D&D post game 8-27 part #2

Now that the party had reaped their bloody revenge, they thought it prudent to find another avenue for adventure.

Now that the dwarves were excavating and exploring their subterranean transit system there is plenty of work for a group of adventuring types. There was work for mining crew bodyguards, but that didn’t sound super exciting. However, the idea of exploring the long lost underground ruins sounded much more interesting.

They group chatted with the archeology and explorers guild and decided to work for them. They were assigned a scribe to travel with them to chronicle and collect any locations and antiquities they found. A skinny bookworm of a human named Lucas Fudderth, Novice Scribe 2^nd Class. They were set to go and just needed a quick nights rest.

That is when they noticed a small flying creature following them and muttering to itself. This creature made two appearances before it’s owner/creator made an appearance of his own. The party had a meet and greet with an intense looking elven mage named Ramalad. This raven haired wizard was looking to hire the party to help him obtain entrance to the sealed wizard tower of one  (long dead) Heinrich “The Mad Enchanter.”

It seems his tower has been sealed for years and without the proper incantations and/or associated items, there is no way to enter the tower. However, Ramalad had discovered a way to circumvent the wards. He just needed an item long lost until recently, a six foot tall standing mirror. He just needs the party to retrieve it for him. Why?

D&D post game 8-27 part #1

This past weekend our intrepid party of adventurers gained another follower, an elven bard (played by my son). He was welcomed to the party with open arms and quickly realized he had no idea what he was getting himself into.

After a bit of conversation about what to get invested in, I interjected a reminder about a certain shady underworld drug lord kingpin-ish guy and the oath they swore to get him. Well that made their next choice a simple one, they were off to get some payback on the guy who sent a bunch of goons after them the game prior. I’m sure they would have remembered him eventually, but a little nudge in the right direction didn’t hurt.

A bit later the group was outside the location of a known drug warehouse and known location of the seedy underworld boss Mr. Dykstra. A plan was hatched to start the building on fire to lure out their target. While the mage and bard were doing that, the thief, barbarian and monk went in search of a rear or secret exit. Then everything went a bit akimbo.

D&D pre-game 8-27-16

Never has there been such a boom of business in the town of Stonekeep. A large contingent of dwarves has set up a small way station outside of the city.

It seems to function as a base camp, resupply station, aid station, staging area and a field hospital. All manner of goods and sundries are being purchased.

The long lost dwarven tunnel system, beneath the Midland Realms, has been found and there was much celebration by the dwarves from Ferrous Spur. Sadly, the celebration did not last long. Less than a week after the discovery, the area surrounding and beneath Ferrous Spur was besieged by forces of goblins, orcs, bugbears and the treacherous dark dwarves. It seems these forces want to capture these tunnels to further their own fiendish plans.

 

This has left the contingent near Stonekeep in a bit of a lurch. There is need for labor to clean and clear the tunnels. There is need for added protection for the workers underground. After a few hundred years many creatures have taken up residence in the tunnels and various chambers, and it seems they do not want to be disturbed, moved or are just excited about a new food source in their area.

 

There is also a need for anyone willing to explore the various chambers, off shoot tunnels and rooms that are being found running alongside the railway. A branch of the dwarven archeology school and the Stonekeep Explorers League are running various excursions into these areas. They too are in need of volunteers to help in the mapping of these areas as well as added protection as this is just as dangerous as  the cleaning  of the tunnels.

Post 13.1 miles and a game store

Alright. School is back in session and afternoons in our house are chaotic with  all  the drop-offs and pick-ups from various afterschool activities.

A quick recap of our trip to Michigan.

 

Saturday we chilled out in Cadillac, Michigan. Sunday we hiked a ½ marathon. It was a race to everybody else.

We had great weather we felt great. The trail was fun and optically pleasing. We finished way under the time we thought we would finish. I actually passed ten people by just walking at a descent clip. Hell, I even placed in the to four in my age group with our time. Never thought that would happen.

 

My trusty hiking hat and the giant ass medal everyone gets for running/walking these things.
I guess big medals are a running/walking a long distance reward type thing?

Plus, there is a nice little after race party. When you finish they have a ton of food, drink and even beer. It is a nice gesture and after 3 hours of hiking one tends create an appetite.

It was a damn fine experience.

 

Monthly book roundup

A quick hit of the books I read this month.

Arthas : Rise of the Lich King

Well diving back into fantasy I grabbed this little novel. Feels like a 100 years now since I originally played the Lich King/Northrend expansion on World of Warcraft. Looking back I should have read this before playing it. It would have made the events, story, missions and dungeons make a ton more sense to me.

The story of the rise and fall of Arthas Menethil is damn descent. There is a bit about Thrall and the orcs. It touches on the blood elves. There is Sylvanas and the undead. The whole lot about the whys, whats and hows of Northrend. It was a damn fun read!

I would say a must read for any fan of the MMORPG.

Bleeding Corwns and 13.3 miles

Last night Volbeat played our local state fair. Why? I have no idea but I'm damn glad they did!

Sure we had to suffer through Black Wizard and Killswitch Engage, but it was worth the wait.

Seriously? Black Wizard? Who are they?

A sweet near full moon over the concert last night.

Made it look pretty sweet.

 Their set list was tight. 

They didn't chat and pander they just played a bunch of awesome music.

The beer was practically water and went down way too easy.

There were no ass hats around us.

It all made for a damn good show.

 

 Now I am packing for our three day weekend in Michigan.

 I was coaxed into a half marathon this weekend. 

We were up here last year cheering on my lady's brother and sister-in-law.

We talked about it then and it slowly came to pass that we would come back and do this.

I'm not super pumped about it today, but hopefully by Saturday I will be?

Preacher season 1...

.....or the comic book translation continues to disappoint this week.

Well after some time I finally finished watching AMC’s version of Preacher. You know the tale of a holy man who lost his faith and then gets invaded by the offspring of a demon/angel baby; thus giving him the “Word of God.” Throw in his ex-girlfriend, and Irish vampire, a patron Saint of Killers. A clandestine organization set on starting the apocalypse. Then sprinkle in a ton of quirky characters. Have the preacher searching for God to get answers to his questions (which is the main plot of this sorted tale)  and a side story where the preacher becomes a local cop.

No before I started watching the show I pushed through the comic book series again. It was a favorite of mine in the late 90’s-early 2000. It was irreverent, depraved, bigoted, racy, uber violent, blasphemous, at times wildly ridiculous, and bizarre. So yeah, I loved everything about it.

Now after a reread, it is still descent, but it hasn’t aged well. It is a very late 90’s comic. Most of those don’t hold up very well, yet I’ve heard the Authority does…..

However, even though it is not as awesome as I remember it (due my aging and adulthood nonsense) it is still a good series and worth a read if you have then chance.

Now the T.V. show is a completely different animal than the comic. It was said that the source material was going to be deviated from. Well duh. There is a ton of stuff in there that no network, sans HBO, would want. This was already done with The Walking Dead and I was ok with it until season 6. I could accept the changes they would make to the Preacher comic. Right?

Well I was wrong.