Nightwick Abbey - Session 34

 

Previously, in Nightwick Abbey...

Session 34 - 13th of Shocktober 1391

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 3) 

Mayfly (Magician 3)

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Anston (Fighter 1)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1) 

Bacifor (Froglings 1)

Yevegniy (Cleric 1)

Hirelings:

Ticze

Heyno

Gele

Mikusch

Gerung

Benish

Elger

Grolmes

Dile

Downtime In the Village

In the past week, Mechtild the fighter continued her healing, she should be fully recovered by next week. Mayfly the conjurer has returned from his travels and studies and rejoins the party. He identifies the glowing blue sword that we took from the goblins as "Slasher," a +2 sword. We give it to Anston, a new fighter in the party. Sotar spent the week studying the books he has recovered from Nightwick. He uncovers two pieces of information - the demon Armadeus, whose servant the party has dealt with previously, seems to be especially strong within the Dark Country, where Nightwick is. Second, a long time ago, a baron of Averwaw sent his daughter to the abbey as a lay nun. Some in the party speculate that this could be the crying woman previously encountered, but we have no definite connection.

We decide to return to level two and attempt to steal a magical device we once found there capable of producing lightning. Mayfly prepares a scroll of Floating Disk in preparation.

Never Trust a Treasure Chest - Nightwick Abbey - Session 33

Previously, in Nightwick Abbey...

Session 33 - 6th of Shocktober 1391

This week's adventurers:

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Ianthe (Changeling 2)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1) 

Verinka (Changeling 1)

Cherwe (Cleric 2)

Clepta Tullis (Rogue 1)

Hirelings:

Ticze

Heyno

Gele

Ulman

Mikusch

Downtime In the Village

Last week we rescued several people from the clutches of the goblins. On our way back to the village, one of the women insists that she must return to her own village in the fog-bound forest and departs from the group. Later in the week, we hear a report from a drunken woodsman that he saw a wolf skin in the woods, left as if its bones "walked right out of it.” He returned to the same spot later and the skin was gone, but a woman's footprints leading right to where it was. It would appear we rescued a werewolf last week. 

Mad God Maggots and Crying Women - Nightwick Abbey - Session 32

Previously, in Nightwick Abbey...

Session 32 - 29nd of September 1391

This week's adventurers:

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Ianthe (Changeling 2)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1) 

Verinka (Changeling 1)

Brother Farthing (Cleric 1)

Copronymos Maximus (Cleric 1)

Hirelings:

Ticze

Heyno

Fidgety Nodge

Timo

Downtime In the Village

Since last week, Mayfly the Magician stopped by the Medusa's Head and translated the runes on Mechtild's new magic sword. "Steel" the runes read. It seems a bit anticlimactic for a magic sword, but maybe once we see it in action our minds will be changed. However, that won't happen yet. Mechtild's still healing from losing a leg and will be out for a few more weeks (though she can pay for better treatments to quicken her healing). Verinka and Liminal both go carousing during the week, in anticipation of the upcoming feast day of St. Toad (on the 1st of Shocktober). In his drunkenness, Liminal Space burns down several houses and is no longer allowed into the Medusa's Head.

We covered a lot of ground this week.

 

Into the Crevasse - Nightwick Abbey - Session 31

Session 31 - 22nd of September 1391

This week's adventurers:

Verinka (Changeling 1)

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Mechtild (Fighter 1)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1)

Ianthe (Changeling 1) 

Hirelings:

Ticze

Heyno

Fidgety Nodge

In the Village

We start the session with our downtime activities since last week. Most of the party rested up (gaining a +1 HP bonus for this session) but Sotar spent the week inspecting the illuminated manuscript that he had removed from the abbey, attempting to restore it. He determined that it is a book of the Law and he restores a section of it. A brother of the abbey long ago had been writing a passage about how likely it is that various creatures are lying, but in the middle of the passage, he trailed off and wrote about how he has been hearing a voice in his head from the depth of the abbey. He knew that the other brothers hear it too and the other day he saw a brother carving something into the abbey...

Nightwick Abbey - Session 30

Previously, on Nightwick Abbey...

Session 30 - 15th of September 1391

The adventures continue. This week's motley crew is...

Cherwe (Cleric 1)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1)

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Ianthe (Changeling 1)

Mechtild (Fighter 1)

Verinka (Changeling 1)

In the Village

Ianthe is back, after having an arm torn off and Mechtild has been promoted to full party member. There's a new hireling available at Nightwick village, Sister Fronika, who is only willing to be hired by a cleric. One of our own hirelings, Gumpert the Fanatic, is able to hire her to accompany us into Nightwick. A few other hirelings were available, but they didn't seem worth the coin to anyone in the party.

Nightwick Abbey - Old School Megadungeon - Sessions 28 & 29

For the past few months, I've been playing in a megadungeon campaign set in the excellent Nightwick Abbey, using Old School Essentials. One of my fellow players has been documenting our delves so far on his blog, but, as he's unable to play at the moment, I thought I'd fill in temporarily to continue the documentation of our delves into the abbey. Hopefully these play reports will help give people and example of what old school style RPGs look like at the table.

 

Session 28 - 1st of September 1391

This Week's Victims Adventurers.

Cherwe (Cleric 1)

Liminal Space (Changeling 1)

Sotar (Cleric 3)

Blossom (Thief 3)

Gaius (Magic User 1)

Verinka (Changeling 1)

Neighborly (Dwarf 1)

In the Village

There are two new hirelings available: Gumpert, a fanatical cleric who wishes to cleanse the Abbey and requires no payment to go into it (though he gets a half share of XP) and Timo, a woodsman. We decide to hire them both and descend into the abbey. At this point, we've explored what we think is most of level 1 of the dungeon, and we decided to explore more in the western half of the level in an attempt to visit some of the remaining unexplored areas.

First Attempt as Solo Role--playing (with BFRPG)

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece by Edward Lear

I tried my hand at solo role-playing this weekend. I elected to use Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, since I had just gotten the book from Lulu and I was inspired by easyGURPS's collaborative solo games using BFRPG. BFRPG is a good system, I can see why so many people like it. It's very straightforward and well done - the reduced options (4 races, 4 classes) compared to other systems feels like trimming off fluff and just sticking to the good parts. In addition to the basic rules, I used BFRPG Hexcrawl Adventures supplement to facilitate solo play. I supplemented the supplement (deutero-supplements) with random tables from Maze Rats and, when I had a more general question about the world, I used Chris McDowall's Ask the Stars to answer them.