Sunday Inspirational Images: Wakanda Forever

The untimely death of Chadwick Boseman hurts. An amazing actor, and from all accounts, an amazing kind and generous man. The world is a poorer place.

I'm going to take the opportunity to share some Wakanda-esk architecture today, and link to my review of Black Panther. 

I know his legacy will live on, having inspired so many.

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Sunday Inspirational Image: Place of Power

 

By RaVirr17

Sunday Inspirational Image: Street Scene

 

By evagraphic1

Stonehell: Bugs and Hidden Spaces

Session 144 was played on 5/17

Eiric, Magic-User 8 (Kat)
Karl, Dwarf 8 (Julia)
Boris, Cleric 5 (Jeff)
Morgana, Mage 5 (Robert)
Borumar, Thief 8 (Josh)
Kili, Dwarf Cleric of Cthulhu 7 (Matt)
Joho, Mystic (Chris)
Ool, Mystic 1 (NPC)
Daton, Fighter 4 (Jay)

Gearing up and heading straight down into the dungeon, they’re interrupted on level 3 by some spiders. A quick application of fire sends them scurrying, and the party opts not to give chase.

Down on level 4 they come to the common grounds, and it’s again occupied. A dark clad elf is speaking with a bunch of ghoulish figures in ruined finery. The elf is silent, but glares at the party. The others introduce themselves as the Ladies and Gentlemen Ghouls, and they’re delighted to make the acquaintance of the party, and hope they in the future they’ll come to dinner. Joho shares some of his magic mushrooms with the L&GG.

Continuing to explore the living caves, the party returns to the watering hole, and explores she side caves, encountering giant ants. Their bites were nasty, as Morgana and Borumar will attest, and their exoskeletons hard to hack through, but without too too much effort, they killed the 4 giant bugs.

Later there were giant cave locusts, which the dogs were really wanting to chase.

More ants, which were roasted with a fireball, but due to the confined space there was some blowback.

Heading back to the cave with the collapsed tunnel, the party spends some time digging it out. Beyond the blockage is a small cave with a large stone sarcophagus, and a narrow flight of stairs twisting up. Readying all sorts of magic, they open the sarcophagus, revealing… dirt.

Could this be one of the vampire lord’s resting spots? That’s the conclusion the party reached. They then decided to empty it of all the dirt, bless it, and douse it in holy water.

They nervously check up the stairs, finding a chamber with 5 intact pillars and a magically sealed door. The back entrance to Ka’Nefer’s prison!

Having seen enough, the party heads back down, and out. Borumar slips a Karl Koin into the empty sarcophagus as he passes by.

Gains:
Kills: Bugs
Losses:

Star Trek Lower Decks & Humble Bundle

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Plus? It's funny. And there should be room for comedies set in the Trek-verse. And on top of that, it kicks off 26 solid weeks of new Trek-Goodness! First 13 episodes of Lower Decks, and then 13 episodes of Discovery season 3!!

 

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Sunday Inspirational Image: Wisteria Forest

By aerobicsalmon

Stonehell: Magic Beats Ogres

Session 143 was played on 5/14

Eiric, Magic-User 8 (Kat)
Boris, Cleric 5 (Jeff)
Morgana, Mage 5 (Robert)
Borumar, Thief 8 (Josh)
Kili, Dwarf Cleric of Cthulhu 7 (Matt)
Karl, Dwarf 8 (Julia)
Joho, Mystic (Chris)
Ool, Mystic 1 (NPC)
Daton, Fighter 4 (Jay)

Starting in the eastern living caves (with more party members), the party decides to revisit the locust cave. As they approach they see light from within. An ogre is tossing something to the bugs. Kili(!) charges right in, and the ogre is killed before he can make anything resembling an effective defense. The bugs are hopping all over, bumping harmlessly (mostly) into the party.

Beyond the locust cave they find the long decayed body of a wizard, and his moldy spellbook. They take the book in hopes of being able to recover something from it. Karl leaves a Karl Coin in the boot of the wizard after smacking the skeleton’s ass with his 10’ pole.

Back to the locust cave, then to the south, they spy 4 ogres wrestling with a trio of chained white apes. Along another passage they find 3 ogres in a disgusting kitchen. Fighting 3 ogres is better than fighting 4 ogres plus some apes, so into the kitchen it is. Karl and Kili in the lead. Karl ends up getting smashed by an ogre wielding the corpse of… something that was humanoid. The broken bones were painful, but the various juices in the face were the worst part. Karl hit the ogre back for nearly as much damage as he took. Joho does an impressive scissors kick to an ogre’s crotch then face, dropping him.

Ogres begin to charge in both from the cave with the apes, as well as from further to the south. Ladies Eiric and Morgana use Fireball, while Kili and Boris follow up with Hold Person. The ogres didn’t stand a chance, even the big one in the cobbled together armor.

Looting the corpses, they return to town, only to be pelted by dirt clods from some annoyed gnomes along the road. Eiric uses a single magic missile to cause the gnomes to flee.

Gains: Ogre loot (coins and gems)
Kills: Lots of Ogres
Losses: