A Wine Cellers Tale: The fate of Brulan & Frederick IV

The "Fight Club" debacle has caused an upheaval in the depths of the Cellars! The Elven Warrior-Seer Brulan Cobyr and his cousin Fredrick IV Adept of Tardone along with a single man-at-arms Hillwin have found themselves alone and lost somewhere deep in the bowels of the dungeon.

Brulan led his fellows on a mad dash as they escaped from the Fireball-frenzy unleashed by Varuna Lee! Avoiding irate creatures, brawling fans and dangers to dank to describe the trio eventually found themselves shelter in a seemingly abandoned room.

After a much needed rest the party makes a cursory search of the area and finds they are in an unused section that seems to have been a training area for gladiators.

Kehnee

A monster patrol was avoided, and a lone kobold was found scrounging the area. A Charm spell was cast and the little fellow was able to help the party understand more about their current location. They were in the old Purple Team section that has been abandoned for some time. Kehnee the kobold related that the secret treasury of the Purple team was still rumored to be hidden somewhere in this area.

The band decides to look for the treasury and soon found themselves facing a haggard Duergar warrior. Kehnee the kobold recognized the duergar as Flegar Garnetglory the head trainer of the Purple Team! After a parley of extensive drinking the group has pledged themselves as gladitorial recruits under the dark-dwarf master.

The new trainees worked hard for two-weeks cleaning up, working-out & patrolling their territory. Flegar was able to secure a Pre-game bout for his protege's and they assembled for the fight!

It was a Man vs. Beast battle and Fredrick IV, Brulan & Hillwin were up against a pair of giant swamp toads. The arena had been flooded  knee-deep with brackish water and bits of rotted trees were placed around as well. Sorcery was used to create thick fog, clouds of swarming gnats & putrid smells to befuddle the Gladiators.

In a surprising turn of events the Purple team pulled off a flawless victory and coins flowed into the coffers Garnetglory once more.

The chant of "Mess with Fred, you be Dead!" was ringing in the halls!

What happens next in the Wine Cellars? It's up to you.....

Chaos Warbands Battle!!!

This past weekend I had the pleasure of playing a round of Chaos Warbands!! I always liked this idea from back in the 80's with the Slaves to Darkness book from Warhammer.

So my friend brought over some figures and we got stuck in! I was in charge of the Slannesh band and he took the Nurgle band. We set up some terrain determined the objective ( which was kill the wizards for x2 points) and we started!

Nah-loc Ass-sore

Nah-loc Ass-sore brought his small band to the edge of the murky swamplands. His pet slaughterbrute needed to taste flesh, and his Chaos warriors bristled to bring the painful pleasure to all comers. The Slannesh wizard prepared his lustful magics.


It didn't take long before a horde of putrid nurglings attempted to atttack us from behind! Nah-loc let the slaughterbrute charge a group of Blight-kings to hold them off, while he and the Warriors aided the Wizard.

Filthy nurglings!!

The brute was unfortunately slain by the might of the Blight-kings!

Much Nah-loc's chagrin, the nurglings were able to kill off the wizard, so he and his warriors wasted time finishing them off! They had to stem the tide of filth before it was too late!

Nah-loc then turned to take on the Blight-kings while his warriors attacked the group of nurgle marauders! But lo, beware the charge of the Nurgle Champion on his fetid steed!!

In the end Nurgle won by a slight margin and the fact that they killed our Wizard, but we scored many deaths

on their band as well. After the tally, Nah-loc found he had attracted some new followers to his band and is preparing for a re-match with the foul puss-swillers of Nurgle!

More Warbands games to come!!!

Stories from the Dog-N-Bone tavern: a Wine Cellars tale

A Wine Cellars of Duke Marqest adventure:

Come hither and hear a tale of woe...
On the sixteenth day of the third month in the year 118, did a band of delvers dare the ruins of Marqest.
The Inglorious Basterds II were recruited by Jeff "the Handsome".

Player Roster:
(Selina) Varuna Lee - impetuous halfling with long lustrious hair / freed Brulan from imprisonment.
(Bryan) Brulan Cobyr - mysterious Elf wearing a black bandana / cousin to Fredrick IV.
(John) Fredrick IV - devout Cleric of Tardone wears a 3 musketeer hat with large feather / he and Skrog both barely escaped from an evil tyrants treasure chamber.
(James W.) Skrog - poetic Dwarf  / worked as a caravan guard with Crayola.
(Hannah) Crayola - the colorful Thief  / met Jeff when they both refused right of way on the road and fought a duel to a draw.
(Matt) Jeff "the Handsome" - Fighter / Leader / Grifter, wears a Centurion Helm / purchased Mcshanes freedom at a slave auction.
(Dave W.) Random McShane - ex Dwarf loan shark sports a visored great helm / was engaged to Varuna, however she broke it off but they remained friends.

Lo this stalwart group did set its sights upon entering the main Keep itself. After deftly avoiding the howling well and reaping the fabulous "Scarlet Hat of the Phoenix" from a Rock-Beetle nest did they enter through doors double! But first was Brulan assaulted by a creature most fowl!! Bewre the chickens of Marqest!

Inside the gloomy edifice the group found signs left by those whom had come before and a descent down darkened steps was had...

Giant furred beasts gnawed the arm off of Crayola the Thief, as Skrog and McShane dealt grievous blows to said creatures! It is rumored the group fell to the trap of the "Green Room" and soon found themselves in the great fighting arena somewhere in the depths of the dungeon. The band was pitted against a fearful conglomeration of monsters made up of a Jelly-beast, the 5 dreadful Ogre brothers and a horde of giant ants!!

 In the end only two verified survivors returned to the Dog-n-Bone, Jeff the Hansome as usual and the impetuous Varuna Lee sporting the fabled "Scarlet Hat"!. What fate befell the others, you ask? Well we may soon find out.....