Category Archives: Essence RPG

Write-up 3rd October 2024 – Ancient fears realised

Posted on October 4, 2024 by hurcheon

Our heroes, having learned that the Kurrim that the insidious Uktannu was trading with are under threat from a seaborne threat now have a new challenge, what to do with that information. Our cast Farshad – Merchant of the Rule … Continue reading →

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Write up 11th January 2024 – A lost soul in Khanedarya pt 3

Posted on January 12, 2024 by hurcheon

This adventure is an adaptation of Losing Face by Kevin Kulp, for Swords of the Serpentine. You can get it as Pay What you want from DrivethruRPG here. We join our group having decided to leave the Isle of Old … Continue reading →

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Write up 30th November 2023 – A lost soul in Khanedarya pt 2

Posted on December 2, 2023 by hurcheon

This adventure is an adaptation of Losing Face by Kevin Kulp, for Swords of the Serpentine. You can get it as Pay What you want from DrivethruRPG here. Having placed the faceless woman with the Temple of the Cold Ones, … Continue reading →

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Write up 16th November 2023 – A lost soul in Khanedarya

Posted on November 18, 2023 by hurcheon

This adventure is an adaptation of Losing Face by Kevin Kulp, for Swords of the Serpentine. You can get it as Pay What you want from DrivethruRPG here. Juan José, Utana, Fetnah and Smersh return to the farm with two … Continue reading →

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Write up 2nd November 2023 – The Tower of Hurat – Part 2

Posted on November 4, 2023 by hurcheon

Having made contact with a ghost, who was quite upset at bandits from the North, and who was acting as protector to orphans from a destroyed farm, Utana and Juan José  offered to clear the Northerners away, but felt some … Continue reading →

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Write up 5th October 2023 – The deed of Smersh – Part 3

Posted on October 6, 2023 by hurcheon

I had a few ideas for scenes that the characters might encounter given the options I thought they would go for, given the situation, but the players managed to shave their characters avoid every, single one. There was only one … Continue reading →

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Write up 21st September 2023 – The deed of Smersh – Part 2

Posted on September 23, 2023 by hurcheon

Waking up after camping a mornings travel from the Haraxan capital of Anakhbitana, Jalabu felt an unease, but not one he could place. His discomfort set everyone else to looking about, but they saw nothing, none save Utana, who saw … Continue reading →

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Write up 6th Sept 2023 – The deed of Smersh – Part 1

Posted on September 8, 2023 by hurcheon

Still issues with video-conferencing, temporary  Google Meet sessions rather than the one that had been working for us. Not helped that for everyone the weather was hot, and the week intense, not sure anyone was totally awake. The scene opens … Continue reading →

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Write up 30th June 2023 – Journey from Babilim – Part 8

Posted on June 30, 2023 by hurcheon

The night’s rest for the group was interrupted by pounding on doors by large, heavily armoured, though not heavily armed men, summoning them from sleep to come with them. Juan José and Farshad, though bemused, dressed themselves and went under … Continue reading →

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Write up 18th May 2023 – Journey from Babilim – Part 6

Posted on May 20, 2023 by hurcheon

We wind up action back a little. Fetnah, Smersh, Utana and Farshad search the corridor in which the battle was, but do not loot the dead, they search around, finding accomodation and signs of habitation that belonged to the slain. … Continue reading →

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