D&D 5E Goonalan's 5th Ed Games- The Union in the Red Larch Adventure Session #72 to #75 (12/04/17)

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #57 & #58 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.

#57- In which the adventurers continue their journey through an ancient Bronzehammer Dwarven hold in search of the missing Knight- Sir Gustav, and his groupies. They head down, and then down again- briefly, and get chased off by Ghouls. Go for a wander and get lost, and then found by a gang of Skeletons, and then after a night's rest, level up (mostly). Then down again, back to the Ghouls- a fight ensues, wouldn't you know it.

#58- Find more dead bodies, and then (eventually) Sir Gustav's trail- and then a dead end, only a bunch (mob) of Ghasts and Ghouls come calling, the guys fight for their lives. It gets tense as at one point Zyler and Zalt are Paralyzed (& both Poisoned), while Grimm is down and rolling Death Saves.

Enjoy

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #59 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.

The guys are on the run now- down the drain and into the Underdark (they should have rested), attacked by a bunch of crazy Troglodytes, and the off- racing through the tunnels in pursuit of the last of Sir Gustav's gang, and the sounds of fighting. The Union rush into an ongoing fight- stone masked Monks versus a bunch of Drow, the latter group have an unconscious Knight in tow (Sir Gustav), the fighting continues...

Enjoy

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #60 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.

The finale (maybe), the guys discover (and are made to suffer) by an ancient Bronzehammer artefact, meantime they're getting their backsides kicked by a bunch of Stone clad cultists. Closest we've come to a PC death (saved by a random dice roll). Then time for stories to be told- Sir Gustav and Kal'Zerth.

Enjoy

Thank You.

Just finished session 59 - woah, stirring and impressive stuff!
Have a great Christmas, folks!

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Just finished session 59 - woah, stirring and impressive stuff!
Have a great Christmas, folks!

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Thanks for that, have a wonderful New Year.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #61 & #62 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.
61) Rescue Rowan.
62) The Lord of War and the Weather!

Session #61- the Union continue to investigate the Bronzehammer obelisk, then head off- back to the surface, en route they attempt to rescue Rowan- they take a beating. Back on the surface it's snowing- winter is here, at last. Back into the depths- Devils and Undead, and more eye symbols.

Session #62- more Devils, and an Elf- the Lord of War (briefly)- Rowan is rescued and another coded note is found. En route again to the surface- bust into a Bronzehammer tomb (not the Halls of the Hunting Axe). Back again to the surface and on to Womford, only the weather is very odd.

Enjoy & have a glorious New Year.

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #63 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.
61) Rescue Rowan.
62) The Lord of War and the Weather!
63) Madness in Bargewright.

The Union do a hundred-and-one things in Womford, and then head out to Bargewright- things are very odd there, the guys make sense of things eventually. Next stop into the ancient Bronzehammer mines beneath the settlement, they're heading for Dhol Kuldhir (the door at the end), although first off they meet an old friend.

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #64 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.
61) Rescue Rowan.
62) The Lord of War and the Weather!
63) Madness in Bargewright.
64) Kobolds of Dhol Kuldhir.

The Union descend in to the ancient Bronzehammer Dwarf ruins- the source of the infection a millennia past, and (perhaps) the source of the infection in Bargewright at present. The inhabitants of Dhol Kuldhir do not welcome the adventurer's intrusion; the place is foul- the guys are in a rush.

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #65 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.
61) Rescue Rowan.
62) The Lord of War and the Weather!
63) Madness in Bargewright.
64) Kobolds of Dhol Kuldhir.
65) High Priestess Sha-Ron.

The Union continue their exploration of the ancient infected Bronzehammer Dwarf ruins- a pair of them take a tumble into an ancient inhabited midden, then the guys run into a gang of Kobolds, several of which are full blown Crazy. The Union also makes friends with a Kobold High Priestess, eventually, she tells them about the Dragon Lord's, and that 'paradise' awaits.

Thank You.

UPDATE

My main game the EU Campaign playing the Red Larch adventure- Session #66 added.

Note- My players come here, I'm obviously not going to put the real name of the adventure we are playing- although in truth I've ripped apart at least four adventures, added lots of stuff of my very own, and welded it all back together into, well... you'll see.

1) On the Road to Phandalin.
2) The Rescue Mission.
3) Out of the Frying Pan...
4) Meet the Redbrands.
5) A Meeting of Minds.
6) The Invasion.
7) An Accidental Slaying.
8) Death to the Router.
9) Glory to the New Router.
10) Dead Bad.
11) Kill or Care.
12) Ongoing Investigations AKA WTF?
13) A Sudden Death.
14) Let's Slay Together.
15) Venomfang!
16) King Grol!
17) Fire & Lightning.
18) Grimm the Wanderer.
19) Fire & Nice.
20) Caught by the Ghoulies!
21) Bugbears Are Go!
22) The Black Spider is a Bastard.
23) The Showdown.
23a) Downtime Activities.
24) To Triboar.
25) Gnolls in the Rusty Gorgon.
26) Rescue Gordo.
27) Grimm's Curvy Fruit.
28) Red Larch.
29) The Bandits.
30) The Union.
31) Lance Rock.
32) Beholder Riding & Inspiration Points.
33) The Bonus Session.
34) Unbelievers!
35) The Temple of Moving Stones.
36) The Believers & Tricklerock.
37) Goodbye to Red Larch.
38) Avarthel's Kobold Story.
39) Kobold War.
40) Gone in 48 Seconds.
41) Behold Trimat!
42) Womford Chatter.
43) Fire & Acid.
44) Taking the Tower- Sqwelch's Plan.
45) Ironwrought.
46) Raging Bull!
47) Let's Play Darts.
48) Beneath Bargewright.
49) The Bronzehammer & the Drow.
50) The Big Bloody Spider!
51) The Ironwrought Finale Part One.
52) The Ironwrought Finale Part Two.
53) More Bloody Plot.
54) Rescue Sir Gustav.
55) Zyler, Destroyer of Worlds.
56) Smells Like Dungeoneering.
57) Down Down Deeper & Down.
58) Ghastronomy.
59) The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy.
60) The Cursed Bronzehammers.
61) Rescue Rowan.
62) The Lord of War and the Weather!
63) Madness in Bargewright.
64) Kobolds of Dhol Kuldhir.
65) High Priestess Sha-Ron.
66) Paradise of the Dragon Lords.

The Union kick the door of the Dragon Lord's lair open and get busy with it- the fight is long, bloody and fiery (thanks to Ken Lee). The guys win but take a beating, thirty seconds later the second fight kicks off, as the dead come back to life- well... sorta. The Union collectively deploy every power, skill and spell they have, and they're still fighting when the session ends, and then things get worse.

Thank You.

Good gravy, this is absolutely nail-biting stuff! 5e really seems to do these combats well - or you do!
If I tried this in 3.5 half the enemy couldn't touch the PCs and the big bads would be either punch bags or too strong. Very well played, sir!