Edit: We’re going to call this session 5 and start counting from there.
So far our party of a Goliath Paladin (Nahtan), Tiefling Monk (Arunak), Half-elf Bard/Sorcerer (Yevin), and Firbolg Cleric (Wander) have:
- Loosed one dragon from the “bad guys” only to have it declare war on general civilization.
- Stumbled upon and completely upturned a hidden gnome village by clearing out the “cursed” wizards tower (by killing a mutated weretiger that was likely a horrible person… we’re pretty sure), removing their traitorous mayor, giving them enough warning to hide from invading orcs (in the cleared out wizards tower)… all good things. But we also gained a gnome tagalong that I’m sure is regretting her decisions.
- Traveled to the capital, stumbled into a meeting with the king of Riverband, pissed off our paladin’s dad, discovered the king, VIA the Paladin’s dad, is in league with the orcs (who are mucking about in Wander’s homeland), got in a fight in the throne room, discovered the Monk is the hidden son of some assassin clan from literal hell and his sister is also in hiding and is trying to take out a fighting arena built on the temple of her god.
- We infiltrated said fighting arena, discover ANOTHER dragon, and in the process of parlaying and freeing that dragon, end up splitting the party, freeing a Lamia, Griffon, and big angel dude, fighting the Paladin’s dad, destroying the magical barrier of the arena, completely settling our standing as enemies to the crown, splitting the party AGAIN, and making a slapdash escape from the city that we will never, ever be able to return to.
- Befriended the dragon and received an invite to the Draconic counsel because the dragons are just as concerned about the orcs and shaking mountains as we are.
- Wander cast Command: flee and ruined the day of one griffon and two Goliath guards. Making things run away is becoming her signature move.
Of course none of this sounds as cool or chaotic in the retelling. Last night’s game was an absolute mess and poor Wander is so mad and confused and really doesn’t like to kill things she just wanted to help why is everyone so eager to kill their relatives?
The DM/party breaking jokes of the night:
Out of game, Adam (Yevin): “oh! There’s a little bug on the paper, I’ll take care of it.”
Me (Wander): is it a gnat?
Adam, washing it down the sink: “well it just rolled a nat 1” (not realizing his pun).
Everyone: A GNAT ONE!?
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Yevin (again), speaking to the Nahtan’s dad: “tell us about the evil you’ve gotten in bed with.”
Nahtan: “my mom?”