Koriel "Kori" the aasimar (human-looking) arcane archer,
"Puff" the gnome dream druid,
Aegle the winged elf kensei monk,
and their allies...
DM Note
I've let myself be inspired by "West Marches" style games for some of my recent DMing. The players are exploring in short bursts, sometimes encountering things above their level, finding areas to explore later, and returning to the (somewhat) safety of the home town. It's fun, but I can already tell I'm going to want to change things up soon.
4U Session 4 Log
Homebrew Campaign (Alternate Forgotten Realms)
Having left Aegle back in the fairy plane Kori, Puff, and Frazzle were back in Tholmme and talking with some of their NPC allies. A huge female green dragon ("Old Gnawbone" as Puff knew her) came through the sacred tree portal with Kennara (the blue-haired eladrin woman). Puff told the dragon about the magic singing sword; she said she was going to go explore the forest to find it, but that she would return in 10 days to take over the town. Kennara went to the tavern after hiring the team, giving them 8 days to retrieve the sword for her.
Puff had some explaining to do to the group, but told them the dragon had saved his life and trained him as a druid. He said his plan was to somehow convince the dragon the town was cursed. Deciding they would try to get the magic sword themselves, the team went back through the woods and found that the dragon had placed a black tarp over the Ryali statue. Kori removed it. They found a "Thunder Circle" with a picnic basket trap and a naked guy; they had to fight and kill the dude when he refused to help them.
Each night, when the team rested in the forest, the green dragon came and spoke to them in a human or gnome form. Kori's dreams showed her that the dragon was no threat to Ryali, other than continuing to cover the statue. The next day, the team took on a group of 6 bandits; they killed 5, but took the other one as a prisoner. The surviving bandit was willing to show them the hidden bandit lair.
The bandit base was camp-hidden in the woods. The team tried sneaking up at night, divided up; they each killed a scout but the bandit leader released his cockatrices and Frazzle was turned into a statue. Kori and Puff fled and had to kill 1 of the cockatrices; the other one got away. When the dragon came to them that night, Puff asked her to de-petrify Frazzle and she agreed to help. The group explained that since this was an alternate universe and the elementals were more powerful here, that the green dragon was probably better off just going home and letting Puff continue to send tribute back through the sacred tree. Their persuasion worked and she left.
The next day, the team took on 2 bandits on patrol. They killed one, but took the other one prisoner (to replace the prisoner they had lost from before). They had to decide whether to go ahead and assault the bandit base or come up with a new plan.
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