DnD Desert Raiders Campaign

Sessions Log

DM Notes

Do not read as player between DM'ing sessions.

10/06/09 - Session I - Caravan Caper

Initial Notes

Characters wake up in back of moving caravan cart.
Last memory was being left for dead by raiders/bandits.
Any prior acquaintances among party unknown at this point in time (no backstories yet)
Couple of kids are also riding in the cart and before long a scuffle breaks out between a few members of both groups.
Goblins involved actually manage to hold their own.
One kid, bruised and screaming, stumbles out of the cart and goes down in an ungainly heap.
This sufficiently alerts the remainder of the caravan, which pulls to a halt.
Goblins flee like rats from cart, dodging and climbing to stay hidden.
Some hide, some flee.
Scattered melee ensues.

Player Characters

Scragg 6-\
(Eric the cleric) 4-\\\\
Rafa 6-\
Tick 6-
Priest 6-

(Deceased 28-10-2009) Trog 3-\\\
(Deceased 24-12-2009) You! 5-
(Deceased 24-12-2009) Face 3-\\\\
(Disappeared 13-01-2010) Loak the Wanderer 5-\\\\
(Disappeared 20-01-2010) Raven 5-\\\

maximum number: 6-\\

- one "\" per game, 5 games per level

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NonPlayer Characters

Salmir
Occupation: Jeweler
Location: Hale
Will buy 8 bloodstone shards for 6gp each.

Big Al
Occupation: Weaponsmith
Location: Hale
Can't resist a bet.

Alan Triplemain
Occupation: Adventurer
Location: Hale
Payed to party to get him more mystical rocks within a few days

Billy
Occupation: Owner of the pub Nova
Location: Alice Springs
wishes to get a certain magical instrument

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Houserules

Stat generation

4d6, drop lowest.
No re-rolling of 1's.
Roll two sets, pick one.

Desert Environment

Survival rolls for rations - base DC 15

Alchemy

Alchemist Fire is 250ml Clay jug holds 4000ml

Craft Alchemy Check to transfer to other container.

Skills

on a skill roll of 20 roll again and add the number to your roll.

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Enemies

Its not for nothing that goblins are disliked by most other races. The party is working hard to confirm this prejudice.

Burned-down town (Tick)
3 goblins enter a small town, a few hours later the whole town is burned to the ground. No survivors have been found so far.
Tick in the only goblin still alive from there.

Ginie (Scragg. maybe Priest, Eric, Rafa)
Scragg broke the Ginie's lamp after hitting himself against the head a few times.

Ogre (Scragg, Priest, Eric, Rafa)
One ogre ran away as Scragg killed his buddy. He probely blames everyone, if he has the guts to tell anyone.

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no longer relevant

Caravan of Palor
After the death of some of their members they might hold a grudge.

Alan Triplemain
A drunk gave us a large some of money to look for rare stones for him. We have to give the money back, give him the stones or wait for him to come kill us. As we can't enter Hale anymore....

The drunk returned. Raven en You! have chosen to help him beat up some old ladies instead. If they can find them.

Palor
On our travels for a priest of Palor there was a slight discussion of opinions. Hireling goblins often cause some trouble. Having a large number of Palor followers die was probably not on his list acceptable outcomes.

Hale
The party seem to have a capture on sight-status in Hale

Unknown druid chick
After coming out of the tunnel under the burned-down town the goblins chose to rest a bit in the storage room under the inn.
A group of four humans came to investigate and wanted to talk to whoever was there. After a short "conversation" the humans broke through the door. Seeing that the battle didn't go too well, 1 of the humans (druid chick) was able to escape.
The bard did carry a magical violin. Rumour is that the leader of a nearby camp has a magical violin.

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