Introduction
Today we have a battle report, in several stages. This report covers an attack by a Downtime Player (“Patron”) on the Tuesday Session’s newly-acquired hideout in Ghost Town on 11 July 1023. The initial session report was published previously, but this one will go further into the planning and execution between myself and the Downtime Player, the Goblin King. It also features an appearance by one of the Thursday Session Players, who made an amazing decision to get involved with the Goblins in a wholly unexpected way!
The seeds of this escapade were planted back in May (!), when goblin scouts spotted some horsemen riding through the strip of land between the Stabala Forest and the Cold Marsh. This was the second group of armed men to traverse this path in a couple of weeks, both moving in the same direction, and the first had not returned. In addition, there was a strange portent in the skies above the mountains to the east. (the timestamps are going to look odd at first, as the Goblin King joined the game in early June and I shared some info that his Faction would have had).
DM NOTE on Timestamps: I generally remove the timestamps from the discord threads for ease of reading and reducing clutter. I have left them in for this report (and may continue to do so in the future) to give an indication of the “in real life” time frame of these Downtime Player activities.
The Goblin King presented his activities for his monthly turn:
The Snarling Prowlers will go west with two of my personal Hobgoblin guards with a few purposes:
Scout of the lands of Troll Killer. I’d love to get a feel for the number of people in his barony and the disposition of his troops.
Make contact with The Goblins of the Wyvern's Sting. I’d like to create some form of alliance between us to keep Troll Killer in check, especially with the amount of movement we’re seeing to the east.
When returning and nothing prevents them: take captives from the farms for Our Lord. If at all possible make it look like it was done by the Wyvern’s Sting.
The Dungeon Master — 06/18/2023 7:44 AM
5 May 1023 the cloudy, misty weather breaks in the early evening. A wind from the west seems to drive the dark clouds to the eastern horizon. Starting around sunset there are tiny flashes of purple light on the horizon, off above the mountains to the ESE. (edited)
15 May 1023 You are able to see flashing purple lightning in the mountains to the ESE. It reminds you of the purple lights from 5 May. But this time the lightning continues all night and every night thereafter.
14 June 1023 Your scouts report another group of men, about 30 this time, traveling up the same path as the horsemen a few weeks ago. They made camp (in hex 0701) and kept a powerful presence and alert all night.
Just before dawn on the 15th, your shaman witnessed three meteors streak across the sky in the east. (edited).
26 June 1023 Your scouts report that the same group of 30 or so horsemen that were seen going north 12 days ago were observed traveling back south again. A closer inspection revealed a very disciplined military group, all mounted archers, with multiple outriders and strong pickets.
b. the Goblins of the Wyvern's Sting are amenable to an alliance. They request any help or information you have about the human ruin near the Serpentine, south of Trollkiller. They have sent some bands to explore and they have not returned!
c. There is one village with a basic tower and palisade to the northeast that you know of. Your most recent foray netted some bedraggled folk on the edge of the swamp. It turns out their village had been taken over by other men. These men were all on horses and took everyone into slavery!
The Goblin King
Eeexcellent...
You can read the full report on my free RPG Substack, Memorium, as the entire article is nearly 10,000 words!
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