Saturday, May 25, 2024

The Wedding of the Giantess Morwenna Session Three


With five days to spare until the Tournament of the Giantess Morwenna, five adventurers woke up in the captured Dwarven outpost in the mountains northeast of the lake.
  • The Prospective Suitor Aldrich Brisbane (polymorphed into the beast Umbrich Brisbulk)
  • The Mage Laguna Tempest
  • The Elf Datura
  • The Thug Zigar Kneecapper
  • The Herdsman Jack Fatherd
Jack Fatherd suspected that Wilusa's Warriors had their main base somewhere in the vicinity of the hill where the group previously met two of their number. That put them uncomfortably close to the Bastards' hideout. Umbrich did some remodeling of the dwarf fortress, burying the Dwarven treasure and plugging up some holes. The adventurers handsomely paid the Dragoon Sabul to clandestinely observe the base from the hunting blind in the foothills, reporting any comings and goings.

With the base secured as best they could, the Lute Bastards set off down the mountain path. Their destination: Gorrister's keep, Iron Cup and Ishizaka's blockhouse. Their mission: cause problems for the Brigands of All Nations, buy cool stuff and hire mercenaries. 

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Monster Overhaul Test Drive: Siege on the Chocolate Coast

Hawkins
 
In the suppurating jungles of the Lost World are a sea of cocoa plantations. The River Sweat connects those plantations to the Shallow Sea. The majority of the chocolate made in the world flows down that river, out to Isle of Sweat and from there to the world. Iron Cup taxes every boat that passes within shooting range of their coastal fort.

Seeing no reason to submit to the authority of a peasant trade guild, Count Zond Starshell digs a bypass canal to avoid the fort and undercut the Commonwealth merchants. Trade Warden Constantan Malachite objects to the presumptuous testudine's smuggling operation and leads a force of mercenaries against him.

The Wedding of the Giantess Morwenna - More Gods

Dameron
 
Building on the success of the last Gods Post, here are some more deities who have accreted in the time since my run of the Mountain of the Mad Marquis.
 

The Wedding of the Giantess Morwenna Session Two


 
Four adventurers woke up in the lakeside tavern with six days to spare before the tournament of the Giantess Morwenna.
  • The Prospective Suitor Aldrich Brisbane
  • The Mage Laguna Tempest
  • The Elf Datura
  • The Thug Zigar Kneecapper
Zigar had come to the region on unrelated business, but recognized Laguna Tempest from the adventures they shared in the Mountain of the Mad Marquis. Joining the Lute Bastards sounded like a great way to advance his own fortunes.
 

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Pirate Borg - Buried in the Bahamas

Somewhere in the Dark Carribean, a pirate vessel struggled through a sudden storm in search of a forbidden island. Captain Bloodlash scanned the horizon - what he could see of it anyway - as his first mate Skagg struggled to keep the ship afloat through the foul weather.

Out of nowhere, an enormous galleon infested with skeletons burst out of a fifty foot wave, undead crew hurling grapnels and leaping aboard the floundering pirate ship. Battle was quickly joined. Amid the chaos, two pirates defended themselves as best they could from the skeletons.
  • The dapper Brute Brutus, net in his hand and murder in his heart.
  • The tattooed Buccaneer Bart, with his enchanted flintlock and cheap parrot.
Bart fired both weapons and was stunned by arcane feedback from his magic pistol, then clobbered by a skeleton ogre. Brutus had more success fending off the undead attackers, but nearly fell off the deck when the ship ran aground. The devil's own luck protected the brigands from instant death. Brutus grabbed the insensate Bart and a map that fluttered out of the Captain's grasp as an enormous timber pierced him through the heart. The Brute leaped clear of the whirlpool as the ship went down. 

Monday, May 13, 2024

Monster Overhaul Test Drive: Prison of Dreams

AlexGraphex
 
The Old King once joked that he never dreamed the wild dreams of sleep, only the waking dreams of dominion. That was a lie. He dreamed like any other man. In one of his dreams he was a flying sphere covered with eyes, which hated all that saw and feared conspiracies. He dreamed it again, and again. Then the dream woke up, believing itself to be the real thing.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

The Wedding of the Giantess Morwenna Session One


The border between the ruins of the Giant Kingdoms and the Commonwealth's frontier colonies. It was autumn, around the time the rain threatens to turn to snow. Four adventurers arrived at the blockhouse set up by the merchant Ishizaka the Genie to capitalize on the festivities soon to occur.
  • The Giantslayer Aldrich Brisbane, following the Giantess Morwenna
  • The Mage Laguna Tempest, here to hunt down and kill Gorrister the Great
  • The Herdsman Jack Fatherd, here to get drunk and steal things
  • The Elf Datura, here to steal things.
The festivities in question, advertised on an enormous billboard: a tournament, to be held in seven days. The prize: Morwenna's hand in marriage.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Monster Overhaul Test Drive: The Lost Vineyard

 
The Hot Lands. A field. Good soil, gentle hills overgrown with tangled and dried grapevines. In the center, the ruins of a villa and a farm. Built in the time of the Ancient Empire, briefly used as a convent after the original owners abandoned it. A thick tower, free standing and partially collapsed. On the other side of the ridge, a lake.

The wine grown in this estate was legendary. Conditions are still perfect for viticulture. People back home have an insatiable hunger for luxury goods from foreign lands. All you have to do is clean the place up and start growing.

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Monster Overhaul Test Drive: Low Tide on the Spit


The Spit. An archipelago of subpolar islands, lightly forested. The handful of mountains are covered with snow, the lowlands and rocky beaches are lashed with wind and rain.
 
A once-in-a-decade low tide has pulled the water far back from shore, revealing hidden things.
 

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Unknown Armies: What You Hear


Avatar Conventions. It’s not always a Godwalker hunting and killing the competition. Some of these people know how to have a good time.
  • The Outlaw Journalist convention in Macau, covering the Grand Prix. A lot of money changing hands, billionaires behaving badly. The mainland government is cracking down on reporters. The journos don’t call themselves outlaws because they follow the rules.
  • The Wage Slave convention in Walcott, Iowa. Organized by Zardoz O’Cultist, who uses his avatar powers and job at the Ab Imbev warehouse to steal huge amounts of free beer for the event without getting caught.