Session Report: Wyrnach 2
At the Troll's Tower
After recovering from his boar goring, Wyrnach tracked down the younger boar, but found that it had been caught in the tentacled trap of some strange treeworms. Taking this as a portent against is vengeful side mission, Wyrnach returned to his primary task: finding and killing the Everwep.
As he made his way south, Wyrnach spotted a ruined tower. After scouting it out, he saw a band of six lizardmen waiting in ambush outside. He decided to investigate the tower himself, so he sneaked passed the lizardmen into the base of the tower. Inside he found piles of bones and debris, as well as a tied up woman. He decided to save her from whatever she was being used to bait, but he arrived too late and found himself caught by the troll as it descended the stairs. Poor Wyrnach was knocked out instantly by the troll, but not before he cut free the woman. The commotion alerted the lizardmen outside, who jumped into action.
After a brief and bloody battle, four of the six lizardmen escaped with Wyrnach’s body and the now unconscious woman. But no one knew the secret of the troll’s regeneration, so its decimated body was left to put itself back together.
Back at the lizardmen’s village in the Pinnacle Falls, the woman found herself next to Wyrnach’s dead body, having been awoken by the lizardmen shaman. Aina, the woman, in being healed by the shaman is now cursed with unholy magics and to be haunted by Wyrnach’s wraith. Before she can return to her village, Aina must now complete his task.
After 3 months I finally got back to Wyrnach’s story, only to have him killed instantly. I decided to make Aina the new hero. I think I’ll make her a sorcerer or warlock— I’m not sure if I’ll make her a gestalt character like Wyrnach yet.
Resources used:
A loose basis in D&D 5e
Inpsiriation from BEOWULF: Age of Heroes by Handiwork Games for solo hero rules
Xanathar's Guide to Everything, by Wizard of the Coast for random encounter tables
MONSTROUS by Cloud Curio for monster inspiration/flavor
AGNOSTIC: ttrpg prep method by Kyle Latino (Map Crow) and Kenny Webb for flavor
Black March #1 and Tarvannion by Castle Grief for flavor (including Wyrnach’s name!)
Cairn by Yochai Gal for scars
The Perilous Wilds - Revised Edition by Lampblack & Brimstone for NPCs and names
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