Journal Posts

Readying 22 - 28

The group takes some time preparing for the journey.
They decide to take two wagon carts pulled by 2 draft horses.

Burne teleports them to the region of Blackmoor
They instantly are in a frozen ice-land, ill-prepared and freezing to death.
They make it to a cave for cover and light a fire.
Macross goes scouting and finds a huge obsidian double-door.
They enter after a time and fight a White Dragon.
Mole is killed.
After scavenging through the treasure they enter a portal to another world.

Day 1
Rising sun
Dawn
Tusk Archway
Nothing to see but sand dunes for miles.
They make camp
Night Time
Full Moon
They travel forward
They come across 2 large standing stones that have a description etched on them. The only words they can decipher is "Gate" and "Enter"

Day 2
Dawn
Make Camp
Night time
Full Moon
Break camp and prepare to head out

Hommlet group
Readying 13
Evening

A group of demi-humans lay siege on the Inn and burn it out.
The whole group perishes with Spike valiantly trying to save them.
Canter is put on a horse and raced out of the town. Rangers find him and return him to Hommlet where he is raised from the dead.
Basic TPK

Readying 13
Night
Verbobonc Group
Group of Elves pass by - not detected.

Readying 14
Morning
Meet rangers on the road. Baldomero almost dies trying to keep the secret of the Cloister treasure secret (his reputation fails him).
After the Rangers find out who they are they agree to help and speed them on their way to Hommlet.
They heal the unconscious comrades and send them off on their way with steeds that are half burnt and exhausted.
They race south.
Attacked by tribesmen.
Orlen and Baldomero are shot by arrows.
They stop through Cienega Valley briefly.
Chizz decides to stay back and look through the rubble of the inn. He meets a horrible death where no one can hear his screams.

Readying 15
Arrive at Hommlet
The group makes it to the temple of St. Cuthbert
They are offered healing and rest.

Readying 22
The Secret Council of Hommlet
In attendance
Burne
Mordenkainen the Great Magician
Daniel the Lion-Hearted (King of the city of Greyhawk)
The 4 mayors of the shire
Litholas, Emissary of Celune "Grey Elf"
Roglothon of the Rangers
Tormond of the Lanced Battalion
Gifliy, Emissary of the Greenway Valley (Gnomes)
Dwalin, Emissary of the Dwarves
The Crow
The rescuers of the Treasure of St. Cuthbert

The group learns that Lolth has opened a gate to the abyss by removing an ancient stone from THE STANDING STONES OF SUNDOWN. A village some 50 miles north in the Kron Hills. This gate needs to be closed. The only way to achieve this is to replace the stone.
The group takes the challenge of recovering the missing stone from the Sundown circle.

Readying 13
Day
The group from Verbobonc hunkers down in a small cave off the side of the road. Hoping that the others regain consciousness.

Hommlet
Readying 13
Burne approachs the group and sends them on an assignment to rescue Macross and company.
The group departs with 4 extra horses in tow.
Meet some hobbits leaving the shire heading to Hommlet.

They come to the first town called Cienega. It is deserted.
Attacked by a ghoul.
Enter and hole up in the Elm Inn for the night.

Readying 11
Late afternoon

The group arrives at Etterboek to find the village destroyed by dragon breath.
They search for survivors.
Some dangers and treasures are found.

From the sky comes an evil demon on a fire breathing stallion animating the dead of Ettenboek.

Readying 12
A new group of young adventurers sets out from Hommlet to the nearby, abandoned moat house.
Magic-User, OAK
Fighter, SPIKE
Cleric of Hieroneous


Readying 13
Two new companions join the group
Magic-User, GRAYAMAYA THE BRIGHT
Thief, PRINCE CHARMING

Rumors of groups from far off lands are gathering in Hommlet.
A storm is brewing.

Where do I begin?
What a game.

Readying 9
Explore the Well at the Cloister
The group finds the stashed treasures of Cuthbert which were saved during the sack of Verbobonc.

Readying 10
Wait for Healing
Strider comes to the cloister with news of a gathering at Hommlet.
A huge Blue Dragon is seen speeding off south and then returning north.

Readying 11
Kilkennard returns in the form of "The Crow"
Orlen converts to St. Cuthbert
The group leaves for Hommlet
Warg-riders

Many things are on the horizon.

Readying 8
The group succumbs to exhaustion and sleeps during the day under cover of the Gnarley Wood.

Readying 9
They set out after dusk to travel to the cloister.
Attacked on the road by a scimitar-wielding werewolf and his henchmen wolves.
The group finds a dispatch with the seak of the spider queen:
Grusbrog
Patrol the East
<Spider Queen Symbol>

The group arrives at the cloister and is greeted by a squad of URAK Orcs.
They find another dispatch:

Izgaed
Hold the cloister
Reinforcements will be arriving on Readying 12
<Spider Queen Symbol>


What to do with this information?

Readying 8
Morning
After walking along the south road all night the group welcomes morning. They decide to keep moving south, heading towards the cloister.
They run into a group of goblin scouts mounted on dire wolves.
Orlen saves the day with several sleep spells.
Later in the morning, they are confronted by a hill giant blocking the road and demanding a toll.