A Walk in the Black Forest

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: A Walk in the Black Forest
GM: Jim Arona
Season: Summer 814 wk
Night: Wednesday
Level: Medium violent

Party

• Boris (m) the Orc, Necromancer Scrivener, Embalmer & Coroner played by Mike Haycock
• Mr Morden (m), long-lived shadow weaver and combatant played by Paul Schmidt
• Yoko (f), phantasmal vorpal warrior played by Audrey Schmidt
• Bishop (m) warrior-priest of the wild west played by Jason Stevens
• Dellith (f) human warrior namer played by Clare
• Rahne (f) a Spell Blade. Akinrosi (human from Kinlu), E&E, Warrior. Played by Stephen
• Gard (m) tattooed elder from the dark jungles played by Chris R.

Employer

Vice Admiral Rolland, RN

Mission

Journey to the Schwarzwald on New Terra and rescue a deep cover agent.

Pay

80,000 sp in diamonds + salvage

Scribe Notes

Crossing Victoria

Travel via Kerberoth (to acquire supplies) to the home of Vitri, Lord of Glass in Venice, Victoria.

Two days by train to Paris, overnight then by train to Antwerp.

Hire ship to cross to London, handsome-cab to the station.

Streets and station watched by 'spirit snakes'. We wait in station pub, blending with locals. Patrons are Soldiers and accompanying women, the women all leave about 8:30 and the soldiers suddenly freeze, out of time? about 9pm. A while later a run runs down the stairs into the station and falls dead, poisoned. Shortly a couple of the Lord of Serpent's basilisks arrive and throw his body onto the tracks then stay and keep watch - we freeze like the soldiers any time they look our way. Later a trio of Cenobites arrive, we check our mind shields and continue to wait.

A few minutes before midnight we make our move, donning armour, applying spells and then crossing the platform to where the train will come. The basilisks and Cenobites become aware of something happening, Yoko distracts them and draws most up the stairs, the more powerful basilisk stays, assuming high station I encourage him to ignore this distraction and protect his master which he does. The Cenobites have called the Jackals of Twilight and set them to find the intruder and are surprised when the hounds charge past them back towards us. Morden and Dellith engage the previously distracted basilisk, the rest of us add ranged attacks and move to help. I blind most of the hounds with a flash of light, Yoko destroys several, I reach the fight just before the basilisk is dispatched then loudly suggest that Morden remove his mind shield and share his insanity which he had just so ably demonstrated in combat with the basilisk. The Cenobites open a wormhole and leave. We slay the Jackals before their vision returns and Boris seals up the stairs with bones. Then we wait for the train...

The Lord of Serpents arrives before the train, the walls slow him down but he steadily poisons them and approaches. Morden moves to engage and distract him to buy us time to get on the train, we board, Morden approaches death several times as he taunts and attempts to redeem the serpent then breaks free as the train pulls out. We snag him with ropes and magic and pull him aboard.

Buffs & Mil Sci

Long Term (assumed always on)

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Bi	Bo	De	Ga	Mo	Ra	Yo
Protective Scales (Bo)	14	Absorb 48 physical damage	24 min
				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Greater Enchantment (Ra)	17	+18% on all of (R)esistance, (M)agic, (S)kills & Stats, (C)ombat	Season	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Short Term

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Bi	Bo	De	Ga	Mo	Ra	Yo
Wraithcloak (Bo)	12	20% Def +13% Stealth -4 dmg	6.5 hrs
?				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enchant Armour (Ra)	10	+22% Def 2ap vs Phantasms/Nightmares	5.5 hrs
Enchant Weapon (Ra)	10	+11% SC +5 Damage	15 minutes

Spell Racks

Standard contents of spell racks:

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Watch Order

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Dellith		Rahne				Boris				Dellith
Bishop			Gard			Morden			Yoko

Awards

Experience

After the Loot Auction:
Income (less expenditures):

Calendar

Summer
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	Beltane
Meadow (1)
			1	Guild Meeting	2		3		4		5	White Lotus	6	Seagate Light Festival
	7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	14	New Moon	15		16		17		18		19		20
	21		22		23		24		25		26		27
	28	Full Moon	29		30
Heat (2)
							1		2		3		4	Seagate Guildmasters Ball
	5		6		7		8		9		10	Seagate Races	11	The Duke of Carzala's Summer Ball
	12	New Moon	13		14	Midsummers  Eve  (Faerie Day)	15	Solstice	16		17	Seagate Summer Fair Day	18	Seagate Summer Fair Day
	19		20		21		22		23		24	The Castellan of Brastor's Summer Ball	25
	26	Full Moon	27		28		29		30
Breeze (3)
											1		2
	3	Day of Death	4		5		6		7		8		9
	10	New Moon	11		12		13		14		15		16
	17		18		19		20		21		22		23
	24	Full Moon	25		26		27		28		29		30