White Box D&D (31 Aug 25)

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Someone tell me again why we are on the road to Isengard? Because Iron Pax says he is being picked-on?

We enter Moria and killed the Balrog. It was a collective effort. The worst part was we failed to appease all the gods and the retribution was terrible.

Bravery (Tulkas): Each To-Hit delivering damage rebounds for one on the attacking character. Appease w/ Haste Spell.
Child (Námo): Mobs add an extra Flair determined at random. This bane To-Hit Save is inflicted on a random character. Appease w/ Read Languages.
Cook (Estë): No player may use any type of heal during or immediately after the fight. Appease w/ Bless (CL).
Dancer (Nessa): Reduce all party damage from To-Hit by one. Appease w/ Levitate.
Dreamer (Irmo): Any spell cast drains double mana. This may be lost by caster or someone else in the party. e.g., Sleep spell costs x1 level one spell points. The character losing the extra mana need not have the spell in his spell book. Appease w/ Sleep.
Hunter (Oromë): Fight adds an initial Trick or Trap. Appease w/ Invisibility.
Maiden (Yavanna): Treasure will contain no Potions. Appease w/ Charm Person.
Steward (Aulë): Treasure will contain no Scrolls. Appease w/ Wizard Lock.

We did praise these and suffered not the effects:
Nature (Vána): Random character loses a random Stat (not below 3). Appease w/ Speak Animals (CL).
Mercy (Nienna): Random character loses a HP or Hireling permanently. The henchman is subtracted from his max total, regardless of Stat changes. Appease w/ Cure Disease (CL).
Weaver (Vairë): Treasure has no magic items (pip types), except relics added by quest. Appease w/ Wizard Eye.

We recovered and were awarded in Lorien. Thereafter we found the ford where Borimir was slain. We know we do not carry the One Ring, nor an elf, human or dwarf ring. We carry the Ring of Corruption and only Saruman the Multicolored might be able to tell us what we have found.

More next week.



Yours,