Tim's Outlanders: Road to Thuringia, Session 1 - May 26 to June 13, 18 IC

[The Outlanders receive an assignment from The Faceless Five.]

[This session took place July 7, 2001.  We were playing Champions 4th Edition with the Second Edition Fantasy Hero supplement.]

 

Player Characters

Tim, a Wizard - male human from the Free City of Freegate, graduate of Outlands University

Dangar Stonekleaver - male dwarf from the Northern Dwarven Kingdom

Max Lucas - male human ranger from the Bayern District

Rory the Red - Wizard and graduate of Outlands University, traveling companion to Tarquin

Malwyn – male High elf fighter and military expert

Darkfox – female human thief from Freegate, secret ID of socialite Karlyn Gryphshaw

 

Session Begins, May 26, 18 IC

Tim's Outlanders returned to Freegate from Mansion of Illusion. [Actual session notes covering this are missing.]

While splitting the loot and receiving their pay from Monteflurio, Tim was summoned before the Faceless Five, the rulers of Freegate. The Faceless Five tasked the Outlanders to go to the city of Goebblein in the Grand Duchy of Thuringia.  There they were to observe the Imperial Crendian 5th Legion as it marched past and verify the Imperial Legion proceeded southeast, into the Plains of Syrak.  If the Legion instead marched southwest, towards Freegate, the Outlanders were to “persuade it otherwise”.  They were also to report on any unusual things they observed on their travels.

After some negotiations Tim accepted the job in exchange for 50 gold Ryals and the patent on Tim’s Double Distilled.  He could not secure a lifting of the Ban on possession of TDD inside the city as the Faceless Five did not want anything that destructive anywhere near where they lived.  Two additional people were assigned to the Outlanders for this mission – Malwyn, a military expert, and Darkfox, a “security expert”.

Over the next two days the Outlanders prepared to leave on their assignment.  Dangar put down 50 gp on a new set of armor and banked another 40 gp in a bank.  Max also placed 25 gp in a bank.  [Somewhere I have the names of the banks in question, I just cannot find them right now.]

The Outlanders left Freegate May 29th on horseback.  They headed north, following the trails toward Thuringia.  The adventuring group was comprised of the following people:

• Tim
• Dangar Stonekleaver
• Max Lucas
• Rory the Red
• Malwyn
• Darkfox

June 13, 18 IC

After crossing the plains claimed by the nomadic Horse Lords for nearly two weeks, the adventurers realized something in the tall grasses was following them.

That Night

The Outlanders were awakened by those on watch when Dangar was attacked by some sort of plains lions with two large tentacles protruding from their backs. The beasts were difficult to hits as their images were somehow displaced from their actual locations. Dangar named them “squid-kitties”, a name that stuck [much to my chagrin]. During the attack, the Outlanders killed two of the beasts before driving the rest away. While injuries amongst the adventurers were generally light, healing potions were used to keep everyone in top form.

End of Session.

 

Happening Off-Stage

[As it was early summer, the Horse Lords were in their northern pastures nearly a thousand miles to the north and the Outlanders would not encounter them.]

[Montiflurio, now possessing one of the Sorcerer-King Rods of Rulership, started the process of bonding it to him. Once this process is complete, he will be able to tap the same vast amounts of power the Sorcerer-Kings did. Montiflurio started experiencing a level of paranoia during this process and he cut off all social ties while he “reviews his findings from his last expedition”. This whole process will take several months to complete.]

 

DM Discussion

[So I finally went through my complete pile of disassociated files saved from the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2014 and discovered that I’ve lost the session notes for the final sessions of the Mansion of Illusions adventure. The Road to Thuringia is the next adventure, but starts after the PCs made it back to Freegate. I might have a hard copy print out, but I have to move furniture to get where those are kept and that’s not happening anytime soon.]

[In this adventure, Arturo’s player returned to playing his original character, Tim. Two new players joined the group at this point, playing Malwyn and Darkfox. They were friends of mine from college who moved to the Houston area for work and were looking for a game to join. They are a regular fixture of the group from this point on. Tarquin’s player switched to playing Rory the Red to learn how magic worked in the Hero System.]

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