Tonight's Treasure Haul
May. 22nd, 2010 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theronToday was the long-awaited revival of D&D With The Kids. Due to the holidays, conventions, custodial schedules, and life in general getting in the way, it was our first session since last November. Having shepherded the young Roadwardens through first level, I surrendered the DM's screen to Mr. A (the same individual who's running our Pathfinder game on Tuesdays). The current adventure found the Roadwardens (with the addition of my character, Pomeroy - an Eladrin Swordmage) sent to the mysterious desert lands of the east, in search of a missing nobleman.
We navigated the hazards of the desert, including a band of desperate brigands before making our way to an oasis city in the middle of the Shifting Lands. While following up leads and visiting the large marketplace, we were set upon by kenku assassins who pushed us to our limits before falling. All in all, a most triumphal effort.
We navigated the hazards of the desert, including a band of desperate brigands before making our way to an oasis city in the middle of the Shifting Lands. While following up leads and visiting the large marketplace, we were set upon by kenku assassins who pushed us to our limits before falling. All in all, a most triumphal effort.
But the piece de resistance was the kenku's treasures. A pulled out all the stops on this one:
Before we could open the chest, our Rogue had to make a couple of Thievery rolls to render it safe. Within, we found two potions of healing, a ring worth 100 gp, 60 loose gp, a scroll containing a reference to a Snake Chapel (a clue!), and various sticks and shiny rocks (kenku are bird-men, after all).
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Date: 2010-05-23 04:32 am (UTC)- morgue
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Date: 2010-05-24 04:10 pm (UTC)Angelo
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Date: 2010-05-25 12:20 am (UTC)I made the potions out of $3 glass bulb vases from Pier 1. They're full of cranberry juice. I taught myself to seal vessels with wax, which involved using foil as an intermediate stopper and then melting conventional candles over it. It's watertight!
I threw in some glass beads, sticks, grass, bits of ribbon and foil, and a cheezy scroll. The gold pieces can be bought as party favors from any party supply store; the ring was from the cheap box at Pier 1. The box itself is also from Pier 1; I considered modifying it to create a secret compartment, which may be my next trick.
Total cost: $40. Seeing gaping kids: priceless.