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PCs: Bolgar (Dwarf Cleric) hp 8, CS d6-1
Kronc (Human Fighter) hp 10, CS d10
Remy (Halfling Thief) hp 6, CS d6-1
Keishara (Elf Wizard) hp 4, CS d6-2
The Pocket Master or "PM" decides to randomly pull a card
from the Pocket Fantasy RPG Location Deck to get inspiration
for the night's session. The PM pulls the card depicting a
craggy woodland cliff with a roaring waterfall. After sometime
reading the adventure hooks, he decides that a magical
artifact can cure a terrible plague spreading across the land.
After describing the story and the location's description, the
Player Characters or "PCs" descend into the cave entrance
that is hidden behind the waterfall. The PM uses the Dungeon
Generator to create the first room. He rolls a d6 to decide how
large the room will be and gets a 2. The room is a little smaller
than an average sized room. Another d6 roll is made to
decide if there are any monsters in the room. A 3 is rolled
indicating there are in fact monsters in the room. Next the
type of monsters is rolled. A 3 is roll and humanoids is the
result. The PM decides to have weaker monsters as the
party's first encounter. The PM chooses goblins (CS d6-3, hp
2), even though it's not listed on the location card for possible
weak monsters, because he likes goblins as a good starting
monster. He rolls for how many there will be getting a 6,
indicating that the number of monsters will be half the size of
the party, rounded up +1 more monster. The party size is 4 so
there will be 3 goblins (2+1) in the entrance hallway.
PM: "As you enter the dimly lit hallway you notice the natural
cave rock changes to cut stonework. There is a door on the
opposite wall but the pressing matter is the 3 goblins that sit
beside a small campfire in the corner. Roll for surprise."
One of the players rolls a 3 on a d6 for their side and the PM
rolls a 4 for the goblins, no side is surprised so initiative is
now rolled for the goblins as a group, while each PC rolls
separately. The goblins get a 4 on their roll while Bolgar get a
2, Kronc gets a 4, Remy gets a 2, rerolls because his Thief
ability "Nimble" and gets a 6. Remy's player rolls to see if he
receives a heroic reroll since he rolled a 6. He rolls a 5 and
doesn't get a heroic reroll. Finally Keishara rolls a 3. The turn
order is Remy, then Kronc (he matched the goblins), the
goblins, Keishara then Bolgar.
Remy: "I quickly shoot off an arrow at the closest goblin. My
CS is d6-1. I rolled a 4 minus 1 which means 3."
PM: "The goblin rolls a 6 but his CS is d6-3 so his total is a 3,
the arrow misses."
Alternatively the PM could say that the arrow stuck into a
piece of armor the goblin was wearing and did no damage.
PM: "Do you want to use a heroic reroll to try again?"
Remy: "Nah it's not worth it. I'm sure we will take care of these
greenskins."
PM: "Okay, Kronc its all you."
a 4 straight up since my CS is a full d6."
PM: "The goblin gets a 1. I rolled a 4 but with its CS of d6-3 it
only stops 1 point of damage which means it takes 3 damage
as Kronc's longsword cuts him down. It only had 2 hit points.
Kronc: "Great, one down, two to go! Okay their turn."
PM: "Seeing his companion fall one of the goblin tries to stab
Kronc with his rusty little sword. He gets a 2 total. Roll
defense Kronc."
Kronc: "I rolled a 1! Wow unlucky! Okay so I take 1 point of
damage since I blocked the other point."
PM: "That roll stunk. The other goblin sneers and chuckles as
it also tries to stab you. It gets a 3. Make another Defense
Action roll Kronc."
Kronc: "Okay, I rolled a 2, another point of damage. I'm down
to 8. Sneaky little things these goblins."
PM: "Okay it's Keishara's turn. Watcha gonna do?"
Keishara: "Can I cast Rain of Fire on the remaining 2 or are
they too close to Kronc?"
PM: "Nah that works, they're close enough to each other and
your arcane power knows who is friend or foe. Go ahead and
roll it."
Keishara: "Awesome. My Rain of Fire attacks with a CS of d6-
1 and I just rolled a 2 which means it's a 1. But, I get to reroll
and take the best result so...rolls again...I got a total of 3."
PM: "Okay the first goblin gets a total of 3 so it doesn't take
any damage. The other goblin gets a 0 and is killed by small
fiery rocks that manifested above their heads, flying down and
blasting into him like burning comets. That won't smell good.
It's Bolgar's turn."
Bolger: "I advance forward and swing my mace at the last
goblin. I rolled a 3 but since I have a CS d6-1, it's a total of 2."
PM: "The goblin makes its defense roll and...it's a total of 3.
The goblin takes no damage. The next combat round starts
back up at the top with Remy. What you want to do?"
Remy: "Since this goblin is in melee combat I'm gonna move
up and try to use my Flank ability. I get to roll my Attack
Action twice and take the best result. My first roll is a 2, minus
1, which is a 1. My second roll is a 1, wow. Okay so I take the
first roll and my total is a 1."
PM: "The goblin rolls his Defense Action and gets a 0. It takes
1 damage. It's Kronc's turn."
Kronc: "I try to run him through with my longsword. I rolled a
3."
PM: "I rolled a 6 for the goblin, so minus 3 means it blocks all
the damage. Wow tough little guy! It's his turn and he grits his
teeth and tries to poke Remy. He gets a total of 2 on his
Attack Action. Roll your Defense Action Remy."
Remy: "Wow I rolled a 1 which means I take 2 damage since
my total went to 0."
Keishara: "Don't sweat it Remy, Bolgar will take care of you
and I will put him down now. I cast Dark Bolt on him which
has a full CS of d6. I get to reroll and take the best result. I get
a 5 for my roll. That's got to be enough to kill him."
PM: "Well go ahead and make your second roll because you
might get a 6 and have a change to get a Heroic Reroll."
Keishara: "Oh yeah, for my second roll I get a...6! Sweet!"
PM: "Ok he also rolls a 6 for his Defense Action but with his
CS of d6-3 he gets a 3 and a super powerful bolt of dark
that your action is over roll a d6 to see if you get a Heroic
Reroll if you get a 6."
Keishara: "Come on 6!....Woohool! 6!"
PM: Tosses a Heroic Reroll token over to Keishara, "Nice!"
Bolgar: "I head over to my companions and bind their
wounds. Everyone that took damage is healed for 2 damage."
PM: "Good thinking. That was a pretty weak encounter so I'm
gonna say it was an Easy Challenge. Everyone roll a d6 and
that's how much gold pieces each of you find amongst the
goblin bodies.
Remy: "3 gold."
Bolgar: "2.
Kronc: "5."
Keishara: "Pfft, I got a 1."
The PM describes the hallway and the wooden door. Remy
decides to check the door for traps with his Nimble ability. The
PM decides it's a simple agility task. Remy rolls a 4 and then
rerolls since he gets to reroll all agility tasks. He gets a 1 and
takes the 4. The door isn't trapped but it is locked. Remy
attempts to unlock the door, also with his Nimble ability. The
PM decides the lock is an average agility task so Remy needs
to roll a 4 or higher. His first roll is a 4 and his reroll is a 6. He
takes the 6 and rolls to see if he gets a Heroic Reroll. He gets
a 6 and receives a Heroic Reroll as the PM describes that not
only did he unlock the door, it didn't make a sound as he
opens it up.
After traversing several empty chambers and heading down
some steps they come to a room with a tablet, standing in the
middle of the room, with some strange writings carved upon it.
The PM decides that most of the characters can make a very
difficult intelligence task roll (a 6 on a d6 roll) to decipher the
words, while the Wizard Keishara only needs to make a tough
intelligence task roll (5+ on a d6 roll) since she has studied
ancient languages. No one makes the very difficult
intelligence task roll and they don't understand the writing.
The Wizard misses her first roll but rolls a 5 on the reroll due
to her Brains ability. Keishara knows the language is of
arcane nature but very old and not used in current times. It
warns of a great foe but the opportunity for a great item of
wondrous power lies in a chamber below.
Heading down deeper into the dungeon, the party has several
fights against different groups of monsters. Bolgar has to heal
the party with his Holy Light, rolling twice and taking the best
result, healing d6 hit points to each of them. He also uses his
Holy Smite to destroy a group of zombies doing d6-1 damage
to all the zombies, rolling twice and taking the best result. The
one roll does the same damage to each of them. He is able to
fine a small religious necklace still attached to one of them
and attempts a tough task roll (5+) to figure out which deity it
is. The PM gives him a reroll since he has knowledge of
religions. He makes the task roll and knows the necklace is a
symbol of an evil god long ago thought abandoned by his
worshippers. The PM decided that the Cleric Bolgar would
have been the only one to recognize the god and did not give
them a chance to make the task roll at all.
The party comes across a cavernous expanse with the
remnants of destroyed bridge spanning a dark chasm. With
no seemingly way to safely cross, Keishara decides to use
one of her two castings per session of Free Form Magic to
create a magical bridge of energy crossing the span. The PM
says that could work since they are out of combat, but the
task roll will be average difficulty (+4). Keishara discusses
with the PM wanting the difficulty to be lower if the bridge only
lasts until they cross, and not remain for 24 hours. The PM
agrees lowering the task roll to a simple difficulty (+3).
Unfortunately she rolls a 2, uses a Heroic Reroll and gets a 5.
Her magic conjures a glowing blue energy bridge that
dissipates as soon as they cross.
Deeper down Kronc uses his Muscles Ability to move a large
bolder that has blocked the passage. For everyone else
moving the bolder would be a very difficult strength task roll,
but for Kronc the PM makes it a tough strength task roll.
Kronc asks for help, and with the others aid, Kronc's difficulty
has become an average strength task roll, which he gets to
reroll and take the best result. He rolls a 6, doesn't need to
reroll because a 6 succeeds, but he does get to roll to try and
get a Heroic Reroll since he rolled a 6. He rolls a 6 and
receives a Heroic Reroll token. That should help them for the
battles to come.
The PM decides to make a normal Orc a Boss, upping its CS
to a d6 and tripling its hit points to 12. When it's defeated the
party rolls for Boss Challenge loot and finds 300 gold and they
each get to roll to see if they found Arcane Gems, Magical
Weapons, Magical Armor or a Rune Forge. Remy rolled a 4
and found an Arcane Gem. Bolgar rolled a 2 and found
nothing more while Keishara and Kronc both rolled a 5 and
find a magical weapon or armor. They get to choose what
they found so Kronc's player chooses a weapon (longsword)
and Keishara's player found some armor (robe). The weapon
is Focus x1 and the armor is Deflect x1.
After many more chambers, encounters and traps the PM
checks the real world time, realizes that it's almost stopping
time for the group and decides to throw the Boss of the
dungeon at them. The party comes to a large labyrinth of
dead ends and turning passages with an occasional large
vase on a pedestal. Upon the vases are paintings of a
massively large man with the head of a bull. The players look
at each other with surprise as the PM describes a roar down
the passageway from the hulking monstrosity of a Minotaur
(CS d6, 18 hp, large and strong). In its hands is a huge club
that he raises above his head as he charges forward. There is
no surprise roll as the Minotaur's roar indicated that the fight
is on and they should roll initiative. The Minotaur gets a 1 but
the PM decides to give him a reroll just to make sure lucky
rolls doesn't kill the Boss before it gets to act. He rolls a 5,
that's better. Bolgar rolls a 2, Kronc a 5, Remy a 2, rerolls for
Nimble, since initiative is an agility task roll, and gets a 6
(unfortunately he doesn't roll another 6 for a chance at a
Heroic Reroll), and Keishara also rolls a 5.
Remy: "I'm gonna shoot it with my bow. I got a total of 1.
Boo."
PM: "It has a CS of d6 so it always blocks 1 damage so I don't
need to roll. Your arrow is a dud as it fails to damage its thick
hide. Okay, Keishara and Kronc go before the Minotaur so
which one of you would like to go first?"
Kronc: "You go first Keishara. *cough Aid from Beyond."
The group gives a chuckle.
Keishara: "Ha, yeah I cast Aid from Beyond giving my
companions each a Heroic Reroll for this encounter."
All the characters except for Keishara are given a Heroic
Reroll.
Kronc: "I'm going to call him out by yelling and waving my
sword at him. I'm using my Challenge ability. He has to use its
attack on me if it can."
PM: "Yep, and it does. It runs forward and tries to smash you
with its club. It rolls a 5."
Kronc: "I rolled a 3 so I take 2 points of damage right?"
PM: "The Minotaur has the monster ability strong so it does 1
more point of damage, so 3 points. It has to do some
unblocked damage to add the extra point from strong.
Bolgar: "You'll be alright. I'll cast Holy Light later if you take
more damage. For now though I'm gonna cast Holy Smite
and....I roll a 1, reroll and get a 2. Well I'm going to spend a
Heroic Reroll, courtesy of Keishara, and get a...4. He doesn't
get a Defense Action against Holy Smite so he takes 3
damage."
PM: "Nice, searing light blasts him for 4 damage as he
bellows in pain. Back to Remy for the next combat round."
Remy: "I will move forward and Flank the monster since it's in
melee with Kronc. I roll a 4, reroll and get a 2, I spend a
Heroic Reroll and get a 1, that stinks. I take the 4 which
becomes a 3 because of my CS d6-1.
PM: "The Minotaur gets a 5 and blocks the damage. Kronc,
Keishara?"
Keishara: "You got it this time Kronc."
Kronc: "Thanks, I'm going to use my magical sword's Focus,
plus, as a fighter my Combat Master ability activates and I get
to roll another d6 as if my attack exploded, I get a 2. I'm
gonna use my Heroic Reroll and I get a 4 instead. My weapon
is only Focus x1 so it's spent for the encounter. 10 damage
total. Nice, take that cow head!"
PM: " The Minotaur gets a 5 for its Defense Action and blocks
5 of it. It takes 5 damage and yells in pain.
Keishara: "I'm gonna cast Summon Monster. So I roll a d6-2
and get a 5, minus 2 is 3. I roll a d6 to see what type of
monster I summon and I get a 5. So I choose a Wolf to be
summoned for 3 rounds.
PM: "A wolf appears beside you and can act on your initiative
next round. It's the Minotaur's turn to attack Kronc again. It
rolls a 5.
Kronc: "Ouch, okay I roll a...1, dang I take 5 damage because
it's strong. I'm down to 2 from 7, save me Bolgar!"
Bolgar: "I cast Holy Light on the Party. First roll is a 2, reroll is
a 4. You get 4 hit points back Kronc."
Kronc: "At the start of this new combat round I'm gonna go
Full Defense so I can't make an Attack Action but I get to
reroll all Defense Actions against me until the start of the next
round."
Remy: "Okay, I Flank attack again. First roll is a 2, second roll
is a 4. I take the 4 for a total of 3 damage."
PM: "It gets a 2 so it takes 1 damage." The PM notes that it
has taken a total of 10 damage so far (4 from Holy Light, 5
from Kronc and 1 from Remy) from its starting 18. Only 8 left.
Keishara: "I'm out of spells so I make a ranged attack with my
staff of magic missiles. I roll a 6! Minus 2 that's 4 damage
since my CS is a d6-2. Roll to see if I get a Heroic Reroll,
come on! Yes another 6! I get another Heroic Reroll which I
can use as a normal reroll or expend it for another spell.
PM: "It rolls a 1 so it takes 3 damage. Now your wolf."
Keishara: "My wolf moves up and makes an attack on it rolling
a 2, curses, it has a CS d6-2 so it's a 0 total."
PM: "Unfortunate about the wolf but that Heroic Reroll was
what you needed to keep slinging spells. It's the Minotaur's
action. It yells in frustration and swings at Kronc. It gets a 4."
Kronc: "I roll a 5, blocked it all. But, since I went Full Defense I
get to reroll all Defense Actions. I'm trying to get 6 at a chance
for a Heroic Reroll. Shoot, I rolled a 3. I keep the 5."
Bolgar: "I'm out of Holy Lights and Smites so I run up and
attack him. I rolled a 3 which becomes 2 damage.
PM: "It rolls a 4 and blocks the damage."
Remy: "Still flanking him so I attack, first roll is a 4 and the
second one a 2. I take the 4 of course for 3 damage.
PM: "It rolls a 2 and takes 1 more damage. You can see it
stager from the beating it's taking."
Kronc: "I'm gonna finish it off! I attack with a roll of 5."
PM: "It gets a 5 as well and desperately fends off the attack."
Keishara: "I expend the Heroic Reroll to cast another spell. I
cast Dark Bolt which might explode if I roll a 6. I roll a 2, reroll
and get a 6! It explodes so I roll again and get a 3. That's 9
damage! I roll a d6 to see if I get a Heroic Reroll. Nope, a 4."
PM: Rolls a 4, not enough as it had 4 hit points left. "A bolt of
dark energy flies from Keishara's outstretched hand and
smashes into the beast causing it to fall over dead! Remy, it's
about to come crashing down on top of you, try to make a
tough agility task (5+) roll to get out of the way!"
Remy: "Whoa! I roll a 3, reroll because of Nimble and I get a
5, phew I made it, I almost became a halfling pancake, ha!"
PM: "Good work, that was a tough one. The wolf disappears
while Bolgar tends to Kronc's wounds giving him back 2 hit
points and roll for party loot as you search him. You find the
magical item to cure the plague in a pouch. It's a small statue
of a healing Goddess."
Keishara's player rolls a 2 and then a reroll of 5 for the party
loot, so they find 500 gold. They each make a roll for magical
items and Remy finds another Arcane Gem. He needs just
one more to make either one of his weapons Focus x1 or his
armor Deflect x1. Bolgar rolls a 5 and chooses to find a
magical Focus x1 mace. Keishara rolls a 1 and Kronc rolls a
6, he chooses to find a Rune Forge in the labyrinth. Now he
can improve one of the party's magical weapons or armor. He
chooses Keishara's armor as he's worried for her future
safety. They place her robes into the Runic Forge and it
improves from Deflect x1 to x2. The forge's magic is gone.
They return to town to rest and celebrate until the next
adventure...