Rool — Session 00 (August 25, 2022)

Campaign Setup & The Witchlight Carnival

House rules:

• Mundane items not tracked — absorbed into a “beer fund.”
• Inspiration = a reroll. Earn it by: giving the best recap, doing cool things, providing snacks, or winning MVP vote.
• Another player can also grant their reroll.
• For rerolls: if proficient, can reroll; expertise lets you reroll again.
• Succeed with consequences if you fail by 3 or less.
• At 0 HP: can take one more attack but gain exhaustion.
• Prone provokes attacks of opportunity when standing.

Rool’s character note: Feels no sense of accomplishment. NPCs regard him with pity but are not inclined to help — just pity.

Players: Chris (Warlock), Alex, Sara, Anthony (Knowledge Cleric), and Dan (Rool).

Setup: Madryck Ruslof of Worlak lives on a pumpkin farm. Sends the party to Prismeer to find out what happened to Zybilna. The Witchlight Carnival comes every 8 years and is the only route to Prismeer.

• The party attended the Witchlight Carnival as children 8 years ago. Now back, they feel a return of that old sense of loss.
• Owners Mr. Witch & Mr. Light were not helpful. “Every visit has its cost.”
• Standing there without consciously deciding to, the party felt some shared sense of loss.
• Gathered outside the carnival; saw a group of kids trying to sneak in — “actually bang.” Provided cover for them to sneak in.
• Saw a large treant walking around with his squirrel friend. Caught a sycamore seed. The squirrel — named Red — says he can grant a wish: a d8 to add to an ability check before dawn.
• Went to visit Dirlagrona the displacer beast at Lost + Found. She didn’t have what they sought. A little boy (Vira) tried to take a mirror ball; Dirlagrona snapped at him, grabbed the ball, and hid it. Vira ran off. Looked for him but didn’t see him on the first pass.
• Ran into Northwind the treant. Mr. Witch + Mr. Light are not the original owners — they’re not even from the Fey Wild. Mr. Witch’s watch is magical; the carnival cannot run without it.
• Spent the sycamore seed. Vira returned to Dirlagrona; she gave them the ball so they can find the star. [-1 punch]
• Rode dragonfly. Kid was falling off; flew over and calmed it. Myster put the kid (“Rod”) to sleep to get a ticket.
• A Kenku with Black Feathers had cast a spell to cause problems. Shadowy figure spotted.
• Chris tried to catch a crow, jumped off a dragonfly, and got hurt. Eventually found the Kenku, who wanted to get the owners’ attention.
• Mr. Light carries a weather vane that reflects the mood of the carnival.
• [-1 punch] Went to an eating contest. Got 16 cupcakes. Dawn won. Reward: cupcake of invisibility.