UrWarrens, Session 1

Last month we played the first game in our new Paragon-level adventure. I’m calling it the UrWarrens in my notes, but it will end up being a mid-to-loose adaptation of King of the TrollHaunt Warrens by Wizards of the Coast. This week, Matt provided the text, and Zach took the pictures. Thanks!

The story starts during the winter following our previous adventures. Rurik and Bartix are running Vinland with the party as great heroes / retinue. Motuhl is acting as the liason from Jorvik, mainly to get him out of the way.

Story of the Lion Man
Motuhl hears a story about a giant lion-man who came to Jorvik from out of the West while Motuhl drinking away the winter in Vinland. The giant lion-man was looking for help, but somehow a scuffle erupted and the lion-man was killed. His silver weapons and armor were collected by Skalmad, the acting earl after Jorvik and his retinue was killed in the same magical assault that hit Vinland and Earl Gaermund.

Plan to rob armor
Seeing an opportunity Motuhl, Edgar, Varin, Mendas and Hermiad concocted a plan to steal the armor. Edgar and Motuhl would cause a distraction while Mendas broke into the keep for some burglary. The fighting part went off without a hitch but Mendas' burglary left a bit to be desired. His failure is averted by the intervention of a great Crystal Pimp who gave him a magic bag of holding.

(Brian’s interjection: This was the dramatic introduction of Chrym, Goliath Artificer. Zach decided to give Bartix’s story a rest for a while. And no one objected to another leader for the party. We played a bit with the visual elements of Goliaths and ended up with something more like a huge Genasi. He also has a giant robot, or self-forged, hand!)

Winter research
After stealing the armor the party retreated to the Seven-Pillared Hall for the winter to drink, rest, and translate the mysterious runes on the armor. Surprising all (including himself) Motuhl recognizes them as coming from an extinct race of lion-people who were servitors to some big thing. These lion folk traveled around looking for champions. The party decided to meet up with Chrym and track down the lion people so as to rob them.

News of attack
The party led their people down to their village site when spring broke. There they met Chrym, who had arrived in Vinland a bit behind an animal messenger sent from Jorvik. This magical crow told the party that Jorvik has been attacked by draconian, and that Skalmad had been killed. Seeing an opportunity to fill a power vacuumn and acquire females, the party hopped in a longboat to head south. After a pitiful excuse for Viking sailing (failed skill challenge), the boat was wrecked in a storm some three hours north of Jorvik on foot.

Battle with Draconians
On the outskirts of Jorvik the party ran into a bunch of shiny lights and a group of draconians eating a human and a horse. The party rushed them and a fight ensued! The party killed most of them but one broke free and brought in reinforcements. Those were promptly dispatched as well. See pictures for details!