{"id":88138,"date":"2021-04-27T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T21:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomaverage.com\/?p=88138"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T22:05:54","slug":"ravenloft-ironsworn-session-17-sojourn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/ravenloft-ironsworn-session-17-sojourn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravenloft Ironsworn, Session 17, Sojourn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it\u2019s been a minute since I\u2019ve been able to find time to play, but luckily I can read all my lovely game notes and get caught right back up.<\/p>\n

The google doc where I\u2019m saving everything is 96 pages at this point, which makes it exactly three times longer than the original Ravenloft I6 module. Nice.<\/p>\n

Okay!<\/p>\n

Brigitte sleeps for seventeen hours. Gets up, sees to her necessaries, eats, and goes back to sleep for another six hours, which puts us close to 24 hours since our merry band staggered back into down. Probably enough time for Gertruda to do something stupid, but I don\u2019t have time to worry about that right now.<\/p>\n

What I should be worried about is what the Qashida are up to. I realized after wrapping up last session that my failed Gather Information probably gave the Qashida (the Threat attached to one of my Vows) an opportunity to get up to shenanigans, so let\u2019s see if they take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

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Okay, so they\u2019re basically working the shadows, sneaking up on me and I mark a second menace on that threat. Fiiiine.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m a bit demoralized (down by 2 in spirit) and my supplies could be better. I\u2019m back in town, which is exactly what the Sojourn move is FOR, so I\u2019m going to do that. There\u2019s a lot going on in this move, so buckle in.<\/p>\n

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Okay. That first bit is pretty straightforward. Roll +heart, and I do<\/em> have a bond with the village, thankyouverymuch, so I\u2019ll be having that +1.<\/p>\n

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Oh, cheese and crackers, seriously? Ugh.<\/p>\n

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Fine.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m focusing on the stuff in the Recover section, and since I share a bond with the town, I still get to choose two things.<\/p>\n

So, rolling heart a couple more times, both with a +1 from the bond. You\u2019ll have to trust me on these, since I\u2019m not going to copy-paste in two more rolls for the same move.<\/p>\n

(This is a VERY roll-y move – if I was in a group of three players and got a strong hit here, that\u2019s 7 or eight rolls at the table before the whole thing is wrapped up. Crazy. It’s worth noting that Starforged does this differently now – there’s just the one roll at the top, and then all the selected recovery actions are assumed to have succeeded at a similar level, basically. Much faster and cleaner, without the Mouseguard-like messiness of “oh, I screwed up all my recovery phase rolls, so now I’m worse off than I was.”)<\/p>\n

Anyway: In Ironsworn, I still have to roll, and on my rolls I get a 9 against a 6,5 and an 8 against a 4,3 (I\u2019m quite happy to have prioritized Heart when rolling up Brigitte) so that\u2019s two Strong hits for Consort (+2 spirit), and Provision (+2 supply), which maxes me out. The Strong hits give me 2 additional points of both spirit and supply recovery, but that does nothing for me in this case – I\u2019m already maxed out. It\u2019s a good problem to have.<\/p>\n

I envision this as a pretty chill day spent around the town. Word gets out that I and Ismark and Ireena braved the Castle and returned alive and basically unharmed, which is pretty much unheard of in living memory when it comes to outsiders who decide to mix it up with the Baron. Ismark embellishes some of the heroics a bit, and the mood in the village lightens considerably during the day, especially when Gertruda and Mary are seen at the front door of their home. It\u2019s just a generally upbeat day of smiles and nods and a lot of hopeful faces.<\/p>\n

Brigitte will happily take it, though she turns down any offers of free dinner and bunks down in the chapel again, reasoning that right now it\u2019s probably the safest place in town if Strahd decides to make a move. (Hooray for a high concentration of major holy artifacts.)<\/p>\n

So. One good day. Let\u2019s see if we can ruin it by asking awkward questions the next day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can you tell me of a cult called the Qashida, shopkeep?\u201d She asks, not so casually, the next morning.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s a natural six on my action die, plus the bonus from my bond with the village. Hot dice tonight.<\/p>\n

On a strong hit, +2 momentum (bringing me to 10), but more importantly the path I must follow is made clear.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to ask the oracle about the next step, because I\u2019d like to see if it gives me an interesting twist.<\/p>\n

\"\" The shopkeep\u2019s eyelids lower, and he shoots a glance at the door to the street, but the only people within earshot are Ismark and Ireena. He seems to relax.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\" My first roll on the \u201cCharacter Goals\u201d oracle was \u201croll twice\u201d, and I followed that up with Protect a Person, and Create and Items.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are sworn to the Count,\u201d whispers the man, his lips barely moving beneath a bushy mustache. \u201cGenerations, they have been his willing lapdogs, as bad as the worst Vistani.\u201d He spits to the side.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPower, why else?\u201d The man\u2019s face looks sour. \u201cThe baron has been alive for centuries. The knowledge he has – the secrets he knows – they want them. Rumors say there is some unholy phylactery they would assemble, if only they possessed the final puzzle pieces. They think if they can keep the baron beholden to them long enough, they will have it.<\/p>\n

The words chill me, because I think I know what it is the old man speaks of.<\/p>\n

And I know now I must return to the castle as soon as I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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