The Daemon's Claw

This is a scenario I wrote myself based on a Conan story. I have tried to make this adventure with more choices like a choose your own adventure novel rather than locking the adventurers into a linear path. Several of the events can happen in a different order or location depending on the outcome of the players choices and the success or failure of the narrative challenges. After Arzag's experience with the Cult of Dagon Arzag joins up with a mercenary company. Unfortunately, the commander backs the wrong side in a civil war and the mercenaries are shattered. Survivors fleeing the battle are ruthlessly ridden down and killed. Those captured alive are killed a variety of hideous ways. Arzag is one of the few to evade capture by hiding in a swamp. Days of hiding in mud up to his eyeballs and eating raw frogs and roots is getting to him. (The fantasy equivalent of no beer and no TV). Arzag has found a boat and is waiting for nightfall before rowing out across the great lake. W hen he ...

After recovering from multiple doses of spider venom in the last adventure. Arzag decides he has had enough of the Jungle and sets off for the coast. He finally makes it to the coast and looks out at the vista of blue ocean stretching to the horizon. While camping on the beech he is suddenly aware of the stench of rotting fish. Three figures are approaching from further down the beach. Arzag is momentarily overcome with a wave of nausea due to the stench. Round 1 The disgusting figures move forwards. They are draped in seaweed Arzag shakes off the nausea and enraged by his momentary weakness activates Primal Rage. Arzag charges the lead figure, trying to pin them between the rocks so their numbers work against them. His first stab opens a wound in the lead figure. 15-8 A double 6 to start the fight! The Zombie misses Arzag 5-7 The last zombie shambles forward Round 2 Arzag lands a Heavy Blow on the lead zombie 11-8. This zombie is wearing a long black cloak so was probably an undertake...

We got together for another Stargrave mission, game, thing. I got Grok to create a couple of background images. This time our information took us to a Class L (earthlike) orbiting a gas giant. While trekking through the jungle looking at the strange plants and animals that inhabit these unique ecological niches. Some of the inhabitants tried to carve their niches on us. Finally, we arrived at an ancient pyramidal shaped building. This was the source of the energy readings we had detected. Here we are deployed in little corner of the world. After the last game and the death of Trooper Lytton we had to replace him with a Robotic Bruiser to save money. Just as we got close to the Pyramid what looked like shipping containers dropped out of the sky on parachutes. Here we are advancing towards the building and the energy sources. The Dalek commander moved right to investigate a nearby energy reading. Unfortunately this turned out to be a pit trap. The Dalek promptly fell in " I am losin...

After the last series of adventures Arzag headed south to warmer climes. He finds himself in the tribal kingdoms, unaccompanied by his previous companions he is on his own. Azalia went home to her father her desire for adventure and risk taking satisfied for now. Vildy went with her, their mutual attraction growing. Hesperina went her own way looking for somewhere she could add value. This adventure features my new outdoor battle board and scatter terrain Here is the cast for this adventure. A beautiful woman wearing a red dress surely, she could not be trouble?  Arzag arrives at a village to find a crowd surrounding a dead body. Everyone is shouting and wailing and jumping around. A local witch hunter wearing a crocodile skin and with a serpent wrapped around his arm is exhorting the crowd about vampires and the need to root out evil from amongst the village before the gods punish them further. Arzag has a look at the body but can’t see anything unusual though the crowd of p...