How did they get that surveying Equipment into the dungeon?

One of our more enterprising players has been keeping an out-of-game log of pieces used for the dungeon and has produced this:

I guess I'm going to need a LOT more 4 length walls and a 7 foot table if i want to accuratly represent the Frozen Monastary in all its splendor....

Seriously though, I may just need to grab the illistrator files he used to whip this up. Very pretty.

In our last encounter.....

Along the adventure into the Frozen Monastary, we can upon some murals that was very foreign to most of the adventures. Lilth made an attempt to decipher the messages on the walls, but in doing so, she fell into a trance in which made her walk away from the group. Members followed her and found Lilith surrounded by robbed skeletons stripping her of her belongings. Here are the screen shots of this encounter. Again, images are un-altered, they are the original shots. A couple I had to delete because they didn't come out good.

Roll Call....

Before the current party journied out into the snow in search of the Frozen Monastary, they whiled away the hours in a snow bound inn by taking turns at telling thier life story.

Heres how they came out:

The voice of Okamikage came first out of the shadows, growing louder as he walked toward the group....

As far as I can remember, my life revolved around some monastery. If you were to ask, I couldn’t tell you about my parents, as I have no memory of them. Because of my abilities at a young age, it was decided that I would receive special training in a monastery just beyond a small city called Yamakawachi, or "Town of the Mountainous River". Here I spent my youth and adolescence, learning their unique style of fighting that combined taijutsu, stealth, and grappling. When I had attained mastery of these techniques and of the philosophical teachings of the Kun, I returned here.

I came to the Monastery of Kord a few years ago at the special behest of my former masters, as it would seem that the head of the monastery has some special sway with them. I have found the monastery there a bit…unruly for my tastes, nor do I share the much of the philosophies of their god, but I digress.

In my current seat, I do what many of the disciples at the monastery cannot, as much of their convictions and impulses simply get in the way.

Kaito spoke next...

As a child I have always been quite nimble with my fingers. Growing up in the "slums" in the southern continent, I was quick to travel down the path of thievery. A loaf of bread, a coin purse from a wandering drunk, it all was done in order to survive. Eventually I became enamored with the thrill and challenges of each encounter. Eventually one must set off for greater pastures. My family and I headed north to one of the largest concentrations of Halfling.

We arrived in East Briar about 3 years ago and I setup shop. It was too long before I was noticed by the local thieves' guild; or rather it was an unfortunate encounter when I tried to lift the purse off one of their own. Suffice to say I was caught and since then I've had to pay my dues. I continued my exploits, until I came under the guidance of good ol' Hablis. He set me straight. He provided my family with work and decent shelter in times of worsening weather. He's been a formidable mentor and I consider him a very good friend. Well that's pretty much all I can think of.

Oh one more thing, I may not look it, but in times of need I've been know to cast a spell or two.

There was a brief pause.

Finally, the Wizard closed his book and began

My story is simple. As you can see by the book that I am reading im a wielder of arcane magic. I spent the last 5 years about 3 days journey south of here at my masters tower. After 5 years of faithful service as his apprentice I learned all that I could from him. It was now time for me to journey out into this world and to experience all that I can. His final words to me as I left him was to head north to Luthien. There you may find some adventuring companions to see the world. There is great magic to the north, you need to study it and learn it so one day I can return to him as a wizard of great power.

So I packed up my gear and headed north. Only to find out that I picked the worst time to travel. That first night was the worst. I have never been out in the wilderness before. I didn't know how to surivive. If it wasn't for my magic I was sure I would have froze to death. On the second day I met up with a group of travelers headed toward East Briar. They allowed me to tag along. It was a good thing too. Later that day we were crossing a bride where the river was swelling up. The water was rough and moving fast. We scrambled to get across it. It was no more than 10 minutes that the last person crossed when we heard a terrible crashing sound…the bridge had been destroyed. Taken away by the river. The last day was pretty much uneventful. It just got colder and colder and the snow started to fall. I was lucky to make my way here before the snowstorm came in.

Heroforge version 4.0.4 available

Due to popular request, I have mirrored the link to the location of where I found the newest version of Heroforge. As it has now become a sourceforge project, it should be updated regularly. For casters, the Zip expands to a folder also containing spellforge.

http://www.paregulators.com/?p=24

So it is written.

First shots of our Newest Adventure

Here you are kids, our first 3-D model shot of our first dungeon. Excuse me now for the lack of focus as I wasn't in good positions to be taking them with a few people around the tables. But we made due with what we had. I think the thumbnails look better. Caution, these images weren't modified, they are straight from my camera.

This is a map of our current location. I will try to update more as the game continues. I realize this is inferior to Celestrian's maps, but so it goes.

Dragon Crypt

Will our hearty adventures find treasure inside the Dragon Crypt?

Our set is still missing a few wall segments, but overall this build is almost finished.

Morale is high as we press on. Displays like this really help morivate the group. 

Another photo of the early stage. Notice the cool gear knob on top of the door. Works like a charm.

The quality of the pieces improves every time we make a new one, and they fit quite snugly already.

Lacking some edging though. Still can see a lot of the gimpy miscolored "practice" tiles too. John W took home a good stack of printed cardstock to work on.

He also has a deal lined up to use someones wax jet printer for about 100 copies, which should provide enough finished pieces of the most excellent kind. Really cool stuff!

The goal is to produce enough pieces to fill at least 3 1x3' masterboards which will be covered in magnetic sheets. Individual tiles and walls will be fitted with flat washers on the bottom turning them into reverse fridge magnets. This combination will be strong but mobile. The map can be arranged around the table, cleared, and quickly setup again as players move through an area. 

Were Back...and in Amazing 3-D!

As you can see, the 3 day holiday was an excellent oppourtunity to revitalize the campaign once more.

The first meeting will happen this Sunday afternoon, barring any unforseen circumstances. Sessions will be scedhualed as bi-weekly, or as we see fit. The goal is to allow more flexibality for members to play when and how often they want, and to keep the time we do spend at the table action packed and fun for everyone.

To that end, we will be using some card stock 3D terrain. Spent Sunday and Monday purchasing materials, finding the right ink for the printer, and learning how to create reliable pieces. These are the very first bits put together on 110 lb cardstock. The strange colors (yellows, pinks, etc) are due to buying a package of crappy generic color ink from Office Depot.

The other half printed out just fine, and if I had a better camera, you could see some of the really rich texture work going on.

The files come from www.stones-edges.com which gave a variety of designs for $10. I was waffling between them or www.worldworks.com and thier "chunky dungeons" pack which a lot more bits and bobs, but only one architecual theme and a texture which I found to be a little on the gaudy side. Still, it may be worthwhile to pick up a copy of that as well, just for the furniture and pit trap tiles :P