Dice Friends - Lone Wolf Book 9: The Cauldron of Fear
Join Adam, Beej, and Paul as they continue the adventure through the 9th Lone wolf Book in The Cauldron of Fear.
Vital Statistics
Date: June 8, 2026
Category: Dice Friends
Campaign: Lone Wolf
Game Master: Adam Savidan
Players: Adam Savidan
System: Lone Wolf
Runtime: 04:13:56
Synopsis
Beej's Notes
Lone Wolf 9 - The Cauldron of Fear
2026-07-11
INTRO
(WHERE are we - AND WHY did we go to the next place)
The Story So Far...
We are Warmarshall of the Royal Estates and a General in the Sommerlending army - the youngest there has ever been! This surely will go well!
We pick the magnakai ability... DIVINATION!
1 - Full Moon Tonight! Hey, why does Banedon get a cabin and we don't? Why are we sharing? Oh right, the mission. We're gonna go meet Banedon's friends who dress in silk robes. They gave us some horses and we're riding to Tahou. I do NOT need to talk to these women and children.
274 - Hark! A Bell! Do you buy these peasant-wares? LAST TIME we bought a Magic Ring and we don't know what it does. So this is AWESOME.
331 - The villagers want us to buy their greasy food and booze. We buy some fried chicken and a flask of local booze. And the beggars! I'm not using my money - they can have some too!
163 - Here's three Gold Crowns!
28 - A blessing from a shaman, old crone? Absolutely!
180 - We met the Chicken Shaman! He says I have many enemies, and I shouldn't trust one who says they are my friend. Then he fell asleep.
52 - The delicious scent of a ghorka-dung fire. PATHSMANSHIP!
96 - The signpost is pointing the wrong way. Let's talk to the farm hands even though we know the correct way.
252 - The farm hands are simple folk. They smell amazing. And we definitely have a high opinion of them. We learned nothing from talking to them. Turn to...
318 - Wait, Sidara? Should we just go somewhere else? After all, we're on an important mission and SURELY side quests are part of the mission, right?
45 - Spooky streets... new sounds from the river! Giak soldiers! Turn to...
120 - The Giak are looting and filthing up the joint. They're kinda just being weirdly shitty, but at least they've left. Oh, there's two crashing into the ground. Idiots. I think we can take them, with hand stuff.
285 - Combat! We blow off their legs with our laser-sword.
21 - Search the bodies?
172 - We take the Brass Whistle and the Silk Jacket! Turn to...
63 - TAHOU - 90 MILES. Turn to...
145 - Welcome to Chadi. The tavern is really quiet, and everyone here is boring. SIX Gold Crowns for lodging? I won't.
132 - If no one else got me, I know Banedon's got me. He's paying for lodging. GAMBLING? I'M IN!
339 - RIDDLE ME THIS, SHITNUTS!
115 - All right, Khmar. Here's the Dagger of Veshna. Do your worst. EVIL DAGGER SHOWDOWN?! The dagger is 5 years old. Turn to...
5 - We take the Vial of Gold Dust and the Scroll of Honour. What does it do? Nobody knows. Where's everyone going? Oh well, Guyak looks talkative. And twitchy.
268 - Yep, very twitchy. My god, dude, you are bringing down the vibe. The Senate is lying? Yeah man, they're Senators. Man, I am NOT hungry after that diatribe.
156 - CLANG CLANG CLANG. Guyak has a wife, and she hates when people sleep in.
Anyway, bye Chadi. We're now at village of Phea. HUNTMASTERY!
69 - Oooh, friendly (?) soldiers! Let's go meet them!
193 - Our Spidey Sense tells us these guys are legit. Eh. Let's let 'em in on why we're going to Tahou.
279 - Man, the NCO definitely doesn't trust officers from another army. Well, let's obey them for now and see what happens.
24 - "Follow me," Banedon whispers. Then he shoots a bunch of sticky stuff from his hands. I thought I was the only one with Spidey Sense. We gotta erase one weapon - how about that Mace that we never use? Turn to...
213 - Hey, we made it to the Tahou Hills. I'm not adding Tahou to the spellcheck. PATHSMANSHIP!
160 - I really don't care about the ambush.
92 - OK, more Giaks. RANDOM NUMBER! 6!
257 - Oops, we couldn't outrace them. Turn to...
244 - Man, these Doomwolves are angry. ANIMAL CONTROL! I cough a couple bits of shellfish from my mouth into the Doomwolf's mouth. Oh no! It's allergic to shellfish!
306 - Our horse decides to finally make a contribution and stomps a bunch of these idiots. Turn to...
293 - The Giaks call me a slut and throw their hats on the ground and stomp on them. Why, though? Anyway, here's Varta, full of crops. Wait, how do we know the men are all inside the city walls? Turn to...
100 - TAHOU! The Velvet Fortress! These guys do NOT trust our presence. Ah, shit no Invitation. Well, let's tell them that we want into the Cauldron.
60 - Oh, they didn't like that. Also, we're supposed to dismount from our Shetland Ponies, apparently. We are renowned; surely, someone here knows who I am.
312 - They took all out stuff and locked us up.
134 - Man, guess I should've talked to those rich folk at the beginning of the book. We do not have Nexus for this. Also, we're hungry, but eh. We lick some lichen off the walls.
227 - OK, the Chief Magistrate wants to see me. This'll all get sorted out. And then everyone will be sorry. Turn to...
142 - OK, we're at the justice building. They kill people here. Every day. Because that's good government. OH. I am accused of a capital crime, because I told the guards what I was doing here.
294 - We went to VARETTA in Book 6! This rules! Oh shit, GWYNION is the Chief Magistrate! Turn to...
54 - Oh, this Sergeant is in for some SHIT from my buddy. This is WAY better than just escaping and finding our stuff. Turn to...
76 - Gwynion knew we were coming, but he didn't bother to tell anyone. So that's weird. Against our better judgement, we ask him to let Banedon go. "I did it twenty minutes ago." But Banedon's not coming with us. Go seek President Toltuda. We have visited the Chief Magistrate's office in Tahoe, for future reference. We take ANOTHER Rendalim's Elixir. Turn to...
105 - We're gonna go see a bunch of big mucky-mucks. Turn to...
300 - There's a ton of people at the entrance of this here Anarium. Oh shit, I gotta stand up and talk? I'm not great at public speaking. Of course. The Senate is split. Because this two-party system always works. RANDOM NUMBER! 5!
137 - Great. Seize Lone Wolf. That is some high-quality political stupid. Oh shit, that guard has a net. RANDOM NUMBER! 5!
236 - We turn two-dimensional and the net misses. My catlike strides carry me over the other guards. Turn to...
90 - We're jumping out the window.
149 - The window is bolted shut.
266 - We are committed to defenestration. DROP KICK! Ah, shit, they arrest the carriage driver. Hope he avoids execution. Turn to...
39 - Welcome to the Parish of Thieves. Captain of the Guard has been watching us escape through his telescope. Troops are on the way. Gotta hide. Tavern! Turn to...
212 - These guys drink sours! Nice! We took some guy's seat. He wants it back. Is he... gonna ask? Come to think of it, have I ever escaped from the South Gate Tower?
315 - Man, he really wants to stab us about a chair. A bunch of guards burst in - we gotta leave. Pay-to-win, I hate that shit. Turn to...
135 - Cool, a secret passage. Seen a lot of those before. Oh yeah, totally ending up in the sewer. Turn to...
243 - NOT the sewer? Silken chamber?! Antechamber?! Leader of the Guild of Thieves?! Who thinks I'm an assassin?!
64 - Ah. Psychic Damage. Owie. Oh, I am powerless to resist your demand. Turn to...
305 - He is Maghana, the Guildmaster of Thieves. So many shafts are known to me! But first, save my idiot son who went looking for dragon gold. Bring back his ring, because he's probably dead. Also, we shouldn't fail him. Turn to...
275 - Windswept portal, table of equipment. Annnnnd we're locked in here. What's on the table?
13 - Nah, we don't need any of this. Turn to...
181 - We can't see anything. But we figure the rope ladder goes down to where it goes, and we're gonna have to go down to where it's going. And we're TOTALLY sure the rope ladder is good shape. It's not gonna break.
231 - RANDOM NUMBER! 7! + 3
81 - STEADIED! Turn to...
173 - Oh man, no ground. Hey, a ledge. We have a Rope.
7 - I did the math based on how long it takes for a Rope to hit the ground "seconds later". This is maybe 20m away. That's a lot to fall.
186 - Someone looted this corpse's body. The body has no ring either. Maghana is NOT the father! Turn to...
51 - Rumble rumble rumble... something's waking up.
291 - The deluge engulfs you and you breathe in grit. Yuck. Deadly fungus. CURING! Definitely don't have Tincture of Oxydyne. We are still alive.
233 - Violent shaking. We are sealed in from rockfall. Turn to...
218 - Love a good grotto. Ooh, gigantic staircase veined with glittering minerals! I feel Lorestone coming on! Turn to...
97 - IGGY POP?! I've heard your music! Nah, it's a Zaaryx Ghoul. We reach in our backpack and pull out a Grammy. We taunt him with it, and throw it into the lake. He runs out scrambling, and falls in the lake, and dies. We check his right hand for a ring. Moving on.
338 - No, there's more? Nooooo... eh, let's just avoid the combat.
104 - Another Ghoul! We possess the Sommerswerd! ZOT! We point the sword over our shoulder and we're partially blinded by the light show. It was a little irresponsible.
228 - Odd-looking token. What an odd thing to call our attention to?
43 - Hexagonal, cream-coloured medal, engraved with the number SIX. Ow shit, it's hot. And made of lithium, you realize, as you toss it into the water. SIX CAUSE PAIN SIX CAUSE PAIN. Oh shit, maybe was it a NINE? Turn to...
175 - HOW TALL IS A YOUNG TREE?! Ooh, this place looks cool. I see ziggaruts! This is Zaaryx, home of Nyxator's offspring. Forage for food in a dead city, yum. A fleeting shadow! Let's see what it is!
122 - The shadow's all gross and shit. And we don't have Psi-Screen. Soooo...
191 - It's a Psi-Ghoul, and it attacks. Our mind is filled with Tumblr posts. Wait, it just wants to hit me with a railroad spike. Our sword does double-damage, so let's see... The Psi-ghoul notices the Crystal Star pendant around your neck, and says, "Oh my bad, are you part of the book club?" Yeah, man. "No worries, then. I'll leave you alone."
87 - PSYCHIC RING. Let's keep it. Now we can use Mindblast. Also, this is probably the son's ring, but who knows? Turn to...
11 - We walk for hours. Man, we should sleep. Twice we sleep and eat. Leathery reptilian creatures are stroking an egg. I think they're gambling? What the hell are they doing in there? Sneak sneak sneak...
56 - INVISIBILITY! FINALLY!
144 - Could these creatures be intelligent life? Are they... communicating? DIVINATION! FINALLY!
77 - Oh, telepathically. The leader might be female. She is taller and lighter in colour, and somehow all of a sudden, hotter. "You are unlike other men." #NOTALLLONEWOLVES. We are Lone Wolf, I'm here for the Lorestone. "SAY IT TELEPATHICALLY." Turn to...
200 - We follow our new reptile-girlfriend to a cool chamber. Wicked cool lightshow starts up, as we approach the dais. We're soaked in light and warmth. This is too cool. The Crocaryx are full of joy and sorrow, and they are SO GLAD that they don't have to do this shit anymore. A big leather egg cracks open and the Lorestone is inside. Turn to...
150 - The Lorestone descends into our hands, and our fatigue is obliterated. I think we go through a magical girl transformation sequence? Turn to...
2 - Okay, Tahou has gone all smoky. There's fighting at the walls. Do we help soldiers? Yes.
342 - The Captain's upstairs. And we don't have Nexus.
59 - AGH, we tried once and couldn't bother to try again. See yah. Sucks to suck. Turn to...
179 - West Gate of Tahoe. Lumbering ghorka and muscular leathery zull. We have a Bow. Will it actually a difference this time?
99 - RANDOM NUMBER! 1! We missed, I bet!
70 - Yup, we missed. And the bridge is finished and the bad guys attack. Well, we better try to help.
220 - Drakkarim Assault-Troopers. Immune to Mindblast. You know, from that ring you just got. We explain that there's a better life out there for them than mindless war, and as they lined up single-file to thank us for understanding their pain, we shoot them with our laser sword.
30 - OK, that being done, let's go looking for another fight. Turn to...
168 - Do we help this Senator? Nah.
286 - ROCKS! HUGE STONE BALLS! OH NO! We will be crushed! RANDOM NUMBER! 7! + 4
270 - We rise and run and escape. Banedon is ahead of us at a tower! He can't hear us! Turn to...
131 - "BY THE GODS!" Banedon's prayers have been answered! They're doing a bunch of coordination and they're running out of reserve units. Don't worry, though - the shithead senators all died, as did the president.
258 - The enemy was attacking, and they keep attacking, because war. Are we gonna do anything about it? Oh neat, there's a dude covered in cold blue fire, and he's immune to arrows. Black Metal Orb, and Scarlet Fire blow open the doors, and defenders melt before him. This is Zakhan Kimah, ruler of Vassagonia, and he's come for us. We're gonna have a fight.
48 - Bolt of pain. Take 5 damage. No chance to defend. Turn to...
128 - NOW let's have a proper donnybrook. Lone Wolf blows the Brass Whistle, and a bunch of ancient Croconyx emerge from the sewers, haul out their magic bazooka, and shoot Kimuh in the asshole. The Crocoryx are NOT SLAVES. Let's be clear. They are NOT SLAVES. Kimuh writhes and dies and the Crocryx piss on the corpse. Then Lone Wolf pisses on the corpse. Then everyone lines up behind you and sequentially uses this new all-gender bathroom. It becomes a regular custom on this day forever more. Lone Wolf yells out to the army, "Hey everyone, you're all gettin' paid!" And then Vassagonians think we said "You're all gettin' laid!" Which isn't what we meant, but hey, we'll do our best.
350 - Man, the Vassagonians are super-shocked to watch everyone piss on his body. Oh hey, our reinforcements have conveniently arrived in time to clean up this mess. After hours of fighting, the good guys win and the bad guys are dead. Our blood runs cold from seeing a black cloud - It's Gnaag and he thinks he's in charge here. So whatever, I guess. Oh nice, Gnaag has the three remaining Lorestones! I only have to go to ONE place now to pick them up...
BOOK 10 - THE DUNGEONS OF TORGAR!
