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Thank you to everyone who played and everyone who showed interest over the years. | Thank you to everyone who played and everyone who showed interest over the years. | ||
==The Opening Monalogue== | ==The Opening Monalogue== | ||
We set the stage on the Kingdom of Forbannet. In ages past it was known as the [[Forbannet | Lands of Eternal Autumn]]. Back then the land was ruled over by a tyrannical [[Scarecrow King]] and horble curses and monsters ruled the land. But that was long ago. The world is growing more ordered by the day but there are still... things lurking in the darkness. Heroes are still needed. And Adventureres still try to make a living adventuring. But unfortunatly freelancing dries up from time to time... and so our Adventureres are down to their last few coins and spending time in a tavern. | We set the stage on the Kingdom of Forbannet. In ages past it was known as the [[Forbannet | Lands of Eternal Autumn]]. Back then the land was ruled over by a tyrannical [[Scarecrow King]] and horble curses and monsters ruled the land. But that was long ago. The world is growing more ordered by the day but there are still... things lurking in the darkness. Heroes are still needed. And Adventureres still try to make a living adventuring. But unfortunatly freelancing dries up from time to time... and so our Adventureres are down to their last few coins and spending time in a tavern. | ||
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[[Request From Lord Woade]] | [[Request From Lord Woade]] | ||
==The Cryptid Barrow== | ==The Cryptid Barrow== | ||
After 5-7 hours of navigation through the pine swamps the heroes come upon an old crypt barrow. The road approaching reveals a barb-wire fence on one side and a brackish pond on the other. | After 5-7 hours of navigation through the pine swamps the heroes come upon an old crypt barrow. The road approaching reveals a barb-wire fence on one side and a brackish pond on the other. | ||
[[File:Barrow Fight.jpg|400px]] | |||
4-7 [[Woodhaven Jackalope |Jackalopes]] and one [[Woodhaen Hodag | Hodag]]. One of the Jackalopes has a scroll tied to its wrist that says "We are those who live with death. We are the cryptkeepers. We are the Cryptids!" | 4-7 [[Woodhaven Jackalope |Jackalopes]] and one [[Woodhaen Hodag | Hodag]]. One of the Jackalopes has a scroll tied to its wrist that says "We are those who live with death. We are the cryptkeepers. We are the Cryptids!" | ||
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I gave each party the chance to have a puzzle or combat. | I gave each party the chance to have a puzzle or combat. | ||
*Combat | *Combat | ||
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on initiative count 20 Roll 2d10. Two of the nine sections (as indicated by the die roll) would rotate to most harass the heroes. If I rolled doubles then I get to swap two tiles locations. | on initiative count 20 Roll 2d10. Two of the nine sections (as indicated by the die roll) would rotate to most harass the heroes. If I rolled doubles then I get to swap two tiles locations. | ||
[[file:Lonely graveyard combat.jpg|400px]] | |||
*Puzzle | *Puzzle | ||
There's a [[Woodhaven Church Note | note]] stabbed into the church door. | There's a [[Woodhaven Church Note | note]] stabbed into the church door. | ||
The basement is a rootceller. On one wall there are bones, one wall there are broken jemstones, and on the backwall are 6 ponykegs of Feywild infused gasoline. [[https://ttgg.club/wiki/The_Dedication_of_Silver_Bridge#Secrets_and_Silliness | Of course it would be here]] | The basement is a rootceller. On one wall there are bones, one wall there are broken jemstones, and on the backwall are 6 ponykegs of Feywild infused gasoline. [[https://ttgg.club/wiki/The_Dedication_of_Silver_Bridge#Secrets_and_Silliness | Of course it would be here]] | ||
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Once on the bridge the final fight against [[Woodhaven Mothman | Mothman]] begins. | Once on the bridge the final fight against [[Woodhaven Mothman | Mothman]] begins. | ||
[[file:Combat against Mothman.jpg|400px]] | |||
The party also had to contend with 4 [[Woodhaven Bombs | Boxes]] armed to magically detonate attached to 4 of the uprights on the bridge. | The party also had to contend with 4 [[Woodhaven Bombs | Boxes]] armed to magically detonate attached to 4 of the uprights on the bridge. | ||
If the party vanquishes the Mothman and saves the bridge then they are truly Heroes! | If the party vanquishes the Mothman and saves the bridge then they are truly Heroes! | ||
[[file:Destroyed bridge.jpg|400px]] | |||
∆ - "Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very Frightning" | ∆ - "Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very Frightning" | ||
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*The idea of a hidden boss got player into the mind of video game players, trying to break the code, rather than being roleplayers, seeking the deeper lore of the setting. I'll have to hide the next secret boss more thouroughly. | *The idea of a hidden boss got player into the mind of video game players, trying to break the code, rather than being roleplayers, seeking the deeper lore of the setting. I'll have to hide the next secret boss more thouroughly. | ||
*Groups wasted so much time trying to figure out what was happening with that rogue note. I blame that note for at least 2 of the timeouts. | *Groups wasted so much time trying to figure out what was happening with that rogue note. I blame that note for at least 2 of the timeouts. | ||
*Pictures of the Swag! | *[[Woodhaven Swag | Pictures of the Swag]]! | ||