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Dnd Guy
Posted on 2024-05-04
Scanning in Vivian's DM Campaign Book from the early 90s and I found this DnD guy.
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The general area around Tobbins Shire is called The Glen.
The Muffens tend towards rotund, even for halflings. You might even say round as a bowling ball. They are very competitive eating pumpkins.
Things we learned playing family game last Saturday.
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I am Edgar O. Ogre!
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Tea too! Arimeth was working with the Milyagon Witch, both herbalists, and they came up with a far seeing tea that gave you telescopic vision. She also brewed a tea that countered a fog spell created by Mr. Mistmeister.
Just like a bard casts spells with music herbalists cast spells with mushrooms and herbs.
Healing spells are obvious but why stop there?
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Prepping for my Just Quest sandbox family game.
The quest starts in a tavern named The Sign Of The Golden Elk. The sign hanging in front of the tavern says The Sign Of The Golden Elk. So it's the sign of The Sign Of The Golden Elk. But what is the sign of the golden elk? Droppings. They're gold in color but really they're just elk poop.
And what is the Golden Elk? It's a mythical beast, like a Unicorn. It's a large male elk with golden horns. They're not actually gold, just gold in color.
And where is The Sign Of The Golden Elk tavern. It's in a village called Elk Trails, north of Milyagon and Tobbins Shire, a stopping off point for hunters, trappers, and adventurers. The population of Elk Trails is primarily dwarves but all races are common and this is in the north so occasionally monsters wander in too. They are tolerated as long as they don't cause trouble.
And what is the party discussing? Previously the Ghost Of The Oracle mentioned The Queen Of Desperation. They are trying to figure out what this prognostication means and what they should do about it.
The Ghost Of The Oracle is an NPPC, a non playing player character.
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Prognostications of the Ghost Of The Oracle.
The Queen Of Desperation
Mr. BB
Much much much
Beds
Don't be noisy
Kettle down
Lazy Aces (AZs?)
A wind is coming
Pizza pooch
94, A brat without a broach
Find the cream
Mr. Baylor will never push you away
Left in the water fountain
Don't talk before it
Oracle in danger
Sleep
Santa to ploo ploo pie
Take it when it gets here
Lights under but not over
She bunny
As noted by Shuba, Listenherebub, and the DM on 2024-03-16 except the first pronostication was pre game.
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The Ghost Of The Oracle Quest
Cast
March 16, 2024
The Party
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Name - Class - Traits
Thokk - Fighter - barbarian, friendly
Thistle - Elf - confident, interior decorator
Listenherebub - Wizard - athletic, grounded
Echo - Rogue - flexable
Elder Yawn - Wizard - old, wize
Shuba - Halfling, tiny, dancer
NPPC (Non Playing Player Character)
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The Ghost Of The Oracle
NPCs
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Barton - Dwarf - The Bartender at The Sign Of The Golden Elk dresses sharp and is quick with orders. Occasional conversation with patrons passes the time. A family man, at home he makes tables and shelves which he sells as a side business.
Grogloc - Dwarf - The Mayor of Elk Trails is loud and bumptious, always bragging and promoting the village. This could be his nature or it could be because of his substantial real estate investment. Most think it's both.
AA - Dwarf - Coproprietor of the Red Devil Emporium. Large for a dwarf and efficient with the inventory.
CC - Dwarf - Coproprietor of the Red Devil Emporium. Small for a dwarf and develops good rapport with the customers. Does an amazing thing by knowing what customers want before they ask for it.
Mr. BB - Human - Former proprietor of the Red Devil Emporium. Wealthy. Known to tilt at windmills. Last seen following the sign of The Golden Elk.
Gladiola - Wizard - The Golden Elk Herbalist is a healing witch that cures with herbs and spells. She does a booming business in healing potions but is sometimes short on supply causing a wait for a day or two.
YoYo Longstring - human - Manager at the Dolphin Inn. Gregarious and helpful. Takes the evening shift and sleeps on premises. In the mornings he hikes in the hills and draws in a sketch pad but that doesn't stop the whispers.
Little Red Riding Hood - human - Loves to sing and if she's encouraged she will sing "Dawn Is Coming Soon".
Speaking Animals And Monsters
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The bugbear once met the Golden Elk and if he gets drunk enough he'll go on and on telling unreliable stories about him.
The March Hare is a source for specialty teas. Gladiola vouches for their efficacy.
The wolf is Little Red Riding Hoods pet. After she gets on top of the bed sometimes the wolf climbs in with her for shared warmth.
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The Ghost Of The Oracle Quest
Session notes
March 16, 2024
The party gathered at The Sign Of The Golden Elk to discuss the meaning of Queen of Desperation, a recent prognostication of The Ghost Of The Oracle.
Thokk wanted to go talk to the Mayor to see if they were desperate about something. He called Barton the bartender over to ask where to find the Mayor. The Ghost Of The Oracle said something about Mr. BB.
The party went to talk to Grogloc, the Mayor. When asked if they were desperate he said with a lot of bluster that they were Dwarves. They had a mine. And they had plenty of gold. If the party wanted to help him they could spend their money in town, at the Inn, the taverns, and the Red Devil Emporium. Then he burst into a favorite dwarven song, Gold, Gold , Gold, Gold.
When asked, Grogloc said he had not heard of Mr. BB but he knew AA and CC, two dwarves who ran the Red Devil Emporium.
The party visited The Red Devil Emporium to find out about Mr. BB and to shop. AA and CC were behind the counter. They said they never heard of Mr. BB. Everybody shopped for stuff including a kettle because the Oracle had said Kettle Down. Elder Yawn bought some pipeweed from Hill Shire. They also wanted some herbs and potions the emporium didn't have. So AA and CC sent them to the herbalist.
At the Golden Elk Herbalist they met Gladiola, a human healing witch. She sold Elderly Yawn some Pineapple Sticchi Icchi (the good stuff). And she sold Listenherebub a slightly larger bag of Gladiola's Special Blend recommended for anxiety. When Gladiola heard them talking about The Queen Of Desperation she went and got a small golden (colored) statue from her trinkets shelf and sold it to Thistle, the elf.
The Ghost Of The Oracle spoke of light under but not over and she also mentioned beds so they thought they might need to check under the beds at the Inn. The herbalist sent them on to Dolphin Inn, a small establishment with rooms, a restaurant, and a larger function room. The innkeep doubled his income by letting monsters sleep under the beds with people sleeping on top.
In front of the Dolphin Inn was a fountain with pennies in the pool and a sculpture of a dolphin dancing on it's tail and spraying water straight up into the air. The Oracle had said, "Left in the water fountain" and Shuba, the halfling dancer couldn't find anything left in the pond except pennies so she climbed right in to neck deep water (for a small halfling) and started dancing while circling left. The mayor and other townsfolk came out and clapped and threw pennies into the pond. As she spun faster the dolphin blew harder and soon everyone was soaking wet.
They went into the Inn and Thokk started to check under the beds and found a giant shrew comfortably sleeping. After carefully replacing the bed he was intercepted by YoYo Longstring, the inn manager, who said they could only check rooms that were vacant of on the bed customers. In the 4 remaining vacant rooms he found a Bugbear, a Corpse Crawler, a Wolf, and a Cobra. Shuba, the Tiny Dancer, danced with the Bugbear and the Cobra. The Cobra climbed out of his basket so high that he hit his head on the ceiling and knocked himself out. Since his basket was about the same size as the kettle they bought from the emporium they transferred the cobra to the kettle and Shuba strapped it to her backpack.
By now, it was getting late and everyone was ready to party. They rented the function room and everybody came. The mayor, Grokloc, AA and CC, Gladiola, The wolf, Little Red Riding Hood, the Bugbear, the March Hare, and the Cobra in his kettle. Even the corpse crawler shuffled in and scooted under the drinks table with the dead sailors (empty beer bottles). They all ate pie and had a big old time drinking ale and smoking pipeweed.
In fact Listenherebub got so relaxed that he climbed right out of his chest of drawers and showed off his muscles wearing only body building shorts. He said he didn't need more clothes while he was in the chest of drawers.
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High Eyrie
by Larry Heyl
There once was a maid so fair
With bright blue eyes and flaxen hair
Who crept into a dragon's lair
And found an egg just laying there.
Now she rides between the wings
Of a giant red while she sings
Sail son, Sail on
To High Eyrie.
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Discuss High Eyrie here.
https://gamerplus.org/notes/9suulhhdb8pmjrcp
When I worked on this song I was back and forth with Vivian about every word.
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Ari and Caper campaigned together for over 30 years. In our last campaign together Ari was an herbalist and healing witch who sometimes worked together with the Milyagon Witch. Her pet mountain lion, Tude, found a book written in wikkenscratch, a combination shorthand and code witches used to remember their recipes. Caper, a halfling bard, was her trusty sidekick, a DM PC.
Here's a link to Milyagon Adventures.
https://hairylarryland.com/milyagon/
Vivian helped me write all the Milyagon Minizines including the Just Quest RPG game.
After our last Ari and Caper campaign I wrote "The Story Of Mister Mistmeister And His Many Transformations" based on our adventure. As well as playing the major character in the quest Vivian helped me write the story.
You can find links to "The Story Of Mister Mistmeister And His Many Transformations " and the Milyagon Minizines at the link above.
by Vivian Heyl 1950-2024
Vivian Running Sound At Blues Fest
Vivian was editor at Delta Boogie since we started the site in 1996. She wrote almost all of our Delta Musicians section, the most popular area on Delta Boogie. She also wrote anything else on Delta Boogie that doesn't have a byline.
She also worked for the Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, where she contributed many features and some reporting. Her work at the Times Dispatch regularly won awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
Writing was her passion. She wrote for her whole life. Much of it we still have in computer files. I am posting her work here as I find it.
by Larry Heyl
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Gretchen says:
Today we celebrate Vivian Heyl. Mom, Grandma, Viv. Whatever name you knew her by, I'm sure at some point in time she used her gift of nurturing on you. She was indeed a nurturer - of the mind, body and spirit. Her words of encouragement could only be outdone by her quick wit and, when needed, sharp tongue. She loved unconditionally, but she had no problem calling you on your crap. She welcomed ALL to her family - and about the only thing that would get you unwelcome was making someone else feel that way. Today we celebrate the life she lived, the example she set and the love she shared.
Many have asked what they can do for the family or in memory of Mom - I offer these suggestions:
Play a game with your family. There is nothing that would be a better gift than to share joy with your family and in memory of Mom.
Read a book (it can have pictures). Mom loved to go on adventures in books and she led us kids down the same path.
Encourage a kid (preferably one who no else even seems to notice). I promise that is the one Mom would spot first and immediately bring into the fold.
We would also love to hear your stories about Mom. We would love anyone who would like to share stories or memories to do so in the comment thread. Maybe you have a story where you realized, possibly even years later, that you had been molded by a momma's love in the form of Vivian Heyl.
If you would like to make a memorial gift, please consider the children and youth fund at Brookland UMC or the friends of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, the Lawrence County Library or your local library.
Lastly, just keep loving us! We are sad, but we are blessed.
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Delta Boogie Newsletter/Gamer+ News - May 2024 - This One's For Vivian
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry/pages/1714661546292
My wife Vivian was the editor of Delta Boogie and a regular contributor to Gamer+. She helped me with everything I did including Blues Fest for 25 years, The Bandshell Project, Jonesboro Computer Services, The Jonesboro User Group, and so much more. I don't know what I'll do without her.
On April 18, 2024, Vivian passed on.
She was a writer all her life and I am collecting her writings here.
https://deltaboogie.net/words
She worked at The Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, for years. Her features regularly won Awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
She wrote almost all of Delta Musicians, the most popular section on Delta Boogie, where she provided Delta Bluesmen with a place on the internet back in the nineties. She also wrote all of the articles on Delta Boogie that do not have a byline.
She played and ran fantasy RPGs with dice and miniatures at ASU Beebe in the early seventies before D&D was published.
We home schooled our children and she saw their love of D&D as an educational opportunity for reading, writing, history, the arts, and, of course, math.
She loved music and games and she raised a family of musicians and gamers.
We have five children and seven grandchildren. I had two boys before we married and she loved them like her own.
She saved my life and she gave me a good life. I love her still and always.
For her, I thank you all, for your continued support of Delta Boogie, Gamer+, Delta music, NEA gaming and whatever else it is that you do to make the world a little bit better.
Please take a minute and say a prayer.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com
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