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Format: Sandbox
Theme: Worry, Despair
Author: Philip
One Session Mini-Mission
Date in Real Life: Thursday 9 June, 2022
In Game Day: Late-Spring
Adventure Master: Philip, leading his first adventure
Player Characters:
Starflower the Lion Warrior (with Regulus the Lion) (16th mission)
Edward the Knight of the Way (16th mission)
Hector the Light Raider, on his 6th mission.
William the Bear Knight (with Bill the Bear) (17th mission)
New Character: George (NPC)
The team arrived in a tree. On the ground they saw an orc carving cheap dragon statues out of wood. Regulus and Bill jumped on it and killed it. The others made their way out of the tree. Hector took the carving tools and extra blocks of wood. The team destroyed the statues.
The team found they were on the south east coast of a small island. They headed north and discovered orcs, with a pet muk in a cage, and a skeleton nearby. The team fought bravely. Hector made a torch and chased the muk into the sun, where it dried quickly. The team had trouble keeping the skeleton dead. They had the divine inspiration that they needed to drown the bones, so they dismembered the skeleton and carried it in pieces to the sea before it could reassemble.
They applied first aid. At one point earlier in the battle, Hector had offered a Battle Prayer for Starflower, and miraculously found a jar with Oil of Healing in it. He offered it to Starflower after the battle, and she moved to drink it. “No! Don’t drink it!” Hector cried out in surprise, “It’s oil! Anoint yourself with it!”
As they continued to explore, they found a geyser. They then found a lake of clean water, where they sat and had lunch. Hector tried to carve something, but did a horrible job. A man approached. Hector tried witnessing, but they discovered the man was already a Lightraider, but one under three sin enchantments: the “hyper-pacifist” ways of a selfoe, the despair of a skeleton and the worry of a muk. Once the team offered appropriate counsel, the Lightraider introduced himself as George and went with the team. He remembered hiding some healing pills at the geyser, so the team went back there to retrieve them before continuing to the village.
At the village, the team found a group of three selfoes. Hector and Starflower attempted to debate them while Edward slipped into the crowd. Starflower fell under enchantment, but Hector (with the help of Bill, Regulus and Edward) managed to defeat the Selfoes. While counselling Starflower and applying first aid, the team heard trumpets blowing. They looked up to see a procession of two orcs and two goblins escorting a skeleton and a muk.
George changed his appearance (an Overlord’s Guard!) and slipped into the crowd to find a good sniper position with his crossbow. Starflower and Hector used their distance weapons to take out an orc. William used his throwing knives on a goblin. Regulus and Bill took out another orc, then advanced on the skeleton. Edward took on the muk. George helped with his crossbow, taking out a goblin, then offering cover fire for the other skirmishes.
Once the dark creatures were dealt with, the team bathed in a tub that the OverLord had pointed out to them and were restored to complete health.
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