Group 7, 2016 Updates
Aliah took over Avonna, but can’t rejoin us, though she very much wants to, for a few months at best.
Jehan bad cooking made a few with less hardy stomachs, very upset to varying degrees.
Tendril to Drake’s finger almost gone after owl by, and gone from Stebburson.
Fluff consumed all of Jektor’s Mint, just when many could have benefited from it for their stomachs.
Fluff’s heartburn was cured by the mint.
His repeated searches for more mint, to no avail.
Everyone started to experience unpleasant itching around their lower legs.
some worse than others.
in morning, lymph nodes, sore throat, and slight headache.
Jekot, jehan, & Ricshire.
Jektor asked of Jehan: “What did you make for us yesterday?!”
jehan responded: “Malaria stew?”
Meanwhile, the low self disciplines of the Great men, they were scratching their itchy legs “mercylessly”.
The party realizes they have become flea infested.
Background: Fleas spread the plague. the little girls’s family died from them, and the animals. The cold fog only rolled that far north that night just as the attack began. This started to put the fleas into hibernation. But not yet fully dormant. When the party tramped through the house, the barn, and the surrounding area, some fleas clung to their boots and leggings. The cold kept them from being anuy more active than clinging. Some did burrow down and feed, but the cold hid this.
With the warmth and nature-empowering Owlby environment, thje fleas became vibrantly actively.
Girl awoke and semi coherently began asking for her “mama”.
Her color is better, postures are now scabs.
Fingers, nose, toes, and ears, still blackened from gangrenous issues.
though Jektos couldn’t find mint, Jehan found some. while everyone was scavenging for various herbs, trying to find relief from the itching and other unpleasant symptoms.
They learned the girls name. that she was 6 years old.
That she had an inky and anty in Downby.
Fluff urinated on himself and is odiferous.
drake back to normal.
Came across road packed with refugees.
Drake used his stunning good looks to get some younger women to speak to him, he tossed them some coins they squabbled over.
running from Vinton to aMidway on way to Camelot.
As the party continued, their symptoms worsened.
Now the worst affected had aches, pains, flu-like symptoms, and now swell in gin the armpits and neck. headache worsened.
Party repeatedly searching for herbs to try to treat illness.
The sores from the bites, for the worst affected, have become inflamed, and are oozing pussy sores.
As the party increased urgency in searching of rherbs to treat symptoms, while symptoms worsening, the party traveled slower and slower.
The party made camp in a “bowl” in the open lands.
Elected to spedn the following day resting, since ether felt a little better in the morning, in the hopes that more rest will help them feel better. WQhile also continuing search for more herbs.
Symptoms now worsened, and itching burning skin.
Jehan that put mud on the bites, his bites twice as inflamed as the others.
Party debated taking a small detour to drop the girl off at Downby.
The Hobbit was the most heartless about the situation, stating: “let’s get rid of IT”.
Party elected to detour to Downby.
Though rest helped, everyone still felt worse by that afternoorn/evening.
Even the heartiest now have mild aches and pains, and mild fever.
Searching for herbs, did actually turn up some in general useful herbs, but not helpful for current symptoms.
the second night in the bowl. Bluebright sees that thread to jehan is stronger again, but
Party bypassed Downby for fear of giving them the plague.
Drake’s undead cat.
Posted by Hawke at April 26. 2016
At long last, the Party is near the Oracle!
They have travelled hundreds of leagues, through the Northern Woods, The Great Druid Wall, the Wild Woods, The Northern Wood Elf Realm, the Dragon Spine Mountains Northern Pass. The Nothern High Road, and finally the Fiery Mountain. They thwarted the Guardian of the Fire Bridge, and they have come to an altitude of 17,000' and a riddle to let them pass... Which Ryan aka Fluff, promptly guessed within moments!
Next week they should finally meet the Oracle herself!
Posted 2/16/16 3:46 PM by Hawke
1 seat has opened up for the Rolemaster Worlds of Beru campaign. There is an interview process before officially joining. If interested, add yourself to the RSVP or waiting list, and I will contact you. Happy Gaming! - Hawke
When: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:00 PM
Where: Hawke's House
Address available via phone or email. Near North 5 Mile / Whitworth Area.
Spokane, WA
This Meetup repeats every week on Tuesday 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
This group prefers ROLE-players over ROLL-players, even though it is Rolemaster 2nd edition. 
UPDATE May 21st, now accepting a new player to fill an empty seat.
Remember I record all my game sessions with audio & video. If you are not comfortable with being recorded, you will not want to participate in my groups.
This campaign setting began development and use in the early 1980s. I moved to Spokane in 2004. This is the 7th Spokane group in this setting.
This group has been playing this campaign since October 2015. When we are short player(s), this group plays either Twilight 2000 or Stargate SG-1 RPG.
Worlds of Beru is my home brewed multi-verse heroic (must be "good aligned" in behavior) campaign setting of "The Worlds of Beru" with the standard start in the Port City of Balchoth.
The wiki for this setting can be found here:http://spokanerpg.com/beru
It takes 4+ hours, especially for those new to the system, to complete creation of the Rolemaster 2nd Edition characters with rich story backgrounds. Here are the PCs.
Jacob = Northron Great Man, Beastmaster (non-identical twin to Ryan's character).
Justin = Regnum Sapientium Common Man, Rogue, now on his own quest.
Dawn = Mist Elf, Shaman. Returned to the mists.
Drake = Aridian Human, Bard. Infected by a strand of Cthulhu.
Heather = Hobbit, Duelist
Ryan = Northron Great Man, Beastmaster (non-identical twin to Jacob's character).
Created by Michael (now played by Heather) = Ruru, of the Shattered Isles, an Intelligent Baboon, Burglar/Dancer.
Game sessions are now Tuesdays, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Hawke's House in Game Room #1 (of up to 7 game areas not counting the offices or the planned RPG Trailer -http://rpgtrailer.com that I am saving up to build).
Due to meetups short space for comments on events, and poor forum system, most details on the adventure will be found here:http://spokanerpg.com/forum/worlds-of-beru-group-7
April 26 · 6:00 PM
This group just filled back up. Will let people know if another seat opens up.
Though many others have played in my campaign running since the 1980s, I started the current count of group numbers for this campaign since moving to Spokane in 2004 (and first Beru campaign here started around 2007).
This group previously tried out an evil campaign in Middle-earth using MERP/RM hybrid rules. The information on that short-lived campaign here: http://spokanerpg.com/forum/rpg-group-discussions/248207091 - See the forum postings for that group for details on how their campaign went.
They have now elected to play in my home brewed multi-verse heroic(must be "good aligned" in behavior) campaign setting of "The Worlds of Beru" with the standard start in the Port City of Balchoth.
The wiki for this setting can be found here:http://spokanerpg.com/beru
It takes 4+ hours, especially for those new to the system, to complete characters. Here are the PCs.
Jacob = Northron Great Man, Beastmaster (non-identical twin to Ryan's character).
Justin = Regnum Sapientium Common Man, Rogue
Dawn = Mist Elf, Shaman
Drake = Aridian Human, Bard
Heather = Hobbit, Duelist
Ryan = Northron Great Man, Beastmaster (non-identical twin to Jacob's character).
Michael = Shattered Isles Intelligent Baboon, Burglar/Dancer.
Remember I record all my game sessions with audio & video. If you are not comfortable with being recorded, you will not want to participate in my groups.
Game sessions are now Tuesdays, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Hawke's House in Game Room #1.
Due to meetups short space for comments on events, and poor forum system, most details on the adventure will be found here:http://spokanerpg.com/forum/worlds-of-beru-group-7
Snapshot of the Worlds of Beru table of contents for Group 7 (yes it is a bit of a mess, but lots of content).
Group 7 Table of Contents
Technical setup for web-based RPG sessions. 5
Character Creation Notes 5
Players: 6
Joe's character 7
Katy's character 7
Kesan's character 7
Brennan's character 8
Drake's character 9
Campaign Beginning 9
The mission is several-fold 10
World of Beru Information 11
Elves of Beru 12
Sylvan/Wood Elves, “Sylvantiatus” 12
High Elves, the “Ascentiatus” 12
Sea Elves, Aquariatus 13
Dark/Drow Elves 13
Humans of Beru 14
The Great Glacier of the North 14
The Plague 16
King Arthur's Regnum Sapientium 17
The Arid Lands of ….... 17
The Oriental Lands 18
Getting to The Lady 19
The Crossroad at Queen's Road 19
The Southern Pass 19
The Small Village Sheltering The Lady 19
About The Lady Dranara 20
The Scroll 21
Sir Karn of the Golden Helm 22
The Boy 22
The Oracle of Dragonspine Mountains 22
Getting to The Oracle 23
~4 Days After High House 24
~6th Day After High House 24
~10 Days After High House 24
~12 days After High House 24
The soldiers, group of 6. 25
The Many-fold Mission (Updated) 25
Speaking with The Oracle 26
Brunhildë 26
The Wanderer (Wotan) 27
Freia & Her Garden 28
Albrecht 29
The slaves of Albrecht, The Neibelungs 29
Mime “The Gnome” Brother (thief/Petty Dwarf) 29
The Guardian of the Mountain 30
Some Riddles to Create and Use 31
Special Magic Items 33
Tarnhelm 33
The Nibelung Ring 34
Nothung the Sword in the Tree 34
Adventure Log 34
Game Session Notes 35
Session #5 35
Karn's Conversation With Kol About Drow 38
Session #6a 39
Session #6b (Redux) 40
When last we met... 40
Session #7 45
When last we met.... 45
Joe's Cleric 46
Darco Andropolis 47
Mic Deepfurrow 47
The Wild Woods 48
The Druids' Gate – Draoi Geata 48
The Wood Elves Great Tree Wall – Magna Arbor Murus 49
Session 9 50
When Last we Met 51
The Spartan Show Adventurer's Guild Campaign 52
Technical setup for web-based RPG sessions. 55
Character Creation Notes 55
Background 56
Players: 57
Michael's Character 57
Is at current location because... 57
Primary mission 57
Secondary motivations.... 57
Initial Stats 58
Feats 58
Land of Origin 58
Family Situation & Details 58
Jay's Character 58
Is at current location because... 58
Primary mission 58
Secondary motivations.... 59
Initial Stats 59
Feats 59
Land of Origin 59
Family Situation & Details 59
Will's Character 59
Is at current location because... 59
Primary mission 59
Secondary motivations.... 60
Initial Stats 60
Feats 60
Land of Origin 60
Family Situation & Details 60
First Session – 20150127 61
TODO: 61
Sounds for this session to add to video: 61
Sounds for next session: 61
To Bring Checklist 62
Campaign Beginning 62
The mission is several-fold 63
World of Beru Information 64
Elves of Beru 65
Sylvan/Wood Elves, “Sylvantiatus” 65
High Elves, the “Ascentiatus” 65
Sea Elves, Aquariatus 66
Dark/Drow Elves 66
Humans of Beru 67
The Great Glacier of the North 67
The Plague 68
King Arthur's Regnum Sapientium 70
The Arid Lands of ….... 70
The Oriental Lands 71
Getting to The Lady 72
The Crossroad at Queen's Road 72
The Southern Pass 72
The Small Village Sheltering The Lady 72
Kesarnach 72
About The Lady Dranara 73
The Scroll 74
Sir Karn of the Golden Helm 75
The Boy 76
The Oracle of Dragonspine Mountains 77
Getting to The Oracle 78
~4 Days After High House 78
~6th Day After High House 78
~10 Days After High House 79
~12 days After High House 79
The soldiers, group of 6. 79
The Many-fold Mission (Updated) 79
Speaking with The Oracle 80
Brunhildë 81
The Wanderer 82
The Guardian of the Mountain 82
Some Riddles to Create and Use 82
Special Magic Items 85
Tarnhelm 85
The Nibelung Ring 85
Noth____ Sword 86
Adventure Log 86
Game Session Notes 86
Session #5 87
Karn's Conversation With Kol About Drow 90
Session #6a 91
Session #6b (Redux) 91
When last we met... 91
Session #7 97
When last we met.... 97
Joe's Cleric 97
Darco Andropolis 98
Mic Deepfurrow 98
The Wild Woods 99
The Druids' Gate – Draoi Geata 100
The Wood Elves Great Tree Wall – Magna Arbor Murus 101
Session 9 102
When Last we Met 102
The Spartan Show Adventure Log 103
20150127 - Day 1 103
20150203 - Day 2 103
The Story So Far... (Long version). 105
The Story So Far... (Short version). 106
Stream watching notes 107
Session #3 Prep List 107
Adventure key aspects – Summary of Days Overview 107
Travel times 110
Day 3 110
Video Notes from Session #3 111
Session #4 20150217 111
XP 111
Level Up 111
The Story So Far... 111
Current NPCs 113
Torschalan 113
Petris the Bard (Will) 113
Minera 113
Albrecht 113
Steburrson 113
Session #4 114
Previously on The Adventurer's Guild.... 114
Experience Points from Last Session 115
Session #5 Notes 116
Session #6 Notes 117
Previously on … 117
Session #6 Begins... 119
October 20th 119
October 21st 119
October 23rd 119
October 24th 120
October 27th 120
October 28th 120
Mordredian Scouting Party Stats 121
The Many-fold Mission (Updated) 121
October 31st 122
November 1st 122
November 2nd 122
Session #7 123
Previously On.... 123
November 5th-6 at Desslock Keep 125
November 7th & 8th uneventful. 126
November 9th 126
November 10th to 13th uneventful except noises. 126
The Druid's Gate 126
The Corruption of the Northern Dragonspine Wood Elves 127
Group 7 Campaign 128
Players/Characters 137
Campaign Beginning 138
The mission is several-fold 139
December 1st, 2015 – 20151201 139
December 8th, 2015 141
December 15th, 2015 142
Previously at the World of Beru Group 7 Campaign... 143
Day 1 143
Day 2 143
And Now.... 144
Day 2 continued 144
Day 3 144
Day 4 147
Resume December 22nd, 2015 147
NPC - Albrecht – Surviving Scout 148
Day 5 150
December 29th, 2015 151
NPC - Albrecht – Surviving Scout 152
Day 5 155
Day 6 156
Day 7 to Day 8 157
Day 9 158
Day 10 158
Day 11 159
Day 12 159
Day 13 160
Day 14 160
Day 15 161
Lutien 161
Day 16 162
Day 17 162
Kessarnach 162
Day 18. 164
Bubonic Plague Information 164
Travel times 164
NPCs 165
Minera 6 year old girl recovering from plague 165
Steburrson 165
Previously on The Worlds of Beru Group 7 165
Day 20 167
Previously on Worlds of Beru Group 7 167
Day 21 167
Coming Up: 168
The Fist of Kord (Desslock's Keep) 168
4x 30' high walls. 168
Main Central Building/Hall 169
Approaching The Fist of Kord 169
Unarmed combat grappling. 171
Desslock, an Evangelical Cleric of Kord 172
Darco Andropolis 173
Mic Deepfurrow 173
Keep Tower (70') 173
If the Party Spends Time at the keep - “The Boy” Wishes to Stay 174
February 9th, 2016 175
The Wild Woods 176
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Southern), Day Time. 177
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Southern), Night Time. 178
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Central), Day Time. 179
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Central), Night Time. 181
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Deep woods), Day Time 183
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Deep Woods), Night Time 184
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Road northeast of Wood-elf Wall), Day Time 185
Wild Woods Random Encounters (Road northeast of Wood-elf Wall), Night Time 186
Northern Woods – Contested Area – Random Encounters (Day Time). 187
Northern Woods – Contested Area – Random Encounters (Night Time). 188
The Druids' Gate – Draoi Geata 189
Road from Druid's Gate to North Crossroads 190
The Wanderer 191
The North Crossroads 192
Many Reveals at the Crossroads 193
Into The Northern Wood Elf Realm 194
Road from North Crossroads to Wood Elves Gatehouse 195
The Wood Elves Great Tree Wall – Magna Arbor Murus 195
Within the Northern Wood Elves Realm 196
The Infernium 197
The Northern Pass (West Side) 198
Travel Overview 199
Day 1 199
Day 2 199
Day 3 200
Day 4 201
Day 5 202
Day 6 203
Day 7 204
Day 8 (Summit & High Road) 205
Summit Dangers 206
Northern High Road 207
GET EVERYONE'S BACKGROUNDS UPDATED AND CLEAR 207
Places of Note 208
Established (non-random) Encounters 208
Firbolg 208
Formorian Giant 208
Behir 209
The High Northern Road 209
The Northern Pass (East Side) 210
The Cthulhu Infected 210
Background Checkup 210
Ryan 210
Jacob 211
Heather 211
Frost Giant “valley” 212
The Frost Giant “Korock” At the Crossroads 213
From the River Bridge to the Lava Bridge 213
Speaking with The Oracle 214
The Riddle for Transport to the Ice Palace 215
The Crystal Palace 215
Riddle for “Yesterday” 216
Oracle to the PCs & Dranara 217
Explaining the great riddle 219
Oracle regarding Richsire's Goals 220
Oracle regarding Jehan's Cthulhu bond. 220
Regarding Jehan's goals: 221
The Many-fold Mission (Updated) 222
Brynhildr (Brunhildë) 223
The Unseen Guardian 227
The Guardian of the Mountain 228
Special Magic Items 229
Tarnhelm 229
The Nibelung Ring 229
Noth____ Sword 230
Erda – Mother of the Fates 230
Ruru 230
Some Riddles to Create and Use 233
The Watching Dragon, Rinfaf (“Fafnir”) 235
Reminder's about Bruhilde 236
20160628 238
Their Next Goal 241
Obstacles & Places of Note en Route to Jotunheim 241
The Rainbow Bridge (Bifrost (“beef-roast” roughly) / Asbru) 242
Land of the Jotun (Frost Giants) 243
Mímir's Well 243
Þrymheimr (Thrymheim) 243
Útgarðar 243
Vimur River 244
Yggdrasil (the world tree) 244
Northeast Woodelves 245
Northeast High Elves 246
The Nature Reserve (Rename) 247
The Spire (Crashed Spaceship) 252
Lost Tribe of Rus 253
The Sevatem (Seh-vah-tehm) 254
The Tesh 254
The Comsaf 255
The Wandering Baya (Bah-yah) (Baba Yaga's Hut) 255
Baya Events 256
Daylight 256
Nighttime 256
Evening Dusk 256
Morning Twilight 256
Baba Yaga Herself 257
Aridian Arakeen Gateway 257
The mountains near the Arakeen Gateway
Back in April (real-world time), the group finally met with the Oracle. Here are what she shared...
(With Heavy Greek Accent)
She goes into glassy-eyed stare, the pupils of her eyes disappear and only the whites of her eyes are seen, but they glow with a slight greenish-purple tint!
Her voice sounds as though echoing from some great distance away.
“You have all become ensnared,
in matters far beyond your ken.
Your time is measured in days, weeks, & months,
not more than years of three.
Only if the lands of the Thinking Man
are saved by then,
can the lady hope one day
to regain her lands of birth,
and through this,
the rest achieve their dreams.
You must awaken the sleeping rebel,” (looking at all the party)
“The warrior-goddess.
She will serve as guide,
& lead you to others 4,
that may raise & unite.
But beware the jealousy of the father's spouse!
So First,
The Hero who was,
for the people of the World of Ice,
Twain might rescue from.
(Looks at the twins)
If they heed the watching Dragon vain,
But lo!
Beware the guardian unseen.
The sleeping Brunhildë.
She will serve as guide to the future,
and unite,
The Gods & The People of the North.
Second,
A Hero who is,
Of the forgotten people of the World of Sands,
'The shadow of the desert mouse.'
Help him defeat the mind-killer” (figurative and literal, his fears & a mind-flayer?)
He first will unite the Arid Lands,
& with your help,
their world himself become Their God.
Third,
The lady of the dry lands must marry.
A Hero to be,
of the people of the rising sun,
Ieyasu of Okazaki Castle.
They will unite the East,
And their Son may one day,
save the shining Sun from the abyss.
Fourth,
Another Hero to be,
of the people of the broken lands,
The man-child who will overturn the Naha Stone.
Through blood he will unite the South.
Finally,
The Hero who never was,
of the people from the world yet to be,
Abd El-Krim Lost in the Mists, who has heard The Song of Arda,
if found,
He will bring those from beyond,
and unite these all.
If all this comes to pass,
the first waves,
of the dark tide,
will be turned aside.
Not one land,
but many will be saved,
for a time.
Not one world,
but many,
will have a brief respite.
Not just this time,
but the future,
will birth a new past.
But the darkness within is still growing.
If you fail,
the past that was will come to be.
The darkness within will spill forth,
all in this world,
and many beyond will become
the servants & slaves,
of the darkness
I see ruling many worlds & times.”
Oracle regarding Richsire's Goals
Ricshire wants to find means of eliminating fear of water and disability from weather.
And information on the Drow priestess responsible for the raid that killed Ricshire's village.
You will find the answer to both your desires
in the places you fear most to go.
South, and south, across and under the seas yet farther south.
Where once was frozen,
Through the realm of glory that once was,
but now is nest for the greatest seeds of darkness.
There your greatest crippling, if you overcome,
you will find the strength to suffer no more,
could save those who have not yet perished,
and more...
Oracle regarding Jehan's Cthulhu bond.
“If you do not that which is hard”
(looking at the rest of the group),
“and fail that which I will tell you,
then all I saw of darkness,
will be but a pale shadow,
compared to what will be under The Great One.
That which holds the First,
A touch to your heart,
If you survive the rift,
will break the bond of The Great One.”
Regarding Jehan's goals:
Under the greatest kingdom that ever was,
immersed in Ulmo's element,
Echoes of the greatest music that ever was or ever shall be,
could be found and brought forth unto the the world
through thee.
(Real World date: 20160705)
Some game-time group events update overview:
The PC's succeeded in finding Brunhilde, persuaded the dragon guardian, and defeated the unseen guardian.
The Hobbit, Ricshire awoke Brunhilde, and she is now beholden to him.
Their Next Goal
Travel to the far northlands, between the Northrons, the North Elves, north of Aridia.
There is a high mountain, in the lands of the greatest of the Frost Giants, in Jotunheim, with the Rainbo Bridge to the lands of the gods, Asgard. Get Brunhilde there and meet father (Wanderer/Odin).
Goal: Get Brunhillde to Jotunheim and the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard.
After that, head to the lands of sands in the far south of Aridia (and gateway to Arakis/Dune).
(Dates are game time, not real-world time):
Day 77, November 10th
Cave at waterfall, hunker down until Spring.
Fluff acquires familiar as Ebony – Alpine Chough, bird.
Spring Equinox March 20th.
April 5th, resume travel.
April 7th hit where bridge was.
April 18th reached 14k summit above Frost Giant.
April 20th gets to little elongated valley. (Day 166).
April 21st, Day 167
Scout out Frost Giant cave.
Ended with them figuring out the riddle for the treasure acquisition, and getting great upgrades.
Game setting date: June 2nd, but for them it is day 207. They experienced a time distortion.
The PC's do not realize yet that fewer days passed “out there” while they were on the mountain of Odin's Well.
Tonight is second session of campaign offshoot, coming from a fantasy setting in a campaign spanning years (Worlds of Beru campaign - ( http://spokanerpg.com/forum/worlds-of-beru-group-7 ), on their way to Jotenheim to return Brunhilde to Valhalla, one of the PCs was thrown from Baba Yaga's Hut (during transdimensional travel as she is wont to do, since her hut according to ancient folklore is basically a TARDIS of sorts ), through the mists of time, space, and dimensions by Baba Yaga for not showing enough respect (in her mind), and ending up smack in the middle of Petrograd during the events of the "February" 1917 revolution. PCs will need to travel through Siberia, Tunguska, Lake Baikal, and eventually Alaska, there to interface with the Inupiat/Inuit, and hunt the Great White Whale (or use other possible methods to make contact with it), to get back through the mists to their own dimension, time, and space, and get back on track with their original quests. They learn a little more Russian folklore, history, and geography, within a fantasy character's context for adventure. Fun stuff!
