rweird
2012-06-03, 10:08 AM
I decided to make a campaign journal for a game I'm DMing, I started it about 9 months ago so I don't remember everything at the beginning. In the course of this game, the players have had two TPKs, and one of the players has died separately. I have the character below in order they appeared. Anything I mentioned though didn't explain will be explained later. If you are a player in this campaign, please don't read the secret DM stuff. It is things you don't know about.
1st Pair:
Juaro Fissy:
Human Rogue 1, Combat Expertise/Improved Feint, Longspear, using Feint to Sneak Attack, took improved trip at 3rd level.
Guaren Lyle:
Elf Ranger 1, pretty much the starting package, went archery, though used Yiddrish's masterwork Greatsword quite a bit, later took Regulika's +1 Greatsword. Was usually more effective with a Greatsword than a longbow.
Setting:
This is set in a homebrew world, I don't have many details about anything besides the mountains. They started on a step mountain with a single village and several shepherds, it is connected to another mountain by a bridge. There is another village on the other side. I'll go into more details as the party advances, though this is as far as the first group got before Garlgunk killed them.
First Session, A blocked Bridge:
They begin in town everything is going well until someone runs into town shouting "they've blocked the bridge, help!" The party decided they didn't know each other before hand, though they both where good and decided to help, they soon met each other and where on there way. They heard two scouts approaching town, hid, and ambushed them, they questioned them, where they mentioned "'Lord' Regulika" is the one behind it. They where taken to town and arrested. They went onwards, found four Kobolds, killed them, took there stuff and threw there bodies off the cliff. (The road was at the edge of a drop, the party decided that everything they kill should be thrown of the cliff, when on a mountain, assume they will throw all corpses off the mountain unless specified otherwise.)
After that, they came to the last bend in the road, beyond it is the bridge, a tall gaunt warrior stood in their path. He told them to leave or die, when they asked who he was, he said Yiddrish. They didn't leave and he fought, injuring them greatly, Guaren killed him and took his masterwork Greatsword, though they insisted Juaro killed him whenever anyone asked. They found a bone flute, and several hundred GP, and a helmet. They took that and threw him off the cliff. They peeked around to the bridge, saw another warrior much like Yiddrish standing on the center of the bridge with a Greatsword that looked like a red dragon's head shooting a tongue of flame, and a silver mask with eyes of black pearl. On the sides of the bridge the where several humans, more where on the other side, some Kobolds on the side they where on. They tried to bait some of the Kobolds, realized they probably were to injured and retreated back to town. They rested for that day, and came back the next day. Guaren bought a longbow.
The following day, they fought four humans guarding the bridge and leveled up. Then they tried to take on the bridge. They did pretty well, one of the most notable things was Juaro throwing Yiddrish's helmet at a Kobold, rolling a natural 20, and making him bleed out. Regulika seemed interested in this, and started using magic to daze them. They quickly bailed and came back the next day.
The next day, Regulika looked different, I didn't stress this though I mentioned him standing in scale mail instead of a breastplate, and carried a longsword instead of a greatsword. They players didn't notice. He wished to talk, asked who killed Yiddrish, asked what they wanted, they said passage and he granted them it. After they passed, they turned around and came back, and finished the bridge defenders, including who they though to be Regulika. after the battle was over, the first Regulika appeared at the center of the bridge. That was the end of the first session.
Secret DM Stuff and Current Plot:
If you are responding to this, please spoiler it and lable it Secret DM Stuff.
Regulika, though the player's still don't know, is a first level Githyanki fighter, he has a +1 Greatsword, a wand of invisibility (37 charges), a +1 breastplate of silent moves, and slippers of spider climbing. Yiddrish (Standard Githyanki warrior) was his second and he was the only one Regulika cared about. He wanted to know which on killed Yiddrish so he could take revenge. He used his wand to go invisible, his slippers to climb to underneath the bridge, and waited to hear what they said, he was about to go after them when they came back.
I planned on this all being planned by the Lich Queen and a Paragon Mind Flayer manipulating her. I dropped this idea when the first party died, because they wouldn't know the basics, I replaced her with Lodmol Klond, or 'Lord' Klond. They don't know about him yet, more later.
Sorry for the wall of text, more later. Sorry for being vague, This happened almost a year ago so my memory isn't perfect. If you have questions, ask, I will try to answer them, if it is about the plot, please put it in a spoiler, titled Plot? My player, if you read this, please don't read the Secret DM Stuff and Plot spoilers. This is my first Campaign Journal, I hope you like it. The name is the only thing I could think of, if someone has another idea, please tell me.
1st Pair:
Juaro Fissy:
Human Rogue 1, Combat Expertise/Improved Feint, Longspear, using Feint to Sneak Attack, took improved trip at 3rd level.
Guaren Lyle:
Elf Ranger 1, pretty much the starting package, went archery, though used Yiddrish's masterwork Greatsword quite a bit, later took Regulika's +1 Greatsword. Was usually more effective with a Greatsword than a longbow.
Setting:
This is set in a homebrew world, I don't have many details about anything besides the mountains. They started on a step mountain with a single village and several shepherds, it is connected to another mountain by a bridge. There is another village on the other side. I'll go into more details as the party advances, though this is as far as the first group got before Garlgunk killed them.
First Session, A blocked Bridge:
They begin in town everything is going well until someone runs into town shouting "they've blocked the bridge, help!" The party decided they didn't know each other before hand, though they both where good and decided to help, they soon met each other and where on there way. They heard two scouts approaching town, hid, and ambushed them, they questioned them, where they mentioned "'Lord' Regulika" is the one behind it. They where taken to town and arrested. They went onwards, found four Kobolds, killed them, took there stuff and threw there bodies off the cliff. (The road was at the edge of a drop, the party decided that everything they kill should be thrown of the cliff, when on a mountain, assume they will throw all corpses off the mountain unless specified otherwise.)
After that, they came to the last bend in the road, beyond it is the bridge, a tall gaunt warrior stood in their path. He told them to leave or die, when they asked who he was, he said Yiddrish. They didn't leave and he fought, injuring them greatly, Guaren killed him and took his masterwork Greatsword, though they insisted Juaro killed him whenever anyone asked. They found a bone flute, and several hundred GP, and a helmet. They took that and threw him off the cliff. They peeked around to the bridge, saw another warrior much like Yiddrish standing on the center of the bridge with a Greatsword that looked like a red dragon's head shooting a tongue of flame, and a silver mask with eyes of black pearl. On the sides of the bridge the where several humans, more where on the other side, some Kobolds on the side they where on. They tried to bait some of the Kobolds, realized they probably were to injured and retreated back to town. They rested for that day, and came back the next day. Guaren bought a longbow.
The following day, they fought four humans guarding the bridge and leveled up. Then they tried to take on the bridge. They did pretty well, one of the most notable things was Juaro throwing Yiddrish's helmet at a Kobold, rolling a natural 20, and making him bleed out. Regulika seemed interested in this, and started using magic to daze them. They quickly bailed and came back the next day.
The next day, Regulika looked different, I didn't stress this though I mentioned him standing in scale mail instead of a breastplate, and carried a longsword instead of a greatsword. They players didn't notice. He wished to talk, asked who killed Yiddrish, asked what they wanted, they said passage and he granted them it. After they passed, they turned around and came back, and finished the bridge defenders, including who they though to be Regulika. after the battle was over, the first Regulika appeared at the center of the bridge. That was the end of the first session.
Secret DM Stuff and Current Plot:
If you are responding to this, please spoiler it and lable it Secret DM Stuff.
Regulika, though the player's still don't know, is a first level Githyanki fighter, he has a +1 Greatsword, a wand of invisibility (37 charges), a +1 breastplate of silent moves, and slippers of spider climbing. Yiddrish (Standard Githyanki warrior) was his second and he was the only one Regulika cared about. He wanted to know which on killed Yiddrish so he could take revenge. He used his wand to go invisible, his slippers to climb to underneath the bridge, and waited to hear what they said, he was about to go after them when they came back.
I planned on this all being planned by the Lich Queen and a Paragon Mind Flayer manipulating her. I dropped this idea when the first party died, because they wouldn't know the basics, I replaced her with Lodmol Klond, or 'Lord' Klond. They don't know about him yet, more later.
Sorry for the wall of text, more later. Sorry for being vague, This happened almost a year ago so my memory isn't perfect. If you have questions, ask, I will try to answer them, if it is about the plot, please put it in a spoiler, titled Plot? My player, if you read this, please don't read the Secret DM Stuff and Plot spoilers. This is my first Campaign Journal, I hope you like it. The name is the only thing I could think of, if someone has another idea, please tell me.