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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AK_Ambrian" data-source="post: 9651826" data-attributes="member: 7046996">Did some DMing for a party of four 6th level characters. It was a face-to-face session at a local game store. The party consisted of a dwarf fighter, a tiefling bard, a halfling rogue and a halfling cleric.We are still using the 2014 5E rules (except for Exhaustion, we use the 2024 rules for that).It was a homebrew adventure set in the Forgotten Realms.They explored an old elven ruin on the High Moor, infested with skeletons, wights and wraiths. They are usually pretty confident in battle but the life drain attacks of some of the undead gave them cause for concern. They even discussed turning back at one point to rest and heal but their hunger for treasure got the better of them. In the underground section of the ruin they discovered a long-forgotten shrine to Shevarash (a lesser-known elven god of revenge) and some relics such as a gem-studded chalice and old coins from a fallen elven empire.They then headed downriver by paying for passage on a boat but were attacked from above by Perytons. This was their first time encountering Perytons (and my first time using these monsters in an adventure) so it was a lot of fun. According to Monster Manual lore, Perytons cast human shadows which don't match their appearance so that really confused the players, they thought they might be shapeshifters or spellcasters using illusions to change their appearance.They stayed the night at an inn in a small village along the river and asked the bartender and townsfolk about anything of interest in the surrounding wilderness.Finally they ventured into some fey woods where they were stalked by Displacer Beasts and found an enchanted spring and the corpse of a less-fortunate previous adventurer. I had also prepared an Elder Darkling hideout in some nearby abandoned mines but we were running out of time so it didn't get used.Overall it was a good session, lasted about five hours. Next time they said they want to head into a larger town near the end of the river so I need to start getting ready for that. I like urban adventures but I find they require a LOT more prep work (stores, multiple inns & taverns, prominent NPCs, temples, quest possibilities etc).</blockquote>

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