Archive for May, 2005

On Being a Paladin, Part the Third

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

Welcome to level 4! We had gone back to town, sold loot, bought new loot, saved a Faery Dragon, or something like that, and headed back to the dungeon, delving deeper than we had before.
After a quick encounter with some Wights we found a secret door that led in to a passageway. This [...]

A Question of Trust

Monday, May 16th, 2005

Having dragged all of our newly-found loot out of the dungeon and back to town we sell what we don’t want and divide the cash evenly amongst ourselves. We are then left with the arduous task of spending it. One of the items we thought about selling, to increase our cash considerably, was [...]

Mini Adventure: On Being a Bard

Friday, May 13th, 2005

I quite enjoyed playing a Bard, even though the use of the class features was limited and my spell list was pretty much useless against plants. Having a high Charisma was certainly different, and the skills used could be put to good effect.
To get myself in to the role I practised my Sleight of [...]

Mini Adventure: The Vines of Doom III

Friday, May 13th, 2005

I’m sure many parties can relate to the characters and situations in the Order of the Stick comic strip series, which is why it is so popular, and our party is no exception. This, along with my lack of imagination for names, is why I named my Bard ‘Elan’. Nevertheless, sometimes we are [...]

Mini Adventure: The Vines of Doom II

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

It’s never easy picking a weapon for a fighter-type character. One can either go for the standard weapons, like a longsword, or pick something a bit more exotic. A longsword, or the like, has the disadvantage of being rather ‘normal’, lending little character to the fighter, but at least you are likely to [...]

Mini Adventure: The Vines of Doom I

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

The party, including Elan the Elven Bard, a Cleric, a Mage and a Barbarian with his pet dog, are hired by a village to find out what’s happened to the food convoy that is late and is thus causing consternation amongst the public as supplies run out. We head off on the five-day trek [...]