A5: Scene 4 – Fellowship & Level Up

Fellowship: Over the next couple of days, the adventurers engaged in a Fellowship Phase. Thran used the time to search for herbs as they ran out of their healing potions. Theo searched for wild bees to harvest their honeycomb to make honey-cakes for future exhaustion relief. Calanhir was laid up in bed with a master healer at his side, recovering from his months of torture at the hands of Falcor’s thugs. 

Let’s face it: Kyan almost died! Overwhelmed by Corruption (Miserable Condition), the dwarf became distracted in combat and took a fatal blow…luck that his King’s Medallion absorbed most of the damage. Suffering a Bout-Of-Madness, he babbled his crazy plan to construct an arbalest mounted on a wagon he planned to drive across Middle Earth chasing the Queen’s Foul Beast. In desperate need of Corruption healing, Kyan did the natural dwarven intervention: he drowned his Corruption with ale. LOTS of ale! 

Level Up to 6th:

I already changed the Scholar Thran's 5th level Webs of Deceit to Scholar's Gift (aka Warden’s Gift) since Webs’ manipulation of others didn’t fit our campaign or his persona. His 5th level Scholar’s Gift essentially replaced the weaker 6th level Shadow of the Past. Therefore, he gained Character Improvement instead. Hopefully he chose wisely! 

As for the Wanderer Theo, he improved his Ways of the Wild gaining Advantage on his first attack when fighting in the wilderness. Since being constantly on the move to new territory, it didn’t make sense to improve Known Lands. Therefore, I gave him the Beorning Virtue Twice-Baked Honey-Cakes. He has to search for wild bees to harvest their honey to make the cakes. 

As a Warrior, Kyan gained Character Improvement and put the points in WISDOM (to help withstand Corruption and delay another Miserable Condition) and INTELLIGENCE (to improve his chances to recognize Shadow earlier). 

NEXT SESSION: A5: Scene 5 – BedTime Story

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