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No game this week (missing players and a puppy recovering from surgery). So, I did a little worldbuilding for the setting today. A snapshot of the cosmology as it is understood by the most learned.

I'll likely swing back and forth depending on what the party is doing, but I appreciate the feedback immensely.

[I’ve gone back and forth on how to write this next section. My table is one that loves role-playing, tactical combat, and dungeons. We really don’t subscribe to the idea that D&D can only be one of these things but should be all of these things and more! I don’t think that describing every hit...

Interlude: Zarrokuth & Szir The quasit held the thrush tightly about the neck with one hand, but not so tight as to snap its neck. It needed the creature’s suffering to feed. So, it worked at the flesh of the bird ever so delicately with the claws of its free hand. Once satiated, it slapped the...

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 3, Part 2 – Call it in the air…Heads! Sunday, 8th of Gozran, 817 It was already late in the afternoon when the party spotted a group of men at the end of the trail standing guard in front of a wide cave. Lemarc quickly dashed over and jumped in a bush. T’bidi...

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 3, Part 1 – We are agreed… Starday, 7th of Gozran, 817 Lemarc was waiting for ‘somebody better’ to arrive as he stood vigil over the now unconscious man when he spied something through the far side of the bush. Near a tree there was a propped-up shelter of some...

High praise coming from you, (contact). I'm humbled.

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 2, Part 2 – Mud, Merchants, and Mysteries Starday, 7th Gozran, 817 The party looked upon the heap of corpses that were strewn about the bloody rock that the demon had stood before. The sun hung low in the sky by the time they had made their way back to Pran’s...

I think it's fair to say that stealth is something of an elusive beast in 5e. It's one area of the rules where things are not 100% clear. So, here's how we're handling stealth in the Blackgate Chronicles. The first two things you should know is that we play using the Fantasy Grounds VTT. The...

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 2, Part 1 – Consequences of Sleep Starday, 7th Gozran, 817 Lemarc and Thawn hunched down in the tall grass at the base of a tree. Nearby, Halloran, Rhynn, and T’bidi waited, weapons at the ready. With two fingers, the ranger pointed at a distant man busily...

For you DMs who play on a VTT, I'll be sharing the battlemaps I've created for game after I've used them over on Twitter (@Hjorimir). I dropped the first one this morning, which you can find at the link below. I won't normally be posting here when I do. So, if you're interested in the free...

I really appreciate the kind words, GuyBoy!

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 1, Part 2 – The Offering Fireday, 6th Gozran, 817 Halloran poked at the fire with a stick, sending a small spattering of embers into the chill, morning air. A light rain had begun during the early hours of the morning and the sky overhead looked like it wouldn’t...

Thank you, Azkorra. I admit, it took me quite a while, but my players love how it turned out.

Kind of you to say. It's nice to see a comment after my first set of posts!

The Blackgate Chronicles Session 1, Part 1 – Under the Knife Oathday, 5th Gozran, 817 Rhynn struggled with the red-shrouded men as they bound each of her wrists in heavy rope. Is this it? Is this how it ends for me? I had only just started this life of mine! As the wizard was being bound, a...

Dramatis Personae When the campaign starts the characters are 2nd level, which means that other than the cleric and wizard, we don’t have subclasses yet. It will be interesting to see their choices at 3rd. Antoine Lemarc, Le Dague des Corbeaux (aka The Magpie) human rogue 2 (criminal – thief)...

Introduction Hi, my name is Clay and I go by the handle of Hjorimir (YOR-ih-meer) on the interwebs (@Hjorimir on the Twitters where I post often if you care to follow along). I started playing D&D at the wee age of 8 when I cried long and loud to my dad, so he’d force my brother to let me play...

I kind of want to buy this (because it looks metal), but I really don't know much about the Warhammer IP. Eagerly awaiting some in-depth reviews to surface.