Casual Gamers Hell

We’ve finally reached the end of the first chapter of our 4th edition campaign.  The second chapter will be starting, and will have its own thread as soon as possible.  The first chapter was called “The muddy fields of Trouse,” while the second chapter is called “A warm welcome.”  I intend this chapter to be a bit shorter than the last.

I had hoped to start this chapter with a live session, but I realise that organizing one of those these days is about as easy as teaching a dog to fly.  Nonetheless, a Maptool session should be played as soon as possible.

In the meantime, here is a brief summary of events so far:

Learning that the town of Trouse had been ravaged by bandits, the the heroes decided to help out.  Well, another way to put it would be, they were fed a lot of free booze, and then decided that that they should help out.  The baron was very helpful, offering them provisions and his best wishes.

In the morning they woke with head-splitting hangovers to find that Geovanna had already set out on her own.  Not to be outdone, the rag-tag band set out on their journey.  On the way they met a ranger called Grumph who helped them find the location of the bandits camp.  As a token of their thanks, the heroes gave Grumph some wine.  They never saw him alive again.

They marched through the forest on the way to an abandoned monastary, now thought to be the camp of the bandits.  After camping one night in the forest, they descended into the… wine cellar… of the monastary.  Really, what kind of a monastary would it be without a wine cellar?  They encountered the bandits and defeated them, although the leader, one Toudfoot, got away with a few of his men.  They also found a strange marking in and abandoned underground chapel, and picked up an unfinished novel.

They set off back to town, Hannibal leading the way several hours before the rest.  All in all about 4 days had passed since they first set out.

When they arrived in town… Well, that’s the second chapter for you.