Bad Moon over Kemperbad

Choices, choices... The start of Enemy in Shadows is hundreds of miles from where the Vagabonds find themselves right now. The reason for this? Well I'd like to establish some NPCs, let the players get to grips with their  PCs and play though a few classics before they get stuck in.   But there is another reason. The enemy within, especially, Enemy in Shadows, pretty linear.  I'd like to increase the level of agency in the campaign as a whole, and a good starting point is to give them choice about the routes they take. Sure, they will end up walking though the mud, on the road from Delbren towards altdorf...but how they get there will be there will be a series of meaningful choices. The first step is getting them out of Nuln, destined either for Altdorf or Ubersreik. I have four routes prepped in lose form; four offers of work that will pay their way.     The Second Oldenhaller Constract Having served the interests of  Albrect Oldenhaller in a som...

Session 2:  Dumplings and Sausages  On the 23rd of January 2026 I ran the second session of my home Enemy Within Campaign.  Noon, 1st of Nachexen, 2512 The Vagabonds are granted access to Herr Fleischer's links park address by, Karl Diener, Herr Fleischer's supercilious gentleman's gentleman, and they are led through to the kitchen, where a veritable feast is being layed on my 'Dumpling'* Herr Fleischer's halfling cook.  The Vagabonds tuck into sausages, and other meaty treats, as the halfling lets slip a number of clues, including the existance of Hans, the paramour of Herr Fleischer's daughter. After the Vagabonds have had about as much as they can take of Dumpling constant nattering, Georg Fleischer arrives and takes a seat, tucking in to the feast.  He explains that his daughter has been missing for three nights, and that he is prepared to pay them 5 Karls each for their efforts in finding her, and a bonus if she is returned to him. During the dis...

On Friday the 16th of January 2026, I started running the Enemy Within. This post is a write up of session 1 of the campaign.  Dramatis Personae Diethart Drechsler Diethart is a mercenary light cavalryman who began his career under the banner of Trott's Marauders. He was part of a small contingent of light cavalry that had been hired by a merchant named Rudolf Schneider, who was making the trip though blackfire pass to trade in the boarder princes. Little does he know that he figures in the plans of the great architect. Erik Kleinsen A boatman, who got his start crewing for Josef Quartjin. An Altdorfer by birth; Erik is loosely associated with the Fish and has some connections up and down the Reik.   Connie Uhl Connie's was raised by Sisters of Sigmar in the Altdorf. She has been told that her mother died when she was 3, and that her illegitimate father paid for her to be raised by the Sisters. However, Connie has turned from the life of service planned for her, and ...