This Launch session is intended for players to plan, figure out how the party is going to deal with food, shelter, light, communication, navigation etc. Expedition members can shop and make the traversal to the edge of the known map.

"Hear ye, adventurer! For the past 92 years the Stones of Hongmar have been assailed by an unrelenting allabon. We all cower in fear before the might of Stone Rain at our doorstep. But we need not live in this prison! I, Eisen Rache, and my good friend, Radalm, have joined together to found the Oak and Iron Expedition! We invite you to join us in our efforts to reclaim the old world and breathe life back into the wastes!"

Goals are as follows, in order of priority:

1. Found a permanent settlement to the east
2. Navigate and map the cave systems within the Terrific Slash
3. Discover and build relations with other factions
4. Research and cultivate native plants
5. Prepare to delve into Stones' Dome

Skill Proficiencies Needed: animal handling, history, insight, investigation, medicine, nature, perception, persuasion, survival

Tool Proficiencies Needed: carpenter's tools, cartographer's tools, mason's tools, navigator's tools, herbalism kit, cook's utensils

Supplies Needed: at least 2 reinforced steel carts, healing potions, healer's kits, carpenter's tools, cartographer's tools, mason's tools, navigator's tools, herbalism kit, cook's utensils, ropes, grappling hooks, crowbars, torches, hooded lanterns, tents, oil, tinder, rations, shovels, hammers, pickaxes, caltrops, chalk, incense, sending stones (or the ability to cast sending), antitoxin, vials, cloth, paper, ink and quills, parasite removal tools, wand of lesser restoration (or the ability to cast lesser restoration), caltrops, pitons, climber's kits, crop seeds, salt

Combat Roles Needed: offensive caster, magical healer, utility caster, ranged attackers, scouts