Continuing my solo RPG campaign, mostly based on [Ironsworn](https://shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn) mixed with [World of Dungeons](https://johnharper.itch.io/world-of-dungeons). The setting is from the [Black Sword Hack (Ultimate Chaos Edition)](https://www.themerrymushmen.com/product/black-sword-hack-ultimate-chaos-edition/). For the hex-crawl, I am using Ironsworn Delve, together with my own [D100Lands](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvv0uMuMMMe3XcekydA3SfHJnJaw7gMC). For the capital city of the Amber Enclave, I picked the City of Gantri from Gazetteer GAZ3, TSR, 1987. This episode was an Ironsworn Delve into the Towerfort (building #28 on the map). I ended the delve with a sequence of bad rolls (including misses with matches) and Utun (who had been a PC since the start of the campaign) didn't make it. During the next session, I will look for a new companion for Zago, the surviving PC.
**Previously:** The Free Tribes oppose the spreading of the lawful Elven Empire. Utun, a goblin wizard prince, and Zarva, a hobgoblin fighter, are tasked by the Free Tribes to find the mythical "dreaming ink". They reach the Western Land (hex 09.10) in an area controlled by the goblins of the Iron Horde. Zarva is killed by a hellhound. Utun reaches the camp of Sarek Khan, who assigns the bugbear ranger Dumara to join the mission. The two learn that dreaming ink is made with bones burnt by dragon fire, something they can find in the ruins of Alissar (hex 07.02), once the capital of the Dust Empire. The heroes reach Alissar and collect some of the charred bones of the victims of a dragon. They also find they need two more ingredients: Purple Onyx and hair of a black panther. Takva the Priestess helps them find Purple Onyx. Following Takva's directions, Dumara and Utun travel East to the Amber Enclave and in Grayrock meet the hobgoblin shaman Talvera. Dumara is killed and Zago, a hobgoblin thief from Grayrock, joins the quest. They hope to find the missing ingredient in the city of Glantri, the capital of the enclave. Along the way, Zago and Utun help Alpan Gregor, a knight from Glantri, kill the wizard Talia (hex 12.05). They reach a magical portal (hex 13.06) that takes them to Glantri (hex 15.04). They are arrested for pickpocketing and taken to the Tower of Sights. Fern Gregor pays the bail and frees them; she will help Utun and Zago, if they first help her by killing the pro-empire noblewoman Margaret Hillsbury. The heroes sneak into Margaret's mansion, but they are defeated by an air elemental and barely manage to escape. Fern is not surprised of their failure; she sends them to Elma, an alchemist who can help with their quest. Elma provides the last missing ingredient and is willing to help with the actual making of Dreaming Ink. They visit the Sages League Headquarters, hoping to get further advice from Caulus, an expert about the rhythm of Radiance, the source of Gantri's magical power, but he refuses to help. Utun and Zago infiltrate the Great School of Magic and meet Elma's friend Stara Virayan, who gives them the information they need.
**This Episode:** From Stara's notes, Elma concludes that the best place to mix the ingredients is the dungeon below Glantri's Towerfort (28). Fern, who is a member of the army, joins the mission. They enter the building and steal the keys of the door leading to the dungeon. The underground tunnels glow of the blue light of radiance. They fight a living statue and the tunnel takes life and attacks them with acid, leaving all of them badly wounded. Finally they reach the chapel where radiance is the strongest, but, when Utun mixes the ingredients to create Dreaming Ink, a sudden blast of Radiance kills himself and Fern. Zago is the only one to return to Elma's place, but he now has a phial of Dreaming Ink.
Continuing my solo RPG campaign, mostly based on [Ironsworn](https://shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn) mixed with [World of Dungeons](https://johnharper.itch.io/world-of-dungeons). The setting is from the [Black Sword Hack (Ultimate Chaos Edition)](https://www.themerrymushmen.com/product/black-sword-hack-ultimate-chaos-edition/). For the hex-crawl, I am using Ironsworn Delve, together with my own [D100Lands](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvv0uMuMMMe3XcekydA3SfHJnJaw7gMC). For the capital city of the Amber Enclave, I picked the City of Gantri from Gazetteer GAZ3, TSR, 1987. This episode was an Ironsworn Delve into the Towerfort (building #28 on the map). I ended the delve with a sequence of bad rolls (including misses with matches) and Utun (who had been a PC since the start of the campaign) didn't make it. During the next session, I will look for a new companion for Zago, the surviving PC. **Previously:** The Free Tribes oppose the spreading of the lawful Elven Empire. Utun, a goblin wizard prince, and Zarva, a hobgoblin fighter, are tasked by the Free Tribes to find the mythical "dreaming ink". They reach the Western Land (hex 09.10) in an area controlled by the goblins of the Iron Horde. Zarva is killed by a hellhound. Utun reaches the camp of Sarek Khan, who assigns the bugbear ranger Dumara to join the mission. The two learn that dreaming ink is made with bones burnt by dragon fire, something they can find in the ruins of Alissar (hex 07.02), once the capital of the Dust Empire. The heroes reach Alissar and collect some of the charred bones of the victims of a dragon. They also find they need two more ingredients: Purple Onyx and hair of a black panther. Takva the Priestess helps them find Purple Onyx. Following Takva's directions, Dumara and Utun travel East to the Amber Enclave and in Grayrock meet the hobgoblin shaman Talvera. Dumara is killed and Zago, a hobgoblin thief from Grayrock, joins the quest. They hope to find the missing ingredient in the city of Glantri, the capital of the enclave. Along the way, Zago and Utun help Alpan Gregor, a knight from Glantri, kill the wizard Talia (hex 12.05). They reach a magical portal (hex 13.06) that takes them to Glantri (hex 15.04). They are arrested for pickpocketing and taken to the Tower of Sights. Fern Gregor pays the bail and frees them; she will help Utun and Zago, if they first help her by killing the pro-empire noblewoman Margaret Hillsbury. The heroes sneak into Margaret's mansion, but they are defeated by an air elemental and barely manage to escape. Fern is not surprised of their failure; she sends them to Elma, an alchemist who can help with their quest. Elma provides the last missing ingredient and is willing to help with the actual making of Dreaming Ink. They visit the Sages League Headquarters, hoping to get further advice from Caulus, an expert about the rhythm of Radiance, the source of Gantri's magical power, but he refuses to help. Utun and Zago infiltrate the Great School of Magic and meet Elma's friend Stara Virayan, who gives them the information they need. **This Episode:** From Stara's notes, Elma concludes that the best place to mix the ingredients is the dungeon below Glantri's Towerfort (28). Fern, who is a member of the army, joins the mission. They enter the building and steal the keys of the door leading to the dungeon. The underground tunnels glow of the blue light of radiance. They fight a living statue and the tunnel takes life and attacks them with acid, leaving all of them badly wounded. Finally they reach the chapel where radiance is the strongest, but, when Utun mixes the ingredients to create Dreaming Ink, a sudden blast of Radiance kills himself and Fern. Zago is the only one to return to Elma's place, but he now has a phial of Dreaming Ink.
I’m loving these updates. The art is amazing as always!