Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #167

Gugula Fights the Blights

 

 

 

Session 167- A Return to Barovia Part 17

2/16/2025

• Rams ask Anna and her guards to ride to Krezk and get help to 

  rebuild the Winery and Vineyard.

• The fighting at the Winery continues…

• Drasha and Seraz use their Vistani curses (Evil Eye 

  [Charm “Let’s Dance!”] and Curse of Fire).

• Shelby drinks a Potion of Plant Control to turn the 4 of 5 

  Needle Blights against Druid #2.

• Gugula’s Army of One attacks are devastating to the waves of 

  Twig Blights and Needle Blights.

• Victor and Drasha get Entangled by Druid #3’s Vine Blights.

• After Rams defeat both Druids #2 and #3 and all Blights with 

  the exception of 2 Needle Blights, Shelby instructs the remaining 

  2 Needle blights to tidy up the Vineyard while the team regroups to 

  enter the Winery building.

• 2 Druids killed = 900 XP

• 2 Vine Blights killed = 200 XP

• 19 Needle Blights killed = 950 XP

• 22 Twig Blights killed = 550 XP

• 2 Potions of Plant Control

• Total XP = 2600 XP

• Tim and Fecus each receive 866 XP

• Gugula and Shelby each receive 433 XP

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 2/27/25 Woman in revealing plate armor fighting 

  multiple Plant-man monsters with a flaming warhammer in the middle 

  of a vineyard, horror concept art 

Star Notch Stories Session #2

 

Boy Vs. Braar Obray

 

 

Session 2- Death Among the Pines

10/25/24

• Krishka, Kevin, Anders, Beavis, and Tarp (all former wererats) arrive 

  from Dwimmermount to live and work at the Hendershot Farm.

• Boy asks Dode to come watch Hendershot Farm while Boy, Ciba, and 

  the former wererats go to check out the rumors of ghosts, serpent-men, 

  and kidnapping in the Thundercrack and Holler Hollow areas.

• Meet Chase Mashburn, his wife Trill, and baby daughter Nollie.  Also 

  meet Braar Obray.

• Trill brings up the legend of Pansy, an alleged ghost near the mill.

• Next day, Trill shows the way to the mill for Boy and Co.

• Boy and Co fight 4 Rattlesnakes on the main floor.

• Team finds a 2 string guitar in the storage area.

• In a room in the mill’s cellar, the Boy’s Team encounter 5 Serpent-men 

  disguised as captured children; only Boy and Krishka escape, they 

  retreat to the Mashburn cabin.

• At the Mashburn cabin Boy, Krishka, Trill, and Nollie are abducted by 

  Chase Mashburn and Braar Obray.  Boy again escapes the mill and 

  retreats to Thundercrack to gather help from his contact there, the 

  blacksmith.

• Boy hires the Cleric Adelaide from Thundercrack’s Temple of the 

  Sovereign.  

  They then receive the aid of 10 local farm men.

• Boy and Adelaide discover Pansy’s Bones under the mill.

• Fight and kill 6 Serpent-men in the Serpent-men Fane.

• Former wererats released.

• 4 Rattlesnakes killed = 300 XP

• 6 Serpent-men killed = 60 XP

• Total XP for Boy 360 XP

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 2/27/25 Old adventurer with gray hair fighting 

  serpent-men under an abandoned medieval grain mill, 

  horror concept art 

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #166

Oh fuck, Wintersplinter!

 

Session 166- A Return to Barovia Part 16

2/9/2025

• The new party consists of :

• Anna Krezkova

• Her 2 guards, Oleg and Vasha Rilsky

• Drasha Vadu

• Seraz Vadu

• Szoldar

• Yevgeni

• Tim

• Fecus

• Shelby

• Gugula

• Victor

• Anna shares the following rumors about the winery:

• Strahd bequeathed the winery and vineyard to the 

  ancient Krezkov ancestors.

• Later a marriage between the Krezkovs and the 

  Martikovs put the land in the Martikov line.
  

• At the inception of the vineyard, 3 Gems were put 

  in the land by a wizard.

• 10 years ago a gem was stolen.  Hence the 

  Champagne is no longer produced.

• They arrive to find the vineyards and winery a shambles.

• Wintersplinter the Tree Blight attacks.  He totally brutalizes 

  Tim and Anna, ruining their armor.

• They chip away at him and the waves of blights and the druid.

• Seraz casts Faerie Fire, Tim casts Army of One on Gugula.

• Victor casts spells that dealt the killing blows to Wintersplinter 

  and the Druid.

• Wintersplinter killed = 2900 XP

• Druid #1 killed = 450 XP

• 2 Twig Blights killed = 50 XP

• 4 Needle Blights killed = 200 XP

• Total XP = 3600

• Tim and Fecus each receive 1200 XP

• Gugula and Shelby each receive 600 XP

   

   

  2/14/25 Perchance Prompt Wintersplinter the Tree Blight 

  (a tree blight is a giant tree monster) attacks. He totally 

  brutalizes Tim the adventurer, ruining his chain mail armor., 

  horror concept art 

Star Notch Stories Session #1

Dode's Barn Catches Fire from Fireflies

 

 

 

Session 1- Moon Eyes and Fire Flies

11/23 or 12/23

• Boy sends Moonshine to the following locations:

  +The Moody Mermaid

  +Ctyri Ctvrt

  +The Golden Barge 

• Hank’s Cousin Dode over by Standing Stone Hollow gets a 

  moonshine delivery from Boy and Co.

• A swarm of fire flies nearly burns Dode’s house and barn down, 

  but Boy and Co put the fire out with well water bucket brigade.

• Boy investigates what could be behind the swarm of fire flies 

  which leads him to an ancient Hsaalian Mine.  The entrance 

  of the mine is cleared and shows small humanoid footprints 

  coming and going.

• He first fights a badger, then Sharda the Black Bear.

• He liberates Ciba (a human woman with black hair, bronze skin, 

  and dark brown eyes) from her stasis chamber.  He brings her 

  along, equipping her with an extra weapon of his.

• They fight some Lightning Bats.

• They fight some Ancient Zombies and Dode is turned into one.

• Boy finds the Moon Eyed Ones and parlays with them to find an 

  accommodation for Dode and his farm which includes putting 

  certain stone configurations sacred to the Moon Eyes back into place.

• Boy donates 10 GP to the Sovereign Temple in Star Notch to have 

  Dode returned to regular life.

• Boy and Ciba return to Hendershot Farm

• Swarm of Fire Flies killed = 25 XP

• Badger killed = 25 XP

• Sharda the Black Bear killed = 50 XP

• 4 Lightning Bats killed = 40 XP

• 3 Ancient Zombies killed = 150 XP

• Total XP for Boy 290 XP

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 2/27/25 Swarm of fireflies causing a barn to light 

  on fire
   

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #165

 

Session 165- A Return to Barovia Part 15

2/6/2025

• They meet Anna Krezkova at breakfast and ask if she would like 

  to join them to get the winery straightened out.  She agrees, but 

  has the business of purchasing a wedding gown to attend to while 

  Tim and Fecus go see who else they can hire.

• They meet Szoldar and Yevgeni at the Vallaki Temp Service to 

  choose to hire the Vistani brother and sister Seraz (MU3) and 

  Drasha (SPC 5) Vadu.

• Scrolls are made.

• Tim = Magic Missile

• Shelby = Giant Strength

• Victor = Ice Storm

• Dinner with Anna back at the Blue Water that evening where they 

  learn a little of Krezk and her mission to ship a wedding dress 

  back to her husband to appease the Abbot of St Markovia.

• Gugula sits the whole watch, it’s uneventful.

   

   

  2/14/25 Venice AI Prompt A delicate, ivory-colored, gothic-style 

  wedding dress with intricate lace details and a flowing, tattered 

  train is draped elegantly on a vintage, ornate dress form standing 

  in the center of a dimly lit, high-ceilinged, Victorian-era inspired 

  boutique filled with soft, golden lighting and the sweet scent of 

  old roses. 

Star Notch Stories

Hendershot Farm Near Star Notch

 

 

    The player of Fecus and I have had the occasion to play a few one on one sessions with his hireling character Boy.  IIRC this particular hireling is a very old man and surprisingly used to hit above his weight class (Lvl 2) in team Rams on a regular basis.   He was left behind in the Shudder Mountains to manage the Hendershot Farm and Moonshine Still when Rams continued on towards Dresden and further west and south (session #57).  Tim and Fecus have been back to check on him and he's keepin' it real so far.  He's been joined more recently by some of Dwimmermount's former Wererats to help on the farm and take care of problems in the Shudder Mountains region around Star Notch.  I've linked most of the rules, supplements, and adventures with the exception of WotC's products.  As of writing this post, we're in the time of D&D releasing their 2024 Rules.  I wasn't sure how long the 2014 5th edition books would be available or how long links to the books would be functional.  The Names of the Dead, and Supplements and Adventures headings on this post will be updated as needed.

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     Lamentations of the Flame Princess

        Star Notch Side Campaign

                  Notes

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PC Notes

• Boy (played by name redacted)

• Fighter and farm manager at the Hendershot Farm 

  near Star Notch in the Shudder Mountains.

Important NPCs

• Hank and Lottie Hendershot

• Cousin Dode

• Ciba

• Krishka

• Kevin

• Anders

• Beavis

• Tarp

• Chase Mashburn

• Trill and Nollie Mashburn

• Braar Obray

• Adelaide, Cleric of the Sovereign

Names of the Dead (PCs, hirelings, pets)

• +=+=

Supplements and adventures used

• LotFP Rules and Magic

• Vornheim

• 20 Quick Questions Regarding My Campaign Setting from Jeff Rients B.M.S.F.

• Labyrinth Lord rules PDF (treasure, spells, and monsters mostly)

• LL Advanced Edition Companion

• Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy: Player’s Tome

• The Chained Coffin

• Came the Monsters of Midwinter

• Slumbering Ursine Dunes

• What Ho, Frog Demons!

• Fever-Dreaming Marlinko

• The Misty Isles of the Eld

• Hill Cantons Blog

• Hill Cantons Compendium

• Hill Cantons Cosmology

• Ghosts of Saltmarsh

• Red Tide

• DMG 5e

• MM 5e

• Fantastic Lairs- Boss Battles and Climactic Encounters

• Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

• Lazy DMs Companion

• Lazy DMs Workbook

• Swords & Wizardry Monstrosities

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 2/27/25 Hendershot corn farm on a high 

  mountain plateau with a land bridge across a chasm