Archive for August 5th, 2010  Another week in Athas, under the
mountains, and in an ancient tomb. Wandering monster check
reveals tribe of hejkin (4-40). Combat ensues. That pretty much
sums it up, but to expand, we had our 4 returning PCs Yuka,
Jarvix, one of the Barcan Twins, and Kindrock. In addition, we
got to welcome two new players to the game, one of whom came in
as Castri the elf ranger, and the other played the warlock
Vinara (from free RPG day.) I briefly described the basic rules
of the game, the setting, the adventure, and the previous
encounter.  The evening began with some role playing, first to
establish how the elf ranger showed up. There was a large crack
shown on one corner of the map, which I described as actually
being in the ceiling, and it led to a small pit of quicksand on
the surface, into which Castri had fallen. What I didnt tell
him, was that after Castri was left for dead after encounter 4,
he had been hopelessly trying to catch up with the party, and
now he finally had. Then the p