by Bifford

dava1987 wrote:

Hey, tell us about it.

Any news? Still on the schedule for mid 2027?

As far as I know, yup. They will send out the PDF of book 4 to all people who supported 1-3.

I've only just started Valley of Bones (gotten out of the arena and through the tunnels to the three portals) so I couldn't really talk to him about LK in detail. We mostly discussed the hardships of the business, how grateful people are that Archmage took up the challenge, and the Elite Dangerous Battle Cards boardgame.

by NormandyWept

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by TomTi89

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Have you looked into hiring a space at the university? That should have parking, and public transport shouldn't be too bad.

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by Serpentine_C

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by Serpentine_C

Session 18

Mnimi and Solomon charge in on their steeds, and Mnimi lifts the old carpenter up onto her horse. Solomon notices a young man in the foliage of a nearby huge fallen branch from the mythical giant tree. He rides over, the young man jumps onto his horse behind him, while a centipede tries to bite him but gets a mouthful of shield instead. They take the carpenter and his apprentice back to Senara and the squires, the centipedes on their heels. Floria downs one of them with a bowshot. Senara stands clutching her weapon, white-knuckled. Mnimi and Solomon spin around, swinging their longhammer and sword, respectively. One of the centipedes falls to the ground, three explode into goo, and the last one runs away.

The carpenter, Quilfrey, and his apprentice, Calder, pick up the chopped wood they had dropped when the centipedes attacked. Quilfrey says it's magic wood from the tree that he will use for his grand magnum opus project. The party asks why he misled them last time they met him, when he said he couldn't use the wood from the tree. He claims it was because he couldn't cut it then, but after it fell he could. He owes them his life, however, and gives them some of the magic chopped wood in thanks.

They are headed in the same direction, so travel together. In the afternoon they come across a dark knight who introduces himself as Lansheigh and declares he is seeking to bring down the Colossus which has been plaguing the area. He claims he made a vow not to ask or answer any questions, however, so the party can't learn too much from him. He departs to the Northwest, while the party heads Southwest, deciding not to seek out the Colossus at this time.

They camp for the night in the hills to the Northeast of Castle Keldon. Senara pulls Solomon aside. "Anyone who talks to that knight will find out we didn't seek the Myths or protect the Realm as we have vowed!"

"We still are," replies Solomon.

"It doesn't mean we jump onto every strange occurence that crosses our path," says Mnimi, overhearing them.

"We're gathering information to seek them later," Solomon adds.

In the morning, Quilfrey says he will be heading South to go around Keldon. He wants to avoid the Eliadoran invaders "taxing" him and taking some of his magic wood. They parts ways with him and his apprentice, but he tells them they're always welcome at his home in the Southwestern forest. Mnimi gives him some powdered mushroom to give the blue ice gnomes in that area and tells him to mention her name.

After an uneventful day of travel, during which they find a safe place to cross the river to the North, they camp in the hills between the river and Queen Kerensa's estate. In the middle of the night they are woken up by the sounds of battle. A large warband of well equipped soldiers carrying torches attack a huge stone giant. The ground shakes as it stomps around, squashing a soldier underfoot. Senara sneaks closer, discovering that the warriors don't bear the colors of either the Queen or the Eliadoran invaders. Their attacks appear to have no effect on the stone colossus. "It's no good; retreat!" The fighters flee - straight toward the party's camp!

They run away and travel through the night to reach the Queen's estate. Senara passes out from exhaustion but Solomon puts her on his horse. A few days later once they've recovered, they visit the Queen and tell her everything they learned on their travel. She says that the warband fighting the colossus was not hers, and the party wonders if they were trying to herd it towards a target. Mnimi brings up the horses the party lost when the giant tree fell on them. Queen Kerensa smiles warmly and gives Senara a new horse, honoring her promise to Ku-To. But she says she can't spare any more, as they are needed to increase the scouts keeping watch around the estate so they won't suffer a surprise attack from the colossus.

Later the party heads out again, this time riding South. As they near the river, looking for a safe crossing, they find the colossus, leaning against a mountainside and breathing heavily. Senara bravely ventures up onto its foot and yells, getting its attention. She convinces it she's not trying to fight it, and learns it is tired out after chasing the warband away.

Senara is pleased to learn further that her guess was correct; the colossus is in fact Endry, the stonecutter the party met back in the first session! He had sculpted this giant in a desire for immortality. In life, his motto had been "Go big or go home," but now he worries that this body was too large. His speech slows and he keeps complaining about being tired, so lays down against the mountain. He says to tell the Queen he would never hurt her and was trying to protect her. It starts lightly raining, and green and red moss spring up across his stone body. He closes his eyes and grows still.

by Serpentine_C

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I said last week about wanting to go to more conventions. I spent a good few evenings looking up various UK conventions, and discovered there are none in the South-west area, certainly not anywhere near the Bath area. Which got me thinking about setting up a convention myself.

But that can't be that easy. Hiring a hall is probably the best place to start. I could do that in my town, but parking here is not so great and you kind of want parking on site (it's only a short walk away, but that still makes it harder for vendors especially and attendees somewhat) so I cast my net further afield and came up with alternatives. Then you'd have to have tables and chairs (the right venue likely has them for hire), advertising, insurance, and getting vendors to come, setting up game sessions, talks, and all of that.

Is it worth it? Could it be done? Could I do it alone? Who knows. Currently it's just a pie-in-the-sky idea....but who knows what might come of such an idea?


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