PCs Present & Played:
Phillip Bachman, linklad
Jehan, Woodsman [reskinned Halfling] (Helpful Waffle)
Walter, poacher
Lucien Courtet, infantryman
Edmond Renault, Fighter (Skarne)Jehan, Woodsman [reskinned Halfling] (Helpful Waffle)
Walter, poacher
Tenkos, Cleric [plague doctor kit] (Sugarplum)
Teake's Teeth
Tinslee & Therese, Teamsters
Viggo Pyreborn, ?? (Peanut Butter)
Teake's Teeth
Tinslee & Therese, Teamsters
Viggo Pyreborn, ?? (Peanut Butter)
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| Expedition into Ghallia-That-Fell Day 7 |
Travel Summary
Expedition Day; Season Day; Weather; Hexes; Expenditures; Notes
Expedition 6; Fall 58; Windy; 0522, 0422, 0322; 1ea ration/feed
Expedition 7; Fall 59; Cloudy + Warm; 0323, 0324, 0425; 1ea ration/feed
Expedition 7; Fall 59; Cloudy + Warm; 0323, 0324, 0425; 1ea ration/feed
Sidenote: I've already removed the rations/feed listed out above (2ea) from all character inventories.
Next Watch Sequence
Night 7: CDAB
Marching Order
Ashley 30+ feet ahead
1/2 of Teake's Teeth
PCs + teamsters
1/2 of Teake's Teeth
Watches
A. Tenkos, Timothee (I1), Indira (I2)
B. Viggo, Yvonne (I3), Basile (I4)
C. Barthelm, Joseph (A1), Sacha (I6)
D. Lucien (for Claus), Rosaline (P1), Cyril (P2)
Camp Setup: Horses gathered in the center, tied to trees or stakes. Rest of camp arrayed in a circle around them. Light discipline, no campfires or other lights.
Last time the party bartered with two ratfolk to serve as guides, lost one to horrible animals in the night, traded away their crab pearl for even more info, and generally got waylaid by the weather.
This time they had all sorts of smooth sailing. They traveled west three hexes without incident. Ashley the ratfolk was able to keep pace despite being dismounted because of her familiarity with the terrain.
That night, their sixth in Ghallia-That-Fell, Edmond decided he wanted to make sure that no one had become too used to being in that deadly place. During his watch he ran a "readiness drill" to test everyone's responses. Reactions were mixed.
Teake's Teeth were professionals and wasted no time in arraying themselves appropriately.
Tinslee and Therese were scared and unhappy.
Tenkos was irate at having been woken up for nothing.
Jehan went back to sleep, Walter was frightened.
Claus pointed his pistol at Edmond and started running thought experiments on the best way to ambush a group. Maybe if you mind controlled the leader...
Claus' player asked what the reaction from someone would be if / when they came back alive from deep in Ghallia-That-Fell. Told him that he would have to find out because as far as they are aware they are the first ones ever to cross into the forest. Even the servants of the Princes are meant to stay on the crispy shore and make sure everything stays burnt.
"Crispy shore? Is that canonical?" - Edmond's player
Initially no, but then... yes "crispy shore" is now canonical, decided it's something the common folk say. Thanks Edmond for continuing our proud naming tradition and helping me say yes.
How is Viggo doing? Anything that's upsetting him? He seemed pretty happy dancing in the mud and watching the giant bonfire.
Edmond: We are basically in hell.
Viggo: Let me tell you about the constant hell that we have been going through since Teutonia. Have you ever heard of Crossroads?
Edmond's seen some shit too, he was not as impressed.
Jehan is back in Ghallia-That-Fell, how's he doing?
"Like coming home finally and finding out your house has burned down. It's home but not, everything is so different and so much more dangerous."
Tenkos is surprised at how easy this has all been and loves his new rat friend!
Claus: "Ditto."
They continued on south and east towards 0425. Ashley called out as quietly as she could to get someone to dismount and approach her. She pointed out a squat tree with a bunch of round, bright red fruits on it. "Never seen one like that before."
The rest of the party came over and they debated what to do. They settled on Jehan shooting at it with his crossbow. Tenkos told Agathe, one of the Teeth's archers, to do the same and they made a little contest out of it. Jehan bullseyed one of the fruits! It burst in a shiny shower of sparkly sprinkles! Agathe missed.
PCs went closer to it to investigate and it vanished when they got just outside of reach! Reappeared a few seconds later in a different direction about thirty feet away.
Claus: "Trees never move, fact!"
Claus was now committed to touching this tree. He broke into a run and charged at it! He got nearly upon it before it vanished again. This time he was able to observe the branches and fruits all suck up into a pole and dip into the earth before popping back out again a few seconds later about thirty feet away. "It's a mole tree!"
In addition to "mole tree" they also theorized that the fruits were the eyes of a creature or that the whole thing was a giant lure for some awful work beast (not mutually exclusive with the eyes theory).
Some folks wanted to just keep moving, Claus wanted to charge it at least one more time. He also proposed a plan where they surrounded it at around 30 feet distance, one person would charge it, then when it went down and up again someone should be right near it. He was unable to sell it.
Viggo: "We have enough scary things waiting for us in Wilhelm the Wily's lab... but let's have Jehan light this thing on fire first before we go."
Edmond and Jehan were not all about this "burn the tree plan". Viggo was incredibly excited about the fire. Claus wanted to have everyone surround it at 30 feet and then one person charges it, it pops up, and someone
In the end Tenkos commanded Agathe to shoot the tree with a lit arrow, she did and hit it! The tree caught fire, the fire spread to the branches, and then once it got near all the red fruits they turned into quite the beautiful (and noisy!) fireworks show. In addition to all the loud noises and sparkling showers in the twilight, Claus got hit with what he felt was an echo of magical force as the tree and its fruit burned and popped.
The fireworks show was interrupted by a burst of chittering ratfolk sounds and exclamations of shock from behind them. Ashley turned around with an "Oh shit!" and we ended the session.
This time they had all sorts of smooth sailing. They traveled west three hexes without incident. Ashley the ratfolk was able to keep pace despite being dismounted because of her familiarity with the terrain.
That night, their sixth in Ghallia-That-Fell, Edmond decided he wanted to make sure that no one had become too used to being in that deadly place. During his watch he ran a "readiness drill" to test everyone's responses. Reactions were mixed.
Teake's Teeth were professionals and wasted no time in arraying themselves appropriately.
Tinslee and Therese were scared and unhappy.
Tenkos was irate at having been woken up for nothing.
Jehan went back to sleep, Walter was frightened.
Claus pointed his pistol at Edmond and started running thought experiments on the best way to ambush a group. Maybe if you mind controlled the leader...
Claus' player asked what the reaction from someone would be if / when they came back alive from deep in Ghallia-That-Fell. Told him that he would have to find out because as far as they are aware they are the first ones ever to cross into the forest. Even the servants of the Princes are meant to stay on the crispy shore and make sure everything stays burnt.
"Crispy shore? Is that canonical?" - Edmond's player
Initially no, but then... yes "crispy shore" is now canonical, decided it's something the common folk say. Thanks Edmond for continuing our proud naming tradition and helping me say yes.
How is Viggo doing? Anything that's upsetting him? He seemed pretty happy dancing in the mud and watching the giant bonfire.
Edmond: We are basically in hell.
Viggo: Let me tell you about the constant hell that we have been going through since Teutonia. Have you ever heard of Crossroads?
Edmond's seen some shit too, he was not as impressed.
Jehan is back in Ghallia-That-Fell, how's he doing?
"Like coming home finally and finding out your house has burned down. It's home but not, everything is so different and so much more dangerous."
Tenkos is surprised at how easy this has all been and loves his new rat friend!
Claus: "Ditto."
They continued on south and east towards 0425. Ashley called out as quietly as she could to get someone to dismount and approach her. She pointed out a squat tree with a bunch of round, bright red fruits on it. "Never seen one like that before."
The rest of the party came over and they debated what to do. They settled on Jehan shooting at it with his crossbow. Tenkos told Agathe, one of the Teeth's archers, to do the same and they made a little contest out of it. Jehan bullseyed one of the fruits! It burst in a shiny shower of sparkly sprinkles! Agathe missed.
PCs went closer to it to investigate and it vanished when they got just outside of reach! Reappeared a few seconds later in a different direction about thirty feet away.
Claus: "Trees never move, fact!"
Claus was now committed to touching this tree. He broke into a run and charged at it! He got nearly upon it before it vanished again. This time he was able to observe the branches and fruits all suck up into a pole and dip into the earth before popping back out again a few seconds later about thirty feet away. "It's a mole tree!"
In addition to "mole tree" they also theorized that the fruits were the eyes of a creature or that the whole thing was a giant lure for some awful work beast (not mutually exclusive with the eyes theory).
Some folks wanted to just keep moving, Claus wanted to charge it at least one more time. He also proposed a plan where they surrounded it at around 30 feet distance, one person would charge it, then when it went down and up again someone should be right near it. He was unable to sell it.
Viggo: "We have enough scary things waiting for us in Wilhelm the Wily's lab... but let's have Jehan light this thing on fire first before we go."
Edmond and Jehan were not all about this "burn the tree plan". Viggo was incredibly excited about the fire. Claus wanted to have everyone surround it at 30 feet and then one person charges it, it pops up, and someone
In the end Tenkos commanded Agathe to shoot the tree with a lit arrow, she did and hit it! The tree caught fire, the fire spread to the branches, and then once it got near all the red fruits they turned into quite the beautiful (and noisy!) fireworks show. In addition to all the loud noises and sparkling showers in the twilight, Claus got hit with what he felt was an echo of magical force as the tree and its fruit burned and popped.
The fireworks show was interrupted by a burst of chittering ratfolk sounds and exclamations of shock from behind them. Ashley turned around with an "Oh shit!" and we ended the session.
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