B/X D&D in Stonehell

Dramatis Personae: Isabella Disarono: Thief of prodigious ego NPCs: Gort of the Shining Force, Cleric Buffalo Head, Fighter  Lindt, Fighter Another solo session! This time it was the intrepid and notoriously overconfident Isabella the Thief leading her band of hirelings.  After making the prudent offering to Coal the black bear to procure a re-roll, the party headed into the dungeon. The first area of note they uncovered was a room with a strange stone dial, designed to be spun, inscribed with runes and glyphs of luck, chance, and disaster. Because adventurers are a mercurial lot, they all decided to spin the Wheel of Fortune. It seems that Fate not only protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise, it likewise protects adventurers. Not that they don’t usually fall under the category of “fools” as well. Isabella ended up with an AC bonus, Buffalo Head had to save vs spells or die (he survived) Lindt got a re-roll, Gort with his gold doubled, but only after Isabe...

Dramatics Personae:  Benji Boggins, a halfling with more ambition than caution NPCS Case O’Beer, fighter who talks like the peasant from Warcraft 1 Dank Holden, the 1 HP wonder Mik the Torchbearer, who is scared of the dark  Tonight was a solo session featuring Benji Boggins the halfling. Together with his newfound hirelings Case O’Beer, Dank Holden and the torchbearer Mik, he braved the night haunted halls of Stonehell Dungeon.  They first examined the remaining crypts, and dispatched a skeletal dog which failed to do much damage. They then encountered a ghoul (ghouls just wanna have fun!) which paralyzed Dank and sorely wounded Case. However, it was guarding a large amount of electrum pieces, which the group grabbed and ran back to town after using both of Jane’s healing potions to heal and remove the paralysis.  Once in town, Benji realized he had learned a lot from that short delve and was levelled up to level 2. They outfitted themselves with more gear and heade...

Dramatis Personae: Benji Boggins: Halfling of great bravery, coupled with neither Intelligence, nor Wisdom, nor forethought  Captain Jane Bridgers, a cleric who has proven her faith and can now cast spells Finlor: Elf, no relation to Finrod or Finarfin   Liathano: Mage: she’s looking for summoning magic  Isabella Disarono: Thief of prodigious ego  Oryn: A dwarf of redoubtable strength, bearer of the Axe Scar Also present: The retainer Buffalo Head, fighter, and is I suppose, a Minotaur, named after the beer Stacy was drinking when hired The retainer Lindt, named after the chocolate Lexa was eating when he was hired  Interesting note: gender parity in the player group   The group explored the northwest section of the dungeon, hitting a lot of soft targets. Due to the size and firepower of the party, they were able to take down “Da Dragon” (in actuality a giant gecko) in a few rounds with only Oryn taking damage.  The only truly dangerous moment was when...

Dramatis Personae: Benji Boggins: Halfling of great bravery, coupled with neither Intelligence nor Wisdom Isabella Disarono: Thief of prodigious ego  Oryn: A dwarf of redoubtable strength  Also present: the retainer Buffalo Head, fighter, and is, I suppose, a Minotaur  The party narrowly avoided not one, but TWO potential TPKS through a combination of dumb luck, solid tactics, and a good handful of healing potions. It was of course, Murphy’s Law that had them beeline straight for the deadliest encounter on the level, a whole tribe of orcs with an incredibly deadly captain. However, in B/X, great risks yield great rewards: Oryn received the legendary dwarven battle axe “Scar” from the corpse of the Orc captain. They then came upon a group of dwarves documenting the dungeon architecture, who took pity on the bedraggled delivers and healed them up when the party offered them their recently plundered dwarven brandy. Later, the party was then treated to an example of Benji’s l...

Dramatis Personae: Benji Boggins: Halfling of great bravery, coupled with neither Intelligence nor Wisdom Captain Jane Bridgers: Cleric, still proving her faith  Fitladin: An incredibly obnoxious fighter Valharik: An elf wielding a two hand sword as tall as he is  Oryn: A dwarf of redoubtable strength  The party cleared the Gatehouse, avoided getting bitten by lethally poisonous giant centipedes, got attacked by stirges, one of which drained some of Oryn’s blood before being shot off by Fitladin’s arrow. The party got a job from a group of goblins who were ousted from the main dungeon and who want revenge on the orcs who forces them out. Valharik the elf nearly succumbed to wounds inflicted by a fire beetle, but made his Death Save and hung on. The elf also found some interesting magic items behind a secret door. Jane found gold and a gem on a corpse, which she gave Last Rites to so that it wouldn’t rise as undead. Benji found a cask of expensive wine and some hand tools....