UVG DW - Session 1

Dramatis Personae

Mac 'Driver - DWARF artificer with inherited golem armor

River Thornheart - Steppelander witch/warchief's daughter

Uba Bigtooth - Half-orc gunslinger cowgirl

Cordolan s'Abner - Chief medical aristocrat of biomagical corruption (i.e., cleric)

R5F1 - Ancient golem archaeologist

Imke 'Shippingexpert - DWARF Hexad RLD smuggler, professor of Oldtech Engineering at Magenta Magical University, and caravan financier

Amaric diVridi - Greenlander hostler. Hired to care for the pack animals.

Taelin Nyxara - Violetlander Heretical biomancer agronomist and undergraduate wizard

More AI Pics

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Imke 'Shippingexpert, Amaric diVridi, and Taelin Nyxara. Did you know you can't put three images side by side in the window when editing a blog post? Criminal.

Session 1 Notes

• The adventurers meet with their financier – Imke ‘Shippingexpert, a female Dwarf, Hexad RLD smuggler, and professor of Oldtech Engineering at Magenta Magical University.
• The Hexad has cut funding to MMU, and Imke’s plan to get new funding is to acquire new Long-Long-Ago artifacts from the grasslands.
• They took out a loan from Imke to outfit their caravan and purchase trade goods: 1 sack each of vampire wine, common intoxicants, and replacement body.
• They met the two NPCs that would be joining them on the caravan: Amaric diVridi, the Greenlander hostler, and Taelin Nyxara, a heretical biomancer agronomist/undergraduate wizard.
• They set out on the journey, and before they were out of the Violetland, River spotted an encampment of Bluelander degenerates. After some deliberation/divination, they decided to attack them first.
• The degenerates nearly killed Mac, but the adventurers prevailed.
• At the Low Road and the High, they found the Great Traveling Serai, where they did some market research. They rolled well, and found there was high demand for common intoxicants and replacement bodies at the Porcelain Palace.
• They also saw a giant, multi-colored striated rock formation off in the distance, but they didn’t go there, yet.
• They arrived in the Porcelain Citadel, where the friendly Safranian merchant Teljean de Barbier helped them sell their goods. They sold the common intoxicants and replacement body for $8000, a $4000 profit.
• They resupply their caravan and prepare to venture to their destination: the Trail of Vomish Dreams.

Concluding Thoughts

    Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, so I guess I'm not a complete hack of a GM after all. I did completely forget about the two NPCs I included with the caravan, though. Next time I'll have to make them actually do something.

    I'm surprised at how quickly the players were able to make money. It looks like they're probably not going to have to worry about compounded interest.

    The other thing I feel like I'm missing from my prep right now is rumors/adventure hooks to drop when the players arrive at a destination. Other than that, great start to a new campaign.