Easter in the Caves of Chaos

[bunn]

In 2012 we went on an Adventure from the Keep on the Borderlands, to the Land of Basic D&D from 1981.  Clearly it was a traumatic experience, because although I think all the characters survived, we did not return to the Keep on the Borderlands until this year, when at least part of the party reconvened with some extra characters to clear out goblins and kobolds from the Caves of Chaos. I can report we were quite successful and the Caves of Chaos now have considerably fewer zombies, skellingtons and weird cultists, and coincidentally, also quite a lot fewer jewels and gold pieces.

Photo above: the Party (level one) about to bravely leave The Road and set off towards the Caves.

Photo below: The Party entering the Caves to tackle some Goblins.

I thought I'd lost my previous character, then I suddenly remembered where I'd put him, so I'm putting him here in case I need him again.  He's Level Three now!  But the drawing of him is from 2011.

And here is Amandapondo Spoo, who attempted to recruit a Gorgon to the party, with only partial success.

I concentrated on drawing as fast as I could, which resulted in a lot of pictures, though not necessarily good ones.



I quite liked these mercenaries though.  Sadly, Willow fell in battle, though  Buffy turned out to be pretty awesome.

A moment when Monty (intelligence 3)  was restrained from charging after a goblin by Basil Goblinsbane I probably should have used a reference for the poses, they aren't quite right.


Monty discovered a pit trap in a Kobold cave.  With his feet.  The redhead with the badly-drawn face is Alphonse, who turned out to be a Baddy In Disguise.  He probably didn't deserve such a badly-drawn face though.
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Brother Bungo joined the party after the tragic fall of Basil Goblinsbane.

Here we are facing a horde of zombies.

Amandapondo Spoo charmed an enemy necromancer! And I think on the right is a Luxurious Bedroom.

Oh yes, here's that Medusa we tried to recruit.  She killed Pp's Elf, Bonjela, under circumstances that provoked some moral debate.


The final boss battle of Bank Holiday Monday.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I find landscapes so much easier to paint than people! But I must persevere with people, since those are the things I find hard, so need the practice... That valley is roughly based on one in the Lake District, up in the northwest of England, but I changed it a bit to match our quest.

[r-blackcat.livejournal.com]

Do you have a photo of the valley in the Lake District?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I just checked, and the DM suggested it looked like Langdale. The reference photos I used were:

(from visitcumbria)


though I think I looked up generic glacial valleys to get the viewpoint I wanted!

[r-blackcat.livejournal.com]

Ah, these look good too. Thanks

[ylla.livejournal.com]

It reminded me more of Langstrath, which is straighter, or possibly Longsleddale, but Lake District valleys are really all just variations on a theme!