Start of play – March 29, 1880

• Papa Rattlesnake defeated after a large battle, involving many snake shaped enemies and puns
• Cold Burning Shadow killed after trying to kill Born in a Bowl

End of play – March 31, 1880

Start of Play – March 27, 1880

• Posse finds many deceased Natives on the trail up to the mesa with the Necessity Alliance
• Dr Lee hides so as not to inflict terrible Charisma on negotiations. Augustus Klein III appreciates it, and talks their way in past Eyes Like Fire
• Group meets with Stalks The Night who informs them that the Alliance was attacked by the Rattlesnake Clan, and all older shamans were kidnapped or killed
• Hank Sanders renders medical assistance to the injured and does very well, earning a lot of goodwill.
• Augustus and Fergus O’Brannigan attempts to interrogate prisoner. She bites Augustus, requiring medical aid from Cold Burning Shadow
• Trevor had his perfectly reasonable suggestion to harvest venom from the dead prisoners refused.
• Necessity Alliance agrees to attack Rattlesnake Clan to buy time for rescue of Born in a Bowl
• During preparation, Cold Burning Shadow warns Hank that Eyes Like Fire cannot be trusted.
• Party muses that their names are inferior compared to Necessity Alliance
• Captain Jennings sets off for Grotto. Eyes Like Shadow explains power difference in Necessity Alliance
• Cave infiltrated. Room with straw and burlap dolls encountered. Hank prevented from setting fire to them.
• Room with barely-living creatures encountered. Hank attempts to save, they attempt to swallow their soul. He is saved, though he and Fergus both are exhausted by the attempt
• Fergus discovers Blood Runes inscribed on the bodies of the prisoners that weren’t exploded.
• Captured prisoner found, jailer explodes into rattlesnakes, which charge…

End of Play – March 29, 1880

Start of Play – March 4, 1880

• Encampment of the Necessity Alliance is located

End of Play – March 27, 1880

Start of Play – March 1, 1880

• Dinner concludes with Emperor Joshua Norton I. He discusses his dreams of Floods, and how they are sent to punish the wicked.

End of Play – March 3, 1880

Start of Play – February 18, 1880

• Party bids farewell to Lacy O’Malley, who gets them passage to Kwan Province for rehabilitation of Job Hogleg Dunston and Sam Hellman.
• Journey to Silent Summit uneventful, but coach forbidden from moving any further. Dr. Lee indicates that there is a breakdown in immigration process.
• Investigation by Augustus Klein III and Trevor finds that governor is missing from settlement
• Fergus O’Brannigan learns that Warlord Kwan deals with intruders very harshly on his lands, and has been actively hiring new merecenaries.
• Hank Sanders gets himself hired as a lumberjack. Lots of job openings apparently.
• Posse, minus Dr. Lee, heads out to the woods to look for missing lumberjacks. Discover abandoned, barricaded cabin.
• Cabin infiltrated via ceiling. All barricades still intact, but weapons thrown about and some blood on floor.
• Unfinished basement has heavily churned soil, but no sign of bodies after Trevor and Hank dig.
• Augustus discovers a petroglyph drawn in one of the miner’s diaries, runs outside to look for rock formation, attacked by tree roots.
• Posse chases after injured tree roots which appear to be leaking blood. Discover giant, blood red oak tree.
• Tree ambushes party, fight ensues. Governor’s group discovered to be alive. Augustus puts down tree which bursts into blood and rotted flesh.
• Missing lumberjacks discovered buried, with saplings growing out of their chests.
• Tree Petroglyph discovered in crevasse under giant tree and destroyed
• Group allowed to pass through, meet Emperor Joshua Norton I and Warlord Kwan. Emperor Norton begins singing about Noah and the Flood.

End of Play – March 1, 1880

Start of Play – February 14, 1880

• Decision made to bring dynamite to The Rock. Never hurts.
• Distraction by pirates arranged by Lacy O’Malley, group infiltrates Rock.
• Sewage pipe filled with human remains. Trevor quickly prevents torrent of human waste from landing on Dr. Lee
• Initial infiltration sees Trevor killing patrolling scientist to keep cover
• Augustus Klein III and Fergus O’Brannigan discover human slaughterhouse. Bluff their way past a “snacking” guard
• Dr. Lee invents way to clean smell of sewer off of them. Proceed to cells. Bluff their way past guard.
• Prisoners identified: Sam Hellman, Charlie Bill Buckner, Job Hogleg Dunston, Vixen Tucker
• Hank Sanders murders guard when Charley Buckner recognises posse.
• Sam reports that Elders of Grimme are “monsters”, tells party to warn.
• In sub-basement, find 13 suites for the Elders. Investigate, but ambushed by Andrea Baird. Baird killed after a skirmish, dissolves into ash.
• Key retrieved from her clothing, and posse flees the way they came.
• Vixen stays behind to detonate ghost rock boiler in Lighthouse, cripple The Rock
• Mysterious storm prevents fire from spreading to bulk of the island.
• Sam informs group about the Necessity Alliance – a group of Shamans dedicated to defeating Grimme.

End of Play – February 15, 1880

• Last: Ghost Town
• Home

Start of Play – February 11, 1880

• Party informed by Lacy O’Malley that there is a lead on the whereabouts of Sam Hellman
• Posse agrees to infiltrate The Rock, and attempt a rescue for Sam, and any other prisoners
• Lost Angels investigated for information on The Rock – the worst sinners are sent there to be redeemed.
• Only one mention of an escape, that being a man named Jasper several years ago
• Allison Shaw asked for information. Mentions she knows of a few Gambling rings that might be able to help, but that everyone – including her – believes in Grimme
• Investigation interrupted as Luke Watson as to missing children. All vanished from beds, some still missing.
• Tracks lead into Ghost Town. Dr. Lee whips up heat-resistant gadgets and group heads into Ghost Town.
• Trevor tracks them to bank, confront and defeat burning zombies. Augustus Klein III finds rare treasure inside bank.
• Tracks lead to old, mostly intact saloon. Kids inside playing with Will-o-The-Wisp
• Inside group finds “Ironman” Ike Murray, now dead and insistent he will save children.
• Augustus almost talks him down, but Ike seems to snap and attack them. Demonstrates flame powers, badly burns Hank Sanders
• Put down by damage from Fergus O’Brannigan and Augustus. Children rescued.

End of Play

• Last: Bullets and Ballots
• Next: The Rock
• Home

Start of Play – January 22, 1880

• Notice that Augustus Klein III and Hank Sanders had been elected to the Mayor and Marshall of Perdition respectively.
• Travel to Perdition to determine cause of election. First meeting with Fergus O’Brannigan
• Group leaves to investigate town. Dr. Lee refuses to indulge any government business and stays at local Inn
• Fight broken up between drunken card cheats by Hank and Trevor
• Augustus and Fergus meet with Luke Watson and Granville Kurtz. Decide to support former, as latter is a garbage fire
• Vanessa Hellstromme indicates she doesn’t care who wins as long as the town meets its Ghost Rock queries for her. Also indicates she still doesn’t like Ezekiah Grimme
• Late night intimidation attempt by Kurze’s men broken up through stare-down. And violence.
• Election overseen, out-of-town voters thrown out by Hank
• Luke Watson elected Mayor, Kurtz swears vengeance
• Posse swiftly flees when asked to stay on to oversee election of new Marshall.

End of Play – February 10, 1880

• Last: The Wailing Doom
• Next: Ghost Town
• Home

Start of Play – January 6th, 1880

Summary of Events

• Posse rides out to Wailing Cave with Captain Roderick Pennington-Smythe
• Trevor dispatches two Chinese guards, cave infiltrated successfully.
• Chinese tongs horribly murdered, encounter with Wailing Doom
• Mysterious Figure uses distraction to escape cave, distracting his way past Hank Sanders and Dr. Lee
• Trevor identifies and destroys magical gem animating rock creature.
• Posse retrieves Amulet of Rakshasha, and locates another Blood Rune
• Augustus Klein III promptly blows up second Blood Rune.
• Posse retires to Shan Fan to await results of Rutherford Ellington Dillenger’s investigations
• Non wealthy party members encounter Caroline DeCarlo, earn her thanks.
• Augustus survives assassination attempt.

End of Play – January 22nd, 1880

• Last: Big Trouble in Little Shan Fan
• Next: Bullets and Ballots
• Home

For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears.
–Psalm 102:9

Start of Play – December 31st, 1879

Summary of Events

• Doctor Lee invents Blast gun – destroys blood rune in Granch Cave
• Successfully Gyrocoptered to Shan Fan
• Explorer’s Society burned down, meeting with Long-Haired Tony
• Meeting with Rutherford Ellington Dillenger. Discussion of kidnapping of Captain Roderick Pennington-Smythe
• Meeting with Big Ears Tam, discussino regarding Explorer’s Society burned down
• Investigation of Tea House belonging to Tam’s lieutenants, as he did not order any action against Explorer’s Society
• Old lady intimidated, kung fu masters defeated
• Captain Pennington-Smythe rescued, but says posse must move quickly to recover stolen amulet.

End of Play – January 5, 1880

• Last: How the G Ranch Stole Christmas
• Next: The Wailing Doom
• Home