Early November

 So all bar one player has reached 7th level. They have sorted out a conflict between a village and some beast men, dealt with a dragon, entered , destroyed and survived the Tempe of Chaos (in the mid of winter) , rescued a high level druidess gone insane and now are heading into some conflict action between nations - yep WAR!.  And from what I can tell they have all enjoyed the experience. The life or death situations keenly felt and the intensity of each session just builds on the previous session - takes me back to my early to md years of role playing there seems a real investment of what's going on and the place and people seem to matter to the PC's and Player - awesome stuff.  What we added to the game early on was a character tree ala Dark Sun, that way should a character fall they player has a new character ready to roll, albeit a little less powerful.  So hoping to hit tenth level before we break up for Christmas and then on into the New Year with another campaign that I about to assemble a poll on to see what they are looking for in the next story. Cheers all and Game On!

BOO!!

 

Yeah, time, reasons et al. Anyway the Wednesday Face to Face group is trying out 1st ed Advanced D&D.  The change to the rule is that every session up to 7th they advance 1 level, then 1 level every 2 sessions until 10th when the game closes, unless they want to continue in some manner. No XP count.  They are playing in a what if world. What if the Ice Age existed in 407 AD and Doggerland still was dry.  Anyway last session was sweet. The hit point powerhouse Ranger almost got totalled by a Brown Bear. The look on their faces , the hoot of success and survival from the players took me back to something I haven't seen in many decades of playing.  Something about the early editions that just brings that spark alive.  So cool. Anyway off to see what devilry I can concoct for them next week, Game On!