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-Jekyll2025-08-11T21:38:46-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xmlVagabond’s TTRPG SiteA collection of my tabletop roleplaying game writings.Bill NiblockDead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 112025-08-11T00:00:00-05:002025-08-11T00:00:00-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/dbasd-11Current Objectives
+Jekyll2025-08-22T10:14:45-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xmlVagabond’s TTRPG SiteA collection of my tabletop roleplaying game writings.Bill NiblockDead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 122025-08-20T00:00:00-05:002025-08-20T00:00:00-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/dbasd-12Current Objectives
+
+
Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather.
+
+
Kill an Ogre King
+
[COMPLETE!] Revive (the real) Syrup, and return him to command
+
[COMPLETE!] Hunt-down the brother-in-law, Stanislaw, and bring him to justice
+
+
+
+
+
Events
+
+
After recouperating from the fight with the blood-stealing eye monster, the
+party hears drums. Drums in the deep. In two deeps, actually! One from the
+barricaded hallways before us, and one from within the cavern. Sir Beet
+launches a fire arrow into the cavern to scout, and manages to shoot the ogres
+there! Combat!!
+
+
The troop of ogres charges at us. Stackor fireballs it. Sir Beet shoots
+it. The troop crashes into Gabro and Oogie. Gabro answers with some
+punches!
+
Stacckor launches another fireball, and Sir Beet finishes them off.
+Victory!!
+
+
+
We approach the barricades/gateways. After some feeble attempts by Sir Tern,
+Brother Gabro bashes through the left-most barricade, and we move into a room
+filled with cages and a large soup cauldron. There’s a single, essentially
+naked ogre, with a large chef’s hat and a wooden spoon. The group quickly
+dispatches the ogre, and begins tending to the captives. Specifically, there’s
+an ogre and a scrawny man that are caged separately.
+
+
Brother Gabro approaches and speaks with the scrawny man. After some
+discussion, he opens the cage and lets the man out. He notices, while
+doing so, a gust of wind seems to escape from the cave also.
+
Meanwhile, Stackor approaches and speaks with the ogre. It is a former
+servant of Mook-do, the Ogre King. He explains that Mook-do has forgotten
+his faith, and is performing evil magicks to corrupt his kin. Mook-do
+wants to use this ogre and turn him into a gateway.
+
+
+
+
Lots of talking happens, eventually the scrawny man, Jonathon, T-1000’s
+himself through the ogre’s cage, and sucks his mind out with weird light
+powers. More stuff happens, we make some decisions, and Jonathon joins us down
+the other path towards the ogre king!
+
+
We call it here for the evening.
+
+
+
Player Characters
+
+
Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
+
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
+
Oogie Houndstooth, a human cleric of Kelinahat (Mike)
+
Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
+
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+
+
+
Locations
+
+
Tinsel Town, and the associated mines
+
Rime
+
+
The Temple of Torag
+
+
+
Army Encampment
+
+
+
NPCs and Notable Characters
+
+
Pale Root, a byakhee summoned unintentionally by Sir Tern under his will.
+
Little Plague, a byakhee summoned intentionally by Stackor
+
Colonel Syrup, and his under-officers
+
Jonathon, a being of light and a Sojourner
+
]]>Ancillary ScribeDead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 112025-08-11T00:00:00-05:002025-08-11T00:00:00-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/dbasd-11Current Objectives
Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather.
@@ -43,7 +120,7 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
-
Brother Basalt/Ignatius Joe, an oread shaman (Mike)
+
Oogie Houndstooth, a human cleric of Kelinahat (Mike)
Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
@@ -830,166 +907,4 @@ Wallace we intend to destroy the Ogre King.
Sir Wallace, castellan of Mine Town
Boggins, a doctor in Mine Town
-
]]>Ancillary ScribeInterlude: The Rescue of a God From Hell, Maybe2025-06-02T00:00:00-05:002025-06-02T00:00:00-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/revival-01Current Objectives
-
-
-
Revive Cayden Cailean, and survive!
-
-
-
Events
-
-
-
Locked in combat, in Hell! Round 2 begins…
-
-
Iozreal attempts to dimensional anchor Boobons, but Boobons counters it,
-then moves away to safety! Harvey and Gartug fight some ice devils. Randy
-and Sheila G do some buffs. Another ice devil shows up, and begins
-fighting with Naynay.
-
Iozreal attempts to dimensional anchor Boobons again, but gets countered
-again, and successfully dispels the anchor on Cayden Cailean! Harvey
-and Gartug keep fighting ice devils. Randy starts blasting with lightning!
-Naynay disengages and get with the group, just in time for Sheila G
-to attempt to plane shift the group away, but she gets countered by
-Iozreal! A future version of Cayden Cailean shows up to help us fight,
-and tells Sheila G “Free Hyperion! It’s the next step!”
-
Iozreal moves to threaten the group, and releases his dancing scythe,
-which obliterates Boobons with a crit! Boobons makes a mess of blood on
-the ground. Harvey, Gartug, and Naynay keep fighting ice devils. Randy
-heals Boobon back to consciousness. Sheila G attempts another plane
-shift and gets countered again!
-
-
-
The group feels a sickening lurch, as the ceiling of our adamantine room is
-torn away by Baazebul, hovering menacingly above the scene. Jeff turns to
-Harvey and tells him, “BLUE BAG”. Combat continues!
-
-
Iozreal blasts the group with a wave of fatigue as his scythe continues
-to hack apart Boobon (who falls again), and Randy (who hasn’t heard no
-bell!). Harvey uses “the blue bag”:
-
-
Holding the bag as a glove, Harvey throws a blue pebble-shaped object
-at Baazebul. As it reaches it, the pebble seems to manifest as a
-smaller ghostly image of Harvey, and after whispering something to
-Baazebul, strikes it with a sword. An angelic figure with broken,
-burnt wing nubs falls beyond sight in one direction, and thousands of
-flies fall beyond sight in an opposite. The remaining ice devil looks
-incredibly confused.
-
-
-
-
-
Iozreal makes an offer: Help him to the Betzebbul, and he will send all of us
-home. While this is happening, both Randy and Gartug take note of the falling
-pieces of Baazebul, and grab some. This turns out to be a Bad Thing :tm:.
-After some deliberation, the party agrees. Boobons summons phantom steeds.
-Iozreal and the party fly to the Betzebbul, citadel of Baazebul, throne of
-Cocytus, the seventh layer of hell. Sheila G knows of a chained-up ancient and
-forgotten god, named Azhia. CC insists on freeing it.
-
-
Upon arrival, Iozreal screams a stained-glass window open, and we follow
-him up a circular stairway. At the landing, we pass an opportunity to
-visit Baazebul’s armory.
-
Upon arriving at the throne room, we find the enchained “body” of Azhia,
-and the throne. On the throne is a large circlet with a giant diamond in
-it. Between the party and the throne is a pitfiend, named Garblefuk,
-yelling at Iozreal he’s a traitor. COMBAT!!
-
-
Harvey and Iozreal engage Garblefuk. Cayden Cailean makes for one of
-the pillars holding the chains attached to Azhia. Boobons, Randy, and
-Sheila G do some buffing. Gartug drinks some potions.
-
Harvey and Iozreal keep fighting Garblefuk. Cayden Cailean climbs the
-pillar, and to the chain. Gartug remounts his horse, and flies up to
-one of the chains. Boobons does some buffs. Randy starts blasting
-with lighting. Sheila G flies up to another chain. Jeff blasts
-Garblefuk with a disintigrate.
-
Harvey keeps punching. Iozreal harms Garblefuk, successfully, then
-eviscerates it with his scythe. Boobons takes out his Stick of
-Disintigration, and destroys a chainlink. Randy does some healing.
-Gartug punches a chainlink apart, breaking the chain. Cayden Caliean
-moves towards the flesh-mass, and begins trying to break his chain.
-Sheila G tries breaking her chain. Jeff does some weird chaos stuff,
-and turns the big 5th chain into a piece of cooked spaghetti.
-
Harvey hangs out a bit. Iozreal flies up to the flesh mass, and
-plunges his hand into it. Gartug lands and dismounts near Iozreal on
-the flesh mass, preparing to engage if necessary. Boobons
-disintigrates another chainlink, breaking the fourth of five chains.
-Cayden Cailean and Sheila G try breaking the last chain. Randy plays
-hop-scotch.
-
Iozreal finishes his tassk, flying off the mass and back to the
-ground. Gartug rushes over, and breaks the CC/SG chain, freeing the
-flesh mass, which plummets to the ground and is impailed upon the
-throne. COMBAT OVER!!
-
-
-
-
-
-
Iozreal informs us he absorbed some of the god’s power. The flesh mass appears
-to still be alive. SG and Gartug manage to un-impale it. After a bit more
-dialog, Iozreal offers to plane shift us home, but Sheila G does it instead.
-We arrive near the Far Territories, surprisingly close to the army’s column
-heading to the Far Territories. The flesh mass begins screaming, and SG and
-Randy start trying to heal it. Gartug and SG manage to remove all the chains.
-Gartug also rejects the mythic power of Baazebul from the part of it which
-embedded itself in his palm. The piece falls out and dissipates to
-nothingness.
-
-
The group deliberates on the next steps:
-
-
Where to bring Cayden Cailean? “Anywhere with beer!”
-
-
CC wants to find some beer, find his Red Band crew, find a ship (as in
-a space ship), and go adventuring. Gartug offers to go with and help
-him out.
-
-
-
Where to bring this flesh mass?
-
-
SG offers to take it to Elysium
-
-
-
What’s next?
-
-
SG is considering heading to the First World to find Hyperion
-
Harvey has to go…
-
~Boobons~ Stackor has to return to his other thing.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Player Characters
-
-
Gartug Ironfist, a dwarven brawler; Taliah, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
-
Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Cailean (Thans)
-
Stackor, a dwarven wizard; Chuck, a dwarven hammer-thrower (James)
-
Harvey, a tengu-ish monk; Mummrah, a dwarven cleric (Mike)
-
Randy Van Peeples, a human cleric of Gozreh (Dan)
-
-
-
Locations
-
-
Rime
-
Fort Ang
-
Cocytus, the Seventh Level of Hell
-
-
Betzebbul, citadel of Baazebul
-
-
-
-
-
NPCs and Notable Characters
-
-
Maugrim, dwarven god of the dead
-
Naynay, a pervert-monk
-
Cayden Cailean, revived mortal god of revelry, freedom, and travel
-
Iozrael, servant of Baazebul
-
Garblefuk, a pitfiend in the Betzebbul throne room
-
Azhia, a mass of flesh, a forgotten god
-
-
-
Other Notes
-
-
Future Cayden Cailean said to “Free Hyperion”
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+++ b/journals/seventh/20211213.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -611,6 +615,8 @@ and then move north is search of the scouts!
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/beast-east-02.html b/journals/seventh/beast-east-02.html
index 28e1f6e..176bff9 100644
--- a/journals/seventh/beast-east-02.html
+++ b/journals/seventh/beast-east-02.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -566,6 +570,8 @@ intention of using some Lesser Restorations when we can.
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/bore_update.html b/journals/seventh/bore_update.html
index 486bb8a..713976d 100644
--- a/journals/seventh/bore_update.html
+++ b/journals/seventh/bore_update.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -628,6 +632,8 @@ We will decide what to do with those days next time!
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-08.html b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-08.html
index 11cac71..39440c3 100644
--- a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-08.html
+++ b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-08.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -562,6 +566,8 @@ ready to jump through the literal and figurative portal to their objective!
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-09.html b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-09.html
index 339f40f..98c2f5c 100644
--- a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-09.html
+++ b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-09.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -606,6 +610,8 @@ in, and finds a Ring of Mind Shielding.
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-10.html b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-10.html
index 360b15c..7b7fb00 100644
--- a/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-10.html
+++ b/journals/seventh/cryptdragon-10.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
-
Brother Basalt/Ignatius Joe, an oread shaman (Mike)
+
Oogie Houndstooth, a human cleric of Kelinahat (Mike)
Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
@@ -563,6 +567,8 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
+
+
@@ -578,6 +584,10 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
Journal Index
+
+ Next
+
+
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+
+
+
+ Dead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 12
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Current Objectives
+
+
Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather.
+
+
Kill an Ogre King
+
[COMPLETE!] Revive (the real) Syrup, and return him to command
+
[COMPLETE!] Hunt-down the brother-in-law, Stanislaw, and bring him to justice
+
+
+
+
+
Events
+
+
After recouperating from the fight with the blood-stealing eye monster, the
+party hears drums. Drums in the deep. In two deeps, actually! One from the
+barricaded hallways before us, and one from within the cavern. Sir Beet
+launches a fire arrow into the cavern to scout, and manages to shoot the ogres
+there! Combat!!
+
+
The troop of ogres charges at us. Stackor fireballs it. Sir Beet shoots
+it. The troop crashes into Gabro and Oogie. Gabro answers with some
+punches!
+
Stacckor launches another fireball, and Sir Beet finishes them off.
+Victory!!
+
+
+
We approach the barricades/gateways. After some feeble attempts by Sir Tern,
+Brother Gabro bashes through the left-most barricade, and we move into a room
+filled with cages and a large soup cauldron. There’s a single, essentially
+naked ogre, with a large chef’s hat and a wooden spoon. The group quickly
+dispatches the ogre, and begins tending to the captives. Specifically, there’s
+an ogre and a scrawny man that are caged separately.
+
+
Brother Gabro approaches and speaks with the scrawny man. After some
+discussion, he opens the cage and lets the man out. He notices, while
+doing so, a gust of wind seems to escape from the cave also.
+
Meanwhile, Stackor approaches and speaks with the ogre. It is a former
+servant of Mook-do, the Ogre King. He explains that Mook-do has forgotten
+his faith, and is performing evil magicks to corrupt his kin. Mook-do
+wants to use this ogre and turn him into a gateway.
+
+
+
+
Lots of talking happens, eventually the scrawny man, Jonathon, T-1000’s
+himself through the ogre’s cage, and sucks his mind out with weird light
+powers. More stuff happens, we make some decisions, and Jonathon joins us down
+the other path towards the ogre king!
+
+
We call it here for the evening.
+
+
+
Player Characters
+
+
Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
+
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
+
Oogie Houndstooth, a human cleric of Kelinahat (Mike)
+
Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
+
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+
+
+
Locations
+
+
Tinsel Town, and the associated mines
+
Rime
+
+
The Temple of Torag
+
+
+
Army Encampment
+
+
+
NPCs and Notable Characters
+
+
Pale Root, a byakhee summoned unintentionally by Sir Tern under his will.
+
Little Plague, a byakhee summoned intentionally by Stackor
Our Most Recent Adventure: Dead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 11
+
Our Most Recent Adventure: Dead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 12
Current Objectives
@@ -540,39 +544,49 @@
Events
-
-
We rename the sessions!
+
After recouperating from the fight with the blood-stealing eye monster, the
+party hears drums. Drums in the deep. In two deeps, actually! One from the
+barricaded hallways before us, and one from within the cavern. Sir Beet
+launches a fire arrow into the cavern to scout, and manages to shoot the ogres
+there! Combat!!
+
+
The troop of ogres charges at us. Stackor fireballs it. Sir Beet shoots
+it. The troop crashes into Gabro and Oogie. Gabro answers with some
+punches!
+
Stacckor launches another fireball, and Sir Beet finishes them off.
+Victory!!
+
+
+
We approach the barricades/gateways. After some feeble attempts by Sir Tern,
+Brother Gabro bashes through the left-most barricade, and we move into a room
+filled with cages and a large soup cauldron. There’s a single, essentially
+naked ogre, with a large chef’s hat and a wooden spoon. The group quickly
+dispatches the ogre, and begins tending to the captives. Specifically, there’s
+an ogre and a scrawny man that are caged separately.
+
+
Brother Gabro approaches and speaks with the scrawny man. After some
+discussion, he opens the cage and lets the man out. He notices, while
+doing so, a gust of wind seems to escape from the cave also.
+
Meanwhile, Stackor approaches and speaks with the ogre. It is a former
+servant of Mook-do, the Ogre King. He explains that Mook-do has forgotten
+his faith, and is performing evil magicks to corrupt his kin. Mook-do
+wants to use this ogre and turn him into a gateway.
+
-
Stackor teleports off to the capitol to fetch the king’s men and return them
-to the army. There’s a spymaster, who will integrate himself as a fletcher
-into the army; there’s a cleric of kelinahat, she of ebon wings, that will be
-joining us; a noble duelist, who will be joining up with the army; and a
-fourth that I didn’t catch. He then teleports back to the army to drop off 3
-of them, and returns to the party with the cleric.
-
-
-
Returning to the party, we heal some ability damage, and then move back into
-the mines. We walk past our previous victories, finding the bodies of the
-slain (though not as many as there should be, and definitely moved about).
-Moving back to the bone door, we trigger an alarm and another symbol (this
-one significantly less damaging). There’s a trapdoor leading up, with orgres
-awaiting us with burning oil. After Gabro discovers this, Stackor gives us all
-resistance to fire, and we ascend! We beat up some orcs, and find ourselves
-in a large cavern. After some exploration, we eventually hear some giantish
-discussion, and then get ambushed by a giant betentacled horror! The combat is
-grueling, but we perservere.
-
-
-
We call it here, batter but unbroken in our quest for the ogre king.
+
Lots of talking happens, eventually the scrawny man, Jonathon, T-1000’s
+himself through the ogre’s cage, and sucks his mind out with weird light
+powers. More stuff happens, we make some decisions, and Jonathon joins us down
+the other path towards the ogre king!
+
We call it here for the evening.
Player Characters
Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
-
Brother Basalt/Ignatius Joe, an oread shaman (Mike)
+
Oogie Houndstooth, a human cleric of Kelinahat (Mike)
Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
@@ -593,6 +607,7 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
Pale Root, a byakhee summoned unintentionally by Sir Tern under his will.
Little Plague, a byakhee summoned intentionally by Stackor
Colonel Syrup, and his under-officers
+
Jonathon, a being of light and a Sojourner
@@ -826,6 +841,8 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
+
+
@@ -834,7 +851,7 @@ grueling, but we perservere.
- Previous
+ Previous
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+++ b/journals/seventh/life-and-death.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
@@ -608,6 +612,8 @@ when some of this party likely dies or is abandoned in Hell!
+
+
diff --git a/journals/seventh/stormheim-01.html b/journals/seventh/stormheim-01.html
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--- a/journals/seventh/stormheim-01.html
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