Session 0 - decisions - Ambush in Haranshire

 Players Attending:

  • Bill - Micah - Fighter and Goat Farmer
  • Aaron - Abraxa - Priestess of Baba Yaga
  • Rachel - Ra-Shon the Ranger
  • Rick - Casimir the Thief
During the session, we built characters for 4/6 players, made some choices about the campaign, and then played for about an hour, setting off into Haranshire to deliver a package to Tausta, a Wizard in the town of Thurmaster.

Campaign Choices:
  • Party accepted the following optional rules - 
    • Specific Critical Injury (on a crit (18+ on die, hitting by 5 or more), do 2x damage, then the injured party must save vs death - if they fail, we look at a chart for specific injury that could disable a limb, cause bleeding, etc.
    • The Heroic Fray - Players fighting opponents of 1-1 HD or less, or opponents of 10 HD less than their level can double their attacks
    • Players settled on a low/default weirdness quotient to begin, with a party of 3 demihumans and 1 human.
  • Lines and Veils
    • Lines (what will not happen) - Intraparty conflict, Sexual Assault, The Party committing War Crimes (slaughtering prisoners or committing torture), The Party enslaving anyone, Dental Trauma
    • Veils (what we'll cut away from) - Details of sexual encounters, Death of Children, Too extreme of gore (as defined by squick factor in the moment) 
  • Quorum/Running Other characters
    • We'll run 2x per month, and our quorum is 3 - that being said, DM will try best to get as many folks to the table as possible
    • Players can run eachother's characters, but must treat them like a borrowed car from a beloved friend (IE not expose them to unnecessary danger)
    • A Backup player is perfectly fine to run for folks
  • Setting: We will be using a setting much like the old Holy Roman Empire, but with Gods pulled from the Slavic Pantheon - DM will provide a listing of gods, their spheres of influence, and other gaming related stuff for them. 
Things Learned in Play:
  • Priests of Baba Yaga make themselves known through a specific messy hairstyle, specific face-paint (based on circumstance), and carrying a belt pouch with a mortar and pestle - this is well known by most folk
  • The City of Red Spear (the Grand Forks to Haranshire's North Dakota), has stone walls, and is typically very busy
  • Brigands were waiting for the party, and seemed to focus on trying to capture Abraxa. Abraxa was the party member carrying the package the party was to deliver.
  • Torva and Lorna - two brigands the party spared after their encounter, revealed that their boss, Carlanis (who the party slew), didn't reveal much about their goals - simply to follow him and to get paid. 
  • There is someone who can walk without trace through the woods - a young woman who walks around with a grizzly bear, and was very close during the ambush. 

Rewards:
  • 54 Gold Pieces
  • 1 Long Sword
  • 1 Long Bow
  • 1 favor from Torva and Lorna, thieves that the party spared, disarmed and gave $ to.
  • XP  -
    • Session Baseline - 400 (100/hr)
    • Treasure Extracted - 54 GP + Foes Slain 110 = 164/4 = 41
    • Total = 441 Each + individual Awards
      • Bill - party defeated 7 HD of creatures = 70 
        • Total = 511
      • Rachel party defeated 7 HD of creatures = 70
        • Total = 511
      • Aaron - Successful use of spell to aid party aims - 100 xp
        • Total = 541
      • Rick - Party gained 54 gold - 108 XP
        • Total = 549
Follow up Items:
1. DM to update character creation documents to organize around use during process
2. DM to provide Slavic gods list + calendar
3. DM to schedule upcoming sessions 

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