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| Sessions of Wilder Sessions of Wilder |
| Session 3 - Pieces on the Board Session 3 - Pieces on the Board After escaping through the sewers, the party regrouped at The Leaky Dinghy, where they met scholars Keith and Julia of the Violet Sages. These two scholars sought a corpse from the attacks to study the cause of the undead uprising. The party agreed to retrieve one in exchange for knowledge of interdimensional travel. The next morning, the group gathered two corpses and a severed head from the sewers. While Meng lifted the city’s spirits with a mourning song for the fallen, the others noted rising unrest: citizens divided between grief, denial, and anger toward the city guard. On their way to deliver the corpses to the Spellspire, they encountered a heated crowd in the market—one speaker calling for isolationism, another, a visiting human soldier named Victor Cole from the distant Terran Empire, urging unity and compassion. He revealed a similar undead outbreak had struck a remote jungle village days earlier. Octavius and M’Baku grew wary of his imperial motives, while Meng subtly planted a tracking device on him before he departed. Finally, the group climbed the mountain to the Violet Sages’ Spellspire, where a tuxedo-cat steward led them inside to meet Keith and Julia. Preparing to petition the reclusive Luminary Montovani, they readied themselves for negotiation—offering the recovered corpses in exchange for information about the undead, the weave, and perhaps the greater mystery connecting these interdimensional events. |
| Session 2 - The Arena and the Sewers Session 2 - The Arena and the Sewers As chaos consumed Estazia during the Festival of Stars, the heroes — Kunaq, Nakuji, Ming, Octavius, and M’Baku— found themselves trapped in the arena with terrified citizens and divided guards. While Umbaku searched for his master, the others calmed survivors and surveyed the burning city. The ground soon erupted, releasing two acid-spitting ankhegs into the arena. Fighting side by side for the first time, the party combined divine magic, invention, precision, and brute strength to slay the beasts, earning a hard-won victory and one another’s trust. M’Baku’s master, Xu Jin of the disgraced Jin clan, arrived to release him from bondage — a moment of unexpected freedom that resounded through the arena in the lion warrior’s triumphant roar. Seeking escape, the group convinced frightened guards to let them into the arena’s underworks, pried open a sewer grate, and descended into the city’s dark underbelly. There, amid the stench and flickering torchlight, they battled undead remnants of the festival’s horror — realizing Estazia’s nightmare stretched far deeper than the streets above. After escaping through the sewers, they regrouped at The Leaky Dinghy, where they met scholars Keith and Julia of the Violet Sages and began recounting their tale over drinks at the bar. |
| Session 1 - The Festival of Stars Session 1 - The Festival of Stars The campaign opened in Wilder, a continent scarred by divine wars and lingering chaos magic, as Estazia prepared for its grand Festival of Stars. Each hero was introduced through a vignette: Kunaq, an elven acolyte tasked by High Priestess Quri Uki to hunt a rogue priestess; Nakuji Nabunae, the “Ageless Smith,” leaving his rabbitfolk benefactors to seek wisdom from the Violet Sages; Meng, a secretive tabaxi spy with orders to watch key figures; Octavius, a tortle tinkerer carrying the memory of his slain mentor; and M’Baku, a leonine gladiator enslaved after clan betrayal. Their stories converged as the festival began. During the parade, Kunaq and Octavius witnessed corpses rise from the crowd, attacking revelers while guards hesitated and even executed bitten civilians, sparking panic. At the docks, Meng fought off more undead alongside an ally, the skirmish leaving guards urging survivors into the arena. Meanwhile, M’Baku fought a furbolg gladiator before a roaring crowd, only for the arena doors to burst open as bloodied civilians and guards poured in, fleeing chaos outside. By session’s end, all five characters—some hidden, some thrust into the spotlight—were gathered in the arena, surrounded by terrified citizens, divided guards, and the growing realization that Estazia’s celebration had become a nightmare. |
| Session 0 - Character Building Session 0 - Character Building Introductions. Player archetypes. Explanations of the world and races. Character development and rolling for stats. |