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<article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/30/s008-rv-2009-12-30/" class="u-url">Rushing Valley D&D, Session #8</a></h2>
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<section id="rushing-valley-d-d-session-8"><h2>Rushing Valley D&D, Session #8</h2>
<section id="wednesday-30-december-2009"><h3>Wednesday, 30 December 2009</h3>
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<p>2021-08-09 12:01:01</p>
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<p>This is an <a class="reference external" href="http://www.actualplay.com/">actual play</a> report from the “Rushing Valley” <em>Dungeons
and Dragons</em> campaign. These actual play reports are available in
<a class="reference external" href="categories/cat_gaming/actual-play/wvhtf/rushing-valley/">html</a> feeds from T.K.B.'s blog and from P.D.F.'s
<a class="reference external" href="http://pdf-rpg.motion-forum.net/forum.htm">RPG forum</a>'s <a class="reference external" href="http://pdf-rpg.motion-forum.net/rushing-valley-campaign-c1/">Rushing Valley Campaign</a> <a class="reference external" href="http://pdf-rpg.motion-forum.net/history-f2/">History forum</a>.</p>
<section id="attending"><h4>Attending</h4>
<p>(Probably) Clockwise round the table, starting with the DM at 6 o'clock:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>P.D.F. as DM</p></li>
<li><p>T.K.B. playing Droston a'Seamus</p></li>
<li><p>B.MC. playing Polonius, Onchu's rowdy young cousin from Riverton</p></li>
<li><p>M.A.F. playing Bartha</p></li>
<li><p>C.A.H. playing Onchu</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Unfortunately, J.H. had too many time commitments to continue with the
campaign. We hope he'll return later.</p>
</section><section id="introduction"><h4>Introduction</h4>
<p>Eirnin stayed behind to help evacuate the village, while Onchu, Bartha,
Polonius, and Droston determined to continue the quest for the Elves.</p>
</section><section id="actual-play-1"><h4>Actual Play</h4>
<section id="evening-of-july-29"><h5>Evening of July 29</h5>
<p>Droston lay sorely wounded.</p>
<p>Brock confirmed that the dwarven ruins dated from the last time the
goblin Horde descended upon the land. That war lasted until almost no
one on either side was left.</p>
<p>Brock went off to town on his pony to get dwarven powder to blow up
the bridge. When he returned <strong>[Was on the night of 29th or was it
not until the next day, the 30th?]</strong>, he had Whaler in bag, and told
us that the little maggot had been caught stealing. Bartha
immediately began indignant protestations, but the rest of us
reluctantly convinced Brock that — regardless of Whaler's character
flaws — he was a friend of the Lady of the Valley and our guide to the
next stage in our perilous quest, so Brock eventually threw the bag to
Bartha, with a warning about what Whaler could expect if he was caught
thieving again.</p>
<p>Droston, meanwhile, drifted in and out of consciousness. Luckily,
Brock had brought some Dwarven elixir. It had quite a kick, but after
drinking it Droston was feeling <em>fine</em>. And it healed him, too.</p>
</section><section id="july-30"><h5>July 30</h5>
<p>To get to the elves, we have to travel through some caverns infested
by evil goblinoids, to find a long passage in the underdark that will
bring us to the elves, who can help us drive the goblinoids back
through the Chasm.</p>
<p>Somebody <strong>[Brock, or Whaler?]</strong> told us:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Durgeddin, master smith, driven out of his caverns by hobgoblins,
lead his folk south into the wilderness to new caverns, from which
he planned to take the fight to the evil goblinoids.
Unforutnately, that complex was also overrun, and Durgeddin
vanished from history.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So, we needed to head southeast, back towards the goblinoid horde, and
then take one of the ravines running south from the main river valley,
following it up to the mountain, then up and over the saddle in the
mountains, to the entrance to the caverns. Whaler promised to lead us
there.</p>
<p>As we headed southeast along the river valley, we paralleled the road
further up on the mountainside, in the forest. We soon found two
goblin scouts approaching us, forerunners of a goblinoid caravan along
the Stone Road. We hid, and the lower scout went past, but the upper
one was too close, so Bartha attacked him and pinned him, and Droston
hacked his throat out.</p>
<p>A short time later we hid from another scout. At some point it began
to rain. We pushed on.</p>
<p>Later in the day we came to a place where the goblinoids had a large
camp. They had cut down and burned or destroyed everything in the
valley, from the river clear up the steep side of the valley. As we
were crossing the camp <strong>[At a small stream coming down to join the
river?]</strong> there was a mudslide on the wall of the valley which came
crashing and splashing down the stream. Bartha made it across to
solid ground and Droston made it back to solid ground, but both Onchu
and Polonius were caught by the mudslide and were barely able to catch
hold before they were washed over the cliff into the river. Droston
was able to throw a rope to Polonius and pull him out and then
together they pulled Onchu out. Bartha tied and untied ropes.</p>
</section><section id="july-31-and-august-1"><h5>July 31 and August 1</h5>
<p>Whaler warned us about an oncoming goblin scout, so we hid again until
it went by.</p>
</section><section id="august-2nd"><h5>August 2nd</h5>
<p>We come to stream, rushing down to the river from the south-east, and
that is the way we go. There is no road, and we continue traveling
through the forest. Eventually we see a hill that looks like a tooth,
with smoke from the hillside. There is a road that leads north east,
which Whaler said goes back to the dwarven road in the river valley,
but Whaler told us we have to follow the road up the hillside and over
a saddle, to the entrance to the caverns on the other side of the
hill. And then he fled as fast as his little wings could take him.</p>
<p>We follow the road up the saddle as fast and as quietly as we can,
hoping to elude any watchers. Two hobgoblins were watching not far
beyond the saddle. We came around the corner and everybody shot,
killing one hobgoblin in the first round and the second hobgoblin in
the second round. This got us 2 light crossbows with 20 bolts each, 2
long swords, good quality studded leather, and 2 light shields.</p>
<p>We could see that entrance to the caverns was up a small ravine in the
hillside, with a door ajar at the far end. Droston snuck up to the
open door, while the others came behind more slowly. They were
attacked by archers behind slits in the rock. Droston flung the doors
wide and yelled at the others to come quickly, and began loosing
arrows at the two hobgoblins beyond the rope bridge over the chasm.</p>
<p>Here followed a long melee, with Polonius and Onchu fighting on the
bridge. A hobgoblin pushes Polonius off the bridge, but Onchu grabs
him. Bartha rushes the hobgoblin over the edge, but he grabs the
bridge, but breaks, swinging them across the chasm and bashing them
against the wall, 30 feet below. Two more <strong>[goblins, hobgoblins]</strong>
approach from the other side. Everybody on the bridge trying to climb
and fight. The hobgoblin and Polonius grapple, Bartha kills the
hobgoblin, and <strong>[Polonius, Onchu]</strong> avoids the falling body.</p>
<p>The other goblinoids flee the room and bar the far door.</p>
<p>We end with Onchu and Polonius on one side of the chasm, and Bartha
and Droston on the other side, next to the exit.</p>
</section></section><section id="aftermath"><h4>Aftermath</h4>
<p>No XP were awarded this session.</p>
<p>Bartha was gravely wounded (3 WP).</p>
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</article><article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/28/journey-to-red-temple-part-1/" class="u-url">Savage Worlds: Journey to Red Temple, Part 1</a></h2>
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<p class="byline author vcard"><span class="byline-name fn">T. Kurt Bond</span></p>
<p class="dateline"><a href="posts/2009/12/28/journey-to-red-temple-part-1/" rel="bookmark"><time class="published dt-published" datetime="2009-12-28T23:00:00-05:00" title="2009-12-28 23:00">2009-12-28 23:00</time></a></p>
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<section id="attending"><h2>Attending</h2>
</section><section id="actual-play"><h2>Actual Play</h2>
<aside class="admonition note"><p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>This is a <a class="reference external" href="posts/2008/07/07/new-blog-first-post/">timewarp</a> post.</p>
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</article><article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/20/john-maddox-roberts-and-ben-pastor/" class="u-url">Recent Reading: John Maddox Roberts and Ben Pastor</a></h2>
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<p class="byline author vcard"><span class="byline-name fn">T. Kurt Bond</span></p>
<p class="dateline"><a href="posts/2009/12/20/john-maddox-roberts-and-ben-pastor/" rel="bookmark"><time class="published dt-published" datetime="2009-12-20T00:00:00-05:00" title="2009-12-20 00:00">2009-12-20 00:00</time></a></p>
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<p><cite>SPQR XII — Oracle of the Dead</cite>, by John Maddox Roberts.</p>
<p>I've enjoyed this series, and this entry was good.</p>
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<p><cite>The Water Thief</cite>, by Ben Pastor.</p>
<p>I enjoyed this, though it was sometimes annoying.</p>
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</article><article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/17/sqlite-implements-table-constraints/" class="u-url">sqlite implements table constraints</a></h2>
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<p class="dateline"><a href="posts/2009/12/17/sqlite-implements-table-constraints/" rel="bookmark"><time class="published dt-published" datetime="2009-12-17T17:02:04-05:00" title="2009-12-17 17:02">2009-12-17 17:02</time></a></p>
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<p>It's nice to see SQLite supports table constraints:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">$ sqlite3 test.db
SQLite version 3.6.19
Enter ".help" for instructions
Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
sqlite> create table t1
...> (k int,
...> s int,
...> e int,
...> d int,
...> constraint se_or_duration check
...> ((s is not null and e is not null) or d is not null));
sqlite> insert into t1 values (1, 8, 4, null);
sqlite> insert into t1 values (2, null, null, 8);
sqlite> insert into t1 values (3, null, null, null);
SQL error: constraint failed
sqlite></pre>
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</article><article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/17/david-drake/" class="u-url">Recent Reading: David Drake</a></h2>
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<p class="dateline"><a href="posts/2009/12/17/david-drake/" rel="bookmark"><time class="published dt-published" datetime="2009-12-17T00:00:00-05:00" title="2009-12-17 00:00">2009-12-17 00:00</time></a></p>
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<p><cite>In the Stormy Red Sky</cite>, by David Drake, copyright 2009; Baen
Books/Baen Publishing Enterprise; May 2009; ISBN-13:
978-1-4165-9159-7.</p>
<p>This is the seventh in <span class="series">The RCN Series</span> featuring Daniel
Leary and Adele Mundy.</p>
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</article><article class="blog-post h-entry post-text"><header><h2 class="p-name entry-title blog-post-title"><a href="posts/2009/12/12/john-r.-king/" class="u-url">Recent Reading: John R. King</a></h2>
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<p class="dateline"><a href="posts/2009/12/12/john-r.-king/" rel="bookmark"><time class="published dt-published" datetime="2009-12-12T16:44:31-05:00" title="2009-12-12 16:44">2009-12-12 16:44</time></a></p>
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<p><cite>The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls</cite>, by John R. King, copyright 2008;
Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.; ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1801-5.</p>
<p>It was interesting to see Sherlock Holmes and Thomas Carnacki mixed,
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<p><cite>Skin Trade</cite>, by Laurell K. Hamilton, copyright 2009;
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<p>This is the seventeenth volume in the <span class="series">Anita Blake, Vampire
Hunter</span>. Again, I'm more interested in the paranormal
metaphysics and the monster killing than the sex.</p>
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<p>This is an <a class="reference external" href="http://www.actualplay.com/">actual play</a> report from the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.peginc.com/product-category/savage-worlds/">Savage Worlds</a> <a class="reference external" href="http://www.peginc.com/product-category/50fathoms/">50 Fathoms</a> <a class="reference external" href="http://www.peginc.com/plot-points">plot point</a> campaign from <a class="reference external" href="http://www.peginc.com/">Pinnacle Entertainment Games</a>.
These actual play reports are available in <a class="reference external" href="categories/cat_gaming/actual-play/wvhtf/50-fathoms/">html</a> from T.K.B.'s blog.</p>
<section id="attending"><h3>Attending</h3>
<p>Clockwise round the table, starting with the GM:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>T.K.B. — GM</p></li>
<li><p>B.MC. — playing Azrulektos, a Kraken warrior/wizard</p></li>
<li><p>C.A.H. — playing Karl Kroc, a Masaquani treasure hunter and navigator</p></li>
<li><p>M.A.H. — playing Moorumah, a charming but rather dim Grael</p></li>
</ul></section><section id="introduction"><h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>M.A.H. contributed the following (lightly edited) actual play report.</p>
</section><section id="actual-play-1"><h3>Actual Play</h3>
<p>After an extended character creation session (made longer due to
C.A.H. being an HOUR late -- BAD C.A.H.), our 50 Fathoms campaign
is off to a great start.</p>
<p>It all begins upon a ship, and with three particular sailors
aboard. Azrulektos, a squidy-looking thing, could summon great
skull-headed bolts of water and enjoys participating in Fight Club
With Giant Creatures (one-on-one, of course). Then there is Karl,
who looks almost human, except that both his hair and skin are
some undefinable color, but let me tell you its a doozy of one.
Karl is a Warrior, highly trained in the art of Shoot First
And Spend Two Rounds Reloading Later. Finally, there is the
lovable, but dumb-as-a-stone (and heavy as one too) Moorumah
a walrus-looking being who speaks loudly (and innanely) and
carries a very big club, and also occasinally trees. They are a
lovable band of misfits (Azrulektos is Highly Curious, Moorumah has a
Big Mouth, and Karl is equally Noticable, but in a way that I have
forgotten).</p>
<p>Anyhoo, it all starts on a ship and with two elements. Fire and
Water. A big storm made the water, and our inept now-deceased
cook provided the fire. These forces combined to create a ship
broken in half, and a lot of sailors drowned or beached on an
island. Also, of particular worry to Moorumah, there are logs
floating all over the ocean. The same logs she spent so long
carrying back and forth onto the ship, with one long log under
each arm.</p>
<p>The captain assigns the trio to look for food, and they promptly
return with Moorumah carrying a 'Nana' (banana) tree. As this takes
care of only one of the four food groups, the captain sends them
out again. This time, they manage to kill a small dinosour, and
take it back to the beach.</p>
<p>LITTLE DID THEY KNOW that the Red People (the savage <strong>Ugaks</strong>) had
attacked the beach while they were gone. All the other sailors
are gone, as are the nanas! What is a trio of (mostly)
semi-aquatic beings to do? They follow the tracks of the Ugaks
down the beach in hope of rescuing the other sailors. Along the
way they find a small boat but broken on the other side of a reef,
and materials to make a sail and other necessary components so
that a makeshift boat is feasible. But, then they notice tracks
going off into the jungle, and decide to follow.</p>
<p>The tracks end in a huge clearing, with a few scattered Red People
surrounding a large pool of red goo. A huge statue of a Giant Monkape
looms prominently behind the pool. There are 6 sailors lined up next
to the pool, tied up next to a shaman who is directing proceedings.</p>
<p>Azrulektos sneaks around to flank the pool, and effectively
neutralizes the shaman, while Moorumah charges into the scene like
a charging bull elephant, and Karl fires off his one shot before
sitting down to reload for two rounds. Unfortunately the dying
shaman pushes one of the prisoners into the pool of red ooze, and
a Giant Monkape rises from the ooze. There is a great deal of
combat which takes place in slow motion shakey-cam. Azrulektos
goes one-on-one (see previous note about hobby) with the Giant
Monkape, and ultimately defeats it with a little help from some
escaped sailors. The other foes are handily defeated by the trio.</p>
<p>In the end, we get many pieces of eight, as well as 4 experience points
each. The DM bribed M.A.H. with the promise of an additional experience
point if she would write up a summary of the session's events.</p>
<p>She does so, despite having forgotten all the characters names.</p>
<p>Ding - 1 xp for me!!!!!!!</p>
</section><section id="aftermath"><h3>Aftermath</h3>
<p>Each PC each got <strong>+4 XP</strong>, except Moorumah who got <strong>a bonus +1 XP</strong>
for M.A.H. writing up an actual play report.</p>
<p>(Azrulektos: 4 XP, Karl Kroc: 4 XP, Moorumah: 5 XP.)</p>
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<li><p><cite>What Angel's Fear</cite>, a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery.</p></li>
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