Author Archives: Mel

the Magnificent Four (plus 2?) paddled a mushroom raft that tasted like chocolate around a submerged lake. The bard swam through a tunnel to a hidden reptilian hatchery, stealing one gold coin and an egg, which was fed to Larry. They were only eaten a little by Deadly Beast Floaters. The group chose a likelyContinue reading “Lost Believers of Calstet”

In tonight’s dnd session, the Magnificent Four completed their survey of the ancient abandoned ruin, finding an arcane machine that opened portals to various exotic, mundane, and unknown places above and below ground. So they decided to crawl single file through hundreds of feet of claustrophobic spider tunnel choked with webs… until the sorcerer fellContinue reading “Rona”

Deep in the underdark, in the forgotten ruins of an ancient, reptilian warrior race, a shrieking mushroom was triggered, resulting in a mighty battle and the players having to listen to shrieking metal for several minutes. Muhaha. Spectres arrived, drawn by the sound, their great claws raking the actual life force from the players. TheContinue reading “Calstet”

In this DnD session, a triggered trap results in a rockslide, hurtling the Magnificent Four away from the rest of the party and deep into an ancient underground ruin. There they find themselves in a series of test chambers, where they must work together and confess their deepest secrets in order to escape.

Crainuim rat swarms! Invasion of the Duregar King’s palace! A hungry mind-flayer gets lunch! Necrovag! A long-distance conversation with the Big Bad explaining his completely reasonable point of view. Brains on crab legs!

In tonight’s session, the players found out that Larry was a worg, and would grow very large and be very dangerous indeed. Feeding Larry became a priority. With the duregar army searching the tunnels for our heroes, the adventurers and their mysterious ally finally found the ranger’s mother, weak and abandoned in a cage underContinue reading “They Freaking Killed my Flayed Torturer in One Round”

We played this last dnd session during a camp out in the woods, on the blackest of nights, in an abandoned campground at the end of a healthy hike. The black dog-like creature, Larry, was officially accepted into the group, despite worries about his deep bloodlust. One player attempted and failed a solo rescue ofContinue reading “Campout and Duregar Prison”

In tonight’s session, the players walked deeper into the earth, quietly reflecting on their situation. Who are the others in their party, really? How far under the mountain must they go? What role are the outcast elves playing here? A small pack of goblins, the old and the small, fleeing, terrified. Deeper down, the goblinContinue reading “9: The Duregar War Camp”

This session, the players went shopping in Kraghammer, met their first Ashari outcast elf and entered a mine rigged to collapse. They’re headed into the suffocating depths under the Earthspur mountains, carrying 12 sticks of dynamite and a hogshead of black powder. …I’m sure it will be fine.

Um. This week on How I Traumatized My Friends Who Said They Wanted to Play a Fun Game With Me…. Also, a Child’s Bet with a Devil, the Thorn-walled City, a Lost Mother, Sleepless Dead and Bar Room Brawls in the Dwarven Tourist District!