Hell’s Rebels Session 6 – We’ve got a leak

Present: Dwali Fletcher (Dave), Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Zathras Zathras (Ben) As the party finish locking up the mercenaries who guarded the Sallix salt works and collected their weapons to return to the Wasp’s Nest they hear a commotion outside and see Dottari are approaching the door. Ista checks the back door and spies a… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 6 – We’ve got a leak

Hell’s Rebels Session 5 – Prisoners of Salt

Present: Dwali Fletcher (Dave), Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Zathras Zathras (Ben) Our heroes took a day to recuperate, purchase equipment, craft ammo, begin investigating the Silver Raven’s document cache and check in on the faithful of Erastil. Whilst they were otherwise engaged the party asked Korva and her sisters to investigate the Sallix Salt Works. The sisters… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 5 – Prisoners of Salt

Hell’s Rebels Session 4 – The Wasp’s Nest

Present: Dwali Fletcher (Dave), Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Zathras Zathras (Ben) At Laria Longroad’s request the party head into the basement of the Longroad’s coffee house to investigate the noises and find out what happened to her acquaintance. The party quickly discover a statue to Calistria, the Elven goddess of revenge and lust,… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 4 – The Wasp’s Nest

Hell’s Rebels Session 3 – A Silver Raven’s cache

Present: Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Dwali Fletcher (Dave) After some more poltergeist-like activity with the dire rat’s corpses the party head deeper into the complex beneath the Fair Fortune Livery. They are immediately confronted by what Ista identifies as a Grimple which vomits on Quill. The five Grimple’s defend their nest with magic and rancid special… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 3 – A Silver Raven’s cache

Hell’s Rebels Session 2 – Seeds of a rebellion

Present: Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Zathras Zathras (Ben), Dwali Fletcher (Dave) The rescued man takes the party (now united with Dwali) to back rooms of a bookstore and introduces himself as Rexus Vicotora. His family estate was burned on the Night of Ashes, his parents have gone missing and his last communication from his mother (the head… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 2 – Seeds of a rebellion

Inspired by a similar post by Ramanan Sivaranjan I decided to post a list of the TRPG books I’ve purchased this year.

Since switching from a custom home-brewed TRPG mechanic to using off-the shelf systems I’ve been very much enjoying reading TRPG books, particularly in print, acquiring about one a month.

Almost half of the books are for Pathfinder, despite the fact that for most of the year I didn’t play in or run a Pathfinder game. This was because towards the end of 2015 I backed the Aethera Kickstarter and wanted to spend some time re-familiarising myself with the mechanics. Despite the fact that I already owned most of these Pathfinder books in PDF I bought the print versions as I find them both easier and more enjoyable to read  than a PDF on a relatively small tablet screen and I find them easier to reference at the table, even though most of the games I run and play are online in a virtual tabletop.

Lamentations of the Flame Princess caught my attention half way through the year with their Bundle of Lamentations. The clean & simple rules were attractive after trying to home-brew a Pathfinder game whilst ramping up on the potentially complex mechanics, working and parenting.

After running a few sessions I’m still a big fan of LotFP, but favour the system more for one-shots and short campaigns. I’m very much looking forward to running the LotFP modules I already own as well as buying, reading and potentially running several others.

I received the two D&D books for Christmas. I am curious to read SCAG to learn more about the Forgotten Realms, the default setting for 5th edition. Volo’s Guide is more exciting as it’s got a decent array of player options to use in the 5e game I play in. I have only leafed through the book so far but have already dreamed up several character ideas.

Pathfinder Core Rulebook January Pathfinder Print
Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide February Pathfinder Print
Humble RPG Book Bundle: Pathfinder February Pathfinder PDF
Pathfinder Bestiary 1 March Pathfinder Print
Pathfinder Advanced Race Guide June Pathfinder Print
Bundle of Lamentations July LotFP PDF
Pathfinder Occult Adventures August Pathfinder Print
A Red and Pleasant Land September LotFP Print
Death Frost Doom September LotFP Print
Scenic Dunnsmouth September LotFP Print
LotFP Rules and Magic October LotFP Print
Yoon-Suin October OSR Print
Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide December D&D Print
Volo’s Guide to Monsters December D&D Print

Hell’s Rebels Session 1 – A lovely day to riot

Present: Ista Alkarr (James), Quill Venger (Gaz), Zathras Zathras (Ben) The three characters each had their reasons to head to the protest in Aria Park (Ista and Quill were meeting a contact, Zathras was tagging along). They spotted a fourth stand-out member of the protest, clad like the Dottari with the Thrune crest scraped off his shield.… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Session 1 – A lovely day to riot

Hell’s Rebels Intro

The next campaign I run will be the Pathfinder Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path, here’s a quick intro and character building info post for my players. Overview Infernal Cheliax is one of the most powerful military nations in the Inner Sea. The national faith is diabolism and Asmodeus, the most powerful archdevil and the only one… Continue reading Hell’s Rebels Intro