DM BEEZULBUBBA'S GAME RECAP SUPER BLOG

   Oh the warm sun shines down upon Kendall Keep while storm clouds gather over the Trollscrag Mountains where the forlorn and accursed Stone-Hell lays. We have been having a nice warm spell at teh tail end of February here in Kentucky and rather than obsess over weather charts I just look out the window and  that's the weather on the borderlands albeit about 10 degrees warmer as I envision the Borderlands I am using being a bit more like northern Florida in temperature. The abundance of marsh and swamp being my excuse although we have swamps in Kentucky too. It works and keeps things easy for myself.    We picked up inside of Kendall Keep after the big score of the wooden coffers of a crypt loaded with Platinum pieces that Stonus & Daagun found in the crypts they had discovered behind a locked set of doors in ye' Hell's Antechamber (1A) section of Stone-Hell . NPC Retainers bought new armor while the party members took advantage of the Writ of Residence ...

 Well, I had thought to make a third adventure zone for this quasi-open table; I gatekeep the hell out of my games now, and had about four folks signed up originally but on game night it was down to two. One had not made a character but negotiated to play a character from a former game I had run a few years ago so I allowed it. Davon Yadderson Magic-User 5th level & Tashuab Human Ranger 1st level. They had arrived in Restenford aboard the Salty Tart vessel. There is some minor bookkeeping where Gold from his previous adventures were converted to Platinum Pieces for Davon and we go along with the story they had become fast friends on the voyage from the main land. A 1 month journey with the Salty Tart heading out to sea for another 3 month journey to a remote outpost on a savage island filled with giant monsters nearly 20' tall. SO basically setting up Isle of Dread for later on after making a solid base in Restenford, if they live that long !   Having them put ashore t...

     Well, I have been running this one for a few sessions but figure I can write up Recaps for all of these games I am planning on running that are not going to be live streamed. Those will recap themselves I guess. But I started with folks wanting to return and give the Barrowmaze another shot, but this time with Chaotic & Lawful Evil Characters acting outside of the normal adventuring guidelines. Not heroic or even disreputable but plain vile and evil. I figure it was an attempt at using Command Undead versus Turning which has been lackluster and even with groups of Paladins and Clerics ended in humiliating defeat and death at the claws and fangs of the Undead. I figured why not.     We have already played a few session and they delved into the Barrowmaze but for a single session and  then from their campsite in the Blackened Forest set out to why children were going missing from the outlying farmlands and discovered...

                Well, I debated about continuing to make these recaps as I've made some changes to my gaming table, my associations and methods. I can be fickle and crass at times but at the end of the day we do these things to have an enjoyable time with friends and sometimes mere acquaintances from the aethereal world of the internet. Sometimes that does not mesh well with our mellow, so to speak. SO I decided not to play with a couple players and one I was actually DM'ing so I nuked the Discord as well as the ROll20 campaign. Then almost immediately regretted it which is a rarity to for myself. I own my decisions, no pallid half hearted mulling over it. SO, I reconstituted the SHotB behind a gatekept wall of preferred associations. I regained a PC who had decided not to adventure with one of the folks I opted to disassociate and unfortunately stopped playing with one that had nothing to do with any of it but b...

      Had to start with an update on the session numbers for the Dwarf OSE game that I am running. Must have gotten confused about the number of sessions. Quick fix, should have done it sooner if it caused any confusion for anyone who reads this stuff. (shrug) Prolly should finish the morning coffee before starting on these recaps.     Oh, our start was slightly delayed this session with job and school obligations so we took care of some unassigned treasure. I asked some minor book keeping questions concerning resident locations and you would have thought it was an FBI interrogation. I get that players assume the DM is "up to something" when they ask for particulars on location of loot and sleeping but its also BASIC BOOKKEEPING for a DM ! Ugh, aggravating but expected. After this was taken care of we shifted to how many boats would be taken and how many hirelings and retainers would be joining this particular foray. There is some follow up f...