Session 2: Lori, the village, the hunt¶
They crawled out of the mine on fumes, dinged to level 2, and found Lori in the wreckage. Nugget Crossing helped dig. Two temple clerics (Tiffani, Berlania) mean-girled Laylisa. Then they tracked goblins by thunder-stone resonance to a monument node, fought a small mining crew, then a much bigger goblin camp.
Date¶
Played: August 22, 2026.
In-game: still Day 2 when they crawl out and pick up Lori, then a long rest. Day 3: two fights (monument node, goblin-boss outpost) and a long rest at that outpost. Session 3 opens on Day 4.
Attendance¶
| Player | Character | Present? |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | Laylisa | Yes |
| Jayden | Dino | Yes |
| Olivia | Marvin | Yes |
| Oscar | Zink | Yes |
| DM | Lori | Joins |
Recap¶
The original four left the mine with almost no HP, relieved they had won (Day 2, same day they went in after the overnight rest underground). That spider fight is the closeness to recapture next time.
They found Lori digging her father (Tertian) out of a knocked-down wagon. She had seen goblins looting the wagon. He was defending their livelihood (gem craft) when the wagon finally turned over and crushed him. She is a blender in a dress: unarmored barbarian, impulsive, a foil for the rest of the party. Laylisa calls her "my child." Dino does it too, for fun.
Nugget Crossing helped dig out the wreck. They brought two clerics: Tiffani (Life) and Berlania (Nature). For sport they mean-girled Laylisa, War/Love-and-War, as the wrong deity, not a real healer. The party shut them up hard. Jane wants the snipes more subtle next time — same pantheon, different aspects; local prejudice paints War as only destruction.
They long-rested after picking up Lori (village help, clerics, wreck). Day 3 they started tracking the goblins. Thunder stones resonate with each other. Zink figured that out (sage beat). The trail led to a thunderstone monument node being mined by 2 goblins and 3 skeletons (undead dwarf diggers).
Loot: 25 gp mixed coin, 2 crude shortbows, stolen caravan goods (tools, rations, a silver holy symbol worth 15 gp), one small glowing thunderstone chip.
Next fight: the map made 5 goblins too easy, so a second crew piled in. Ended as 10 goblins + 1 goblin boss at a goblin outpost. They long-rested there. Morning after is Day 4 (Session 3).
Loot: 40 gp, 3 small enchanted gem shards (sell for 20 gp each, or keep for later), a crude +1 dagger prototype (flawed: +1 to hit, breaks on a natural 1).
Funny: two people rolled 1 on Perception and ran into a low limb. Zink, shorter, walked under it.
Scenes¶
| Scene | Location | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Out of the mine | Spider exit / slope | Barely alive. Relieved. Ding to 2. |
| The wagon | Landslide wreck | Lori digging out her father. Goblins had been stealing. Wagon crushed him. |
| Dig out | Nugget Crossing + wreck | Villagers help. Tiffani (Life) and Berlania (Nature) snipe Laylisa. Party shuts them down. |
| Tracking | Trail from wreck | Stones resonate. Zink leads. |
| Monument node | Thunderstone site | 2 goblins, 3 dwarf skeletons. |
| Goblin camp | Further along | 10 goblins + boss (second crew brought in). Limb vs gnome. |
NPCs appeared¶
| NPC | Notes |
|---|---|
| Tertian (Lori's father) | Crushed under his wagon defending gem-craft goods from goblin thieves. |
| Tiffani | Life cleric, Nugget Crossing. Mean-girled Laylisa (not a real healer). |
| Berlania | Nature cleric, Nugget Crossing. Same bit. |
| Villagers | Nugget Crossing. Helped dig. Unnamed. |
| Goblin boss | Led the doubled camp. Unnamed. |
| 3 dwarf skeletons | Undead diggers at the monument. Likely the rest of that mine crew. |
Treasure¶
See Treasure. XP.
Loose threads¶
- Pantheon framing locked for play: same pantheon, different aspects; prejudice is Life = healing, Nature = elements, War = only destruction.
- Who is animating dwarf miners. (party does not know yet)
- Goblins still want thunderstone nodes.
- After goblin vengeance, road still leads to The Mid-Summer Sprawl (timing fine).
- Recapture spider-closeness in session 3. This goblin camp ran easy until you doubled it.
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