Forbidden Lands: Raven's Purge

Session 6: October 24, 2023 (22nd Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "I told you it was in this direction" P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "Noted Lothario" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "Hammer Time" M. Quod Occurrit: The Locals are Kind of Weird The party scanned Pelagia from afar, its four holy monoliths rising into the fog. Echo recalls some lore of the town. This is where humans were said to first set foot in Ravenland. Recently there's been something happening regarding the "Gift of the Sea". Apparently there's some big prize in a stone chest waiting to be claimed by someone capable of puzzling out how to open it. The nice thing about having good players in an rpg is that they're willing to engage with the material to see what happens. Since I have stellar players, they heard "prize" and were off and running, leaving a "Homer cl...

Session 5: October 3, 2023 (15th Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing." P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "Tremors" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "It's Too Cramped in Here" M. Quod Occurrit: Not All who Wander are Lost The party decided to keep heading east, basically for shits and giggles. They had no specific destination in mind: If you have nowhere to actually get to, and no concern about getting back where you came from, you cannot get lost. You can still die cold, alone, and starving though. In the Morning, the party decides to continue their journey to Nowhere In Particular, but knowing that if they keep going east they will eventually come to the ocean. Unfortunately they didn't need an ocean to get drenched. They were caught in a terrible downpour, soaking them utterly. Th...

Session 4: September 12, 2023 (6th Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "That's Armore" P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "Peter and the Wolf" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "A Scholar and a Gentleman" M. Quod Occurrit: Downtime The party decides to essentially loiter in The Hollows until the next night's full moon, taking advantage of time to rest before trying to find what they hope is an un-plundered tomb full of exciting goodies and Absolutely No Danger At All.  In the morning, they pick up the armour that had been altered for Echo, who is now looking incredibly stylish and much less squishy. Kelter befriends the innkeeper Olm and helps him in the kitchen for the morning in order to learn something about cooking, a useful skill to have on the road. Kelter took to it quite naturally, despite having not been talented as a cook in the slightest, which is strange for...

Session 3: August 29, 2023 (5th Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "Sonar" P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "I much prefer the open skies" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "Urn-ing his keep" M. Quod Occurrit: Pitter Patter, Let's Get at 'er At 6 am, the party confers as to whether to brave Weatherstone again, as the winch had not yet been pulled up by the undead guards, who aren't known for their intelligence. In the end, they decide against it, as they had already amassed a fair-sized amount of loot and an actual magic sword, just like in the stories. The would-be bandits were released on their own recognizance, although one looked at Rustbite with a covetous gaze which set Vinny's spidey sense off. She'll probably come back to try and procure Rustbite by either gold, guile, or force, he reckons. More Goddamn Harpies Retreating back along the mountains,...

Session 2: August 15, 2023 (4th Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "The Doorstop" P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "Long Jump" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "Black Friday Shopper" M. Quod Occurrit: Morning Questioning and Investigation The party interrogated Brother Ferebald, who stated that his only concern was killing Algarod, whose undead was form he considered to be an abomination. He agreed to accompany the party, as their goals coincided for the time being. Echo decided he wanted to quickly re-investigate the ravine with the chests. They hauled one up that was more intact than most, but discovered no hidden compartment within, but they did discover a very large feather. Echo had never seen one quite so large and concluded that it was from no natural beast. Upon further examination Brother Ferebald decided it was a Harpy feather, which explained the paltry findings ...

Session 1: August 1, 2023 (1st Day of Springrise, 1165 AS) Dramatis Personae: Echo, Wolfkin Hunter, played by Mike "I cannot create a normal character, ever" P. Kelter Tealeaf, Halfling Rogue, played by Mike "The Ham" Y. Vinny Boombatz, Dwarven Fighter, played by Eric "Emergency Bread" M. Quod Occurrit: Travel On the first day of Springrise, the three companions decided to leave their shithole town of Riversbend. Not that there promises to be any other towns about that aren't likewise shitholes, but a change of scenery was the main priority, shit quotient be damned. In fact, so pressing was the need for a new shithole that they left Riversbend bright and early at 6 am.  They were aware of a town south of Riversbend called The Hollows. They were instructed to head due south til they hit the mountains, and then skirt the mountains to the southeast, which would bring them to their destination. With Echo leading the way, Kelter keeping lookout, and Vinny t...