A Life Full of Adventure

In which Mordrin almost singlehandedly wins the Battle of Cairnmere On Thursday we played the fourteenth sitting of our WarHammer 2e online campaign. The GM started a fast pace right out of the gate. It really set the tempo for a sitting of mostly battle. My PC Mordrin Skorkinson, Giant Slayer. He is still looking for a giant to slay, as he doesn't feel the last giant was quite giant enough. This doesn't stop his ears from perking up when the elves he is with mentions daemons, though. He's willing to slay a daemon or two before he finds a giant proper. He is also the bemoaner of the doom that got away. His chosen weapon is a magical two handed war-hammer taken from a slain priest of Sigmar, its once faded runes now burn bright due to Mordrin's great deeds. My companions: Tibalt - A Brettonian Knight Udrin - A High Elf Scholar Gustav - A Human Initiate of Verena Ato - A Wood Elf Wizard Apprentice (Absent) Mordrin's Experiences From last time: Once the tower door wa...

There is a link to an article going around about how to be a better roleplayer . I have a story from my D&D 3.5 game at PortCon last week that exemplifies rule #5: Don't harm other players. First, let me say a little something about the game. It's not often you get to play a 13th level character in a game, either at home or at a convention. It was fun. My wizard had spells I had only ever read about. Most of the rounds of the game were spent with me casting spells. It was during the roleplay aspect that the lesson came about. The player in question was playing the party fighter. He was playing the character rather recklessly, and at one point charged up a set of stairs on his own. The stairs were trapped, and they deposited him in a furnace via a trap door. The player barely got out of the furnace before his character died. Later we found three strange symbols set on circles in the floor. We wanted to find out what the strange symbols did, and my character encourag...

This magical ladder is normally found 2-3 rungs tall and used as a makeshift backpack frame. Upon command, the ladder extends to 10 feet.

I'm back to wanting to run through the Doomstones campaign at a convention. What I'm interested in right now is if anyone has run the Crossing the Border prequel for the game. I'd love to hear some thoughts or experiences. Never heard of it? Get it for free here .

This is a gift for my 13 year old gamer goddaughter for her birthday. I painted it in a few hours one afternoon. The face looks a lot less fancy than I would have liked, but overall it's not too bad. It's not museum grade, but it's not a half bad tabletop quality painting. The mini is tiny and probably won't often be used in direct sunlight so I'm sure a lot of this unprofessional look will not be seen. Not too shabby for one afternoon. Another player at PortCon suggested that I "thin my paints." I have no idea what that means.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Dinner included the two meat choices, goose or venison. Having previously indicated I would eat the venison, I had to think of an excuse to instead have the goose. My brain was not cooperating, and the excuse was a bit forced, but the servers seemed to accept my change of heart without malice. The lord of the manor was surprised at my change of heart, but there were other things to hold his attention instead. We met the librarian, called Otto, who offered the library's services to us at our convenience. The lord was also very agreeable to our use of the library, and it was at this point that we noticed he was not behaving according to the character we had come to expect of him. Lord Aschaffenberg was said to be a proper and serious man, and this had been our experience with him thus far. However, at the dinner he was lacking in propriety and making disparaging racial japes. It was clear that the "goose is good" message meant that the venison...

Continued from the Journal of Tor'endirathelevellon to His Lady Ariel, Queen of the Elves of the Wood Part 1 Part 2 We continued our exploration into the forge. The fire had died, and the place was completely unused since the dwarf had been injured. Hidden in a corner was an elaborate carrying case which looked to have been forced open. Inside was the imprint of the injured dwarf's warhammer. We were unable to ascertain whether Sister Sonja forced the case open to retrieve the hammer at the dwarf's request or if the case was forced open by others upon the grounds who had been looking for it. After the forge, we looked around the garden shed. It was here that I found an herbal patch with disturbing vegetation. One root I found is used for easing symptoms of the Black Plague. Another is  used to clot blood. But a third root is a soporific poison used to dull the senses of those who ingest it. The root causes some dizziness and drowsiness as well. The smell of the...