we was walking through the trees looking for the air thing when the posh man started picking up bits from the wreck of the big ship. i don’t know why he needed to do that when he says he’s so rich anyway. claims it’s for other people, not him. yeah right. i was worried something very bad was gonna happen so i shooed people along. the scary lady agreed with me, she has good sense.

all of sudden we heard stormy weather noises. then we saw a big swirly whirl wind thing. before i could do anything the scary lady ran ahead and was knocked by it. i think the shock of seeing her knocked back by the windy air thing kept me stuck on the spot as everyone around me started attacking it. finally i did some magics and drew my sword and gave it a good hard smack. i think i damaged it but it fought back and… well… i don’t usually admit to this… but it did hurt a bit. then someone threw some stuff in it which made my ears go funny but it made the whirly air thing go away so that was good.

when we got to the camp area the pretty elf lady was there. i watched while she slept. she is very pretty. i like her. i lay down next to her and got some sleep too. i was ready to protect her though. i will always protect her.

it was weird when we woke up, the trees had moved. don’t understand it.

we are now at a village made of logs. i like logs.

so then he started hurting the scary lady with the chain and I reckoned it was time to help out so I hit ‘im with my sword, its really big and it hurt him a lot. then he was on the floor bleeding so I gave him a death honourable in combat, probably more than he deserved but he was a fierce warrior and I gots to respec’ that

I heard more fighting from outside so I used my magics to jump out the ship and then everything went red and it was time for somebody else to die but they was using arrows and hidin’ like cowards and I went down, happy to be dying in battle

a few seconds later I felt a warming drink in my mouth and my strength came back and it was time to fight again but now they was all dead and I was feelin’ tired

we looked at all the ones we killed and collected the spoils of battle and everyone give me things to drink and I felt better

the little gnome git that shot me told us why he was being chased cuz he stole some stuff for some guy and I was bored listenin’ but I wanted to scare him cuz he nearly got me killed today so I took what he took and I kept it

then we walked more and we found more of the ship and the pretty elf lady got her book and her staff and her backpack and her neggle-iggle and everythin’ back and we found a big metal thing that the guy what talks to trees liked the look of. we also found some cargo what the rest of them said was theirs so I helped ‘em take it all back to the camp

when we got back to the camp we was shouted at by an impressive looking model of the lord of the forest and he told us we had to kill an air spirit and then get out, so we’re gonna go do that now so I’m gonna stop writing for a bit

instead we went where stinky elf man told us there was some people who was also on the ship and i found the captain there. she didn’t have no money to pay me but she give me a letter that would get me money later. then i slept. then i got up and we went to find more bits of ship so pretty elf lady can get her book back.

we walked and we got surprised by an elf in a tree. he looks shifty. we walked a bit more and found the bit of ship. pretty elf lady said it was the wrong bit but the others all started to try to climb it so i had to show them all how to do it. then we found the scaredy gnome that fighter lady was spending so much time with when the ship didn’t crash and he tried to shoot me so i shouted at him then sneaky elf man said we should hide him so i dropped him in a hole and we told the shifty elf man that we killed the one that shot at me and i found a body. except the body was a bit too much dead and i don’t think shifty elf man thinks she did it…

wait, need to write about that bit first!

we got rid of the rat man at the last place we stopped and the captain told me and some others to go see her in the garden. she wanted to say well done and she give me a medal! i put it on my sash. then some stinky elf man came and give the captain a letter then it all went wrong.

the ship started wobbling and turning on its head and people was all falling off and landing in the trees. it didn’t look like fun so i held on tight. i suddenly noticed i was the only one left holding on and the mountains was getting awful big so i did the clever thing and jumped off! i got magics though and i landed slowly. saw a lot of people who didn’t have magics though, helped the ones i could and felt bad for the ones i couldn’t. it not honourable to die like this.

when everyone was all back on their feet the pretty elf lady started shouting about some book or somethin’, then i realised that all my stuff was still in my room. also needed to make sure captain was alright, she the only one who can sign my chitty for my work money!

we started walking the same way the ship was crashing to try to find it. found a cliff instead. the others were all worried about getting down it but i just wanted to jump. no one listens to me. they all climbed down, nearly didn’t all climb down though. then i jumped. had to carry stinky elf man stinky dog. he funny though so it ok that he stinky. the man not the dog. the dog just stinky.

we did more walking, it was boring, then we got attacked by a bear so i fought it. that wasn’t boring. the stupid bear managed to hit me once though, stinky elf man touched me and i felt better and stopped bleeding. then we got rushed by badgers. they too small to fight prop’ly so i didn’t bother and they carried on running. pretty elf lady got knocked over though.

then we found a bit of the ship. lucky it was the right bit and i saw that my room would be in it so i went inside. fell through stupid floor and got hit by stupid air spirit. so i climbed out the hole and fell in again. then the man that talked to the trees helped me out so i went back in without falling this time.

found my room and got my stuff and now i got it all and its mine. the others were happy for killing the air spirits and i honour them for their victory.

now we must go on and get pretty elf ladys things cuz she helped me get my things and i carry no debt to nobody so i will help her.

i give up on her and went to the bar to get a drink after doin’ work and suddenly my friend tuin is ringing the alarm. i guard the door like he says and when fergus and munro get in tuin makes them try to arrest me!

i never done nuthin’ wrong so i pushed ‘em back and told ‘em to bring the captin. after a minute the captin turned up anyway and stopped ‘em from picking on me but then she told me ‘go to brig sefu’. i didn’t wanna go but you gotta do what the captin says or you don’t get your money.

so now i’m stuck here waiting to find out what goin’ on and why the minstrel girl is saying bad things ’bout sefu.

got a job today. am doing more guard work on one of dem big airships the zebranaut it’s called, or somethin’. get food once a day every day. get sleep once a day every day. get a purple sash. i likes purple.

Last Night

airship stopped in al-something, always al-something. new passengers got on. started trying to get past me to the pointy bit at the front, the p-r-o-w. i stopped ‘em though, nobody gets past sefu! little human with a bow kept trying for ages kept saying he was king of world or something.

went to the bar with the new passengers when i finished. can’t seem to get rid of them but they bad at dice and i won loads of money off ‘em. hur hur hur. pretty elf lady came into common bar and invited the new passengers up to first class and they let me come! never been upstairs before, they got posher guards than me.

the lords and ladies started playing cards but i didn’t want to, they wasn’t playing for coppers. i noticed that dealer was stacking his deck and cheating, hur hur hur. they was getting ripped off and they didn’t see it. captain heard me say something and she told the little rat-man to do it again but he got upset and went away. captain told me to wait outside when i offered to show the man my sword. i got a big sword.

i thought captain was gonna tell me off but she told me i done good and i should keep eye on rat-man but i wasn’t to show him my sword anymore. think it is time to sleep now, gonna find my hammock.

I have prepared several characters to potentially use. These are a human wizard, a dwarf fighter, an elf monk and a half-orc barbarian/sorcerer. Any of these could potentially join the party as we have most of the important aspects covered already. The wizard would make a good utility addition to pair off with the flash-bang sorcerer but I’m playing a straight magic-user in another AD&D campaign so I’m not sure if I want to do the same here. The dwarf fighter is easy to slip in but basically just a tank, the elf monk could be interesting with the elven monastic tradition and bonus feats that have been written into Gaultria but I’m quite drawn to the half-orc to make use of the non-somatic sorcerer spells that I could cast while armoured, especially Feather Fall and True Strike

To my friend Pan,

Though we had only travelled together for a few weeks, I felt a sense of loyalty that I found unusual in your kind. Many times you helped me on our adventures, and this is why I call you friend.

So strange you were to me, and often distant, yet still you used your skills to my benefit, and I in turn tried to do the same for you. What goes around comes around, after all.

So strong you seemed, even after the dreaded contraption of the Kobolds had first knocked you down. Still you faught on and still you tried to discover its secrets so that we might tame it.

Though it seems you were not strong enough, in the end. When you disappeared under its wheels for the last time, I felt something was dreadfully wrong, but I was too slow to reach you. Nothing could be done. Even my own fury made me no stronger as I stood atop the vile thing and flailed uselessly at its ramparts.

I learned very early on that thinking too long for the dead achieves very little. In fact, during a former life of mine, such morbid distractions could get you killed.
Though this life is in the past, the old ways never leave me; I will move on now.
In your case however, Pan, I move on not because I fear my own death, but because you have taught me such a respect for life and living things. It all goes on, and so do I.

Thank you for this important lesson.

Goodbye.

And this what happens when you forget that you had recently taken 17 points of damage and that you really wanted to use the scroll of cure light wounds one of the potions of cure light wounds or even that prepared spell of cure light wounds that you had handy. And also what happens when, having forgotten all of the above, you step five feet too far into a room containing a rampaging juggernaut.

We were beset by some sort of animated statue with vicious claws and teeth and yet again my life was saved by brave Elenor. How many times will this noble warrior save me before I am able to repay her!

Once we had dispatched the being I carried out my final act of kindness against the kobold and despatched him that he would no longer be able to lead a life of evil. I will not let emotion cloud my judgement in this way again.

We continued down the valley in search of the remaining kobolds and the contraption that had the force and speed to run down camels without stopping. Eventually we discovered a cave at the end of the valley and, after some distraction with a portable briddge battle was closed. We were beset by a pair of dire weasels but these proved to be little impediment to our combined force. We were then astonished to see some sort fo metal beast with a mouth filled with fire approach us from the mouth of the kobolds cave. I was apprehensive but Dustin believed that we would be able to lure the machine to its doom in the covered pit at the entrance to this end of the valley. Jonn and I attampted to draw the being out but it steadfastly refused to move and was fallen easily by a flurry of arrows. Now we prepare to enter the lair of the kobolds themselves and I will have my revenge.

I have release Faolan from my companionship, it was not fair to keep him so far from his homeland and I sense that my time in this area is not nearing its end. I have decided that I will find myself a new companion more suited to this climate and after preparing suitably and carrying out the necessary 24 hours of prayer I have gained a new companion in the form of a viper.

Our new companion Jonn has informed us of a new job in which he asked asked for our assistance. In addition he has introduced us to a rogue of his acquaintance and we have also been approached by an elvish sorcerer eager for adventure. Together we have set out to track down a missing merchant’s caravan. I get the feeling that the goods missing are more than just the trade goods claimed by Jonn’s employer but if I am to continue my travels through the world I must find ways to support myself. They say that ignorance is bliss and who am I to argue?

We arrived at the town where the caravan was last seen and after making some enquiries discover the direction and next destination - we already know that the caravan never made it so far. Journeying out of town we followed the recent tracks of a large caravan before coming across a group of camels. These camels wore the remnants of tackle and all showed an owner’s mark branded into them. We rounded a few up and Jonn was able to communicate with them to discover that the caravan was attacked some days ago and as a result these camels were freed.

We continued on before camping for the night. During my rest I was disturbed by a tiny sound and brought to wakefulness. Seizing my weapon I was ready to do battle but no sooner had I stood up than our new sorcerer friend had dispatched one of the kobolds, for kobolds they were, and was chasing after the remaining sneak. The second kobold was brought down but we were able to revive him and begin sking him some questions to see if he had seen anything of the attack on the caravan. Remarkably it appears that this kobold believes that his pack was responsile the the attack! We have decided to keep him alive for the time being so that he may lead us to his lair and show us how to enter the camp safely - in all honesty I think I’m beginning to like this little creature, perhaps he can be useful after all this is done…