Star Notch Stories Session #3

 

Boy and Co Vs the Rattlesnakes

 

  

Session 3- Death Among the Pines, Conclusion

5/31/25

• Boy and his party find the entrance to the Serpent-men Fane.

• 8 out of 10 Thundercrack Boys are poisoned and don’t make their 

  saves.

• Tarp is briefly possessed by the ghost of Pansy, and the party learn 

  that her death wasn’t an accident.  She had been killed by her 

  husband after he had been corrupted by dark forces.  She wants 

  her remains interred at the Sovereign Temple graveyard.

• Boy asks Adelaide to use 6 of her 10 healing scrolls to help 6 of 

  the 8 Thundercrack Boys.

• Boy’s team enters the Serpent-men Fane in time to see that 

  Braar Obray and Chase Mashburn are poised to sacrifice Trill and 

  Nollie.

• Boy shoots his compound bow at Braar Obray, but misses.

• 5 additional Serpent-men appear from behind columns and a battle 

  between Boy’s team and the Serpent-men plays out.

• Chase Mashburn escapes with Baby Nollie.

• Boy’s team kill Braar Obray and the 5 Serpent-men, then they release 

  Trill and pursue Chase through the tunnel he escaped through.

• The team spot Chase in a cave that opens to the surface.  The team 

  splits.  The Thundercrack Boys run after Chase and the rest of the 

  team kill 12 Rattlesnakes in the cave.

• Trill is relieved to have her Baby Nollie safe back in her arms.  She’s 

  grateful, but asks Boy’s team one more favor.  Can they save the 

  villagers who had been turned into human headed snake 

  monstrosities that are trapped in a pit in the fane?

• Boy asks Adelelaide if she is capable of that kind of magic.  She isn’t 

  powerful enough on her own, but for a 100 GP donation to her temple 

  in Thundercrack, she can bring enough Scrolls of Remove Curse back 

  to Holler Hollow to help the poor wretches.

• When Adelaide returns and the villagers are saved, Boy and Adelaide 

  lead the town in cleaning up and reconsecrating the Temple of the 

  Sovereign.  Boy gives a speech to warn the villagers to remain vigilant 

  and not allow evil to erupt here again.

• Pansy’s remains are interred.  Her soul can now rest.

• The Thundercrack Boys and Adelaide return to their town; Boy and his 

  team return to Star Notch and the Hendershot Farm.

• A wedding invitation has arrived at the farm.  All on the farm are 

  welcome to attend Cousin Dode’s cousin’s wedding in Sour Spring 

  Hollow.

• Braar Obray, Serpent-men killed = 10 XP

• Chase Mashburn, Serpent-men = 10 XP

• 5 Serpent-men killed = 50 XP

• 12 Rattlesnakes killed = 900 XP

• 3 Garnet Candlesticks, 50 GP each = 150 XP

• Snakeskin Altar Cloth = 100 GP = 100 XP

• Chest of assorted silverware, jewelry, and coins = 250 GP = 250 XP

• Total XP = 1470 XP

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 

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
   

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