SleepyShadow
2013-06-16, 09:58 AM
As a long time DM, I practically jumped at the chance when one of my players offered to run a campaign of his own. Since this is such a rare occasion, I've decided to chronicle our adventures, and hopefully provide some entertainment to any readers as well.
The Party
Richard Grammaton - Strongheart Halfling Feat Rogue 4/Fighter 1 (This is me). He dual-wields hand crossbows and occasionally makes unarmed strikes when caught in melee. Will master the art of Gun-Fu as soon as he can enchant his crossbows with Adaptive.
Gathrintak - Water Orc Barbarian 1/Bard 4. He's our only heavy hitter in melee, which may turn out to be a problem. Not surprisingly, he's a bit fragile.
Fayla - Elf Battle Sorcerer 4. The player's original character died to a random encounter on the road, and so now finds herself half a level behind.
Theadra - Shadow Template Elf Ninja 2/Wildshape Ranger 2. Professes to be an archer, and spends an inordinate amount of time hiding, even outside of combat.
Xhao Ling - Half-Nymph Human Healer 3. Typical combat pattern consists of Sanctuary, followed by healing Gathrintak.
Acid Tests and Fake Temples
The majority of our first session consisted of travel time and random encounters, one of which was a pack of Red Caps that slaughtered our wizard (who was replaced by Fayla). Our DM freely admitted he was feeling out our combat capabilities so as to adjust things later down the road.
After finally arriving in Cormyr from Baldur's Gate (and many jokes were made at Imoen's expense :smallamused: ) we finally had plot to solve! A rather distraught priest of Mystra came to us and asked us to investigate the strange temple in town. At first blush it seemed to be a temple dedicated to Mystra, but he was barred access and was chased off of the temple grounds. Naturally, we took up the job.
We headed out to investigate the temple, but we were stopped by a crying woman on the street. After managing to calm her down, she told us that her husband had been kidnapped out of their very own bookstore! We followed her back to the bookstore, and the place had indeed been tossed. After a careful investigation of the place, I found a pamphlet from the temple of Mystra, with handwritten notes indicating that the bookstore owner had been suspicious of the new temple as well, and had been conducting his own investigation into the matter.
"So what do you think happened?" Gathrintak asked, scratching his chin.
"It looks like he was taken to this fake temple," Richard replied with a sigh.
Fayla shook her head and frowned. "Things aren't looking too good for him."
"On the contrary, Fayla. There's a chance that he's still alive," Richard said as he pulled out his sunglasses, "and we are gonna find him."
YEEEEAAAAAAHH!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o)
The Party
Richard Grammaton - Strongheart Halfling Feat Rogue 4/Fighter 1 (This is me). He dual-wields hand crossbows and occasionally makes unarmed strikes when caught in melee. Will master the art of Gun-Fu as soon as he can enchant his crossbows with Adaptive.
Gathrintak - Water Orc Barbarian 1/Bard 4. He's our only heavy hitter in melee, which may turn out to be a problem. Not surprisingly, he's a bit fragile.
Fayla - Elf Battle Sorcerer 4. The player's original character died to a random encounter on the road, and so now finds herself half a level behind.
Theadra - Shadow Template Elf Ninja 2/Wildshape Ranger 2. Professes to be an archer, and spends an inordinate amount of time hiding, even outside of combat.
Xhao Ling - Half-Nymph Human Healer 3. Typical combat pattern consists of Sanctuary, followed by healing Gathrintak.
Acid Tests and Fake Temples
The majority of our first session consisted of travel time and random encounters, one of which was a pack of Red Caps that slaughtered our wizard (who was replaced by Fayla). Our DM freely admitted he was feeling out our combat capabilities so as to adjust things later down the road.
After finally arriving in Cormyr from Baldur's Gate (and many jokes were made at Imoen's expense :smallamused: ) we finally had plot to solve! A rather distraught priest of Mystra came to us and asked us to investigate the strange temple in town. At first blush it seemed to be a temple dedicated to Mystra, but he was barred access and was chased off of the temple grounds. Naturally, we took up the job.
We headed out to investigate the temple, but we were stopped by a crying woman on the street. After managing to calm her down, she told us that her husband had been kidnapped out of their very own bookstore! We followed her back to the bookstore, and the place had indeed been tossed. After a careful investigation of the place, I found a pamphlet from the temple of Mystra, with handwritten notes indicating that the bookstore owner had been suspicious of the new temple as well, and had been conducting his own investigation into the matter.
"So what do you think happened?" Gathrintak asked, scratching his chin.
"It looks like he was taken to this fake temple," Richard replied with a sigh.
Fayla shook her head and frowned. "Things aren't looking too good for him."
"On the contrary, Fayla. There's a chance that he's still alive," Richard said as he pulled out his sunglasses, "and we are gonna find him."
YEEEEAAAAAAHH!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o)