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Session 8: Looking for Ghosts Two items recovered from the ruins of Rhest: a ghoulish, barbaric pendant; and a neatly scribed letter, penned by “Ulwai” , whoever that was; had provided clues to the next moves of the Red Hand. It seemed that the pendant – which Kayan had easily identified as a...

Though the name could certainly use a tune-up, that's really not what is being said, and I think it is ingenuous to suggest otherwise. If you genuinely don't realize what is being alluded to, then I apologise, and will explain as best I can. The scantily clad woman woman in question is supposed...

Hobgoblins are slave takers. Works for me. And I love the comparison of Kobolds and Goblins. Tunnel-fighters vs Cavalry/Archers. Never thought of that. Thanks.

I agree with the original post.

That encounter resulted in a wipe for my party, without half the success that yours got. Well done to the players. Aside from that, having Ozzy follow the party through the woods? I wouldn't go down that route. First of all, while Ozzy has an excellent Spot and Listen, as you observed, he...

Can't make any suggestions Goonalan, beyond the simple proof-reading stuff. I think this an excellent story hour, and I am very much enjoying the struggles of these nascent heroes. The pacing is nice and quick, you don't dwell over-long on ornate prose, which matches a dash through the...

Just wanted to leave a comment to extend my appreciation for this and your other two story hours. I'm enjoying them very much. Thanks, Goonalan.

In my current campaign, I've sketched out a broad sample of Churches that some of the various characters have been affiliated. All the gods are drawn from the Player's Handbook, but are worshipped (or not) in different ways by different Churches. In the most recent session devout (or demented...

I think it's unlikely Demo will get a promotion. Thematically, I see Asmodeus representing monolithic evil, one huge mass of bad, where Demo and the demons are the gibbering mass, the horde of discrete entities, more numerous, but easier to tackle individually. Initially, I don't think Tiamat...

Perhaps wands only improve one spell (Wand of Fireball +1 for example), where a staff adds to many (Staff of Fire +1)

Elf = Idealised superhuman, everything people aspire to be. Beautiful, graceful, magical, clever etc etc Dwarf = Gritty, down-to-earth tough guys. The secrets of the earth. Halflings = The everyman. Not larger than life, normal folk trying to get past in a crazy world of magic. That said, I...

Elan the Warlord!

Sol grunted and stretched, swinging his axe this way and that. It’d been two days of hard fighting, broken up by one day of boredom. Yesterday, had been spent healing. The fighting with the goblins and the dragon had been a whole two days ago. They’d found some nice treasure, and the fight had...

Session 7: The Ruins of Rhest Morning broke over the Blackfens, another scorching hot day with the sun blazing down onto the backs Xerxes, Sol and Kayan. The heat only added to their sweat as, abandoning even a pretence at stealth, they pushed the canoe granted them by the elves across the...

Kayan looked at the elf across from him. He was tall, thin, and pale with platinum blonde hair, almost white, willowy and sorrowful of expression. Illian “Snow mantle” was not born of the Tiri Kitor, obviously one of the Breogan, though he had been accepted as one of their own. Kayan would have...

Interlude at Starsong Hill The meeting with the elves had gone well. The three of them had met the elf leader, Sellyria “Starsong”, and discussed their intentions in the swamp. It seemed that the elves avoided the ruins out of respect for the humans who had died there, though the Gnolls who...

Xerxes patted Sol on the shoulder as the half-Orc rose to his feet, grunting thanks at Kayan and wiping bloody muck from his face. Xerxes dug around in the murk to retrieve Sol’s axe, which he returned to his friend. There were still some nasty wounds on the warrior, gashes and welts, but at...

As the last hours of light in their first day in the Fens faded into shadows, dark as the waters of the lake they had just exited, the drone of nocturnal insects began. Tired, caked in mud and irritable from countless tiny bites, Sol trudged ahead, his axe resting on one thick shoulder, his...

Session 6: Into the Blackfens Sol had decided. He wasn’t fond of boats, didn’t like swamps and downright hated bugs. The first night after getting the little fisher boat, they’d pulled up to the banks of the river, and near immediately been ambushed by goblins. Goblins and worgs. They’d beaten...

They met with Captain Soranna and Speaker Wiston in the dense forest east of Drellin’s Ferry. Already the Red Hand Horde were setting about their barbarous work, as lurid flames clawed the night sky with crimson fingers. Soon, Worg Riders would be ranging ahead, and the Chimera, Wyverns and...