Star Notch Stories Session #4

A Shudder Mountains Wedding Celebration

 

 

 

Session 4- Sour Spring Hollow Wedding

2/8/26

• We play Lamentations of the Flame Princess, but since this is a DCC 

  adventure from the The Chained Coffin book I had the player role 

  Luck scores for Boy (29) and Ciba (16).

• Boy sets the late winter schedule for the Hendershot Ranch before 

  attending Cousin Dode’s cousin’s wedding.

• Boy, Ciba, Kevin, Anders, Tarp, Beavis, and Krishka travel to 

  Sour Spring Hollow to attend the wedding of Ivy Newscombe to 

  Tum Dankers.

• A lovely day for a lovely wedding leads to a raucous reception as 

  Jam Ranson and his 3 sons reel out song after song.  Jugs of 

  moonshine and stump whiskey make their rounds and the last 

  clear thought of Boy and Co was taking a swig of potent liquor 

  from an odd-colored jug.

• They awaken in the grass, the clearing silent.  Deep woods 

  surround the clearing on three sides and a hillside holding 

  terraced plots of dried, dusty corn rises up west.  Four ramshackle 

  log cabins occupy the clearing.

• Boy leads the team into the burial ground and they encounter 

  3 Earth Hounds and get in a fight.  They kill 1 and I end the session 

  in the middle of combat.

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #211

 

What was Ruthwell up to?

 

  

Session 211- A Return to Barovia Part 61; Bluetspur 1

2/15/2026

• Rams ended the last session thinking they were going through 

  a portal from Lamordia to Bluetspur, instead find themselves in 

  their old room at the Bluewater Inn, Vallaki, getting ready for 

  bed when the postman arrives with 2 letters from M.L. Ruthwell.

• No one remembers this guy, but they decide to go to his shack 

  outside the walls of Vallaki.

• Investigating the shack, they find Ruthwell’s research journal 

  that states Rams brought the Specimen to him initially.  In a 

  secret room in the basement they encounter the Specimen and 

  a Vampire Mind Flayer.

• The Vampire Mind Flayer immobilized everybody except Tim and 

  Fritigern with a psychic blast.  Tim and Fritigern battle the creatures 

  and eventually prevail.  During the fight, the basement door seals 

  shut and cracks in the walls appear and mist begins to flow from 

  them.

• After the fight, the members of the team affected by the Vampire 

  Mind Flayer recover and Rams realize they are no longer in the 

  basement of Ruthewell’s shack.  They’re in a tunnel with 2 choices, 

  we’ll see which way they choose next time!

• The Specimen killed = 200 XP

• Vampire Mind Flayer killed = 1800 XP

• 2 Health Potions

• M.L. Ruthwell’s Journal

• Total XP = 2000 XP

• Tim and Fecus each receive 667 XP

• Gugula and Shelby each receive 333 XP

Ctyri Ctvrt Chronicles Session #33

 

Last Watch

 

 

Session 33- Last Watch; Morlocks Attack!

2/1/2026

• Watch 1, Pholos arranges his bandolier of vials and makes tea.

• Watch 2, Hynek drinks tea and maintains a low fire.

• Watch 3, Hallabera maintains his great sword and preps poison 

  arrows.  10 Morlocks attack near the end of the last watch.  

  Hallabera sees them just outside the camp and warns a few of 

  the party to wake up before combat.

• 5 Morlocks are killed in round 1 and the survivors retreat.

• 5 Morlocks killed = 25 XP

• Platinum Bracelet set with a large Sapphire 2700 GP

• Large Gold Bracelet 250 GP

• Silver Necklace with a Jasper pendant 250 GP

• 4 Small Gold Bracelets 90 GP

• Total XP = 3315 XP

• Danika receives 1657 XP

• Hynek and Hallabera each receive 829 XP

A Tavern North of Meredune

 Another excellent tavern randomly rolled up using the Hubris tavern tables!  I'll refer you back to this post that shows two earlier taverns for the Ox--->Tiger Campaign I rolled up using Hubris.  

The second job of the children turned to stone ended up leading the game in the direction of investigating that.  You'll find the Solo Grinder Campaign actual play write-ups over on my Substack;)

The Rabid Maiden north of Meredune

 

 

 

The Rabid Maiden

Lit by 

     Candles only

Patrons

5-10

Smell

Sweat and licorice

Games/music

Lone minstrel

 Barkeep

Missing one eye and all teeth

Interesting features

Long feast table

Interesting patrons

High Priestess of Kega the Green Goddess

Jobs

Help the ghost of a woman who passed from suicide after she was spurned by her lover

Food

Bone marrow suckles

Interesting feature 2

Bar is on stilts over a stream

Side business

Collector of rare books and manuscripts

Random event

Fighting match to death

Second job

The children of a nearby village have all been turned to stone

Drink

Minotaur Rush

Ctyri Ctvrt Chronicles Session #32

 

Giant Turtle

 

Session 32- 10 Bugbears in the Forest

1/31/2026

• Torquil leads Danika and her team through the swamp without 

  incident until it’s time to cross the last stream.  A Giant Turtle is 

  blocking the shallow ford.  They have to backtrack and cross at 

  another point further north to avoid the creature that is just fishing 

  in the stream.

• The rest of the day passes uneventfully

• As the sun is setting and they are climbing through the forest in 

  the twilight, an encounter is rolled!

• Initially they encounter 1 Bugbear, but as soon as they think it will 

  be no big deal, 9 more shift out of the forest shadows.

• Danika and her crew win initiative.  They kill 8 of the Bugbears.

• When the leader and the only other survivor retreat, Danika and 

  her crew follow until they find a shady little box canyon with multiple 

  tunnels into the hillside.  A surefire ambush spot.

• They fall back to the skirmish location and hike a little further up to 

  a ridge where they can see the top of the Spire of Iron and Crystal 

  shimmering in the moonlight.

• Camp and watches are set.

• 8 Bugbears killed = 800 XP

• 4000 CP = 40 XP

• Gold War Mask of Nirgal 800 GP

• Total XP = 1640 XP

• Danika receives 820 XP

• Hynek and Hallabera each receive 410 XP

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 2/2/26 A group of fantasy adventurers is about 

  to leave a swamp when a Giant Turtle blocks the shallow ford of the 

  last stream.
   

Main Campaign Short Hiatus and Other Newzzzzzzzzz

 

Do DMs Dream of Rainbow Dinosaurs?

Good morning followers of the Ox Gives Way to Tiger, Etc Campaign!  We are on a brief 

hiatus as one player has been busy with work and another will have some family stuff 

next weekend.  I think that puts the next regular session on the 15th of this month.  

Actual play write-up will flow from that. Meanwhile, in the lull I’ve run more sessions of 

the Ctyri Ctvrt Chronicles (actual play reports get posted on Friday mornings) and over 

on my Substack, my Solo Grinder Campaign series has been going since early December.  

And for those that are curious about my early LotFP Year of the Goat Campaign, sessions 

1-29 have been posted over there and the remaining 20 sessions are slated for weekly 

release every Sunday.  I’m grateful for your readership here on the blogger site and if 

you feel like it, come on over and check out the Substack offerings.

Ctyri Ctvrt Chronicles Session #31

Omens of the Starry Void

                            

 

 

Session 31- A Night at the Spider Ranch

1/10/2026

• Danika has brought the kids pantry staples like salt, coffee, honey, 

  pickles, and fresh produce, but they’re most excited to receive 

  Flaka’s scones.

• Danika asks if Torquil can lead her and her team through the swamp 

  most efficiently.

• Telefe sees an Omen of the Starry Void (the Iron Conjunction); 

  Danika follows up by pointing out another (the Mother Weeps Light).

• Emi sits the night watch with no encounters; Inga’s early morning 

  watch is capped by spotting a party of 4 or 5 quietly heading 

  south/southeast.

• Zora has a dream.  She is running on all fours through a forest 

  of iron trees.  Ahead she sees a massive bear shaped silhouette 

  carved from crystal, cracked but standing.  Leaking pale starlight.  

  An invisible bridge stretches ahead of her, but every step she 

  takes causes the bridge to fracture behind her, leaving no retreat.

• Danika sends a message to have several more kids from 

  Ctyri Ctvrt’s patrol come to support the Spider Ranch Kids.

   

   

  Image from Substack AI image generator.