A Life Full of Adventure

I like to increase thieving skills as I practice them, unless I know for sure there is something else I want to improve during downtime. In the last sitting, I mostly used Hide in Shadows and Find/Remove Traps. Once I get high enough level, I’ll be using an Invisibility spell to hide. Until then, I need to keep using and increasing this skill. We should get enough XP for me to go up to wizard level 2. That will get me 1-2 HP, and every HP is precious for this character. Also, I get a second first level spell. Sleep is great, but I do look forward to a second utility spell I can use. I like the idea of Spider Climb, but my Climb Walls is already 70%. Maybe I can brainstorm some cool ways to use Phantasmal Force. I wasn’t as good with my attack rolls, which is really what I would expect over a larger number of tries. The group fighter got a lot better, also as expected. The cleric is a beast. He really optimized his character build and the benefits of a specialty priest. That’s defini...

Zak – Half Elf Thief Wizard (Me) Thanin – Human Fighter Ogurdan – Dwarf Priest of Selune Once night fell, Zak headed out to scout the keep. He started at the back corner, where it met the ocean. As he worked his way to the front, someone started throwing stones at him. He couldn’t tell where it was coming from, but he assumed it was somewhere along the front wall. He reported back to the party. Zak went to the other seaside corner to start scouting that side, back to front. Ogurdan headed to the front of the keel to cast a Light spell over the gate. The spell showed a goblin on the wall above the gate, likely the stone thrower. Zak found an opening in the eastern wall, into the corner tower. It was a good place to enter, in the morning once the team was informed and spells were prepared. The morning was spent fighting goblins in the walls. The sole exception to the goblins was a rattlesnake Zak found in a footlocker. With foresight, he opened the locker from behind, allowing Th...

I  didn’t want my thief/wizard to be a melee character. Neither one of those classes have armor at low levels. But things don't always go as planned when there are only 3 players, with 1 PC each. So I used all my extra character points to make sure I could use at least 1 weapon semi-proficiently. That kept me from some nonweapon proficiencies that may have fit my character, but I can work on those as we adventure. I’ll find out what my character is interested in and what the party needs for skills. So far that may include Riding - Land Based and maybe Rope Use. Rolling two natural 20s in our first night’s combats may give me an unrealistic view of what this character can do with a bow. I still need to make sure I’m staying on the periphery of action, and that I’m keeping spells to protect myself. The fighter and the cleric can hopefully take care of themselves. My last concern is that my thief skills are a bit watered down, as I wanted some ability in each one. Tips I’ve read ...

  Zak – Half Elf Thief Wizard (Me) Thanin – Human Fighter Ogurdan – Dwarf Priest of Selune Our desire for adventure took us through the desert to the fortified city of Schabol outside the Barony of Aramax.  One of our first sights was a dwarf being harassed by a tall, muscular human. The dwarf picked himself off the ground, spotted us, and offered to sell us a keep “a ways” outside of town. We were to meet at The Pit later in the day to discuss the offer further. While waiting, we found a cartographer and bought a map of the area. It contained everything between Schabol and the Great Wall. With our map to peruse, we went to The Pit to get our bearings and await the dwarf. The Pit ended up being a dwarf bar. Thanin and Zak were the only non-dwarves in sight. Thankfully everyone was hospitable. Boris had been deeded the keep by his father, but had never had occasion to visit. He wanted to sell the place. He had a map, placing the keep to the east, outside the Great Wall. He told...

The party left the ice fortress to check out the dead body we heard was frozen in the ice halfway up the island. The body was of Nas. It turned out she was still there in spirit, and she possessed Vael. In Vael’s body, she went after the Codicil that Ylenn had her face stuck in. When Vael couldn’t get to Ylenn, Nas possessed Prax instead. Prax also couldn’t get there, as Ylenn cast Hold Person on him, and the rest of the party dragged him away from Nas’ dead body. After he was far enough away, the spirit had to return to the dead body…which Morgan had burned to a crisp. We got the orb containing Professor Scant from Nas’ dead body. We circled the island, looking for the whale or another good way off. We couldn’t find one. Ylenn said she could summon the whale, if we could just last the night. We made a lean-to to sleep in and keep cover from the roc. As an octopus, Morgan was able to get some sail from a sunken ship to cover our lean-to. He also was able to find a huge treasure che...

 We traveled to an ice covered island in the sea. We snuck in, using Pass Without Trace to get all around the island's fortress. Downstairs we found a number of rooms, just waiting for us to pass their tests. Once we passed the tests, we should be worthy to take the Codicil of White from the island. Test of Preservation We were attacked by the Wolf King and his minions. A large, talking wolf came to claim the surviving clan member we had been preserving. Test of Cruelty – Bear Tribe Morgan killed a few tribe elders so the tribe could eat for a few days. It saved the tribe king the shame of having to kill the elders himself. Test of Endurance – Elk Tribe We forced-marched with the Elk tribe for many, many hours until they reached a new reindeer herd to hunt. Test of Isolation – Tiger Tribe We were left alone in the Tiger tribe camp while the tribe all went to raid the Elk tribe. It took many, many days. Prax couldn’t stand the monotony and disappeared on us one night. Morgan did the...

 We killed a chardalan dragon. Other stuff happened, but that was the long and short of it. We got a bunch of pieces of the dragon and were gifted a Bag of Holding by the town of Easthaven.