SoloBickering

  It is 6 watches later ie midday of last new moon day.     Reports of the roads  eaSt  suggest the Iron smithing town that Yib  espeque  has control over is the next stop.     are NY of the winners circle also headed there yes is it myu no. Of the other 2 (not lords) it is the veteran Iago the Strong.     Cha cha on Iago yes 16 13 no they don't gel     It is the first day of winter  the 1st day of waxing Crescent     And as the party rides into the downs they score an encounter. Tiger beetles  4 mv 50   Range 80. They are curentky munching on a large serpent but are 5 hostile. Neither side is surprised though I do check that Jack (up front) and Xantu do see the beetles.     Round 1 (inits do not matter)   Beetles advance rapidly   Before anything else the characters dismount. I tested Eryn and she rolls yes  dismount. She joins Xantu.     I set this up on a small...

 Ep26: The Opal Tourney At Last [NB: The tourney rolls take forever, and are not included.] Night, the road north to Opal. It is the night after 4th waning Crescent and tomorrow will be new moon eve. As noted last time the weather is fair. (16 on the Jon Coen scale and a "yes but" on weather/median d6 roll)     The size of the next settlement is a village, then a hamlet, then the castle turrets of Opal catch the starlight!      The sprawl of what is, these days, a completely safe city, is surprisingly still confined within the old curtain wall. Regulations keep the Marshal Field clear! And it is around the field of war that a whole new tent city has sprung up. Licensed merchants have vast wooden fronts and less-legal types are fungal growths among them.     Then there are the temporary accommodations of the pleasure goers. Color and spectacle, peddlers and jongleurs everywhere.      Owing to the 18 hour delay regathering their loot ...