An open table OD&D game I run weekends at a local game shop
Players & Characters
- Justin B. – Davin Mugwort, Halfling Thief 1
- Alex B. – Corriander, Halfling Thief 1
- Sarah B. – Alba, Human Cleric 1
- Nic L. – Thomason, Human Magic-User 1
Summary
Our party meets in Heathford, a small walled town in fallen kingdom of Veldmere, there the Earl Aldhelm of Dunmere petitions the party to find his missing bride, Diera of Dahia, who mysteriously disappeared the night before their wedding.
The party investigated, speaking to townsfolk where they learn that a mysterious fog rolled into the town the night she vanished, and that a bandit queen known as “the Shrike” has been raiding caravans traveling through Heathford. They also acquire a hireling by the name of Hrufto, a Halfling scout who survived a massacre, and carries a black cat named Coal.
Speaking to Silas the Storyteller, they discover the Diera has been seen wandering into the Gravehills to the north. Following his lead, they travel through the forest to the northwest, they stumbled upon a dilapidated Shrine of Saint Eadburga, and Alba takes the statue.
They then came upon a strange fellow named Beortic the Hunter. Purchasing some hunted rabbits from him, they note a suspicious disposition that he carries, and notice some bloodied clothes in his hunter’s shack. He says that is due to butchering, but they notice may of the cloaks are mismatched in size and quality. Suspecting him to be a murderer, they turn down his offer to accompany him and instead continue north.
Finding the mounds, they trace Diera’s trail to a extremely large barrow, the front door open. Davin Mugwort searches the barrows, and on top he found a secret entrance, surrounded by unguarded camp supplies, including a deep yellow potion. Using a rope to descend, the party witnessed a chasm that had split open the room below on the east side, and a dead body to the west.
Going down the hallway, their hireling was attacked by a ochre jelly. The hireling was killed, and Alba was severely burned by acid, but the party slew the slime.
Continuing to the northwest, they found a sarcophagus in front of a mural of two nature deities. Opening the coffin, a pearl-colored woman with silver hair was within. Suspecting undead, Alba attempted to turn her but failed. This woman said her name was Tainwyn, and that she was the second bride of Caedwin the Red King, and that Diera of Dahia was his newest bride-to-be. The party convinced her that they were her servants, which she referred to them as slaves – a practice not utilized on the isle of Veldmere for centuries. She gave them a clerical scroll to deal with supposed robbers that the party convinced they were after.
This is where we ended the session.
Treasure & XP
28gp.
262xp total for treasure, magic items, and threats overcome.