Game #3 of The "Arrrsonists"

Isn’t it funny how they all look SO sweet and innocent here but yet most of them are willing to burn it all to the ground IN. A. SECOND!!! Photo by Jess.

They have made it off the first floor and out of the main reception hall!!

There is A LOT of meta-gaming going on but, the ladies are all new (with the exception of one) and I am letting that go because I want them to talk more to each other as a team.

They have successfully started checking rooms on the 2nd floor and are learning that everyone/everyTHING has a backstory/purpose/meaning.

First rendition of “Jordy,” Jess’s Gold Dragon Paladin.

Though the sessions are short, only 2 hours to be exact, there is nervousness as well as a couple of, “Oh my god, I’m sweating here, WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?” Which makes for a happy GM. 😉

Sometimes you let them EXPLODE in the scene, other times …a good story line keeps their attention pretty good. Photo by Jess.

While they are still getting their “sea-legs” as to mechanics and rules, they are helping each other as a team. MOST of them have learned how to do info look-ups in the PHB and are starting to grasp the gaming/D&D process.

Jordy was …detained by the Orc Bouncer …momentarily. I was thinking of captioning it "Do you think Princess Doughnut has to go through this?"

Famous quote from the Night (approximately): "We should do this all night sometime, you know, stay up like the geeks do, all 'Cheeto-fingered' and everything!"

GM overall rating: 3/5 ⭐️

Post Script 7/8/26 From Jordan’s Notes:

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Session #3 some parts missing due to video cutting out

I (Jordyn) use “burning hands” to attempt to burn Jacob and revel what he’s hiding under his left sleeve; Jess is resistant to fire so she takes 5 damage and Beth takes 5 damage. Video cuts out Hildy had money on a tray and then she was distracted by the fire. The money is no longer on the tray, unbeknownst to Hildy; someone else is taking it. Beth points out that our letters also went missing. Shannon attempts to go upstairs to get a better view; she’s by the ledge but can see numbered inn rooms along both hallways. While the bar is burning, patrons are fleeing. Jacob is down from the fire hit, presumably still behind the bar. Mackenzie is up on the balcony and can confirm Jacob is crouched behind the bar, holding his arm. Mackenzie aims her bow and arrow and attempts to shoot Jacob in the arm he’s holding. She hits him, and a metallic ting is heard suggesting he has a metallic arm. Jacob stands and points at MackenzieJacob stands and points at Mackenzie, telling Bruno to get her. Mackenzie starts making her way down the hallways upstairs, checking if rooms are vacant as she passes. The 1^st door is locked, the 2^nd door is unlocked but she does not explore. The 3^rdroom is locked, and the 4^th room is unlocked so she opens the door to look in the room. In the room, she sees a series of 6 ft long crates that have 3 gold handles on either side of them. There is a label on the crates that says “something..something..something..Vonzeravich.” Mackenzie takes 2 psychic damage and hears the words “Get out” in her head.

On the main floor, Jess is still being held by Bruno by her scruff. We are assuming Jacob stores the money in his metallic arm. The bar fire is mostly out, only some light blue flames left. Bruno’s back is turned to me (Jordyn), so I attempt to kick him in the balls. I wind back with a full kick but Bruno catches my shin with his buttcrack; my foot is now stuck. I attempt to push off and free myself. I succeed, and it causes Bruno to roll forward while still holding Jess. Beth casts “Armor of Shadows” to make herself stronger. Bruno starts to get up and Beth attempts to cast “Tasha’s Hideous Laughter” on him. She hits him, but Bruno is an idiot, so he laughs oddly while walking towards her. Beth runs and jumps onto the stairs. From behind the bar, Jacob stands with a torn shirt; he calls over to Bruno saying “Bruno”, and then points to Mackenzie saying “stop her”. Bruno looks at Jess, looks at Mackenzie, looks back Jess and then throws Jess at Mackenzie. Jess crashes through the railing and hits Mackenzie; they both take 3 damage. Hildy yells at Bruno, who is still kind of laughing. Jess gets up and starts exploring rooms; the 1^st one is a trap door that has a rusty needle poking out of it, the next one is locked. Shannon is heading towards Jess and Mackenzie, checking rooms along the way. She notices a room with “J & H Hatch” on the door; she investigates their room, as it’s unlocked. She can see barmaid dress and pants hanging in the closet, but no pants. Only one side of the bed has been slept in, and it smells of perfume.

Shannon finds a portable safe under the bed; it’s locked so she carries it with her but she’s now encumbered. She keeps moving down the hall toward the others; the next room is unlocked. She enters it and sees a very large statue of a 9-headed dragon in the corner of the room. It has multi-colored heads and burns at the base of the statue. Mackenzie heads towards Shannon using “Dash” since she’s not exploring the rooms she’s passing. I (Jordyn) move upstairs and Shannon informs me of what she found in Jacob & Hildy’s room; I go into the dragon statue room and it looks like one of the heads of the dragon turned and looked at me. Hildy looks at her wrist; she is wearing a bracelet with a stone on it that has turned bright red. She tells Jacob someone has the safe. Jacob tries to jump the bar, but he tumbles, rolling to the base of Bruno. He tells Bruno to get the safe. Bruno laughs, and then heads upstairs; Beth tries to attack him but she fails, and he pushes her over the stairs railing. Beth takes 4 damage. Bruno keeps heading toward Shannon, so she drops the safe onto the main floor. The safe hits the floor at an angle, and it is embedded into the ground on its corner. Bruno follows the safe and crashes to the main floor; he is now prone. Beth attempts to use “fire bolt” on Bruno, but Hildy reaches out with her hand that’s wearing the bracelet, and she curves the bolt toward her and absorbs it into her hand. Beth runs and goes into Jacob and Hildy’s room. Jess continues to inspect rooms upstairs; the next room is locked. The following room is a standard inn room where she finds 10 gold pieces. The next room is locked. Bruno starts bringing the safe back to Jacob & Hildy’s room, where Beth is.