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. 

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #210

 

Elise Arrives

 

 

Session 210- A Return to Barovia Part 60; Lamordia 9

1/18/2026

• A voice (presumably Dr. Viktra Mordenheim) comes over the 

  loudspeaker telling them to leave the Flesh Golems alone.  

  It directs them to climb the stairs where her servant 

  Hauptmann Frantz will open the trapdoor and lead them to 

  her laboratory.  They do so and Hauptmann Frantz leads 

  them up to the third floor of the stately home that is dusty 

  and unmaintained.

• Viktra asks Tim (passed), Fecus (passed), Gugula (passed), 

  Shelby (fail, next Save Vs. Magic will have a -2 applied), and 

  Victor (passed) a question and it requires a Save Vs. Magic that 

  everyone but Shelby passes.  Those that pass detect that this is 

  some sort of simulation (Mind Flayer cognitive model) and they 

  let it play out.

• The simulation freezes, Viktra repeats herself, her voice desyncs, 

  etc.  She states “Elise should not still be discrete.”

• Elise then arrives seemingly out of nowhere and asks “Where do 

  you go when thought becomes a cage?”

• She opens 3 portals and asks Rams to choose the location they 

  proceed to next: Borca, Darkon, and Bluetspur are the choices.

• Tim and Fecus choose to pursue the Cloak of the Bat in 

  Bluetspur… 

• As the party departs, the Viktra simulation smiles at Elise and 

  says “ Iteration complete.” 

   

  ChatGPT Image of Elise 

Ctyri Ctvrt Chronicles Session #30.5

 

 

 

 

 

The Spire of Iron and Crystal

 

 

Session 30.5- On to the Spider Ranch

1/4/2026

• Telefe meets Danika and Co in Gared’s bar.  She gives a deeper 

  explanation of Nattias’ kidnapping and location where he is 

  imprisoned.

• The Spire of Iron and Crystal is Nattias likely prison.  Gared passes 

  on rumors to Danika.  He says he’s known about the eerie place for 

  a while and believes it shouldn’t exist.

• One urgent piece of info is that an invisible causeway that leads to 

  the Spire is only corporeal and usable 3 nights a year.  She 

  determined this through examining astrological alignments in 

  The Mother’s Eye constellation.

• Telefe has had dreams where Nattias talks to her about the Spire 

  and his jailer, Iomnogoron.

• Danika, Telefe, and Co make their way east to the Spider Ranch 

  where the lookout is sharp!

• The Spider Ranch Kids have seen an increase in foot traffic heading 

  east, a big metallic noise travelling east, and strange lights flashing 

  to the east.

• The kids have harvested 16 Vials of Black Widow Venom.  They 

  are formulating a strategy to gather Trapdoor Spider Venom.

   

   

  Perchance Prompt 1/15/26 an invisible causeway that leads to the 

  Spire of Iron and Crystal on the night the fixed stars of 

  The Mother's Eye Constellation are visible, horror concept art
   

Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #209

Kraken and Leviathan

 

 

 

Session 209- A Return to Barovia Part 59; Lamordia 8

1/11/2026

• As the Kraken navigates the sea channels between the Isles of Agony, 

  some of the party observes the cove that the God Brain was dredged 

  up from previously.  Those that aren’t using binoculars or scopes to 

  look towards the cove as they pass see a shadow under the ice floe, 

  3 times the length of the Kraken.

• Fecus, Gugula, and Shelby are intruded on psychically by the 

  Leviathan, briefly blackout, and report stunningly real visions of 

  standing on the seafloor in a foreign body or cutting into frozen flesh.

• Fecus fights his instinct to harpoon the Leviathan.  The hull trembles 

  as the creature swims off towards an iceberg.

• The Leviathan tail slaps the iceberg, the effect causes a 

  blackhole/whirlpool that pulls the Kraken through it and the icebreaker 

  finds itself listing towards the dock at the foot of the cliffs that Schloss 

  Mordenheim stands upon.

• A gangplank descends automatically from the dock.  The party 

  disembark and move towards a door in the cliff that the dock leads 

  towards.

• Fecus sees a tall shape reflective in the ice at the far end of the dock.

• Sounds dampens and the Kraken disappears as Rams enter the 

  door.

• The alcove is empty.  When they enter the tunnel beyond it, they 

  encounter and fight a Gibbering Mouther.

• 3 Flesh Golems appear after the Gibbering Mouther is killed, 

  ostensibly to clean up the mess of its carcass.  Fecus pats a 

  small Flesh Golem on the head and it reacts violently, while 

  the other 2 continue cleaning up the Gibbering Mouther mess.

• The Flesh Golem body slams Fecus, hurting him significantly.  

  Fritigern and Gugula step in to help him defeat it.

• Session #206 XP = 200 XP

• Gibbering Mouther killed = 450 XP

• Small Flesh Golem killed = 1800 XP

• 600 PP = 6000 XP

• Small Amber 75 GP = 75 XP

• 2 Ivory Penguins = 500 GP = 500 XP

• Warhammer 1d10+2

• Total XP = 9025

• Tim and Fecus each receive 3008 XP

• Gugula and Shelby each receive 1504 XP

   

   

  1/19/26 Perchance Prompt is the text of the first bullet point above.