<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Seamus on We Are The Red Guardians</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/characters/seamus/</link><description>Recent content in Seamus on We Are The Red Guardians</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://evilblacksword.us/characters/seamus/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Session The Forty-Fifth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-45/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-45/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Fifth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 11 March 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;45/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;60/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;88/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;55/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;60/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;67/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The party more or less began to follow Menka&amp;rsquo;s insect path in reverse. We reached the wall
we had previously taken down with Gonchar&amp;rsquo;s hammer and, passing through, headed north. The
tunnel was supported in makeshift fashion with hastily erected wooden beams. Ahead, in
the distance we heard a loud, barking scream. A cross between a human and an animal.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sidebar - Markheim</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/sidebar1/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/sidebar1/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Sidebar - Markheim
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 14 May 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An annotated map of Markheim is saved &lt;a href="https://hadrigan.ratbag.us/maps/markheim.png"&gt;&lt;u&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We entered Markheim from the southeast, following a road that crossed through a village of
huts (1). The village seemed of recent construction. Fields and groves lie just south of
the village. Men and women of the same racial stock as the worshippers of the ice god worked
the fields and populated the village though the overt, undead evil was not apparent. An ancient-looking
elven woman worked the groves among the people. Kyril recognized her as Auntie T and
acknowledged her all-seeing glance. He dismounted, handed off his horse and walked out
into the fields to speak with the elven druid. We would not see him again for a week or so.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Thirty-Fifth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-35/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-35/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Thirty-Fifth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 21 August 2021
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;47/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;61/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;88/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;55/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;64/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;67/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="the-dwarven-stronghold-in-the-mountains"&gt;The Dwarven Stronghold In The Mountains&lt;a class="anchor" href="#the-dwarven-stronghold-in-the-mountains"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The dwarves were not part of the training fiesta, so they did what bored dwarves do. Drink. And
drink some more. The Halfmoon Inn barkeep just fed them breakfast and ale when they awoke and came
down, lunch and ale a few hours later, and dinner and ale 5 or 6 hours after that.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Thirty-Sixth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-36/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-36/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Thirty-Sixth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 16 October 2021
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="callout"&gt;
 &amp;ldquo;As to the nature and appearance of the lurking fear, nothing could be gained from the scared and
witless shanty-dwellers. In the same breath they called it a snake and a giant, a thunder-devil and
a bat, a vulture and a walking tree.&amp;rdquo; - unknown
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="s36_1.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Thirty-Eighth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-38/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-38/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Thirty-Eighth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 26 February 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We re-entered the ugly dwarf&amp;rsquo;s head, intent on exploring the underground complex before heading
back to Westkeep and then onward to the Hall. Unsure where to go first, we hung out in the entry
and discussed our options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We decided to head to the far northern end of the complex where the ceiling had collapsed.
Examining the heap of rubble, we noticed that he hallway was not totally closed off. Cathal and
Gonchar found a tunnel through the rubble. It was too small for one of the humans to fit through,
though the dwarves may be able to wiggle through. Clearing the rubble by hand would be a major
excavation project.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Thirty-Ninth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-39/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-39/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Thirty-Ninth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 2 April 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We burned away the moss clinging to the front of the misshapen pillar. Cathal said the pillar and
the altar were redolent with evil. The pillar also seemed to be suppressing the light from Cathal&amp;rsquo;s
sword. Tim&amp;rsquo;s detect magic highlighted only the altar and the pillar and nothing else. There seemed
to be no magic in the cave beyond as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fortieth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-40/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-40/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fortieth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 14 May 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;44/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;49/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;58/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;59/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;50/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;64/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;41/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Out of spells. Out of heals. On empty. Kyril used his last &lt;em&gt;detect magic&lt;/em&gt; and joined the DM in the
kitchen. There was indeed a pile of treasure in the dragon&amp;rsquo;s lair but it seemed to be mainly coins
and non-magical crap, as determined by Kyril&amp;rsquo;s detection spell. Mist and the sound of falling water
to the north, possibly an exit from the cavern.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Forty-First</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-41/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-41/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Forty-First
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 July 16, 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since our attempt to rest had been disturbed by the Grimlocks, we were still
a mess. Kyril cast &lt;em&gt;dispel magic&lt;/em&gt; on Flint to bring him back to his
usual short size with no apparent effect. Cathal took a pull from Seamus&amp;rsquo;s
mug, getting back 8 hp (31/67). Cathal bound everyone&amp;rsquo;s wounds.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Second</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-42/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-42/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="session42.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Second
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 24 September 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;46/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;43/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;61/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;78/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;60/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;41/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We returned to the beach from the island of the rotted corpse. Tim tasted some of the wine
we&amp;rsquo;d found and it was, indeed, lovely, though it seemed to confer no magics to his person. By
this time the drunks had sobered up and the magical bloodlust had ended. We formed a marching
order and headed back to the main hallway.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Third</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-43/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-43/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Third
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 19 November 2022
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;47/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;5r4/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;88/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;55/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;64/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;64/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having let Legola return to his repose, we decided to rest in the unique Dionysian bar,
heal and regain some spells. We head skittering rocks to the north and a low, indistinct
moaning to the south. Not all of us heard it.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Fourth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-44/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/session-44/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Fourth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 14 January 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;45/47&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;47/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;88/88&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;55/55&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;60/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;56/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We continued uphill. Encountering a web, Gonchar&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flame Blade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; made short work of it. His
&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flame Blade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; illuminated tentacles ahead, hanging from the ceiling to the floor. The tentacles
seemed to emit no heat per infravision. Mouths on the tentacles dripped ooze.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Sixth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-46/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-46/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Sixth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 20 May 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Menka spoke with Aesil about gaining access to the mirror she kept somewhere in the tower. She
was far less than interested in providing access and was neither concerned with events far
to the the south nor with the visions provided to the priest by the messenger of Thoth.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Seventh</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-47/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-47/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Seventh
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 8 July 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;35/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;55/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;95/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;43/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;34/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;59/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;61/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seamus wanted to skin two of the huge wolves and take their pelts. Given our haste
he decided to wait for the return trip. The cavern continued west then turned
sharply north. It was misty due to the increasing cold and the hallways seemed to
be well and recently traveled.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Eighth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-48/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-48/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Eighth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 26 August 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;33/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;45/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;59/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;76/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;48/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;32/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;57/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;49/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The party stood in a room with doors in the north and south walls and another
on the northern end of the east wall, the same door we entered through. Charred
ice ogre corpses lay strewn about, reeking of burnt hair and flesh. Kyril&amp;rsquo;s
&lt;em&gt;control temperature&lt;/em&gt; was still in effect, fending off the cold for those
within its 10&amp;rsquo; compass. Outside of that 10&amp;rsquo; range it was bitterly cold. Seamus
didn&amp;rsquo;t seem to mind the chill. Antifreeze and all that.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Forty-Ninth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-49/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-49/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Forty-Ninth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 4 November 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;48/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;68/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;61/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;64/65&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;100/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lagartha was at full health. We verified that a &lt;em&gt;knock&lt;/em&gt; cast on the door caused it to
open for 1 minute, after which it closed again, requiring another &lt;em&gt;knock&lt;/em&gt;. We also
verified that it was locked from the inside, as well. This door lead into a small circular
room that seemed to be a study of some sort. Kyril &lt;em&gt;detected magic&lt;/em&gt; somewhere along
the northern wall. Shelves on the southern wall held gruesome statuettes of horrifying
creatures, none magical, all horrifying. One held down a note with &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nalfeshnee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
scribbled on it.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session The Fiftieth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-50/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-50/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session The Fiftieth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 28 December 2023
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;45/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;45/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;47/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;56/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;57/65&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;53/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;90/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seamus and Menka applied some healing magic and prayers to Cathal and Lycovyne. Warm and bound in
wrinkly skin, one book we found was certainly &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cultes des Gules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. The second book remained
unidentified. Lycovyne was definitely not a definite. Menka began to pray for 3 hours to receive
the spells &lt;em&gt;cure blindness&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;remove curse&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;procure hooker&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-First</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-51/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-51/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-First
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 10 February 2024
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;37/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;38/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;33/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;41/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;46/65&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;15/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;59/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The session began with the party traveling, with Harald Markgaard, Agnar, Arndt, Ninax,
Scarlett and the wayward rangeress Largatha, daughter of Harald, as well as a host of
mounted men-at-arms from Markheim, traveling through the thawing, ice, snow, mud and
debris-strewn melting mountain passes. Winter-like weather still clung to the
area, though a hint of Spring was in the air.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Second</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-52/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-52/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Second
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 8 June 2024
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We sold some extraneous gear and cleaned house a bit. Gonchar and Cathal visited the keep armorer
and got their plate mail repaired.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anticipating 10 days on the road (5 to the Tomb under the cliff and 5 back) we purchased horses,
feed and iron rations for around 278 pieces of gold.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Third</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-53/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-53/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Third
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 8 August 2024
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/49&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;69/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/64&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;71/65&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;67/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;100/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Red dust and foul air puffed through the portal opened by Menka&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;passwall&lt;/em&gt;. Before
the party entered the underground we heard a familiar shriek off in the far distance, in the hills. A shriek we had heard on our way out of the Temple of Diancecht under the apiary.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Fourth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-54/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-54/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Fourth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 19 October 2024
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note: this session opens up in room F in the map on pg. 330.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having dispatched the vrock and their succubus hussy, we remained in the 30x30 room that wasn&amp;rsquo;t as blisteringly hot as the larger chamber. The party could feel oppressive heat emanating from the open door into the fire-room to the south. The current room was fetid with the reek of dead and dispatched succubus and dead vrock, along with now-dead sylphs and nymphs scattered around the room, where they had fallen from the dissipated energy cases which had melted away after opening.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Fifth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-55/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-55/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Fifth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 18 January 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gonchar climbed out of the pit trap.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Double stone doors stood in the wall to the south past the pit. The stench emanating from the pit was stomache churning. Roasted ghast. There was a 1&amp;rsquo; wide shelf on either side and the party was able to get around the pit without incident.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Sixth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-56/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-56/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Sixth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 1 March 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having made it past the disintegration ray&lt;sup title="… and brother when it disintegrates, it disintegrates!"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;[1]&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, we paused for a bit by the bars in the wall to catch our breath. The psychic and physical darkness weighed heavily upon us. Seamus was the only one not bitten by the chill air.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Seventh</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-57/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-57/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Seventh
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 19 April 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;46/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;39/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;80/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;43/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;38/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The party emerged from the tomb of the Twice-Crowned into a bowl-shaped, wooded area which clears near the entry to the tomb - the party is stinking, tired, bloodied and bandaged. Two of the party are carrying bags of holding which are overflowing with coinage - luckily, the coins dropping into the dirt all seem to be coppers.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Eighth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-58/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-58/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Eighth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 21 June 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;69/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;100/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;67/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;78/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We spoke at length with Teos at the bar. He was loquacious in his gratitude and willingly answered our questions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creel&amp;rsquo;s tower was less than a day&amp;rsquo;s ride from the Horne&amp;rsquo;d Lamb. The good barkeep told the party that to simply touch the walls of Creel&amp;rsquo;s tower was &amp;hellip; dangerous. Creel himself is a good man and had long held commerce and communication with the Inn as well as the surrounding area. Creel&amp;rsquo;s wife had died of some unspecified malady - perhaps plague, all sudden-like, and while Creel was out - and the man had not been the same since. Creel had turned to the dark arts of necromancy in an effort to bring his beautiful wife back to life. Teos had nothing but praise for Illyssa.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Fifty-Ninth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-59/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-59/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Fifty-Ninth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 19 July 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;69/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;96/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;65/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The room at (A) was well-maintained and well used. Creel had kept it clean, well swept. Some carpeting covered the floor. It contained bookshelves on the west wall, upon which many books sat. Shelves also hung on the northern wall, glass jars filled with clear liquids and various implements lining them. A sitting area containing a small desk with quill and ink sat in the southeastern corner. A reading chair lay on its side with a spilled bottle of wine on the floor next to it, the red wine staining a throw rug in this area. Crumpled paper was strewn about around the knocked-over chair.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Sixtieth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-60/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-60/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Sixtieth
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 20 September 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;37/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;65/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;37/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;43/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;21/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;49/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class="callout"&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;{\itshape
&amp;ldquo;When I get my hands on Kyril&amp;rsquo;s evil sword shit&amp;rsquo;s gonna get real around here very quickly&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;– Lahtac the Anti-Paladin
}&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h3 id="the-one-room-session-almost"&gt;The One Room Session (Almost)&lt;a class="anchor" href="#the-one-room-session-almost"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the chiming ended, the carvings on the walls cease their infernal undulations. The footsteps we heard outside the room became louder and suddenly 4 subhumans dressed in archaic scale mail broke through the door - three carrying odd, curved battleaxes, one wielding a glistening, dripping dagger. The subhumans launched into the room among us while a creature, human-sized but like a large octopi, ambulating with a sickening undulating gait on its tentacles, glaring eyes in its large head, stayed in the doorway. The creature began to wave its tentacles and the familiar reality distortion field filled the room. The cleric failed his &lt;em&gt;save vs. spell&lt;/em&gt; and was incapacitated and disoriented. The rest of the party made their save.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Sixty-First</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-61/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/session-61/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Sixty-First
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 15 November 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;69/69&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;58/67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Tim&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;36/36&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;65/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We found ourselves in possession of Abigail&amp;rsquo;s hand, and the claw-like gauntlet that contained it. As we gazed upon it while pondering the significance of slicing off a vampire&amp;rsquo;s hand, the hand itself began to dissipate in a sulfurous mist. Presently, the hand completely disappeared, though it left behind the gauntlet, intact and seeming to smoke as the hand dissolved.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Sixty-Second</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Sixty-Second
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 7 March 2026
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;54/54&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;76/76&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;56/56&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;100/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;77/77&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;78/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We gave Heimdell&amp;rsquo;s crowns to Harald and Maeve. Menka returned the holy symbol of Odin to Harald&amp;rsquo;s curate, Olaf Iverson.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kyril&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 vials of holy water&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oil of Fiery Burning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cathal&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gamred the Golden&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (+3 two-handed sword, double-damage vs clerics in case Menka gets mouthy, plus user can &lt;em&gt;Detect Magic&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Remove Fear&lt;/em&gt; 30&amp;rsquo; radius 1x/day)&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Markheim Identify Parade</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-markheim/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-markheim/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Markheim Identify Parade
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 1 March 2026
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hall crew returns on day 13.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Day 8:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tim trained Lycovyne for one full week and he gained 2 hp, (56/56).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We decided as a party to keep the coin we acquired on solo quests and to share out magic items.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have 11 pearls (pg. 349, Session 48). For some reason they were deemed too spendy to come from &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zagyg&amp;rsquo;s Spell Component Case&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, though the case could produce the live miniature carp. &lt;em&gt;Detect magic&lt;/em&gt; was required for some of ther loot.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Hall and Back Again</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-the-hall/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-the-hall/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 The Hall and Back Again
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 8 February 2026
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Harald and Ninax, Menka and Cathal discussed the orcish incursions . Cragenheim will be levying troops from the surrounding area in the near future. Priest and knight assured them we would be back through at some point.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Menka, Cathal and Seamus planned to travel to the &lt;em&gt;Hall of Seven Pillars&lt;/em&gt; the following morning. Ninax offered to ride with us to the block house. With the cessation of the frigid, lingering winter the road to Westkeep was re-opened, though only a well-protected caravan dare make the journey.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Gonchar On Patrol</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-gonchar/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-62-pre-gonchar/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Since Gonchar was not leveling-up, he passed the time between adventures by volunteering to ride with the Castellan&amp;rsquo;s men on patrols of the region around Markheim and Ninax&amp;rsquo;s Blockhouse. He was given a small-ish pony of surprisingly-surpassing speed (&amp;ldquo;Mala&amp;rdquo;), and was told by the men he would be riding with to get used to the horse for a day or two, for they must ride swiftly. Gonchar got used to the pony for a day or two, and the animal was smart and fast, and Gonchar - a below-average rider at best - was soon able to ride well and with speed with only two days of getting used to Mala. He was also fitted for lighter chain mail armor, as he was told that plate would not work for the kind of riding they&amp;rsquo;d be doing.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Session the Sixty-Third</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-63/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-5/session-63/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Session the Sixty-Third
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 2 May 2026
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;table class="hp-table"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Menka&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;61/61&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Kyril&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;76/76&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Lycovyne&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;56/56&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Gonchar&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;100/100&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Flint&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;72/72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Cathal&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;85/85&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Seamus&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;78/78&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Freyvior&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;81/81&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the &lt;em&gt;Temple of Thoth&lt;/em&gt;, Father Malai had described the &lt;em&gt;Hall of Gods&lt;/em&gt; to Menka and stated that it would be a good idea to show proper veneration to the gods if we entered that sacred hall. Father Yuyu had described the prayers and intonations for proper sacrifice and veneration to Osiris for this purpose and Menka made note of it (see 5.6.6).&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Interlude I: Creel's Tower</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/interlude-61-62/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-4/interlude-61-62/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Interlude I: Creel&amp;#39;s Tower
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 14 December 2025
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With the portal below the tower closed and danger at least temporarily averted, Creel advised the party that he had sent messages out to his fellow 8 wizards (of &amp;lsquo;The Nine&amp;rsquo;) asking for assistance. While the party bivouacked at the tower, some of this aid arrived.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bitches Gotta Level Up</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/lootpatrol/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-3/lootpatrol/</guid><description>&lt;div class="session-title" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; color: #b94e48; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"&gt;
 Bitches Gotta Level Up
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="datebar" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #666; margin: 1em 0;"&gt;
 28 January, 2021
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From Session the 35&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We have 300 gp left, as well as 15 pearls (??).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="beasties"&gt;Beasties&lt;a class="anchor" href="#beasties"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pg. 223, 5 minions of set (no hp)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 yeti 35, 33, 31, 29, 27, 25 (pg. 224, St35)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 wolves, 2 huge, charmed by Kyril (pg. 225, St35)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3 perytons (30, 29, ?), pg 227, St36&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;some number of yeti, all fireballed (St36, pg. 228)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 creatures &amp;ldquo;with six legs, emanating cold. [They were] like a foul mix of a snow leopard and a rhino or
unicorn. No hps. pg.229, St36&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5 yeti (55, 29 x 4), pg. 230, St36&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Worshippers of Ithaqua (37, 37, 37, 38, 38, 38, 60), pg. 232 St36&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wizard, worshipper of tjhe Wind Walker, pg. 234, St37&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;two undead dwarves, &lt;em&gt;turned&lt;/em&gt; then chopped, pg. 234-235, St37&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Dzialo on tequila&lt;/s&gt; gibbering mouther, 70 hp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6 shadows, 25 hp each, destroyed utterly by the power of Thoth! pg. 242, St39&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 tenebrous worms (66, 64) pg. 242, St39&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;gloomwing (36), pg 243, St39&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;8 cave crickets, probably XP negative, (8 hp each), pg. 243, St39&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ancient white dragon (56 hp - is this correct?), pg. 244, St39&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;40 grimlocks (13 hp each), 4 lieutenants (24 hp), 1 champeen (88 hp!!), pg. 247, St40&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;hook horror, (35), pg. 248, St41&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;11 hook horrors, (35 hp each, one leader at 45)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;super coffer corpse (60), pg. 252, St41&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7 slime creatures from outer space (36 hp each), pg. 255. St42&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;gibbering mouther, (32), pg. 257, St43&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;20 grimlocks (13), 2 grimlock leaders (23), 1 champeen (75)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3 cave fishers (23, 22, 21), pg. 259, St43&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;lich, 138 hp, St44, pg. 270&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="loot"&gt;Loot&lt;a class="anchor" href="#loot"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;cold monster loot, pg. 229, St36
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;102 cp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;70 ep&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;24 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;15 pp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;50&amp;rsquo; of rope in good condition&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 potion&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ancient dwarven coins, 200-300 years old
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;500 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;250 pp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;undead (?) wizard&amp;rsquo;s loot, pg. 236, St37
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;iron rations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;pile of neat clothing, including an unholy symbol: an antlered wooden humanoid effigy, disturbing
to look upon, with a suggestion of red eyes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the wizard&amp;rsquo;s robe (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the flail (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the wizard&amp;rsquo;s dagger (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;spell book with the pages torn out (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;gibbering mouther loot (4 gems)
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 x 1000 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 x 200 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 x 2000 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dragon loot!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;white dragon&amp;rsquo;s necklace with a gem in it&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 very large gems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a magical flail, praise Thoth!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a small crystal item, a sexualized figure of an elven woman, magic&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a magical drinking flagon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a pile of armor and broken weapons, not magical&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 magic arrows&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 potion bottles, magical&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 magical wand&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;vial of white dragon blood (Menka)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;white dragon scales for a shield (Gonchar)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;white dragon teeth for Seamus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;grimlock loot
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;58 ep&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;66 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;96 sp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;hook horror loot
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lots of coin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Broken chain mail&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Huge pile of glittering &lt;em&gt;My Little Pony&lt;/em&gt; stickers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rotted corpse loot!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bag of Holding&lt;/em&gt;, a new one!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Funerary trappings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;coin, clothing, rotted food&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;flask of wine
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;enchantment of a different sort, keeps altering, shifting holy enchantment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;divination magic - chaotic, though&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;boots&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;small wooden rack containing 4 flasks (radiated magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;peryton loot
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;vial of liquid&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;scroll (&lt;em&gt;protection from cold&lt;/em&gt;?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;mossy pillar (pg. 242)
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 diamonds (6,000 - 9,000 gp. ea.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;gloomwing and tenebrous worm loot
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 tenebrous worm mandibles (ivory)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 gloomwing mandibles (ivory)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;slime creature loot!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;chain mail&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lich loot!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;along the east wall stood 5 huge, 3&amp;rsquo; tall golden vases, flanked by 5 pitchers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;along the northern wall, a wooden chest with a silver lock and a wooden box
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wooden chest
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;21 gems and over 3,000 gp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wooden box
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;old clothing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;very nice leather armor (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;silver spear (magic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;along the west wall
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;long, plain box&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3 bejewelled silver (plates? plaques? flanges?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;golden sickle and bowl&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;staff with a pine cone on top&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;snow leopard statue, stuffed with large sapphires, with great gems for eyes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;in the south room
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;solid white gold of a snow leopard, worth a lot of money&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wooden table in the shrine
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;silver platter with a silver lid&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;silver pitcher, full&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;persian rug (magic below or within)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;rolled up within we found a small box&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;12 scrolls within, 3 radiate magic
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;flame strike&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;speak with monster&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(see below)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="a-word-from-our-sponsor"&gt;A Word From Our Sponsor&lt;a class="anchor" href="#a-word-from-our-sponsor"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I&amp;rsquo;ve run the numbers to date, and the party really has gotten a LOT of experience. Just over 22,
000 xp each so far (with 10% bonus factored in), plus every character got a 2000 xp bonus each for
deposing the wen-di-go&amp;rsquo;s magic, and individual members got some various bonuses for feats related
to character classes (fighter feats of bravery, paladins being selfless, clerics turning, druids
charming beasts, thieves backstabbing creatively, creative spell use for spellcasters, and so on).
So, to date, everyone&amp;rsquo;s getting between 24,000 - 25,500.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Osgoth</title><link>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-6/map-key/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://evilblacksword.us/chapter-6/map-key/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="osgoth.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="osgoth-map-key"&gt;Osgoth Map Key&lt;a class="anchor" href="#osgoth-map-key"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note to players: this is a map of the &amp;lsquo;known world&amp;rsquo;. The major regions are denoted by numbers, with descriptions of each set forth below. Each region is summarized in terms of political situations, rulers, gods, terrain and some description of note to adventurers. It is all &amp;lsquo;common knowledge&amp;rsquo; a resident of Osgoth such as yourselves would know. Only major cities are noted (and described below) - no cities are named on the map, because an 8x12 piece of paper didn&amp;rsquo;t allow room. Major geographical features (large mountain ranges, hilled areas, forests (temperate and pine), large lakes, huge swamps, major deserts/steppes, significant islands and the largest rivers) are noted. This is not to say that &amp;lsquo;clear&amp;rsquo; areas on the map do not include smaller forests, mountain/hill regions, lakes, ponds, smaller rivers, swamps or other terrain. Only the major areas are noted. Further, countless smaller keeps, cities, towns and villages exist throughout the continent, and none are noted on this map.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>