I hung on until past 1 am in real time, but in the end I couldn’t stay awake any longer and went to bed. The good news was that the forging of the Brave General Horseshoes went very smoothly, and most of the Obsidian Metal was either sitting safely in my players’ bag or in the camp. A basic estimate also told me that we had enough Obsidian Metal to equip almost 50k Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls Dragonlight Cavalrymen and Dragonlight Archers.

The next morning, I woke up and checked in with Hickey to see if anything had happened while I was gone. And there was a lot. Tear Stain turned out to be far more determined and resourceful than any of us could’ve imagined. Throughout the night, she created all sorts of diversions, fake attacks and more to distract our players and steal or raid the Obsidian Metal. Thanks to her relentless efforts, she was able to seize at least 10000 Obsidian Metal for herself. The good news was that over 95% of the Obsidian Metal was still in our control, and after a whole night of mad digging, all 12 mining spots in Obsidian Cave had been picked clean by us. A large majority of the...