Delerion, and have not yet sent scouting parties back to see what happened; no survivor of Hocholve knows enough of what happened to believe anything other than that the giants still control it, and after what happened in Delerion, the elves have tacitly agreed that it should be off limits.
   The only information known by the elves in general about Delerion is that during the giant’s attack, some creature of necromancy and shadow appeared and killed most of the giants and elves in the area; this creature still lives in the town.
   Hocholve was simply overwhelmed; those who evacuated did not see the fate of those who served as rear guard, although the lack of survivors is telling enough.
   Soon after the elves began scouting to the south to see how the humans were faring, and continued to conduct harassing attacks on the giant’s northern flank. Once the giants’ advance was stopped, the elves established embassies with the government-in-exile of Geoff, with Gran March, Sterich, and the gnomes of the Stark Mounds. They’re pretty well informed, but don’t have the numbers to do anything but support the humans’ operations with reconnaissance and ambushes outside the Dim Forests.


Prologue Part Theux (? Whatever)
Where in Stuff known to the Gnomes, but not known to non-Gnomes, becomes known, except to non-Gnomes, because the Gnomes know enough to not let non-Gnomes know what they know.

Several months ago, a small band of powerful adventurers appeared in the giant-afflicted regions of Geoff. It was they, so they said, who raided and torched a very large hill giant steading, and they who allied with Kemp Consum’s gnomes to raid and ultimately drive out, the fomorians and ogres from Gorna. After that battle the adventurers headed back into the mountains to the southwest of Geoff and have not been heard from since.
In the aftermath, the gnomes have set up several small observation posts in and around Gorna, as well as started building gnomes sized storehouses and living quarters, as well as reinforcing the outer walls. They have been careful to make it look like the place is still abandoned, but are approaching the point where they need to start making permanent repairs to the outer walls and gates. As that would reveal their presence, Consum wants to get the backing of at least Duke Owen, so there is a token garrison of humans in place as well.
Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 07, 2018, 01:05:24 AM
And here we get to the first session, which we played in August of 2016. This group was hijacked by me when the DM could no longer play, which is why it sounds like this starts in the middle. If the blow-by-blow from each session is burdensome or awkward to read, please complain in a reply, and I will switch to summaries of each session. Cyr is a DMPC/NPC; I find it preferable to give suggestions to the party in character.

The Characters (which I, the DM, call the Zodhunters, although they have not named their group in-game)
Yudhisthir- male half-elf ranger 6; Yudhisthir and Arjun are half-brothers
Arjun- male human favored soul 6
Cyr- female human feat rogue 6/chameleon 1; she normally disguises herself as a young man
Phaedra- female aasimar warlock 6
Saluki- male human fighter 2/swashbuckler 3/dervish 2
Thessa- female catfolk bard 6, who doesn't show up for several sessions.

Day 133: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 07, 2018, 10:21:34 PM
Day 137: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 08, 2018, 09:56:16 PM
Day 144: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 09, 2018, 11:46:34 PM
Day 145: the Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 10, 2018, 11:27:02 PM
Day 146: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 11, 2018, 10:32:10 PM
Maybe doing this will make the log a little less fearsome.

Day 147: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 12, 2018, 11:29:45 PM
Day 148: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 13, 2018, 11:27:13 PM
Day 150: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 14, 2018, 10:43:15 PM
Day 150 Part Two: The Zod Hunters

Combat tends to take a long time; normally 6-8 rounds will eat up three hours pretty easily, meaning that's all we do in one session.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 15, 2018, 10:23:08 PM
Day 150, Still: The Zod Hunters

This session took place a month after the previous one, due to Yuletide 2016, which is what the first line means.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 16, 2018, 10:38:04 PM
Day 151: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 17, 2018, 10:14:06 PM
Day 152: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 19, 2018, 12:16:33 AM
Day 154: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 20, 2018, 01:04:52 AM
Day 154 Still: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 21, 2018, 10:08:31 PM
Day 156: the Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 22, 2018, 11:11:48 PM
Still Day 156: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 23, 2018, 10:23:24 PM
Day 159: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 24, 2018, 10:15:31 PM
Day 160: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on May 25, 2018, 11:34:39 PM
Day 163: The Zod Hunters

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Tragically, after this session one of the players had to drop out to have a baby, so this party has been on hiatus for exactly one year, as it turns out. However, that just was cause to start with a different party.
Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 27, 2018, 01:21:42 AM
Day 79: Katreana's Journey

And so begins the tale of Katreana and her band o' adventurers, who look like this when this campaign concluded and merged with the main one.

Katreana- LG female elf wizard 9
Beldren- LG male dwarf fighter 5/stonelord 3
Kochevnik- LG male tiefling rogue 1/paladin 8
Grenda- NG female hobgoblin favored soul 4/rogue 1/shadowbane stalker 3


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Post by: perovskite on May 27, 2018, 11:37:55 PM
Day 96: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on May 29, 2018, 01:05:29 AM
Day 105: Katreana's Journey


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Day 106: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on May 30, 2018, 10:20:12 PM
Day 107: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on May 31, 2018, 10:30:44 PM
Day 107, Volume II: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 01, 2018, 11:37:13 PM
Day 109: Katreana's Journey

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Day 115: Katreana's Journey

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Still Day 115: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 05, 2018, 10:55:34 PM
Day 115 Yet Still: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 06, 2018, 09:59:24 PM
Day 116: Katreana's Journey

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Day 122: Katreana's Journey

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Still Day 122: Katreana's Journey

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Day 123: Katreana's Journey

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Still Day 123: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 11, 2018, 04:54:26 PM
Also More Day 123: Katreana's Journey

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Day 126: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 13, 2018, 04:44:18 PM
Day 131: Katreana's Journey

I owe a thank you to all of the people who contributed to the "1001 Book Titles" thread on Giant in the Playground.

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Post by: perovskite on June 15, 2018, 07:18:00 PM
Day 134: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 17, 2018, 09:42:51 AM
Day 135: Katreana's Journey

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Post by: perovskite on June 18, 2018, 10:04:14 PM
Still Day 135: Katreana's Journey

In this session a lot of characters appeared in passing who will show up later. So:

Salach- NG male half-elf rogue 4/wizard 1/unseen seer 8/arcane trickster 1
Dragon- LN male human fighter 10 (not only that, a sword and board fighter!)
Zelda- NG female human rogue 7/dread commando 4
Karla- NG female human fighter 2/cleric 5/paragnostic disciple 4
Kaicl- LG male dwarf fighter 10 (who has the sense to use a great axe)
Momenrech- NG male human cleric 8
Kalladar- male elf fighter 2/wizard 5/eldritch knight 4- never been played; he was an NPC this group rescued while fighting through the Hill Giant's Steading

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 19, 2018, 05:17:13 PM
Day 140: Dwarven Volunteers

This brief set of two gaming sessions introduces another group of player characters, and gave Kaicl's player (who hadn't played D&D for several years) a chance to get warmed up. This party consists of:

Kaicl, the same dwarf as above
Erihild, female dwarf bard 4
Brother Beast, male dwarf druid 4
Honey, Brother Beast's dire badger animal companion
Tikkaer, male gnome fighter 2/ranger 2


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Post by: perovskite on June 20, 2018, 05:18:40 PM
Day 141: Dwarven Volunteers

I lied. Three sessions.

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Post by: perovskite on June 21, 2018, 10:50:00 PM
Day 141: Dwarven Volunteers

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Post by: perovskite on June 22, 2018, 07:29:23 PM
Day 152: Sephira's Quest

One of the side campaigns. This party is:
Sephira (female halfling sorcerer 6)
Kedri the Destroyer (Sephira's cat familiar)
Herzog (male human cleric of Fharlanghn 3/human paragon 3)
Karakaze, aka Empty Wind (female elf monk 6)
Sylaernae (male elf fighter 5)
Phillin de Blanc (male elf fighter 3/rogue 3)

Sylaernae and Phillin don't show up for awhile.

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Post by: perovskite on June 23, 2018, 10:34:17 PM
Day 153: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on June 24, 2018, 07:25:18 PM
Day 153 Part II: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on June 25, 2018, 10:36:11 PM
Day 155: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on June 26, 2018, 10:43:04 PM
Day 156: Sephira's Quest

Once again, the 1001 Book Titles thread of GitP is pretty useful.

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Post by: perovskite on June 27, 2018, 10:08:24 PM
Day 162: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on June 29, 2018, 12:23:28 AM
Day 164: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on June 29, 2018, 11:28:30 PM
Day 164 Part II: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on July 01, 2018, 03:16:18 AM
Day 159: Dwarven Volunteers

At this point we'll start skipping between groups pretty often, because almost I'm out of archival sessions, except for backstory for the Zodhunter group and a few other odds and ends. Once I am out of stuff, updates will drop to weekly or less, since we play a game about five weeks in every eight.

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Post by: perovskite on July 02, 2018, 03:50:34 PM
Day 164: The Zod Hunters

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Post by: perovskite on July 03, 2018, 11:04:08 PM
Day 157: Elven Raiders

Here we introduce what should be the final group for this campaign, whom I've dubbed the Elven Raiders. The party is:

Collar Rogue- male elf ranger 6/psion 2
Timber, male wolf animal companion
Grenda, still a female hobgoblin favored soul 4/rogue 1/shadowbane stalker 3
Navussar, male half-elf ranger 8
Kusab- male mountain lion animal companion
Mav- female dwarf barbarian 8
Mav's burro, who I don't think has a name

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Post by: perovskite on July 05, 2018, 10:33:23 PM
I have about five sessions worth of backstory for the Zod Hunters, so here it is.

The only characters in this section that haven't already been mentioned are
Arvo- male halfling druid 3
Essel- Arvo's riding dog and animal companion
Isengrim- male halfling rogue 8 (NPC)


Day 118- Cyrenag Evrimann:

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Day 117- Arvolur Indythea:

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Day 93- Yudhishthir and Arjun

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Post by: perovskite on July 08, 2018, 01:31:28 PM
Day 93: Yudhisthir and Arjun

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Post by: perovskite on July 09, 2018, 10:33:23 PM
Day 119: Arvo, Essel and Cyr

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Day 119: Arjun and Yudhisthir

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Post by: perovskite on July 10, 2018, 08:49:15 PM
Day 124: Arvo, Essel, Cyr

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Day 129: Arjun and Yudhisthir

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Day 125: Phaedra and Saluki

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Post by: perovskite on July 11, 2018, 10:47:35 PM
Day 130: The Zodhunters, just not quite assembled yet

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Post by: perovskite on July 13, 2018, 12:30:33 AM
Day 164 part 2: Zodhunters

This session introduces:
Logan- male elf monk 4/fighter 3

Also, this party was way, way below wealth by level (and still is, just not as bad), except for a bunch of +2 javelins Arjun had, which was throwing off all kinds of treasure giving calculations. Since I don't really hold with magic shops (except for weak potions, scrolls, and wands), and they're in a war zone, they really have no way to upgrade their equipment.

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The next update will probably be Saturday. After that, as warned, weekly or less, at least for this campaign.
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Post by: perovskite on July 15, 2018, 02:13:05 AM
Day 166: Zodhunters

Sometimes I make sarcastic comments in the log when the players aren't paying attention; now recorded for posterity.

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Post by: perovskite on July 22, 2018, 01:51:52 AM
Day 158: Elven Raiders

As promised.


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Post by: perovskite on July 29, 2018, 02:13:35 AM
Day 159: Elven Raiders

Part of the point of having multiple parties is so that we can still play D&D when someone isn't available. The Elven Raiders therefore doesn't include Arjun and Yudhisthir's player (who also plays Katreana and Karakaze), but everyone was available tonight, so that player ran the giants instead, and it worked out pretty well.

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Post by: perovskite on August 05, 2018, 02:45:00 AM
Day 164, Part III: Sephira And Company

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Post by: perovskite on August 12, 2018, 03:09:21 AM
Day 167: Zodhunters

I've been planning the events of two sessions ago, this session, and the next two or three for over a year (if not two), so it's good to finally see it coming to fruition.

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Post by: perovskite on August 19, 2018, 01:32:13 AM
Day 161: Elven Raiders

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Post by: perovskite on August 26, 2018, 02:02:04 AM
Day 162: Elven Raiders

All I can say about this is that generic ettins are glass cannons.

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Post by: perovskite on September 02, 2018, 03:41:47 AM
Day 169- Most Ancient and Original Group

The giants are speaking Swedish, in case you're wondering.

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Post by: perovskite on September 09, 2018, 02:43:51 AM
Day 171: MAOG

I didn't properly introduce a couple of new characters, so:

Escaflowne- male half-dragon fighter 8 (ECL 11)
Harvey- male anthropomorphic bat druid 11
Fluffy- Harvey's female megaraptor animal companion
Caboose- male half-orc barbarian 10 (shows up at the end of the session)

I think the last time I played AD&D (AKA 2e for you youngsters out there) was to attack the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (along with Zelda/Karla and Kaicl/Momenrech's players, each of us playing at least two characters) somewhere between 1996-1998. Of course there was much looting, which all went into Karla's bag of holding...and there is sat until this session in the Year of Our Lord 2018. All the expositional comments the PCs make are true; we did withdraw because the opposition got too tough (as I recall some of the giants decided it would be amusing to engage in a rock-throwing contest across the Rift). After that Real Life interfered and we never picked it up again.


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Post by: perovskite on September 23, 2018, 01:18:39 AM
Day 176- The MAOG Plus

Tragically, Real Life interfered with gaming last week. Sad, really.

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Post by: perovskite on September 30, 2018, 03:25:06 AM
Day 177: MAOG vs the Frost Giants

For those of you who happen to have a copy of either module G2 or the 1999 Against the Giants re-release, these giants are in area 2 and 1 (respectively). Zelda was heading into area 13 when the giants attacked (vacant, since they already killed the yeti who lived here). Due to fireball useage during the MAOG's first foray into the Rift, the wall on the north side of area 2 had a hole melted through it.

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Post by: perovskite on October 07, 2018, 03:02:45 AM
Day 177: MAOG vs the Frost Giants Part II

For those of your following along on the map, the party is in the hallway in the northeast corner of the Rift.

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Post by: perovskite on October 28, 2018, 01:24:57 AM
Day 159: Dwarven Volunteers

In this session we introduce
Tex- female halfling necromancer 4
Skelly- human skeleton minion (4 HD)

Tex's player (who also plays Caboose) and I have discussed a riding harness for Tex on her skeleton minion. I'm looking forward to that, not gonna lie.

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Post by: perovskite on November 04, 2018, 01:06:49 AM
Day 165: Sephira's Quest

Sylaernae's player (who also played Kaicl and Momenrech) has dropped out, so Sylaernae is now being played by the same person who plays Caboose and Tex. Curiously, Syl's personality didn't change much.

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Post by: perovskite on November 11, 2018, 01:51:38 AM
Day 164: Elven Raiders

An interesting tidbit (at least to me): this is the seventh session that has had something occur on Day 164, involving three of the parties.

Also, Caboose's player was running Navus.

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Post by: perovskite on November 19, 2018, 11:28:16 PM
Day 177: MAOG vs the Frost Giants III

I could've sworn I posted this on Saturday night, but maybe it fell out of the internet. And the number of views is like 30-ish lower than yesterday. Whatever.

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Post by: perovskite on December 02, 2018, 01:11:53 AM
Day 159: Dwarven Volunteers in Gorna II

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Post by: perovskite on December 09, 2018, 01:32:59 AM
Day 170: Zodhunters

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Post by: perovskite on December 30, 2018, 02:53:56 AM
Day 159: Dwarven Volunteers in Gorna III

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Post by: perovskite on January 06, 2019, 02:10:29 AM
Day 161: Dwarven Volunteers in Gorna IV

I never thought I'd see the day when great cleave came in handy.

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Post by: perovskite on January 13, 2019, 02:06:44 AM
Day 161: Dwarves in Gorna V

Or a day in which an instant kill occurred. Tikkaer does it, not Beldren, despite the narration. Oh, and Tex's player was running Erihild this time.

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Post by: perovskite on January 20, 2019, 01:18:42 AM
Day 161, kind of: Dwarves Finally Leave Gorna.

This is kind of a fill in of the exposition from the end of the previous session.

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Post by: perovskite on January 27, 2019, 02:28:27 AM
Day 165: Elf Raider and Dwarf Volunteer Mashup

Oytmeet, in this campaign, has altered geography: it's on the north side of the Oyt River, and has no bridges across the Oyt; travel across is only by ferry. Looking at the map of Oytmeet in the Against the Giants module, the dwarves are toward the top of the map, and the elves the bottom.

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Post by: perovskite on February 03, 2019, 01:11:38 AM
Day 173- Zodhunters, for a change of pace

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Post by: perovskite on February 11, 2019, 02:09:16 AM
Day 165: Elven Raiders and Dwarven Volunteers Mashup Part II

Weather delay. For an online game? Yes. Also, in the tradition of Legolas and Gimli, Team Elf has 18 kills, and Team Dwarf has 11. Finally, I went and renumbered the rounds so as to synchronize the various movements of orcs, elves, and dwarves. Not that it matters to you spectators, but helps avoid continuity errors (although there is one).

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Post by: perovskite on February 17, 2019, 03:17:00 AM
Day 165: Elven Raiders and Dwarven Volunteers Mashup Part III: The Big Fight

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Post by: perovskite on February 24, 2019, 02:27:07 AM
Day 165: Elves and Dwarves and Orcs Big Fight IV!

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Post by: perovskite on March 03, 2019, 01:11:58 AM
Day 165: Elf Dwarf Mashup Big Fight Aftermath

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Post by: perovskite on March 31, 2019, 01:32:01 AM
Day 168: Sephira's Quest

Never let your players take two-week trips to Japan.

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Post by: perovskite on April 07, 2019, 01:22:07 AM
Day 165: Elf and Dwarf Mashup: We finally get out of Day 165

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Post by: perovskite on April 14, 2019, 01:05:14 AM
Views are over 9000!

Day 178: Zodhunters

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Post by: perovskite on April 21, 2019, 02:36:54 AM
Day 166: Elf Dwarf Mashup. Also, Rest in Peace, Skelly II. Your replacement, Skelly III, may never fill the void in our hearts.

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Post by: perovskite on April 28, 2019, 01:03:29 AM
Day 172: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on May 05, 2019, 02:00:23 AM
Day 179- Zodhunters. Also, happy first birthday to this campaign log.

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Post by: perovskite on May 12, 2019, 12:48:46 AM
Day 173: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on May 19, 2019, 01:53:49 AM
Day 166: Dwarf Elf Mashup

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Post by: perovskite on May 26, 2019, 01:26:27 AM
Day 170: Last Episode of the Dwarf Elf Mashup

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Post by: perovskite on June 02, 2019, 01:43:36 AM
Day 177: MAOG vs the Frost Giants

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Post by: perovskite on June 16, 2019, 02:05:48 AM
Day 178: MAOG vs Frost Giants

For those of your following along in the modules, the fight in this session takes place in the four-way intersection between areas 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12.

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Post by: perovskite on June 23, 2019, 03:27:12 AM
Day 178: More MAOG vs Frost Giants

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Post by: perovskite on July 14, 2019, 02:49:41 AM
Day 178, still: Yet More MAOG, But Today they Fight Hill Giants

The fighting in this area is in areas 23-26 of the upper level, although I modified the tunnels a bit.

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Post by: perovskite on August 04, 2019, 01:01:38 AM
Day 170: Team Elf!


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Post by: perovskite on August 11, 2019, 01:47:59 AM
Day 178: The MAOG Again, Ankle Deep in Giant Blood

You'll see three house rules in this session (kind of):
1. I created a native outsider reincarnation table.
2. I let wizards copy up to their caster level in spells into their spellbook in 24 hours, instead of one spell per 24 hours.
3. It won't actually be relevant until later, but the description of raise dead and reincarnate don't dictate that the level lost must be the most recent level gained. So the new house rule is that a multiclass character can choose which class a level is lost from, provided that all prerequisites for everything left are still met.

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Post by: perovskite on August 18, 2019, 03:03:10 AM
Day 180 MAOG

There was some out of character magic item and treasure divvying during the week.

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Post by: perovskite on August 25, 2019, 01:10:24 AM
Day 170: Team Dwarf

Gotta do some catch-up. For those keeping score, the Most Ancient and Original Group teleported into Alzak Keep a couple hours after Team Dwarf left.

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Post by: perovskite on September 01, 2019, 01:27:44 AM
Day 172: Elven Raiders

I hope we can all learn something from Twix's example.

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Post by: perovskite on September 15, 2019, 02:13:54 AM
Day 173: Elven Raiders

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Post by: perovskite on September 22, 2019, 01:53:39 AM
Day 173:

We now return to Sephira's Quest, which we haven't touched since May. Wow. I'm using the map from the DMG II, page 150, as the map for this thing. They start in area 67.

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Post by: perovskite on September 29, 2019, 02:19:00 AM
Still Day 173, Still Sephira

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Post by: perovskite on October 06, 2019, 01:31:55 AM
Day 173, more Killing of the Snake Men

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Post by: perovskite on October 14, 2019, 01:41:24 AM
Day 176! Sephira

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Post by: perovskite on October 21, 2019, 01:02:19 AM
Day 184: Most Ancient and Original Group.

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Post by: perovskite on October 27, 2019, 03:36:00 PM
Day 185: An Interlude

The one player who has characters in all the parties couldn't make it, so we assembled one out of spare parts and nearly finished a short module. Escaflowne's player (who also plays Blank, Logan, Rogue, and Snaga) DM'd.

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Post by: perovskite on November 03, 2019, 01:56:36 AM
Day 196, Interlude Part II

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Post by: perovskite on November 23, 2019, 09:33:35 PM
Day 198, Interlude III

More sidequesting with Kochevnik and her newly assembled team. The person who plays Escaflowne, Logan, Blank, Snaga, and Rogue is still DMing.

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Post by: perovskite on December 01, 2019, 01:10:54 AM
Day 19...9? Interlude the IV, in which we continue to follow Kochevnik around.

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Post by: perovskite on December 09, 2019, 12:15:04 AM
Day 182: Sephira's Quest

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Post by: perovskite on December 15, 2019, 02:16:22 AM
Day 184, Most Ancient and Original Group

The Quasi-Penultimate Battle for the Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl Begins!

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Post by: perovskite on December 22, 2019, 01:40:30 AM
Interlude Part V: Dungeonland! Aka Kochevnik's side quest. Day 199

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Post by: perovskite on December 29, 2019, 12:59:50 AM
Sephira's Quest, Episode XIX

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Post by: perovskite on January 05, 2020, 01:17:55 AM
Day 179...The Zodhunters, for the first time in...8 months exactly. Huh.

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Post by: perovskite on January 12, 2020, 01:07:40 AM
Interlude VI: WTF is going on here?

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Post by: perovskite on January 19, 2020, 11:10:09 PM
Interlude VII: Never Fought a T. Rex Before

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Post by: perovskite on January 26, 2020, 01:53:07 AM
Interlude VIII: Is it Really an Interlude if we Play this Group as Much as All the Others?

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Post by: perovskite on February 02, 2020, 01:07:38 AM
Team Dwarf, Finally. Day 177.


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Post by: perovskite on February 09, 2020, 01:37:22 AM
Team Dwarf, Day 177 Still

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Post by: perovskite on February 16, 2020, 01:42:58 AM
The Zodhunters, Day 180

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Post by: perovskite on February 23, 2020, 12:58:26 AM
Day 202(?)- Interlude IX

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Post by: perovskite on March 01, 2020, 12:35:04 AM
Day 202- Interlude X

Really short session, cause only the DM and I showed up.

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Post by: perovskite on March 08, 2020, 03:28:46 AM
Sephira's Quest, Episode XX, Day 186. Not as short as last week's session, but still pretty short.

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Post by: perovskite on March 22, 2020, 11:07:03 AM
Day 180- Zodhunters. Tragically, real life interfered, and this was a short session.

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Post by: perovskite on March 29, 2020, 02:13:33 AM
Day 184, Finally, after three and a half months, the Most Ancient and Original Group.

Also, the Rift has claimed its second victim.

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Post by: perovskite on April 05, 2020, 01:17:48 AM
Sephira's Quest, Episode XXI, Day 187

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Post by: perovskite on April 12, 2020, 02:33:40 AM
Day 184 (still) The Most Ancient and Original Group.

At the end of this session we completed a side battle whose out come was not in doubt, just to remove the distraction. For those of you on following along on the map, the side battle (earth elemental vs ice toads) takes place at the southern end of Area 1 in the lower level of the Rift.

The three shield maidens arrived from area 6 to try and flank the party. The ogres Esca was fighting were from area 9, and most of todays action takes place in the un-numbered area between areas 5, 6, 7 and 9. The party has not actually entered any of those areas, but by the end of the session today, the giants were withdrawing into Area 10.

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Post by: perovskite on April 19, 2020, 12:19:52 PM
No game this week because only three of us could make it. So instead I shall subject you all to a short bit of fiction I wrote back in February to fill in some narrative gaps in my head around Kochevnik's reincarnation. It takes place on Day 180.


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Post by: perovskite on April 26, 2020, 10:23:49 AM
Yet Again Day 184: Most Ancient and Original Group

For those of you following along on the map, this session begins when he party has cleared the empty area between areas 5-9 on the lower level of the Rift, and ends as the party advances from area 10 into areas 11 and 11a. We also covered seven combat rounds, which is pretty quick for the format we work in.

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Post by: perovskite on May 03, 2020, 03:26:21 AM
Day 184- We Conquer the Frost Giants!

Took Long Enough.

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Post by: perovskite on May 10, 2020, 02:13:03 AM
Interlude XI! Day 203.

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Post by: perovskite on May 17, 2020, 01:22:35 AM
Day 185- MAOG- Let the Looting Commence! Also lots of exposition., cause it's about damn time the PCs learned what's going on here.

Also- Awww yeah, eight pages of stuff.

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Post by: perovskite on May 24, 2020, 02:19:54 PM
Day 204, Interlude XII

The website wouldn't load all day. Also my dog ate my homework.

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Post by: perovskite on May 31, 2020, 02:03:04 AM
Day 186, MAOG. Now we're fighting dragons. Which is awkward, considering people's nicknames. Dragon's real name is Yclif, and so that's how he's referred to during the fight.

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Post by: perovskite on June 07, 2020, 02:15:42 AM
Day 186, MAOG. Finally finish the Rift.

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Post by: perovskite on June 14, 2020, 01:17:20 AM
Day 187, MAOG. This session was mostly OOC treasure divvying, magic item shopping, and character sheet updates.

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Post by: perovskite on June 21, 2020, 02:31:53 AM
Interlude XIII


Day 204 still….maybe

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Post by: perovskite on June 28, 2020, 01:40:06 AM
Interlude XIV

Day 205- Only three of us showed up, so Esca's player DM'd, and you know what that means? Lots of XP.

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Post by: perovskite on July 13, 2020, 10:33:50 AM
Interlude XV- Internet was bad the last two days.

Day 205

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Post by: perovskite on July 19, 2020, 01:38:37 PM
Interlude XVI- Not much of an interlude now

Day 207 Continued.

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Post by: perovskite on July 26, 2020, 01:35:07 AM
Interlude XVII- Obligatory Load Bearing Boss

Day 207

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Post by: perovskite on August 02, 2020, 02:39:05 AM
Interlude XVIII- When Plane shifting goes wrong

Day 207. This turned out to be as much treasure divvying as orienting the party to the new location.

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Post by: perovskite on August 09, 2020, 01:24:35 AM
Interlude XIX- Ahh yes, Ravenloft


Day 207 Continued...maybe?

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Post by: perovskite on August 16, 2020, 02:33:36 AM
Interlude XX

Day 208 Continued.
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Post by: perovskite on August 23, 2020, 01:03:24 AM
Interlude XXI

Still Day 208

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Post by: perovskite on August 30, 2020, 01:12:57 AM
Interlude XXII

Still Day 208. There was much discussion toward the end of the session about doing things like nailing all the doors open...but what could possibly go wrong if we don't?

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Post by: perovskite on September 06, 2020, 01:43:27 AM
Interlude XXIII- Exploration of a House

Day 209 Continued.

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Post by: perovskite on September 13, 2020, 01:47:38 AM
Interlude XXIV- More House of Horrors Exploration

Next week we'll have an interlude to the interlude.

Day 209 Continued.

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Post by: perovskite on October 04, 2020, 01:56:36 AM
Interlude XXV- More House of Horrors

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Post by: perovskite on October 11, 2020, 01:48:54 AM
Interlude XXVI- Still the House of Horrors

Day 209.

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Post by: perovskite on October 18, 2020, 12:56:53 AM
Interlude XXVII- Yet Still the House of Horrors

Day 209

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Post by: perovskite on November 29, 2020, 01:06:22 AM
Finally! Actually got to play.

Interlude XXVIII, Still somewhere in Ravenloft, Day 212

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Post by: perovskite on December 06, 2020, 01:04:35 AM
Interlude XXIX, Fun With Decks of Many Things

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Post by: perovskite on December 13, 2020, 02:26:44 AM
Interlude XXX

Soooo the party is between a bunch of baatezu on one side and tanar'ri on the other, which is not the direction I expected this to take, frankly.

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Post by: perovskite on December 20, 2020, 02:55:04 AM
Interlude XXXI

Something that didn't show up in the log is that the baatezu and tanar'ri were ignoring each other for Reasons...to be revealed.

Also, I'm probably dating myself pretty severely by referring to the various fiends as baatezu and tanar'ri. But that's more interesting to me than devils and demons. (Steps off soapbox.)

Day 212,  The fight Continues.

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Post by: perovskite on December 27, 2020, 09:26:10 PM
Interlude XXXII

Let nothing stop your games, not even Christmas...but low batteries can't be overcome, apparently.

Day 212

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Post by: perovskite on January 03, 2021, 02:44:20 AM
Interlude XXXIII

Day 212- Drama

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Post by: perovskite on January 10, 2021, 01:10:50 AM
Interlude XXXIV

Day 213. More Drama. Also significantly edited, cause I forgot that we did a bunch of one-hour sessions the week between Christmas and New Years, so there is a two-session buffer between what just happened and what I'm supposed to be posting. So please reread this one, it's now totally different.

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Post by: perovskite on January 17, 2021, 01:18:24 AM
Interlude XXXV

And this sessions happened two weeks ago. We should be all organized now.

Day 213

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Post by: perovskite on January 24, 2021, 01:44:38 AM
Interlude XXXVI

Day 213.

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Post by: perovskite on January 31, 2021, 01:02:28 AM
Interlude XXXVII

Day 213. Approaching the End

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Post by: perovskite on February 07, 2021, 01:30:57 AM
Interlude XXXVIII

Day 213. Still Approaching the End, but More So.

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Post by: perovskite on February 14, 2021, 02:08:59 AM
Interlude XXXIX

Day 213- Yet more closer to the End

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Post by: perovskite on February 21, 2021, 09:30:23 AM
Interlude Foureks

Day 213

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Post by: perovskite on February 28, 2021, 02:07:39 AM
Interlude XXXXI

Day 214

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Post by: perovskite on March 07, 2021, 01:27:29 AM
Interlude XXXXII

Day 214- Mostly borderline OOC treasure divvying and magic item upgrades.

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Post by: perovskite on March 14, 2021, 01:18:31 AM
Interlude XXXXIII

Day 214, still despite all the things they have managed to learn and experience.

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Post by: perovskite on March 21, 2021, 01:25:32 AM
Interlude XXXXIV

Day 214 yet still. The event toward the end of this session has actually been one of the most interesting as a player so far.

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Post by: perovskite on March 27, 2021, 10:37:39 PM
Interlude XXXXV

Day 215. We didn't actually have a game this week, but that's the upside of getting ahead.

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Post by: perovskite on April 04, 2021, 12:58:18 AM
Day 215. Interlude XXXXVI

I think these days will also be exceedingly long.

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Post by: perovskite on April 10, 2021, 10:36:40 PM
Day 215, again no game, but we were a week ahead.

Interlude XXXXVII

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Post by: perovskite on April 18, 2021, 01:57:27 AM
Day 215. Reasonable conversation sometimes doesn't work out.

Interlude XXXXVIII

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Post by: perovskite on April 25, 2021, 01:14:28 AM
Day 215, Interlude XXXXIX

We basically get a nap in the middle.

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Post by: perovskite on May 02, 2021, 10:45:14 PM
Day 215, Interlude XXXXX

Totally forgot to hit the all-important "Post" Button.

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Post by: perovskite on May 09, 2021, 01:04:21 AM
Day 215, Interlude XXXXXI

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Post by: perovskite on May 16, 2021, 02:35:37 AM
Day 215, Interlude XXXXXII

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Post by: perovskite on May 23, 2021, 01:17:57 AM
Day 216, although I don't know that the DM will admit it.

Mostly divvying of treasure, a little bit of character development.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 06, 2021, 01:13:06 AM
Day 216, mostly some character development.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 13, 2021, 01:08:24 AM
Interlude XXXXXV, Day 217

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 20, 2021, 01:35:06 AM
Interlude XXXXXVI, Day 217

Highlights- one of the campaign's motifs recurs. See if you can pick it out! Also, Brak got a critical hit with a disintegrate spell, which is always fun.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 27, 2021, 12:59:31 AM
Interlude LVII

I don't know why I didn't think of using L before. Day 217.

We will most likely not have games the next two weeks on account of holidays.


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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 18, 2021, 02:08:46 AM
Interlude LVIII

Well, we're back from everyone being on vacation for America's Birthday, and only almost died at the pincers of some mindkiller scorpions.

Day 217.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 25, 2021, 01:20:49 AM
Interlude LVIV

Here in a month or two we'll take a break from this campaign and go back to the various giant-fighting groups, cause I have a lot of loose ends I need to close up.

Day 217.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 01, 2021, 12:46:36 AM
Interlude LVV

A lot of this session was divvying treasure and updating character sheets.

Day 217

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 08, 2021, 01:18:14 AM
Interlude....wait, I've been messing up the Roman numerals. This one is LXI.

Day 218. Time to break and enter at Dragotha's house. Also Eli nearly died, although it's hard to tell.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 15, 2021, 01:05:26 AM
Interlude LXII

Day 218 still.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 22, 2021, 01:28:17 AM
Day 218

Showdown time! Almost.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 29, 2021, 02:30:09 AM
Interlude LXIV

Day 218

We spent two and a half hours recording all the various buffs our characters would have in place prior to fighting Dragotha, with a little bit of in-character talking tactics.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on September 12, 2021, 02:31:27 AM
Interlude LXV

Day 218- Just killing a lot of mooks is all.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on September 19, 2021, 01:38:29 AM
Interlude LXVI

Day 218- We finish off all the mooks.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on September 26, 2021, 01:17:24 AM
Interlude LXVII

Day 218- Where we finish off a BBEG.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 03, 2021, 12:56:23 AM
Interlude LXVIII

Day 218- In which we get our beloved Captain back.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 31, 2021, 01:05:15 AM
Interlude LXIX

Day 218. The campaign didn't die suddenly, we just had three weeks in a row where we couldn't get get a quorum, so mostly there was buying and selling.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on November 14, 2021, 01:00:07 AM
Interlude LXX

I'd thought I'd posted this last week, but apparently not.

Day 219

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on November 20, 2021, 10:43:16 PM
Interlude LXXI

Day 219- Last Week's Game Tonight!
 
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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on December 05, 2021, 11:06:09 AM
Interlude LXXII

Day 219- Yesterday's Game This Morning!

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on December 19, 2021, 02:18:37 AM
Inderlude LXXIII

Last week only a couple of us showed up, so there was just pre-battle buffing and discussion.

Day 219- My favorite part was throwing a giant scorpion off a skyscraper.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on December 27, 2021, 01:52:01 AM
Interlude LXXIV

Day 219- the Aftermath

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 02, 2022, 01:32:00 AM
Interlude LXXV

Like last year, we did several one-hour games (normally we do three hours on Saturday nights) the weeks of Christmas and New Years.

Day 219.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 09, 2022, 01:07:43 AM
Interlude LXXVI

Mostly buying and selling.

Day 219

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 16, 2022, 12:58:37 AM
Interlude LXXVII

Day 219-275, give or take.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 23, 2022, 01:44:36 AM
Interlude LXXVIII

Day 275

A short session due to lack of players, so all we did was buff for the upcoming battle.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 29, 2022, 11:49:50 PM
Sephira's Quest, Episode XXII

Day 191

No game this week, but that's what saved up sessions are for. We also return to one of the other groups for the first time in 18 months. This was a short session due to lack of player availability.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 06, 2022, 03:56:50 AM
The Elven Raiders

After only 2.5 years, we return to Team Elf, which has been waiting patiently outside Pest's Crossing for the Interlude campaign to need a break.

Day 176

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 13, 2022, 01:24:20 AM
Sephira's Quest, Episode XXIII

The now epic campaign DM'd by Eli's player is due for a break starting today, so we'll start following the other groups for awhile.

Day 193

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 20, 2022, 01:16:24 AM
Interlude LXXXIX

Day 275, in which we fight Demons…and save a princess?

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 27, 2022, 12:28:44 AM
Interlude LXXXX

Day 275

In which we argue with Angels…and learn some secrets?

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on March 13, 2022, 12:20:31 AM
Team Dwarf

After two years, we finally played Team Dwarf for once. Thus, I composed a page-long summary of what this group was up to, which I included here.

Day 178

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on April 10, 2022, 12:48:04 AM
The epic campaign (Niobe and Eli, et al.) is on hiatus, and the last month I've been too busy with work to prepare to DM, so the guy DM-ing the epic group started another campaign running the Tomb of Annihilation. Since that has nothing to do with Against the Giants, I've elected not to put it in this campaign log. So that's what we've been doing the last three weeks.

Anyway.

The Elven Raiders, only two months since we last saw them.

Day 178

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on June 05, 2022, 01:42:38 AM
The Elven Raiders

We had everyone for the first time in several weeks, so Elven Raiders it was.

Day 178 but really late.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 03, 2022, 01:19:56 AM
Finally get a crack at Team Dwarf, who has languished unplayed for months! Mostly a bit of plot development.

Day 179

Just after Midnight….

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on September 25, 2022, 12:52:22 AM
Team Dwarf, Day 183

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 30, 2022, 02:30:49 AM
Sephira's Quest, Day 193

Episode XXIV: I can’t think up a good title, let’s move on

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on November 27, 2022, 04:30:50 AM
Sephira's Quest, Day 193

Episode XXV: MF Snakes in this MF Temple

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 08, 2023, 01:55:52 AM
Sephira's Quest, Day 193

Episode XXVI: I Forgot to Think Up a Title

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 12, 2023, 02:08:49 AM
Team Elf, Day 179

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on February 19, 2023, 01:14:58 AM
Team Dwarf, Day 183

We're putting some effort into closing off 2-3 of the Against the Giants groups (for later simplicity), so there are likely 1-2 more Team Dwarf sessions after this one, at least prior to a Major Plot Event.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 07, 2023, 01:02:14 AM
Team Dwarf, Day 187

This is the last Team Dwarf session, although various characters will likely show up later as NPCs.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on May 14, 2023, 02:32:40 AM
Team Elf, Day 180

Oooh, looky, playing Against the Giants two weeks in a row, how neat! This may or may not be the second to last Team Elf session, we'll see.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 02, 2023, 12:50:36 AM
Team Elf, Day 183

This is the last Team Elf session, but the same thing as Team Dwarf, once a Major Plot Point occurs, these characters will become available for use again, mixing and matching with Team Dwarf (and maybe one other party) at the appropriate time.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 16, 2023, 01:06:12 AM
Zodhunters, Day 180

Now it's the Zodhunter's turn, although in their case they're just leaving the region, cause they weren't really that involved. This brings us down to two parties (MAOG and Sephira), with the possibility of creating a third out of parts from Team Elf and Team Dwarf. We'll see.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on July 30, 2023, 03:29:20 AM
Zodhunters, Day 180

Thessa's player couldn't make it, hence why she stayed out of the dungeon.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on August 05, 2023, 11:08:19 PM
Zodhunters, Day 180

Final session for the Zodhunters, at least as far as this campaign is concerned. I might pick them up again after the Against the Giants campaign is concluded, but a better plan is to convince one of the other players to DM them so that I can use Cyr as a PC.

On a geographical note, Veluna in the homebrew campaign is northeast of Gran March, similar to the official Greyhawk world maps, although it is shaped completely differently.

This of course leaves Sephira and her Quest, as well as the Most Ancient and Original Group, both of whom have a long way to go.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 01, 2023, 01:28:53 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 193

The campaign will focus more or less exclusively on Sephira for a while, so that we can catch her up to what's happening in Geoff....and because there's a specific event that doesn't occur until she gets back, which was also a driver for putting all the other groups on pause or writing then out entirely.

Episode XXVII- Ghost Snakes

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 08, 2023, 12:49:54 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 193

Episode XXVIII- Just some light dungeon crawling.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 22, 2023, 01:23:36 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode XXIX: Snakes and More Snakes

Today, we got to see the rarest of events: a monk make use of her slow fall ability. Even if it wasn't within arm's reach of a wall. Cause you know what? When else is she gonna use it?

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on October 29, 2023, 06:34:34 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode XXX: The Double Triple Cross, or Dos Tres Equis. Snakes.

Edit- I just realized (10 December 23) that I messed up numbering for the sessions.

Please note the commentary about getting four mooks down to exactly 0 hit points. It was more than a little odd to see.

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Post by: perovskite on November 05, 2023, 02:58:11 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode XXXI- Mo’ Snakes, Mo’ Stabbing and Screaming and Shooting and Spells

All the yuan-ti are dead except for the one who had the sense to run away. I don't know whether I'll make him a recurring villain or not, but it sounds like a good idea.

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on November 20, 2023, 06:03:34 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode XXXII- No more snakes to stab. Probably.

I DM'd this session while on a commercial airline flight. Sooo bucket list item checked off, I guess.

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Post by: perovskite on December 10, 2023, 01:43:38 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode…..XXXIII: One Snake Running Away

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Title: Re: Army of PCs Against the Giants
Post by: perovskite on January 07, 2024, 01:30:40 AM
Sephira and Co, Day 194

Episode XXXIV- Just about done with snakes

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