More mouse bites
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Waiting for my dad to step out of my room so I can deeply watch a very great DnD series over a magical DnD highschool scooby doo gang unravelling a troublesome armageddon corn cult
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Went well.
Very much relied upon the book for it, and it was less thematically cohesive than the first session, but it had stronger gameplay to it, and I was able to put it together in a day (I had a lot of work the week before).
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What was it about
Session Documentation
Notes: Elva is an NPC Warlock traveling with the party to avoid being sacrificed. Her patron is the Frostmaiden herself, but the group hasnât pieced that together yet.
- Prologue with them outside of Easthaven; Elva wonders if she should have stayed behind
- Get to town and have them get dragged to meet PCâs uncle
- PC meets with their uncle while the rest of the group [eavesdrops from outside]
- PC is left with a choice on whether to still seek the Rime of the Frostmaiden or return home to be married off; has until the following morning to decide
- Group attends the public execution of Dzaan and meet Captain Arlaggath
- Reveal that rumors have surfaced regarding the group having interrupted the ritual in Bryn Shandar, especially after the crop failed there
- Arlaggath asks the group to help with locating a group of fisherman whoâve disappeared in search of fish after Easthavenâs harbor has been overfished
- In exchange, she offers the group passage up to the Sunblight Fortress with a travelling visitor (later revealed to be Vellynne Harpell); [group can negotiate for more]
- She directs them to start by getting their way into a seance of the White Lady, led by the dwarf bard Rinaldo at the White Lady Inn
- Group heads to the Inn
- [Group makes their way in]
- [Group helps with the seance]
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[Ghost will appear five times; each time, the group must make a DC 12 Persuasion Check]
- If success, get a 5 word answer on question
- If failure, fight specter off (dispelled after taking 2d8 damage)
- If the group gets no information from the previous 4 appearances, Rinaldo steps in and gets info
- [Group negotiates for a boat]
- [Group does Cauldron Caves]
- Group finds Maud Chiselbone
- [Fights her]
- Sephek shows up and reveals to have killed Nika; Elva awakens to her powers and kills him
- Group returns and speaks with Arlaggath
- [Group attempts to sell cauldron]
- [PC makes decision on whether to leave or stay]
- Group follows Vellynne up to Sunblight
Went slightly off the rails initially when the group tried to rescue Dzaan before his execution, but in their attempt to break him out, they accidentally killed him, so it all worked out.
Took a while, but no guesswork is needed.
It's long detailed solution.
Rule 1 is forced.
Rule 1 forces rule 3. (Small whispering number canât be 4 inside the line)
Rule 3 makes a 789 triplet in row 8 in end of the arrows. (At this point all circle see one of 1, 2 or 3, so 6es are impossible on any arrows.)
Left arrow sees a 3, so it needs both a 1 and a 2 to be legit. (Following this logic will remove 7 as a possibility from the left arrow due to sudoku, right arrow couldnât have 7 in the first place.) So middle arrow in row 8 is a 7. Which forces a 24 pair in box 5. This 24 pair solves r1c4 (as a 5) and forces either rule 2 or rule 4. Either rule 2 or 4 is happening, both would force rule 6. [Rule 4 would both eliminating 4 and 5 from r3c3 leaving a 6, and at this point rule 2 canât be statisfied in box 7 unless r9c4 is a 6.]
But rule 3 and 6 blocks rule 2 (in the box 5-6 joint.) Since that arrow already sees a 2, it canât have neighboring numbers in box 6, and 3-7 canât happen due to the starting 7 in col 6. So rule 4 is forced in row 1.
This kicks out 4 and 5 from box 6, and makes an othe 24 pair in col 8 on the renban line, which forces the 3 at the other end. Additionaly, because of rule 4, in col 3 all of 1, 4 and 6 is eliminated from the kropki, which makes rule 8 impossible.
The renban in box 5 has to have a 7. (Due to the 24 pair forcing it be high.) [Itâs (567), (678) or (789)
Additionaly row 6 already has every number from 1 to 5 already. (Rule 3 and 4 forced the 5, the two 24 pair forced the 2 on the left arrow, rule 6 forced the 3, and the right arrow had only with 4 as the last possible number. This âsolvesâ the renban in box 5, [if it doesnât have a 5, you would need to force 3 numbers in 4 cell in col 6, which is impossible.]
At this point, with a bit of sudoku, (and with the knowledge that rule 8 impossible) should arrive a 79 in r6c9 triangle space. [Both of which would enforce rule 7] which places a 3 in box 4. [Additionaly this will make the 9 rule in box 4]
The rest solves itself.
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This reminds me that I need to read up on the mechanics of Exhaustion and traversing difficult terrain for next session.
Plan for next session is basically, âGroup gets barraged by a snowstorm and agrees to take shelter at a castle, except they learn that the occupants of that castle are cultists that seek to revive the Frostmaidenâs mate in the hopes of gaining her favor.â
Itâs an important session: it gives a payoff to an older plotline from the first session, more insight into Auril and the Arcane Brotherhood, and some foreshadowing regarding Elva and Harpell.
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liberals 
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The woke slept?
Without saying good night?
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Me when:
Spoilers for my Campaign
My party is traveling with two NPCs who will turn out to be villains down the line.
Harpellâs an enemy of their next few enemies (she has beef with both the cultists and the Arcane Brotherhood because sheâs got her own cult to manage) and so should stay under the radar.
Elvaâs connection to Auril means that once the group kills Auril, the Brotherhood kills Elva and store Aurilâs soul in her to attempt to revive her.
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Non-zero chance I change things around depending on how my party does things.
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Random fact I learned today: the Denver airport is larger than San Francisco
not âlarger than the SF airport,â larger than the city
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what tf
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tf???
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the conspiracy theories are all true thereâs no other explanation
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This vexes me
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Wdym? I know Rule 2 and 4 canât co-exist, but why is R9C3 a [4]?
Never mind. I see it.