1. Journals

DD 02 - Giant Alliance

Session
Dungeons & Dirty 2019-06-16

Setup

The party just finished clearing a gargoyle infestation in the iron mines. Ganesh is traveling with the party as the expert in all things stones. They have backpacks full of stone wings that they are bringing back to the village for the village chief Gustav. They travel through the Karel forest by night and arrive in the early morning in Odoba, only to find the village covered in a thick unusual smog.

Locations

  • Obora
    • Small village some of the party is from
    • While in the tavern, hear screaming. Villagers are being attacked by monsters.
  • Obrihaj 
    • Giant's valley, covered in a similar fog.
    • Giant mammoth bones.
    • Missing Pillar
      • Located at the top of a hill, INVESTIGATION the base of the obsidian pillar was carefully carved out by a dwarf from Ganesh's village
      • A piece of cloth that Amiri can maybe associate to Ioana's dress.
      • Several people were here, about 5 dwarves and one half-elf, female.
      • Following the cart tracks, they can find a first camp site and a piece of paper in the mud showing a map of the region, with a cross on the pillar's location, and another cross on the Matkyar Caves.
  • Matkyar Caves
    • Entrance cave guarded by 3-4 Specters
    • Final room: Drago and a cave with an undead oger that he releases to fight

NPCS

  • Gustav Jezek old male crazy voice
    • Will reward each player with 60 gold for the wings, wants to use them to decorate the cemetery following a vision he had. Thinks it will look very nice.
    • Strange that there is this weird fog that started when the party left, but stranger things have happened.
    • Once attacks start: asks the players to lift the curse
  • Nina female priest
    • Believes the fog is a curse, it appeared while the party was away.
    • The valley of Obrihaj is also covered in a similar fog. The party should travel there to investigate.
  • Czech names
    • M: Alan, Radoslav, Michal
    • F: Nora, Libena, Pavla
    • Slamova, Valkova, Bilek, Kral
  • Norus female giant chief
    • Old, untrusting of small folk, especially since the incident.
    • They have 6 pillars around the valley that provide the fog for the valley.
    • A dwarf that is described like Dargo came a few months ago and inquired about the pillars
      • Disappeared shortly after one of the pillars was missing. They haven't found any clues (dwarves are small and good with stone)
    • If the party offers to investigate, they are happy and give the party the Blessed Toe, a giant toe that has been soaked in vinegear an coated in gold that brings good luck to a group of adventurers travelling with it. (they each get a pendant)
  • Giant Names
    • Modas, Irog, Aabvar, Kudvir
  • Drago male dwarf, arrogant / kassis
    • Works for his master, Ioana. Recognises Amari as the one who destroyed one of her bodies and is angry.
    • She is coming back, she needs to regenerate a new body.
    • This is to avenge her death, she ordered him to do these things.

Encounters

Next Time

Use poison/fire resistance of the players