Sandbaths at Kraghammer! Dropping off magic-user refugees to perform physical labor! Antagonizing the patriarch of the Grimhelm line for calling his son a disgrace to his family! Figuring out a satisfying, fast action, descriptive-rich way for brawling contests! Sharing news of the fire portal guardians to the last earth portal guardian, giving him hope thatContinue reading “Refugees to Kraghammer”
Author Archives: Mel
Re-establishing Everbright
What do you do when the regenerating demon you’re fighting is winning without bothering to use his weapon? According to the Magnificent #, you release a caged hydra and run like all get out while the facility starts collapsing above you, letting the Shadows in. Rex remembers the demon No Baiano’s voice from his childhood.Continue reading “Re-establishing Everbright”
Rescue from the Sanacris
Rex, having been kidnapped by a magic user named Kipper, is taken to the demon No Baiano’s Siphon and imprisoned deep in the earth, somewhere called the Sanacris. No clothing, no items, and locked in one of many cells centered around a pit, a radiant beam running from below and up through the whole facility.Continue reading “Rescue from the Sanacris”
A Strange Cart
The Magnificent # were ported into a storage facility in a pocket dimension. Inside: room after room of lifeless armor, surrounded by a vast, shimmering, sentient, liquid metal called The Firmament. They were waiting for the Lord of Blades to “start the heart”–whatever that means–and awaken them to war. The party returns to the WorgContinue reading “A Strange Cart”
Clockwork Delve
The Goblin Swarm
the adventurers skipped breakfast, shocking the halfling housekeeper and her daughter. The party cleric read up on the courtship rituals of dwarven culture and was terribly disappointed. The barbarian and dranger convinced the worg pup in their party, Larry, to speak with the huge, albino worg mother caged in a barrow at the worg rescue.Continue reading “The Goblin Swarm”
Midway Threatened
ONE luminescent moth fey. TWO albino worg pups. THREE delvers providing backup. FOUR adventurers defending a halfling village. Seventy-FIVE warrior mountain goblins, jonesing for blood. SIX years since the Clockwork Delve began to tick again, deep under the ground. And a dangerous, evil goddess containing MULTITUDES tasting a delightful new flavor.
Squirrels of the Faerie Queen
While travelling the Pilgrim’s Path, the Magnificent Five share a campfire with an old Tymoran storyteller. They fall asleep during his tale, waking up transformed into squirrels aboard a pirate ship, the Faerie Queen, captained by the human, Dread John Swallow, who doesn’t seem to notice his ship is completely manned by a crew ofContinue reading “Squirrels of the Faerie Queen”
Clerics in Swampland
Two trickster clerics break into the high tower of the local magic school, one because she’s actually a spy, the other to decorate the roofline with phallic symbols. A 1 was rolled. They were transported to the swampland boonies of an entirely different country, seven hours before having to attend a court function. They ranContinue reading “Clerics in Swampland”
Um. Hello Tiamat
Tripling the workload of a halfling housekeeper! Suspicion! The death of 13 chickens! Running back and forth across town because you had another question! An invitation to a court dinner! Shopping! Brewing trouble and brewing tea! The return of Kevin! Investigating why the non-magical poor hates magic users! Planning a midnight break in! Drinking theContinue reading “Um. Hello Tiamat”