Perils & Princesses Solo Gameplay (Excerpt 1)

 Hi and welcome back to my blog! Here it is finally! The first excerpt from my solo gameplay of Perils & Princesses.

A disclaimer: I invented my own world, monsters, items, and characters for my game. There’s a lot here you won’t find in the core book or in the adventure supplement. I also didn’t strictly play by the rules all the time. For one thing, I definitely made some mistakes in the beginning as I tried to learn how to play. The first dungeon is just for me to practice my combat and skill checks. Secondly, I make mistakes along the way, too, as I am human. I am juggling four characters which, granted, isn’t really that hard with a game like this, but still mistakes and forgetfulness happen.

The important thing is I had fun playing it my way, and maybe reading this will encourage you to play Perils & Princesses your own way too!

Here are the list of main characters for the story.

Main Characters:

Princess Robin of Cherry Acres: Robin is a secondborn child. Her Fairy Godmother is a Fairy Queen. She has an Enchanting Voice. She is regal and dignified, save when it comes to matters of the heart, then she is a hopeless romantic. She is the de facto leader of the group and always speaks with a confident voice. She does have a rebellious streak in her and doesn't always listen to her brother or her father if she thinks there's a better way to do something. While skilled with a sword, she will still elect to use mercy when she feels it's applicable.

Princess Elwin of Little Castle: Elwin is the fourthborn child. Her Fairy Godmother is an Ancestor. She has a Healing Touch. She is kind and beautiful and tries to help those in need. She prefers mercy over violence, though she is quite skilled with her frying pan. She is an ardent worshipper of the pantheon and prays whenever she has the chance. She is adored by her father and her kingdom, though she is perhaps too naive and sheltered for her own good.

Princess Kit of Whispering Spire: Kit is a thirdborn child. Her Fairy Godmother is a Crone. She has Sage Intellect. She is a whimsical scholar in both magic and science and knows quite a bit about history too. Socially she is a little awkward, unless an argument about monster ecosystems comes up, then she's as eloquent as any bard. She is self-conscious about her big glasses, not realizing that most people find them cute. She is never afraid to voice an opinion or a fact.

Princess Fern of Lonely Wilds: Fern is a seventhborn child. Her Fairy Godmother is A Spirit of the Forest. She has a Wild Heart. She is brazen, unladylike, and tough, but nothing gets to her faster than hurting her friends. She is extremely loyal but still has her own voice and opinions which she is not afraid to voice. She is headstrong and stubborn, but kind to those she loves and gentle to those who she feels deserves it. She loves training and becoming a stronger warrior.

Villains:

Queen Mythia Darkflight: Queen Mythia Darkflight rules over the kingdom of Vekadal. It is a dark place full of monsters, goblin slaves, and evil magic. She has conquered two other kingdoms already and seeks to rule over the entirety of Eswain.

Princess Ash of Misty Crossing: The crowned Princess and traitor to her own kingdom, she is Queen Mythia’s loyal henchman and the sister to the wanted thief, Prince Wolfe.

Draeg’zur: The lich Draeg’zur hides in his secret tower in Whispering Spire. He desires to rule over the land again, as he once did in a mostly forgotten past.

Aretha Rex: The bitter witch Aretha Rex lives in a swampland in Lonely Wilds. She plots her revenge against the Royal Family.

Ylzrug: Ylzrug the Coldheart Dragon lives in the caves of the highest mountain of Little Castle. He salivates at the thought of eating his fill of miners.

Ripley the Scarred: The Bandit King Ripley the Scarred haunts the roads of Cherry Acres, stealing merchants’ and farmers’ hard-earned wares and forcing entire villages to pay protection money to his crew.

Here we go:

The world of Laislush is full of many kingdoms. In the Prism Realms, princesses protect their kingdoms from dark threats, watched over by their protective Fairy Godmothers. The princesses must brave an underground dungeon in order to prove their worth to their Fairy Godmothers that they strong enough to protect the land of Eswain and earn their magical items. The four princesses are Robin, Elwin, Kit, and Fern. They meet for the first time in front of the caves to the Spider Dungeon. Complete this dungeon, and their Fairy Godmothers will give them magic items.

They enter the Spider Dungeon and see webs everywhere and dead animal bones and carcasses. They go down a corridor and Kit gets tangled in webs. Robin cuts her down with her sword. They go through the room to the left and encounter a giant spider. Kit acts first. She fires her bow at the spider for 5 damage, leaving 3 HP left. Robin attacks next. She misses. Elwin attacks next. She hits for 3 HP and kills the spider. There is nothing else in this room, so they go back out through the corridor and head right.

They encounter three servant goblins. They win the battle. They go east to the next room. They encounter four more goblin servants. Robin and Fern go first. Robin attacks and misses. Fern attacks and misses. The goblins attack. The first goblin attacks Robin. It hits for 4 HP. The second goblin attacks Elwin. He misses. The third goblin attacks Kit. It hits for 1 HP. The fourth goblin attacks Fern. He misses. Kit attacks with her bow next. She does 5 damage, killing one goblin and leaving three. Elwin attacks next. She misses. Robin attacks next. She attacks for six damage, killing a goblin and leaving 2. Fern attacks and kills another goblin, leaving one. The last goblin flees and leaves 6 silver. Robin takes the silver.

They take the corridor north and encounter 5 Vampire Bats. Robin goes first, Elwin next, then Fern, then the bats, then Kit. They win the battle. They go down a corridor. Fern gets tangled in spider webs. Robin cuts her down with her sword. They go into a large room and encounter a giant spider. The giant spider attacks first. It attacks Fern. It Wounds her. She gets a scar across her face. Robin attacks. She damages the spider for 6 HP. Fern attacks. She damages the spider for 6 HP, killing it. They approach a locked door to the north of the room. Kit tries to unlock it with a bone needle. She succeeds. They enter a large room and encounter another giant spider.

Robin tries to talk to it. The spider can’t speak but it can communicate by writing with its appendage in the dirt. Robin says they’re just here for the treasure and have no desire to hurt it. The spider allows them to pass. They go through a corridor and part of the ceiling falls. Elwin is struck by it and loses 1 HP. They enter a room and find a locked treasure chest. Using the bone needle Kit opens it. Inside they find an iron pry bar. Fern takes it. They go north and encounter a locked door. Using the pry bar they open the door. In the room behind it is a giant boss spider with 10 HP.

The spider attacks first. It attacks Elwin and misses. Robin attacks with her sword. She hits it for 4 HP, leaving 6 HP left. Fern attacks next. She hits it for 9 damage, killing it. Behind it is the door to the treasure room. They enter it. They find a treasure chest full of magical items from their Fairy Godmothers. Inside they find a Courier Raven (for Kit), a Climbing Rope (for Fern), a silver sword (for Robin), and a hat that allows the wearer to cast Magic Dark (for Elwin).

Some time later…

The princesses are invited to a grand royal ball in Cherry Acres, hosted by Robin’s older brother, the crowned prince, Prince Sparrow. At the party will be the former prince and princess of Golden Summit, nobles, heroes, and more. The princesses are all dressed in fancy ball gowns. They attend the royal ball. Prince Albertus of Golden Summit asks Robin to dance. Robin accepts. As they dance, she slightly better than him, he talks about the danger of Queen Mythia. He says in order to defeat her and reclaim the lost kingdoms she usurped, Eswain and the Golden Resistance must band together. Robin promises to bring this to the attention of her father and older brother.

Suddenly six masked bandits attack the ball. The knights at the party quickly dispose of the bandits. They capture one for questioning. The mess is cleaned up and the ball resumes. A young man bumps into Kit and she quickly notices her silver necklace is missing. She searches the party for the young man and finds him on his way out. She demands his name and the necklace back. He won’t tell her his name but he returns her necklace. She recognizes his clothes as that of Misty Crossing’s adventurers. She asks for his name again. This time he tells her he is Prince Wolfe, thief extraordinaire. She tells him that it is not fitting for a prince to be a thief, even a former prince. He tells her she’s just lucky she caught him. Most nobles don’t. Then he leaves, saying see ya around. Fern talks with the elven enchantress Ysara about some troubling dreams she’s been having about a witch in the swamps of Lonely Wilds. Ysara recommends she speak of this with her Fairy Godmother; or in fact it could be she who is sending the dreams. Fern says she’s going to ask her mother to send some knights to investigate the swamp. Kaspian Da Ville, a roguish treasure hunter, is flirting with a disinterested Elwin. He is bragging about his latest artifact find.

Merten Geritsz, the half-elven trader, cuts in and asks how much he thinks the artifact is worth. Kaspian and Merten start negotiating prices while Elwin sneaks away. Overall, besides the bandits, the ball is a success. Cherry Acres maintains its good reputation.

After the ball, Robin tells Prince Sparrow what Albertus told her. He says he is aware of the threat Queen Mythia poses but it is too early to act rashly. He says he will be hosting Queen Mythia shortly and wants to hear her side of the story before making a decision. Robin tells him that by then it may be too late, if Queen Mythia truly has her eyes set upon Eswain. Sparrow says his decision is final and now he must deal with this bandit attack on the ball.

He says the bandits belonged to Ripley the Scarred’s gang. Ripley has been a thorn in Cherry Acre’s side for almost a year now. He tells her of one of Ripley’s hideouts that they know about. It’s in some old ruins to the east, about four days worth of travel. Robin says she and the other princesses will go check it out. They gather together their belongings and set out to Ripley’s hideout.

 

So that’s Excerpt 1 of my playthrough of Perils & Princesses! I hope you enjoy it and keep checking back for more!