So, I was pleased to load up this week's issue of Pyramid magazine to find an article I had submitted a while back on the table of contents. Turns out it was the one article I had submitted from my GMail account, which I check at most once a week. The article had been rushed into the issue to fill a hole in their word count, and the editor sent the acceptance at 12:48 a.m. this morning.

Here's a link to the article's sample page (first 100 words).

Not much to report. The party descended into the cave below the Ecaterine Husk. There, they encountered a pair of babau demons that quickly became a quartet (16% odds of both demons summoning help). After a respectable fight, two demons were killed, one was dispelled, and the last greater teleported away into the night.

Deeper in the cave, they found a magic circle and a runestone beneath which was buried the phylactery containing St. Ecaterina's pulverized bones and the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. A combined round of Knowledge checks managed to uncover all of the lore about the relic and how to unlock its powers.

At the very end of the session, Jamie's fighter received a sending from their superior in the Lightbringers asking for a report on their mission.

Listen to 20 tracks with your music player on shuffle. Write down the titles, then add "in my pants" to the end of each. See what happens.

1. Summertime in my pants (Bachelor Number One) Hot and humid.
   
2. I Can I Will I Do in my pants (Barenaked Ladies) But I prefer to can will do with my pants off.
   
3. JTR (John the Revelator) in my pants (Dave Matthews Band) Not sure how he got there...
   
4. Osanpo Tachikoma in my pants (Yoko Kanno) Your guess is as good as mine...
   
5. Fire It Up in my pants (Modest Mouse) All right! And no cracks about the name of the band.
   
6. Stomach Vs. Heart in my pants (Barenaked Ladies) Umm...
   
7. I Dig You in my pants (Austin Willacy) If the price is right...
   
8. Celebrity in my pants (Barenaked Ladies) Depends on which one.
   
9. Anymore in my pants (Austin Willacy) ...and we'll all die!
   
10. Don't Ask Me Why in my pants (Billy Joel) Ask me no secrets, and I'll tell you no lies.
    
11. Show Me Heaven in my pants (Jessica Andrews) Nuff said.
    
12. All That She Wants in my pants (Ace of Base) :c)
    
13. Fall In Two in my pants (Guster) Two is better than one.
    
14. Spotlight in my pants (Dexter Freebish) The show must go on.
    
15. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) in my pants (Bette Midler) You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
    
16. New York State Of Mind in my pants (Billy Joel) If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere.
    
17. Dancer in a Daydream in my pants (Ace of Base) Heh, heh, heh.
    
18. The Old Apartment in my pants (Barenaked Ladies) These are some damn roomy pants.
    
19. A Strange Education in my pants (The Cinematics) That's what she said.
    
20. New Kid on the Block in my pants (Barenaked Ladies) I like to call it the Welcome Wagon.
    

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We played Ravenloft again last night.

The party left the Vistani camp and set out for the crossroads where they would rest that night before climbing up to Lysaga Hill in search of the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. Since the cards told them that the Sunsword was buried somewhere at the crossroads, Justin and Jamie decided to dig around while the others were sleeping. Ben's priest didn't much fancy disturbing the dead in Barovia, so they let him think they were just taking watch. Once he went to sleep, they stole his helmet and used it to dig up graves.

In the course of their search, two vampire spawn emerged from the ever-present Barovian mists but were quickly driven off by fire and an ineffective ghostly bard. They recovered the Sunsword shortly thereafter.

In the morning, Jamie gave the Sunsword to Ireena Kolyana since her own weapon of choice is the greatsword, not the bastard sword. Then the party climbed up to Lysaga Hill, arriving under storm clouds shortly before sundown. They then faced the Caller in Darkness hiding in the ruins of St. Ekaterina's tower. Ben was a little surprised to find out that it could still attack him with its spell-like abilities even when he successfully turned it. An ego whip, a mind blast, and a psychic crush later and Ben was down 4 Cha and 18 hp and Ireena had dropped. But magic missiles, lightning bolts, and searing light from the spellcasters made short work of the incorporeal psychic undead.

That's where we ended, with Justin's rogue finding a trap door down into the depths below the tower.