Shimo Island
Available from: this website, in our Homemade Adventures.
Format: Hex crawl
Theme: Faithfulness
Author: Starflower
Session #1
Date in Real Life: Saturday 28 May 2022
In Game Day: Mid-Spring
Adventure Master: Starflower
Player Characters:
Philip the Overlord’s Guard (16th mission)
William the Bear Knight (with Bill the Bear) (16th mission)
Edward the Knight of the Way (14th mission)
Hector the Light Raider, on his 4th mission.
New Character: Dorei (NPC)
The Lightraider team was dispatched to the Frost Islands. They travelled the island, sharing the Great Rescue with everyone they met. It was cold, but they warmed themselves at the firesides of those they visited. They met a slave named Dorei who accepted the Great Rescue and joined the team, running away from her cruel master. Philip used his OverLord’s Guard ability to take on the appearance of Dorei’s master.
They heard rumours of a golden calf in the town at the north end of the island. On the way there, they met some orcs, who they defeated.
As they continued sharing the Great Rescue with the inhabitants of the island, a large squad of orcs found them and arrested them. They escorted them to the town, where the Golden Calf pronounced judgment. The team was put in a boat that was loaded on a large ballista. Hector attempted to preach truth to the crowd, but the boat was launched into the mist. They survived the fall, finding themselves cold and wet in the water. They tried to paddle to safety, and the current took them around some cliffs until they made landfall. They were able to start a fire and tried to warm up on the beach.
Session #2
Date in Real Life: Sunday 29 May 2022
In Game Day: Mid-Spring; day 1 and day 2
After warming up on the beach, the team climbed the cliffs and found a cave to spend the night. In the cave, there were many bottles of potions. The team tried to ignore the potions. In the morning, a mountain man arrived. He let them help themselves to the potions. The man accepted the Great Rescue.
The team travelled back towards the town, visiting a house or two along the way to share the Great Rescue. They decided to make a beeline for town to deal with the Golden Calf so that they could share the Great Rescue in peace.
When they got to town, they were able to sneak in through the unguarded north gate. They found the ballista and disabled it. Since Philip was still looking like Dorei’s master, he went with Dorei and chatted with some guards to discover where the team’s weapons were stashed. Edward drank some invisibility potion and sneaked to the storage barn on the south end of town. He was able to retrieve the team’s weapons.
The rest of the team checked out a garage sale and bought a few knick-knacks. They met a scavenger named Salvato, who was interested in the Overlord, since they had been banished, yet were now back. They went to his house and shared the Great Rescue, which he accepted.
The team approached the Golden Calf’s stables. Philip managed to climb up to the hayloft. He found the trap door leading down into the orc barracks. Philip lit some hay on fire and threw it into the room just as Edward kicked open the side door, along with Bill the bear and Dorei. The orcs were slaughtered in their confusion. Meanwhile, Hector and William found the Golden Calf’s den. William fell under enchantment, while Hector attacked the Golden Calf with his war hammer. Hector killed the calf and rescued William while the others secured the rest of the barn.
The team went to the town’s gathering point and rung the bell. The citizens gathered. The team preached the Great Rescue to the crowd, and many believed, even a guard who joined them in attacking the granogs who were still in the town’s market square.
Once the dark creatures were eradicated, the team instructed the citizens on converting the cow barn to a church, and left them to witness to the rest of their fellow inhabitants. The team made their way back to the hollow tree and returned home.
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