In which the group finally faces Mokmurian, stone giant spell-caster leader of the giants, and villain proposing a large scale invasion of Varisia.

Uploading the podcast format of the gaming session, for those who prefer that option.  If you prefer video, reference the YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/h5ECAiNjdrU

 

It has been many months, but I have finally managed to publish another of our gaming sessions.  Assuming YouTube scheduler works, the video should be live by the time this post is published, and the Podcast version should be online as well.  It has been many months since I finished a session, and this one had its set of challenges.  Not the least of which is that I am now using Adobe Premier Pro, which is a significant change from Davinci Recode, although the basic process is the same.  As part of this transition, I also re-organized all my sources files, which in turn caused me to recreate a number of the basic assets I use – all of which added a bit of time that hopefully will no longer be necessary.

In the video, you will notice some new evolutions – for combat, I opted to zoom into the miniatures, to better focus on the action.  Unfortunately, I didn’t think of this until after filming was done, so this is a digital zoom, and does get a bit fuzzy.  For the next session, I am going to optically zoom with the camera, which should make it far clearer.  You will also hear the sounds provided by Syrinscape, from their gaming aid.  I did briefly use the tool during the session, but that was distracting, and it makes for a very bad editing sequence.  Instead, after editing for content, I simply added a Syrinscape track to the trimmed video – much cleaner, and fairly straightforward.

During the next iteration, I am thinking of pulling together a collection of spell sound effects and such, to enhance the audio a little bit more during combat and events – will see how far I get with that, or it it makes the overall effort too messy.

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The group continues to explore the Hook Mountain ogre caves, after finishing off the front guards.  They discover the fate of the Black Arrow Lamatar, and engage the leader of the clanhold, the stone giant Barl Breakbones, and come face to face with Lady Lucrecia in her true form.

Chapter 3, Part 9 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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Having repaired Skull’s Crossing, the group prepares for their final assault on Hook Mountain, to rescue or recover Lamatar, and end the Ogre threat in the region once and for all.  A harrowing journey thru icy and snowy mountains leads to the ogre clanhold, where they engage with the guards and outer defenses.

Chapter 3, Part 8 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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The group continues their exploration of Skull’s Crossing, where they meet a dangerous guardian within its depths.

Chapter 3, Part 7 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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Finished with Fort Rannick, the group sets about repairing the outpost, while revisiting Turtleback Ferry, and dealing with an unnatural rain storm and its effects.  With prompting from the town, the group splits up, part to investigate the Skull’s Crossing dam and any possible storm damage, while another part heads deep into the Shimmerglens to investigate rumors of Fae activity and possibly located Lamatar, the missing Black Arrow commander.

Chapter 3, Part 6 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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Having defeated the Ogre leader, the group continues to search for survivors and treasure, while finally answering some of the questions of the recent events of the Fort.

Chapter 3, Part 5 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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More of the continuing assault, where the group encounters the Ogre leader deep within the Fort.

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The group continues their assault on Fort Rannick, and engage with numerous ogres and other challenges.

Chapter 3, Part 3 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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Having discovered the threat of the ogrekin, the group continues on to Fort Rannick, where they discover it has been overrun by Ogres.  The first steps in the assault and re-taking of Fort Rannick.

This is an unedited version, so includes a lot of side discussion rather than a condensed game session.

Chapter 3, Part 2 of the Hook Mountain Massacre, a continuing gaming Audio Podcast of our Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign.

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