Elemental Reductions

Rifts: Terror on the Dark Frontier: Sessions 23   << Previously PCs Anthony "Loco" Diaz (SAMAS pilot) - A street rat captured and raised by the Coalition, now in his late 20s, and a fugitive SAMAS pilot from CS El Dorado, wanted for stealing his SAMAS suit, Stella, along with some other things.  He fled north towards Castle Refuge, and joined with Shan, Layla, Faith, and Midnight. Layla Lacoi (DB Mystic) - A tall dimensional mystic being with a bit of a catfish face.  Her gentle demeanor belies how powerful she is. Midnight (Psi-stalker variant) - A dark and mysterious stranger, riding a strange horse.  He seems to have influence over lightning, and is a man who lives off the land.   Faith Macavoy (covert Psi-ghost) - A non-descript vagabond woman, who seems to be quite capable and full of supplies.   Shan Medsans (Cyber-doc, I think) - A hardcore cyberdoc apparently from a long line of traveling healers, renowned enough to kn...

Rifts: Terror on the Dark Frontier: Sessions 23 << Previously         If it's traded in Comanche territory, it's traded at Fort Comanche.     Shan and Marlow spend the day finding someone to repair Tanky McTankface & Stella, Tony's SAMAS armor.  Unfortunately, they find themselves in a shop which seems to be quite hostile.  Fortunately, Marlow gets her out of there before it's more than just talk.     We've been tasked to find out who's been murdering people at the Northern Gun construction site.      Wesi Tsaatupi, who is effectively the Chief of Tribal Police, and so implicitly the region.  The tribal council had told us to keep her informed.     Eric the Bartender at the Wild Stallion Saloon is a tall, perfect, Adonis-like ginger with a clean beard and a beaming smile.  He's wearing a vest with nothing underneath, and very loose leg wear.  He has four or five tattoos on his arms: a sna...

<< Previously    PCs Anthony "Loco" Diaz (SAMAS pilot) - A street rat captured and raised by the Coalition, now in his late 20s, and a fugitive SAMAS pilot from CS El Dorado, wanted for stealing his SAMAS suit, Stella, along with some other things.  He fled north towards Castle Refuge, and joined with Shan, Layla, Faith, and Midnight. Layla Lacoi (DB Mystic) - A tall dimensional mystic being with a bit of a catfish face.  Her gentle demeanor belies how powerful she is. Midnight (Psi-stalker variant) - A dark and mysterious stranger, riding a strange horse.  He seems to have influence over lightning, and is a man who lives off the land.   Faith Macavoy (covert Psi-ghost) - A non-descript vagabond woman, who seems to be quite capable and full of supplies.   Shan Medsans (Cyber-doc, I think) - A hardcore cyberdoc apparently from a long line of traveling healers, renowned enough to know Erin Tarn personally.  Her clinic...

 << Previously PCs Anthony "Loco" Diaz (SAMAS pilot) - A street rat captured and raised by the Coalition, now in his late 20s, and a fugitive SAMAS pilot from CS El Dorado, wanted for stealing his SAMAS suit, Stella, along with some other things.  He fled north towards Castle Refuge, and joined with Shan, Layla, Faith, and Midnight. Layla Lacoi (DB Mystic) - A tall dimensional mystic being with a bit of a catfish face.  Her gentle demeanor belies how powerful she is. Midnight (Psi-stalker variant) - A dark and mysterious stranger, riding a strange horse.  He seems to have influence over lightning, and is a man who lives off the land.   Faith Macavoy (covert Psi-ghost) - A non-descript vagabond woman, who seems to be quite capable and full of supplies.   Shan Medsans (Cyber-doc, I think) - A hardcore cyberdoc apparently from a long line of traveling healers, renowned enough to know Erin Tarn personally.  Her clinic is in ...

Session 6 Previous AARs:   Strata Under the Temple Session 5 Strata Under the Temple Session 4 Strata Under the Temple Sessions 2 & 3   Strata Under the Temple Sessions 1 Case of Characters Player Characters Beep - Thief 4, Halfling, she/her, played by Soddentowel  Hivara - Thief 4, Hagamido Saurian, she/her, played by Gwenchant "Red" Kolva - Thief 4, she/her, played by Socrates Steve - Wizard 4, Human, he/him, played by Soddentowel Zago - Wizard 4, Goblin, he/him, played by Socrates Zaphiel - Cleric 4, Elf, she/her played by Gwenchant NPCs Gasatano - Fighter, Hagamido Saurian Polima - Wizard, Hagamido Saurian, partner of Hivara Malita - Cleric of Bufamela-Sa, Hagamido Saurian Events At the end of last session,  they defeated the semi-lich, a failed Hagamido that had tried to become a full lich.  There was enough loot there for the party to advance to fourth level.  Beep got the pair of magical boots, as a concession for not getting an unc...

Session 5 Previous AARs:   Strata Under the Temple Sessions 4 Strata Under the Temple Sessions 2 & 3   Strata Under the Temple Sessions 1 Case of Characters Player Characters Beep - Thief 3, Halfling, played by Soddentowel  Evara - Thief 3, transformed into a Hagamido Saurian, played by Gwenchant "Red" Kolva - Thief 3, played by Socrates Steve - Wizard 3, Human, played by Soddentowel Zago - Wizard 3, Goblin, played by Socrates Zaphiel - Cleric 3, Elf, played by Gwenchant NPCs Gasatano - Fighter, Hagamido Saurian Polima - Wizard, Hagamido Saurian Malita - Cleric of Bufamela-Sa, Hagamido Saurian Events While resting in the Hall of Scholars after fighting the Gray Ponderer, a secret door opened in the northern door, and the party was surprised by an emaciated Hagamido female in robes.  It manically attacked with an icy touch, and seemed to be immune to their weapons.  The party rallied and struck at the creature, but it seemed immune to most of t...

Session 4 Previous AARs:   Strata Under the Temple Sessions 2 & 3   Strata Under the Temple Sessions 1 Case of Characters Player Characters Beep - Thief 3, Halfling, played by Soddentowel  Evara - Thief 3, transformed into a Hagamido Saurian, played by Gwenchant "Red" Kolva - Thief 3, played by Socrates Steve - Wizard 3, Human, played by Soddentowel Zago - Wizard 3, Goblin, played by Socrates Zaphiel - Cleric 3, Elf, played by Gwenchant NPCs Gasatano - Fighter, Hagamido Saurian Polima - Wizard, Hagamido Saurian Malita - Cleric of Bufamela-Sa, Hagamido Saurian Events In walking through the Gate to the Land of the Dead to exit Bufamela-Sa's dream, Evara was the only one who decided to accept his offer to become a Hagamido.  She gave up her Orcish ancestry, and in return became a Hagamido (crested saurian). The party transitions to the last room in the crypt they had been in, with Gasatano, Polima, and Malita.  They talked.  The Hagamido noted...

This is completely from my recollection, and so likely full of errors. Session 2 The party had ended last session by resting on the mountain outside the caves, taking Boop's corpse outside, where his brother Beep was watching their things.  They returned through the tunnel to the circular room, entering on its north side.   About fifteen feet across, the ceiling glowed with a warm yellow light, illuminating the whole room.  Strange script was inscribed in a circle about seven feet across located in the center of the room.  A door is set to each of the other cardinal directions.  They chose to go through the door to the east. The room to the east was unnaturally dark, limiting the light of their torches to only about fifteen feet.  after exploring, they noted that it was square, about twenty-five feet across, with a well in the middle, a door  in the center of the east wall, and another five feet from the west end of the north wall.  They checked t...

A combination of another bout of Covid and elder family members getting hospitalized delayed this by a few weeks, but my hopes for a steady gaming group seem to finally culminate in an actual game last night.  Socrates was delayed by theatrical problems, but Gwenchant and I arrived at Soddentowel's place, and, after discussing parenting and schooling, snacks and drinks, we got around to talking about play experience and what we were going to play.  It probably helped a bit that we had hashed out lines and veils and a few other session 0 topics on our Discord. After determining that Gwenchant and Soddentowel's play experiences were more exclusive to latter day D&D , we decided to each make two characters to play the Shadowdark quickstart, using 3d6 down the line, with a house rule stolen from the *WN books of replacing one attribute with a 14.  Socrates got there shortly after they started making characters while I skimmed the GM's Guide.  I think it took us abo...