Session #3

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Title: Fear House
System: Dungeons & Dragons: Third Edition
Style: FCS Gaming League - Module
Date: January 12, 2002
Time:  
Game Date/Time: 1 Verdrah 151 P.A.
Game Master: Christopher J. Ford
Location:

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The Situation

The King's favor is known through his insignia rings. It is widely known that if someone possesses one of these keys, they carry the respect of the royal house. Five days ago, one of the rings was stolen. The King's next challenge, recover the ring and bring the thief to justice! Calls went out. Posters went up. And most of the underground, well they went underground. The thief was last seen heading North. Four teams answered the call to arms. They tracked the thief to a town in the middle of nowhere. [This is a Third Edition custom module based on the First Edition module "The House of Long Knives" by TSR.]

 

The Result

  1. Steel Order
    Player: Wayne Edie
    Gdarin (15th level Paladin) found the people less than cooperative. Not surprising since the thieves had the entire town afraid for their lives. After a battle with some unfriendly dwarves, he reached the point of disgust where he called for the surrender of the entire population. An admirable task, but their fear was too great. Only team Twig identified herself and the two of them set about the destruction of the buildings. Or rather the warhorse and dire bear did after receiving a slight boost in size from team Twig. If these people would not stand by their King, they would pay the price. After this proclamation, Gdarin and Lisonamit joined the others below ground in their pursuit. Gdarin and Tharivol found a ring key in a pile of treasure. After some negotiating, Tharivol accepted some treasure in exchange for his equal claim on the ring. Gdarin placed the ring on his finger only to find it spelled and destructive to his other ring. He returned the unneeded ring keys to the King and kept his on functional ring key. Steel Order survives to adventure again.

  2. Eyes In The Dark
    Player: Tom Leonard
    Lynx Eye (15th Level Rogue) was better prepared this time. Better tools and supplies allowed him to benefit the chase and help track down the enemy. Unfortunately for him, some traps are better than others. A sudden death in a pit trap made for an awkward moment, but team Twig brought him back. Well, ok. She brought him back as a boar, but it was the thought that counts. Eyes In The Dark survives to adventure again. We're just not sure he wants to chance winding up on the royal banquet table.

  3. Twig
    Player: Vanessa Wilcox-Swarez
    Lisonamit (15th Level Druid) arrived on scene and surveyed the situation with the assistance of her animal allies. After joining up with Steel Order, he spotted two of the trackers entering a building at the end of town. Lisonamit and Gdarin proceeded there and eventually caught up with the other teams. He found the person they were looking for in a closed room; deceased via fatal stab wound to the abdomen. After the teams tracked down the barbarian that had stolen the ring, and Tharivol had dispatched him, Lisonamit searched the body and secretly pocketed the ring key he found. He later returned it to the King who then bestowed it upon him in proper fashion. Twig survives to adventure again.

  4. Death From Afar
    Player: Jon Sternfeld
    Tharivol Liadon (Fighter 6, Wizard 1, Arcane Archer 8) joined the search this adventure with a fervor of intent. He was the first to find the underground hideout after following one of the Endrin's enforcers. That enforcer later found that allowing the enemy to follow you can be fatal under Endrin's rule. The teams made their way through the passages of the hideout. When Endrin attacked, Tharivol delivered the fatal blows with a barrage of arrows at close range. He searched the treasure pile with Gdarin and found a ring key. In the end, it was the other concern that drove Tharivol and he acquiesced on the ring in favor of a greater share of the treasure. Death From Afar survives to adventure again.