aaand my first GM mistake :-(
Sold Ring of Ogre Strength to Sven Svenson for 100 gold
I forgot to input the price and the game automatically picks the fair price. Sorry, James, they don't have money to shop at your shop anymore. I'll send you the other group soon.
As for this one, broke and hopeful that a magical ring will save them (I fear not) they proceed on their quest:
The party arrives at the Three Headed Horse tavern and is greeted by Joe and his wife. They explain that there are really big rats down in the cellar, but they cannot afford to leave it like that, it's where they store their food and barrels of ale and wine. The heroes agree to help them out for a small sum, and enter the dark and dusty basement.
Around one corner, the party meets a pack of hungry, aggressive rats. After a moment of hesitation on both sides, the rats swarm the group and attack.
There is a short battle with biting and scratching rats, but with their combined efforts, the party defeats the rats and continues.
The party takes a total of 6 points of damage, in marching order.
Sven Svenson takes 4 points of damage, minus 2 points of armour, losing 2 hitpoints.
Kugar Bear Shaman takes 2 points of damage but his armour of 2 points prevents serious damage.
As they turn into a dead end, they suddenly spot the giant rat, the size of a dog. Red eyes glow in the darkness and yellow teeth shine in the light of torches as the creature approaches, growling.
Drawing their weapons, the group prepares for combat and is immediately attacked. Blows are struck and bites pierce armour and the battle rages for some time. Finally, the monster prevails, too strong and too big for the heroes.
The party takes a total of 20 points of damage, in marching order.
Sven Svenson takes 7 points of damage, minus 2 points of armour, losing 5 hitpoints.
Kugar Bear Shaman takes 4 points of damage, minus 2 points of armour, losing 2 hitpoints.
Small Willi takes 7 points of damage, minus 1 points of armour, losing 6 hitpoints.
Bjorn the Quick takes 2 points of damage, minus 1 points of armour, losing 1 hitpoints.
And so they retreat, defeated by a simple basement and its furry inhabitants. A shame to all adventurers, they crawl back into the tavern and then the street, where they collapse into a puddle of water from last nights rain.
Hero group Northmen runs quest rats
Hero group Northmen tries challenge pack
...requires damage of at least 20 (scaled from 15)
...they have 15 plus 0 from items
...using magic - they have 9
...success
...applying 6 damage in march order:
......Sven Svenson takes 4 damage, 2 armour + 0 from items => 2
......Kugar Bear Shaman suffers no damage (2 damage, 2 armour + 0 from items => 0)
...they gain 10 gold, and each living character gains 100 xp.
...Healing available: 8
......after using healing: 6
Hero group Northmen tries challenge big
...requires damage of at least 34 (scaled from 25)
...they have 15 plus 0 from items
...using magic - they have 4
...failure
...applying 20 damage in march order:
......Sven Svenson takes 7 damage, 2 armour + 0 from items => 5
......Kugar Bear Shaman takes 4 damage, 2 armour + 0 from items => 2
......Small Willi takes 7 damage, 1 armour + 0 from items => 6
......Bjorn the Quick takes 2 damage, 1 armour + 0 from items => 1
Quest Failed
evaluating usefulness of Ring of Ogre Strength
...useless weight (-23)
Quest Completed, party now has 10 gold available for shopping.
Attributes that we would like to improve:
* damage (7)
* armour (1.6)
Much more interesting quest. So what happened:
They meet the first pack of rats, and with no weapons or armour, they had to fight with bare hands. Thankfully, they have a wizard and that won them the fight. They got some damage (armour in this case is natural armour from toughness), but not much. They have a priest, so he could heal them.
Then they met a giant rat, and even with their magic, no chance. They took a lot more damage, but survived. They are now almost broke and desperately want to buy some weapons for the little gold they have. Also, they are still wounded. They're not very likely to visit my shop again.
