HEAVENLY FRAGRANCE SESSION TWENTY

This was the twentieth session of my Heavenly Fragrance Campaign, a living adventure for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, prepared using tools and procedures discussed in the Wuxia Sandbox blog posts. This campaign is intended to play as a sandbox but with more dramatic elements. It is a two player campaign where run in what I call "Condor Heroes Mode", where characters begin with only one Kung Fu technique, their family background established and connected to the setting, and using a level advancement system based on encounters with higher level masters who train them. It also makes use of a campaign Shake-Up table, rolled once each session, to manage an unfolding background situation (see STATE OF THE MARTIAL WORLD). I will include footnotes to explain what procedures were invoked during play. The campaign is set in Fan Xu, largely using the Sons of Lady 87 book. 

CHARACTERS

Bao Long: An orphaned street urchin who was adopted by Lady Eighty-Seven's son, Guan Shisu after he came to the aid of Guan Shisu's daughter, Little Guan Hua. All he knows about his background is that his mother died when he was young. Bao Long has been taught some martial arts by Lady Eighty-Four, Yuhuan. Bao Long is a bit dim-witted but tough. 

Jade Peony Guan Hua/Little Guan Hua: The daughter of Guan Shisu and the disciple of Guan Nuan. Little Guan Hua is cowardly and feeble, but intelligent.

Fu Yao: The newest member of the party. Not much is known about his past but he specializes in Qinggong. 

Campaign Note: Due to learning an evil technique, Bao Long's eyes changed, so that his whites became black and his pupils white. And due to the acquisition of another evil technique he has gained the Lust for Divinity Flaw. 

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Due to a death in the family and then having some teeth removed, I wasn't able to write up my campaign log after the last session and had to take a month break from the weekly game. I will have a full session log up for the most recent session in the next day or so but because of the length of time from the end of last session to now, I am simply going to post a transcription of one of my players notes. This player normally keeps accurate notes so I typically use them as my starting point for a session log in combination with my own notes. It is from the player who plays Bao Long in the campaign. I will type out the notes as they were written. Hopefully this will also be interesting for people to see, to give them a better sense of how the session logs are written:

Bao long and Guan Hua discuss possible avenues for future goals. It is decided that we will spy on the abbot and then join the immortals of the nine suns later.

As Bao Long reached Qi rank 12, he decided to pursue the path of Yen-Li for immortality and lean "The First Breath" technique in preparation. 

We spend a month's time learning Divination from Qi Xien (all participants of the learning increase divination to 2d10).

Bao Long passes the TN 10 of "The First Breath" on day 1, whereas Master Wan Mei takes 4 days. 

Wan Mei goes up the mountain first to become immortal (rolls 2 on chart)

Bao Long's rolls

Divination 10, Ritual 9

When Bao Long sheds his mortal shell and he takes on a powerful draconic appearance, finally achieving the appearance of becoming the Obsidian Dragon God he aspired to be. He become demonically handsome and his skin takes on a subtle but obvious appearance of shiny black dragon scales. 

Upon achieving immorality, Bao Long rolls on the Yen-Li chart and rolls the Mind of the Boundless Pathways and has the opportunity for an insight on another table. He rolled "Imperfections of Jade" insight from the Sandstone Insights table. 

Imperfections of Jade

You understand that the Enlightened Goddess is not perfect, has diminished herself over time. You can freely pass through all realms and gates.