Location: South of Rilan

Date: Trical 14, 1333 Avard

Characters: Chimes, Hiko, Roland, Toox, Jasper

TBD

Date: JUL2020

DM's Notes: This was a frustrating session for Sualy. I gaffed as a DM, and did not handle the situation with Jasper and Toox well. Now, admittedly, Saige had Toox run away and left Jasper alone to face a young white dragon, all by herself. Given that they 1) Split the party, 2) Split the sub party into every man for himself, and 3) Did a shit recon… I can justify Jasper's death, and the death of her mount. But, honestly, she never got to swing a single hammer in combat, nor try to use her bear against a foe. To die like that is no fun. Sualy was steaming for hours afterwards, and justifiably so. She put a lot of time into making Jasper and Alabaster, and was then put down like a rabid dog without so much as a warning. So, yeah, serious gaffe as a DM. I'm going to rethink some things I do as a DM, not just to make sure something like this doesn't happen again, but also to make sure that the group as a whole enjoys the experience, more. I like seeing 20s on my dice – and I should prefer seeing 1's. When the DM crits, players should suffer – not die. A PCs death should be a sacrifice they choose to make as a hero, rather than random chance and a bad die roll.

They made it to 7th level after this session, and began some discussions on how best to handle the winter months, the fort, and some other things. It looks likely we'll do a down time session to play out what happens over the next several months within the campaign, such as getting the fort habitable and establishing some non-treasure income.

Reference: Campaign X
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