Second Attempt: Pathfinder
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:32 pm
We made a second effort at Pathfinder / Sandpoint Goblins / Swallowtail Festival. The first time we tried it was a disaster. The other adult in the house was the problem. This time we had only the kids playing, so things were crazy but went much better in terms of actually doing the game. However, the events did not unfold as "planned":
Player A wanted, to make a long story short, to seize a bag of the butterflies to be released at the Swallowtail festival. She attempted to punch/grapple the innocent priest holding the bag, crit failed (first roll anyone actually did to DO something in this "campaign"), and ended up sprawled on the platform having knocked over the musician who was sitting on a stool behind her. Player B, the group's Dwarven Bard, jumped in to save the day by picking up the musician's instrument and singing a song, as if the whole thing had been a staged amusement. But Player C, the group's fighter, decided the townsfolk gathering around the fight were a threat, bopped one of them unconscious with the handle of her sword (crit success), and then seized Player A and beat a hasty retreat from the increasingly angry crowd of onlookers. The Bard managed to sneak off the back of the platform and run away.
All three of the escapees managed to run straight into the group of goblins who were sneaking up on the festival, luckily taking them by surprise in the process. One goblin was knocked unconscious, two were temporarily blinded by Player A the sorceror, one's arm was nearly cut off by the fighter, and then our party ran away successfully before the other goblins could make chase. At that point, the townspeople who were pursing our party members ran into the remaining goblins and all heck broke loose at once. No innocent Sandpoint lives were lost in the goblin attack, half the goblins got away, and two were seized and are now being held in the town jail.
Meanwhile, the party ran to the docks, where Player C / Fighter by chance had the backstory of having arrived in a small fishing boat to attend the festival. At first she couldn't find the boat again, and then she couldn't sail away once they were in it. Luckily, Sorceror A rolled a 20 to sail, so away they went. Long story short, they eventually fled all the way to Magnimar. So now Dwarf Bard B is wandering around looking for a restaurant or inn that might be willing to hire him as a musician, and these two rather hostile and volatile elf girls are following him around, though he doesn't really want the company, because they have nothing better to do yet. YET.
Now they're going to meet up with Player D in whatever restaurant or inn they happen to land in, and who knows, maybe somehow they will find their way back to Sandpoint. Or not. No idea at this point.
Player A wanted, to make a long story short, to seize a bag of the butterflies to be released at the Swallowtail festival. She attempted to punch/grapple the innocent priest holding the bag, crit failed (first roll anyone actually did to DO something in this "campaign"), and ended up sprawled on the platform having knocked over the musician who was sitting on a stool behind her. Player B, the group's Dwarven Bard, jumped in to save the day by picking up the musician's instrument and singing a song, as if the whole thing had been a staged amusement. But Player C, the group's fighter, decided the townsfolk gathering around the fight were a threat, bopped one of them unconscious with the handle of her sword (crit success), and then seized Player A and beat a hasty retreat from the increasingly angry crowd of onlookers. The Bard managed to sneak off the back of the platform and run away.
All three of the escapees managed to run straight into the group of goblins who were sneaking up on the festival, luckily taking them by surprise in the process. One goblin was knocked unconscious, two were temporarily blinded by Player A the sorceror, one's arm was nearly cut off by the fighter, and then our party ran away successfully before the other goblins could make chase. At that point, the townspeople who were pursing our party members ran into the remaining goblins and all heck broke loose at once. No innocent Sandpoint lives were lost in the goblin attack, half the goblins got away, and two were seized and are now being held in the town jail.
Meanwhile, the party ran to the docks, where Player C / Fighter by chance had the backstory of having arrived in a small fishing boat to attend the festival. At first she couldn't find the boat again, and then she couldn't sail away once they were in it. Luckily, Sorceror A rolled a 20 to sail, so away they went. Long story short, they eventually fled all the way to Magnimar. So now Dwarf Bard B is wandering around looking for a restaurant or inn that might be willing to hire him as a musician, and these two rather hostile and volatile elf girls are following him around, though he doesn't really want the company, because they have nothing better to do yet. YET.
Now they're going to meet up with Player D in whatever restaurant or inn they happen to land in, and who knows, maybe somehow they will find their way back to Sandpoint. Or not. No idea at this point.