Return to the Known Lands - Session #21 a Tavern and a New Ally
Dates: 2/7/21
PCs:
- Louis (FM 2)
- Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1)
- Omes (Half FM 2)
- Arro (MU 1)
- Habru (Cleric 2)
NPCs:
- Habru's war dog, named Dog
- Horace - Habru's retainer - Cleric 1
- Bunco - Omes' Knave
Hirelings:
- Arvay - wagon driver
- Samtik - porter
- Durdoon - meatshield
Links to Previous Sessions (old blog)
Session notes:
The party continued to explore the northern reaches of the first level, finding an old tavern with no patrons, but a few bottles of liquor. Louis decided to have a drink from a bottle marked 'XXX', but became drunk from just one cautious sip. Arro grabbed the bottle and secured it in his pack, and the party moved on.
Return to the Known Lands - Sessions #19-#20 of Secret Doors and Evil Priests
Dates: 1/24/21 and 1/31/21
PCs:
- Louis (FM 1)
- Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1)
- Omes (Half FM 2)
- Arro (MU 1)
- Habru (Cleric 2)
NPCs:
- Habru's war dog, named Dog
- Horace - Habru's retainer - Cleric 1
Hirelings:
- Arvay - wagon driver
- Dramm - porter
Links to Previous Sessions (old blog)
LL Notes:
The players continued their dungeon crawl started two sessions ago. This was a fun session with a lot of exploration and some combat. There wasn't much monetary treasure, but Habru discovered a magical club and a clerical scroll (silence 15' radius and find traps), while Arro snagged a magic-user scroll (knock and mirror image). Curiosities included a small Inn within the dungeon, and a skeleton generator.
Session notes:
Random OD&D Dungeon Solo Play Report #4 - The Adventures of Graf the Warrior
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In our last session, Graf the Veteran got lucky and left the dungeon with a 6,000gp jewel, more than enough to level up. Back in town, he upgraded his armor to plate, purchased a short bow, a lantern and some oil, and set about trying to hire some help.
In OD&D, retainers are classed and leveled help that a PC can hire to accompany them on adventures, for a share of the loot. The rules stipulate some expenses, but "the referee must determine expenditures". However, in the section on hiring specialists and mercenaries, a guide of 100-600gp is given for advertising expenses, so I used that to make it easy.
Graf spent 100gp and had two potential hires present themselves - a Cleric and a Magic-User. Graf offered 200gp up-front to each and a 1/3-share of any treasure. The Cleric was insulted by Graf's offer, but the MU reacted favorably, and agreed to accompany him back to the dungeon. Total expenses for Graf: 417gp.
I perused my stash of index card characters, and pulled out Shal the Medium, with a 15 INT, giving her an extra 1st-level spell under my house rules. She memorized sleep and hold-portal, and headed out to the dungeon with Graf. For this I was using the Monster & Treasure assortment and the AD&D 1e DMG random dungeon generation tables.
Return to the Known Lands - Sessions #17-#18 Dungeoneering
Dates: 1/10/21 and 1/16/21
PCs:
- Louis (FM 1)
- Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1)
- Omes (Half FM 2)
- Arro (MU 1)
- Habru (Cleric 2)
NPCs:
- Guff - MU 1 and mule
- Habru's war dog, named Dog
- Horace - Habru's retainer - Cleric 1
Hirelings:
- Arvay - wagon driver
- Dramm - porter
Links to Previous Sessions (old blog)
LL Notes:
These two sessions were really one spent in the dungeon, split into two real-time sessions a week apart. Normally when running dungeon crawls, I try to get the PCs out of the dungeon after each session, but it doesn't always work, or sometimes I'm certain we can have the same players play the next day or week or whenever. What I do in that case is freeze time in the dungeon, and we pick up where we left off when we can.
Anyway, for these two sessions, the party explored part of the first level of a dungeon beneath a nearby hilltop ruin. They were joined by Guff, a Magic-User they befriended while searching the ruins.
The dungeon is my own creation and I was trying to do something different from the "kill the monsters take their treasure" type of crawl. Not that those types of games can't be fun, but for this I wanted more exploration and the potential for dealing with dungeon factions, like the Duergar and Gnomes noted below.
Session notes:
The Chronicles of Nolenor Play Report #28 - The Harvest Fair
Real dates: 11/10/19 In-game dates: November 23rd, EY632
PCs:
Ambrose (Swashbuckler – Fighter L5)
Roger (Woodsman – Warden L4)
Hirelings:
Retainers
Figgish (Thief L1 - Squire to Ambrose)
Return to the Known Lands - Sessions #15-#16 Bandit Mania
Dates: 12/26/20 and 12/27/20
PCs:
- Louis (FM 1)
- Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1)
- Omes (Half FM 2)
- Habru (Cleric 2)
NPCs:
Habru's war dog, named Dog
LL Notes:
The Larm setting includes the outline of a conflict between two merchants in town, Guido and Manticor. I fleshed this out a bit and had Guido working with some local bandits to harm his competition.
Session notes:
Random OD&D Dungeon Solo Play Report #3 - The Riches of Graf the Veteran
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For this session I rolled up Graf the Veteran. He was light on starting gold, and so was outfitted with chain armor, a spear and a sling, with 12 torches, rations and a flask of oil in his backpack. He started with 3hp.
Random OD&D Dungeon Solo Play Report #2 - Freya versus the Undead
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For this session I rolled up Freya the Acolyte. She was outfitted with plate, shield, mace and the usual assortment of dungeoneering equipment, and had 3hp. Again I'm using the 3LBBs as written, with the Strategic Review random dungeon tables and the Monster & Treasure Assortment as needed.
Random OD&D Dungeon Solo Play Report #1 - Delth's Folly
I've been running OD&D solo sessions on and off for the past few months, as I have some time and the inclination I roll up a PC and run through a random dungeon crawl. I'm sticking to the three 3LBBs with some other bits from the same time period:
The Strategic Review Issue #1 "Solo Dungeon Adventures".
D&D Monster and Treasure Assortment (useful not only for monsters and treasure, but for the "Treasure is contained/guarded/hidden by/in" tables.
The revised underworld wandering monster tables from the Greyhawk Supplement (this is all I'm using from that supplement), just to give a bit more variety.
Various unstocked maps, as needed.