From: s7536057@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Richard Resnick)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd
Subject: Campaign to save Glantri.. Session 1
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:26:04 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

I recently posted about an email/interactive campaign that I was to be start-
ing up in the near future. Well, all has gone well, I have a group of five
experienced players, and we are well on our way in the campaign. 

The game has largely been played on a server, real time, so it is a bit dif-
ferent from the normal feel. We all get on a server, play for about two or
three hours, and then I go back and summarize the events of the night. It's
alot of fun, and indeed quite a bit better than a simple email game. 

I have about 5 sessions logged here, I was asked by one the players to post
them here. Can't see it doing any harm, and I thought you all might like it.
Enjoy.

Oh yes, one final notice. This campaign comes directly from a published module.
You may find some or much of it quite familiar. Most of you probably have never
heard of it though. Just thought I should give credit where credit is due, 
lest someone flame me with plagiarism...

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Cast of Characters:

Avjo      (a young, unwise, fiesty adventurer, with a questionable background)
Ithlial   (a strong bodied female elf, excellent with the bow)
Thal      (a magic user of sorts, young, fascinated with flying) 
Beholder  (a holy warrior, very noble, quite intelligent, extremely handsome)
Solonari  (a young, irreverant man, strong of will, and noble in spirit)

You all have either come to the capital city of Glantri, or have lived here
for some time. In either case, you are all aware of the arrangement. A longtime
peace has been kept for generations between the Principalities of Glantri
and a more "barbarian", goblin kingdom on its south eastern border. This peace
is based primarily on a sort of "trade" which occurs each spring between the
two nations.

The rumour, of course, is that the trade is nothing short of a bribe. Each 
spring, Glantri sends a caravan of treasure, food and manufactured goods to the
barabarian Nation. (The name of which is difficult to pronounce, but for sure,
the nation's indisputable ruler is called: Queen Yazar) In return for this 
"gift", Queen Yazar sends to Glantri a hostage "prince", a noble goblin of 
Yazar's nation. 

Each Spring, the hostage prince returns home at the head of a new caravan of
Glantrian supplies -- the ransom Glantri pays the goblins for another year of
peace. Queen Yazar sends a new (empty-handed) prince in his place. Often the
new and the old princes meet on the journey.

It is also common knowledge that this nation of "high Gobliny" as Yazar puts
it, pays tribute to the Queen herself, who administers strict and brutal just-
ice. 

In hard times, Yazar gathers the goblins and leads them on an all out assault
on their richer neighbors. They run for miles without tiring, fight fearlessly
against superior opponents, and slaughter unarmed victims. Though not a poli-
tical threat, these goblins can devastate large regions of a kingdom.

This year, however, the arrangement has gone awry with the disappearance of
both princes and the valuable caravan. The goblins threaten to invade unless
their princes and their caravan are returned; Glantri won't pay further bribes.
War threatens within the month.

The call goes out throughout the Principalities of Glantri and its neighbors:
Crisis! The word on the street is that there is a diplomatic crisis with the
barbarians of the broken land, and Glantri is offering major rewards to "the
greatest adventurers of the land" if they can accomplish an urgent mission.

The specifics of the offer are to be made at noon, within the House of Mini-
sters, Glantri City.



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			       RJR
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