The Lands of Legend: The theft of the White Hand

Pcs 

Necro 

Volkhv 

Ante 

Owl 

Diplomat 

From Dutchman's Store An example of the bell found in the session

 

The objective of this session was to find a bell made of 

sliver to make the dragon's final ascent that much more 

difficult. Owl was part of a cult called the White Hand, 

but left after the cult started doing more horrible acts. 

This cult had a “wizard” , a knight type and a bunch of 

cultists. The party go in and Necro and Ante take the 

cold iron bell. It's antimagic. Knight shows up and 

takes out Necro. Necro has history with the knight as 

the knight burned his village down. Necro is K’Oed but 

Volkhv stabilized him. 

 

Owl takes the helmet off of the knight and Necro 

recognizes him and casts a spell to make his armor 

looser. Knight slows to a crawl. The leader comes out 

and Necro causes a cold breeze to make the ground 

slippery so that the guards slip (they do) and fall in a 

pile (they do and Diplomat kills them all.) 

Necro takes the box and ties it to the horse before the 

knight does something. Now, the knight blasts everyone 

with fire. Owl takes the knight’s helmet and pushes 

him into the mud. 


The party take this opportunity to run as far and as fast 

as they can.

 

Down time 

Volkhv and Ante gamble with their friend Vik. 

Turns out Vik is a “professional” gambler. 

Diplomat goes shopping and Owl parties. 

Necro holds a ceremony for his deity. 

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