Origins Bound!

Good morning all! While I do have to go to work for a bit today, I'm working a short day. This afternoon my kiddo and I are are heading to Columbus for Origins Game Fair. This year's theme is cyberpunk, which isn't my thing, but could still be cool. I've got a few posts scheduled, but no real new game content this weekend. If you are attending the con, look for me at the Limitless Adventures booth (22110).

Can't wait to share pics and stories from the con with everyone.

Death in Darkon

Earlier tonight I ran the third session of the Season of Horror, Death in Darkon. It was a blood bath (which is fitting because it's vampire-centric). This week Enza has sent the party to the domain of Darkon to stop the second shadow raven. My group this week was made up of the following:

• Bugbear Ranger (Hollow Warden)
• Dwarf Barbarian (Circle of the Moon)
• Drow Fighter (Eldritch Knight) 

They awake in an underground river. The first encounter they face off with an elven vampire familiar, two bandit captains, and four toughs. I was rolling crits like crazy and they had a small party. The drow (played by my kid) was taken out in one round by the familiar. The party was killed and since we had plenty of time I pulled a Groundhog's Day and let them run through it again. I took the four toughs out and still cause a party wipe. I asked them if they wanted to fight the adventure's boss, an illithid vampire, for the Hell of it. While the dwarf went down, they killed the abomination.

Despite the deaths, everyone had a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to next week's adventure, Blood in Borca.

Road to Ruan

In addition to Honk Legion I’m running several sessions of Road to Ruan. Here’s an event description:

Your party is hired to find a local merchant who has disappeared on the road to the nearby city of Ruan. You'll gather clues in town before heading into the wild. Be the first to play this new TTRPG by Limitless Adventures.

I love Andy and Mike from Limitless Adventures. Their work is great and I’ve reviewed several of their releases. Additionally they are just genuinely awesome dudes. For the past few years they’ve allowed me access to one of their booth badges for the con. This year they also let my kiddo have one of the spares.

Full confession, I’ve not played this new system yet, even though I’m running it Thursday. I’ve not even read the rules. Andy is going to run the adventure for me Wednesday night. He said he’s confident in my ability to learn and run it.

Sign up for a session here.

Music Monday - Who Will You Be

 Here's another Critical Role inspired tune, though instead of jaunty this one is sexy. 

Jester's mother, Marion Lavorre (aka the Ruby of the Sea), would be a great focus for a future Fuccubus Friday post.

I Want You For The Honk Legion

I will be running two session of The Honk Legion for Lurking Fears at Origins. This 5e adventure is set in a twisted carnival full of demon clowns. It's laugh out loud funny and totally absurd. My sessions will be Thursday and Friday morning at 9:00 AM. The Thursday session is full, but four of the five spots for the Friday session are free. Here are some props and decorations I’ll have at the table.

Also if you wear a medium or smaller shirt, Hot Topic has an awesome Honk Legion shirt on clearance.

The Goblin Riddle Trap

Here’s another fantastic goblin trap I will need to use. You can check out the last one I shared here.

To break the flimsy bar I’d say it’s a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check.

Succubus Sunday - Malcanthet

Malcanthet is the demon queen of the succubi. The first picture below is her natural appearance. However, to anyone that gazes upon her she looks like what that person finds most attractive (which I guess means she looks like Rhea Ripley to me).

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Terror in Tepest

Tonight I ran the second session of the Season of Horror at Dungeon Dwellers in Portsmouth, Ohio. After saving townsfolk from the graveyard, the party made a deal with Inza. The witch told them that if they seek out the shadow ravens that caused the graveyard incident, she would send them home.

One of my players wasn't there, but a new players was. My players were:

• Bugbear Ranger (Hollow Warden)
• Dwarf Barbarian (Path of the Berserker)
• Lupin Druid (Circle of the Moon)

The mists led the party to a harvest festival in Tepest. They feasted with townsfolk and were hired to make sure a ritual site was set up properly. When they arrived they found a hobgoblin captain, some bugbears, and signs of a struggle. The hobgoblin claimed a druid let them have this abandoned home. There was a stand off, until the ranger climbed over a wall and caused the ritual effigy to animate into a death's head tree. The druid (who'd misled the humanoids and created the tree using the shadow raven) joined the fight. While the hobgoblin and her crew fought the tree and druid, the party fought flying death's heads. Eventually the humanoids were killed, but their attacks had weakened the party enough to finish off the tree. A shadow raven escaped the tree and was banished. The party grabbed some loot before the mists took them.

The session was fun. Encounters two and three were combined because of the ranger's actions, but it worked. My only disappointment is that I was never able to do the quirky thing the death's heads have. If they reduce a character to 0 HP, the creature is KO'd and the head replaces theirs's permanently. You then get to roll on a random head chart. They change is just cosmetic, but it's wild.

These scenarios are fun. There are three more. Come back next week to hear about Death in Darkon.