Fill in NPCs pair off with monsters and don't bother with real rolls.  Go with whatever seems dramatic.  If a player flees, have obstacles to overcome such as stealth checks, but they wind up captured anyway.

Common loot: Red, blue, and green gems.  Often hidden in tall grass.

Termina Locations: Romani Ranch, Deku Palace, Volcano, Mountain with goliaths (gorons), Clocktown, Stone Towers,

Hyrule: Lake Hylia.  Royal family's crest is an eagle, Zora's Domain, Kakariko Village, Hyrule Castle

New policy allowing warforged to be military police.  There was an MP found corrupt or some soldier went crazy and worries of police going light on him due to relationship.  Public opinion worried about warforged given more authority but it's worth it for national security.  They don't accept bribes or play favorites.

Commanders of 10s, 50s, 100s.  Need timeline.  General Justice.  5 combat, (1 super easy), 5 skill challenge, 1 major 2 minor quests.  Read DMG2 on building campeigns.  Skill challenge xp.  Determine dice rolls & damage.

Lots of opportunity for the thief to steal.  Opportunity for the wizard to study.  Opportunity for Nick to go off and be dark / solo a monster.  For merv to heal.  For Link to interact with the princess, find rupees.

BOOTS OF RUNNING!

Wildrunners Level 4
Crafted from the skins of wild plains animals, these boots lend
you extraordinary speed.
Item Slot: Feet 840 gp
Property: When you run, move your speed + 4 instead of
speed + 2.
Power (Daily): Free Action. Use this power when you run.
Enemies do not gain combat advantage against you.
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High DC history check for knowledge about river border disputes.  What shore?  What if the river moves? what proof?  is it forged?  is it expired?  is there a copy held by 2nd or 3rd party?  (look for archives quest?)

1395 DR.  Ten years ago was Year of Blue Fire.  Most can remember that dreadful day.  The earth shook, the sky darkened, there was a terrible sound, and then the blue fire.  As the Sea of Fallen Stars receded, entire civilizations were thrown into panic.  Many fled, running from the center of the world as if instinctively knowing that some terrible danger lie in that direction.  Entire cities were abandoned.

Ten years ago, Uthmere was just a tiny human village.  After the outbreak of the spellplague, fleeing refuges swelled it's numbers by the tens of thousands.  Both the cultured elves of Lethyr and the savage tribes of the Great Dale felt threatened by the arrival of this vast swarm of humanity.  Disputes arose here and there, and the sheer numbers of the humans forced many tribes from their ancestral hunting grounds.

It was Dez Fafara, Orc leader of the savage alliance who finally took decisive action.  The humans were unprepared for the smaller but more militant force, and many were slaughtered.  But a brilliant human noble by the name of Jonah Toborman rallied the humans and they managed to fight the savages to a deadlock.

The siege was broken with the arrival of the Lethyr Elf queen Tela and her army.  The queen did not side with either army, but the threat of her joining either was enough to force both sides into peace talks.  A truce was agreed upon, and the treaty between the three formed a new alliance out of the three with each group having an equal say.  The most important decision of the agreement, the "high rule," was that all races would be given equal treatment under the law.

But the queen fell in love with the human leader.  When the two were wed, the balance of power swung against the savage tribes.  After several decisions the tribes considered unfair, Dez Fafara broke off relations and took his tribes to the northeast, swearing to some day make the Humans and Elfs pay for their betrayal.

King Jonah built a city out of the refugees, and in spite of the departure of Dez Fafara, honored the high rule and treated those savages who stayed behind as citizens with equal rights.  But about a year ago, he contracted the spellplague and died.  Surprisingly, the queen remarried within the month.  Her very charismatic new half-elf husband, Maximillian Oaktree, has ruled effectively, and Uthmere has prospered.
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Message was sent from Link's Lady - Lady Kakariko.
Flint was sent on mayor's authority.  Lord Osborne.
Merv and Flint managed to avert a war.

Link receives word that he may read the message then is to burn the message because things have changed.  Message was an offer to a rival mining family for a piece of the mining export action currently held by a monopoly.  He's just been promoted to be temporary acting civil representative for the royal family and must NOT leave the dwarf claim to the land the hole is in unchallenged.  Please secure the aid of the wizard and shifter boy that helped negotiate a cease fire.

Whole group is rewarded handsomely by the quartermaster for their help securing the peace.

Everyone: Wildrunners.  1/2 hour to perform ritual?  Scroll includes components.
Link: Badge of the Berserker.  The ear of the King.
Merv: Kord's Mighty Strength.  Honorary citizenship.  The ear of the King.
Nick: tongueworm.
Flint: Master's Wand of Magic Missile.  The ear of the King.

Flint is asked to report his findings so far to the governor.  Employed to continue his search.

Nick is asked by his mom to look into the hole.  Gave her goosebumps and she thinks it's a terrible omen.

Mathias also sent to investigate by his church.  They suspect too that it is a bad omen.

There's a call for help from inside the hole, and Dwarves are reluctant to let anyone investigate.  With successful diplomacy, the heroes are allowed to rescue the person.  Must fight underdark critters to rescue the prospector who rewards them with his gems.  Failure to succeed, the group can opt to attempt at night and sneak in.  If they refuse, ground just collapses from under them.  So there.  There's a cave entrance to a deadly spider monster... optional side quest.

Encounter Group: DUERGAR.  Monster Manual 2, pg 92.
2 duergar guards (level 4 soldier)
• 1 duergar scout (level 4 lurker)
• 1 duergar theurge (level 5 controller)
• 4 ore drudges (level 4 minion, MM 203

When they return, real negotiators arrive, along with two armies.  Unseen where it starts, but the two begin to fight, and the warforged are defeated.  Egon stayed behind.  Survivors flee east back to Uthmere.  Possibly run into goblins and or Dez Fafara's goons.

Encounter Group: Big Grigbad, dungeon delve.

Future rewards for Link: Epona.  Fairy.  (in a bottle)?  Elemental Bow.  (Qiver with 3 arrows?)  Magical ocarina.
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Next time:
bump into human/ elf army.  maybe the elves are outpacing the humans / half elves.  maybe they group is overtaken by a dwarf messenger who gets mistreated and his message read.

king's treasury.
audience with the king.
earthquake 2 foreshadow
meet with robotnic and zelda.

Zelda gives link the Keaton mask.  Scene introducing Epona & Malon.

Dungeon: Possibly inside Great Deku Tree.  Possibly use Toraimarai Canal from FFXI: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/w...rai_Canal/Maps#Map_1 http://www.miingno.ch/ffxi/beautyofvanadiel/0091.jpg http://www.miingno.ch/ffxi/beautyofvanadiel/0046.jpg

Sundial riddle: http://www.cloudkingdom.com/Ri...x?Answer=72133475973



Find the Hero's Bow or Grapple Hook.  Focus on Puzzle solving.  Include a spot where you must fight at range.

Focus on background stories.

Bag of Rupees:
256 green: 1each 256 total
64 blue: 5each, 320 total
16 red: 20each, 320 total
4 purples: 50each, 200 total

1096 total / 4 = 946

LOOT FOR NICK:  Endless picnic basket!!!
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Humans and Elfs defeat the Dwarfs.  Now have control of hole.  Former human king's body missing.  Tremors!

The previous group gave their lives to seal the crypt to prevent "zombie apocalypse."  King skeletons are armed in tarnished bronze armor and swords.  Royals typically buried in polished bronze and tin to give the appearance of gold and silver, but much less valuable for two reasons: crown jewels passed on, and discourage grave robbers.

Crypt will have to be AFTER the big hole to the long tunnel.  Need to find source of necrotic energy.  Big hole!  Like a pipeline.  Obsidian veins act as a conduit for the energy.  The great dale is a huge ancient volcano crater!  Where the ground is soft, there are hundreds-thousands of holes in the ground like someone poking a javelin into the ground.
http://www.totalwallpapers.com...rs/skeleton-king.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs4..._Tree_by_Bezduch.jpg

Need hints of NWO secret police.  looking for "dwarf sympathizers and spies."  racial profiling.  excuse to herd the "savage races."  propaganda machine.  reward posters.  people nervous, especially around merv.  a building collapse: talk of dwarves undermining the city.  Actually kruthik swarm.

Bridle of conjuration for epona summoning.  AV 169.  lvl 4 wonderous item, 840 gp.
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Don't forget to award xp!

completing the malon quest = get epona song


link requested potions of healing
medals of honor
announcement for group saving the lives of the king and queen
cart and donkey x2
leave to meet with NPC at quartermaster

Dwarves make alliance with Dez.  PLAN is: They attack from the west, savages take the supply line from norteast.  Cut off / siege.  PCs. need a supply rout / escape.  This will happen when the PCs are in town.  Burn the grasslands?  Cant because High rule and because food supply.  Gen. Justice's gambit = attack the Dwarf home!  Dez' forces much smaller, but gorilla.

Introduce Dave's char Shade.  1/2 Elf sorcerer.  Introduce a warlord.  Gen. Justice?!!!  YES.  Group is sent to investigate underdark.  They find Bufala the Drow priestess of the crystals.  "Foul invaders!  With the blood spilled here and my final breath, I pronounce a curse on you and your kind!  May you and your enemies destroy one another and the land be healed!"

GEONID AN ELEMENTAL OF ROCK AND EARTH
MYCONID INSIDIOUS FUNGAL MENACES
TROGLODYTES ARE TRIBAL CREATURES that dwell in the Underdark
THE FIRST CHITINES EM.ERGED from vats of ooze and flesh. (multiarm creeps)
THE SIGN AT THE SWAMP'S EDGE cautioning travelers to beware of frogs was thought by many to be a joke.
LURKING WITHIN THE ROTTING FLESH ofa slain adventurer, a rot grub
UMBER HULKS ARE INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
NATIVE TO THE SHADOWFELL, dark ones are sly
GRELLS ARE FLYING, TENTACLED PREDATORS
KRUTHIKS BURROW THROUGH THE EARTH,
MAGMA BEASTS ARE FIERY ELEMENTALS

Fomorians Feydark
IN THE NAME OF VECNA, LORD OF SECRETS, the mysterious incunabula gather knowledge from across the planes,

Someone hanging from thumbs for looting.  Concentration camps in the grasslands for savages.  Need the PCs to be connected to the folks in the city.  Maybe merv's family moved to the city?  Ray was trying to fix the racism problem / gain enough rep to be found by Merv.  Perhaps the gems are explosive when superheated.  Also releases spellplague.  Spirits of tieflings inside the invasion warforged.  Maybe betray boss?

Gems absorb and crystalize raw arcane energy.  Need a seed crystal.  After a certain size, spawns new seed crystal.  They're explosive at extreme high temps.  More valuable and rare ones are more explosive.  e=mc2 determine energy turned into mass.  takes very long time.  cheap ones can be weaponized.  can be used to stabilize magic impliments

Ray was "caught red handed" fighting racist weers who were "arresting subversive savages."  Sent to work camps "for her protection"  she was caught helping an escape / standing up to guards who are "only following orders"  they give her a flogging then tie her to a post outside camp to use her as bait for lions to "help solve the food shortage problem"  NPC sharpshooter Elf.  Security Chief "The Swede"
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"I'll start by telling you a little about myself..."  By a little she means a lot.  Her life story in a nutshell:  Her tribe lives deep inside the haunted Dunwood to the north.  It's a difficult place to live with all the devils lurking about.  She was found to be gifted in communing with Nature and was selected to become the apprentice of the High Druid of the region.  After graduation she made it her life ambition to tame the untamable kruthik.

After many dangerous adventures she finally unlocked the secret.  Since then she's used her abilites to investigate a dire prophesy of impending doom.  So far she's concluded that the struggles of her employer Dez Fafara and his foe Uthmere are only a small part of the troubles to come, but she believes his cause is just.  "How about you?  What's your story?"

Wizard tower to help amplify the crystal's effect.
- Tied to disaster 10 years ago which sounds like death of Magic Goddess
- Crystals may be used as weapons against Uthmere.
-Sponge theory tested.  Seems unlimited absorption on small test.  Will "discharge" make them more effective sponges?  How to tap the energy slowy and safely?
- Can be used to alleviate the pain from spell scars.
- What is Justice's plan?  Did he make a deal with the Dwarves?  Yes.  And he plans to double-cross them.  KABOOM!
-The Keaton mask reveals Tiefling faces on mind controlled invaders.
-Need detailed prophesy.  Mental prison.  Demons be driven.  Enemy betrayed.  Enemy is my friend.  Prince is a monster.  A beast shall rise from the ancient empire!  Teeth of Iron!  Ray has part, Zelda another.
-Dream of Link killing Zelda's dad.

A monster rose up from a ruined nation.
Aligned for the sign of the times.
It's teeth of iron were devouring the Earth
That its fierce countenance petrified.
Beneath the fire of it's grand design,
A throne was burning inside.
One man, united the Empire, Revived, rising alive.
And they were all of one mind and one power.
And they were all given into his hand.

They said,
"One King will stand,
One nation will command
The Empire of dreams.
One peace,
one land,
One police,
one Man. "

A Prince arose from the ancient Empire
To rule the dominion of pain.
He spoke great lies and by peace he destroyed
To gain the unchallenged domain.
He then went forth to conquer the stage,
Seven years, heaven's tears were sealed.
And let no man be deceived, for the day
Did not come until the One was revealed.
The man of iron was the father of destruction.
The Prince of the pit then lived under his name.

He said,
"One King will reign,
One Kingdom will remain,
The birth of the fiend
In thee, in vain, In He, insane.
My Kingdom come, My will be done On Earth as it is in Hell."
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This is the final warning
Before the final wave of persecution
And the coming inquisition ...
Somewhere between life and death,
The black prince is manifest ...

The abomination of desolation comes;
The spirit of the age, with an ancient desire,
The embodiment of evil is risen from fire ...
And the man of sins is revealed ...
The son of perdition is marked and sealed ...

The antichrist is the seed of the serpent of lies
And deceit .. and he shall sit as a god
In the temple of God, showing himself to be king ...
He shall honor a god of fortress,
And anoint himself in blood as resurrection's son
Rising from the dawn ...

He shall reign through fallen angels,
And make war against the saints,
As he feeds upon the martyrs,
The blood of children rains ...
He shall fall upon the chosen
And divide the land for gain:
Twelve-hundred-sixty-days;
Israel betrayed ...
As he defiles the sacred temple
And the sanctity within; the curse of sin and death
The holocaust begins ...

... And he shall strike the earth; insane ...
And those who come against him shall be slain
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/IKgqTo fall by his power; until it is absolute ...
The hour awaits ...

The final enemy of humanity is a man ...
Behold, the Assyrian is marked where he stands;
As the angels bleed and the wicked be concealed;
It is revealed ...
In his violent stare ... gazing upon the holy land ...
Coming forth to conquer the world ...
"I will send the world to war ... I will go out with
Great fury to destroy all who reject my claim ...
And the chaos will reign .. and nation will rise against
Nation, and kingdoms shall burn in flames, and every
Man's sword will slay ...
I will drench the world in blood ... and the earth will
Shake in every place, and the world will seek my face ...
I will usher in the time of terror and alter
The balance of power for all time condemned ...
At the time of the end, the king of the South will attack,
And the king of the North will come with his armies
Cursed to fall ...
I will annihilate them all ...
And their flesh be consumed from their bones ...
And their eyes be dissolved in their heads ...
And the tongues from the mouths of the dead
Will scream in silent horror of defeat
As they stand on their feet ... all the world will weep ...

Let them come up; proclaim to the nations:'Prepare
For war, and the horrors of hell that
shall follow its son ...'

All the power of the devil has come ..."

---

The Beast
And the Beast alive, and its hour come,
Crawling towards the city to be born again.
The new world order, the black abyss,
The reign of terror, the Saviour's kiss,
The final solution is seven years.
The great delusion, behold the tears.
The virus parasite feeding in bondage,
The rings of flesh in its teeth breathing carnage.
The wall of disease arises, the living hell,
This desperate nightmare is becoming real.
And the critical hour has arrived, in the sacred land
To the nation, revelation is at hand.

(Found inside the tomb?)
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Neutral tribe or Dez group attacks prison camp from the north to free prisoners.  guards hold ray hostage.  sniper with greatbow with wind streamer snipes the savage making the demands.  Phil maybe join rescuers after rescue.  maybe so does mommy because she's sick?  Tribe weers reveal Dez just wants to free the savages, but probably doesn't know that they're getting the whomobile.  King orders Shme's execution without a trial.  He's otherwise indesisive.  Offers alternate reward to the gems such as healing potions.

maybe there's price gouging in the city.  Link visited from friend of Malon / Zelda to try and match make him with Malon and have him ask her out.
-derobotiziation not possible?
-"high level insider working for dez"
-zelda considering political marriage with a savage.
-what if zelda's mom is preggers?  would younger bro be crowned?
- giant Wall-E horn
- Warforged DRAGON!!!

Private talk with queen.  King not well.  May not survive.  Need replacemnt.  Thakn link for being kind to zelda.  Possible marriage with human, elf, or savage.  Be on lookout for assasin.

Trumpets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhPw4KqYxc

BWAAA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related

"The King has defeated the dwarves and the savages and has forced them to pay a handsome tribute!  Today has been declared a holiday!  Report to your tax office for a refund of your war tax!"
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-The Keaton mask reveals Tiefling faces on mind controlled invaders.
-Need some time for players to train.
-During this time, peace messengers arrive from Dwarves and accuse of "you shot first" - Maybe negotiate peace.  Maybe king surrenders the hole.  Won't matter.
-Just before the attack Justice's secret lab is discovered, the betrayer revealed.
-Need castle / city layout.
-Raise dead ritual in Justice's study.  Was it used to revive him?
-News reaches the royal family that the old king's body is missing.
-Dez reveals the original plot?  Thought he had complete control of Justice.  Revived him to have an insider.  Didn't know he was the one who was making the warforged.
-Egon reveals that Tiefling spirits inhabit the warforged.  It's a prison!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...Walledcitylahore.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...ns/0/07/OldCityM.jpg
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/win...ages/cslplan1000.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...he_Air_wideangle.jpg
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Look at skill list.  Include skill challenge for each char's strengths and weakneses.

LOTS of lowbie minions.  Kruthik.  Stirges.

Most take NPCs alive.

Link in Zelda's room, but no door / privacy.

Shade's wive making him breakfast.

What results of Arcana?  A fix?

Speed 6 max for enemies.

Metal masks with no nose holes / mouth holes.  DC X perc to notice insight to read the expressions as PAIN.

Blinding flash followed by constant rumble, then a wave that just washes away the rain clouds.
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Irene = Shade / Hector's wife.  Is a succubus in disguise.  She attacks once PCs engage Dez.

Dez warns the PCs which way(s) NOT to go if they succeed in insights / diplomacy / arcana / perc?  If not, they no receive warning and have a chance of falling into a trap.

Maybe some Dwarven survivors / spies?  What became of the emissary sent to the west?  With Gale captured, enemy knows what PCs need to do to close the rift.  Angels are combating the hells on the other side.  Once back in the forests to the Southeast, how will the clans react?  Panic?  Talk of migrating south.  Reminder that there's danger to the south.  other option to stand and fight a devil army with mind control?  some stay, some go.  both have it hard.

Do Rai and Merv bump into their old clan?  Does the shamaness say see i told you so?  Does the chieftain fractal on brutality again?

years later, freedom fighters have learned gorilla combat is best.  had to abandon any permanent settlement.  the migratory ways of the savages works best for surviving.  the dwarven kingdoms to the northwest still stand, but they're under constant siege and are dying of starvation.

30 years ago the kingdom to the south got conquested by savage army.

EVIL god/goddess of magic is holding the weave together.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CWbt...00/sexy+princess.gif

Link's deity http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Iomedae

Ground zero is full of scorched zombies "screaming in silent horror of defeat."
http://www.bjwinslow.com/album...urn_victim_2_201.jpg
http://www.phuckedtube.com/con...tim-2-95093758-6.jpg
http://www.instructables.com/i...ke-a-burn-victim.jpg
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Lawful good dieties on moral questions
The needs of the many do NOT outweigh the needs of the few.  It would be better that a thousand die than for 900 live at the

unwilling expense of 100.

Joker's kill switch situation.  It's wrong to blow up a barge full of criminals and guards to save yourself.  Even if they

have the means to kill you to save themselves.  Even if they'll BOTH die after a known amount of time.

Merchants have "broken" versions of magic items for sale.

JD: belmont fighter/ranger favored enemy undead.  dwarven barbarian.  (both on paper)
rogue sorcerer.  archer fighter.  GUTS from berzerk (fighter/ barbarian wielding full blade).  paladin with greatmaul.  grim reaper: black cloak and scythe.

Calendar of events:
https://docs.google.com/spread...UNnlFMnZsQWNUZWl1NGc

King Justice contacts Link using the sending stone.  Threatens the captured people if he finds that anyone is interfering with his plans to combat the demons of the warwound.
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Random town inventory generator:
http://www.wijbrandus.com/applications/app.html

Justice plays GO.  Has learned that Julius has enemies in high places.
Julius likes kids because the're innocent, not evil / dishonest.
Lib reads Julius and sees her parents.
Julius Marshal.  Is a 7/10 go player where 10 is best ever.  8 is beginning pro
Must teach Go to Lib.
Robot who plays GO and keeps improving.

House Lyra
Toby the warforged wizard.
General Justice.

Left off at msg 10.

tim good the feels.  impliment the new chars.  closer ties with dwarves.  yay Go.  having a lot of fun.  doing this pure rp style was fun.  good to pause just before combat.  cannot bad.  nonstop fun from start to finish.  happyneees.  beees!  you sent bees after us.  only negative.  slightly disappointed we didn't fight out that giant fight.  genuine awesome: "for what it's worth, if he hadn't i would have."  awesome julius "i want to do these expressions, but i'll just describe 'em."  detail about what's going through his mind.

kori still undecided about how much i like the combat system.  probably the deepest emotional content i've ever seen in a game.  pro quality module type stuff.  i'm completely hooked, and i'm a harsh critic.  this is really cool.  what you've done with the established tropes in the setting is special.  i'm goosebumping a little.  i want to see this through to the bitter end.  i want julius to go down in a blaze of glory.  no bads.  negative bads.  awesome point for patty cake for getting julius to almost laugh.  amazing.  dying for this all weekend.  three words: wow.  fantastic baby.

me: wouldn't be possible without you.  bad i forgot so many names.

Julius' parents knew too much?  Tie it into the Mind Flayers!  Perhaps one of the mind flayers knows the true nature of the sink hole!  Has dealings with the evil royal families.

alliance with the savages undermining the city.  Several kruthik pop out of the ground and begin attacking randoml  and are handled by the royal guard.    A hole opens up and a kruthik queen pops out along with a bunch of savage soldiers blocking the escape rout.  They're more focused on killing the royalty.  The only way to stop the massive flow of soldiers is to stand in the hole.
Julius big reveal: he was supposed to die with the evidence pinned to him, but he survived.  If he were assasinated, it would look bad.  So instead he's charged with treason.  Was a bag of gold with written instructions.  Even one survivor who says he saw the Orcs say, "Good work.  Your payment as promised." before he throws down a sack of gold, a grappling hook, and healing potion.
Buddy's name Dimitri.  Jason is the arrogant scout that Dimitri doesn't like.
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Tim: good not dying is good.  bad: i dunno if this is bad luck, but this is the 2nd combat that we've played out...   kori is experiencing 4e at it's most brutal.  we're over challenging into "this is not fun."  this didn't feel like it was supposed to be a boss fight.  yay for meeting the drow priestess.  yay for the explosion.  not sure about the absence of gale.  good: "dad's last words were 'listen to liberty'"  that punched me in the gut.  having a hard time justifying my characters going in dark hole even with screaming woman.  Clair was this close to knocking out raymond if she saw just one duergar.  Level two!  Liberty can fly now!  Obvious awesome point for "i'm going to mope in a corner.  jump at the 1st thing that touches me.  only going because raymond rushed forward."  Liberty's going to be the last one standing and only because she's been through hell.  Clair saw someone die for the 1st time in her life.

Kori: goods plot moving along.  good/bad difficult encounters the likes of which i have never seen.  getting me into character.  "all hope is lost.  we're all going to die."  tim already said it.  the characters in the story are all very varied and in depth with histories.  the intrigue, the warring factions, very gritty.  that you've gone to this effort is much appreciated.  this a lot more than tim told me.  the fact everyone comes close to dying helps us to rp some.  i like the slow exposition.  i've looked up to tim as a GM, how did i not realize Chris would be just as good if not better.  Awesome to Liberty for "MIND FLAYERS!" and for Raymond being fearless.

Me: i enjoy over-the-top, out-of-your-depth stories.  but it feels real only because the players play characters who make it real.  awesome for players who trust me.  fighting on after dropping more than once.

Ray gets spirit.  Warns there'll be an attack on the king and queen.  group commandeers a wagon and Tobi to head east so they can rest while traveling.  ambush stops wagon, toby gets captured.  group tracks them down to underground base.  we overhear "take it to boss to be teleported."  during fight grigbad boasts "you're too late!  we will learn the secrets of the warforged!"  and "you shouldn't be fighting for the tyrants!"  julius diplomacies and manages to get him to stand down.  he informs that there is time to rest to prepare for next fight and tries to convert us to serving Dez.  skeptical of the prophesy of sink hole to hell.

Recover Toby and defeat.  Learn everyone but Finn's background.  Found out someone killed Dwarf delegats.  Uthmere fought back and wiped out the dwarves.  Rescue Royals.
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Natalie Patricia Cornelia = princess betrothed to Finn.