{"id":3200,"date":"2017-10-04T05:31:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T19:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2017-10-18T10:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:59:03","slug":"gurps-dungeon-fantasy-legends-of-generica-session-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/?p=3200","title":{"rendered":"GURPS: Dungeon Fantasy, \u201cLegends of Generica\u201d Session I:I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;padding: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/gurpsfgllogo.png?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fgle-loc-heroesguildtraining-e1507074653403.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fgle-loc-heroesguildtraining-e1507074653403.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"PCs\">\n<legend><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Category:Company_of_the_Bere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Company of the Bere<\/a><\/legend>\n<ul>\n<li>GM: Gigermann<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Dustan_Towme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dustan Towme<\/a> (Herodian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=L%C3%ABodan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u00ebodan the Wanderer<\/a> (Ronnke)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Maykew_Getwelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maykew Getwelle<\/a> (CommJunkee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Murdok_Half-Beard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murdok Half-Beard<\/a> (Feste)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Rayna_Starkweather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rayna Starkweather<\/a> (Mel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Ser_Kenrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Kenrick Lackland<\/a> (Rigil Kent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Live Stream<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4vjTUWSbxlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/fieldset>\n<h3>Once upon a time&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>We begin with a fight! The Company of the Bere are in a small ring and split into two teams: L\u00ebodan, Maykew and Ser Kenrick are in one, Dustan, Murdok and Rayna are on the other. A disembodied voice urges them on and the company quickly engage. Rayna lunges forward with her rapier, intent on skewering Maykew, but the brother-militant feverishly backpedals to evade her strike; his counter-attack somehow slips through her defense and takes her leg out from under her so she falls to the ground heavily.<\/p>\n<p>Unluckily for him, L\u00ebodan\u2019s attempts to loose an arrow at Dustan results in the elf crippling his own arm and the wizard takes advantage of this by attacking with his staff. The two dance back and forth for long seconds, L\u00ebodan now armed with a knife in his off-hand which proves to be less than useful against Dustan\u2019s staff, but neither can strike the killing blow.<\/p>\n<p>Ser Kenrick opts for defense, intent on countering Murdok, but the dwarf is confused about the situation, no doubt due to his bad hangover from the previous night\u2019s drinking. Eventually, Murdok does stumble forward to attack, but it is a wild swing that misses and Kenrick\u2019s counter-strike drives the dwarf to his knees. Maykew, who has by now circled around behind Murdok, attacks the dwarf\u2019s skull with his mace, which knocks him out. Kenrick scowls at the brother-militant for the dishonorable strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 Earlispring, 1000AE. The Capital, Generica.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the \u2018exercise\u2019 is called to a halt by <a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Tankred_of_Stonewall\">Tankred of Stonewall<\/a>, the Marshal of the Adventurer\u2019s Guild. The Company are instructed to get cleaned up and go to the inn, where they will be summoned shortly; evidently, V\u00e1laris, the grand master of the guild, has a mission for them. They obey, some with more alacrity than others, and are soon summoned to the grand master.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=V%C3%A1laris_of_Heroham\">V\u00e1laris<\/a> greets the Company and advises them that, with the coming of the spring thaws, so too comes the inevitable raid season. The <a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Gudrik_Bredwelle\">Arl of Northelderland <\/a>has learned of an imminent bandit strike against one of his holdings and has thus requested that the guild send someone. Per V\u00e1laris, the Company is to go to Nobleham and present themselves to the arl on the Guild\u2019s behalf where they shall receive additional instructions. Nobleham is two to three days travel away and V\u00e1laris further assigns <a href=\"https:\/\/coregroup.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Aidin_the_Heal-Sick\">Brother Aidin the Heal-Sick<\/a> to the Company where he will serve as an observer to determine whether they are ready for advancement within the Guild. Standard reward will apply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/camelot-castle-anjs-angels-33378986-1248-704.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/camelot-castle-anjs-angels-33378986-1248-704.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following this meeting, the Company discuss plans: they must all go to their places of residence to gear up, then agree to meet back at the tavern to further discuss travel plans. Dustan opts to head to the Spire, where the Wizards\u2019 Guild makes its headquarters so as to use its library to research the region that they are travelling to. When he rejoins the others, he has more information than before. While reviewing the three most likely routes, the Company opts for the northernmost road where it is expected that they will be able to stop at an inn along the way. Only Ser Kenrick has a horse and he flatly refuses to allow \u2018Ser Magnus\u2019 to act as a pack animal; Maykew incurs the less than attractive (but oddly intelligent) destrier\u2019s ire by calling him ugly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fgle-loc-timberwood-e1507074462859.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fgle-loc-timberwood-e1507074462859.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Capital, the Company strikes out as soon as they are ready, hoping to make as much distance as possible since they are on foot. Barely an hour after leaving the city, Brother Aidin asks for a slight deviation so he can visit a woodland shrine to Saint Victus, which commemorates the saint successfully challenged Lord Opposus to a wizard\u2019s circle so as to free a slave or captive (the stories vary), a man who would later become Victus&#8217; acolyte. Several of the Company &#8211; Dustan, Ser Kenrick, who counts Saint Victus as a patron due to the Oath and Measure, Maykew, and even Murdok &#8211; express interest in paying homage to this shrine as well.<\/p>\n<p>Night falls with the Company on the road, having not made as much distance as they would have liked, and it is decided that they will camp until the morning. They do so, not thinking to set up a watch rotation, and soon, all are asleep. Late in the evening or perhaps early in the morning, depending upon one\u2019s definition, Rayna experiences a terrible nightmare and wakes the entire Company. Upon seeing her thrashing about violently, Kenrick braves her flailing fists to wake her and is mildly unsettled by the strange way she stares at him before she fully wakes. Afterward, Maykew discreetly casts a spell upon her that ensures she has a restful slumber.<\/p>\n<p>The Company are on the road early the next morning. Today, they make good time and, by nightfall, reach the \u2018Two Burning Cocks\u2019 inn.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Player Notes:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>As stated previously, Gigermann took over the GM duties and we switched to Dungeon Fantasy, albeit with our characters starting at a mere 150 points. This session was rife with the usual \u2018first game\u2019 issues, particularly with regard to Feste\u2019s continuing fight with Fantasy Grounds. Everyone else is invariably fine, but his computer <i>always<\/i> has issues when we start a new game. Always.<\/li>\n<li>There was some brief confusion regarding the initial fight since we started out <i>in media res<\/i> and were paired off against one another, but that ultimately was cleared up. Mostly.<\/li>\n<li>Gigermann evidently miscalculated exactly <i>how<\/i> slow the Company of the Bere moves overland without access to mounts. On the bright side, he and I (Rigil) discussed Ser Kenrick\u2019s equipment offline and we discovered I had the wrong armor loadout; once I adjusted that, Kenrick is much, much faster overland, but this still leaves Maykew slowing us down. We\u2019re talked about burning one of our \u2018Preparation Plot Points\u2019 to obtain a donkey to carry the bulk of our gear since Ser Kenrick\u2019s strangely intelligent warhorse will <i>not<\/i> allow himself to be used as a pack animal.<\/li>\n<li>We livestream our games every Saturdays at 6:00PM Eastern; the live stream can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/theronnke\">Ronnke\u2019s Twitch<\/a> channel. He\u2019s also setup a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCogpSkYj7foShOVyXMbQugA\">YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drlverseblog.com\/?p=783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniverse Blog<\/a> for the GM\u2019s post-game debrief.<\/p>\n<p><!--Precis - First session of our new GURPS: Dungeon Fantasy campaign set in \u2018the land of Clich\u00e9a, in the Kingdom of Generica, in the twelfth year of King Jon XVII\u2019 as run by Gigermann. Usual first session issues had to be ironed out and now the \u2018Company of the Bere\u2019 (whose sigil is a bear rampant \u2026 holding a beer) have embarked upon their first adventure... --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company of the Bere GM: Gigermann Dustan Towme (Herodian) L\u00ebodan the Wanderer (Ronnke) Maykew Getwelle (CommJunkee) Murdok Half-Beard (Feste) Rayna Starkweather (Mel) Ser Kenrick Lackland (Rigil Kent) Live Stream YouTube Once upon a time&#8230; We begin with a fight! 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