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Thoughts on Stalwart Adventures 7

We were quite surprised at how we found our new party member, and exactly what race/class he was! I kept hearing there were witches outside of town, so I kept trying to recruit village folk to go adventuring with us, figuring that’s where our new party member would come from. Begrudgingly I was forced to leave town without anyone, only to find the new guy hanging from a tree in a cage.  The DM kept letting Zak try to climb the tree and pick the lock, no matter how badly I failed. Mostly it was to find out how long it took and what zany stuff happened while I was trying, including falling from the cage, and then also standing in Thanin’s saddle while she rode to stand under the cage.  Searching for the dwarf hold entrance, we were reminded once again how out of our element these characters are. I can see the benefit of a stable of rolled up characters, and then choosing the one used to the wilderness for this particular adventure. Zak is an in-town dude. He really needs to snap out of t
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[D&D 2e] Stalwart Adventures 7

Zak – Half Elf Thief Wizard (Me) Thanin – Human Fighter Ogurdan – Dwarf Priest of Selune Heading to the town of Barrymore, the party met up with a shepherd named Abould. Once it was determined there were no witches in the party, Abould offered to show them to the village.  The village contained little more than a central hall, with surrounding house and farms. The townsfolk were on watch for witches after catching on sneaking about. They stated they hung the witch in a gibbet outside of town. The townsfolk would brook no discussion on the matter. Outside of town, the party met a gnome, Newfie Fuferbissle, hanging from a tree. In one cage was the diminutive fellow while his stuff was in another cage. Zak decided it was the optimum time to try his climbing and lock-picking skills. Many tries (and one short fall to the ground) later, the gnome was free and declaring himself with the party. From the gnome’s location, the demon bridge could be seen poking out of the treetops. Past the (toll
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Thoughts on Stalwart Adventures 6

Zak intentionally practiced Pick Pocket and made a few coins without getting caught. He also spent his downtime on the trip reading A Study of the Goblin Tongue . I’ll spend character points on that language when he levels up. Not a lot else went on during the session. There was a lot of out-of-game chat, and nobody felt the need to keep on task only.  Next session we welcome back another player to the table, so the party should meet a new friend!
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[D&D 2e] Stalwart Adventures 6

Zak – Half Elf Thief Wizard (Me) Thanin – Human Fighter Ogurdan – Dwarf Priest of Selune The party took a room at the Red Hawk Inn, and then decided it was time for the in-town, money spendy type thing. They got an armorer working on making dwarf sized armor out of the ankheg plates they hauled back to town. There was a bunch of resupplying of arrows, rations, and the like. A couple purchases of note included a magical lock (command word: ginger), a poison antidote, and some healing potions. There was an increased concern of the other two being able to keep the cleric alive, should they get into more trouble. They were quite unexpectedly summoned to the Baron’s house for dinner. The Baron, Elward Aramax, offered to pay the group a monthly stipend if they fixed up their keep well enough for him to billet soldiers. Fans of the subscription model, the group agreed to his offer. To help, the Baron suggested the party obtain aid from mountain dwarves known to live in the north. The party pa
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Thoughts on Stalwart Adventures 5

Zak did nominate Thanin for party leader, after pointing out they may be suffering a bit from lack of a leadership structure. Poor Thanin has trouble not getting all the HP knocked out of her at any given fight, but we did sort of act as if there was a party leader a couple times after the nomination. I got more practice with Find Traps and Open Locks. I’m still quite a way from leveling up this multi class half elf. I haven’t been successful with spells other than Sleep so far, and it changes the idea I have for this character. If he’s not casting Illusion spells to cover his tracks, why *does* he bother with all the work of being multi class? It was quite amazing to pile our loot together and find we had enough for the keep. I don’t think even the DM knew it was going to add up before we did it. But just because you can afford to buy a keep doesn’t mean you can afford to repair and maintain one! Let alone defend it from predators. This seems like something that will be the center of
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[D&D 2e] Stalwart Adventures 5

Zak – Half Elf Thief Wizard (Me) Thanin– Human Fighter Ogurdan – Dwarf Priest of Selune Zak and Thanin ended up poisoned when last we left off. They were able to make it back to the well room before the poison gave one last painful kick to the gut and dropped them both unconscious. Ogerdan spent the night casting his last healing spells. Reginald the talking water at this point shared that he was still able to cast spells. He conjured a Leomond’s Tiny Hut for everyone in the party to rest in relative safety.  When everyone was healed up and ready to explore some more, the party went back down the stairs, followed the previous hall, and explored until they came to a ladder heading up to a trap door.  Zak took his turn checking things out for spring safety and traps at the door. Finding none, he opened it. He door opened onto a beach on an island off the keep’s coast. The island had a small rowboat, as well as its convenient location. The party closed the door and headed back to the towe
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Thoughts on Stalwart Adventures 4

There is a noticeable lack of leadership on this small team. Zak is intended to be a happy-go-lucky support character, but not the face of the team. The dwarf cleric seems like a good choice for a leader, but his player seems to have decided the dwarf is also a support character. And what a support character he is! Our characters have history together, so perhaps the fighter doesn’t think she should be the party leader. Also, she’s probably a bit self conscious at her AC and HP total leading her to go down in quite a few fights. Still, it would almost be better if she hired us. Maybe I’ll suggest that.  Also, Zak is still bad at finding traps! Slime from the ceiling? Spider from a dead body? Didn’t see either of those coming! Still, I got a few more chances to practice, so I’ll be raising those skills next time I level up. Theoretically,we’ll be done with this adventure next sitting. I have a hankering for something…more.  Maybe we can dive more into these characters, or maybe I’m
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