Revenge of the Iron Lich - episode 01
Channel: Stephen Chast
Date: 2013-04-07

This is the session of Revenge of the Iron Lich that I ran for International Tabletop Day.
Our thanks to Kirwan's Game Store in Catskill NY for allowing ups to use their basement and for the loan of the camera equipment!

This game has a 4-hour time limit and no scheduled breaks. This is part 1 of 9. 

Meet my players!
Anthony: Human Swordmage/Artificer
Jen: Eladrin Wizards (battlemage)
Tom: Halfling Rogue (Essentials' Theif)
Todd: Dwarven Cleric (unknown)
Grace: Elven Ranger (unknown)

Anthony & Jen have played other Fourthcore delves and know 4th edition D&D pretty well. Jen is an awesome DM in her own right. Tom, Todd & Grace are old-school D&D players. They don't know 4E so well, but they know D&D. Todd, is a Pathfinder DM.

In this ep, I read the opening text and the players enter the first room of the delve. They encounter a skeletal figure bearing a Deck of Mortals. Everyone except the theif draws a card, resulting in some nasty surprises!

"There shouldn't much worse than a Queen of Spades..."
"... odds are in my favor."

Famous last words, Todd. :D

For the record, the Deck of Mortals *is* a 50/50 split between benficial and malign effects.

There's not much else to add at this point as we only just began the game. The session begins with a bang, but the players are now in danger of losing a lot of time in this room unless they make some hard decisions.