Stone-Hell on the Borderlands Session #17 (18 DEC 2023)
We got off to a slightly later start but we are down to three players with one player running two Retainers so we take it slow. The Coddiwomple Company picked up where we left off last week resting in the former Mountain Lion Lair in Stone-Hell Valley. I made an early ruling in session about not being able to memorize spells multiple times within a 24-Hour period beyond your normal limit similar to Lamentations of the Flame Princess as this is in hopes we do not fall into the habit of a five room dungeon mentality where after a single sleep spell is cast they fall back to rest EXACTLY eight hours then return to adventuring. It's the kind of meta I call munchkinism. Several Wandering Monster Checks are made and the party from their vantage point is unable to see Bandits scouting the valley under moonlight but do see a group of Stirge descend upon and injure the donkeys of Snorri's Dwarf Cohort as well as their single donkey left in their care injured by the vampiric ...