Hilarious writeup.

It was a combination of bad luck (horrible rolls on our part, max damage, constantly high rolls and recharging powers on the enemies side) and lacking strategy (not suprising, as it was our first time playing together). After the game, most of us were disappointed. Nearly all characters were killed, and the rest unconcious. I honestly have no idea how he is going to continue running the game, we didn’t even collect 1 day of supply. We didn’t know we were able too, the only thing the DM mentioned were the healing fruits.

I played Jarvix and we had one extra player at the table tonight playing a second Castri. We still had some trouble with the encounter, our battlemind went down once, as well as each ranger. Barcan and I managed to stick back, and really tear through the battlefield. I myself got 4 out of 5 kills, man is Mind Thrust potent. The enemies had barely any Will defense and 1d10+5 psychic can make short work of low-level monsters. We made out with a total of 22 days worth of supplies! Of course they remain undivided as the Ardent and I spent 2+ minor actions a round gathering while everyone else fought. But we stayed as long as we could before the horde showed up so hopefully we’ll survive the desert until we find some sort of sanctuary.

The next encounter will be interesting. We’re drained of our resources and we’re on the run. I think the first encounter was quite challenging so I’m not entirely certain we’ll survive the season. Heck, we fell to Xeres at the last moment last season. But it will be fun I’m sure. I’d hate to imagine what the first encounter would be if we were short a member or two!

Our group had a strong start and managed to bring down a pair of lizards quickly, but then things got perilous as two of our number dropped and others were reduced to little more than a few HP. Thankfully Phye pulled out an epic turnaround and managed to revive the two dying party members, shield the entire party, and kill the lizard shaman in one turn with judicious use of an action point.

Things went much better after that, although the elf did tempt fate by rushing back to engage the reinforcements with only 4 HP left. The dice gods were with him, though, and he managed to live long enough to realize his error and beat a hasty retreat with the rest of us.

Good fun – can’t wait ’til the next one.

As presented, I think Dark Sun has an old-school feel with fragile, flawed characters and a deadly setting. I warned players to use their skills to gather knowledge about their enemies and environment, and to carefully record anything they recovered. This approach feels “new” to me for 4e, but decidedly familiar in an old school way. I liked it, and the players enjoyed it as well.
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