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Part 2: Call Forth Darkness Act 2: Taking the Horn Session 14: How to Build Friends and Murder Enemies “Oh Tamsen,” Donovan murmured, his breath quickening. Donovan had awoke from his night’s sleep to find Tamsen’s form on top of his, kissing her way down his body. “I thought you were still in...

Part 2: Call Forth Darkness Act 1: Farholde Session 13: Lies of the Land Donovan was dragged, shackled and in rags, towards a makeshift bench by Tiadora. For his part, Donovan was attempting to resist her, pulling as hard as his muscles would allow. However, it was to no avail, Tiadora was far...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 4: Burning Balentyne! Session 12: Shards of the Broken Wall “They’re coming out!”, Lucius excitedly relayed to the rest of the group, “I think we’re about to have our conflict!” Donovan was confused by this. While the situation in the Watch Wall could not be going...

The final Recap in this group was one of the most challenging ones for me to nail down, not because of the difficulty of building the character, but because of the parameters required in putting it together. Player: Chris Character: Lucius (& Lucinda) Class: Summoner When thinking about the...

Moving on with my next willing participant, this is my interpretation of the "hitter" for the Party. Player: Brian Character: Bebop Class: Alchemist (Beastmorph/Vivisectionist) Brian is a friend of mine I've known for some time, and when it comes to character designs, he generally prefers...

Continuing on with the previous post, this is another character recap for the efforts that our Party has made with our characters thus far, and my thoughts about the characters from the experiences we have seen. Player: Debi Character: Tamsen Class: Witch (Seducer) My wife Debi plays two...

As we enter the holiday season of 2021, and near the completion of the first Book, I thought this would be a good time to go over my thoughts on the characters, and the decisions I made towards putting them together. As I am the most familiar with putting together character builds for...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 4: Burning Balentyne! Session 11: Do Wizards Dream of Electric Cheetahs? “We need to have this discussion.”, Donovan said flatly to the group, as they sat around the largest of the rooms they had reserved at the Lord’s Dalliance Inn. “I can make a plan either way, but...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 4: Burning Balentyne! Session 10: Heartfelt Bloodshed Tamsen stirred as the rays of morning light cut across the window of the Inn they had been staying in. She began to unravel herself from the bed sheets, reaching out with her eyes still closed over to Donovan’s...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 4: Burning Balentyne! Session 9: Opening Bids “Good morning, boss!” The voice of Kiliketz snapped Donovan awake from his slumber. Donovan’s eyes focused in on the Mephit, and he sat up in the bed. “And good morning to you as well, Kiliketz.” Donovan rubbed the sleep...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 4: Burning Balentyne! Session 8: Dangerous Drinking with Dwarves “Tamsen”, Donovan whispered softly to the naked female lying curled next to him in the bed. The group had enjoyed their first night in Aldencross, having spent time shopping and then drinking with the...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 3: Fire-Axe! Session 7: Hostile Takeover As the sailors tossed the dockline over to the group of bugbears, one of them grabbed the line while speaking to his compatriots in his native tongue. “It looks like the food is being delivered to us now, yes?” Donovan heard...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 3: Fire-Axe! Session 6: Old Habits, New Allies The waves continued to roll and toss around the Frosthamar. Donovan had grown somewhat accustomed to the gentle rhythmic sensation that was caused by the travel through the seas. While sleeping was difficult, he had...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 3: Fire-Axe! Session 5: Making a Splash Donovan awoke to the splash of ocean spray across the deck of the Frosthamar. Opening his eyes, he saw his family sitting or sleeping around the ship, with a handful of crew members performing the routine tasks required for...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 2: Into the Knot! Session 4: The Truths of Flesh Donovan tossed his equipment onto the ground, frustrated. "Well, that certainly could have gone better.” Digging through his equipment, he extracted a bowl and a small knife. “Bebop and Lucinda, go back down the...

Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 2: Into the Knot! Session 3: Miles to go Before we Sleep “I’m tired, Donovan.”, Tamsen called out to Donovan. Donovan looked over the team, and saw the state of all of them. Of course they were tired. Beaten, underfed, forced to run around and fight for hours on end...

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Part 1: Knot of Thorns Act 1: Prison Break! Session 2: Getting a Blackerly Eye “We’re going to have more company.”, Bebop called out from the hallway where the bodies of guards were scattered about. Donovan looked around the area near the kitchen, now strewn with the bodies of guards and...

Having been inspired from the tale of one of my friends who has been (at the time of this writing) running a campaign where one of the members of his playgroup committed what most would consider "cartoonishly evil" actions, I told my friend that I would love to get into a campaign to actually...