PCs:
Causticas the elf, F1/MU1
Korin Clubfoot, dwarf, F1
Dodecatheon, MU1
SESSION REPORT:
Burne, shocked by the reappearance of the cultists, talks to the village militia leader Jonathan and the respected druid Jaroo and asks them to unite their forces against the common foe. He was afraid that if the enemy learned of their intentions through his spies he would flee, so he asked them not to say a word, besides a few trustworthy adventurers (if there such adventurers) and take the matter in their own hands. They agree to attack the Moathouse and they take with them Causticas who proved his worth in the previous expedition, a dwarf named Korin Clubfoot and a magic-user known as Dodecatheon, both of them newcomers to the village. They will also be accompanied by 3 of Burne's soldiers.
At Coldeven 1st then, they head under as much secrecy as they can to the Moathouse. Inside they will fight a few zombies and eventually they will meet the evil cleric and his goons. A tough battle will occur with he cleric managing to paralyse with his magic Burne but eventually the party managed to kill his henchmen and neutralise him. Sadly, Jonathan met his end against him during the fight.
But he didn't die in vain! The party returns back to Hommlet triumphant, having clean the dungeon and stop the evil cleric in his tracks!
Hommlet is once again safe!!!
LOOT AND KILLS:
Loot:
29 gems worth 100 gp each
1 topaz worth 500 gp
1 chain worth 1000 gp
74 pp
1000 gp
silverware worth 4000 gp
alabaster box worth 850 gp
10 stones worth 1000 gp each
jewelry worth 15000 gp
staff of striking
phylactery against paralysis
Kills:
7 bandits
5 zombies
Lorath the beautiful
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SESSION:
It is really strange to write down all that loot. This session happened many months ago and I had forgot how much money they made in that session! Basically they took the vast majority of the dungeon's loot in their characters' first session (well, this was Causticas' second session but you get the point)!
It was a really fun battle. I has Lorath use Hold Person and I made him pick people in random and one of them happened to be Burne! I roll everything in front of the players and I remember them saying that they are about to die again once that happened. But they made it!
Once they defeated the goons and lost a few of their soldiers, they tried to wrestle him to the ground. Clever choice. Unfortunately I hadn't researched the wrestling rules of the DMG so I used the OSRIC variant, where you just make a normal attack that subdues him instead of hurt him. This was a little unfair I think because it made it very difficult for them to capture him, even though they were 4 v1 and I had two of them attack with a + 4 because they flanked him.
Causticas' player mentioned in another session that wrestling an opponent should not work like a regular attack back should take into account everything the DMG does, dexterity, weight etc. He is right in this. Wrestling should be an alternative choice for someone who cannot beat you in a fair fight but is flexible enough to outmaneuver you and submit you onto the ground. If I have the same disadvantages that a regular attack has, then there is not point on even trying. I studied the DMG rules and use these from now on.
Also Samwich's player created a new character because he got bored of the old one. So Samwich will stay in Hommlet forever and Dodecatheon will accompany the group from now on!
All in all, T1 was a great module. It has nice dungeon, a strong BBEG and a straightforward goal. Also it provides the PCs with many strong henchmen that are willing to help. One of the strange things is the sudden increase of difficulty inside the dungeon. You can spend two or three session killing rats, the ogre or the bugbears and feel that it has no challenge to offer, and then suddenly BOOM! Lorath appears and run for your lives!
The players loved it and while the whole thing started as an attempt to try out modules, we decided to continue the campaign from there and see what else is there at Greyhawk for them to explore. With all that loot, they gained a level and are extremely close to get another one, so new adventures await!
LET'S GO!!!
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