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| Look! There's a new guy already! |
It all started nicely enough in the town of Aveijo. The villagers were happy to share food and ale, meaning their would be no Upkeep cost (this benefit was sadly wasted, however, as the warband is not yet big enough to require any Upkeep!) They did some Labor to earn three Gold Crowns, and Recruited the scenario special Character Frans. Arminel went Fishing, he found a little spot, far away, where nobody else seems to come. He had a chance to catch four fish, and could count his Fishing Ability as +1 higher. He caught nothing, however. There was an Icon available for 5 gold crowns. It was not bought. A shield and helmet were bought for Thadrunlir Boghaeck. And they spent 1 Story Point to buy Full Armor for 15 gold, which was then equipped to Rosalind del Sur.
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| Lots of forest to deploy in... |
Now, the fun thing about the Sunken Temple is that it's not just a matter of lining up against the enemy and fighting them. There are tasks to be done, explorations to be made, and things to be found. The first part involves searching for the temple itself, and it Rauffe and his buddies five searching turns to find it, acquiring exactly the eight Search points required. And once the location of the Temple is known, the group runs into a group of wolves...
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| I am using a werewolf for the "Big Wolf" as I only have two sizes of wolf in my collection |
Rosalind and Velasquita were well ahead of the rest of the warband, engaging in a little girl talk when they stumbled upon the wolves' den. While the ladies tried to back away from the pack, the wolves leaped to engage! Velasquita went down quickly under a flurry of teeth and claws...
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| It went from a nice walk in the woods to very bad trouble for Rosalind del Sur |
In a rush, the wolves quickly overwhelmed Rosalind del Sur and both dwarfs. No one seemed to be able to shoot the fast moving predators, but somehow Frans was able to dispatch two of the snarling hunters. Not bad, old man!
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| Almost half the warband has fallen to the wolves already... |
Arminel found his mark with his crossbow, killing the wolf approaching him. Bernaldo held his own when the small wolf attacked him, and he even managed to put some between them. Menendo was not so lucky, taken down by the big wolf.
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| Well now, this looks like the situation is improving, right? |
The small wolf then made short work of Bernaldo. Arminel, realizing that he had a better chance in melee with it than by shooting, tried to kill it up close and personal, only to be felled as well. The small wolf however was now wounded; Arminel had almost won! And the old Frans killed his third wolf. Somehow the wizened priest was becoming the hero of the day! And then, the little wolf succumbed to it's wound. Rauffe de Corilla and Frans were alone against the Big Wolf.
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| And then there were two... |
With a mighty blow from his sword, Rauffe finally did something! The Big Wolf fell before his savage strike! And just like that, it was all over. The Generic Medieval Fantasy warband had survived it's first battle. Barely. And I am going to need to work on that name...
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| Victory by a hair! |
Survival was going to be pretty scary with seven people down. Frans used his special ability to try to heal Rosalind, and with a lucky 6 she survived without injury. With judicious use of medicinal herbs and a few Story Points to re-roll injuries, it turned out that everyone would be back on their feet for the next chapter. Everyone received some Experience points, but no one levelled up. And so they set out towards the Sunken Temple proper, slightly worse for wear but still motivated to find some treasure.
This game was the hardest I've played in quite a while. I am usually playing with Anasdiazi's Raft, and those guys have gotten very powerful. These wolves nearly shredded my new warband. So I am a bit nervous about the upcoming encounters.
Stay tuned for the second part of The Sunken Temple, coming soon!
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