A Ser Killian Adventure
No spoilers today
A New Threat
After their success at Axeholm, Ser Killian and his party get some much needed rest. A few days later. a messenger rushes into town. He comes from Falcon's Lodge, a hunting resort for the well-to-do.
Falcon, the owner of the lodge, sends a missive for help. Orcs have been marauding in the area recently. One band even attacked a hunting party. Falcon wants someone to clear the orcs out.
Naturally, Ser Killian agrees to take on the quest.
Which Route?
The party has two options to travel to the Lodge
- The longer but potentially safer route (orange) is along the road to Neverwinter then by boat to the lodge.
- The direct route (red) has them traipsing through the forest/
The Journey
The first stage of the journey passes uneventfully.
Once in the forest, however, our heroes get ambushed by a band of orcs (black).
Yes, I'm using Meeples. It helps having some marker to track the combat. But no, I'm not going to invest in miniatures. If I can find some tokens I like, I'll use those. But I'm not painting anything!
Wow. My damage rolls were pitiful.
Eventually, however, the orcs fall. Killian suffered a slight wound, which Martin the cleric heals.
Later, they get attacked by a sentient tree.
Again, their blows have trouble penetrating. Killian calls for them to retreat.
The tree lashes out and knocks Martin to the ground. Its limbs reach out to grab him. Killian and the other turn back to help Martin. Haiden pulls Martin away while Nashad acts as rear guard.
The tree turns on Nashad but he manages to hack into it with his two-handed blade. The tree recoils, allowing the party to escape.
As they bound through the wood, they hear thump, thump, thump. The tree is running after them! However, it is slow and our heroes outrun the pursuit.
The Lodge
After a few days hard marching through the woods, the party arrives safely at Falcon's Lodge.
What happens next? Stay tuned for more!
I reckon that paper figures would at least look better than Meeples.
ReplyDeleteYou could go with counters (with either a “top down” image or a standing image) but paper figures, standing upright would, IMHO, look considerably better. You could draw your own - that’s fine if you have artistic talent (I have not one iota) - or use ones on the internet or even buy commercial paper figures.
Cheers,
Geoff
My main issue with paper figures is storage. They seem like they take more room and are more prone to damage than counters.
DeleteCouldn’t you laminate the figures and fit them into a slotted base? If sturdy enough you should be able to slot the figures in & out, so at least you could store everything flat. There are a lot of lovely “paper” figures out there to choose from. 😉
DeleteI could, but I don't want to fiddle around with it. I'm fine with my Meeples
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