OD&D [OSE Solitary Adventure] Defending Fyrwood Town

[Marc_C]

DAY 12

• The adventurers, the 2 guards with a pony are ready to depart for Inverburg.
• The pony carries a chest with the gold (it is loaded with bricks).
• The mayor, the captain of the guards and a crowd of peasants are present for the send off.
• The party leaves Fyrwood Town on the East road.
• Travel is easy in the country side.
• No encounter.
• Camp for the night.

DAY 13

• In the morning the adventurers leave the farmlands and travel in small forest.
• In the afternoon the road passes through a plain.
• No encounter.
• Camp for the night.

DAY 14

• The adventurers leave the plains and enter the Stoney Hills.
• The earth is red and the hills are mostly rocky formations with rubble.
• Vigilance is at maximum.
• The bandits could attack any minute.
• Early in the afternoon the bandits spring their ambush.
• The 9 bandits and a leader were hiding behind low hills.
• Some of them have high ground.
• Many of them have cover.
• There is no surprise.
• Initiative: The bandits are side A, round 1.

 

[Marc_C]

DAY 14 continued

• Almost a TPK.
• Only Servyna survived because she changed sides towards the end. (neutral alignment)
• She knew the bandit boss after all.
• The bandit boss (3HD) killed Arminda while she was low on HPs.
• Tomark was killed by three crossbow bolts on turn 1.
• Also, one of the guards turned out to be a bad guy, killed the other guard and attacked Voddin in the back.

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Post-Mortem: The dice were stacked against the PCs in combat and in "negative" story outcomes. Nonetheless, it was a fun mini-campaign. Reconnecting with B/X, in actual play, via OSE was rewarding. I really liked all the encounter procedures. I'll import those in my other games. Side initiative made handling combat much easier for the solo format.

Thanks for reading me!

Shesheyan

 

[Mannahnin]

Thanks for the reports! Some fun stuff in there.

 

[Marc_C]

snip...

 

[Marc_C]

Found a way to restart this campaign without loosing everything that was randomly generated for far. Expect new entries soonish.

 

[Marc_C]

Enter the Black Claw Crew. Continuing the Defend Fyrwood Town campaign: [OSE] The Black Claw Crew