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All true, except near the end of the Guardian Angels campaign, where Nameless had a godawfully high Knowledge bonus in almost everything, so if the PCs encountered something from the standard MM, I told him he knew everything about it. Luckily, I'm very good at working out mechanics (both in...

Welcome to the Story Hour. It's always nice to have new readers. I'm glad that you enjoy that aspect of it. If you have questions about anything on the DMing front, feel free to ask. I've already corresponded with a couple of readers (carborundum, for one) re. DMing and horri..., er...

Hah! That's brilliant! I'm glad you had fun with the encounter. As for your players ... well, a little suffering is good for the soul.

I'm finally getting a break from teaching and grading since I'm on spring break for a week, but that also means extra time on dissertation work and job stuff (since I might not get a teaching gig next semester), plus some gaming, of course. But I'll see if I can throw together a writeup during...

As Rackhir said, welcome to the Story Hour, Noliar. And here's a quick update... * * * * * * * * * * Knowing that there is no predicting what they will encounter in passing through the Dead-Gray Mist, the Guardian Angels prepare themselves with various protections before entering. Six and...

You know, now that I think of it, of all the things that the Xoriat invasion did in Khorvaire, they never, ever tried to get a newspaper in Sharn.

What Avi said. Sometimes I mentioned options that the characters would be aware of even if the players might have forgotten, and sometimes the players went "What about that person who did/lived at X and whose name I forget..." and I gave them the info. But the vast majority of it was people the...

That's just scratching the surface of the build-up. By the time we got to the final battle, which spanned sessions 100-101 of our campaign, the PCs had pulled in almost every favor and contact that they'd managed to accrue over the previous 99 sessions and 5 years of gaming. It was glorious!

The first stop for the Guardian Angels is the Great Crag in Droaam. Having been forewarned of their arrival via sendings, two of the Daughters of Sora Kell—the blind seer Sora Teraza and her diplomat sister, Sora Katra—are awaiting them, since the third—Sora Maenya—is away leading the armies of...

Thanks to your post I see we're actually at 99,999 now, so this should do it :) On the gaming front I've been busy trying to wrap up the second module of the Kingmaker AP with the group* before college reopens for me on Wednesday, but I do have half of the next Guardian Angels writeup done. So...

So how many months away is the arrival of the new gamer? I'll admit I never considered the Guardian Angels as a bedtime story :) Work-wise, I'm almost done right now and will be in 2 days. And here's the next bit of the writeup. * * * * * * * * * * The Guardian Angels spend some time...

It's interesting for me to read someone else saying that, since I decided a long time ago that Sepulchrave's campaign is a perfect example of the difference between great writing (which I think it is) and a great game (which, for me, it would absolutely not be). It's not surprising at all to me...

Sadly, it's currently running at 4th on my list of priorities behind the following: 1 - Grading papers 2 - Dissertation work 3 - Running our Kingmaker game But I shall return to the story hour sooner or later, especially since I'm done with the semester in 2 weeks time. Yay!

Teaching and dissertation work has been keeping me particularly busy recently, with my gaming-oriented time given over to DMing our new Kingmaker game and some playing of my own (play-by-post on playbyweb.com, which is where I've been getting most of my playing time for the last few years)...

[Pre-emptive strike]Maybe you guys should discuss that over email too.[/pre-emptive strike]

As is usually the case, I really have no idea, but I'd say the chances were very slim. :D Good description. And now... * * * * * “What?!” says Luna, simultaneously confused and disappointed. “I thought the Flame did something to me since I slept next to it … where it was!” Nameless...

Yup! I'd appreciate it if both of you took any arguing you have to do to email.

A few moments later, the Guardian Angels and their allies stand outside the far end of the tunnel that once led to the chamber of the Silver Flame, looking back to see the cloud of billowing dust expanding slowly within it, a result of the collapsing stone and rubble that they can still hear...

Good question. I'm guessing it wasn't a big surprise, since the PCs have encountered various forms of defeat earlier in the campaign, such as with Zagygyrag or the almost-TPK at the ziggurat. They have a PC go down to -10 or below on an average of one per two sessions. So I think they're usually...

On the fly. I'm not kidding about the fact that I gave up anticipating what you guys do years ago. That way lay madness :) EDIT (adding a bit more): I've lost track of how many twists and turns in the campaign, as well as a few plot arcs (including some major ones) have come due to a sudden...