SIXTH AGE CAMPAIGN JOURNAL
Session #01: June 9, 2012
At the beginning of the adventure the party consisted of:
Keela (CG Female Half-Orc 1st level Fighter, MLC, Dublin
Nesta (CN Male Half-Orc 1st level Wizard, ULC, Roadpigs) [Rob]
Niena (CG Female High Elf 1st level Fighter, MUC, Dublin
Salantra (CG Female High Elf 1st level Cleric of Solonor Thelandira/Wizard, MUC, Berklee) [Nathan]
Salyena (CG Female High Elf 1st level Cleric of Solonor Thelandira/Wizard, MUC, Berklee) [Robbie]
Ëalor “Stabytha” Duskwind (CN Female High Elf 1st level Thief, UMC, Berklee) [Zel]
Thurn (LN Male Dwarf 1st level Fighter, MMC, Mount Diablo
Hirelings and Henchmen included:
Stefan the Bastard [Torch Bearer]
Party Connections:
Salantra and Salyena are twin sisters;
Salantra and Salyena know Niena through upper-class social circles, often hanging out together at the Shield and Grail, a high-class club in Berklee;
Salantra and Salyena met Stabytha through the local bureaucracy, her father being a mid-level official connected to the Wizards Guild;
Salantra and Salyena met Keela through Keela’s half-sister, a student at the Imperial College of Wizardry;
Salantra and Salyena met Nesta when he tried to apply to the Imperial College of Wizardry;
Keela and Nesta knew each other as they both hung out at the same lower-class dive bar and flop-house, the Jolly Outlaw;
Thurn overheard the group talking about their impending delve into the dungeon and introduced himself, “Pardon me, ladies, but you aren’t thinking of going into a dungeon without a dwarf, are you?”
The party initially met at the Tipsy Apprentice, a middle-class tavern in Berklee, to discuss the possible targets for their first endeavor. They decided to tackle the Maul of Mindor the Magnificent, a recently re-discovered ruin in the Debatable Lands of Fremon, south of the Shadow Wall that guards the Ten Towns from the things out of the Hell Pit of Sanjo. A maul is a vast underground labyrinthine structure, buried by the detritus of centuries, and occupied by many different species and races; essentially, it is an underground city, town, or village occupied by a wide variety of creatures inimical to the “goodly races.” Wizards and clerics especially are known to use these as recruiting grounds, thus many towers and temples, and the ruins thereof, stand atop these mauls.
Thursday, June 9th, 900 AC
The adventurers set out from Berklee. They took the daily coach from Berklee to Haywar, and stayed that night at the Crowing Cock Inn, a less savory locale on the south side frequented by adventurers of various stripes. There they spent an otherwise unremarkable evening in revel with others of their type in the common room.
Friday, June 10th
The party set out to the south, again on the Old Coastal Road , this time afoot, as there was no coach service between Haywar and Castle Nihmits. Around noon they passed through the gates of that pile of stone, the lynchpin in the Shadow Wall. They took the opportunity offered by the guard to scale the tall tower and view the Debatable Lands from a high vantage point. From the top of the tall tower they could see well into Fremon, and could espy the Ardenwood Keep and the great mound of the Maul amidst the swampy forest and bracken. Further to the south, though, the land was covered by the Shadow of the Hell Pit, that coruscating inky bank of cloud and mist that obscured the land for miles around the Hell Pit, protecting many of its denizens from the pure light of the sun.
At this point the guards pointed out that, once they’d had their view of the Shadow, many others had turned back north, deciding that a long if boring life as a clerk or farmer would be better than facing the things under that Shadow. Though they all thought for long moments, none of the party members faltered in their decision to seek out gold and glory under the veil of the Shadow. As they walked down the stairs of the tall tower, they heard behind them guards grunting and chuckling, as some handed to others bits of copper and silver to satisfy bets… many especially over the fateful decision made by the twins Salantra and Salyena, whom the guards fancied were better off in a convent or mayhap some seedy saloon as serving wenches…
And so they continued south. Past Castle Nihmits, the Old Coastal Road turned more into a trail or path, though here and there they could see where there had been recent work to fix a hole or shore up the pavement stones. Still, though it were but short miles from the castle to the keep, the sun was well toward evening when they arrived at the keep… already, it seemed, the Shadow played tricks on them. They decided that discretion were the better part of valor, and secured lodgings at the only inn in the keep, the Balrog’s Head Roadhouse.
There they filled their bellies with a fine fish stew, a bit of roast joint, an orange pilaf, Haywar cheeses and sausages, and topped off their meal with the local Amber Mead, brewed from the honey made from the local eucalyptus trees.
Keela met a pair of adventurers returning from an excursion to the Maul; they had an unpleasant encounter with other adventurers, mercenaries really, who had hired on with one of the resident goblin tribes, the Dwarf Stompers, who were at war with another goblin tribe, the Orc Rippers.
Stabytha met another group of adventurers who were giving up on the Maul; they had lost a companion to a terrible many-tentacled monster that had dropped down from the ceiling and ripped off their companion’s face. They fled, and eventually had to put their friend out of his misery. They had decided that adventuring was just not worthwhile, as all they had to show from their adventure was a dead friend and many small wounds.
Thurn sat with some local folk discussing the old legends concerning Mindor’s magical weapons. For it was said that Mindor recruited a clan of dwarven rune smiths to join him at his Maul. There they built a great business in the production of magical blades, of lesser and greater sort, some of which were still held as heirlooms by noble and gentry families.
That night after even the locals had stumbled off home to sleep, the three shared what they had learned with the party; what the others had learned, if ought, was known but to them.
Saturday, June 11th
After a good nights sleep, the party paid for a personal room three days in advance and there stored their travel bags and such items as were superfluous to the immediate expedition. They then set off to the south to tackle the Maul of Mindor the Magnificent…
8am to 10am
Walk from Ardenwood to the Maul
10am to 12noon
Check Ruins Above
12noon
Enter Dungeon via Southeastern Entrance
12noon to 1pm
Dragon Lair
Fledgling Fang Dragon (Dissected)
10 Lizard Men
1pm to 2pm
Dragon Toilet
Store Room
Smashed Lab
2pm to 3pm
Crossbow Trap Room
Trap Room
Thurn in Gas Trap
Lizard Men Lair
Salyena Rot Grub
Treasure
Secret Door
3pm to 4pm
Pit Room
Slimy Green Stuff or Green Slime?
Grand Hall
Nest Room
Grand Hall
Norkers
4pm to 5pm
Gas Trap Room II
Strange Cache Room
Piercer (bagged by Nesta)
Giant Spider Room
2 Giant Spiders Slain, 2 Giant Spiders Burnt
Grand Hall Pit
14 Giant Rats
Dragon Nursery!!!
Doors slammed and shut
5pm to 7pm
Walk from Maul to Ardenwood
End Session 01, Begin Down-Time 01
Sunday, June 12th
Return to Haywar, Rest at Crowing Cock Inn
Monday, June 13th
Keela: Rest & Heal
Nesta: Rest & Heal
Niena: Rest & Sell Treasure
Salantra: Rest & Sell Treasure
Salyena: Rest & Sell Treasure
Stabytha: Rest & Heal
Thurn: Rest & Sell Treasure
Tuesday, June 14th
Keela: Rest & Heal
Nesta: Spell Training
Niena: Return to Berklee via Coach
Salantra: Spell Training
Salyena: Spell Training
Stabytha: Rest & Heal
Thurn: Research, Meet Hwil Haywar
Wednesday, June 15th
Keela: Rest & Heal
Nesta: Spell Training
Niena (Berklee): Shop
Salantra: Spell Training
Salyena: Spell Training
Stabytha: Rest & Heal
Thurn: Research, Make Enemy of Hwil Haywar
Thursday, June 16th
Keela: Rest & Heal
Nesta: Spell Training
Niena (Berklee): ____________
Salantra: Spell Training
Salyena: Spell Training
Stabytha: Carouse
Thurn: Find out how much trouble you are in
Friday, June 17th
Keela: Rest & Heal
Nesta: Spell Training
Niena (Berklee): ____________
Salantra: Spell Training
Salyena: Spell Training
Stabytha: Carouse
Thurn: Flee to Berklee via Coach
Saturday, June 18th
Keela: Return to Berklee via Coach
Nesta: Spell Training
Niena (Berklee): ____________
Salantra: Spell Training
Salyena: Spell Training
Stabytha: Carouse (Invest 233 gp in bad deal)
Thurn (Berklee): Shop, get fitted for Plate Mail
Sunday, June 19th
Keela (Berklee): Rest
Nesta: Rest
Niena (Berklee): Rest
Salantra: Rest
Salyena: Rest
Stabytha: Rest
Thurn (Berklee): Rest
Monday, June 20th
Keela (Berklee): Shop
Nesta: Return to Berklee via Coach
Niena (Berklee): ____________
Salantra: Return to Berklee via Coach
Salyena: Return to Berklee via Coach
Stabytha: Return to Berklee via Coach
Thurn (Berklee): ____________
Tuesday, June 21st
Keela (Berklee): ____________
Nesta: Rest
Niena (Berklee): ____________
Salantra: Rest
Salyena: Rest
Stabytha: Rest
Thurn (Berklee): Pick up your plate mail
Wednesday, June 22nd
All are in Berklee
Keela: ____________
Nesta: Cast Summon Familiar
Niena: ____________
Salantra: Research
Salyena: Research
Stabytha: Visit Father
Thurn: ____________
Thursday, June 23rd
All are in Berklee
Keela: ____________
Nesta: Research
Niena: ____________
Salantra: Research
Salyena: Research
Stabytha: Visit Father
Thurn: ____________
Friday, June 24th
All are in Berklee
Keela: Meet @ Tipsy Apprentice, Speak with Thurn
Nesta: Research
Niena: Meet @ Tipsy Apprentice, Speak with Thurn
Salantra: Research
Salyena: Research
Stabytha: Meet @ Tipsy Apprentice, Speak with Thurn
Thurn: Meet @ Tipsy Apprentice, Speak with Thurn
Saturday, June 25th
Keela: Go to Haywar via Coach
Nesta: Poof! You’re a woman! D’oh!
Niena: Go to Haywar via Coach
Salantra: Finish Research
Salyena: Finish Research
Stabytha: Ask Around Upper Class Contacts
Thurn: Go to Haywar via Coach
Sunday, June 26th
Keela (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Nesta: Meet to discuss your problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Niena (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Salantra: Meet to discuss Nesta’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Salyena: Meet to discuss Nesta’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Stabytha: Ask Around Lower Class Contacts, bump into trio
Thurn (Haywar): Yup, still persona non-grata!
Monday, June 17th
Keela (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Nesta: Meet to discuss Thurn’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Niena (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Salantra: Meet to discuss Thurn’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Salyena: Meet to discuss Thurn’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Stabytha: Meet to discuss Thurn’s problem @ Tipsy Apprentice
Thurn (Haywar): Hide in room
Tuesday, June 28th
Keela (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Nesta: Go to Haywar via Coach
Niena (Haywar): Check out Hwil Haywar
Salantra: Go to Haywar via Coach
Salyena: Go to Haywar via Coach
Stabytha: Go to Haywar via Coach
Thurn (Haywar): Hide in room
Wednesday, June 29th
All are in Haywar
Keela: Check out Hwil Haywar
Nesta: Check out Hwil Haywar
Niena: Check out Hwil Haywar
Salantra: Check out Hwil Haywar
Salyena: Check out Hwil Haywar
Stabytha: Check out Hwil Haywar
Thurn: Hide in room
End Down-Time 01, Begin Session 02
Thursday, June 30th
The session begins with the whole party having breakfast at the Crowing Cock Inn in Haywar…
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