B/X D&D in Stonehell

  Dramatis Personae: Izzie the Thief Benji the Halfling  NPCs Banfiz the Elf Gort the Cleric  Mik the Torchbearer  Kiwi, Benji’s War Doggo  The party spent some time at the Bog Standard, trolling for rumours, and didn’t learn anything new. Since they had “time” (wait for it!) they went to see Garfunkel the “Sage” (damn I’m good) for intel on Malfreces, who came through town a while back. Some kind of “Undead Whisperer”, apparently.  The party wasn’t feeling particularly brave, so rather than pressing on to the second level, they decided to try to find Malfreces in the Quiet Halls. They didn’t find him, but they found something, and were also themselves found by others:  They came upon a room, the walls and floor of which flickered with undulating black and purple flames which crisscrossed back and forth across the chamber. Gort identified it as Balefire. The room also contained a stone dais topped with a chest, a target too tempting for the PCs to think too deeply about how to proceed.

Dramatis Personae: Benji Boggins, a halfling who apparently drinks poisons for fun Isabella Disarono: a thief who has become strangely risk averse, in contrast to her ego Captain Jane Bridgers, Weilder of the Holy Q-tip, the divine staff of bonk-healing  NPCs: Buffalo Head, Minotaur fighter Lindt, fighter The party made the obligatory offering to Coal, the Black Bear of the Valley,    garnering a re-roll for each character before braving the depths of Stonehell.  Despite Izzie’s record haul from delving into the second level, she cautioned against the party delving there this session, so they ventured into the Quiet Halls, secure in Jane’s ability to Turn Undead to keep them from a TPK.  They opened one crypt, which had a good number of skeletons in it. Jane Turned most of them, and the party started to take them down one by one. All did not go according to plan, as Benji decided to play ro sham bo with one of them, and was knocked out with a natural 20 (full damage). Fortunately, Jane