RS 30 Bargle

citrine - yellow quartz

harpies

yellow mold

Replace kobolds with ?  goblins?
  orcs of some type?

Scorching Ray Spell - target ranged touch

Ogre

Shadows

FC 28

Summary

Dwarves and Elves are not fighting.
 Dwarven children returned to their clan
 Dwarves are pleased - will send re-enforcement's to support Countess Whitewater.
Elves are pleased
 Elven people got the food they needed in time.
 Elves will also send re-enforcements to support Countess Whitewater

Options - thank you gifts from each Elf and Dwarf.
or better - companions to chat with on the return
  Uncle to a child taken and held - he steps in to volunteer when the child is returned.

A chance to shop
  Each PC given some gifts in gold and gems by the grateful Dwarves. say 10% of the 100,000 or just over 1k per PC.  Make it in gold, silver and gems to let them do the math for a while.
  then let the Dwarven merchants earn some back :-)

meanwhile the elves will gift them with healing potions, soft shoes and quality bows and arrows

So they travel back to Whitewater, and come upon a scene of battle, perhaps a siege of the castle?
they arrive in the nick of time, perhaps them selves get trapped until either the white knights of St Thomas arrive?  Or the Dragon?

Mini's combat?
Full battle matt stuff?

what do PC's get to do?
 wade into battle?
 cast healing spells?

Once the battle is resolved, this last large army of the Red Star has been routed, and can be hunted down.
the Undead will collapse, the goblins flee and but the larger Trolls will have to be taken down individually.
The humans driving all this will atempt to flee as well.  Perhaps taking the dragon tower with them.

The Countess is very grateful, and will give another congratulatory dinner in their honor.  Each will be offered knighthood?

Then she needs to send them on another task.  the Red Star has been beaten back, but they can't expect to hold out once the King knows about them.
Send for an obscuring spell?
resist undead magic?
something to understand what drives the Evil High King?

What is the plot for this year?  What do they seek?

- more aid to their defense
- a prophecy about the Red Star King (Evil High King or EHK)
- a perfect disguise to allow an assassin to get to the EHK
- a process to free those drawn in by a dark book
- a relic to protect an army from another army of undead - a Banner
    info in White Book, or Black Book?
-

?? what would be in a dungeon that would help?
- more evil
- a worse evil
- a lesser evil (to choose from?)

SH 34 - Beach Party

Sky High Beach Party
Late in Sophomore Year
early summer weather

possible science lab trip, results in Beach Party

Dr Kraken
and the Crab Pots of Doom!

at the beach, crabs start coming out of the sea, larger and larger they get, until a giant crab ridden by Dr Kraken emerges!  They attack the beach, sending bathers running in all directions.

play up secret id's - they have to find a safe way to change (behind an umbrella, in the surf, etc)

squid head man - extra limbs
jelly fish man - all long reach attacks the NND stun
seahorse guy - movement
moray - spitter
crabs - grabby - pinchy


Maybe some/all get napped, wake up in the crab pots?
if only the hero's get kidnapped, then they won't have to hide their secrets anymore, maybe fun if one or two normals get napped?

possible classes
ms - microbial creatures in water / ocean - see the diff?
hero support - secret id's
history - end of the ancients - move to mideval - Roman times?  Egyptian?
modern history - little s -
gym - movement in other media, swim, fly, walk, walk in dark, swim while flashed


Shards - something should happen - new powers? variations on old powers?  access to new powers?

max/claw - blue
roy - yellow
seth - yellow


scene, start on beach?
play for a while, crabs sighted

then flash back to school day
 what foreshadowing??

GENCON Notes

GENCON notes

Start at PROM
 ask what they are wearing and who asked who (all are present)

Flashback to classes / finals / 'what was best? what was worst?'

Each has scene with someone (PC / villain / NPC) to force discussion of their future

Someone has a plan to destroy each of them (them each?)
   Krag / The Ray / Mr Smith / Purple Bablyonians / Ghods / Dr Destructor / The Avengers /

Lead toward Graduation / walk
  Each has a guantlet to run ...
  classes / villain / parent
  pass / live / please

SH game notes

Roy's Tutor - find notes - trying to gain ice powers

Mad Science Lab
 - clone / invis / fake image
 - spring - ecology?  swamp monster?
 - class trip to a swamp - eaten by swamp thing / thingys
 - smart insects / hive mind / killer bees / shrink ray / ant farm / p and ferb


Gym
 - save the citizen
 - superball
 - marts
 - power control (area / range / volume)
 - roy try pushing?

Lunch


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Red Star - June

Collect these things

bar - dwarves chasing

Guild hall

theieve chasing

bank

guards chasing

put items together - escape!

into the hands of the Cardinal!

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#babau

Red Star May 2012

Scene 1 - At the Dwarven Stronghold.
visit Dwarves, get thanked, get gifts
 Dwarven Laird / clan chief plans to deliver the ransome and retreive the kids.  It includes his daughter and nephew, and many others  Mostly of those who were mining.
  PC's must remember to ask him to help the Countess.  Lord will be happy to help, just as soon as the kinder are returned safely ... and justice done to those who snatched 'em. - Ryan / Thayer remembered.
 -- What do they do with the accountant and elf?

-- how much is a lot of gold?  ~500-800 each 8x5 = 4k, 8x8 = 6,400 ...
-- maybe offer quality arms and sheilds?  Anything for the squishies?


Scene 1b - with the Elves
  grateful, busy, very worried about the sick and starving, will deal with the elf thief in due time
-- offer little, promise to petition High Lords for permission to aid the countess... move along boys..

Scene 2 - At the Town
  a- bringing the manatees to market. and feeding the hungry
  b - spending money ~500-600 each
         things available - new clothing, steeds, weapons all normal.  Some potions and scrolls, any first, some second.  A few wands, cure lights for example.

  c - wandering / negotiating


Scene 3- IN the Flaming Turtle
  ghost appears
Game ended.

-- "So do you have the goods?"  coin flip.

-- they didn't get to spend gold, got ~4000g to share, Thayer has been counting it all carefully.

  deliver jewels
  bargain
  given a gem - find the other two parts, bring them to me, and we will see about the children
  with this gem you can see they are save, once you find the other parts, it can bring you to them.
     First keyword is "umbrego"
     Second keyword is "ogerbum" - will trigger the mass tport


Scene 4-chased form the tavern - possible chase scene? - if the CC gets the gems and leaves on the crystal, the Dwarves will be after them too!

--If there is a chase scene, the one they are chasing is wearing the boots


Scene 5- Breaking into the Thieves Guild hall
  needs map, list of protections
   map on fafrd
   guards with garottes in eves over alley
   poison and net traps inside door (skip the dark panels ?)
 crystal acts as load stone toward storage and box, some searching required.
    first box has --Night googles - unelss pulled off first guard
               Otherwise include in booty at end / in the theives guild?
   second box --  tarnished penny whistle.
   third box -- fake wand with mordenkeinans fake dweomer

Anyone watching for guards sees them gathering outside and around, the longer they wait / search, the more Guidies they have to fight.
   AC 15 / HP 10, sword D8
   AC 18 / HP 20, sword D8+2 (heavy armored bouncers)

FLASHBACK
  I Dare ya!
on an outing with the families, they happen upon a farm, and someone gets dared to hop the fence and collect some turnips / tomatoes / corn / etc for their meal.
  there are warnings, dogs barking, but not too close.  Then more dogs, then something worse

LESSON - once you have what you came for GET ... OUT !!!!



Scene 6 - Breaking into the Mayor's Office / BANK
  As the PC's arrive, they get a spot check to see they are being followed (by the surviving guild members and/or the Dwarves)

  There are armed guards, but mostly they are armored so they can get off a blast on their horns, nice shiney livery of bank. - Do they attack to kill?  "this guy looks pretty bloody already, what is your plan?"

  once inside the item tugs visibly toward the vault, and provides trigger for

Red Star April 2012

Sothe gang has figured out that the accountant may have been skimming gems, and the dwarves might even have enough value already.
BUT, the elves are about to attack the dam right now, and the dwarves are prepared to defend it.  Looks like a pending slaughter of elves and manatees!

The elves should have a trick up their sleeve - magic of some kind?
The dwarves have semi-trained - semi-starved crocodiles as their trick, hidden in the marshy area of the river near the dam.

So with that conflict immanent, what are our villains doing?

They had already met and performed some exchange.  So they must be planning to return to there respective sides.  If they care about chaos, they will try to get the two groups to clash.  if they are just out for themselves, they will skip out before anything serious happens, or right as the poop strikes the impeller.

So we'll have one group of players, probably most of them, involved in the middle of the skirmish, trying to mitigate damage.  So, Uncle, has some mage skills and will attempt to enhance the chances of breaking down the dam.  Meanwhile the bad elf will maybe abuse the manatees sot the HAVE to rush forward, then will stay back and watch from a safe distance.  Meanwhile the other good elves will be in harms way as the LEAD the manatees toward the dam.

As this is happening, Ken and Leaflo will be tracking the accountant, who will be heading to his office, probably to fetch the last of the gems before the dam gets busted.  If he succeeds he can either take credit for saving SOME of the gems, or keep them for himself.

Theyer might change shape again, to help stop the manatees.
Some will need to fight the crocs and their handlers.
Some will try to convince both sides to stop.

SH 31

hoping for three storylines

1- David's parents have an accident similar to that from 15 years ago, they turn evil, and try to ??? (last time they turned him into an experiment at Crey)
in the tree house, noises from the house
parents tackle David (how do they hope to contain him?)
find the anti-dote / release, resolve

2- Hank's foe the chinese punk car gang is harrassing the delivery people and perhaps the paper lantern.
during deilvery - get harrassed
tracking of punks / car chase --- chase rules?
encounter this leader

3- Roy has a new teacher, Flambo, intro by someone at school.  Starts teaching him how to control his powers
intro scene
training montage
discovery of truth / use of new powers

Red Star March 2012

AT game start, Ken is taking the Boss of the Dwarves to talk with the Lord of the Elves, not sure how he'll get them to talk.

The Accountant was just seen by Leeflo in the woods, secretly meeting with one of the Elves.

Somehow they must discover the plot to steal the gems, and get them to the Boss before the battle (gets too far)  Or the Dwarves will Loose their secret weaopon, a group of huge crocodiles hidden on the edge of the river.  Once the Crocs get to the manatees or the Otters, there will be blood shed and no way the Elves will forgive the dwarves.

The Elf plan is the drive the manatees at the damn, expecting the rush to crack it.

The Dwarf plan is to drive the manatees, elves and otters back with the crocs, cross bow and one large ballista.

If the elv plan works, the dwarf village will be flooded, and any dwarves still in the mine will drown.

If the dwarf plan works the herd will be delayed

Red Star Feb 2012

Swamp Dwarves v River Elves

So the Chaos Cleric has kidnapped the children of the Dwarves, and demands a huge ransom.  They dam the river to dig for gems and precious metals.

Meanwhile the loss of water level in the river has caused a food problem in the elflands downstream, and the herdsmen have gathered their herd of manatees and is driving them downriver.

Also, there is one dwarf and one elf that are taking advantage of all this by ?

On the day, neither side is prepared for battle, so after a brief exchange, each side retreats to prepare for the next day.

As they retreat, one manatee will get caught in the dam, the dwarves start pelting it with stones to drive it away. some elves come to try to free it.  PC's presumably aid the elves.

Both sides exaggerate their side of the story. "My river, we need the power!"  Our town will be underwater quickly if we don't have the power!

Elves, "We need to get downstream!  This should be a free flowing river!"

Compromise - open slush gates  / rebuild them so creatures can travel up and down river more easily.


Dirty Duo -

Elf manatee hand working with a dwarf who has stolen some gems from the mine.  he's the transport guy.  He is also one of their guides / leaders, and sold the information to the dwarves of where to build and hunt gold.  He's taking his cut from the dwarves, and doesn't care about this herd.

He did have a herd, or his family did, and it was lost or destroyed and he blames the other elves.  His families loss he blames on the Elven community.

-He has a bag of gems that he shouldn't have.
-He has writings in his hand that match the missing map.

Maybe the chaos lord manipulated that loss to get a inside man?
Chaos lord found this extra greedy accountant dwarf and put them together.

They each have some magical tatoo that binds them together.

Dwarf Accountant is a guildie and is stealing from the mine, the ransom kidnapped chilren mine ... he's more evil.  He's also the accountant for the Dwarves, and is skimming. should be evidence in his office / hut.  Master map is dwarven, and account books.  one map in an elvan script behind a desk, that was missed, should have been destroyed.

Who is the surveyor?  He's here, doesn't know why they picked here, it's clearly not in his area of expertise.
Who would have drawn the master map, 'I could have sworn I saw a sectional map that I coulda sworn ws an elven map."  and the one I have for this area sure didnt look like this.  suggesting there is another map.


Other dwarves will turn on the accountant quickly once this is discovered.

Ian, Alex and Natalie absent,
Possible guest

Skim over leaving Knights / Church.
 - knights won't leave until they are certain Orcs have stopped, given them a dramatic entrance later.

Countess is pleased they return, despite their mixed review, sends them East to negotiate with the Dwarves.

Village on way, ant attack, then Bug Bears, then Guant

Swamp town of Dwarves at River.  See the river damned, see battle start with Elf herders.

What can they do?

Search Dwarf town - find?
 pumping station
 smitties

Search Manatee herd find?