{"id":3452,"date":"2018-11-14T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2019-01-14T05:06:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T19:06:07","slug":"gurps-banestorm-embers-of-defiance-book-iii-session-2-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"GURPS: Banestorm: Embers of Defiance, Book III, Session 2.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border-radius: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bs3banner.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ffQXWSXySM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"PCs\">\n<legend>Dramatis Person\u00e6<\/legend>\n<ul>\n<li>GM: CommJunkee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Arn_Rainaldsson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arn Rainaldsson<\/a> (Andricus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Aslam_al-Khalaf\">Aslam al-Khalaf<\/a> (Gigermann)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Brumrumli_Barrelfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brumrumli Barrelfoot<\/a> (Ronnke)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Finn_Sardock\">Finn Sardock<\/a> (Rigil Kent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Thorondil\">Thorondil<\/a> (Gigermann)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Zistral\">Zistral<\/a> (Herodian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><strong>Wherein the Warband Escapes Kelmarane Intact, Reaches the Sietch, and Finds Tragedy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through a combination of skill and luck, the warband\u2019s plan to rescue their captured friends and allies as well as freeing captured slaves succeeds. They leave <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Kelmarane\">Kelmarane<\/a> behind and in sheer chaos.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Zyanra\">Zyanra<\/a>, the catgirl that Thorn defeated, follows him almost too eagerly, much to his consternation and Finn\u2019s amusement.<\/li>\n<li>After getting the rescued slaves to a rendezvous point with Proximo, the caravan-master who has agreed to escort those freed from their bondage to Castle Defiant, the warband returns to Sietch Altayih, but discover it in ruins. They search for survivors but find none though Zistral does locate some tracks. When asked about any potential boltholes in the direction these tracks run, Aslam knows of one and the warband decide to follow.<\/li>\n<li>As they depart Sietch Altayih, Finn gets the feeling that they are being watched but no one else among them seems to notice so he chalks this up to mild paranoia.<\/li>\n<li>Rather than proceeding directly to the bolthole, the warband take a wide, circuitous route in an attempt to shake off any potential pursuit. When they reach the new camp, they learn from the survivors &#8211; Sheikh <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Sheikh_Al%27Dafar_ibn_Al%27Hadir\">Al\u2019Dafar<\/a>, his son <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Rashid_ibn_Al%27Dafar\">Rashid<\/a>, his daughter (and Finn\u2019s psuedo-betrothed) <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Ammerah_el%27Iyana_bint_Al%27Dafar\">Ammerah<\/a>, and Janek <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?title=Janek_Kaalem_el-Zaid\">Kaalem<\/a> &#8211; that the djinn they are fleeing from found their sietch and attacked. Many of the Fa\u2019iel\u2019s best warriors were lost in the defense&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Upon learning about Finn\u2019s suspicions regarding being observed, Sheikh Al\u2019Dafar orders the camp to be struck so they can set out the following morning. He is greatly concerned that the djinn\u2019s scouts are trying to find them.<\/li>\n<li>That evening, Zyanra pursues Thorn to a high point and then <em>claims<\/em> him.<\/li>\n<li>The following morning, as a storm approaches and the surviving Fa\u2019iel prepare to set out, a massive Gate opens in the near distance, vomiting forth armed centaurs. The djinn has found them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Player Notes:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CommJunkee continued as GM for this adventure arc. Due to other obligations, Loki was unavailable once more.<\/li>\n<li>We basically did a sort of \u201cskill challenge\u201d in the first part of the session and made some stuff up along the way. It worked okay but still requires some further hammering out.<\/li>\n<li>Since we\u2019re livestreaming our games every Saturdays (6:00PM Eastern) at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/olympusrpg\">Olympus Twitch<\/a> channel and then later uploading the stream on the YouTube channel, we\u2019ve decided to dial back on the extensiveness of the recap to just the overall outline. Evidently, I&#8217;ve been providing the wrong Twitch address on these although Ronnke&#8217;s page simulcast with ours so&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve also spun up a Twitter account to report our various statuses. Feel free to follow us @OlympusRPGGroup for news and updates.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--Precis - Twelfth episode of the second \u201cseason\u201d for our ongoing GURPS: Banestorm campaign using Fantasy Grounds and streamed on our Olympus Twitch channel. As Zistral's battle in the arena reaches an unexpected climax, the others kick off their rescue! Now the warband must survive and escape Kelmarane...--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dramatis Person\u00e6 GM: CommJunkee Arn Rainaldsson (Andricus) Aslam al-Khalaf (Gigermann) Brumrumli Barrelfoot (Ronnke) Finn Sardock (Rigil Kent) Thorondil (Gigermann) Zistral (Herodian) Wherein the Warband Escapes Kelmarane Intact, Reaches the Sietch, and Finds Tragedy&#8230; Through a combination of skill and luck, the warband\u2019s plan to rescue their captured friends and allies as well as freeing captured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[42,38,36,39],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banestorm","category-bs_logs","tag-banestorm","tag-campaign","tag-gurps","tag-recap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}