SPOILER ALERT TO MY ADVENTURERS! The following post contains spoilers for the up and coming campaign. You may want to avoid this post and join me in a future one.

This is a brief post with my final little bits of prep for the weekend.

I spent a little time preparing notes on two of the magic items that the group got at the end of the last session as reward for their participation and winning the gladiator spectacle, and taking on the delivery of the tribute. Basically this means I have a single page with the bits from the DMG for robe of useful items (I had to decide what the four extra patches were and their quantity) and the deck of illusions.

I’ve also knocked up some item cards for these magic items as well to hand to the players.

One thing I need to do Saturday when I go and print out my notes and handouts is get a cheap deck of cards. This deck will be given to the player with the deck of illusions. It’s a simple prop that allows the player to randomly draw a card to create the illusion. It’s physical, tactile, and theatre. Something I think in this situation rolling a die just would not be as effective.

I’ve also started planning my session notes. Which are becoming less detailed, and more aids to jot my memory.

This next session will be down one player. I’m not sure they will return. If you have read their comments on here it’s not a surprise. However it does present a great plot twist when it happens. Basically I will have that character kidnapped during the night. It will be revealed to the party that they have been taken by boat to the Whale Bone islands. The reason why is unclear. Hopefully after dropping off the tribute the party will give chase. This will then be the start of the island hopping adventures as they try and locate their companion.

I’m just excited not to see how things unfold now at the weekend.